Les Claypool was a huge fan of Tony Levin's Chapman Stick playing. Jerry Was a Racecar Driver was a huge nod to Elephant Talk by King Crimson (off the album Discipline from 1981). Not exactly new information as it was in Bass Player magazine in 1993/1994 time, just when I started playing the Chapman Stick itself. I'm sticking to the Stick. Great video gents, keep up the great work.
Not just his bass lines but also his bass tones on all those Primus albums were just out there, sounding like creaky wooden floor boards, rubber bands, cardboard boxes, balloons etc..
Les is an absolute mad genius! First time hearing Primus was off-putting because it was so outside the box but then I stepped out of my boxed in mindset and fell in love!
When I first heard the South Park Theme and heard nothing but parallel diminished chords delivered without apology I thought to myself, "That's it. That's the Primus sound I could never quite describe." I studied classical theory in college and parallel fifths were a big no-no in times of antiquity. I'm pretty sure parallel flat fifths were an even bigger no-no, meaning Primus breaks all of the rules of 600 years of established music theory. It's like I always say, music theory is not a theory of how music works, it's just a history of standards and practices. Primus laughed at all of it, and managed to be catchy regardless. Rules are meant to be broken.
I have watched a lot of SBL content. And I can say beyond the shadow of a doubt, these sessions where they teach each other how to play a riff are my favourite. Keep them coming!
So glad to see some Claypool and Primus love. Les was the reason I picked up the bass in the 90s and I can hardly express how happy I am for you to cover this riff.
If you want to stay on the Primus trip AND melt Scott's mind (and possibly fingers) I would definitely recommend looking at DMV next. Also I'd love to see a breakdown of Is It Luck? That bassline is an absolute nightmare...
One of your in depth interviews, with Les Claypool would be amazing, there's so little out there. Love the rhythmic feel of his music and the wild stories in the lyrics......genius. Cheers.
PLEEAASSEE DO MORE PRIMUS!! I loved seeing you try and learn this absolute nightmare of a bassline and there are just so many more that Primus has. i would love to see these: DMV, Tommy The Cat, Hamburger Train, Lacquer Head, My Name Is Mud, Is It Luck, and Frizzle Fry!
Guys, you have such great chemistry. Ian gave this channel a breath of fresh air. It's not like I don't like Scott, it's just the combo of Scott and Ian is so amazing. I could watch you two for hours.
Always felt that those notes weren't pull offs. They sound independently tapped but so damn fast it gives the feeling of a pull off. Seeing how Les plays it live I still live by it.
Scott shouldn't be so down on his tapping, I thought he did great. And kudos to you for always continuing to learn and thanks for letting us see some of that.
It's weirdly the best bass line of the 90's. I really appreciate both of you guys demonstrating how to play this on 4 and 6 string basses. Tackling it from different angles, love it!
Best thing about it is Claypool is singing over this bloody thing. Absolutely unique talent. Writing it in the first place and having the chops to play it whilst also singing. Grade-A legend.
this is kinda hard honestly but it really doesnt take long to start learning some of ur fav songs, it might be worth while trolling 2nd hand marketplaces because someone is always giving away a free instrument if u can pick one up!
I was a GenX drummer, so forgive me. Les often stated Tommy the Cat was his most difficult riff to play. Also, in an early interview, he stated he didn’t know how to play bass. But he did know the banjo. So he played bass as a banjo using the claw hammer technique. I don't play either instrument, but it might give you insight into his earlier bass lines
I've only recently tried to understand the Les Claypool thing. The more I hear, the more I really dig it. That's some really kewl musicianship. Thanks to Scott and Ian for showing it on 4 and 6. That's really helpful.
Les in Primus was THE SHIT!!! So creative!!! And so out there.. atonal, polytonal shit they were doing, always blew my mind how a band like that became so popular during that time. More Primus please🙏🙏🙏 there’s so many cool lesser known bass lines of his that could make for a great episode! Really enjoyed this one! 🥰🦑
I saw Primus in 1995 at WHFS in Washington DC I have always been a huge fan. This bass line was one of the reasons I wanted to learn the bass. Les’s playing while weird is extremely talented and complex. Great video explaining the riff
“Tommy the cat” might be the next best song for bass, a lot of people consider it a “hard” bass line, I don’t know if it’s hard though because I’m just that bad.
I just found your channel. Have played in bands for 20 years but late to Primus. I love both Primus and your channel! Subscribed. Please just do more Claypool. My name is mud!
Let's face it, Ian, if you can get Scott to play just about anything else Primus, it would be awesome. I think, as others have mentioned, "Is it Luck?," "DMV," "To Defy the Laws of Tradition," and of course "Tommy the Cat." Seeing that Scott's not a fan of tapping, can you get him to play "Terminal Beach" by Stu Hamm? Or even his version of "Linus and Lucy"?
I had the luck to visit San Francisco in 1993 AND Primus wasn't there. 😞We had to rent a car and move to Petaluma in the northern Bay Area, but there we've seen a whole arena screaming “you suck”, and so they did. It was great. Today I'm 59 and my fingers are still aching from trying to manage “Tommy The Cat”. We don't had TH-cam or any cool teachers - like you guys - that time.
Yes! My band played Groundhogs day and quite a few other Primus tunes, because we all loved that bass chord stuff. But Is It Luck is the one Claypool song I could never play right. He somehow uses the tremolo to detune that part as he's playing it, and it seems physically impossible to me. I've never seen anybody play it the way he played in on the album. A lot of people get the left hand figure right, but I haven't seen anybody use the tremolo while doing it.
@@NautilusGuitarsIndeed and who else has a bass with a tremolo bar ? I don’t think I have ever seen one myself except on a Primus concert. I was thinking about this bassline as well btw, it seems a bit ‘weirder’ even than ‘Jerry’. To be fair Sgt Baker is out there too…. The whole album come to think of it😂
@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 Yeah, it's an incredible album full of incredible bass lines! Is It Luck has to be one of the weirdest of all time and I wish more people would talk about it. As a young man, I got obsessed with bass and all the mods you could do, and after seeing Claypool and Wooten, I had to get Kahler trems on my basses (I actually have what, as far as I can tell, is the only 6-string Kahler bass trem that's actually installed on an instrument. I had to custom order it, and it was not cheap haha. ). It's what really kick started my guitar building career. Les' Thompson basses are what made me want to build basses and guitars. All of that said, even with the trem and tons of practice, I could never get close to playing that part right. I can play it without the trem, but I'm dumbfounded by how it's even possible to do it with a trem. It seems so impossible, that I've honestly wondered if he used a Whammy Pedal instead and just never mentioned it. It actually seems physically impossible.
Love it. Thanks for the share. Loving that the only thing better than the deconstruction of the bassline is the joy of watching you guys doing your thing and nerding out. The world needs this. Will happily sell my children to finance more of it.
It's indeed THE if not one of the weirdest bass lines ever, it's melodically/harmonically ugly as hell, but somehow it is really great and amazing, I don't know how to explain this phenomenon 🤔
Mr Bungle's first album had a song called "Dead Goon". The bassline is insane, with a descending run in the chorus(?) that is so insane that it still leaves me reeling.
The reason he used the 6? He had ordered a 6 and a 4 at the same time. Then when they had to record the song, he only had the fretless 6 because the fretless 4 wasn’t ready at the time.
Thank you for doing this! So much fun. Les was why I asked for a bass at age 13! Jaco, Larry Graham, Jameson etc came after but ‘twas Les that gave me the original bass desire
eFantastic, Man when this first came out I was at Breklee, and this whole record just F'ked me up, I spent all summer trying to learn these riffs, I got my slapping/Tapping skills from this record, well actually I almost broke my thumb on Tommy the Cat, But so right "is it Luck" just stopped me in my tracks....I've seen them like 5 times over the years, Absolutely phenomenal Live. Oh and you two Guy's are the Best.... Thank you
I saw Primus at a big show called “That Damn Show” just before Antipop came out, so maybe 1999. They actually got booed off stage at first and somebody threw a bottle and hit Les, so they walked off. Then they came back and FUCKING ROCKED IT. Still one of the top 3 shows I’ve ever seen.
Great example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should." I could never wrap my head around what Les was doing, then I realized it's like an over-caffeinated middle schooler who never picked up the instrument suddenly got a record deal. Scott calling it the Bobcat Goldthwaite of bass playing was brilliant! Not going to be downloading the pdf for this one, lads. But it was still fun to watch!
I was at a bowling alley/ pizza place in my old hometown and some teen kid was wearing a Primus shirt. I thought that was interesting. It was literally 30 years ago you could hear their songs being played on some local kid's car stereo.
That "Porkcore" comment from Ian sent me out of this world. Such a descriptive phrase for that sound. Thats what your bass sounds like after it marinates in Pork Soda overnight
This was great, guys. I mean, you started it, you can pretty much pick anything from Les and Primus's catalog to tackle next. I don't think Primus has any "normal" sounding songs!
I was 14 years of age when I talked my dad into getting me a 6 string fretless just so I could play everything from Sailing the Sea of Cheese exactly as Claypool did. 3 weeks later I had a 6 string Warwick Thumb. I played that bass every day for 3 years, until it was stolen from the dressing room at a 6000 seat arena.
The elephant in the corner of the room: Larry lalonde is an incredible guitarist. His playing on fizzle fry especially blows me away. And that's after learning how to play most of that album on bass years ago
Scott, this is one of my all time fave episodes. Great stuff but what made it special was watching you learn along with the rest of us. Never stop learning, right?
@@devinebass I know, but there are a lot of six string bass adaptations available online! Also, it's been a long time since we had some DT on the channel! 🤘🏻
Love Primus. I was surprised to learn that Les didn’t have the Carl Thompson in time to record Sailing. In an interview he said that Carl made great basses but didn’t make them fast. He played a Tune Zi-II 6-string. You can see it in the battle of the bands scene of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
What was really mind blowing for me is how Les plays these weird, tricky lines and then sings over them at the same time. 🤯
ikr?
Sings and dances like a maniac! 😅
you can't call most of that singing, though... 🤣
@@jorgeletra3902 Might not necessarily be good singing, but I still can't replicate it lol
Absolutely the hardest thing😝
Les Claypool was a huge fan of Tony Levin's Chapman Stick playing. Jerry Was a Racecar Driver was a huge nod to Elephant Talk by King Crimson (off the album Discipline from 1981). Not exactly new information as it was in Bass Player magazine in 1993/1994 time, just when I started playing the Chapman Stick itself. I'm sticking to the Stick. Great video gents, keep up the great work.
Yup, Tony Levin.
Today I learned something.
I LOVED those 3 king crimson albums with Tony and Adrian Belew.
100%
Definitely try to play "to defy the laws of tradition"
I found this format to be particularly instructive: learning something in "real time."
Scott proving that he's human just like the rest of us 🙂
We need “Tommy the Cat” next. And Scott has to “sing” it too 😂
Not just his bass lines but also his bass tones on all those Primus albums were just out there, sounding like creaky wooden floor boards, rubber bands, cardboard boxes, balloons etc..
100% great description
yesssss, great way of describing it. I always simply said Claypools playing sounds "ocean bubbly" and I didn't really know what I meant either
I’d love to see you guys break down Tommy the Cat from that same album. Incredibly quirky and challenging slap groove, Les at his best.
It's got to be Tommy the Cat
Has to be Tommy the Cat the Live version from Rhinoplasty though. Or it won’t officially be a Big Rock Show
Tommy the Cat from Primus Sucks!
aw but who's gonna do Tom Waits part lol
Frizzzle Fry. No one ever does a vid on Frizzle Fry and it is so slippery and fun.
Not even a Bass player. I just come here to watch you two have the absolute best of times. Thanks for the cool vibes fellas 🙌🏻
Thanks for watching!!
Les is an absolute mad genius! First time hearing Primus was off-putting because it was so outside the box but then I stepped out of my boxed in mindset and fell in love!
I'm loving this so much! Been playing bass for 23 years, and Primus and Jaco were the cats keeping me playing for this long.
When I first heard the South Park Theme and heard nothing but parallel diminished chords delivered without apology I thought to myself, "That's it. That's the Primus sound I could never quite describe." I studied classical theory in college and parallel fifths were a big no-no in times of antiquity. I'm pretty sure parallel flat fifths were an even bigger no-no, meaning Primus breaks all of the rules of 600 years of established music theory. It's like I always say, music theory is not a theory of how music works, it's just a history of standards and practices. Primus laughed at all of it, and managed to be catchy regardless. Rules are meant to be broken.
I have watched a lot of SBL content. And I can say beyond the shadow of a doubt, these sessions where they teach each other how to play a riff are my favourite. Keep them coming!
I love Les, and it's the first time I've ever seen Scott finding anything difficult! I thought he could play everything effortlessly! Ah the humanity.
So glad to see some Claypool and Primus love. Les was the reason I picked up the bass in the 90s and I can hardly express how happy I am for you to cover this riff.
If you want to stay on the Primus trip AND melt Scott's mind (and possibly fingers) I would definitely recommend looking at DMV next. Also I'd love to see a breakdown of Is It Luck? That bassline is an absolute nightmare...
Les himself doesnt even like playing DMV thats cruel 😂😂😂
I've been to hell, I spell it.... spell it DMV
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I can’t listen to DMV without Bob
Or American life, professor nutbutters house of treats, Lee van cleef, frizzle fry, laquer head…. Any of them really
One of your in depth interviews, with Les Claypool would be amazing, there's so little out there. Love the rhythmic feel of his music and the wild stories in the lyrics......genius. Cheers.
We would LOVE to have Les on the channel for an interview!
Do it!!!@@devinebass
@@devinebass might have to take him fishing to bribe him.
PLEEAASSEE DO MORE PRIMUS!! I loved seeing you try and learn this absolute nightmare of a bassline and there are just so many more that Primus has. i would love to see these: DMV, Tommy The Cat, Hamburger Train, Lacquer Head, My Name Is Mud, Is It Luck, and Frizzle Fry!
And American Life!
Guys, you have such great chemistry. Ian gave this channel a breath of fresh air. It's not like I don't like Scott, it's just the combo of Scott and Ian is so amazing. I could watch you two for hours.
Always felt that those notes weren't pull offs. They sound independently tapped but so damn fast it gives the feeling of a pull off. Seeing how Les plays it live I still live by it.
on a fretted bass it's a lot easier (and sounds better imo) to just do pull offs. Les does seem to hammer on, like you suggest.
The entire riff is hammer first then pull offs aside from the right hand tapping
I always thought the second phrase was a tap tap slide
Watching you guys struggle BUT still having a good time was the best part of the video/lesson.
Seeing Scott struggle makes me feel sooo much better leaving new techniques 😂😅
Scott shouldn't be so down on his tapping, I thought he did great. And kudos to you for always continuing to learn and thanks for letting us see some of that.
It's weirdly the best bass line of the 90's. I really appreciate both of you guys demonstrating how to play this on 4 and 6 string basses. Tackling it from different angles, love it!
I love so much the way to have a breakdown of a riff by you two guys. I think that a discussion is way better than a lesson.
Have to say, that I enjoyed how much fun you guys had and also the message was clear and explanation very detailed. Hat’s off!
As a young black kid growing up hearing rhis riff on THPS is one of the reasons i explored more genres of music
Best thing about it is Claypool is singing over this bloody thing. Absolutely unique talent. Writing it in the first place and having the chops to play it whilst also singing. Grade-A legend.
The PRIMUS pinnacle of the mountain has got to be Tommy the Cat. That groove is luscious, and vicious!
I’m a guitarist who happens to love you guys videos. I think Lalonde has the coolest guitar job available. They seem to have so much fun.
I play nothing, i watch you all the time and the 2 of you are the bomb. Awesome episode
this is kinda hard honestly but it really doesnt take long to start learning some of ur fav songs, it might be worth while trolling 2nd hand marketplaces because someone is always giving away a free instrument if u can pick one up!
Thank you guys! Really love this kind of content, not only you helped me master the riff, digging into Primus, the song and Claypool was really fun.
Im so glad to see more primus content in the shed
Seeing you guys teach eachother and struggle to learn is actually really encouraging for us beginners
I remember when this album came out. I had literally NOTHING like it before.
Odds are good that I'm not going to be a better bass player after watching this.... but it sure made me smile... you guys are great entertainment!!!
That bassline sounds a lot like Elephant Talk by King Crimson, played by Tony Levin !!
chapman stick
@@babayaga1767 Yep, played on the bass side of the stick :-)
Thank you! I knew I heard it before! I saw King Crimson live a few times, but you couldn't pay me to see Primus!
Because Les was actually inspired by Tony for this song
@MrChopsticktech why???
Best chemistry on TH-cam, I'd watch for the laughs and Police Academy references alone
I was a GenX drummer, so forgive me. Les often stated Tommy the Cat was his most difficult riff to play. Also, in an early interview, he stated he didn’t know how to play bass. But he did know the banjo. So he played bass as a banjo using the claw hammer technique. I don't play either instrument, but it might give you insight into his earlier bass lines
I've only recently tried to understand the Les Claypool thing. The more I hear, the more I really dig it. That's some really kewl musicianship. Thanks to Scott and Ian for showing it on 4 and 6. That's really helpful.
Les in Primus was THE SHIT!!! So creative!!! And so out there.. atonal, polytonal shit they were doing, always blew my mind how a band like that became so popular during that time. More Primus please🙏🙏🙏 there’s so many cool lesser known bass lines of his that could make for a great episode! Really enjoyed this one! 🥰🦑
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I saw Primus in 1995 at WHFS in Washington DC I have always been a huge fan. This bass line was one of the reasons I wanted to learn the bass. Les’s playing while weird is extremely talented and complex. Great video explaining the riff
So glad to finally see primus here 😂
Scott, you and Ian are the dopest. Two guys teaching in the clearest way and with fun and character thrown in for good measure. Great stuff, thanks.👊🏾
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Keeping with the theme of unconventional and "different" basslines, I'd love to hear you guys tackle some Steve Digiorgio riffs from Death.
ah, a connaiseur
I liked Steve Di Giorgio's fretless bass line on the Death song "The Philosopher". Definitely deserves a SBL lesson!
Thanks a lot guys. Les has been one of my favourites for dec&des, now. Glad to see you try some of his stuff.
“Tommy the cat” might be the next best song for bass, a lot of people consider it a “hard” bass line, I don’t know if it’s hard though because I’m just that bad.
I just found your channel. Have played in bands for 20 years but late to Primus. I love both Primus and your channel! Subscribed. Please just do more Claypool. My name is mud!
Let's face it, Ian, if you can get Scott to play just about anything else Primus, it would be awesome. I think, as others have mentioned, "Is it Luck?," "DMV," "To Defy the Laws of Tradition," and of course "Tommy the Cat." Seeing that Scott's not a fan of tapping, can you get him to play "Terminal Beach" by Stu Hamm? Or even his version of "Linus and Lucy"?
I've seen a lot of Primus vids this year and I hope they never stop
I would love to see you guys doing Maxwell Murder by Rancid. It's an aggressive fast walking line and there is a solo that's deceptively tricky
I second this!
Third, YES!!!!! Get it bassed young Scott!
why is this one entering all the bass related channels atm?^^
yes please!
THIS. Any Matt Freeman lines are welcome. That dude is a legend and a true inspiration to me.
I had the luck to visit San Francisco in 1993 AND Primus wasn't there. 😞We had to rent a car and move to Petaluma in the northern Bay Area, but there we've seen a whole arena screaming “you suck”, and so they did. It was great. Today I'm 59 and my fingers are still aching from trying to manage “Tommy The Cat”. We don't had TH-cam or any cool teachers - like you guys - that time.
Les has some weird but really great bass lines, Is It Luck? it’s a good example and the chord stuff from Groundhog’s Day
Is It Luck? always gets me, that middle hammer-on is the bane of my existence
Yes! My band played Groundhogs day and quite a few other Primus tunes, because we all loved that bass chord stuff. But Is It Luck is the one Claypool song I could never play right. He somehow uses the tremolo to detune that part as he's playing it, and it seems physically impossible to me. I've never seen anybody play it the way he played in on the album. A lot of people get the left hand figure right, but I haven't seen anybody use the tremolo while doing it.
@@NautilusGuitarsIndeed and who else has a bass with a tremolo bar ? I don’t think I have ever seen one myself except on a Primus concert. I was thinking about this bassline as well btw, it seems a bit ‘weirder’ even than ‘Jerry’. To be fair Sgt Baker is out there too…. The whole album come to think of it😂
@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 Yeah, it's an incredible album full of incredible bass lines! Is It Luck has to be one of the weirdest of all time and I wish more people would talk about it.
As a young man, I got obsessed with bass and all the mods you could do, and after seeing Claypool and Wooten, I had to get Kahler trems on my basses (I actually have what, as far as I can tell, is the only 6-string Kahler bass trem that's actually installed on an instrument. I had to custom order it, and it was not cheap haha. ). It's what really kick started my guitar building career. Les' Thompson basses are what made me want to build basses and guitars.
All of that said, even with the trem and tons of practice, I could never get close to playing that part right. I can play it without the trem, but I'm dumbfounded by how it's even possible to do it with a trem. It seems so impossible, that I've honestly wondered if he used a Whammy Pedal instead and just never mentioned it. It actually seems physically impossible.
Do "Is it Luck?" from the same album.
I think it's the hardest Claypool line out there.
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Love it. Thanks for the share. Loving that the only thing better than the deconstruction of the bassline is the joy of watching you guys doing your thing and nerding out. The world needs this. Will happily sell my children to finance more of it.
Other nightmare bass lines? Like the whole Sailing the Seas of Cheese album? 😅
I really enjoyed seeing how much fun you guys had making this
Sean Malone (Cynic,Gordian Knot),perfect bassist for the next episode.
Primus "Is It Luck".
These latest videos are great! Please, keep them coming!!!
It's indeed THE if not one of the weirdest bass lines ever, it's melodically/harmonically ugly as hell, but somehow it is really great and amazing, I don't know how to explain this phenomenon 🤔
Is it even possible to transcribe the insane section after he yells "Go!"??
Nice job as always guys, I love the 'Scott and Ian Show'!
Let me go look for my fretless 6. I must admit it’s a bit dusty
Go to it! 😃
Mr Bungle's first album had a song called "Dead Goon". The bassline is insane, with a descending run in the chorus(?) that is so insane that it still leaves me reeling.
I guess I’m old enough to get all the memes… lol😂😂you guys are awesome! Keep it up!!
The reason he used the 6? He had ordered a 6 and a 4 at the same time. Then when they had to record the song, he only had the fretless 6 because the fretless 4 wasn’t ready at the time.
Brilliant!
Les is a local boy to my town, that guy was born to play bass on a stage.
I wish this was my job, so much fun watching you guys.
Thank you for doing this! So much fun. Les was why I asked for a bass at age 13! Jaco, Larry Graham, Jameson etc came after but ‘twas Les that gave me the original bass desire
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You guys rock, I love Primus.. going to see them in a few weeks.
Would love to see you do
Descendents - Caught
I'm learning this riff on a fretless uke bass ,thanks guys!!!
eFantastic, Man when this first came out I was at Breklee, and this whole record just F'ked me up, I spent all summer trying to learn these riffs, I got my slapping/Tapping skills from this record, well actually I almost broke my thumb on Tommy the Cat, But so right "is it Luck" just stopped me in my tracks....I've seen them like 5 times over the years, Absolutely phenomenal Live.
Oh and you two Guy's are the Best.... Thank you
Just got interested in tapping and last month I bought my first fretless so it’s like you guys read my mind! Thanks so much for the lesson😊😊😊
Have fun with this one!!!
On a side note, that Black F Bass is absolutely gorgeous! Love that natural headstock with the black hardware!! Long love the BanANa bass
So stoked to see you guys talking about primus.
Also you should totally try Tommy the cat
I saw Primus at a big show called “That Damn Show” just before Antipop came out, so maybe 1999. They actually got booed off stage at first and somebody threw a bottle and hit Les, so they walked off. Then they came back and FUCKING ROCKED IT. Still one of the top 3 shows I’ve ever seen.
Seeing Scott struggling like that to play a bassline soothes my impostor syndrome a little bit 😂
That song always takes me back to playing Tony Hawk on the PS1! Great track
Great example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should." I could never wrap my head around what Les was doing, then I realized it's like an over-caffeinated middle schooler who never picked up the instrument suddenly got a record deal. Scott calling it the Bobcat Goldthwaite of bass playing was brilliant!
Not going to be downloading the pdf for this one, lads. But it was still fun to watch!
Ian did a great job here. Well played and well explained!
I was at a bowling alley/ pizza place in my old hometown and some teen kid was wearing a Primus shirt. I thought that was interesting. It was literally 30 years ago you could hear their songs being played on some local kid's car stereo.
Great video, guys!! Thanks!
Favorite Primus album ever!
Have had it in my car for a month on repeat, my gf finally said something...
That "Porkcore" comment from Ian sent me out of this world. Such a descriptive phrase for that sound. Thats what your bass sounds like after it marinates in Pork Soda overnight
This was great. Please make a little add on video showing us how to play that last wild bass part on a 4 and on a 6. Would be great!
Ler's playing is the best compliment to these weird bass lines too
This was great, guys. I mean, you started it, you can pretty much pick anything from Les and Primus's catalog to tackle next. I don't think Primus has any "normal" sounding songs!
Loved this song since Tony Hawk Pro Skater!! Thanks for the 4 string tabs!
For me it was Rock Band 3 and it's still one of my favourite songs to play, such a fucking banger
Great video, love Les, love primus, and hey I still rock a flannel shirt.🤘
was just watching old Top Gear, so, good on that Stig appearance lol 9:27
I love you Les. Fish on!
At 10:24 mark when Ian plays it slow, it has a bossa nova vibe to it. Very cool, too.
You guys have WAY too much fun learning and playing music! Learning music is supposed to be torturous drudgery, knock it off this instant! 😅👍
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I was 14 years of age when I talked my dad into getting me a 6 string fretless just so I could play everything from Sailing the Sea of Cheese exactly as Claypool did.
3 weeks later I had a 6 string Warwick Thumb.
I played that bass every day for 3 years, until it was stolen from the dressing room at a 6000 seat arena.
Dream stealers suck, but it sounds like you were well on your way by that point..
Working out what he was doing and singing along leaves you on the nursery slopes from having invented it.
I did this as one of my selections for one of my exams in college. One of the adjudicators had a one word evaluation: “Unremarkable”
Saw primus in a cheech and chong vhs in 1987 then saw them in the mid ninetys and reconized them straight away.love em.
Okay. Glad to know that I’m not the only one who sees PRS as a 1990s exclusive guitar.
As good as les is on video to watch. Too see him crush it in person is 1000 times more impressive..
Broke that one down sweet!
Thanks!
I am sure you get this a lot, but a long interview with Les Claypool on this channel would be a dream come true!
We would LOVE to interview Les on the channel!!
I love this channel and PLEASE do Therapy's bass line from Infectious Grooves, one of my favorite bass line Rob ever created.
The elephant in the corner of the room: Larry lalonde is an incredible guitarist. His playing on fizzle fry especially blows me away. And that's after learning how to play most of that album on bass years ago
Scott, this is one of my all time fave episodes. Great stuff but what made it special was watching you learn along with the rest of us. Never stop learning, right?
Yup, never stop learning!!
New Millennium by dream theater is nasty with all that melody and bass stuff going on at the same time!
That's on chapman stick rather than bass though!
@@devinebass I know, but there are a lot of six string bass adaptations available online! Also, it's been a long time since we had some DT on the channel! 🤘🏻
Love Primus.
I was surprised to learn that Les didn’t have the Carl Thompson in time to record Sailing. In an interview he said that Carl made great basses but didn’t make them fast.
He played a Tune Zi-II 6-string. You can see it in the battle of the bands scene of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.