High School Talent Show

DaDrew2112 · #1 10-13-2011, 02:09 PM

Been a while talkbass but id like some of your personal input on my talent show. I'm a real quiet who casually mentions i play bass if asked. I'd like to wow the audience because I've been practicing a while now and wanna show it. I just saw Primus live a few days ago and i think (i know...its stereotypical, but you must admit primus gets heads banging. im not big on any other metal really) i'd really like to do a primus song. I wanna sing and play it, which i can, its no big deal because primus is just talking. I can't sing lol. Any who, to get to the point, what Primus song should i play? I was thinking:
Tommy the Cat
Jerry was a Racecar Driver
Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
Tweekers got heads banging at that concert like no other too.
Thoughts and opinions please, thanks a lot for reading.

MRDOOM · #2 10-13-2011, 02:19 PM

Jerry was a Race car driver, the most recognizable for anyone who isn't a big Primus fan. If you're going to do this you HAVE to dress up like Les.

southgabass · #3 10-13-2011, 02:26 PM

Jerry is a great one to do, Wynona is also another one that people know.... if you've never tried singing/talking while playing it may take a minute or two... much less trying some Claypool and doing it....

And as MRDOOM said if you do it you have to dress up.... and I'm going to add... upload a video of it

MRDOOM · #4 10-13-2011, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by southgabass

Jerry is a great one to do, Wynona is also another one that people know.... if you've never tried singing/talking while playing it may take a minute or two... much less trying some Claypool and doing it....

And as MRDOOM said if you do it you have to dress up.... and I'm going to add... upload a video of it

+1 to uploading a video

Roscoe East · #5 10-13-2011, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MRDOOM

If you're going to do this you HAVE to dress up like Les.

...or like anything, really. Just dress up!

DaDrew2112 · #6 10-13-2011, 06:20 PM

haha yeah i kinda figured it was jerry. i even have a six string bass, i wanna make it a fretless....for sole primus reasons haha (not doing much jazz these days) but dressing up sounds good. i can already sing and play jerry was a racecar driver, in my opinion its the easiest song he does to sing and play to. it just instantly clicked, which is weird because i have a hard time singing most things and playing. Dress up, how?

southgabass · #7 10-13-2011, 07:18 PM

Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - YouTube

Primus - Tommy The Cat - YouTube around 2:20

this is the les claypool dressing up that I'm talkin about.... =D

southgabass · #8 10-13-2011, 07:22 PM

of course you could always go with the "My Name is Mud" look lol

DaDrew2112 · #9 10-13-2011, 10:01 PM

If i could play with those arms, i would. Trust me. There's a chance i won't even make it through auditions, they've been pretty harsh to rock bands in the past.