The Stallion Pt. 4
| "The Stallion Pt. 4" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Ween | |
| Recorded | c. 1992 |
| Length | 4:58 |
"The Stallion Pt. 4" is an unreleased song by Ween, and the fourth part of the Stallion pentalogy. It is an outtake from the Chocolate & Cheese sessions.[1] [2]
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Recording and Composition[edit | edit source]
The studio version of "The Stallion, Pt. 4" is in the key of D major, while live performances transpose it down to A major.
The studio version was recorded during sessions for Chocolate & Cheese, most likely in 1992-1993.[3]
Live Performances[edit | edit source]
According to Brownbase, the song made a brief live appearance in 1995 on the UK leg of the Chocolate & Cheese tour, when the band teased it during a show at Manchester University.[4]
The song was played live in full for the first time on April 28th, 1999 at a Jimmy Wilson Group performance.[5] It was played by Gene Ween and Chris Harford only, during the acoustic opening section of the show.[6]
Ween rarely plays "The Stallion Pt. 4" live, but Gene Ween has frequently played it at solo shows.[7] A 7/22/2003 live Ween recording from a Quebec-era Internet stream is found on the All Request Live album, which is the only officially released version of the song.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Look there, up above the hill
Over the mountain
With light from its holy lips
And blood from the Stallion
Talk of ancient scripts
Its soul from the master
Sent to do no harm
Brought forth from disaster
I raised my hand up high
And Boognish was looking onward
Said thy work shall now be done
Could we then move forward
Gazing at its spongy eye
I gasped in all its glory
Its fun was made by putting forth
The end of the story
Look there, up above the hill
Over the mountain
With light from its holy lips
And blood from the Stallion
Sent by ancient scripts
Its soul from the master
Sent to do no harm
Brought forth from disaster
I raised my hand up high
And Boognish was looking onward
Said thy work shall now be done
Could we then move forward
Gazing at its spongy eye
I gasped in all its glory
Its fun was made by putting forth
The end of the story
Song Themes[edit | edit source]
Boognish, Stallion, Sung by Gene Ween, Tape Speed Manipulation
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ From the video description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jycgkTBDZk
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19990420025002/http://www2.nnc.net/ween/audio2.htm
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jycgkTBDZk
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/setlist.php?band=all%20bands&show_id=690
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/setlist.php?band=all%20bands&show_id=943
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/Ween1999-04-28/
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=218