Mr. Krinkle
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-->Mr. Krinkle is a 1993 single by Primus, from their Pork Soda album. The final single released off the album, it is considered to be one of the most bizarre songs to ever achieve radio airplay; despite these claims it is popular.
The song features Les Claypool on upright bass rather than his usual electric bass. The song's centerpiece is its bowed bass line, lending it a deep and rough sound, and allowing Claypool to play long, drawn out notes and chords.
The lyrics in the song are somewhat odd, revolving around a person (possibly a child) who seems to know and is talking to this "Mr. Krinkle". The topics of their conversation vary; the first verse is about Mr. Krinkle's "team" possibly "moving away", the second one features the main character asking to "cruise the Bastard boat", and the third verse involves him informing Mr. Krinkle of a brand new musical style called "Heavy Hometown" that is a cross between "Jimi Hendrix, Bocephus, Cher and James Brown and is described as "New Wave, cold-filtered, low-calorie dry". What the song is exactly about is unknown.
One possible inspiration of the song is the Twilight Zone episode "Four O'Clock", in which Mr. Crangle tries to make every evil person two feet tall. In it, Mrs. Lucas cries out "Why Mr. Crangle? Why?". The chorus of Mr. Krinkle is "Tell me Mr. Krinkle, Tell me why..." The music for Mr. Krinkle sounds similar to the Twilight Zone music.
Video
The single is perhaps best known for its outlandish music video, featuring Les Claypool wearing a decrepit pig mask, with Ler LaLonde dressed as a 1980s style glam metaller and Tim Alexander dressed as some sort of Japanese samurai (LaLonde and Alexander both appear only very briefly in the video, however). In the background walks a parade of circus actors, including a man lit on fire and a Chinese dragon, among other things. The video itself was shot in an abandoned warehouse, or in an airplane hangar, according to the video commentary on the DVD Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People. Les Claypool directed the video. What the video has to do with the song is also unknown. It was all done in one shot while even featuring cameos from the various crew members, including the director. Claypool commented that this video was done, in large part, to "incorporate a lot of our friends." Future Primus drummer Brian Mantia is featured as a ice cream vendor.
| Primus |
| Les Claypool | Larry LaLonde | Tim Alexander |
| Brian Mantia | Todd Huth | Jay Lane | Bob Cock |
| Discography |
|---|
| Albums/EPs: Suck on This | Frizzle Fry | Sailing the Seas of Cheese | Miscellaneous Debris | Pork Soda | Tales from the Punchbowl | Brown Album | Rhinoplasty | Antipop | | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People | Hallucino-Genetics, Live 2004 |
| Songs: "John the Fisherman" | "Too Many Puppies" | "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" | "Tommy the Cat" | "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" | "My Name Is Mud" | "DMV" | "Mr. Krinkle" | "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" | "Southbound Pachyderm" | "Mrs. Blaileen" | "Shake Hands With Beef" | "Over the Falls" | "Lacquerhead" |
| Related articles |
| Blind Illusion | Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains | Guns N' Roses | Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade | No Forcefield | Oysterhead | Possessed | Prawn Song Records |
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