A direct influence on a nascent little show called SpongeBob SquarePants, W… Read Full Bio ↴A direct influence on a nascent little show called SpongeBob SquarePants, Ween’s The Mollusk is a brilliant collection of nautical nonsense. Released in 1997, the duo’s sixth album cruises through the murky, the absurd, and the heartfelt: From the Mariana Trench ickiness of its Storm Thorgerson cover art to its dark-hued fantasias of whales, eels, and expanding tentacles, The Mollusk is a prog-rock-slash-alt-psych concept album that brings the band’s quirky vocal effects and bizarro guitar heroics to the bottom of the sea. And though the restless, fearless Ween is still cycling through genres with abandon, the maritime theme in its lyrical content and woozy Moog synthesizer textures make The Mollusk the most cohesive album of the band’s career.
The members of Ween holed up in a rented beach house at the Jersey Shore during the rainy off-season, so that they could wander along the beach and fish in the waves while working on music. They pulled the lyrics to “Cold Blows the Wind” from a book of traditional British Isles folk songs, and soon wrote their own accompanying music; the finished tune’s cloudy, sinister mood became a jumping-off point for the entire record. The pastoral folk of “The Mollusk”; the broken children’s music of “Polka Dot Tail”; the wriggling rock of “The Golden Eel”—they all find Ween singing of sea life while accompanied by bubbly effects. But while much of The Mollusk sounds like a 1970s folk-prog band recording inside a submarine, Ween still swerves into electro-punk (“I'll Be Your Jonny on the Spot”), a breakup ballad (“It’s Gonna Be (Alright)”), and sideways country (“Waving My Dick in the Wind”).
The Mollusk wasn’t a commercial success upon release, but it’s beloved by fans, including singer and guitarist Kurt Vile, who once described “Mutilated Lips” as his “favorite song maybe ever.” And the album’s legacy would extend well into the 2000s: The two-minute-long “Ocean Man”—which didn’t even merit a music video upon the album’s release—was later used in 2004’s The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and soon became a viral meme.
The members of Ween holed up in a rented beach house at the Jersey Shore during the rainy off-season, so that they could wander along the beach and fish in the waves while working on music. They pulled the lyrics to “Cold Blows the Wind” from a book of traditional British Isles folk songs, and soon wrote their own accompanying music; the finished tune’s cloudy, sinister mood became a jumping-off point for the entire record. The pastoral folk of “The Mollusk”; the broken children’s music of “Polka Dot Tail”; the wriggling rock of “The Golden Eel”—they all find Ween singing of sea life while accompanied by bubbly effects. But while much of The Mollusk sounds like a 1970s folk-prog band recording inside a submarine, Ween still swerves into electro-punk (“I'll Be Your Jonny on the Spot”), a breakup ballad (“It’s Gonna Be (Alright)”), and sideways country (“Waving My Dick in the Wind”).
The Mollusk wasn’t a commercial success upon release, but it’s beloved by fans, including singer and guitarist Kurt Vile, who once described “Mutilated Lips” as his “favorite song maybe ever.” And the album’s legacy would extend well into the 2000s: The two-minute-long “Ocean Man”—which didn’t even merit a music video upon the album’s release—was later used in 2004’s The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and soon became a viral meme.
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Buckingham Green A child without an eye Made her mother cry, why ask…
Cold Blows the Wind Cold blows the wind over my true love Cold blows the…
I'll Be Your Jonny on the Spot I'll be your Jonny on the spot, I'll be your…
I'm Dancing in the Show Tonight Are my lemons tied? Is my hair in place? Have…
Mutilated Lips I lick my brain in silence Rather squeeze my head…
Ocean Man Ocean man, take me by the hand Lead me to the…
Polka Dot Tail Did you ever see a whale with a polka dot…
The Blarney Stone Get off my ass you wee bitty fuck If I…
The Golden Eel Sitting alone in the den watching the eel Help me…
The Mollusk Hey little boy, whatcha got there? Kind sir it's a mollusk…
Waving My Dick in the Wind I'm waving my dick in the wind, waving my dick…