I Drink a Lot
| "I Drink a Lot" | |||||
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death | |||||
| Released | 1986 | ||||
| Recorded | c. 1984–1986 | ||||
| Length | 0:48 | ||||
| Label | Self-released | ||||
| Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death track listing | |||||
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| "I Drink a Lot (Nice Version)" | |||||
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album The Crucial Squeegie Lip | |||||
| Released | 1987 | ||||
| Length | 1:04 | ||||
| Label | Bird o' Pray Records | ||||
| The Crucial Squeegie Lip track listing | |||||
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"I Drink a Lot" is a song by Ween from their 1986 cassette Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death. The song would reappear on the following cassette, The Crucial Squeegie Lip.
Song Details
Composition and Recording
"I Drink a Lot" is a lo-fi hardcore punk song in the key of C# minor, though its sole known live performance transposed it up to F# minor.
Gene Ween sings the lead vocals and Dean Ween plays guitar and drums.
Alternate Versions
A "Nice Version" appears on Squeegie. Much in the same vein as "Boobs (Nice Version)", this version eschews drumming in favor of a soft, relaxed sound.
Live Performances
The song appears to have only been played once, at a Trenton show in 1988.[1] A recording of this performance appears on the A-side of The Live Brain Wedgie!/Wad Excerpts.
Lyrics
"Drinktalk"
Q: Hi, um, there is a song "I Drink A Lot" and what's that all about?
A: Um, drinking... a lot. Its-its uh, well, Aaron's father who's a psychologist caught him once drinking and that was the inspiration for that song but we totally support and encourage young children to smoke crack and drink, a lot.
"I Drink A Lot"
My wife's fat, my brother's thin
I don't care, I drink a lot
All you people, live or not
I don't care, I drink a lot
Driving in my car behind the wheel
Out of commission
Suddenly, I'm a star
I don't care, I drink a lot, yeah
Watching you in confusion
Listening to jazz fusion
Slowly, slowly my mind rots
I don't care, I drink a lot
My wife's fat my brother's thin
I don't care, I drink a lot
"Nice Version"
My wife's fat, my brother's thin
I don't care, I drink a lot
All you people, live or not
I don't care, I drink a lot
Driving in my car behind the wheel
Hit a lady
Suddenly I'm a star
I don't care, I drink a lot, yeah!
Watching you in confusion
Listening to jazz fusion
Slowly, slowly my mind rots
I don't care, I drink a lot
My wife's fat my brother's thin
I don't care, I drink a lot
Thank you.
Song Themes
Alcohol/Drugs, Death and Injury, Fat
Appearances
- Mike Banks (lost)
- Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death
- We Broke Up (Nice Version, lost)
- The Crucial Squeegie Lip
- The Live Brain Wedgie!/Wad Excerpts (live)
- Prime 5 (compilation)