Maximum heaviosity

February 18, 2018 10:08 AM

Weasel Walter (label honcho, Lydia Lunch collaborator, Flying Luttenbachers mastermind, No Wave historian, bar band impresario, jazz bandleader, improviser, etc.) presents The Beatles' She's So 60 Minutes of Heavy.
posted by kenko (9 comments total)

That's more than three times longer than Flaming Lips and Nels Cline's 17 minute version from a few years ago.
posted by octothorpe at 11:57 AM on February 18, 2018

This doesn't hold a candle to my long time favorite repeating riff, "Sweetest part of the leaf" which is a 74 minute track of a live band playing the riff for Black Sabbath's Sweet Leaf over and over. (It's great because you can hear the players swap out occasionally as they get tired.)

But She's So 60 Minutes of Heavy would be great to slip into a Beatles mixtape without warning. Or you know, if you want to break a lease or something.
posted by Catblack at 11:58 AM on February 18, 2018

original version is 80 minutes total running time.

What a ripoff!
posted by languagehat at 12:59 PM on February 18, 2018

Sweet jesus, I thought you were going to say he died. Whew.
posted by unknowncommand at 1:35 PM on February 18, 2018 [3 favorites]

I like this riff and I like that Flaming Lips version. This is relevant to my interests!
posted by irisclara at 1:53 PM on February 18, 2018

This doesn't hold a candle to my long time favorite repeating riff, "Sweetest part of the leaf" which is a 74 minute track of a live band playing the riff for Black Sabbath's Sweet Leaf over and over. (It's great because you can hear the players swap out occasionally as they get tired.)

I tried to listen to the original Black Sabbath song but got bored about 45 seconds in. But I'm 48 minutes into this and still digging it. I dunno, I think I maybe listen to music wrong?
posted by aubilenon at 1:55 PM on February 18, 2018

I'm partial to the Butthole Surfers' version of the riff - Sweat Loaf.
posted by idiopath at 4:18 PM on February 18, 2018 [3 favorites]

Weasel Walter is so fucking sick.
posted by ACair at 5:24 PM on February 18, 2018 [1 favorite]

It's like back in the '70s when Devo would get on stage and play "Jocko Homo" for half an hour.
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:41 PM on February 18, 2018 [3 favorites]