Bass Teacher REACTS to PRIMUS - "Shake Hands With Beef"

[@rjmurray3216]

“Was that a beef flat?”

[@jasons9564]

"Musically, this is a weird one." -easily said about any Primus song :)

[@DonOnAMeme]

I scrolled to this comment at the very instant he said this. 😮 Nice captions!

[@marklar7551]

Why be normal? 🗿👽🗿

[@radioaftermaththeband]

Man this video is peak 90's. Love it

[@LowEndUniversity]

It really is, hahaha. The effects are so endearing!

[@WastelandChef]

Bring Back 90's MTV

[@marklar7551]

​@@WastelandChefhave Max Headroom host 👽🗿👽

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

​@@marklar7551sorry. We went with Ricky Rachman. He was more period accurate.

[@henrydupuis5648]

It seems like it's the same director who did Soundgarden -Black Hole Sun video yo yeehaw!

[@derekcampbell6291]

Damn, so close to Golden Boy! Still great breakdown as always.

[@tobiasblackmoar]

golden boy and natural Joe are s tier basslines

[@PetParadiseVB]

Golden Boy is the song of the album

[@TheJoeGarza]

yeah Sausage- Riddles are abound tonight should be on the Les Claypool list.

[@ghosthealthgames]

I’d say Shattering Song would be better

[@kristopherrobin7069]

I like the sausage version of toys better than the primus version

[@georgef8855]

Yes. Lacquerhead. Was going to suggest it and you said it already. Wild lyrics and musically technical and fun. Love the channel! 👍

[@gamingnsuch9236]

Restin Bones. Puddin Taine. Fisticuffs. God I love this album

[@jpthedrummer4258]

Golden boy, bobs party time lounge and the chastising of renegade are some of my favorites. All in all this is top 3 Primus albums for me.

[@slish438]

Definitely one of my favorite albums.

[@saint_yossarian]

Awesome to see more Primus! For Antipop I'd recommend Dirty Drowning Man or Lacquer Head.

[@DaveWossum]

Both of these are awesome choices. DDM is so unique too.

[@juliusseizure324]

WHAT THE FUCK. I was just Jammin’ this song yesterday. While watching some of your videos I thought how cool it’d be for you to examine THIS song. I’m a bit freaked out. Ok, I’m gonna win the lottery….🤞🏼🍀🤞🏼 Hahahaha HEY YOUR CONTENT IS FUCKING AWESOME, and I really love how into Punk/Hardcore you’re getting!!!! Punk Rock is THEE best!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thank you!! Go snag that lotto ticket now 😎

[@juliusseizure324]

@ HAHAHAHA

[@lukep2k362]

Love the channel. If you’re gonna do anymore primus you gotta hear Professor Nutbutter’s house of treats.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thank you! That's the plan - all in time!

[@ericnowak9497]

Can’t wait for that one!

[@thenerdofthenorth8205]

​@LowEndUniversity Gotta go studio version though. No decent live recordings of Professor

[@phingaz-phingaz]

Brain is my favorite Primus drummer. I will defend this statement forever. Brown Album is my favorite Primus album too ❤️❤️

[@dieffenbach12jeff]

Brain is the shit!

[@robrb20det]

i completely agree! I have listened to Primus since 93 and love Herb, but Brain just fit them so well!

[@The_Masked_1der]

Their styles are so different, with Herb being busier, and Brain just beating the shit out of his drums, and I love both of them. Brain's grooves are definitely easier to bob along to. Simplicity that's well executed is a formula that's hard to find fault in, and Brain's work in Primus is a shining example of how much a powerful drummer can add to a bands presence and groove when they don't overcomplicate their parts.

[@Arisen_Rhez]

Fun fact, I discovered he plays on one of my favorite videogame soundtrack: Interstate '76. Really funky

[@Jabberwocky_superfly]

check out some Praxis if ya likin brain on the drums. Transmutation to be exact.

[@jobysw]

I had a K5 Blazer in high school with 2 Rockford 15s in the back and this song would nearly blow the roof off of it. Still jam it to this day.

[@dieffenbach12jeff]

First Primus album I heard was the Cant All Be Zingers album. Wore that cd out. Shake Hands With Beef was always a stand out song for me cuz its super catchy, the drums are incredibly tight, and I always thought the chorus “AND SHAKE HANDS WITH BEEF” was hilarious. Rad video dude 🔥

[@justinbrooks6502]

Lacquer Head is definitely the way to go. Also, one of Les's more sad stories. Absolute classic, though! One of my favorite from Primus. Produced by Fred Durst!! Also, did you know Les had a project called Sausage? I'd be interested in seeing you review basically the whole album they put out.

[@jackhorkheimer]

I first saw Limp Bizkit open for Primus in 1997. I thought "Hmm this music is interesting, but the lead singer's a douche!"

[@justinbrooks6502]

@@jackhorkheimer Man... I am so extremely jealous you got to experience that!!

[@JonathanBerry-nk4fz]

I would also love to see Lacquer Head

[@gopherbarney8707]

I second this absolutely brutal comment. Lacquerhead was the second primus song I attempted to learn that left hand mute is killer

[@JimmyKingster]

Antipop is such a fucking banger of an album, probably my favorite Primus album all in all tbh.

[@Delta-The-Duck]

Hearing him say “there he goes” the second that Ler starts his solo and actually deviated from Les’ notes, like the usual Primus sound, is so funny to me. Like hearing that and going “yep… that’s Ler”

[@andrewcoates4952]

He’s putting that extra triplet in with use of his left hand

[@mickeyrube6623]

It took me decades to realize Les would do this on many songs. I just thought he had a superhuman right hand thumb😂😂😂!

[@MrFreddieComedy]

This makes so much more sense now!

[@HDproducer1]

Our job as bassists is always to take the easiest route to whatever outcome is desired. Left hand slapping opens up an entire world of impressive and annoying techniques. It's your job to know when enough is enough.😂

[@lucidcharade12]

@@HDproducer1 "It's your job to know when enough is enough.😂" Apparently nobody told Les.

[@nandavet6854]

I am dying to see what you would make of Mr. Krinkle! Plus please please please give Trever Dunn of Mr Bungle some love! Such an amazing bass player

[@X1BALBA]

I just had a quick scan through his other uploads convinced I’d find some Trevor Dunn. Nothing! Would be cool to watch a reaction to Mr. Bungle - Dead Goon. Any Bungle, actually.

[@nandavet6854]

@X1BALBA The Dead Goon bassline is bloody iconic and should be talked about wayyy more!

[@just_the_drummer8830]

God I love when I find Mr. Bungle fans in the wild 😭

[@redhotchilifan98]

Sweet!! Was waiting for more primus. One of Les’s chunkiest riffs love the gritty sound to it. Them live at Woodstock 94 will blow your mind.

[@andrewsimmons8051]

Everyone says Laquerhead but everyone forgets about the secret voyage of the liquid sky. That’s the song to do

[@martygraw77]

I’ve been fighting gravity since I was two

[@just_the_drummer8830]

I do love Liquid Sky, but I wouldn't pick it for a breakdown. Neither would I pick Lacquer Head

[@andrewsimmons8051]

@ I was going back through and trying to find a stand out and it’s tough. Greet the sacred cow is probably one of my favorites but i don’t think there is enough there with what has been gone through to uncover something new that hasn’t been covered yet…

[@danvasart]

Fuck yeah. Or Eclectic Electric, such a slow, trippy song

[@21Kyzix12]

I love this song. One of my favorite songs to play on bass.

[@TheRealLetharos]

I love this song so much. It's a bit different for them but it's got this great flow throughout that i enjoy.

[@stevenbolstridge596]

“The Ballard of Bodacious” from Antipop has one of my favourite bass lines of all time and it’s a very underrated song!

[@justincaron8428]

Was going to comment the same. Bodacious has always been my favorite off Anti-Pop.

[@smeagle3295]

Lacquer Head FTW

[@gopherbarney8707]

AH yes I can't find tabs anywhere it's been itching my brain

[@martygraw77]

Bodacious always sounded like a leftover track from the Brown Album too me. Definitely seemed more sonically matched to that album rather than Anti-Pop

[@MosinAttractedPerson]

@@gopherbarney8707i think songsterr had bass tabs for bodacious.

[@monkjacob85]

If you want not just a great bass track but also a great example of what "brain" can do, listen to live "tommy the cat" off of Rhinoplasty.

[@Sweet_2D_Volcano]

It is now officially a big rock show

[@AllofJudea]

I would recommend col claypools bucket of Bernie brains, he was great on that

[@slickmechanical]

Brown Album is my fav Primus album. So many good tracks. I love the dirty, muffled crunchy slap sounds Brains drums make.

[@N0neM0reBr0wn]

The Brown album is a coming of age album for me. Drum sound is like gunshots and set the whole vibe of the album IMO.I drove my grandmother nuts blasting it. Although she didn’t hate Over the Falls😂

[@Matthew.thirtyseven]

It is so cool to watch you try to figure out the songs. I take a lot of inspiration from that as a new bass player. Thanks

[@patrose7742]

Antipop is one of Primus's best albums, in my opinion. Specifically, "Greet the Sacred Cow" is an absolute groove-fest!

[@chucku00]

Mashallah! Err... I mean amen to this!

[@dalemullins4562]

Love the editing, where they remove every other frame. Works perfectly with this groove

[@nosnitsttam]

I second the Laquerhead recommendation. Produced by Fred Durst if i recall correctly. The Ballad of Bodacious is a great funky number. The Final Voyage of the Liquid Sky are also some insane numbers.

[@JohnnyCotts]

Please listen to the full albums by Primus, also. LOTS of great deep cuts...

[@lawrencemcstephens308]

Great video as always! This one in particular is a very nostalgic one for me, as I bought both Pork Soda and Brown Album my senior year of high school. I got Brown Album the summer of 2001 just after graduating after seeing the video for Shake Hands With Beef on MTVX on my digital cable. I was inspired by Les Claypool (and others, such as Matt Freeman of Rancid, Billy Gould of Faith No More, Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and P-Nut Wills from 311) to pick up the bass at the beginning of senior year in fall/winter 2000, and this was one song I tabbed out and tried to at least approximate Les Claypool, haha! I was surprised in your poll that The Chastising of Renegade didn't get more votes! I always thought it was a wicked-cool and unique one on bass, especially during the verses, with the subdued reggae-like guitar chords, minimalistic drumming, soft-spoken vocals, and an understated and unique bassline from Les! And as for this particular song, I found it easiest to play in Drop-D on my 4-string, since I didn't have a 5-string or (as Les has in this video) a 6-string. The lowest note he reaches is D, and I believe he uses an overdrive or a fuzz pedal of some kind, but I could be wrong on that last one!

[@UnderBarrowBog]

My favorite song on the album is The Ballad of Bodacious, but yes, for your journey you should probably check out Lacquer Head first.

[@chriswebb7822]

Mr. Krinkle has to be on your Primus list !!! Les plays a stand up bass for the whole thing, and it's awesome!

[@justincaron8428]

And the video was done in one continuous shot. No cuts or edits.

[@MrHarry440]

Love when you try to figur out Primus❤ I’v been a fan of Primus since Frizzle Fry. And they always supricses me. Love it❤❤

[@jeremypoolet]

Finally. I was about ready to learn bass and make a video myself 😂 j/k this is such a cool riff glad yer finally getting to it

[@bsb1975]

There's a live version of this song on KZbin. You might appreciate that more than a music video. Primus is amazing live.

[@LuciferAlmighty]

Probably one of the best live bands I've seen. Definitely a band to experience live... PRIMUS SUCKS!!!

[@pabloscobar958]

Brain definitely made the band sound more bluesy and restrained, loved his albums

[@jmbproductions1838]

Try Over the Falls next. One of my favorite Primus songs from 1999.

[@whamola17]

Love your content. I joined patreon for more Primus breakdowns. lol. Their concept album the seven is fairly short so would be a quick breakdown but it’s super progrock meets funk. One of the most unique albums I have ever heard.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thanks so much for joining up over there, your support means a lot! I’m hoping to do a Primus episode over there sometime soon actually.

[@andreasdeutinger7319]

the best sounding album-the brown album. unique in any way. i love it.

[@adrianlayman892]

5:20 That MOMENT you HIT the GROOVE! God Bless you ALL!

[@MedalionDS9]

I was really quite into this song back when it first came out, and was surprised to hear how fans thought the band had fallen off because they were getting more and more mainstream... since the last album "Tales from the Punchbowl"

[@Morbid0007]

Knowing Primus, I'm pretty sure "Shake Hands With Beef" has a second meaning. If you want to see a great example of Brain's drumming, check out the live version of 'Duchess' from the 'Animals Should Not Act Like People' greatest hits collection (it's on KZbin); the drum solo is great. As for 'Antipop,' 'Lacquer Head' is the way to go ('Animals Should Not Act Like People' also has a great live version of it).

[@just_the_drummer8830]

I also like to Shake Hands With Beef

[@calibadgerdude6082]

I love the jittery quality of the video. They really captured that twitchy way flies move. XD

[@dan1216]

They filmed themselves miming to the song at a really slow tempo. When played at normal speed they got that twitchy vibe.

[@BenFoote]

My favorite part about this album is that they recorded it on a Tascam 4 track porta-stdio which is why it sounds so Lo-Fi.

[@matthew6427]

I love The Brown Album so much. I was thinking, maybe the "Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains" would be a good musical/sonic journey for you too 🤘 Buckethead is just such a cool & different player but I think he meshed with Les and pushed him to make some interesting decisions. Loved the video!

[@shneizah]

So cool. And yes, lacquer head needs to be next. It'll click.

[@tybeeez]

Lacquer Head!!

[@mezzs]

sad to see Golden Boy did not win this time but I'll cast my vote for either Power Mad or Antipop from... well, Antipop! great video as always!

[@parttimecomix]

I love watching your genuine reaction to this band, I forget as an old man just how bizarre they are/were 💜💜

[@risoledoce]

Les Claypool - One Better should be the next

[@kristopherrobin7069]

On antipop do "the heckler"...its the secret song after the last track

[@AdamCioni]

The whole brown album is like this. Way different than everything else. Definitely my favorite Primus album.

[@maxwellbrand]

Definitely should've done Bob's Party Time Lounge

[@sephiroth7818]

@0:08 I almost spit my coffee out with the "What The F%$#" lmao

[@Number8z]

def lacquer head fo rnext one, it has a very unique usuage of the bass. great video!

[@fretlessproductionscalifor4854]

Every album has a different sound. Les is always playing with different musicians and bringing back new ideas to Primus. It why they never went "stale" IMO

[@JeremyHodges]

Of course, Pork Soda is my fav Primus album, but The Brown album also has a summer-home in my heart.

[@AllofJudea]

Everyone knows Pork Soda is your fav Primus album, of course!

[@JeremyHodges]

It goes without saying.

[@YouHaveReachedBob]

Lacquer Head and Ballad of Bodacious are straight THUMPERS! Either one would be a great reaction video. Lacquer Head is probably the more popular.

[@onomuknub]

I didn't know Brain was one of Primus's drummers. I mainly know him for working with Buckethead and Praxis. Awesome.

[@Darren_Kelly]

I would love to see your reaction and breakdown of one of Rancid’s earlier songs from their debut album “Rancid”, it’s called Climb In (The Bottle), the intro will blow everyone’s minds. Tim Armstrong wrote this back in the day when he was struggling with alcohol, and as someone who has spent my entire life doing the same, this song really really hits home every time I hear it. 30 years have gone by and still it still has the same effect. Bring the lyrics up, everyone who struggles with alcohol will relate.

[@jessicourteous]

Lee Van Cleef and Too Many Puppies are so good! Thanks for convincing me to revisit Primus after 10 years!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Any time!

[@Mr_Case_Time]

‘Ol Diamondback Sturgeon is a great song, check it out. Interesting sounds as always.

[@nosnitsttam]

god look at the size of the kick drum. The Brown Album is such a bizarre record which is saying something considering this is Primus we're talking about. The whole thing sounds like it was recorded inside a padded room with wood paneling

[@timakimat]

I really liked Brain's drumming even if it was so different to Herb.

[@pokebass1]

Electric Uncle Sam is the best song off Antipop! Do that one!

[@noggintube]

Those 'uncomfortable movements' you mention, I think might be down to the same way they filmed Wynona's big brown beaver - there's a 'making of' video on KZbin where they explain they performed and filmed it at 25% reduced speed. Then it was sped up to normal speed for viewing. This results in a strange 'jumpy' frame rate, and fast movements look really odd, so they accentuate the effect by making their movements larger than normal too. Not sure if this is the same, but it certainly has that same effect so guessing it is.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Ah, makes sense! I'm only drawn to that because the first music video I was ever in, we played the song at 2-4x speed and slowed it down, but never have seen it done in reverse like this. A totally different effect, super neat!

[@Shaytan67]

Brown album is my favourite Primus album. The drums sound completely distorted (and they are), but Brain is an amazing drummer. He came from the Limbomaniacs, who I saw a couple of times on tour with Primus (I was lucky enough to see Primus 9 times in the 90s and I'm in Europe).

[@SLevinCinema]

Totally correct on how they filmed this. Most likely the song was slowed to 50% speed on the day and filmed normally then sped up in post to match the actual song speed.

[@-elijahriggs-]

Brain is fav drummer of theirs. Herb is on the most classic stuff but i always loved the groove with brain

[@drewshine627]

When I picked up the brown album in highschool I also picked up highball with the devil. Les's solo album and fell in love with 'awakening' and tried to learn it several times poorly. But it's still my favorite clay pool tune

[@just_the_drummer8830]

Personally, I think you should stay on Brown album for one more song and do Golden Boy. But if you're committed to moving on, The Antipop is known for having a lot of extra personnel involved with its creation. I think Lacquer Head is good but would prefer to see Natural Joe or Greet the Sacred Cow.

[@skateordielaughing8753]

I've been playing Primus on bass since I was 17, I'm 50 now. great review of this song. wait till Les gets the envelope filter on antipope, yes lacquerhead is the best one to start with the lore revolves around MTV banning the video due to the drug abuse reference.

[@HP-vt7gh]

You shoudl try Kalamazoo from same record. I think its the hardest bassline from brown album.

[@BbNaB]

Probably late on the info but I had the VHS Videoplasty covering this album and live performances. They include behind the scenes of making this video and they trick they did recording the band was recording them at regular speed performing the song at much lower speed. In editing they simply speed up the footage or cut frames out of the overall footage to get it back up to sync with the original audio.

[@MrRezRising]

I believe this was a six string "Rainbow Bass" by Carl Thompson. Les liked the piano note feel of it. It's all over this album.

[@BallisticMystic]

Would love to see you come back to Duchess and the Proverbial Mind Spread, especially the live version released with Animals Should not try to act like People, def my favorite song off the Brown album.

[@veggie928]

Ooh, I can't wait for you to cover Antipop!

[@brando915]

I think "Greet the Sacred Cow" off of Antipop is a really good showcase of Les's dynamic range in his playing. The song goes hard, but also has some really good use of harmonics and knows when to pull back a bit. Definitely check that one out.

[@nickpurcell3972]

"Eclectic Electric" and " Natural Joe" are my favorites from Antipop!

[@adrianlayman892]

10:32 BEST encapsulation of Primus in ONE sentence! God Bless you ALL!

[@zacharyjohnson1987]

I think Josh from Bass Buzz explained that it’s like an eclectic mix of slap/pop and hammer on/pull offs that Les does. Like he’s plucking w both hands in a weird way.

[@CaravanOfSleep]

After you finish your Primus journey, you should definitely review Sleep and Om's material. Their bassist/frontman Al Cisneros is highly revered in the stoner rock/doom genre. I recommend the songs Dragonaut, Aquarian, Giza Butler and Sonic Titan to start with for Sleep And for Om I recommend the songs State of Non-Return, Unitive Knowledge of the Godhead, Meditation is the Practice of Death (live), and Gethsemane (live)

[@jmonty2005]

GOLDEN BOY!!!

[@cowsdotricks]

Love this whole album

[@doogmann]

funky new wave with blues and jazzswags

[@spynae]

The bass Les plays in this video was Carl Thompson's bass made for Daniel Brubeck, Dave Brubeck's son.

[@Xix1326]

My favorite Primus song is off the Brown Album, "Over the Falls". Verry similar sound, to Beef, but with acoustic instruments (in the vid) and more hauntingly melodic than rhythmic. Really weird band, but I like 'em.

[@kmelugin]

I think that Lacquer Head represents his most prolific playing on the Antipop album. The title track, Electric Uncle Sam, and Natural Joe (2nd best playing IMO), are also great, but I think Lacquer Head shows off his skill the best. FYI, there is a footnote fact on the music video that the original claymation version was banned from MTV due its showing of drug use. I also don't remember it showing the band much if at all. So you might be best to find a live performance or alternate video to show Les playing the song.

[@mikegabrielson3229]

If you wanna checkout more of the drummers work checkout the stuff he did with the Godflesh. Especially the album Songs of love and hate. Not to mention their bass player is a beast

[@Ollidamara099]

Try any song of the GreenNaugahyde album please !!❤

[@LowEndUniversity]

We'll get there in time!

[@chipstacker8898]

The last superpower AKA rapscallion is a pretty awesomea primus song you should review. I'm sure it's been recommended by someone, and they would've been right. The change hallway through the song is pretty sick, even for ler les and herb.

[@CreativeWarrior-]

Brain is a badass. He has a killer solo on the Rhinoplasty record during Tommy The Cat. Face melting. Blistering.

[@nappdogg8]

the Brown Album is my personal favorite Primus record.

[@Wheelgauge-bt7ox]

The 90s were the best and wish I could go back.

[@MikeNevill3]

The case for that cd is a brown gold with a sleeve. It's cool

[@kyleharrison2286]

i have it in my trunk somewhere lol

[@srudine]

Les and the boys are "flies" at the picnic. Where do flies hang out? The trash(can) of course. What fly doesn't interrupt your cookout and checkout the food! This song interrupts normalcy but then again its Primus and that's what we expect it to do. Funky bro.

[@knotvocalcovers5436]

AHHHH IT HAPPENED!!!! HE FINALLY DID IT!!!!! ITS HERE!!!!!

[@weenis4122]

Pls do bob or laquer head I love these analysis vids

[@Darwinist]

This came out in 1997, Korn was emerging as the biggest band in the nu-metal vanguard. It's not at all surprising if the record company execs say a song with that kind of bassline as the ideal trackk to push with a music video/single etc.