Yep, PRIMUS SUCKS! Bass Teacher REACTS to “My Name Is Mud” Live - Woodstock 94

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    ➡️ Primus…take THREE! Les Claypool keeps getting weirder! After “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver” won our last Primus poll, I promised I’d come back and analyze “My Name Is Mud”, which took second place - you had my word! This is for SURE the weirdest Primus song I’ve heard so far, both in terms of composition and arrangement. I’ve not listened to anything from 1993’s “Pork Soda”, and I’m wondering if this is when they REALLY started getting weird. In this video I analyze a live performance from Woodstock (1994) and discuss how this simplistic song lends itself so well to the stage, the song’s clever (and dynamic) composition, and how Primus are actually just using music as a soundtrack for Les’ whacky stories. I think the crowd knows it, because they were LOCKED IN when the beat dropped. I also discuss his exaggerated slide usage (a hallmark of his style, I’m learning), how Larry LaLonde’s quirky parts fit around Les’ minimalist grooves, Les’ slap technique, his muting methods, and much more.
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  • @mikeljenks
    @mikeljenks 5 місяців тому +125

    On Mr. Krinkle Les plays an upright bass with a bow, in a pig suit. It gets weirder.

    • @barefootenvelope442
      @barefootenvelope442 2 місяці тому +7

      hello mr krinkle how are you today!

    • @mikeljenks
      @mikeljenks 2 місяці тому +3

      @@barefootenvelope442 sentimental but not one to cry

    • @O.B.Runs-Kinobi
      @O.B.Runs-Kinobi 2 місяці тому

      If you understood occult and what they (Les) is really saying,you wouldn’t get it.

    • @ToneSoCooL3
      @ToneSoCooL3 Місяць тому +2

      that music video was so awesome, Les was pissed that he didn't at least get a nomination for it

  • @k-ondoomer
    @k-ondoomer 5 місяців тому +520

    Larry Lalonde is the most slept on and Influential guitarist. He played on what is arguably the first clear death metal album with Possessed, and his style of dissonant playing is something defines most death metal lead playing/ riff work. Incredible guitarist in the context of primus , his solos on Tommy the Cat are insane

    • @sebg2086
      @sebg2086 5 місяців тому +9

      influential guitarist...........HAHAHAHAHAH relax

    • @neilprete918
      @neilprete918 5 місяців тому +24

      I wouldn't call him influential, but important and overlooked for certain. He's a genius and one of the few players i can even imagine sounding great with Les.

    • @k-ondoomer
      @k-ondoomer 5 місяців тому +11

      ​@neilprete918 you can hear more of his influence in death metal from possessed but in the scope of more mainstream music he's not very influential as more popular music doesn't typically lean on weird dissonance based guitar work. Death metal however...

    • @corrob
      @corrob 5 місяців тому +32

      @@sebg2086 will you argue against his work in Possessed - Seven Churches NOT being incredibly influential to Death Metal? the FIRST true death metal album? that's like saying Eddie Clarke (Motorhead) wasn't influential to thrash metal...other than that, his work in Primus has been absolutely influential in the prog/tech metal world.
      popular music.. radio rock.. yeah, no influence there. but who gives a sh!t about that mindless paint by numbers crap.

    • @stevenpope
      @stevenpope 5 місяців тому +6

      Thanks yall. Haven’t ever even heard of possessed and look forward to diving more into his career.

  • @tomloeper8933
    @tomloeper8933 5 місяців тому +226

    If you want a solid Primus beat with the crowd going nuts, check out Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers from Woodstock '94.

    • @thebeardeddread
      @thebeardeddread 5 місяців тому +17

      The drop in that song is absolutely massive

    • @denver924471
      @denver924471 5 місяців тому +5

      I came here to say this. That is their best song and that is the best version of it.

    • @aceh314
      @aceh314 5 місяців тому +1

      The version with buckethead is my shit.

    • @seanking1044
      @seanking1044 5 місяців тому +1

      Agreed. Can’t decide if the bass or drums are most fun to play here. So great.

    • @fcon2123
      @fcon2123 5 місяців тому

      Godddddd I love that song. One of their best!

  • @fathomxstudios
    @fathomxstudios 5 місяців тому +140

    Primus is one the all time greats. Everyone is blown away by Les at first but listen closely, Larry is amazing, and Tim is one of the most talented and respected drummers alive.

    • @garysloan9793
      @garysloan9793 5 місяців тому +4

      Amongst the thousands of respected drummers but yes

    • @Metalkorpse
      @Metalkorpse 4 місяці тому

      Once you hear Victor Wooten then every bass player sounds basic.

    • @bassage13
      @bassage13 4 місяці тому +2

      @@Metalkorpse Yes, but being extremely technical and skilled at an instrument doesn't always mean "good" music. Sometimes the most basic, simple music is much more enjoyable. And sometimes it's the opposite. Musicians like Wooten are fun to watch and marvel at because of the skill, but when
      I want to just enjoy some music, I have more fun listening to something like The Ramones.

    • @88Nikoli
      @88Nikoli 4 місяці тому +2

      I prefer Brain !

    • @ToneSoCooL3
      @ToneSoCooL3 3 місяці тому +1

      well put, I think Les's voice turned a lot of people off of this group that may have otherwise been into them, I have never seen them play with any other singer but that would be super interesting to me. Les and Perry Farrell were friends, I always wanted Perry to join them for a tour. Probably a singer that fits better, but he is an awesome performer.

  • @EvanVincent.
    @EvanVincent. 5 місяців тому +143

    Larry has to be the most underrated guitar player of all time. A true genius.

    • @k-ondoomer
      @k-ondoomer 5 місяців тому +2

      Larry is the goat, love his playing, so much dissonance

    • @neilprete918
      @neilprete918 5 місяців тому +3

      This so much. His playing was very over my head when i was young, but as i aged i really started to understand how genius he is.

    • @nim4464
      @nim4464 5 місяців тому +1

      Ler was on (what is widely considered) the first Death Metal album "interchangeably described as "connecting the dots between thrash metal and death metal", being "monumental" in developing the death metal style, and as being the "first death metal album""

    • @mcigloo
      @mcigloo 5 місяців тому +4

      @@neilprete918 Agree, when I first heard Primus, Larry was pretty much an afterthought to my ears. I was very young and it just sounded like noise to me and I assumed that anyone could easily do what he was doing. As I grew older and started playing myself I randomly heard him and Primus again and was kind of blown away. It definitely takes a unique guy to play with Les and sound like this.

    • @roentgen571
      @roentgen571 5 місяців тому +2

      Ler is hard to get the measure of unless you've listened to them for a long time. So much of Primus music, he's playing this sprawling, dissonant stuff. But then they'll do a cover of Rush or Metallica or Pink Floyd...not exactly simple stuff, and he'll doing it note for note. Definitely a really interesting artist in a really interesting band.

  • @austinshoemaker246
    @austinshoemaker246 5 місяців тому +138

    I feel like Primus is like the Joker. Highly unpredictable and chaotic, but also funny and groovy.

    • @thomasdupont7186
      @thomasdupont7186 5 місяців тому

      Not sure if "batman" and superhero comics are the best analogy regarding Primus, but I kinda see what you mean ^^

    • @davidschaller6264
      @davidschaller6264 5 місяців тому

      He was obviously referring to the Steve Miller Band.@@thomasdupont7186

  • @scottlowell493
    @scottlowell493 4 місяці тому +22

    I saw Primus open for Rush. I had heard thier popular tunes just a few months beforehand. They really kill it in their own niche. You will never confuse Primus with another band.

    • @Rhythmicons
      @Rhythmicons Місяць тому +2

      Gosh that was almost 30 years ago right?

  • @denver924471
    @denver924471 5 місяців тому +41

    You absolutely need to do "Those Damn Blue Collar Tweakers" from the same Woodstock show next. Might be their finest song in their finest performance.

  • @emg8311
    @emg8311 5 місяців тому +83

    You need to do Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver, it’s like the antithesis of this one!

    • @kissmyass705
      @kissmyass705 5 місяців тому

      Na that song has some dark subject matter.

    • @jfox24
      @jfox24 5 місяців тому +4

      And John the Fisherman. I'd say those 2 are some of their "digestable" songs.

    • @hemidart7
      @hemidart7 4 місяці тому +1

      He might get triggered and call his mommy

  • @sramredd9856
    @sramredd9856 5 місяців тому +30

    My Name Is Mud is my favorite Primus song. It fits the official video. I've never heard a bass player do the muted rhythm thing like that as like an integral part of the song. Could have just had the drums alone in the verse, but that added idea Les does makes it so much more interesting. His creativity is just amazing. Now off to watch the original video.

  • @stevenpope
    @stevenpope 5 місяців тому +147

    Please do “the toys go winding down” by primus. It is beyond underrated and uses some interesting techniques that differ from the songs you’ve done

    • @thebeardeddread
      @thebeardeddread 5 місяців тому +12

      It's Puddin' time!

    • @cjmars822
      @cjmars822 5 місяців тому +8

      I second this request!

    • @evanoglesby9504
      @evanoglesby9504 5 місяців тому +1

      Aw man, why’d you have to include the tired “underrated” trope? Couldn’t we have just lived without?

    • @stevenpope
      @stevenpope 5 місяців тому

      @@evanoglesby9504cuz my soul has a neck beard. Deal with it. Lol

    • @AtomizedSound
      @AtomizedSound 5 місяців тому

      @@evanoglesby9504NO,
      He has spoken!

  • @johns1625
    @johns1625 5 місяців тому +6

    My favorite part of this song definitely is when he blurts out "SO I KISSED HIM UPSIDE THE CRANIUM WITH THAT ALUMINUM BASEBALL BAT MY NAME IS MUUD!"

  • @leddygee1896
    @leddygee1896 5 місяців тому +23

    Here’s a suggestion for you…
    “Shake Hands With Beef”
    From the “Brown Album”
    1997.

    • @CaptSamLavender
      @CaptSamLavender 2 місяці тому

      Shake hands with beef is a wild ride

    • @kasag37
      @kasag37 19 днів тому

      I want him to check that one out

  • @Lord_Verminaard
    @Lord_Verminaard 5 місяців тому +38

    I have seen Primus live a handful of times, and they absolutely never disappoint. They performed "The Desaturating Seven" in it's entirety one show, which is their musical take on a children's fairy tale book. Very weird, very experimental, and very awesome. Recently they also did Rush's entire "Farewell to Kings" album front to back, using the same gear and equipment Rush would have used at the time, and if there is any band to do credit to Rush it would be Primus. And finally, one of my favorite performances of them of all time is on UA-cam, "Primus 9-19-2015 Orpheum Theatre" where they do their own take on the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Soundtrack, and it is absolutely mind-blowing. Obviously way too much there to do a reaction video to! 🤣But I highly, HIGHLY recommend checking out those performances.

    • @justingibbs4480
      @justingibbs4480 5 місяців тому +1

      I saw their Farewell to Kings live in Boise, it was fantastic! My daughter's first concert.

    • @ToneSoCooL3
      @ToneSoCooL3 3 місяці тому +1

      that sounds insane, I have to see if i can watch that performance online, I saw Primus in '93 at Berkely Greek theater Probably my favorite show ever.

    • @edwarddore7617
      @edwarddore7617 3 місяці тому +1

      The Desaturating Seven is amazing.

    • @laurelave118
      @laurelave118 28 днів тому +1

      That Rush tour was absolutely incredible! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @ryanmurphy4110
    @ryanmurphy4110 5 місяців тому +16

    Perfect way to start the morning, some coffee and watching Professor Mark break down some music. Hope you’re doing well and thanks for consistently putting great content out! Ill try to think of some suggestions you haven’t already checked out to add to your ever growing list. Cheers!

    • @kissmyass705
      @kissmyass705 5 місяців тому

      You sound like a Boomer.

  • @Daddy53751
    @Daddy53751 5 місяців тому +29

    Everyone already grasps the fact that Claypool is one of the most innovative bassists in the world.
    What sometimes gets overlooked is that he also carved out his own unique lane in music!
    The man is a completely fearless musical gangster! 🤘🏻🫡

    • @donnix1192
      @donnix1192 5 місяців тому

      Yes, Les is just an incredibly unique, innovative and phenomenal player. The whole band is great , the individual responsibility on each of these three guys is demanding. Even Les don’t the muted sixlets in the verse is difficult to do so cleanly.

  • @joemartucci4786
    @joemartucci4786 5 місяців тому +23

    Great tune along with Tommy the Cat & John the Fisherman etc. Believe it or not when my two sons were very young probably 11 & 9 actually turned me on to Primus & Tool lol. I was still listening to Zep etc. Took them to see Primus with openers Meat Puppets. They were phenomenal live. People were coming up to my son's asking hey what's your favorite Primus song & the two of them would name obscure ones so people were like that's great they actually listen & know the stuff. Also took them to a club that my old band played at & met the guys in Tool who were on tour for the undertow album. Drummer Danny Carey thought it was cool & spent alot of time talking to them before their soundcheck. Great guy.

  • @trainz675
    @trainz675 5 місяців тому +10

    You missed the whole beginning of this live bit which included the crowd chucking mud everywhere (a staple of Woodstock ‘94) and Les’s genius intro. Your version begins once they regroup after Les jokingly scolds them for the mud fight.

    • @_jeff65_
      @_jeff65_ 5 місяців тому

      I was hoping he'd include that part!

    • @floepiejane
      @floepiejane 5 місяців тому

      I was looking for this comment. Great show!

  • @s.b.7154
    @s.b.7154 5 місяців тому +20

    I've seen Primus several times & was lucky enough to be able to hang out with the band for a little while after a show one time. Super nice & down to earth guys. Someone had their bass with them & Les took the time to sit down with the guy for a while & show him some chops. The bass is wild in most of their material, but some good examples of Les' style IMO would be "To Defy The Laws of Tradition", "Pilcher's Squad", "Over the Electric Grapevine" or for some funky licks check out the cover of "The Awakening".

    • @nickfoster9350
      @nickfoster9350 5 місяців тому

      Rad songs, all of them.

    • @ShawnH529
      @ShawnH529 5 місяців тому

      Pilcher's guitar solo! Les himself said its one of his favorites ever 💚

  • @robobunch4212
    @robobunch4212 5 місяців тому +7

    In the 90's, weird was rewarded in music. It was a fun time.

  • @captainflappyarms8277
    @captainflappyarms8277 5 місяців тому +12

    I love how the vocals sound so awkward it just makes the song even better

  • @carbon2858
    @carbon2858 5 місяців тому +25

    The whole album is nuts. Back in my LSD days, it was one of my favorites to listen through. Do yourself a favor and have a few drinks or a smoke and listen through the whole thing. It's incredibly unique.

    • @mondoseguendo6113
      @mondoseguendo6113 5 місяців тому

      I’m on it 👍

    • @timholtzclaw8930
      @timholtzclaw8930 5 місяців тому

      😎

    • @DownerJIH1981
      @DownerJIH1981 5 місяців тому

      First time I heard this album I was on shrooms.

    • @brandonhorwath6351
      @brandonhorwath6351 5 місяців тому +3

      "Grab yourself a can of pork soda. You'll be feelin' just fine. Ain't nothin' quite like sittin' around the house, swillin' down them cans o' swine!"

    • @HM-eg9hv
      @HM-eg9hv 3 місяці тому

      Primus does pair nicely with a head change. I say that as someone that's pretty sober and PG13 these days (I'm old now)

  • @bassimprovjams3772
    @bassimprovjams3772 5 місяців тому +1

    So happy to see you drop a Saturday video Mark!! You have the best words when describing I tone or a riff sometimes it blows my mind the words you use that I’ve never heard before lol 🤘😎

  • @SilkySime_TheAussieGameCat
    @SilkySime_TheAussieGameCat 4 місяці тому

    So glad I found this channel. Absolutely amazing, love your insights and sharing your crazy knowledge

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  4 місяці тому

      Glad you enjoy it! Really appreciate the nice words. Cheers!

  • @platonicdescartes
    @platonicdescartes 5 місяців тому +3

    Wait until you see "Mr Krinkle" with the stand up bass. And what a wild music video.

  • @thebeardeddread
    @thebeardeddread 5 місяців тому +12

    I wouldnt expect a reaction video because it would be hours long, but their storytelling and atmospherics are at their peak in The Desaturating Seven. Phenomenal concept album based on an obscure Italian fantasy book from the seventies. I highly recommend checking it out

    • @AtomizedSound
      @AtomizedSound 5 місяців тому +1

      That’s the worst Primus album to me.
      I tried to get into it but I just couldn’t

    • @_jeff65_
      @_jeff65_ 5 місяців тому

      The best, it's so good!

    • @edwarddore7617
      @edwarddore7617 3 місяці тому

      The Desaturating Seven is amazing.

  • @FountainCityFingerboards
    @FountainCityFingerboards 5 місяців тому

    Awesome breakdown of this amazing song! You got a new subscriber! I’m a multi instrumentalist and my weakest instrument is bass, so I’ve been working on honing my bass fundamentals and nuances.
    Thanks again for the inspiration to get better at the bass!

  • @jeffthompson1869
    @jeffthompson1869 5 місяців тому +28

    Yeah. I was there. And at that time - there was a lot of weird bands - but they were pulling out some of the fiercest performances of their careers. Definitely the height of live performance - Woodstock '94 was an absolute blast and one of my fondest memories.

    • @bassplayer2011ify
      @bassplayer2011ify 5 місяців тому

      The song is called My Name Is Mud. But keep the mud to yourself you son of a bitch.

    • @The-River
      @The-River 3 місяці тому

      Same here. It was such a great time for music and Woodstock ‘94 was a high point. It was the dirtiest, hungriest, and most in the moment I’ve ever been 😀

  • @natashamarikleeba6239
    @natashamarikleeba6239 5 місяців тому +14

    You really should do stuff off of Frizzle Fry. You can follow their progression. Too Many Puppies, Mr. Knowitall, The Toys Go Winding Down, Pudding Time, Harold of the Rocks, John the Fisherman. The entire album is great.

    • @bassplayer2011ify
      @bassplayer2011ify 5 місяців тому

      Toys is also a really good three finger warm up.

    • @cloudshad0ws
      @cloudshad0ws 4 місяці тому +3

      Frizzle Fry is my favorite Primus album. For me, the live DVD of the Hallucinogenetics (I think? Been a long time) Tour where they play the entire album was the first time they really "clicked" for me. Yeah, I liked Jerry was a racecar driver, Tommy the Cat, etc., but seeing them play that album live made it make sense
      The vibe of the whole thing is wild.

    • @syntheticsleep
      @syntheticsleep 4 місяці тому

      @@cloudshad0ws that's a friggin rad show!

    • @syntheticsleep
      @syntheticsleep 4 місяці тому +1

      Frizzle is that good good.

    • @lillebowskiurbanachiever2367
      @lillebowskiurbanachiever2367 4 місяці тому +1

      I wore out a few copies of Frizzle Fry! Still one of my favorites

  • @crocholiday
    @crocholiday 4 місяці тому +5

    What's crazy is how fluid Les is while dancing and delivering the vocal part in a cadence that's different layer of rhythm. And yea, you gotta see them live. They're fantastic. Check out Frizzle Fry. There's some great tunes on that one too.

  • @Gatsu_Gambino
    @Gatsu_Gambino 5 місяців тому +6

    Les Claypool is literally a genius bro, the bass and guitar are together perfectly.

  • @dingleberryhandpump802
    @dingleberryhandpump802 5 місяців тому +7

    I'd love to see you analyze one of the Primus songs where Les breaks out the upright. Like Mr. Krinkle or Jilly's On Smack.

  • @bryonhunt
    @bryonhunt 5 місяців тому +4

    That slow, deliberate, out-of-time sliiiiide… I think you hit it. There’s the percussive backdrop to the story. Then there’s the sound of the emotion related to the story.

  • @AwesometownUSA
    @AwesometownUSA 5 місяців тому +1

    This was the single most emblematic performance of this festival. I was only ten but my birthday present for the year was getting the full Woodstock ‘94 pay-per-view, and I was just glued to the tv all weekend.
    (three years later I got to see them live, and I’m still scratching my head on why our parents were willing to just drop us off at a primus concert at that age haha)

  • @chrisdobbs9155
    @chrisdobbs9155 5 місяців тому +2

    You have to see the rest of the set. This is one of the most amazing moments of the 90's, obviously culminating in this video, where after having been standing in the rain and mud for a day and a half, Primus began to play "my name is mud". I bought the whole show on pay-per-veiw and taped the whole thing. As well as was watching live. The "Master of puppets" intro he does is one of the most amazing things i've ever seen on bass. also around 12 he's tossing in a strum along with muting on his right hand.
    And Seas of cheese is when primus hit thier stride with the best lineup they ever had with Ler and Tim Alexander.

  • @wjackter
    @wjackter 5 місяців тому +6

    You can see a real district style change later while still keeping the Primus sound.
    Check out the song Anti-Pop or Lacquer Head

    • @mfc902
      @mfc902 5 місяців тому +1

      Antipop album doesn’t get enough love in my opinion.

  • @bassplayer2011ify
    @bassplayer2011ify 5 місяців тому +5

    Yep that is the famed rainbow bass. One of the first if not the first rainbow basses Carl made. It's also a fretless which is really the secret sauce to this song. Because you can get those really clean dead note triplets and slides without fret buzz or harmonics.

  • @kolchak3578
    @kolchak3578 5 місяців тому +1

    John The Fisherman was the song that got me hooked on Primus. Lucky to have seen them live once. Love their sound. 🤘

  • @neilprete918
    @neilprete918 5 місяців тому +1

    You could just do a whole marathon of Primus and I'd be hooked to every second. Les is by far my favorite bass player. Any chance you'll cover some of my next favorite, Alex Webster? His stuff with Blotted Science is pretty great.

  • @FranBassARG
    @FranBassARG 5 місяців тому +4

    IMO this was one of their best live shows. You shoud react to "To defy the laws of tradition" and to "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" from woodstock '94

  • @darbizzlebacon
    @darbizzlebacon 5 місяців тому +4

    I’ve been a fan of Primus since I was in high school, which was a long time ago. I think my favourite track from them is “The Heckler”. It’s really fun to play and just interesting to hear.

    • @shiftyfitter
      @shiftyfitter 5 місяців тому

      That's just a matter of opinion

  • @thesnapperkeeper
    @thesnapperkeeper 5 місяців тому +2

    This channel has quickly become one of my favorites

  • @J3nJ3nl0llip0p
    @J3nJ3nl0llip0p 3 місяці тому

    I watched it live on tv back in the day. Santa Monica, 8 people and 3 cats crammed into my friend's studio apt./aka Mo's Closet. Good times! ❤❤

  • @erikdraiven9896
    @erikdraiven9896 5 місяців тому +3

    Definitely check out the Ole Dimeback Sturgeon from Pork Soda as well:D

  • @twoskies3226
    @twoskies3226 5 місяців тому +7

    New Primus fans are blown away by Les, but if you listen to enough you start to realize that Lalonde is incredible. Personally, I consider Claypool the face, and Les the soul of the band.

  • @123blarson
    @123blarson 5 місяців тому

    Would love to see you dive into "lacquer head" by Primus!🙌 Has some very interesting bass lines and the story telling is also wild.

  • @tolstoy21
    @tolstoy21 4 місяці тому +2

    Another absolutely great song off Cheese is ‘Fish On’. Not an as widely known, and often overlooked, but it’s fantastic.

  • @fat_ninja_status
    @fat_ninja_status 5 місяців тому +3

    Pork soda was my first primus album and still my favorite album from primus. Still play DMV before I have to go to the dmv. Lol

  • @johngriggsjr.2271
    @johngriggsjr.2271 4 місяці тому +4

    Claypool and Flea are the ones that really experimented with what a bassist could do in the realm of rock and metal. They weren't always perfect in their compositions but everything is unique and fresh compared to everything that was out at the time.

  • @mgmatecki
    @mgmatecki 5 місяців тому +1

    I'd love to hear you do: 88 Fingers Louie - "100 Proof" ... My college roommate was obsessed with the bass in that 🤘

  • @TheJfury1030
    @TheJfury1030 4 місяці тому +1

    Welcome to this World is my favorite track on Pork Soda. I've been listening to Primus since I was like 10 back in 94. Seen them 3x already and they ALWAYS put on a hell of a show. Les and the band are genius

  • @joncote6035
    @joncote6035 5 місяців тому +6

    Toys go winding down would be a great next song.
    If you want weird, do something from the chocolate factory tour. Maybe “CandyMan”?

    • @stevenpope
      @stevenpope 5 місяців тому +1

      The toys go winding down is such a gem, so good. I just requested the same song lol

    • @MiataChannel
      @MiataChannel 5 місяців тому +1

      The Sausage version where he plays it on a 4-string fretless with a Kahler tremelo is my favorite. I saw him do it live and the dive bombs sounded like they were going to rumble the building apart.

    • @stevenpope
      @stevenpope 5 місяців тому

      @@MiataChanneldefinitely going to look this up

  • @devildukitzu
    @devildukitzu 5 місяців тому +4

    He is playing notes through the whole thing, but because he's playing at such a low frequency it doesn't pick up in the live performances too well. If you get the chance, check the official music video it has some fun visuals that help tell the story

    • @AtomizedSound
      @AtomizedSound 5 місяців тому +1

      Not at the beginning I believe. It’s more percussive than any actual notes

  • @Duct_Tape.
    @Duct_Tape. 5 місяців тому +2

    Larry was, along with Kirk Hammett, Alex Skolnick and Andy Timmons, a student of Joe Satriani. I once read an interview where Joe said Larry was his favorite, as he came up with the most out of left field crazy stuff.

    • @JoneyJefe
      @JoneyJefe 5 місяців тому

      Great info. Did not know.

  • @russellhoyt588
    @russellhoyt588 5 місяців тому +1

    Like you said, you have to see these guys live. I've seen them six times, and have never been disappointed. My first time seeing them was the Chicago 2004 show they recorded for their Hallucino-Genetics Tour DVD. Toward the end, I'm the one holding up the 'Les Claypool For President' sticker. To this day, I still have that sticker on its original paper backing. I keep it in the case of my copy of the DVD.

  • @zhew2
    @zhew2 5 місяців тому +3

    I think it was cut out from the beginning of this Woodstock video but Les addresses the crowd about throwing mud at them during this song. He has talked in interviews about this, saying that he still has dried mud in his bass cabs from this show.

    • @HabAnagarek
      @HabAnagarek 5 місяців тому +2

      "throwing mud is a sign of insignificant genitalia"

  • @Madman6505
    @Madman6505 5 місяців тому +5

    Where you goin city boy? 😆

  • @williamwinn948
    @williamwinn948 4 місяці тому

    I remember watching this Video on MTV back in the 90s been a fan since. I was 14 in 94 but went to the 99 one.

  • @ClickToPreview
    @ClickToPreview 5 місяців тому

    I was at Woodstock '99. Didn't even know there was a Woodstock '94! Now I have to go back and see what I missed!

  • @PaulGuy
    @PaulGuy 5 місяців тому +5

    It just gets weirder from here. There's a good reason they're the only band that has its own Id3 genre tag for MP3s.
    Things to check out are Mr. Krinkle, Southbound Pachyderm, or Lacquer Head.

  • @TheGeniesis
    @TheGeniesis 5 місяців тому +3

    Three videos in one week? Great!
    My Name is Mud is my fav song from Primus, because it sounds the strangest ;d
    It always interesting how he pushes his skills and always finds a way to blow my mind with some strange technic

  • @Josh_Jackson
    @Josh_Jackson 5 місяців тому +1

    Always loved Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver! Great song and video👍🏼

  • @bradami1234
    @bradami1234 5 місяців тому +2

    One of the best concerts I have ever seen. Remember 1999 when this song played the entire lawn got torn up and was being thrown up in the air.. it was insane.. love primus...

  • @bothesheep4064
    @bothesheep4064 5 місяців тому +1

    Also another nutty thing about his bass it has strips of walnut, curly maple, padauk, purple heart, ebony and cocobolo. Named Rainbow bass for a reason :D

  • @innermetalusa
    @innermetalusa 5 місяців тому +3

    Not sure if you’ve done their cover of Xanadu (Rush) they are actually amazing musicians and Les can sing.

  • @Smrts955
    @Smrts955 5 місяців тому

    The slides i notice the most and love to hear is Santana when he gets that squeek sound sliding from note to note

  • @bothesheep4064
    @bothesheep4064 5 місяців тому +1

    My name is Mud bass line is damn nuts.
    Been trying to learn it but the speed of the double slap on C# and than hammer on the D is just... damn. It's insane how fast and consistent Claypool's slap is

  • @dampersand
    @dampersand 5 місяців тому +2

    I've always been partial to their song Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats.

  • @skylinecollector
    @skylinecollector 5 місяців тому

    I love Primus this was the first song I listened to and it got me hooked. You should listen to the album version with audio cleaned up you can really hear les slap. I'm looking forward to you reacting to more songs.

  • @xtldc
    @xtldc 2 місяці тому

    I’ve seen Primus live about a dozen times and I agree that you should definitely go to a show. I also got to see a couple of Les’ side projects as well (Sausage, Holy Mackerel, and the Flying Frog Brigade), which were also pretty interesting.

  • @EricNeuls
    @EricNeuls 5 місяців тому +2

    Im telling ya Primus was the wildest show ive ever been to! The crowds go absolutely fucking nuts haha, Laquer Head is another great one to listen just a weird ass song that socks. Has that great quick slap break in middle too so good.

  • @keepitmetal8404
    @keepitmetal8404 5 місяців тому

    Love playing my name is mud on the drums! No shot I’ll be slapping bass through that tune anytime soon tho lol

  • @AmosThatBook
    @AmosThatBook 2 місяці тому

    Finally caught these guys for the first time last year in NOLA, where they were also playing all of Rush's A Farewell to Kings album. Insane show.

  • @rondenim9933
    @rondenim9933 5 місяців тому +1

    I always like hearing you talk about Primus, keep it up man. When are you going to do a video on Type O Negative?

  • @pmhoard
    @pmhoard 5 місяців тому

    I saw them there in 94. It was a great time, great show....Yes, I'm old.

  • @Scratchyjackscratch
    @Scratchyjackscratch 5 місяців тому

    I've seen Primus a bunch, Went to Radio City. NY. they did the entire Frizzle Fry album, great show 🤘

  • @MrHarry440
    @MrHarry440 5 місяців тому

    Primus at Roskilde Festival in 97’ And that year, we rained away. So we were stranding in 40cm of mud. The concert were epeic🫵🤘🙏❤️

  • @anthonybivans1715
    @anthonybivans1715 5 місяців тому +2

    "Southbound Pachyderm", "Is it Luck", "Bob", or "Sergeant Baker". Anyone of these I think would be fun for ya. Primus has to be one of my all time favorites.

    • @dfisk79
      @dfisk79 5 місяців тому +1

      Oh man…is it luck. Insane bass part

  • @chris88z
    @chris88z 29 днів тому

    I love the encore they did at Woodstock where they just play the intro to Master of Puppets with Les obviously doing the guitar part on bass.

  • @wadefaulkner73
    @wadefaulkner73 5 місяців тому +1

    Pertaining to Larry, a dear friend once said in his defense - "what else are you going to play on top of that?". His point was well taken.

  • @flasheante
    @flasheante 5 місяців тому +1

    I saw Primus a couple years ago in chile and it was awesome! You must go to see them! I remember that the show had an intermission and they played a very old black and white Popeye cartoon!! surreal

  • @jasonsmith9147
    @jasonsmith9147 3 місяці тому

    Hell yeah! Was at Woodstock '94. What an epic weekend. Was at Woodstock '99 too but it was nothing like being a 22 year-old metal-head at one of the biggest shows just a few miles from my home.

  • @ToolofSociety
    @ToolofSociety 4 місяці тому +1

    Saw Primus in 98 and they were fantastic. Les was hilarious and despite barely knowing any of their songs they still rocked me.

  • @MSPWebs
    @MSPWebs 5 місяців тому

    Yes. You have to see them live. At one show many years ago in Chicago when their Drummer was recovering from heart surgery, Danny Carey from Tool filled in… basically blind. Hilarious when Les looked back at him and told him… “close enough!”

  • @parttimecomix
    @parttimecomix 4 місяці тому +1

    Fascinating to hear someone’s take on Primus 30 years later
    They are my favorite band, but I forget how weird they are 😂

  • @hdrider2146
    @hdrider2146 5 місяців тому

    Saw them congress theater Chicago 2011 and yes you need to see them

  • @bradami1234
    @bradami1234 4 місяці тому

    Seen primus 1998 ozzfest at a pavilion in Columbus Ohio, tore the lawn up during this song and went absolutely insane throwing sod it was maybe the craziest concert i have been too

  • @fabianher120373
    @fabianher120373 5 місяців тому +1

    Holy crap 30 years ago!!! 😅 wow!!
    Still sounds good though!

  • @matchestheclown
    @matchestheclown 5 місяців тому

    You do need to see them live. They don't disappoint even now. I've been seeing them since the Omni days in Oakland when they were opening for thrash bands and people were saying "primus sucks" and they meant it.

  • @jflatty5389
    @jflatty5389 5 місяців тому

    i concur- those damn blue collared tweakers in general or from woodstock is awesome

  • @Mrdoriancourtney
    @Mrdoriancourtney 5 місяців тому +1

    You're missing the downstroke at the end, mate.
    Thanks for the video!

  • @M2Mil7er
    @M2Mil7er 5 місяців тому +2

    Mud... a Clay Pool, if you will. I like giving lifelong Primus fans that sudden moment of realization. 😁

  • @TravisDey97
    @TravisDey97 5 місяців тому +1

    Please do lacquerhead next! Its one of few examples where primus used straightforward storytelling and the riff is amazing like all their songs

  • @enzodruida8925
    @enzodruida8925 5 місяців тому

    Great video, man! Primus is superb! Can you do some OM?

  • @MichaelKerr71
    @MichaelKerr71 4 місяці тому

    My friend went to that Woodstock back then. Unfortunately, I couldn't go at the time, but she said it was great fun and that she got really muddy.

  • @steveplante4701
    @steveplante4701 5 місяців тому +1

    Iv heard Larry speak about les’ playing and how unique and crazy it is, that in order for him to play guitar with a musician like that he needs to not play guitar in The conventional way but come up with somthing just as unique and crazy sounding to be able to have somthing match together with claypools playing. Somthing along those lines I think it was a video of Larry showing his guitar rig on stage.

  • @nickk569
    @nickk569 5 місяців тому +2

    this whole album is just banger after banger

  • @ShawnH529
    @ShawnH529 5 місяців тому

    Hahahhaa amazing 15 minutes, but I legitimately CACKLED at the ending!
    "Anything weirder to check out?" 😅
    RIP Your Inbox, Again!
    Very entertaining watch/listen, and a definite follow! 🤘
    (Also, "Lacquerhead" is like this one's sequel. Enjoy the journey down the rabbithole!)

  • @wadegarrett2376
    @wadegarrett2376 5 місяців тому

    i was at '99 Woodstock and left after Korn performed.....thank God lol. that event was a nightmare

  • @joewagner4593
    @joewagner4593 5 місяців тому

    Woodstock 94 was so good! I was in high school so i couldn't go but I watched it on scrambled PPV😂😂. I couldn't see much but the audio was clear as a bell. I recorded as much as i possibly could on vhs and wore out the tapes. Porno for Pyros, Primus, Green Day, Metallica, NIN, on and on and on. So good!