Hello Mr. Krinkle
How are you today?
Seems the rumors are about your team might move away
Now, me I'm sentimental
But I'm not one to cry

Say there Mr. Krinkle let's cruise the Bastard boat
Damn then sonsabitches with their gill-nets set afloat
I flip on my tele and I watch the waters die
C'mon Mr. Krinkle tell me why

Hey ho Mr. Krinkle have you heard the brand new sound
It's a cross between Jimi Hendrix
Bocephus, Cher and James Brown
It's called "Heavy Hometown"
New Wave, cold-filtered, low-calorie dry
C'mon Mr. Krinkle tell me why


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Mr. Krinkle Lyrics as written by Reid L. Iii Lalonde Les Claypool

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    Whilst most songs don't have a deeper hidden meaning, I think Primus' do, and there's some interesting ideas here. I always thought it was about identity generally, more personal than music.

    I say that because of the literal meaning as opposed to metaphorical, mentioned live and elsewhere. Mike Bordin of Faith No More used the alias Mr. Krinkle in hotels, which Primus scoffed at until someone pretended to be Mr. Les Claypool and stole their stuff. So that's why I thought it might be about stealing identity, such as stealing the unique sound of other people's music and mixing them or his identity/personality as a fisherman (the Bastard boat makes it sound personal, the fish dying is mentioned in Pudding Time etc. as well, he hates the commercialism that leads to overfishing!).

    Baudson September 11, 2006   Link

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