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The "Tommy The Cat" voice is Tom Waits

@@sebe6125 live…🤔

@@whatisbehindthecurtain3662 No, but that isn't what is being listened to

Check out the live version from Rhinoplasty if you haven't before. Even faster than the waits vocals

I seen Primus live twice and he sounds as good live as he does on the album.

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@@IAmZellixx hA

They play jump rope with it.

Walks it? They use that line as a jumprope!

Les Claypool really is a genius which means hes crazy. Thats where you balance out. Just depends where your crazy is. His is everything but we love him for it so it works!!!

This is the only way I walk down alleyways ever since hearing that line. Works great in hallways too, would recommend.

I REMEMBER IT AS IF WERE A MEAL AGO ...lol I use that one

Still one of my favorites of all time.

hands down my favorite line of the song

Tom waits is Tommy the cat by the way

Seen them both live too. Unreal, both of ‘em. As my bass mentor once told me, Les is the bassist that makes you do one of two things. Either you just up and quit or you push and practice more and more. Vic also falls into this category.

Speaks to how important Geddy Lee was for music, to see people like Les and Victor rock on another level.

yeah

I would really, really, really LOVE to see VIC and LES do a slap down. Feedin' off each other...

Agreed, but you might want to give James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius and Jeff Berlin a listen. Cuz once get into that style of bass in it's natural habitat there ain't any coming back.

That whole album is great

Watch out for Bob Cock

@@climaximus7699 👍😆

He'd love the intro to Eleven

​@@tommj4365 I remember bursting out laughing the day I suddenly realized why Eleven was called Eleven. I had never really thought about time signatures before that, afterwards I was counting the beat constantly.

Wow.

Did not know this? Where does he plays now?

@@oldrufo hes back playing with primus again

@@derekcarnes6724 thanks mate

i happened to catch primus with danny. if you didn't know it was danny you wouldn't know it wasn't Tim. Plus, they covered about a minutes worth of a Tool song so ya know, best day of my life lol

Great observation! I never thought about it that way, but Primus' style now makes more sense to me.

Awesome point. If you played the intro to "Fish On" to 100 people that never heard it before, and asked them what the song was about, I'm sure the majority would say something about sea captains or lobster boats or Moby Dick. So when the song is, indeed, about a fishing trip and landing a huge sturgeon, it's like a reward. And you can just read the lyrics to Mrs. Blaileen, My Name Is Mud, Sgt. Baker and so many more and realize Les is a great storyteller by any definition.

Great point!

That is probably the single greatest thing that created my live for Iron Maiden back in '84. How often I would listen to a song, pull out the lyrics & wonder what he was writing about only to find out it's a historical poem, a piece of history, or from some book called Dune. So much of my self-driven education as a young kid was looking into the source of Iron Maiden lyrics whether it was mythology, history, poetry or science fiction. Their music truly shaped the man I am today.

That's the last we seen of Harold...

Same day he heard Tool and Sublime. Which he loved. But sublime and Primus where his main new bands

I hope you two can catch them live someday, it really is an experience, SHe wasnt much of a fan before, but by the end of the set she was jumping around! it was a blast.

CW Noise; I'm 63 yrs old and discovered them recently. Love Primus!

my son tried to get me to listen to them in the 90's. I guess my brain wasnt ready at the time. 3 years ago, At the age of 60, I had one of my son's friend send me the Video, Tommy The Cat, and I was mesmerized!! I was thinking "what the hell is this" while loving it and bobbing my head at the same time...Now I know why my son played it WIDE open on his car stereo and had his head bouncing. The last time I listened to Primus a couple of months ago, In my house, on youtube, my friends and I were up and dancing! FELT GOOD.

...And while he duck walks or prances around stomping his feet

It’s a must to watch a live concert

That's what puts him above most bassists imo

@@spinnymathingy3149 Absolutly!

Les is More

I was hoping someone in the comments said this. Larry is awesome.

LaLonde Is my favorite piece of this band. The most interesting guitar work I've heard in my life.

He was a student of Joe Satriani.

The lead on this track is one of his best too. Lifeson comparison is warranted, rooted in blues with plenty of fun weirdo added.

he really excelled in his previous band, the amazing POSSESSED

True! And he was in a pioneering death metal band before called possessed ( not anywhere as cool as primus tho)

I believe he was a student of Steven Vai. Great guitarist Larry like!

Larry LaLonde es único en su estilo de tocar la guitarra

Did a deep dive on Google. LOL there are SO MANY different drumkits Tim's used throughout his career. I know (via Modern Drummer) that at least for 'Tales from the Punchbowl', he was using a 22x20 (right) & a 20x18 (left), as well as two other kicks (can't remember exactly, but I know one of the auxiliaries was a 24"). But there is at least one photo on Google Images that shows him playing a kit with what looks like twin 20s, and that's being generous on the diameter...

Southbound Pachyderm is a journey. So amazing how much sound these three guys can put out.

@@BPhillips2000 I think around the Sailing the Seas of Cheese time, he was using the Pork Pie kit with the 20" kicks. By the time they recorded Tales from the Punchbowl, I think he had his Tama endorsement and had the different sized kicks. I always found it interesting that he used the different sized kicks at the same time.

@@sandiegojoe That's a great way to describe the song! How it builds and builds.

WAIT that's Tom Fucking Waits on the vox??? holy shit that never clicked for me

Yes!

Primus Sucks!

They really suck😁🥴🤘🙃

A Farewell To Kings is hitting the road soon.

Seeing them live is quite an event to witness. It's funny their all so incredibly good musicians that they can literally cover whatever material and it immediately becomes something of value and possible meaning just because of the level of musicianship. People have a very hard time explaining Primus and definitely have difficulty when introducing them to others. I mean what can you say, especially if someone's not a musician to try and convey what is happening and the value. It's something you either get or you don't. Kudos to those non musicians that love them. Such a structuring of a band, it would be such a loss if they weren't structured the way they are where the infallible bass and the drums that are forever interwoven with perfection. Crazy to have a band with the guitarist being the weakest link, but somehow his style is the only kind that could ever work with it. Well, besides when Buckethead accompanies then brains explode.

My personal favorite song!!!!

Lol

If you want proof - “The Ballad of Buckethead”

If KFC was a Michelin 3 star rotisserie because Primus might be dirty but damn Les and the boys know how to cook their funk...

You misspelled Popeye’s

if you want "dirty" funk, there's n oother than 'luv n haight' by sly and the family stone

second southbound pachyderm.

@@fergarising1972 third Southbound Pachyderm. I'll always advocate for the elephant.

John the fisherman is my all time fav. Primes song.

John!

Southbound Pachyderm!!

Everyone always talks about how good Claypool is but every time I have seen Primus the drums always steal the show for me. His kit always sounds chefs kiss.

He is a total beast

It's a very god reason. Herb is awesome.

Same bro. Tim alexander and Vinnie Paul. My drum heroes.

Ditto

Pork Soda too

@@luisfelipecamargobackinful4642 pork soda has some amazing songs but its not as consistantly good as those two imo

First Primus song I ever heard because it was on the first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game

Wow, I had no idea! Thank you

@@KeyOfGeebz Primus, or at the very least Les Claypool also did the theme song for Robot Chicken

@@KeyOfGeebz also robot chicken, and resident evil 2 soundtrack was Les claypool

Saw that same lineup in Va the same year

I saw that tour "You knowww I always wanted to bastardize me one them ollllld Led Zepplin songs"

Maybe... But you know Primus sucks!

I saw them on the same tour here in the UK, somehow me and three mates got last minute tickets right near the front of the Birmingham NEC arena, we moshed our little hearts out while thousands sat and stared at us like we were insane and as soon as Primus were done we left, it was freaking hilarious 😂

Could you imagine if Oysterhead opened for Rush? I would die, lol ...

Weird coincidence because I just started getting into Primus and Tom Waits

@@CoolDude-of7cd les claypool also played bass on some of waits' albums 🙂

Ugh. Everyone knows that already.

@@moo3992 cool dude420 didnt 🙂

@@waisinet oh well.

Bogus Journey, actually. That was my introduction to Primus. I listened to that soundtrack so much the summer it came out while mowing lawns that I wore the tape out.

Of course! I mainly remember it because of the Residents shirt he's wearing though lol.

I definitely do. My friend and I were in the audience. They filmed the Battle of the Bands sequence in the little theater at Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA (about an hour from where we lived at the time) and we'd heard a radio ad calling for people to come down to be extras. So, being fans of both Primus and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, we of course jumped in the car and went. Turned out to be two straight days of filming and several of the bands - including Primus - played short sets (30-ish minutes, iirc) for the audience on both days. PLUS we got to see lots of George Carlin. And William Sadler (Death) did some comedy and impressions to keep everybody hyped while lighting and cameras were being moved for various setups. It was a good time. We were paid in KFC. At the part where the Princesses are hanging from the ceiling, they had the crowd do a bunch of "horrified" reaction shots. My friend and I decided to jump to our feet and point so we could pick ourselves out of the crowd when we eventually saw the film. Sadly, we didn't see ourselves when we watched it in the movie theater but, when the movie came out on DVD, he paused and found that you can see us jump up in literally one frame before the cut. Anyway, super fun experience. And a small portion of the crowd (including us, obvs) confused the majority of the audience by sporadically yelling, "Primus sucks!" in between their songs. People thought we were being very, very rude, lol.

@@SpencerPetersen The early Nineties had some great movie soundtracks. Bogus Journey, Last Action Hero, and P.C.U. are still some of my favorites.

Yes! The live version on Rhinoplasty would totally be worth a video by itself

Absolutely!

@@CreativityCurve I just searched for a live version of Rhinoplasty. I wish i didn’t.

Love that you're getting to Primus! Anything with Les Claypool would make a great reaction. FYI Tom Waits is the guest vocalist that is "Tommy the Cat"

My first thought was "no video?!" This comment explains it.

Hey Gebbs, I just wanted to point out that Les Claypool is Not only the bassist in the band he also sings as well. Just imagine playing the complicated baselines that Les plays and also putting a vocal melody over the top of that.

I'd suggest "the toys go winding down" , "the ol diamondback sturgeon pt3" , "my friend Fats" for the next Primus video. This is one of my favorite channels, great break downs for the pure listener, also giving me new insights on old favs. Much appreciated

@@zacharyford9182 Yes, not many people know that Tom Waits is the voice of Tommy the cat.

Envous

saw that as well- also got to see SAUSAGE(side project)open for helmet and henry rollins band at a killer venue

The Unicorn

Bryan Rosner exactly right!

Basically king crimsons elephant talk chapman stick riff but still a cool song

Professor Nutbutter’s House of Treats was my son’s favorite when he was like 1 through 4 years old. I have videos of him dancing to it 😂

The toys go winding down My friend Fats The ol diamondback sturgeon pt3 The entire frizzle album The list goes on and on

Thank you for that :)

Saw Wooten live and was going to mention it. Also, solid line of suggestions.

Tosin Abasi is also a master of double thumping. Never was able to get my thumb to bend back quite right to make it work myself

Primus or Mr Bungle....both equally impressive musicians too

Primus sucks!

His best solo, IMHO, is the last one Winona's BBB. Fits perfectly.

If he's got drummer roots, can't forget about John the Fisherman. I used to listen to that whole song just for that one fill.

Nice list but add DMV and Sgt Baker to it

I would recommend Bob as well

Professor Nutbutter is epic, one of their best songs

Hamburger Train

Its my favorite, because its a rare song that actually takes me somewhere away from my world.

@@hoosierbbq Have you seen the live video for the song from the Hallucino-genetics tour? If not, you should.

@@kevsim70 I saw the Claypool Lennon Delirium which was awesome.

Yeah, I remember when that really got started. Since the internet wasn't a thing yet, it was only the hardcore fans that knew what the chant was about, and why it was so amusing. You could always tell who didn't really know them by how they reacted in shock when people started yelling "PRIMUS SUCKS" at the top of their lungs at the band. One of the funniest things I saw from them was at a concert a the Berkeley Bowl. Some previous shows they'd had people throwing a bunch of crap up on stage, so at the start of the show, Les gets up to the mic and announces "OK, and please, no one throw anything up here on stage unless it looks like a bag of marijuana." *LOL*.

Les has their mosquito logo tattooed on his head. 😆

@@kevsim70 Their first website in the late 90s was www. primussucks .com. I'm sad they changed it.

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Maybe for rock music: listen to Iaco Pastorius!

I think Les would say (has said) it's Geddy Lee. Les is certainly almost always listed as one of rock's top ten bassists.

Geddy Lee does a lot of this Primus-esque aggressive playing, just approaches it in a different and often more melodic manner.

It's a tough comparison. His style is sooooo unique. He has absolutely influenced an unfathomable number of people to take up bass.

yea i think he would dig jillys on smack. its got some unique production qualities he might nerd out on.

There's a live version from Bonnaroo that is 🔥

Don’t forget Mr. Krinkle!!!!

GAH! How did I forget about that?!?!

Oh dude that video. When the demons came out of the ground... had me messed up. Love it

I was going to recommend anything from My Bloody Valentine, for one of the most celebrated shoe gaze bands. Place to Bury Strangers is a stretch but I'm going to push it because I always push people to listen to them.

"Only Shallow" is a great introduction song to MBV and shoegaze/dream pop in general.

This is a great start for introducing yourself to Shoegaze. Listen to this man.

I'd throw in Dreams Burn Down and Leave them all Behind by Ride.

I'd say the whole Loveless album from MBV

Fish On.... Blue Collar Tweaker anthem😎

yes

No, to "odd" for them

That’s not how James Hatfield remembers it.

I love that !!! He balls to the walls baby!

@@davidchestnut2262 too odd or too god who cares, he never would have fit in Metallica and the world is better for it, I'm glad we have a world with both Metallica and Primus.

They pretty much already knew Rob was gonna be the guy based on his band history and his chemistry with the band, considering he stayed with Lars during the audition process. The other serious consideration was the guy from CoC but he couldn't drop that. I would have loved to see the dude from Kyuss make it though, take the wammy from Kirk and give him the fuzz