yeah you do man

Why cry? Laugh at it all. Promise it works

Dude, this song had me crying on the way to work in my car today.

Shit had me crying in the shake joint fr

​@@Trump-cb7liignorance is bliss, I suppose

I'm finding a lot of Ween songs fit that!

It’s a celebration through your skin, man…

@@honkymcwhiteboy4084 they probably mean the changing of the skin. Like evolution.

That’s our plan

@@23rascelno, they mean drugs taken through the skin, LOL

For years the only song of theirs I had heard was It's Gonna Be A Long Night and I thought they were a band that just vaguely sounded like Motorhead 😆

@@thecianinator right?!!!! Best comment ever!

That's why I love them so much. The boys always bring the brown-ness. Discovered them in 99. Have seen them 3x and seeing them in August for the 3 day Summer Camp show in IL!!

Wait, that's a subgenre of band? Ween is the ONLY one of those bands of that description I can name. Well, Ween and Talking Heads.

@@kjh1678 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard come close. They usually stick with 1 sound per album though. (But they've often done 3 or 4 albums per year) .. their album K.G. from last year is my personal fave. Turkish folk, stoner metal, funk, and disco on that one

Fine line, that. A fine, brown line.

Hahahahah brownie troop!

HOLY SH I T I had forgotten the name of bitey and brackenwood for years. The video seemed familiar but had no idea why. Thanks.

The animation style was intensely familiar and nostalgic, but I never connected the dots until now! :-O

Really good review. Concise but spot on.

What is brackenwood?

Tidy!

+jpkells that's really awesome that this song and video gives you comfort. That's what we all need to realize we aren't ever gone we are just transformed. Even as the video shows sometimes we don't want to transform or we are scared of the unkown. One thing is for sure this is a beautiful song and video and I just wanted to say im sorry for your loss but im also very encouraged and inspired by your story.

lol

That saddens my heart. No parent should have to go thought the struggles of losing a child. I'm glad Ween brought you comfort, especially with this song, which always make me feel closer to my mother who I lost only a few years back to cancer at a much too young age.

i'm a hospice nurse and that's really awesome. mollusk has deep importance to me too!

My sister passed from complications. I can also relate to this video. She has transformed into a higher being and is still with us.

welcome to the fold. you shan't be disappointed.

You have discovered truly sacred territory...remove your shoes for the ground you have discovered is holy boognish terra-firma :-)

I too have just entered the Weenhole. Heard this on the radio--instant fan.

The whole Quebec album is amazing. I have never heard them on the mainstream radio (unless you are talking about galaxy radio or satellite radio)...this song would be a worthy selection for airtime though, it has hit written all over it. The White Pepper album is also great. These guys are very talented song writers and musicians bar none! :-)

Steve The Peeve If you think Quebec is amazing listen to the White Pepper and The Mollusk.

I wonder who Mark A is, my Middle name starts with A and my name's Mark. I love that

thank you!

You must be Educated.

Yea chluaid!!!! Great job man.

You hit the nail on the head. This music video and the song that goes with it has this cerebral uplifting quality to it. The music video is so important to that feeling because it gives it a deeper meaning than if you were just listening to the song. It affects me emotionally each time I see it

​@@chluaidisn't it just awesome that you video was on their promotion artwork for this song. And they also feature the creature you made in some of their live shows. Even Ween is amazed 😊

I think that the country record they did shines a light on how their minds kinda work when they write music. Essentially, they only really had surface-level knowledge on what country music was, so all they kinda knew was that all the mainstream country music is made in Nashville with session musicians, and most of that is cheesy and very clean. So, they went down there, hired some session musicians, made them play stuff like Piss Up A Rope, and expecting them to be shocked. The musicians weren't shocked, to them it actually wasn't much different than the country music they played on (I mean, Johnny Cash sang about getting drunk, killing people, and doing drugs), the only thing that made it kind of unique was how juvenile the lyrics were, and how amateurish they sounded (not necessarily a bad thing). I like to think that they take that approach to every song they write. Take a well-known genre of music that they only really have surface-level knowledge of, apply their weird and naive spin on it, then record a somewhat sloppy take of it and call it a day. It's why they never really broke into the mainstream, and why fans love them to this day.

@@qty1315 it’s true, it’s why I find their Shinola album almost their most professional as it’s a bunch of songs that were either refused to be released because of the tone they had or they chose not to put them into albums. Someday, Boys Club, Monique The Freak, etc, are all so professionally done that they almost don’t sound like ween songs. If you listen to what Someday was originally suppose to sound like, you realize that Ween has grown so much with their music that they changed what these songs sound like entirely and made incredible versions because now it comes so naturally.

Sounds kind of like Interstate love song

now i have to find out what king missile sounds like

Most musical acts try to hone their art to the point of perfection and then present to you what they believe is the best they have to offer. With Ween, it's like they just put it all out there and the listener gets to witness the entire honing process -- good and bad -- and judge for themselves.

Until he realizes that he can't move and he's being consumed by whatever is terraforming the planet for the alien conquerors.

Plaid Ninja They're little boognishes or something like that.

yes the child is untouched by the toxic beliefs of adults, and he lets love in while the adult watches and cries, wishing he was so opened too

Rivo Haavandi yeah no... The adult is crying because the kid is too trusting and he has no way to save him. They were consumed by the parasites in the end and used to create more of them.

They’re the boongish not aliens

Boognish!

I don't understand why you'd limit yourself to

puckmaster97 It was animated by a Disney animator

holy shit dude you just threw a lot of people under the bus.

​@@VikoTheBassistI know you posted this a long time ago but I thought this uploader made the video. Why would the band give him credit if he didn't?

The uploader was a former Disney animator who took a month off to make this.

+Napukin you're welcome

Still deeply disturbs me.

Napukin i always thought it was so sad

Yep. But soon they will be apart of the planet in ways they never thought. It's beautiful

Yes, I feel for the guy watching his kid being murdered

@@plaidninja You do know that guy looks to be 13 or 14 years old? The kid's probably not his. *Maybe* it's his little cousin or nephew.

@@101Volts this is the takeaway, not the genocide?

Did anyone think maybe that's just some random kid

+mondola agreed! That story is amazing.

I didn't know until I heard it from you. In the end, it sounds like it was worth it.

+chluaid Wow, I simply cannot think of a fitting compliment deserving enough for what I just watched man... Except: "You were the fuckin BOMB in Phantoms yo!" lol. I really dig this tune and your animation is perfect bro. That was some top level shit story wise. I mean perfect in every sense of that word. It is no wonder Ween fucking made it the official video. I believe the lyrics wasn't telling your story in its inception, but you MADE it so. Right? I'm no expert and I'm certainly not any sort of qualified to be broadly casting what I'm talking about lol. Whatever? Most "videos" I've seen go the other way round, I think they try to match the visuals to what the song, feel of the music or bluntly just exactly what the lyrics are about, but goddamn it man you truly took Ween's brilliantly esoteric sounds and words and made them tell YOUR story! I love it, you sir are a genius. And thank you for taking those days off of work man, mother fucking great goddamned decision!!! One more thing, Could I bother you with a few questions please? I know I've long overstayed my welcome in this unintentionally 4 paragraph long KZfaq chat box but I've been dying to know some things man. 1.Who in Weens outfit told you that your video is now going to be the Official Trans dermal Celebration Video and how did they contact you? What did that feel like!? lol 2. Did they pay you? I DO NOT want to know a number, just if they paid you or not. I hope so. They should have in my opinion. 3. Where can I see more of your content? Anything interesting your currently working on you'd share? 4. Would you consider doing another music video? Which one if so? and finally What's Next man? I got to say you are inspiring and awesome man, I hope to watch a movie or some capacity of yours in the future.

Thanks Janson! To answer your questions: 1. I got in touch with Ween's manager when I heard they were looking for ideas for the video. In fact I was too late and missed the opportunity because Ween were going on tour and shooting the "Live in Chicago" DVD, so they had already decided to use footage from their shows for the Transdermal video. I'd already had a few ideas based on the lyrics so I told the manager I'd go ahead anyway and see if Ween liked it when they returned from tour. 2. After Aaron (Gene Ween) saw it and told me it'd be the official video, they sent me an agreement to sign and yes, a payment (which was about double what I would have earned at my day job) 3. My website is bitey.com but I've also got most of my animation work here on my KZfaq channel. My latest project is my Brackenwood series funded by Patreon supporters. patreon.com/bitey :) 4. I have done one other music video; if you search for "Into the Woods chluaid" you should find it. There's another music video in the works that's about 2/3 finished, but not sure when it'll be done. I've been offered a bunch of music video jobs since but I'm only interested in doing them if I like the music and I get to write the story. Thanks again!

+chluaid I must have written and deleted this response at least 5 times in all by now. You took so much time to answer all of my questions and you did so succinctly and with such humility that I feel inadequate but that I have to match that with a fitting response to show how grateful I am. I can't possibly say enough, and I just deleted an 8 huge paragraphs long reply lol. That's not how I should do it. But I'll just do my best. You sir are a genius! I cannot believe how fucking good "bitey" is. (notice it's all lower case because it's not actually his name, just a description given to him" Very nice touch! I love it man, I'm hooked, and that world of yours' feel's so fleshed out and Tolkien-level real and mysterious. It pain's me that it isn't a series I can stream daily yet. It should be man, I want to know everything about bitey and his world. It's just so good, I don't see how it won't exist in a long form fashion one day. I assume too much, I mean only if you want that to be. sorry. Thank you so much for answering all of my questions top to bottom perfectly and completely! Although I feel guilty about a few of those. Mainly since I was already a fan of yours at any capacity and immediately subscribed, I should have went to your channel and answered some of those questions myself, but you were so cool and humble that you answered anyway without even the tiniest shred of ego. I was so hoping that you got to speak to Gene or Dean directly, to be validated and compensated like that with your art must have been great. You deserved it! And I don't notice a single negative quality dude. Your inspirational integrity with your art by only taking jobs you believe in and only if you're given the freedom to tell an original story is such a testament to truly how much of an artistic genius you really are and of the top grade quality you possess. This doesn't say all that I wanted to say, and it isn't showing a fraction of how much it means to me that you answered my questions, but I hope you at least know that you made my day man. And that you have a dedicated fan that really appreciates your work. So Thanks again bro. Your story writing is absolutely brilliant, the animations are perfection, and you honestly seem in general like just an all around good person. Can't wait to see more man. Hopefully everyone will get a chance to experience Brackenwood, bitey, and all it's rich cast of characters one day! I've already shown your animations to friends and they all dig it. Cheers! P.s. I fucking love the music of the bitey series. Sooo damn good. literally A+ in all categories. How could anyone deny it's Worth? Like produces and studio executives? I don't know lol whoever the people are that gets shit made. Those couldn't deny it either, and you better believe I'm hitting that donation support button for your work. lol Thanks again man. Sorry it's an immense reply and PLEASE don't feel obligated to respond back, You've done enough.

Umm... Ocean man?

Eh. Yeah, but I'm only saying that because it's there most popular song

Uh... I don't get what you're saying tbh..

TheDolfinCrewGaming no it fucking isnt, Push Th Little Daisies is weens most well known song

Mewlysses that song is almost obscure compared to ocean man, because it became a meme a few years ago, just compare their yt views and spotify plays I think I prefer daisies though to ocean man

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I think it’s absolutely hilarious that ween became a household name in Australia instead of the states, because of course they did

Crying now

The fact these same men wrote polo asada is so confusingly wonderful

Nope

I cry every time.

it's a true masterpiece.

The country album is one of my favorites

Before you nix "12 Golden Country Hits" you should probably look up who they worked with on that Record. I swear, people see the words "Country Music" and totally close their minds.

@@skelter1153 they're real Richard Smokers, eh?

And I loooove those white critters, they are so cute

+DoomsdayCartoons Who the fuck are U? NOT ADAM THATS WHO

It would've taken me a whole year to learn the bare minimum of flash then another year to make a rough mockup of this.

The first 3 seconds would take me a week and then I’d forget about for 10 years and do nothing with it.

It's taken my entire life to not do anything this brilliant.

It took me 15 years to watch the animation

I like aphex twin too

That uneasy feeling might be a sort of intuition relating to a darker subconscious interpretation of the story being told which actually fits into our timeline on some level. ...like an eerie sensation that might creep up your spine if someone happened to lay out accurate details of a terrible suffering that you had yet to endure as they described some random event by sheer coincidence. ...or perhaps not being able to understand why your skin suddenly began to crawl as you watched the specific circumstances surrounding your own passing years in advance on some screen showcasing something seemingly unrelated to you and your life at that moment in time in your conscious mind. ...a premonition? ...foreshadowing? Maybe it's not all that far-fetched considering our current state of affairs, or maybe I'm just a raving lunatic, lol.

@@daveyboyd784 Maybe I’m just high af but I totally understood this.

This video or song NEVER aired on Television. This video was made by a fan of the band and they liked it so much that they made it the "Official Video" for the song. You must be thinking of a different video.

@@skelter1153 i know for a FACT I saw it on TV. The band made it "official" and it was given to some late night music Channel at the time. I vividly recall the entire video because it horrified me and how else would I have seen it? I'm telling you I saw it on TV. It literally haunted me for almost 2 decades, the video is 19 years old. I was 9 at the time. KZfaq didn't exist yet and we didn't even have a PC, how else would I have seen this in the middle of the night? You CANNOT convince me otherwise.

+r3t0dd Then you'll be stuck and won't move at all.

WHAT.

You will combine with many others to form a tree and other life.

We are all cosmic dust and after we die we become dust again only to be reborn in a different form.

When we die, we are buried, and we rot in the ground. Once fully rotten, our bodies become one with the soil, and that soil can grow a tree.

It is a happy ending in it's own little way. The kid closes his eyes in what looks to be acceptance, and I cant help but hope these new creatures take better care of the earth that we humans have. We also can infr that they will take great care of the nature as they rely on it to populate

@@outofmymind2433 nah bro earth doomed cuz the nuclear power plants would’ve exploded amd caused major damage to the planet so they would prob all die

Its beautifully constructed and gets the message across.

What is really special about this song to me is how the time signature changes from 4/4 to 6/8 in the chorus. It changes the mood so effectively.

Yes exactly and what’s even cooler is just how vibrant, loud and well produced it is. All the instruments go into each other perfectly. The solo is amazing, the bass line is sick, the very quiet beautiful chorus, the whole thing. It’s so impressive how a band as unknown as ween can make such a powerful, well written /produced song

Ween are huge, they were even bigger in the 90's and 00's

I know this is an old comment, but wanted to share my favorite fact about the song. The boys broke into a storage shed and "borrowed" Carlos Santana's guitar for Deaner to play the parts: "What needed to be done was immediately clear to me, I had an opportunity to play the solo on “Transdermal Celebration” through Carlos Santana’s amplifier and guitar. I had one shot at it, it meant taking a hard disk recorder to a storage space where all of Carlos’ stuff was sitting in transit. I arrived at 2am. We (very carefully) unpacked his equipment and set up his stage gear and in one take I recorded the guitar solo for “Transdermal Celebration” (the one that appears on the album, playing thru Carlos Santana’s guitar, pedalboard, and amplifier. The whole think took 10 minutes and we were terrified we were going to get caught. A lot of people would have lost their jobs. We got the fuck outta there relly fast after that. So the solo on “Transdermal Celebration” was played thru all of Sanatana’s shit in what resembled an early morning bank heist or something…"

I'm so glad they came back and embraced the fact that their existing catalog is so good and diverse, that they didn't feel the need to start writing questionable material, like so many have done in the past and present. Their humility in that respect has ensured and preserved the greatness of the works they've released. And if they have wanted to have a creative outlet for new stuff, they each have side projects in which to do so. The boognish is greater than the two of them, and it means the world to me that they have basically acknowledged that in their present approach. EDIT: did not expect this to be such a long comment. Gotta listen to some more ween now

Damn straight!

Night Goat This was on TV?

Imagine a global blackout happened

Oh man I laughed at this. Also, excellent video btw

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If it did, we would be better off

That's what happened in America so far. Next up is the kid dying @1:29

Zach S Same here man✌

lol i was gonna say that