This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
“Is it green, is it red, is it alive, is it dead?” asks singer Gene Ween. “I can’t put my finger on it.”
If you’ve never heard bizarro-rock duo Ween, you’ll be scratching your head too over this delightfully deranged double-live set from Gene and musical bro Dean, two of the most eclectic, irreverent and flat-out twisted kooks ever to strap on a Strat and set off a smoke bomb. Judging by this set, Deaner and Gener — really Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman — have never done the same show twice. Sometimes they play along with a tape deck; other times they front a gonzo-rock outfit; and they’ve even hit the road backed by Nashville studio vets. All those configurations are documented here on songs that are just as diverse: Drug-addled garage-noise, jazzy disco en Francais, cosmic arena-rock bombast, chicken-friend redneck soul, and even snake-charming Middle East trance-rock. “Is it brown, is it white, is it really out sight?” Gene wonders. You bet it is. And more.
