Mariko-San
| "Mariko-San" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Ween | |
| Recorded | c. 1993–1994 |
"Mariko-San" is an unreleased song by Ween. It is not currently in circulation.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Mariko-San has been described by Dean Ween as a song inspired the book Shogun, and eventually had its composition and guitar solo reworked into the one featured on the released studio version of "Buckingham Green". Deaner stated there were two recorded versions, with the original demo being recorded at his apartment and a studio version recorded at Graphic Sound Studio, neither of which have seen release.
Quotes[edit | edit source]
- Dean Ween on "Buckingham Green"'s history, including "Mariko-San":
I don’t know the exact answer [to "What song took the longest to write?"], but I have a feeling it would be “Buckingham Green”. It wasn’t as if it took us 3 weeks and nights of slaving over it, it just took a very long time to evolve into the tune that you hear on “The Mollusk.” [...] When it came time to do Chocolate and Cheese it wasn’t ready to go, although we played around with it live occasionally. We cut a better sounding version of it with bass and drums at Greg Frey’s studio and added a long-spoken word/instrumental passage at the end a la “Nights in White Satin”. A year or more later I recorded a song in my apartment in New Hope inspired by the book “Shogun” called “Mariko-San”. The vocals would eventually get scrapped and become the music for the awesome middle section of “Buckingham Green”. Then, (are you still following this?) I went and re-recorded “Mariko-San” at Greg Frey’ s studio. So time goes by, and we are now working on “The Mollusk”. Andrew Weiss feels that “Buckingham Green” needs a killer solo section that is different from the verses and chorus. Stealing from yourself is totally allowed in songwriting so that’s exactly what I did and used the music from “Mariko-San” under the guitar solo.