Jelly
"Jelly" is a song by Ween from their 1986 cassette Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death, with two rerecorded versions on the following cassette, The Crucial Squeegie Lip.
Song Details
Recording and Composition
Gene Ween sings the lead vocals and Dean Ween plays guitar and drums in all versions. A version running at 1:31 appears on Prime 5 and The Crucial Squeegie Lip, and a shorter 1:21 version appears on Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death. A re-recording, called "Jelly II," which runs at 0:59, also appears on The Crucial Squeegie Lip.
Live Performances
The song is only known to have been played twice, in 1987 and 1988.[1] A recording of the 1988 performance is featured on the A-side of The Live Brain Wedgie!/Wad Excerpts. Both performances bore more of a resemblance to "Jelly II" than the original.
Spoken Live Intro
[From May 2nd, 1988]
- Dean: This is a song called Jelly. It's erm...
- Gene: It's about jelly.
- Dean: It's about jelly, something you put on your toast every morning.
Lyrics
Jelly is a thing that you put on your toast
Jelly is a thing that I like the most and it's
Jelly
Jelly is a thing that I put on my toast
Tastes so good and ???????????
Jelly