Disco de Primus: “Tales From the Punchbowl”

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Primus: Larry Lalonde (guitar, 6-string banjo); Les Claypool (4-string , 6-string, fretless & acoustic basses, bass banjo); Tim "Herb" Alexander (drums). "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Primus: Larry Lalonde (guitar, 6-string banjo); Les Claypool (4- & 6-string, fretless & acoustic basses, bass banjo); Tim "Herb" Alexander (drums). "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Primus continues down its path of the quirky song. Bass phenom Les Claypool and his cohorts have previously Frizzle Fried, Sucked, and Sailed The Seas Of Cheese. Now, it seems, they have been to the Punchbowl, and have lived to tell its Tales. If you could take an element of Doctor Seuss, add some Fishbone and a bit of Tom Waits, you'd probably get something very strange, totally unlike Primus--but probably the nearest thing possible. They have harnessed the all-mighty powers of weirdness, and have made them their own: "It's alright," they say, "don't fear the worm." Primus' strength lies in their ability to mix and mask the frivolousness that comes from their peculiarity with seriously dangerous music. This is loud funk, heavy funk, driving, grooving, smelly funk. Your body will move, your brain will smile. The threesome can sound like a singular voice or a multitude of synchronous twists. Each member is a stunning instrumentalist. Yet as phenomenal as their individual abilities are, what really sets them apart is the monster group groove and cohesive chemistry. TALES FROM THE PUNCH BOWL is prime Primus. Primus continues down its path of the quirky song. Bass phenom Les Claypool and his cohorts have previously Frizzle Fried, Sucked, and Sailed The Seas Of Cheese. Now, it seems, they have been to the Punchbowl, and have lived to tell its Tales. If you could take an element of Doctor Seuss, add some Fishbone and a bit of Tom Waits, you'd probably get something very strange, totally unlike Primus--but probably the nearest thing possible. They have harnessed the all-mighty powers of weirdness, and have made them their own: "It's alright," they say, "don't fear the worm." Primus' strength lies in their ability to mix and mask the frivolousness that comes from their peculiarity with seriously dangerous music. This is loud funk, heavy funk, driving, grooving, smelly funk. Your body will move, your brain will smile. The threesome can sound like a singular voice or a multitude of synchronous twists. Each member is a stunning instrumentalist. Yet as phenomenal as their individual abilities are, what really sets them apart is the monster group groove and cohesive chemistry. TALES FROM THE PUNCH BOWL is prime Primus.

Primus is probably one of the most eclectic and original bands to ever gain any great degree of popularity, and better yet, they haven't let the fame destroy their integrity. Just about everything they've put out has been great, and they're always loads of fun.

"Tales from the Punchbowl" is an album that has garnered some mixed reviews among the fans, and I really have no idea why. The common argument is that it's not a match for such classics as "Pork Soda" or "Sailing the Seas of Cheese", and while that may be pretty hard to argue with, this is an excellent album in its own right. As always, they churn out bizarre rhythms, wacky lyrics and vocals, and funky grooves.

The cool thing about Primus is that while they are a very goofy and fun-loving band, there seems to be an underlying seriousness to their music as well, sometimes even dark and disturbing. "Mrs. Blaileen" is a chilling tale of a tormented child who murders one of his classmates, and "Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats" seems to have an obscure reference to child molestation. "Year of the Parrot" has a great message about plagiarism in music, which is especially significant, considering that Primus were doing their own thing in a time when bands were all starting to sound the same.

There's tons of greatness here. "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" is a classic, with an impossibly infectious groove, and pretty hilarious lyrics. "Southbound Pachyderm" is sort of strangely melodic, and hypnotically catchy. "On the Tweek Again" has a SICK bass groove, with Tim Alexander's octopus-like drumming weaving about the groovin'. "Captain Shiner" and "De Anza Jig" are short little banjo-driven bits, with Les Claypool's wacky bluegrassy vocals. There's really not a bad song on here. This is extremely progressive, but still very catchy despite the madness.

Primus is chief. Succumb to their mighty funk power now.

the best Primus album i have heard. Primus is rock. Primus is great. Primus is an energetic, semi-hard rock band, lead by Les Claypool's (bassist, singer, frontman) inspiring, and quit honestly, incredible bass playing. Primus has always had the ability to write songs about weird, and yet interesting subject matter. their songs read like very twisted story tales. they present their ballads of everyday life with a cheesy sounding, cheap 'country/rock/WHAT??!?!??!?! (yes WHAT??!?!??!?! is not a music genre, but for Primus it is)' sound, but at times they can sound a little psycadelic. Primus is seriously fun listening, and not meant to be taken seriously. but if you analyze their songs and lyrics, you will find a shockingly accurate portrayal of modern life. Primus dwells on the undeniably weird and overlooken, and have written songs about the life and times of alley cats, an outcast young child who leads a life of peer torment, the lives and demise's of huffers (people who get high by inhaling household chemicals), and a guy who owns a tree farm. they portray the aspects of life we never really think about. this album is no exception. GREAT! i love it. be ready to laugh "i remember the day that she GAVE me her virginity, then she gave it to everyone in our vicinity" (picture that line being sung to silly banjo music, i still laugh thinking about it!), be ready to cry "the target always seemed to be JOHNNY, he was a bit slower than the others, when he was quite young his mother, died at the kitchen table, while choking on some food". this album has it all. be ready for weirdness on a massive scale, but make sure to listen to the songs, Primus does something that no other band i know of does. they present stories of real people, stories of say, working in a gas station, but they do it so well and they inject such an everday human feel into it. their lyrics read like a really funny story a friend is telling you (over a few, nay, many beers) about some guy they met. i cannot explain Primus, just listen to them!!! i can not say enough about this band. in conclusion, this album is wonderful, i highly suggest it, especially as a first Primus album, it gives you a good idea of the range of their abilities.

This cd is pretty weird even by Primus standards... They really work a bit of a progressive feel sometimes here that isn't typical of Primus material. Granted there's still some more typical sounding Primus stuff like "de anza jig", a little banjo ditty that works better than Primus' previous attempt at a banjo song "the air is getting slippery" from Pork Soda, and the "big hit" "Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver". A lot of Primus fans have a bit of resentment for this song, it being the song that 90% of mainstream culture identifies them with and not neccessarily the best one, but being someone who didn't get into Primus until years after that song came out I still enjoy it. A lof of these songs have the band being very experimental. like al Primus' experimental stuff, it's kind of iffy at times. You either get absolutely mesmerizing masterpieces like "over the electric grapevine", or something utterly unlistenable even to the most diehard Primus fan like "The Year Of The Parrot". All in all, this album is pretty good, but I like "sailing the seas of cheese" and "frizzle fry" better...


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