Ween - Roses Are Free

[JSTENSxTF]

LIKE THIS IF PHISH BROUGHT YOU HERE!

[badtechno]

Gene & Dean Ween are the greatest songwriters of the past 25 years.

[jeffbridgesunicorn]

i listen to this song every day. life changing.

[Bendsch1986]

theyre so fucking good...i thought the live version was a studio version and now i've found this, in my opinion no band is comparable to them they dont just make music they understand 100% what music is about, if they were born earlier they would've invented every genre

[jerrk420]

I'M HERE TO SETTLE THIS GUYS

Ween released Chocolate and Cheese in 1994

Phish released Hampton Comes Alive in 1999

Phish covered Ween's song Roses are Free in Hampton Comes Alive.

THERE IT'S SETTLED.

[ctallmanification]

I can't believe there are WEEN fans out there who think Phish wrote this. Duh. Get with it. Get down. Get brown. \ m /

[haydndavies1]

Ween is good and so are Phish, both bands are as equally talented and as credible as each other :)

[PATYPUS3]

This could be the best song that Ween has ever done.....maybe the best song that ANYONE has done........we'll see.......

[mcomerfo81]

I like the original version by Fish better

[yourecoveredinbees]

@mcomerfo81 ***The*** Fish.

[mcomerfo81]

@yourecoveredinbees I heard Fish did this song first. Ween covered it in 2009, as evidenced by the upload date.

[yourecoveredinbees]

@mcomerfo81 Well at least Ween did a better job with this than Toking Heads did with the Halloween 96 show.

Still, though, I wish Ween could learn to be more original and stop ripping other bands off, like we see here.

[illustratingillusion]

@yourecoveredinbees i think you're full of crap ween came out with this song in 1994, on the album chocolate and cheese, get brown, get down.

[MrNastyzProductions]

@yourecoveredinbees

ween not original?.. hmmm...

I dub thee sir douche bag man...

[fotiounce]

@yourecoveredinbees lol you stupid cunt, WEEN WROTE THIS SONG. Any other version you have heard is a cover.

[skiyeti89]

@mcomerfo81 this is the original version. phish covered it. dumbass

[thedizzit]

@mcomerfo81 obviously a joke, niggas be trippin

[ooJDMoo]

What the fuck is all of the negativity toward phish about? They like ween too, they made a tribute to them out of respect, of course it sounds like Phish when they covered it, they are fucking Phish. You guys need to get that one thing that most people have these days, what's it called again? Oh yeah, LIVES.

[buzragon]

Aw Hell yeah!

[MrClintanium]

Discovering Ween when I started smoking weed back when i was a kid was probably one of the greatest things to ever happen in my life.

[johnmickle]

phuck fish. 

[sabotazfats]

you like phishsticks??? in your mouth?? ur a gay phish, which they are

[bestpwnageever]

I personally enjoy the Phish version more. However, it led me to find this. And this is also very sick. I will be looking into more Ween, thanks to Phish.

[bowmanjermaine]

@bestpwnageever ween's dope !'ve no ill will towards phish but i love ween!

[shakesupa69]

resist all the urges that make you wanna go out n kill.

god i miss super ball ix

[PootieTangsBelt]

ween is an acid trip in a song

[timichal]

Music is not a competition.

[pengstrom39]

Great song phish plays it better.

[m1n1b00gn15h]

I freaking love Ween! And Phish! *dances to song* ^_^

[bombad001]

My favorite Ween song. Brings back memories of my childhood... man I was a weird kid.

[sabotazfats]

"allstars? stop trying to say ones better than the other or one sucks ." god phish fans are retarded, you just contradicted yourself dumbass

[chongaa123]

haha its funny some ppl only know this song because of phish thats why theres an argument. im a big time phish head, but i know/like that this is a ween track, ween and phish and all jam bands are good obv phish are the allstars, but good music is good music everythinge;se is crap stop trying to say ones better than the other or one sucks .

[jessicavorobel]

ween and phish are incomparable. apples and oranges. both awesome fruit. one is juicier than the other, but the other certainly has got an awesome crunch. i mean OBVIOUSLY phish respects this band and ween is just--i mean LISTEN.

[DesMoinesT]

@SalemGossip I'm pretty sure there's no real "debate" going on here, brah. But I'll give you the name-slinging thing, I do like calling people faggy douchebags.

[markablanton]

Ween killed it at High Sierra.

[ninfam74]

not saying anything about either band but i like phish's version better

[eatenbyrobots]

I always listen to Ween sober.

[AlecRozsa]

i love how people say booze me up and get me high is a trigger. listen to THIS

[sabotazfats]

you can't compare ween to any band honestly, its kind of annoying too

[david42018]

phish was ZzzzzZzzzZ snooze boring at Bonnaroo in 09'. I was excited for their reunion and fell asleep 3 songs in. I wasn't even high yet :o

[sabotazfats]

i hope they will have a new song, a little preview for the new lp

[baconkelley]

seein em live at the hangout festival can't fuckin wait, hope they play this.

[PurpleFruit8]

This song fucking rules. The one part that makes this better than Phish version for me is 2:09 - 2:19

[SALIMGUY]

I can't believe they don't play the "Throw the pumpkin in the sea" verse live, it's my favorite part of the song. :(

Oh well, this song still rocks.

[lifeisonlyaDreaMT]

i love gettin naked and goin totally fucking crazy runnin and jumpin around to this and i recommend it to everyone it will get ride of your negative vibes.

WEEN FOR LIFE!!!!

[DickleBongJCockaine]

@lifeisonlyaDreaMT How do you have the courage to do such a thing? =D

[Whopoopedthebed1]

@lifeisonlyaDreaMT Douche chill....

[TheLamezebra]

this song belongs to ween and they dont need phish stealing their song and all u guy saying that phish didnt steal this song to hell with you ween plays it a hell of a lot better anyway phish can go burn in hell

[SlapMoMusic]

Ween is one of the best song-writing groups of the 90s. Phish is 4 of the most talented instrmentalists of the 90s. Ive seen both live, Ive heard phish's version. Ween does this song better. But neither is wrong. And Phish has done equally as much for music as Ween. I'm sure both bands respect eachother, and that's all Phish was trying to do: give a little more exposure to a band that so badly deserved it. Phish certainly doesn't need to steal material, and they certainly don't need a bi

[hobbit151]

Phish fucking sucks! a very overrated band, I think they got popular because of their hippie following only.

[isaidmurder]

i agree phish should stop ruining good music

[sabotazfats]

someone has to keep you wookies in order,treatened much, i love ween, thats what ive been saying dumdum, they kick the dick

[nantucketred16]

@sabatozfats

You are quite the YouTube authority aren't ya? Goin around flaming Phish on every video on YouTube because people don't have the same opinion as you? What a joke, you should get a life and focus on music you do like instead of letting other people enjoying themselves to something you don't like affect you this much. It's pathetic.

[Curtislowe77]

Who created the song ? Whiskey Tango Foxtrott ! thats who gets the nod

[sabotazfats]

yes this... ladies love it live

phish is a cancer to music

[GRANTBAILEY9099]

all these people talking shit on phish... obviously you wont like them if your looking at this stuff and like this. just have some goddam respect for once

[sabotazfats]

i rather eat glass than listen to phish TRY to play this song, Ween makes panties drop, phish makes eyelids drop

[GRANTBAILEY9099]

@sabotazfats im not tryna come here and be a youtube gangster and talk shit but wait.. this?,,, makes panties drop?

[jonathonkelly1]

SWEET! When Phish covers a band, its like saying, Holy Shit! These guys ROCK!! BOOGNISH 4EVA!!!!! WEEN~ welcome to the likes of the rolling stones, the dead, the talking heads, the beatles, stevie wonder, pink floyd, zepplin and the who! RAGE! and yes, that pumpkin holds MY destiny.

[PhunkyPhishPhan]

I love when Ween fans are hostile to phans, ahaha. Your band is good, I like Ween. But the fanbases speak for themselves. See you on Ween tour this summer, hahaha, oh wait...Right...

[ZeppelinFloydRoses]

Only Ween can play Ween songs. That's just how it is.

[godfatheraeg]

I agree phish's guitar playing and vocals are lacking compared to ween's

[isaidmurder]

phish sucks its not an agurement, its venting frustration for the desecration of the boognish

[MADDOGERNIE]

I haven't heard this song for such a long time.

[urabus420]

i like watching others bash others opinions...it wouldnt be america if we didnt.

[Garduus]

This song reminds me something Prince would have done. Very original song composing and writing. 

[seasofluck]

Never trust someone who doesn't like Ween.

[SuperHales3]

@seasofluck couldnt of said it better

[Elbowdude]

@seasofluck I hear ya.

[Iccullus]

To the people talking about how Phish isnt Phish anymore..They went on Hiatus to get rid of slaggers like you that just went to get fucked up..since their return in the hamptons they started off slow but making a huge comeback playing their entire catalog and most intricate songs and been on point..You don't know shit about shit...BTW thanx for the upload ;)

[Iccullus]

To the people talking about how Phish isnt Phish anymore..They went on Hiatus to get rid of slaggers like you that just went to get fucked up..since their return in the hamptons they started off slow but making a huge comeback playing their entire catalog and most intricate songs and been on point..You don't know shit about shit...BTW thanx for the upload ;)

[Likeyoucare]

Nobody has the right to cover this song. Or any other Ween song.

[elephant0666]

its a mushroom festival in hell you internet douchebags!!!!

[sauce1101]

I won't compare the two bands since Phish hasn't been Phish since the 90s. They don't jam, they don't write interesting songs, and if I were a big fan, I'd be pissed that they expect me to be impressed by uninspired sets of 3 min song, rest, 4 min song, rest, 3 min song, rest. Phish fails when compared to Phish -- why bother to compare them to a band that they have nothing in common with except a song Phish sometimes covers?

[MrJas1991]

@sauce1101

I agree. I hate to discuss Phish on a Ween video but honestly they used to be soooo much better in the nineties. I feel like people who still go to Phish shows are too fucked up on acid and MDMA to realize that they're not even really passionate anymore.

[sauce1101]

@MrJas1991 Nah . . . they're worse: DMT zombies

[bamcaro]

Ween's live version of this song (off the live from chicago album) is hands down much better than their studio version....well i guess even that is opinion based. but the fact that a bunch of you knuckle heads are fighting the phish vs ween battle is ridiculous. both bands have been throwing down brilliant, original music for decades now. here is how it is: ween wrote an epic song, phish liked it and covered it. Now we have two amzing versions of the same awesome song. i dont see the problem...?

[TheShoesh]

Bottom line, Ween wrote an absolutely brilliant and beautiful song that the very talented band Phish decided to cover. End of story

[DesMoinesT]

Can we just stop arguing about whether Phish or Ween is better? They're both good bands and you faggots just look like internet douchebags looking to argue about something because nobody talks to you in real life.

[Hamgammy]

@DesMoinesT cry noob. Phish sucks and always have. The Dave Matthews Band does what Phish tries to do 1000 times better. I feel sorry for anyone who has wasted money on a Phish concert or CD.

[novak55554]

@Hamgammy fuck that! dmb didnt even have a lead guitarist until 2007. trey would kick tim reynolds in the nuts any day of the week.

[tbk420]

@DesMoinesT

Sweet meltdown

[Hellzyead]

@DesMoinesT Nah, Widespread Panic is way fucking better than Phish...anyone who has ever been to one WP concert can attest to that testament. I've been to roughly 50...whoopty fuck, I know, but still, check them out. Ween kicks ass too -- only time I've ever seen them was at the first Bonnaroo -- memorable, but overshadowed by WP's second night, especially when they play "Tall Boy" with Dottie Peoples and her Peoples' Choice choir (check that shit out...holy fuck)

[fuckyougeorgebush]

@DesMoinesT Interesting...I've never considered listening to Ween unless I'm completely fucked up. Then again, I don't notice Phish playing the same thing over and over if I am fucked up so it's like rediscovering the same awesome riff over and over.

Either way...why would anyone listen to these bands unless fucked beyond belief?

[CristoByliat]

@DesMoinesT lmao most accurate statement about youtubers on youtube

[andrewsenger7105]

@DesMoinesT dude but they wrote the song mang

[alexn159]

all the phish haters are jealous as shit! hahaha :D

[burnone423]

@alexn159 sorry ment that for @aedong420

[44antman]

chilled stuff

[aedong420]

PHISH>WEEN...............(1,00­0's of times over)

[TheBaldBastid]

Fuck Phish. Fuck all sac-biting hippie fucks that usurped and ruined on of the finest bands of the last forty fucking years.

[d3eztrickz]

@TheBaldBastid Explain to me how the band is ruined?? Get your foot out of your mouth, and your head out of your ass. Music can't me ruined you ignorant fuck

[TheBaldBastid]

@d3eztrickz How about douche-bag fucktards like yourself insinuating themselves into the scene and co-opting it. Thereby moving the band in previously un-explored directions in regards to the music they have to create to cater to simpering, ex-fratboy, trustfund rasta, ignorant fucks like you, sir. Does that about cover it? Or do you have more puling to do?

[PhishyManJamSon]

Fuck Weens gay ass shizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[symbal777]

ween>>>>>>phish

[jackattack20000]

Turn this up to eleven if you haven't...

[thedudemanwithnothin]

this song is gay but i love ween 

[PhishyManJamSon]

ummmmmmmmm this shit sucks u need to hear Phish's version of this song. Cause it makes this song pretty gay.........

[Luke139]

@PhishyManJamSon You're an idiot.

[qpah]

@PhishyManJamSon You're a dirty whore, your parents don't love you, and you are going to die alone. Eat my stinking feces with a fork and a knife.

[maulyyy]

dont 4get 2 understand exactly what u put on the tree.............lasagna<3....­.throw the pumpkin @ the tree, unless u think that pumpkin holds your destiny.......................­.FUKIN CLASSIC i feel like im 22 @ the milk bar again....thx ilikepie37

[beatlesrock354]

i love this song but what is it about

[nathanwallacei3]

Ween Rocks.. i see em anytime i get a chance..

[mrserfin1]

played this at camp bisco we want more!

[Odb718]

2:20 marks the beginning of heaven 

[robotaholic]

this song is gay so fuck you in the FACE you right wing religious motherfuck! - oh you like religious imginary - mmm my cock gets engorged when i hear this-

[AlsatianFever]

I saw ween play this at outside lands last year. the guy next to me melted . . .

[flyers5342]

phish's version is so much better

[TheBoognish7]

@flyers5342 Phish's version is a tribute to Ween's live version. A tribute, by default, cannot be better than the original. It's just a tribute (see Tenacious D). Your argument has no base. Lawyer'd.

Second, this is studio Ween. Like Phish, Live is better, friend.

[myway43]

@flyers5342 I would not say better. I think ween keeps it on context. Its a fun song. Phish covered it. Phish makes it sound "earthier", but Ween gives it it's humor., and slight psychedlic flavor. Just two different flavors of the same song.

[54321nicolaskurtf]

@myway43 i like strawberry flavor

[dogfootball2009]

@E3lenoDotNet your are fucking retarded they wrote this song

[AdamTheGood]

Man this Ween album has something for everyone.

[JsMunchies]

Look, I'm a huge phish phan. But this version kicks Phish's version's ass! And the music video is freakin crazy!

[Nightwithe]

are they homos?

[Benjabola]

i never believe the florist.

[wideosvatcher]

the shit

[Beatle105]

Sorry ya'll but this is an abboration of a Phish song.

[UglyToontown]

awfully confident, aren't we? ween did this song first and phish covers it in their live shows...

[Revlin]

@Beatle105

You're wrong. And not a Beatle.

[dammitineedaname]

I am sad that I won't get to see Ween in Indy 'cause the show is sold out! D:

[kball69]

lol, love it. ween has cool tunes :) dont ppl get tired of the same ol shit all the time ?? hmmm, nice programmed human . . . . they'll make great pets :P

[thebreakoutmovie]

my socks are green...when i saw ween in concert....bezerkly, ca!

[christmyer23]

wow wow wow???...

i love saosin their sick musicians and i love ween dnt say shit you dnt no about you just make yourself look like an asshole

[alaurissa]

free roses....

[phluffhead430]

pheeeeeeeesh

[murph2398]

4.3.98

[laureate651]

maybe because he gives you roses because he wants sex?

[calebengler]

E-Z Whip, anyone?

[skkankpants]

why can't you believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free?

[Schizima]

i think a. it took a lot of effort to grow the rose

or b. something to do with patriotism

or c. it's ween so it naturally makes no sense

[illitaristic]

I dunno...maybe it goes back to that old cliched expression that nothing in life is free?

[dillon1278]

Oh shit, personally, I like the Phish version loads more, and the last 15 minutes I've heard both of the songs for the first time. I just feel like this song is too edited, like too many effects were put into. Like they wanted a poppy song, but they just loaded it with distortions.

[illitaristic]

I agree, theres just a bit too much studio electronic weirdness here. Has kind of a bit of an 80s vibe to it as well

[lexscguy32]

It was awful nice of Phish to copy Ween

[dillon1278]

@lexscguy32 its definetely not a copy, lmao. listen to it.

[jahsunsownpage]

ive seen both phish and ween perform this particular song and they are equally good. But when a band plays an original, it always sounds better. plus phish jams, but ween'll kick u in the c@*t

[jonathonkelly1]

@jahsunsownpage i concur!  I bust a load for both! YUM!

[BUGtheband919]

I love Phish. BUT. WEEN is way too cool. This version is much more awesome!

[evangelion110]

This song is hypnotizing...

[wombatscout]

What ever happened to the fan-made music video with the robots?! I cannot find it!

[DroverChicago]

I tried posting the URL in a number of ways here but fucking YouTube makes it damn near impossible. So just do a Google search of "roses are free robot video" (without the quuotes) and you'll find it on other sites.

The guitar-playing robot at the end of that video is my freakin' hero.

[wombatscout]

Thanks! It's been ages since I've seen that video.

[kittenkiller69696969]

If you like ween check out the MOISTBOYZ, not mgmt.

Ween fucking rule. So stony it makes my head numb. I'm buying one of those Ween belts and gonna make my wife wear it around the house.

[dgtlboy13]

Best ween album, hands down

[weenrocker]

@dgtlboy13 nope the pod Is. Have you ever fried and listen'd to the pod?????? Be honest too!

[dgtlboy13]

cant say that i have, never been much on that to be totally honest haha.

[spoozy]

i hAVe left the universe, thank you wweeeen :D

[RhinoPiledriver]

I wouldn't say Ween and MGMT are alike...

MGMT are so poppy and shit, Ween are just genius.

[smithwh]

i agree but i love both :)

[mizzmo123]

true dat

[lolyootubelol]

theyre arent enough bands like ween

[chrismims22]

i love ween have for a long time. if you like ween you should check out mgmt, their making some pretty good stuff. and by the way thanks for the upload this is my favorite ween album

[PedobearMansion]

My friend says this song is "gay" but what does he know, he listens to shit like Saosin =/

[ilikepie37]

saosin? *throws up* figures someone who hates ween would listen to some generic shitty emo band

[MyBalsac]

@ilikepie37 lol