Primus - American Life Lyrics

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Don't forget his other bands he's been playing with. Before this was a band called sausage and after Primus he was with John Lennon's son in the Claypool Lennon delirium. A few more in between like the Frog Brigade and I think through one more

Started listening to primus 2 weeks ago and have not been able to stop yet.

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I want the endless jam

I remember hearing this in one of the tony hawks games

Jerry was a race car driver.

This my fav track off this album. Love that bass!!!!!!

Favorite Primus piece

Primus sucked my balls since 1993

PRIMUS SUCKS

Primus. Primus. What to say.

@Jamal_AKA_Jamel -- over here.

Primus is opening for Slayer!! Life is Beautiful....

Primus sucks

Yeah they are all some down-to-Earth OGs as well as being ground breaking musical geniuses

No-one gonna bring up Project 8?

This is not the disk version or yes. It seems to me that it sounds deeper and more defined.

I need louder speaker!

Just looking at the bass tab makes my fingers hurt

Best primus song?

Spaghetti's killer

woah i live on the san pablo ave theyre talking about. trippy.

Les Claypool is one of the Best Bass-Player on this Planet!

my girlfriend once asked, "me or primus ?".


*sometimes I miss her

Aakash sunuwar smart move!

If she has to ask, she doesnt deserve ya.

AMERICAN LIFE

Primus sucks!! Everyone say it. There u r ordained...a tru primis fan! We welcome you

Les claypool is a very strange individual, but man he is an amazing bass player

NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!! IT'S ALL GOTTEN WORSE!!!

The song is classically ironic, as most of their songs are. The glory of American life, to an immigrant, is the idealism of the American dream. Looking for greener grass and fantasizing of how much better life will be in America. Only to get here and realise life is no better here than where you came from. Life is just as cold and bleak and hopless in America as anywhere else. People work for minimum wage and live in poverty. For those who were born here and gave their lives to protect the glory of American life, they have been tossed away like garbage and disrespected by their country man. The veteran being only loved by his dog , as he searches for respect, looking through trash to make a living independently and show his value to society by being self sufficient, while trying to preserve his sense of self worth to himself.

Bloody Brill

Banda foda!!!!

Who else heard this at the biker bar in true detective first season?

This must be a remastered version

pretty good lyrics from a socialist perspective

they said the same bout devo and talkimg heads back in the day if you dont like primus its cause your stuck in life and to stupid ta move on

People have hardons for the baseline which is fair, but the story in this song is truth. It continues to be the truth to this day even for people who haven't gone to American shores - I live in a neighboring country and this reflects a sad reality. Les and Primus expose the sad reality of history and the modern era

Which is?

YouTube better stop playin with me n give this song a million plus views

P R I M U S S U C K S

Les Claypool has been a positive influence in my life.

The only slightly serious Primus song.

Too many puppies

Laquer head and too many puppies dude. Also john really wants to be a fisherman.

YES. Yes.... The bassline is good. It's Les Claypool. The bassline is ALWAYS good. But I feel that half of the people here don't grasp the content of the lyrics.

How's the smell of your own ass this morning?

I love this song

Incredible bass line...like genius.

Dink bonk dink bonk dink bonk bonk

I'm almost 29. Found this adding music to parents playlist for their vacation.
fuck them, can't stop listening

this song is so unknown and timeless imho wtf

R.I.P to those trying to practice this bassline

Just a bunch of hammer ons

Its not that hard compared to other pieces

Not trying to brag but I can play this with my earlobe

look up a video or tab, sounds a lot more complex than it is. pretty good song for beginners looking to play les's basslines.

@Russell Sullivan
Me too! But to be fair, when I took up the bass in 1992, being left-handed in most areas, and ambidextrous in others, I could've picked left OR right-handed bass, back then, but I chose right-handed, for simplicity's sake, so I wouldn't have to "special order" lefty basses, or even worse, string a right-handed bass "upside down" a-La-Jimi Hendricks Guitar-style!
Anyhow, this bass line does sound *MUCH* more complicated than it actually is --ESPECIALLY compared many other Les Claypool baselines... Same with "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver"... It *sounds* way harder than it actually is.

Yo before watching this an American propaganda ad ft John cena played lol ironic

Primus sucks way too much, man.
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I love it.

Probably the most listenable looking back on my interest in Primus. I could kick this now and again 😄

Primus still sucks as much as ever.

primus is basically just rush if they were metal

Primus is funk

Play this song at 1.25x speed. Damn!

This song is fucking wild with decent headphones

Larry's solos on this track are some of the finest I ever heard.

Primus is a wild ride that *no one escapes*

The guitar outro medley. God-fucking-damn. It's brilliant.

I just got into this band, PRIMUS in 1990. PRIMUS SUCKS!!!

To suck or to not suck that is Primus

A unique and undervalued group has given way to a genre that did not exist before with the brilliant bassist of Claypool, very sophisticated, simply brilliant his bass lines .... unique after all the rest .... very copious by many groups as limp bizkit, Korn and too many others ... Les Claypool is a genius .... GO !!!

Hell of a lot of noise from a 3 piece

120 people missed the like button.

The man is a bass guitar freak of nature!! Love it! Some of the stuff is a little out there but it's so DAMN GOOD who cares?

Primus sucks

bass loves cheese cheese loves bass

True Detective brought me here.

Tony Hawk's Project 8 anyone?

all the songs sound the same

1:14 the drums holy fuck

if you have to kill hearts to make this happen, you're doing something wong
from my perspective though men may be assholes
you wanted freedom to act like a total bitch whenever YOU felt like it

"Slapping the bass!"

I agree with watchmojo. It's a really good choice if you have to pick the best Primus bassline.

Bloop bla bla lalalala bloop bloop bloop...

I'm gonna assume everyone on this comment thread is a bad motherfucker

P R I M U S !

How good is Mr Claypool !

PRIMUS SUCKS!!!!! :D

Primus is so underrated, it's a really good band and it's shoved under the carpet now in the new age of music, especially this song, it's sad, and this song is really fun to play on bass as well

For those of you wondering he uses a strum on the D and G strings and does a hammer on the D string hitting 3 and 5 in succession

This fucking bass

I've just plain taken too much acid in my 51 years - Primus is making sense. no other explanation.

Sailing The Seas Of "Chedder" Cheese to be specific.

Can’t name a better bass player

Maybe justin Chancellor

primus sucks

Also hyper inflating your lungs when doing spinal lengthening exercises is really good for you IF YOU DONT PASS OUT

What's it good for?

This bass line really hurts holy shit. I cant even play all the way through

This was the only song I had activated on Tony Hawk Project 8

Dude there is slayer too

I love do you

Love people do you Tri

Somebody had to point out to me that this song was featured on True Detective, now I feel like I have to turn in my fan card for both for not recognizing it right away. How many other folks listening to this had their families come from a little town in Sicily?

DIG THAT BASS..

Primus sucks.
And lord, oh lord, is it an exquisite kind of suck.

Shibbaddy bop-bop da-diddly ding da-doo

Primus should only make live recordings: their version of this song on Bonnaroo 2011 (also on youtube) is soooo much better....

Whether your a fan or not, you have to admit the bass is catchy

True Detective........ Rust and Marty.........

That first season has such great music. Even the lackluster second season had a really good soundtrack. Wonder if Pizzolatto chose this sound 'cause it speaks to him as a product of immigration.

Its like im just having a super acid trip. One of them where im super self aware of my being and the world around me. and its cheesy

The part that starts at 0:43 is pretty nice