Ode to Rene
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| B-side by Ween | |||||
| A-side | "Push th' Little Daisies" | ||||
| Released | May 31, 1993 | ||||
| Recorded | June 5, 1992 | ||||
| Length | 2:25 | ||||
| Label | White Label Records | ||||
| "Push th' Little Daisies" track listing | |||||
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"Ode to Rene" is a song by Ween, released as a B-side on the "Push th' Little Daisies" single.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Recording and Composition[edit | edit source]
"Ode to Rene" is a chanson/folk pop song in the key of C major. Gene Ween mostly sings French words, true to the genre of chanson, though when translated the lyrics are seemingly completely random.
"Ode to Rene" was written for Ween's friend and tour manager at the time, René De Wever.[1] According to Dean Ween, the song was written in Montreal, Canada.[2]
Although released as a Pure Guava B-side, "Ode to Rene" was actually recorded during demo sessions for Chocolate and Cheese on June 5, 1992 at Greg & Pat Frey's home studio, and circulates as part of the Chocolate and Cheese Demos: Summer 1992 bootleg.
Live Performances[edit | edit source]
"Ode to Rene" was played live by Ween as early as the fall of 1992 on the Pure Guava tour, and was a fairly common live song throughout the remainder of the DAT-deck era. A recording from 12/9/1992 has been released on the At the Cat's Cradle album, and a February 1993[3] recording is on Paintin' the Town Brown. In the full band era of later years, "Ode to Rene" has become a much more infrequent live Ween song.[4]
Song Themes[edit | edit source]
Food and Drink, Profanity/Swearing
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ PtTB liner notes
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/Ween1993-02-13/Ween1993-02-13t17.flac
- ↑ Listed in the PtTB liner notes as "San Francisco, CA 2/93", but the 2/12/93 San Francisco recording of the song (available via Brownbase) is not the same performance as appears on the live album. Exact date still needed.
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=138