Pork Roll Egg and Cheese
| "Pork Roll Egg and Cheese" | |||||
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album The Pod | |||||
| Released | September 20, 1991 | ||||
| Length | 3:00 | ||||
| Label | Shimmy-Disc Records | ||||
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"Pork Roll Egg and Cheese" is a song by Ween from the 1991 album The Pod.
Song Details
Recording and Composition
"Pork Roll Egg and Cheese" is a psychedelic pop song with jangle pop elements. It is in the key of G major.
The lead vocals are sung by Gene Ween.
Meaning
A pork roll, egg & cheese is a breakfast sandwich, similar to other common sandwiches such as the bacon, egg & cheese, but using pork roll as the meat. The song was written out of genuine affection for the regional food; Gener said in an interview that "it really doesn't get better" than a pork roll, egg & cheese on a Kaiser bun."[1]
Live Recordings
"Pork Roll Egg and Cheese" was played live as early as December 1990, nine months before its release on The Pod. Before long it became a very common live Ween song, and remained so in almost every era of Ween, with the notable exception of the 1996 country tour.[2] A recording from the Quebec tour on 11/8/2003 was officially released on the album Live in Chicago.
In addition, Gene Ween has commonly played "Pork Roll Egg and Cheese" at solo acoustic shows.[3]
Personnel
- Gene Ween – lead vocals, guitar, drum machine
- Dean Ween – backing vocals, guitar, drums machine, bass
Lyrics
When you've had your fun, and your work is done, you must not succumb
I can feel you breathe, it's like a mega-weedge inside, please don't hide
So Mama, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Mama, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
When the guava's drained, Eddie Dingle remains
But we must further ourselves on
So dynamic is life, staring into the sight's
Not right, but wrong in a good way
So Mama, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Mama, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
When you've had your fun, and your work is done, you must not succumb
I can feel you breathe, it's like a mega-weedge inside, please don't hide
So Mama, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Mama, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Mama, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Kaiser bun
Pork roll egg and cheese
(That's the end)
(That's it, dudes)
(Thanks, bye)
Song Themes
Eddie Dingle, Guava, Pork Roll Egg and Cheese (theme), Sung by Gene Ween, Tape Speed Manipulation