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[edit | edit source]
Recording and Composition[edit | edit source]
Gene Ween sings the lead vocals and Dean Ween plays guitar and drums in all versions. A version lasting 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 second part, called "Jelly II," which is 0:59, also appears on The Crucial Squeegie Lip.
Live Performances[edit | edit source]
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.
Spoken Live Intro[edit | edit source]
[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[edit | edit source]
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