Boogie, Boogie

One of my current favorite songs is “Voodoo Lady” by Ween.

I really, really love this song. It is weird, catchy, and stays in my head for about a day after I listen to it. Because I’m writing this review, I’ll probably be humming this until Friday. But that’s ok.

“Voodoo Lady” opens with this great percussion. The kind of thing you would imagine going on in the background of a tribal dance. It sets the tone for the whole song and makes it really easy, and fun, to move your body to. And then there’s a deep voice repeating “Boogie, Boogie, Boogie, Boogie”. This is a little goofy at first, but it is mostly just awesome and fun to sing with. Then a guitar comes in. It is a simple enough lick, and it just repeats itself, but the melody of it is really catchy and adds to the energetic feel of the song.

Then a goofy voice comes in, telling about a “Voodoo Lady” who “drive[s] [him] crazy with that boogie, oogie, oogie, oogie, oogie, oogie, oogie, oogie”. The lyrics and sound of the singer’s voice make it even more weird, but also great. The stylized way that he sings in makes it super fun to sing along. And the lyrics mainly repeat themselves, so it’s easy to do, too.

Dispersed in the song are a really sweet guitar solo and a strange few seconds of…well I don’t really know what. A very weird, I suppose synth solo? You have to hear it to understand it I think. This is my least favorite part of the song, however it really fits with the unique style of the tune. But soon enough the guitar comes back in, and you finish the song singing the repeated “boogie, boogie”.

Overall, it’s a really fun song. Upsettingly, a lot of the other stuff I’ve heard by Ween is…not the same as “Voodoo Lady”. Experimental, I guess you’d have to say. But I don’t really care. I’ll have a great time with this song any day of the week.