@Brian19451 Okay, If you really did meet Les Claypool and he actually gave you a free bass lesson and taught you (some random person) his songs, and you know how to play this, then why are you watching this video?
He has put his time in, to work out this song, and to teach us and help us play it, and you ungrateful pathetic liar, cant appreciate that. Thank you KillerFridge. :)
the first part is really good but there is a progression on the second part that les starts on the the 4th fret, e string for a 4string, and works the slap and pop down to the 3rd then the 2nd then open right then it starts over.
You sure all those E string muted slaps in the middle to end of the line are muted? I thought he slapped 5, 4, and 3 on the E string between the G note pops
watch a video of les playing this song live, he uses a 4 string, except on the bill n teds bogus journey movie and about a handful of other show back in the early 90's!!!
@heymanthisisfun This song was written on a 6 string fretless bass. Yes he does play it on 4 string sometimes but only Les can play it properly, people need to stop trying.
@polkafrenzy666 this song was written on a 4 string fretted bass. first appeared on the Suck on This album, way before les ever touched a 6 string let alone a fretless
i dont see what peoople are talking about. I Played this and yeah my thumb kinda hurt but it wasnt like bleeding or anything. and as for my nailit was just scratched from the strumming. hmmm
Dude, thank you. I was never sure about that first chord/strum thing (turns out I was playing it wrong). Seriously, thank you. This song's given me a ton of frustration.
he has 3 4 strings, 2 5 strings, and 2 6 strings. and tommy the cat is played on a 4 string but he recorded it with a six which he does with almost every song primus recorded
EVERY song is a bit of an exaggeration, but this one was. Alot of other ones you might not think were, too. Wynonas, for instance. Unfortunately elitists and children just watch the videos and decide that what's in front of them is the way it is.
Eh, I dunno about them being elitists, just people arguing on the Internet about things they have read on the Internet... which is 50% of what happens on the Internet.
But I think it must depend on which version people are talking about, because "Tommy the Cat" was on Suck on This which I'm pretty sure was before Les even used a 6-string. But I suspect you're talking about the Seas of Cheese version.
That's very strange then because on the Tommy the Cat video he plays a 6 string and even on the battle of the bands scene from Bill & Ted he's playing Tommy the Cat on a 6 string also.
Maybe it's my eyes then...[as he knows the claims will be checked]
Evidently someone is not a Primus fan (and I don't mean you, I mean whoever voted you down who clearly doesn't know what cheers to yell at a Primus concert).
Lol i disagree. I'm English and all the music you get here hip-hop and r&b. I don't know what happened but what happened to out beloved punk, and metal??? :( Primus Rule!!!
So close. but you're not realizing like many others... that its really not muted notes.... I cant even explain it on here without tab'ing it... but learn it the right way and you'll sound 10 times better then you realize, watch the original TTC video. You'll hear it.
Yep, the first chord should really be an inverted E5 chord if played on a 6 string. Playing on a 4 string its still an E5 chord with 2nd fret of a D string and 4th fret of a G played together.
it sounds good, it's a good tutorial for people that want to try playing this song with a 4-string. though the tabs are clearly for 5-string basses. if not, you have to improvize with the tones. good job on it.
Dude you need to chill out. Sloppy is a constructive criticism. That means you need to tighten it up a bit. But more importantly, why the hell does everyone play this song incorrectly? And honestly, I don't think I've seen any correct tab for this either. The best way to learn it is to watch a vid of Les live and slo-mo it.
And btw, if you put a vid of yourself on youtube, you're gonna get negative responses. Deal with it, you're not God's gift to bass.
Whats with all the hostility?! I dont claim to be "gods gift to bass", this was just meant to be a helpful video for people who had asked for it. Yes, I understand that I will get negative comments, but does that mean that I cannot respond to them?
I do agree though, that i have never seen a correct tab for this, hence why I put this video up of one of the ways that les plays it.
Im, sorry, I didnt realise you know how I like to have my strings. And for the record, its just a crappy mike, not dead strings. And would you care to elaborate on "sloppy". I like critisism, but only when its constructive
Yeah I did and it just doesn't sound right at all but... it's strange cause I just watched the other video of him playing it and it sounds perfect... God damn Claypool!!!
beautifal work man, at first when you were playing it slow, i said to my self "this guy is off his rocker, it sounds nothing like tommy" but then when you played it at normal speed, i saw were quite sane, so i tak ebakc the insane comment, lol, thx for posting, helped alot. CHEERS
YES Nice man, you're the best, i'm playing it like that a lot now. And please tell me how you learned this or any other of your bass techniques, you seem quite professional!
it's alright, man, but you totally miss the slide from cF to dG and the low pull off aG - g#G - gG, where the small letter is the lower note. i'm not going to tab it out here. everyone i've seen on here does the exact same thing. also, a split second before the f#B pop, there is a left hand hammer on of both notes. that said, keep it up. it takes immense dedication to become a fundamentally good bassist.
wow someone needs to relax a bit. Cough* puckett22 cough* Seriously if its such a simple slap line why did you willingly choose to watch a video with this title?
OMFG ty u are a FANTASTIC person! im so estatic that ive finally gotten it. and your technique is great! do you have a teacher? or have you learnt youself !? plz plz plz pm me !
Hey man, thanks for posting this video. I've been trying to play this song forever! Apparently I kept following bad tabs. I'm still not able to play it perfectly, but I'm a lot closer now, thanks to you!
wait...warwick thumb or rock bass? tring to redeem myself. you know what i mean killer fridge!!! nice technique. very different from my own. i learnt from flea and jaco with a hint of wooten, but not much wooten, mostly flea!
i was thinking the other day, i should post a video on how to properly play this song... thanks so much for making this, now maybe people can learn how to play without looking at all of the incorrect tabz. you're a very good bassist by the way
Yeah, but It sounds allot harder than it is, so people either look at bad tabs, and learn an incredibly bad version of it (like I did when I first learnt it), or just give up before getting anywhere. I thought I would help them out.
could you post a tab for this? i got most of it down, but there is one note that i can't figure out, if you do thanks, if not thanks for posting the video
Very very very very helpful. Thank you so much for this. With some practice, I'll have it down soon, thanks to this.
As for Pucket22, I encourage you with much gusto to try for a career in stand-up comedy. It'd be great. You could tell the audience they're faggots and then say you banged everyone's mom. Now THAT is fresh humor. Did you come up with those jokes by yourself? I haven't heard them 1,000,000 times yet.
Yeah, it took me a while (and was taught many different versions) for me to get this. It took a good part of 3 months or so to get it down right (or as well as I can consider right), and the hardest bit is getting it to flow, and to get the rythmn of the muted notes
Actually.. I still can't get this thing... can't seem to fit the 16th slapped notes into the rythem of the song... I'll get there... perseverance (perseverEnce?) will pay off.
What tuning are you playing it in, is it just standard, maybe my bass is out of tune, hmmmmmm......Anyhow, great vid, im actually learning Tommy The Cat by Primus, didnt see this happening for maybe another 5 years or so, thanks!
go back to where your from you flamming faggot. you suck dick at bass, and ur trying to be cool by playing a simple slap line.... have a good one. - the dude fucking you mother
Oh no, I laughed at you making an ass of yourself to the world, trying to be cool. I am however, helping people, on a song that allot of people find hard. Way to make a dick out of yourself.
I don't like getting involved in this sort of taintless confrontation, but christ, is this guy a prick. With that attitude you will NEVER get anywhere with bass, or anything in music. Get a grip.
Doubt Les is 100% on how to play the damn thing... well, that's one more Primus song I can scrath off being able to play now. Thanks a lot. What's next... maybe Wynona.
Yeah, Im not entirely sure on what the actually fully correct way of playing it is, its just this is a close as I have managed to get to sounding like it!
no way. ive been goin nearly 2 1/2 years but I dont do much slap which is why yours sounds less sloppy + my bass is kinda cheap which is half the reason why im not a great slap player.
well got rid of a bit of immaturity when they banned me i guess. but what i got banned for was a lot less than i've seen others do, i was just having fun. so i wont' bother going back
i got banned a while back on there, could go back now if i wanted but i'm chosing not too, just go to talkbass now. yeah i'm fortunate enough to get labgnat anywhere i register
Yeah, Im on talkbass too. I recognise your name from MX, but I barely go on talkbass (although Im starting to more now that MX has turned so immature)
Yup, I'm there. This whole Youtube thing started out as a test for my new Dimarzios in the Thumb. The Name "killerfridge" is thankfully (as far as I know, never come across it anywhere but from me) only used by me. Everywhere!
So many people asked me to do this I felt obligated! Theres a fairly large debate about how its meant to be played, but I feel that this way comes closest to how Les plays it (although he mixes and changes it allot too)
Thanks for the lesson what kind of Warwick is that and do u know how much it costs
breakkfastman1573 15 hours ago
Notes aren't right, but the right strings and rhythm are there and solid
SystemFreaKk13 4 months ago
Its a E power chord on the d string, then the open E to g hammer on thing, mute slap two times, then do the F to g hammer on, on the d string.
DarthNorris84 4 months ago
Wrong chord and wrong notes i met les at one of his shows backstage and asked him to teach me some songs... And it was nothing like ur version
Brian19451 6 months ago
@Brian19451 Great - are you going to share this knowledge, or just dangle over people who have put the effort in to transcribe it and teach people?
KillerFridge 6 months ago 14
@Brian19451 Okay, If you really did meet Les Claypool and he actually gave you a free bass lesson and taught you (some random person) his songs, and you know how to play this, then why are you watching this video?
He has put his time in, to work out this song, and to teach us and help us play it, and you ungrateful pathetic liar, cant appreciate that. Thank you KillerFridge. :)
GingieMalmsteen 3 months ago
change the tone. The notes aren't taking any shape.
PvtParts111 6 months ago
@PvtParts111 Or it might be that it is being recorded on the worst webcam known to man. And the strings were dead as hell.
KillerFridge 6 months ago
@KillerFridge Idk just more high end? The webcam doesn't convert high end to low end.
PvtParts111 6 months ago
@PvtParts111 Ah, then I refer you back to super old strings :)
KillerFridge 6 months ago
@KillerFridge Okay still, thank you for the video!
PvtParts111 6 months ago
Nice. Is that a thumb?
squiresuzuki 6 months ago
@squiresuzuki Why yes, yes it is :)
In this video it does have some modifications though - Dimarzio Model J pickups and John East Preamp.
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leomachado666 7 months ago
Thanks. that sounds pretty good. His stuff is so percussive, it makes it very difficult to figure good job !!
jazznfusion68 1 year ago
I think you're playing this way closer than most the other people who have tried this.
raybirdman 1 year ago
@raybirdman Thank you!
KillerFridge 1 year ago
Les has differnet was of playing Tommy the cat as well as a double bass version.
Thanks fridge, very helpful
Tomsthumb 1 year ago
@Tomsthumb Not A problem, It's nice to see that people are still watching these vids!
Hopefully, someday there will be some new ones!
KillerFridge 1 year ago
the first part is really good but there is a progression on the second part that les starts on the the 4th fret, e string for a 4string, and works the slap and pop down to the 3rd then the 2nd then open right then it starts over.
3charlymanson 1 year ago
bang on brother. first one i've seen who can do it fo real
JacobHeader 1 year ago
You sure all those E string muted slaps in the middle to end of the line are muted? I thought he slapped 5, 4, and 3 on the E string between the G note pops
Silks 2 years ago
I like Warwicks.
TheCuriousOrange83 2 years ago
This is a cool bass line. Saying that its not tommy the cat! ;/
manning6680 2 years ago
It's unbelievable. I watched so many instructional videos for "tommy the cat" now, and NO ONE could do it right. Damn.
wheeper 2 years ago 2
aggreed
zed13281 2 years ago
please turn your tone up.
Nitro487 2 years ago
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this song is played on a sixed string bass.
Nitro487 2 years ago
watch a video of les playing this song live, he uses a 4 string, except on the bill n teds bogus journey movie and about a handful of other show back in the early 90's!!!
heymanthisisfun 2 years ago 2
Thank you!
KillerFridge 2 years ago
@heymanthisisfun Primus was in that movie? Holy shit, I need to watch it again! Haven't seen it in forever.
w35m4n 1 year ago
@heymanthisisfun This song was written on a 6 string fretless bass. Yes he does play it on 4 string sometimes but only Les can play it properly, people need to stop trying.
polkafrenzy666 1 year ago
@polkafrenzy666 this song was written on a 4 string fretted bass. first appeared on the Suck on This album, way before les ever touched a 6 string let alone a fretless
peterjussi 8 months ago
originally on a 4 string
kermitsnap 2 years ago
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dude seriously watch the music video, its a six string.
Nitro487 2 years ago
once again, ORIGINALLY played on a 4 string
kermitsnap 2 years ago 2
ive got the same bass :)
RauruV 2 years ago
the skin at my nail started bleeding after playing this stuff for 15 minutes =D
gotta say, nice song
schietisop 2 years ago
at first i had no idea what the fuck you were talking about, then i saw the blood on my strings
stevethehaloguy117 2 years ago
haha me too
bobofdeathtoall 2 years ago
i dont see what peoople are talking about. I Played this and yeah my thumb kinda hurt but it wasnt like bleeding or anything. and as for my nailit was just scratched from the strumming. hmmm
lightgrenades11 2 years ago
another part of myself is bleeding,maybe i should try to use my fingers now....
SR1000EFM 2 years ago
Dude, thank you. I was never sure about that first chord/strum thing (turns out I was playing it wrong). Seriously, thank you. This song's given me a ton of frustration.
pgonyer80 2 years ago
he has 3 4 strings, 2 5 strings, and 2 6 strings. and tommy the cat is played on a 4 string but he recorded it with a six which he does with almost every song primus recorded
goodoljimihendrix 2 years ago
What do you mean about him recording almost every song with a six-string? I have not heard this.
minusjason 2 years ago
EVERY song is a bit of an exaggeration, but this one was. Alot of other ones you might not think were, too. Wynonas, for instance. Unfortunately elitists and children just watch the videos and decide that what's in front of them is the way it is.
eatingmeals 2 years ago
Eh, I dunno about them being elitists, just people arguing on the Internet about things they have read on the Internet... which is 50% of what happens on the Internet.
But I think it must depend on which version people are talking about, because "Tommy the Cat" was on Suck on This which I'm pretty sure was before Les even used a 6-string. But I suspect you're talking about the Seas of Cheese version.
minusjason 2 years ago
thanks for teachme, very good explication
davu6666 2 years ago
i love you
lightgrenades11 2 years ago 2
Thats not tommy the cat, this lesson should be banned!!!
77nathan 2 years ago
But Claypool has more strings on his bass
MickeyLove01 3 years ago
thats not true..
tommy the cat is played on a 4string bass..
he uses his 5 and 6 stringers for other songs..
greets
floling 3 years ago
That's very strange then because on the Tommy the Cat video he plays a 6 string and even on the battle of the bands scene from Bill & Ted he's playing Tommy the Cat on a 6 string also.
Maybe it's my eyes then...[as he knows the claims will be checked]
Have fun.
MickeyLove01 3 years ago
no floling, he used his 6 to record tommy the cat. and he doesnt even play a 5 string btw...
Hobble 2 years ago
sure why not?
SR1000EFM 3 years ago
He used a 6 string to record it but usually use a 4 string when he plays shows.
shadowdude225 3 years ago
this is totally wrong. PRIMUS SUCKS!
Freakinsweet1234 3 years ago
Evidently someone is not a Primus fan (and I don't mean you, I mean whoever voted you down who clearly doesn't know what cheers to yell at a Primus concert).
LauTzu 2 years ago 2
dud worry i fixed it =)
lightgrenades11 2 years ago
yo dude get some more strings your getting there but no cigar bro!!! you good but missing ..... only just but keep it up !
LeonPhythian69 3 years ago
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is that the UK version ?
you should hear the Primus version.
it totally sucks.
junipree 3 years ago
pretty cool but that ain't it man
jonny3gwd25 3 years ago
Thank you boy , now I can play Tommy the cat !
Alkemi0 3 years ago
??? soz, that was a responce to bbender1986
Tariq12327 3 years ago
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Great Stingray sound!!
monstajopps 3 years ago
yeah that's not it mate.
hypokritical 3 years ago 2
pretty cool
alfredismo 3 years ago
nice to see the english have good taste in music
bbender1986 3 years ago 16
Lol i disagree. I'm English and all the music you get here hip-hop and r&b. I don't know what happened but what happened to out beloved punk, and metal??? :( Primus Rule!!!
Tariq12327 3 years ago
@bbender1986 very strange thing to say
gallienflea 1 year ago
So close. but you're not realizing like many others... that its really not muted notes.... I cant even explain it on here without tab'ing it... but learn it the right way and you'll sound 10 times better then you realize, watch the original TTC video. You'll hear it.
kornstew 3 years ago 2
Can you make tabs?:D PLEEASE!
NomisNoR 3 years ago
in the next couple days ill either tab or post a video response.
kornstew 3 years ago 3
Wrong :|
Tilaron 3 years ago
thanks heaps for posting this you have a great technique.
frozenmouse76 3 years ago
i'm pretty sure the first chord is just an e5 strummed twice, but when you're playin that fast it really all sounds the same...
TheSpleenster 3 years ago
Yep, the first chord should really be an inverted E5 chord if played on a 6 string. Playing on a 4 string its still an E5 chord with 2nd fret of a D string and 4th fret of a G played together.
HrapovikPlush 3 years ago
thats pretty cool!
im still learning
jjBassFacejj 4 years ago
Les has played it many a time on a four string. The recorded version is on a six-string. good job man!
WhatStirsWithin 4 years ago
this reminds me of how much i need to practice but nice tutorial on the riff dude, maybe 'an thats tommy the cat' is abit strong tho lol.
benfox80 4 years ago
it sounds good, it's a good tutorial for people that want to try playing this song with a 4-string. though the tabs are clearly for 5-string basses. if not, you have to improvize with the tones. good job on it.
darksytzes 4 years ago
Hey thanks alot man...I didn't understand this song at all 'till you showed me :)
Think you could do Wynona's Big Brown Beaver next?
TheSixxMan 4 years ago
I suck at slap and pop at the moment, but one day I may return to this video ..
Tilaron 4 years ago
Great! Sure the best Tommy the Cat tutorial I've seen so far.
FunkyAl76 4 years ago 7
worked for me cheers
analgreaseyum 4 years ago
sweet!
this vid's a lotta help mate,
cheers
timharrison20 4 years ago
Dude you need to chill out. Sloppy is a constructive criticism. That means you need to tighten it up a bit. But more importantly, why the hell does everyone play this song incorrectly? And honestly, I don't think I've seen any correct tab for this either. The best way to learn it is to watch a vid of Les live and slo-mo it.
And btw, if you put a vid of yourself on youtube, you're gonna get negative responses. Deal with it, you're not God's gift to bass.
bradleyrock4602 4 years ago
Whats with all the hostility?! I dont claim to be "gods gift to bass", this was just meant to be a helpful video for people who had asked for it. Yes, I understand that I will get negative comments, but does that mean that I cannot respond to them?
I do agree though, that i have never seen a correct tab for this, hence why I put this video up of one of the ways that les plays it.
KillerFridge 4 years ago
Dude your kidding me right?
scarymonster2010 4 years ago
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sloppy... and change your strings once in a while, they're dead as dillinger
thebrock82 4 years ago
Im, sorry, I didnt realise you know how I like to have my strings. And for the record, its just a crappy mike, not dead strings. And would you care to elaborate on "sloppy". I like critisism, but only when its constructive
KillerFridge 4 years ago
sloppy... as in tighten the fuck up.
thebrock82 4 years ago
hey dude when are you going post your vlog? can't wait to see you play.
scarymonster2010 4 years ago
that sounds cool dude.. i'm glad there r primus fans across seas!
soptamer 4 years ago
Makes me wish I still had a bass!!! TY
kimberlyallshouse79 4 years ago
t6hanks for that
festus321 4 years ago
sounds great! thanks for this :)
brk5 4 years ago
thats not how you play it,I got tab out the the book,and I know if differently,good try though
mrpresident4200 5 years ago
Thank you for pointing that out. However, this is from the live version where its played on a 4 string, not the album version
KillerFridge 5 years ago
yea it is a corvette i know because i have one myself:)
theamazingrapist 5 years ago
No, it realy isnt. Its a Thumb.
KillerFridge 5 years ago
Lol...
sickdiggitydog 5 years ago
warwicks = secks
is that a corvette?
gnomehunter1234 5 years ago
Thumb
KillerFridge 5 years ago
i love warwicks
polsihpirate 5 years ago
Doesn't sound anything like Tommy the Cat, but it was some good bass playing. Just nothing like Tommy the Cat at all.
boyjoyzee 5 years ago
dude, did you even watch the whole thing
NazisGoDie 5 years ago
Yeah I did and it just doesn't sound right at all but... it's strange cause I just watched the other video of him playing it and it sounds perfect... God damn Claypool!!!
boyjoyzee 5 years ago
beautifal work man, at first when you were playing it slow, i said to my self "this guy is off his rocker, it sounds nothing like tommy" but then when you played it at normal speed, i saw were quite sane, so i tak ebakc the insane comment, lol, thx for posting, helped alot. CHEERS
NazisGoDie 5 years ago
YES Nice man, you're the best, i'm playing it like that a lot now. And please tell me how you learned this or any other of your bass techniques, you seem quite professional!
noahkleinschmidt 5 years ago
actually, i was wrong. i double checked on my bass and it's not a slide cF to dG it's gF to aG. see we all make mistakes.
carltonfunkbass 5 years ago
it's alright, man, but you totally miss the slide from cF to dG and the low pull off aG - g#G - gG, where the small letter is the lower note. i'm not going to tab it out here. everyone i've seen on here does the exact same thing. also, a split second before the f#B pop, there is a left hand hammer on of both notes. that said, keep it up. it takes immense dedication to become a fundamentally good bassist.
carltonfunkbass 5 years ago
Very solid technique on the old slap mate, nice.
DaleNewson 5 years ago
your voice sounds like dom/matt from muse lol
jonnyrules1234 5 years ago
Really? Ive never heard them talk, and so wont know!
KillerFridge 5 years ago
i cant quite put my finger on which 1
i think it was matt
lol
jonnyrules1234 5 years ago
wow someone needs to relax a bit. Cough* puckett22 cough* Seriously if its such a simple slap line why did you willingly choose to watch a video with this title?
EarthBoundNess 5 years ago
killer shirt bro.
Zaphrod88 5 years ago
this is cool dude, i learnded this song officially from YOU!! thanks alot man!
MrPeepers1979 5 years ago
nice shirt man!
ComaDivine313 5 years ago
cool
nulldetector 5 years ago
perfect, cheers.
RuRee 5 years ago
great advice, thanks alot man
basellne23 5 years ago
thank you soooo much for this!
i was in the dark untill i watched this!
thebestbassist 5 years ago
hey compliments to who eveer made the vid!
shredderstratboy 5 years ago
sick tutorial dude. i watched this about seven times and played along. i think i got it now! ;)
wikkedclown17 5 years ago
This is one confusing song lol, but I almost have it :)
JacoThe2nd 5 years ago
cool tip thanks
spartan9180 5 years ago
alright! thanks dude
but one thing though, you got a wierd looking warwick... nevermind all of them look like that.
Thriph 5 years ago
OMFG ty u are a FANTASTIC person! im so estatic that ive finally gotten it. and your technique is great! do you have a teacher? or have you learnt youself !? plz plz plz pm me !
mrpeanut25 5 years ago
Hey man, thanks for posting this video. I've been trying to play this song forever! Apparently I kept following bad tabs. I'm still not able to play it perfectly, but I'm a lot closer now, thanks to you!
Hunsbassist 5 years ago
I do a cover of this song and my band mait are impressed wit it but Im leaving out half of the riff! God i SUCK!!
BassBrain 5 years ago
wait...warwick thumb or rock bass? tring to redeem myself. you know what i mean killer fridge!!! nice technique. very different from my own. i learnt from flea and jaco with a hint of wooten, but not much wooten, mostly flea!
dldbassist 5 years ago
Aye, tis a Warwick Thumb. And good to see you have good influences :D
KillerFridge 5 years ago
Holy shit!
i had to figure this out too.
i was thinking the other day, i should post a video on how to properly play this song... thanks so much for making this, now maybe people can learn how to play without looking at all of the incorrect tabz. you're a very good bassist by the way
ConanEVIL 5 years ago
haha whoo I can play it, wtf? C'mon you lot, it's piss easy, only took me 20 mins and I aint exactly good at bass, just practice
Numlocq 5 years ago
Yeah, but It sounds allot harder than it is, so people either look at bad tabs, and learn an incredibly bad version of it (like I did when I first learnt it), or just give up before getting anywhere. I thought I would help them out.
KillerFridge 5 years ago
nice dude
this is awesome
u really helped me learn this song
thanks a lot
cya
fleachilipepprs 5 years ago
you can play a madd bass,dude!
Primus SUCKS!
You SUCK!
6iron6maiden6 5 years ago
could you post a tab for this? i got most of it down, but there is one note that i can't figure out, if you do thanks, if not thanks for posting the video
ryu926 5 years ago
which it didnt
olithebass 5 years ago
--4---------------------------------
--2----------3--5----5---5---5------
-----0--3-x-------------------------
-------------------5---4---3----0---
if that worked you should see the version I play it
olithebass 5 years ago
the video of addicted to that rush i asked you to watch isnt mr big playin, its me n my friend ian.
olithebass 5 years ago
Very very very very helpful. Thank you so much for this. With some practice, I'll have it down soon, thanks to this.
As for Pucket22, I encourage you with much gusto to try for a career in stand-up comedy. It'd be great. You could tell the audience they're faggots and then say you banged everyone's mom. Now THAT is fresh humor. Did you come up with those jokes by yourself? I haven't heard them 1,000,000 times yet.
PrimusSheck 5 years ago
Yeah, it took me a while (and was taught many different versions) for me to get this. It took a good part of 3 months or so to get it down right (or as well as I can consider right), and the hardest bit is getting it to flow, and to get the rythmn of the muted notes
KillerFridge 5 years ago
Actually.. I still can't get this thing... can't seem to fit the 16th slapped notes into the rythem of the song... I'll get there... perseverance (perseverEnce?) will pay off.
Idlevice 5 years ago
What tuning are you playing it in, is it just standard, maybe my bass is out of tune, hmmmmmm......Anyhow, great vid, im actually learning Tommy The Cat by Primus, didnt see this happening for maybe another 5 years or so, thanks!
Axewing 5 years ago
towards the end i can see how it sounds like tommy the cat, good job
ryu926 5 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
go back to where your from you flamming faggot. you suck dick at bass, and ur trying to be cool by playing a simple slap line.... have a good one. - the dude fucking you mother
puckett22 5 years ago
Oh no, I laughed at you making an ass of yourself to the world, trying to be cool. I am however, helping people, on a song that allot of people find hard. Way to make a dick out of yourself.
Again.
KillerFridge 5 years ago
Learn how to spell.
jasenjoseph 5 years ago
I don't like getting involved in this sort of taintless confrontation, but christ, is this guy a prick. With that attitude you will NEVER get anywhere with bass, or anything in music. Get a grip.
CozCrick 5 years ago
nice flow! but it doesn't sound 100%, but at least 99%
Bygde 5 years ago
Doubt Les is 100% on how to play the damn thing... well, that's one more Primus song I can scrath off being able to play now. Thanks a lot. What's next... maybe Wynona.
Idlevice 5 years ago
some of the notes don't seem to fit.....hmmm...
but i give you props for what you did do
crkempton 5 years ago
Yeah, Im not entirely sure on what the actually fully correct way of playing it is, its just this is a close as I have managed to get to sounding like it!
KillerFridge 5 years ago
no way. ive been goin nearly 2 1/2 years but I dont do much slap which is why yours sounds less sloppy + my bass is kinda cheap which is half the reason why im not a great slap player.
olithebass 5 years ago
sick. how long you been playin'?
olithebass 5 years ago
2 Years in October
KillerFridge 5 years ago
well got rid of a bit of immaturity when they banned me i guess. but what i got banned for was a lot less than i've seen others do, i was just having fun. so i wont' bother going back
labgnat 5 years ago
i got banned a while back on there, could go back now if i wanted but i'm chosing not too, just go to talkbass now. yeah i'm fortunate enough to get labgnat anywhere i register
labgnat 5 years ago
Yeah, Im on talkbass too. I recognise your name from MX, but I barely go on talkbass (although Im starting to more now that MX has turned so immature)
KillerFridge 5 years ago
oh wow, kick ass bro, thanks a lot for that, you get on musician forums dont' you, i think i recognize your name killerfridge
labgnat 5 years ago
Yup, I'm there. This whole Youtube thing started out as a test for my new Dimarzios in the Thumb. The Name "killerfridge" is thankfully (as far as I know, never come across it anywhere but from me) only used by me. Everywhere!
KillerFridge 5 years ago
woot, that was fucking sweet!!! holy shit your the man!!!
Gilgamex 5 years ago
So many people asked me to do this I felt obligated! Theres a fairly large debate about how its meant to be played, but I feel that this way comes closest to how Les plays it (although he mixes and changes it allot too)
KillerFridge 5 years ago