Primus Shake Hands With Beef Lyrics Meaning
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What the heck are Primus Songs about ? Ahead of their June dates in London, Manchester and Birmingham, Les Claypool talks in his own words about some of their biggests tracks.
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10. South Park Theme
"To be honest with you, we never thought it was going to get on television, let alone become this international sensation. So we did this little ditty and sent it off to them, and it became this huge thing."
9. Shake Hands with Beef
A buddy of mine was a vegetarian. Whenever he would fall off the wagon, he would say, 'Oh, I'm going to go shake hands with beef.' So it sort of became this metaphor for deviating from the norm.
8. Mr. Krinkle
"Mr. Krinkle" is basically about conversations I used to have with Mike Bordin, his hotel room name was "Mr. Krinkle." If you read the lyrics or listen to the song, it's basically about conversations with Mike.
7. Making Plans for Nigel
"XTC was a big influence on us-at least me and Herb, I don't know if Ler was that into XTC. Maybe we got him into it later. But it's funny, because when we met Bono, that was one of the first things he said to us-'You guys really remind me of this old British band, XTC.' And we were like, 'Of course! We're huge fans of XTC.'"
6. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
"I was up fly-fishing with some buddies at Hat Creek years ago, and the sun was going down. I'm walking back to the car by myself, across this area where the two creeks come together. It's not quite dark yet, but you can't see very well. And coming around this corner, there's this thing coming at me in the water, and it sort of spotted me at the same time I spotted it. It flipped real quick, and popped its tail. It was this giant-ass beaver! It scared the shit out of me-we scared the shit out of each other. Beavers pop their tail when they get freaked out. And it made this huge pop, and I almost shit my pants. I just remember this thing-this beaver, this big brown beaver. It stuck in my head. And then I thought, How can I turn this into something interesting? And it became this sort of double entendre about this girl with this beaver."
5. John the Fisherman
"I remember years ago, I was watching the news and they had talked about, 'There's this fishing boat that's gone down outside the Golden Gate Bridge'-I believe it was a salmon boat. Apparently, it had gotten struck by a cargo ship. They played the audio of this guy calling the coast guard, and it was unbelievably haunting to hear this guy going, 'There's a ship coming through the fog! It's going to hit us! It's going to hit us!" And then that's all you hear. I remember hearing him say, "Oh my god, we're going down,' or something to that affect. And that was it-that was all you heard. It just gave me chills. So I thought, What would be the story of this guy?
4. Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
"I was in the trades, so I was a carpenter for a number of years before I was able to quit and make a living noodling my fingers around. And I've been around a lot of guys-especially older union guys. Some of these guys are friends with my father. They're getting older and, to keep up with the young guys, do some crank during the day or before they start work. Some guys drink a bunch of coffee, some guys drink a bunch of coffee and do some crank. I was amazed at how much methamphetamine-and this was twenty-plus years ago-was in the trades. And for better or worse, it's fueled a lot of progress in the construction arena. But the flame that burns twice as bright burns only half as long-which I say at the end of the song."
3. My Name is Mud
"The whole notion of the "My Name Is Mud" song is basically about a couple of tweekers who are hanging out, and they get in a fight over something stupid, and one of them kills the other one. Kind of a River's Edge–type vibe."
2. Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
"I knew this type of guy in high school who was not too popular with the girls, but had a car that was kind of a cool car, but not really the coolest car, and would always race it around and show off. And every now and again, do something stupid. So that was an image for me, for this "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" guy. He wasn't the best race car driver out there, but he wasn't the worst. He never did win any checkered flags, but he never did come in last. He's mediocre. He's just your Average Joe guy."
1. Tommy the Cat
"I thought of this whole tomcat character, and him seducing this very voluptuous vixen. It's somewhat based on a guy that I used to be in a band with, Tommy Crank. Because he was just this smooth character. He always wore a fedora-long before anybody was wearing fedoras. Actually a wide brim, more of a Panama. Just a real smooth guy, a cool guy. It's kind of based on him. But it's purely fictional. It's my 'Mickey Mouse,' basically."
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