About this song
- "The Golden Eel" was one of the earliest songs written in the creative process for The Mollusk. It was written by Gene Ween in the fall of 1995 within the first two weeks of the first beach house recording sessions for the album. The song is about an actual golden eel that Gene's roommate had. The line "sitting alone in the den, watching the eel" is a literal description of the activity Gene was doing when he was inspired to write the song. Dean added, "The fact that we were on shrooms or liquid kinda goes without saying." Ween first played "The Golden Eel" live several times in the spring of 1996 as a duo with DAT-deck accompaniment. Ween debuted the song with the full live band on the Comedy Central show Viva Variety in April of 1997, two months before the release of The Mollusk. Notably, this appearance was Ween's very first live performance with the modern lineup, including Dave Dreiwitz on bass and Glenn McClelland on keyboards. "The Golden Eel" was played frequently on the subsequent Mollusk tour, and has remained a common live Ween song ever since. In addition, "The Golden Eel" has been played numerous times individually by both Gene Ween (solo acoustic and with the Gene Ween Band) and Dean Ween (with the Dean Ween Group). . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
