Bass Teacher REACTS to "John The Fisherman" - PRIMUS are confusing...

[@FumJ79]

Shake Hands With Beef next! (Brown Album)

[@Nickel138]

Ugh. The drumming on that song got me back on my drum set. So good. So simple and heavy.

[@derekcampbell6291]

Golden Boy is my favorite from that album.

[@redhotchilifan98]

That baseline is tasty

[@jbfranz7376]

@@derekcampbell6291 Yep! That and Kalamazoo are tied for me.

[@jpthedrummer4258]

Brm beng banabeng brm brm brm brm neng banabeng. Amazing baseline.

[@labgnat]

Frizzle fry, defy the laws of tradition, the toys go winding down are all great

[@markitzero4777]

FUCK YES

[@jimmymelnarik3873]

toys goes so hard

[@ifgwelf]

Toys Goes Winding down is galloping finger style all day baby. Crazy bassline. I love Pudding Time as well

[@Trumpwearsadiaper84]

I remember the first time I heard the toys go winding down. Heaviest bass riff ever

[@caseyluppino4687]

Can't go wrong with any track off this album. Probably my favorite Primus album

[@jtkappy7742]

You should check out Too many puppies possibly the heaviest primus song imo. It’s Off of fizzle fry

[@andreipsen7028]

Yup too many puppies certainly deserves an analysis

[@TribalBuddha138]

I'm with you Too Many Puppies gives you a powerhouse bassline. and really check out their rendition of Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar"

[@Jbmccain86]

Too many puppies is my favorite 🤘

[@Supremeking-rj2tv]

I’d say the hardest as well tbh

[@LunaLoki12]

The toys go winding down needs to be done from frizzle fry..there best album.

[@MrProgtuga]

Over the Falls has a very unique groove Sounds oldschool

[@GPBlack]

Even before this album (and Suck on This) they had a line-up called Sausage with Jay Lane on drums. This line-up was brought back for a full album after several Primus albums.

[@AtomizedSound]

Yay more Primus!!! I don’t know if you will do bass interviews at some point but I feel Les would definitely be the guy who would agree to talk to you if you reached out to him about his bass playing over the years and basses he’s used. Might wanna go through more of their discography first but eventually maybe could try for an interview.

[@hunterkarr5618]

That would be cool 😎

[@descantinginsalubrious]

Frizzle Fry is my fave Primus album. It just does IT for me--probably because it has more "hard" edge to it vs their later work. . Herb is one of my absolute all time favorite drummers. The fills and licks and groove are all-time champions. Still can't believe he suffered a stroke at one point. One of my other favorite drummers, Ken Owen from Carcass, suffered a debilitating stroke. Go figure.

[@bryel6383]

Kirk Hammet is in this video too... yes that Kirk

[@MikeNevill3]

Really

[@doubleplusdanny]

Les and Kirk went to the same high school

[@m1k3g3tz]

@@MikeNevill3 back of the boat. red shirt, blue vest.

[@northofnashira2575]

Kirk is the one that invited Les to try out for Metallica after Cliff died.

[@chrisclark6562]

Les tried out for Metallica after Cliff died. Les tells a funny story that he showed up to the tryout in skater shorts with a Mohawk and knew he was just to weird for the band

[@WastelandChef]

Over the Falls. One of my favorite songs ever, all Acoustic and really melodic.

[@MrGmonkeywillruleyou]

Over the falls from the brown album is a good one

[@booneh]

Kalamazoo is a great song off The Brown Album.

[@mrdylanja]

Probably my most listened to Primus song. The most digestible to sneak into other playlists.

[@PeachyKeena_]

I’m sure it won’t win the popular vote but I’m putting in Bob’s Party Time Lounge as my Brown Album pick.

[@TheJohnnykush]

I second Bob's party time

[@Joetime90]

Another great song

[@robertramirez589]

Shake Hands with Beef or Over the Falls (Both on the Brown Album)

[@warrenstemphly5756]

Fun fact, Kirk Hammet is one of the fishermen on the boat. Les and Kirk are friends from high school.

[@CEO_FADeD]

I personally think DMV is underrated. One thing you have to remember is the setup of his custom bass. Low action, thin neck, Slinkies, etc. That's how he can switch pluck styles effortlessly throughout. He even just taps the strings against the frets and pickups sometimes. Amazing sound management.

[@anattwenty4763]

Brown Album is my favorite, really can’t go wrong. I vote Golden Boy! Or The Chastising of Renegade

[@derekcampbell6291]

Love Golden Boy!

[@just_the_drummer8830]

I agree with Golden Boy. Awesome intro into a completely outlandish main riff

[@frascin]

It’s between Golden Boy, Kalamazoo or The Chastising of Renegade

[@jacksonbrawn6638]

Fish On! From Sailing the Seas! If you havent gotten to that yet....

[@jasonfrank3247]

This!! One of their best songs

[@YouHaveReachedBob]

It's either Kalamazoo or Golden Boy for me. Both have very interesting basslines I'd like to see you figure out. Not sure if there's video of them though.

[@WutWutWhaat]

Yes!! How are there not more golden boy requests!!!???

[@Casketkrusher_]

Golden Boy is my fav from the Brown Album.

[@athirdeyeDG]

American Life! next Shake Hands With Beef from Brown Album

[@redhotchilifan98]

Shake hands with beef is one of Les’s best riffs. So simple and chunky. Those damn blue collar tweekers live at Woodstock would also be great to check out.

[@jasonnichols6387]

Brown Album: Over the Falls or Bobs Party Time Lounge. Everyone seems to do shake hands with beef.

[@jonnydeen6952]

It has to be golden boy from the brown album. It's not the most popular but it goes hard

[@WutWutWhaat]

GOLDEN BOY - brown album this bass line blew my mind first time I heard it. It’s so fun and quirky. (Shocker)

[@cnucklz09]

I was waiting for you to see the whammy bar at the beginning and you missed it. Glad you caught it later. I love that sound on a bass.

[@LowEndUniversity]

I sure did! Almost just looks like his instrument cable at a glance, it was a quick shot.

[@natashamarikleeba6239]

Frizzle Fry is their best album in my opinion. The Toys Go Winding Down, Too Many Puppies, Too Defy the Laws of Tradition, and Spegetti Western are all great.

[@timakimat]

This is their record label debut. The preceding original Primus lineup and songs can be heard on Sausage album Riddles are Abound Tonight. It's a bit more funky sound and definitely worth of checking out.

[@ARNervebag]

Respectfully, I think this is indeed their debut studio record. Live album "Suck on This" had a limited release the year before. I think the original lineup to which you alluded only made a demo, and the songs that appear under the band name 'Sausage' on the 'Riddles...' album are reworked and re-recorded versions, so they were actually recorded a number of years after Frizzle Fry.

[@timakimat]

@@ARNervebag You are correct in this, and I didn't mean that Frizzle Fry wouldn't be their studio album debut. It took some time for them to get a record deal in the first place, and their sound changed quite a bit after their early lineup changes. Sausage is pretty close to the sound of the early demos. I think it's worth checking out too.

[@TheIan1313]

From "The Brown Album".... Everyone is going to say shake hands with beef because it is an absolute killer song.... But I truly believe you should listen to "Over The Falls"!!!!! Shake hands with beef is such a great quirky prima song but over the falls has much more substance in meaning to the song!

[@haamurabaigreyhome4713]

Frizzle Fry is their heaviest album, but you've not heard the best of it yet. Check out Frizzle Fry, Mr. Knowitall, To Defy the Laws of Tradition (studio versions btw) The whole album is dynamite, but if we're being choosy I'll start with these three. Fyi, Herb took his first of two breaks from Primus before Brown Album was recorded. You'll hear Brian "Brain" Mantia on that one. Quite a different feel to it. He's a good drummer, it's a good album, but there's only one Herb.

[@FunkmasterAE]

I’d love to see bob’s party time lounge or golden boy but shake hands with beef is probably the best intro to the brown album.

[@zachcoffindaffer8735]

Golden boy ,from the brown album is amazing, great chord strumming with great slap bass line

[@jaykboomer4140]

Duchess and the Proverbial Mind Spread is one of my favorite Primus riffs to play on bass

[@xwefalldownx]

One of the most annoying riffs ever written, 5/8 loops so bizarrely

[@phanahan]

Frizzle Fry is so good. I wish I could hear it for the first time again. Do Mr Know it All next

[@themav3ricm3thodd91]

Played on a piccolo bass. One of my favorite primus songs and the suck on this version is amazing too.

[@natewebb8106]

If you haven't checked out this album before, you're in for a treat. 😃

[@Delta-The-Duck]

You definitely need to hear more from Frizzle Fry, easily their best album. My personal favorite being Punchbowl but Frizzle Fry is definitely a super close second.

[@patmeadows345]

Golden Boy! It’s the most fun song to play off the Brown Album

[@firstnamebob1709]

you gotta do Mr. Knowitall from Frizzle Fry as well. A highlight for certain.

[@Joetime90]

The tapping is insane

[@Number8z]

Small pedantic correction, primus had some early demos before Suck on This, that had songs like Tommy the Cat and Sgt. Baker. Its also not the first line-up and sound of the band. They had other members along with Les on some of these early demos. Enjoyed the video though! Enjoyed the video!

[@LowEndUniversity]

I did read a bit about that! I just meant in terms of an official release, etc. - appreciate the kind words!

[@Number8z]

@@LowEndUniversity got it! Just thought its worth mentioning, keep up them primus videos coming! I know you're already passed it, but I'd love to see Is It Luck? Or Nature Boy

[@groverXIII]

I've been a Primus fan for a really long time, but Frizzle Fry has always been my favorite. You gotta do Groundhog's Day at some point... it's a killer.

[@Untrainedpilot1]

2:00 His tone on the Antipop album song Lacquer Head is nuts in my opinion. If you were to do a song from that album that’d be the one to do. Has an awesome fill and the breakdown is wild.

[@hackbod]

Knowing that The Residents were a big influence on them (to the point that the remastered version of Frizzle Fry has a cover of Hello Skinny and Constantinople that was originally recorded in 1990) I think explains a lot of this aspect you are describing here about the way this song and many of their others are harmonically constructed.

[@markitzero4777]

If youre doing brown album ya gotta do shake hands with beef, its a sick riff

[@hardcorestymie]

Really appreciate the deeper insights and theory you put into this. Most reacts videos are "this is cool", "this is cooler", "this part is cool too". Even thought I am not a musician and heard many terms you mention but don't understand the full concepts, this is still much more interesting to me than most reacts channels.

[@LowEndUniversity]

I appreciate that, it means a lot!

[@gaigechambers8130]

Primus is my #1 fav band. Bob's party time lounge is definitely my favorite from the brown album. Would love to see what you think. It starts with such a unique drive and just goes crazy. There are several incredible tracks. Restin my bones has some of my favorite drumming by them. Golden boy is a lot of fun too

[@speculative182]

Frizzle Fry needs to be on an album poll 😊

[@drivelikejoewho]

Totally agree.. it's cliche to refer to a band's early work as their best. I'm not sure it's their best work but it's the most iconic and nostalgic for a lot of people. It reminds me of driving around all summer in Michigan with my brother and mom in 1994. She let us pick out a few cassettes at the outlet mall. My brother picked frizzle fry and Sabbath's paranoid. I grabbed rancid and Bad Religion'. We wore those tapes out after a few months of nonstop play. Props to my mom for enduring our constant desire to hear noise.

[@jasonmgomez]

Can we talk about Ler's PRINCE VALIANT haircut?!?!

[@thomaskostoroski9985]

He’s not just playing lead bass, he’s also filling that lower piece as well. Truly amazing

[@srbaran]

This album is one of their best, if not the best, imo. So many unique songs that only choosing one misses so much.

[@jeremiahl3529]

I think one of my favorite Primus songs is "to defy the laws of tradition" .. There is a great live version at a radio station. They are so damn young in that video. Lots of good shots of his hand positrons and that wild strumming

[@mes2239]

So glad you finally got to this one, this is my favorite Primus song! His tone is amazing here I agree.

[@jamieworsley9037]

You should do Dead Kennedys - RIOT

[@azazelreficulmefistofelicu7158]

So many memories, as a young skater this song was my introduction to Primus, hooked since then.

[@kevindaly2461]

My favorite Primus track off many! Thanks for covering!!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thanks for stopping by!!

[@russianpaul77]

i always felt C# as the root note, B and C are just the "7s" of the scale, and whenever they hit the D sounds like a flat 2 to me that resolves back to C#. at least that's how my ears hear it. it does have this constant driving chromatic feeling that maybe gives it an atonal feel

[@LowEndUniversity]

Totally makes sense now, I think Larry playing a Dm interval in the first few bars is what got me hearing it that way!

[@nosnitsttam]

Fisticuffs is a great riff but there's so much going on in that record and THE TONE is so freaking weird the whole way through. A lot of experimenration going on in that one.

[@andarchy1386]

Shake hands with beef is more traditionally sounding but if you want something different that was an evolution of their sound go for Over the falls

[@JayRod711]

This was a great flashback for me.. love it.. haven't heard it in a good long while.. but Everytime I do.. it crushes. Claypool is the man when it comes to impressive unorthodox.. just plain wierd musical abilities.. so unique.. it's greatness. To see this man perform live is something to truly behold.. he does all the bass trickery while dancing and strutting in tight circles AND singing some of the most complex rythmic patterns know to man. Great memories of ALL these guys.. definitely a musicians musician performance 🤘

[@guymcface3764]

Golden Boy Most people are saying Shake Hands With Beef and I get it, but Golden Boy is where it's at

[@the1khronohs40]

One of my favorite songs from Primus, this one! Just the way it kicks off with that funky drum groove, it’s just so tasty!

[@bacongl]

I love the Mesa Boogie/ADA MB1 era of Primus. It was heavy and gritty. His tone evolved to be cleaner and more harmonically rich. He tends to target midrange more later on in his career. It makes sense because he started recording his own band. You tend to cater to the mix more. Kalamazoo is my favorite song on the Brown Album. But im sure everyone will say Shake Hands with Beef or Over the Falls which are also killer tunes.

[@BradTheProducer]

Another band with bass whammy is Casiopea. Way different music, but some crazy stuff (the song Rare One in N.Y. has a brutal bass solo.)

[@redims8967]

Around the time of this album, they did a live show for a college radio station. You can see Les’s technique as he played kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3qwmZJogK1pg7ssi=gpxnND8r7yUGdUsx

[@patmeadows345]

If you do Golden Boy, which you should, I would argue it’s some of the best lyrics AND funnest bass in the Primus catalogue

[@weenis4122]

Do every prumus song ever please

[@johnnykarmic]

Mary the ice cube by contrast is a nice warm tone with a riff that allows for massive variance with fills. Would be an interesting episode!

[@CoffeeAndSteel]

Shake Hands with Beef, it's gotta be. Or Over the Falls, but Les plays upright bass in that one.

[@millerbeer01]

Suck on This is in my top 10 live albums. And considering the age of it, the production on it is astonishing. That albums punches from first song to last.

[@ericchristensen634]

Herb's drumming here is very cool because the verse is driven by the bass groove and guitar punches while Herb's playing is throwing in splashes here and there to capture the listeners attention. He's doing flourishes and licks around the groove and drawing just the right amount of focus and anticipation. While he kind of repeats phrases, he's largely just punching where he feels in the moment. His parts aren't etched in stone. He doesn't play this song the same way twice. The "Suck on This" version of this song really captured my young brain as he's even more aggressive on that recording.

[@peskador]

Lead drums :D

[@jeremypoolet]

Shake hands with beef! Such a good tone and riff!

[@patmeadows345]

Tragedy’s A’ Comin’ off of Green Naugahyde is ridiculously fun bass, probably some of the best bass tone, and one of my favorite videos

[@natewebb8106]

9:13 if you're wondering why it doesn't resolve, consider thinking of it in a jazz progression sense where it doesn't start and end on the I chord 🤷

[@LowEndUniversity]

I can see that comparison! It's cool how it keeps you waiting, in a way.

[@salty_3k506]

to me it doesn't feel like it doesn't resolve. it's just a riff and kinda atonal anyway so to me it sounds fine.

[@LowEndUniversity]

We all hear music differently!

[@EkalTheCar]

love your videos. haven't picked up a bass in 15 years probably but still love it.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thank you! Really appreciate you.

[@chrisrode3208]

I love frizzle fry. Pudding time was the first song I heard by them. That album is the reason I started playing bass

[@mcpantzlaff]

“Camelback Cinema” for the drum solo intro!

[@brianwhite2960]

I always come back to the 11/4 time signature of Eleven! Its so oddly soothing.

[@FromDuskTillSean]

“Shake Hands With Beef” is good, but I think “Over The Falls” is more interesting and more different than anything of theirs that you’ve covered. I think it would be more fun for you to hear Les’s upright chops and see what Primus’s take on an acoustic song is like.

[@ColdColdColdGround]

Man there's a lot of great Primus to do. Nice pick. For Brown Album, Coddington would be my pick but it's on an upright base. So I won't pick it. I'd love to see you do Golden Boy next. I imagine Shake Hands With Beef will win though as it's the most popular from the album.

[@caedyn]

Loving your Primus series (and the punk series). One thing that you can't capture unless you're seeing Primus live is how hard some of their songs go in the mosh pit. Blue Collared Tweakers, American Life, Here come the bastards... many more. They have this marching tempo that just goes off live. Theyre an underratedly heavy live band

[@kevinwillems8720]

I'm trying to pick one. But I just can't So I'll pick 4 for different reasons. Chastising of the Renegade is a good demonstration of Les playing around with techniques. Duchess and the Proverbial Mindspread alternates time signatures a lot for a real wild feel. Arnie is a great demonstration of the melodic psychadelic Primus(while also being somewhat emotional for me, less because of what I think Les was trying to say and more because of a couple more recent events that i can't help but think of when I hear it.) And Over the Falls is him playing with an upright bass

[@ThatKa5p3r]

one THOUSAND percent 'Shake Hands With Beef'!! The groove (different drummer) is one of the best you'll hear & Les' tone is duuurty!

[@TayValleyMX]

just found your channel, went down the Primus rabbit hole with you, then this comes out 2 hours later. wicked.

[@LowEndUniversity]

It was meant to be!

[@TayValleyMX]

@@LowEndUniversity a perfect circle some day? female bass player! The package or the outsider is my suggestions. Primus with buckethead live is also one to add to the primus library.

[@OpunktSchmidt1301]

Les is kinda playing in his own leaque! He's not playing bass, he's "claypooling"! 😉 Thanks a lot for the video! Btw: There's an awesome interview on yt with Matt Freeman (Rancid) and Mike Dirnt (Green Day)...

[@keithstout2092]

You should give his Sausage band/album a listen. Riddles Are About Tonight, Prelude To Fear, Hears To The Man, Temporary Phase and Recreating are all amazing pre Primus songs.

[@chrishibbert6942]

Bob's party time lounge. Best song on the album!!! (Brown album)

[@Shootysmurf]

Brown Album was my first album from Primus. Fell in love from the first few minutes. If I had to recommend a tune over the rest, it would have to be Puddin' Taine. Mostly because it seems to be less recommended than the rest. But really, any song would do, it is a fantastic album. But they're all pretty great if you ask me! :D

[@monkjacob85]

Also voting, "shake hands with beef", plus the video is really neat.

[@O_Draws]

From The Brown Album? "The Chastising of Renegade" is a big stand-out. The Brown Album, overall, is a real return to form. It feels way more at home with Frizzle Fry and Sailing the Seas of Cheese than with the albums right before and after it - which is for the best. Frizzle Fry actually has one of my all-time Primus songs on it: "Groundhog's Day."

[@potatos_4_free]

Man the drums in this song are so awesome!

[@clearlypellucid]

It's either Shake Hands With Beef or Over the Falls. Shake Hands With Beef is a bit more of an atonal song typical of Primus, and Over the Falls is shockingly melodic for a Primus song.

[@doppelgengar9483]

"Arnie" from the brown album is one of my favorite Primus songs!

[@ryno6284]

Shake hands with beef is great too! I love tge brown album and all the stand up bass Les uses in it!

[@Pannemat]

Saw the Ben Folds Five comment. Yes, you want to start with "Uncle Walter", his rock solid "party swinger" ( "One Angry Dwarf ..." is a close second). I like the full gig Bonnaroo 2012 (Webcast) video for its sound.

[@yukoncornelius6078]

Shake Hands with Beef next (brown album)

[@theresamorris6206]

I 100% love watching you explore Primus. Hearing someone who knows the instrument as you do is so cool. I myself am not a musician just a long time fan of music. Especially a long time 😊 fan of the band Primus without a doubt. I really enjoy what I call musically technically uncomfortable feeling I get from some bands. It's such a turn on musically for me. You know when things are put together so technically perfect that it's abruptly uncomfortable in a weird way I love that so much and that is Primus in a nutshell. A very few bands make me feel that way. It grabs me from the inside it's crazy. I give you all my deathbed I swear and something like this would get me out of my bed okay seriously. I love the intensity I didn't waste my both my body and my mind up I don't know how many can sit and just listen to this and not be awakened both mentally and physically at the same time. This is the type thing I live for.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thanks for the kind words Theresa, more Primus is coming soon! I know what you mean, some bands have a way of making their music click that sort of transcends simply how it sounds, and actually becomes a visceral feeling. Cheers!

[@austindavis9839]

Another vote for Shake Hands with Beef for the Brown Album

[@TheDFunkEra]

Love the Primus and I'll take any Primus reaction any time - just wished maybe a song with a little more dynamic; JTF is basically the same riff the entire song. BTW Tommy the Cat was written around the same time as this song and is also on the Suck on This album (albeit played on a 4-string), so there is no "back then" as far as Les not writing songs with divergent vocal and bass melodies - he was always doing it. Brown choices: Golden Boy, Chastising of Renegade, Puddin' Taine

[@larrycallaway2987]

If you found Les's use of the whammy bar on a bass interesting, check out Charles Berthoud's whammy technique on bass. Absolutely mindblowing!

[@grandmasterB77]

American Life is an excellent one! Much deeper lyrically and yet another killer bass line

[@WhiteCollarCrimeDNB]

Lacquerhead & Toys Go Winding Down are good "different but still wild" primus songs.