Some good words said about this song. In response to kaboutit's logic:
"The line "The people of the village believed me" implies that he fooled them. Why state "they belived me" if its true?"
The first time I heard this song, I figured he was referring to the fact that he claimed he would seek out and kill his brother's murderer. This isn't really a dead giveaway, for that reason.
My favourite thing about this song is the subtleties in the way it's sung, which aren't easy to explain with direct citations from the text alone. Especially when he says "you, you LOOK like my brother," you can hear his voice tremble, and on the second or third listen you can imagine him pointing a gun the whole time that he's singing, which really works wonders.
This song is a beautiful example of how Ween's genre experiments are both parodies and homages.
That line LITERALLY came on as I read your comment! Very true. Definitely one of Ween's best stories/characters. It's pretty clear it's about a guy who was jealous of his brother and so killed him, blamed another man and set out to serve justice, in the process getting away with the murder of his brother, appearing as a hero and winning the favour of his grieving mother. Someone should make this into an epic western film, or a short film at least!
That line LITERALLY came on as I read your comment! Very true. Definitely one of Ween's best stories/characters. It's pretty clear it's about a guy who was jealous of his brother and so killed him, blamed another man and set out to serve justice, in the process getting away with the murder of his brother, appearing as a hero and winning the favour of his grieving mother. Someone should make this into an epic western film, or a short film at least!
Some good words said about this song. In response to kaboutit's logic:
"The line "The people of the village believed me" implies that he fooled them. Why state "they belived me" if its true?"
The first time I heard this song, I figured he was referring to the fact that he claimed he would seek out and kill his brother's murderer. This isn't really a dead giveaway, for that reason.
My favourite thing about this song is the subtleties in the way it's sung, which aren't easy to explain with direct citations from the text alone. Especially when he says "you, you LOOK like my brother," you can hear his voice tremble, and on the second or third listen you can imagine him pointing a gun the whole time that he's singing, which really works wonders.
This song is a beautiful example of how Ween's genre experiments are both parodies and homages.
That line LITERALLY came on as I read your comment! Very true. Definitely one of Ween's best stories/characters. It's pretty clear it's about a guy who was jealous of his brother and so killed him, blamed another man and set out to serve justice, in the process getting away with the murder of his brother, appearing as a hero and winning the favour of his grieving mother. Someone should make this into an epic western film, or a short film at least!
That line LITERALLY came on as I read your comment! Very true. Definitely one of Ween's best stories/characters. It's pretty clear it's about a guy who was jealous of his brother and so killed him, blamed another man and set out to serve justice, in the process getting away with the murder of his brother, appearing as a hero and winning the favour of his grieving mother. Someone should make this into an epic western film, or a short film at least!