Bittersweet Motel

Songs

Most songs that appear in the film were performed live unless noted. Eight cover songs are featured in the film, including the rehearsal and debut of Ween's "Roses Are Free" from their Chocolate and Cheese album. Two other notable debuts captured in the film are an early version of "Sleep" (played solo by Trey on his Languedoc guitar for the cameras which would later appear on their 2000 album Farmhouse) and a soundcheck of the band performing what was at the time the new faster arpeggiated version of "Water In Sky" that would be seen later that year in studio form on their 1998 album The Story of the Ghost.

The songlist clearly shows how the narrative of the film is not accurate to when the scenes were shot. The Great Went appears as the climax of the film, while in reality it's the first footage that Phillips shot for the movie.

Brian And Robert (rehearsal and performance) _{July 2, 1998 - The Grey Hall, Freetown Christiana, Copenhagen, Denmark}

Birds Of A Feather (rehearsal) _{March 1998 - Unknown House, Burlington VT}

David Bowie _{From the studio album Junta}

Golgi Apparatus _{From the studio album Junta}

Roses Are Free (Ween) (rehearsal and performance) _{December 11, 1997 - Rochester War Memorial, Rochester, NY}

Down With Disease _{December 11, 1997 - Rochester War Memorial, Rochester, NY}

Waste _{December 11, 1997 - Rochester War Memorial, Rochester, NY}

Sleep _{Fall 1997 ?- Trey's Garage, VT}

Love Me (Leiber and Stoller) (backstage rehearsal Mike and Trey) _{December 31, 1997 - Madison Square Garden, New York NY}

Countdown > Auld Lang Syne > Tweezer _{December 31, 1997 - Madison Square Garden, New York NY}

When The Circus Comes (Los Lobos) _{July 9, 1998 - Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain}

Water In The Sky (soundcheck) _{June 29 or 30, 1998 - The Grey Hall, Freetown Christiana, Copenhagen, Denmark}

Frankenstein (Edgar Winter) _{July 8, 1998 - Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain}

Wilson _{July 8, 1998 - Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain}

Hello My Baby (Howard and Emerson) _{July 9, 1998 - Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain}

Punch You In The Eye _{December 11, 1997 - Rochester War Memorial, Rochester, NY}

Character Zero _{August 16, 1997 - "The Great Went" Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone ME}

The Squirming Coil _{August 16, 1997 - "The Great Went" Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone ME}

Simple _{August 16, 1997 - "The Great Went" Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone ME}

Also Sprach Zarathustra (Deodato) _{August 17, 1997 - "The Great Went" Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone ME}

Loving Cup (The Rolling Stones) _{August 16, 1997 - "The Great Went" Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone ME}

Art Jam _{August 17, 1997 - "The Great Went" Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone ME}

Bittersweet Motel (backstage - Trey, Page, & Tom Marshall) _{July 8, 1998 - Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain}

Tweezer _{From the studio album A Picture Of Nectar}

Home media

The film was released on DVD and VHS on March 6, 2001. Both formats feature extra footage, including uncut live performances of Punch You in the Eye, Maze, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars and Lawn Boy, as well as additional interview sequences that didn't make it into the film. The DVD edition also includes the original theatrical trailer and an interview with director Todd Phillips, and offers Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Surround Sound. The film is presented in its original 1.85:1 Theatrical Aspect Ratio however the DVD is not anamorphic.

Personnel

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