Primus - They Can't All Be Zingers: Best of
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Artist: PrimusEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
Published: 2006-12-17
CD Release Date: 2006-10-17
Music Label: Interscope Records
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- PRIMUS THEY CAN`T ALL BE ZINGERS: THE BEST
- To Defy The Laws Of Tradition
- John The Fisherman
- Too Many Puppies
- Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
- Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
- Tommy The Cat
- My Name Is Mud
- Mr. Krinkle
- DMV
- Over The Electric Grapevine
- Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
- Southbound Pachyderm
- Over The Falls
- Shake Hands With Beef (Extended Version)
- Coattails Of A Deadman
- Mary The Ice Cube
Free Music Notes for They Can't All Be Zingers: Best of
Free Music Review: UNCONVENTIONAL...but one of a kind...not for everybody though...
Hit: 5 Stars
I totally hand it to Primus...they don't sound like anybody else, and that's GOOD!! As much as I love pop/powerpop music, I hate FORMULA, and Primus, in the wrong hands, could have been an unlistenable mess. But there is a strange logic in their sound in that it all makes sense...in other words, what they do WORKS!!
Now, not everybody will GET Primus, and I don't go out of my way to recommend Primus to many people. Many would call Primus weird or annoying. They're not tunefully melodic in a conventional sense, their sound is dominated by Les Claypool's original bass playing, his vocals are kinda hick-like (perhaps a parody of white trash??), and Les' lyrics have a warped sense of humour & a sense of the surreal. If these things intrigue you and won't cause you to run the other way, try this collection of Primus' "Greatest Hits??!!??" by all means...they just might be the band for you!!!
Not many bands (if any??) combine musical wizardry with not taking themselves seriously...adding in their warped humour and jammy (but in an interesting way) tunes. In certain terms, I would call Primus an ACQUIRED taste. If I have to compare Primus with anybody, and one really can't, I would say they approach Frank Zappa, the Residents, Parliament/Funkadelic, early Chili Peppers, Pere Ubu, Captain Beefheart, Aquarium Rescue Unit, even Rush and early Talking Heads...wacky, unconventional artists & bands with musical ability and a vision they can only call their own. Live, they are one-of-a-kind, Les is possibly the best bass player alive today (but Ler and Tim are not-too-shabby on their respective instruments, guitar and drums, either), and they are a killer, unique live band.
Their songs are surreal, cool, fun and unique, and once they hit you or grow on you, you're a fan for life and will yell "Primus sucks!!" at their live shows. I like this "hits" collection, as they have at least 1 song from each of their albums...none from their 1989 "Suck On This" debut, their covers album, or Les' side projects like Sausage and Oysterhead. It's cool to have 16 tunes like "Too Many Puppies", "My Name Is Mud", "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver", "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver", "Tommy The Cat", and more all on one handy CD...perfect intro for the uninitiated...plus the BestBuy version has a bonus disc "Extra Cheese" with 4 live tunes from Woodstock 94.
Hey, it's not for nothing they landed Tom Waits in their corner for the voice of "Tommy The Cat" and producing "Coattails Of A Dead Man" from 1999's "Antipop", along with Les auditioning for Metallica!!!
Again, Primus are one of a kind...
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