Jerry Was a Race Car Driver Lyrics
he drove so god-damn fast.
He never did win no checkered flag,
But he never did come in last.
Jerry was a racecar driver,
He'd say "El Sob # 1."
With a Bocephus sticker on his 442
He'd light 'em up just for fun.
Captain Pierce was a fireman.
Richmond engine number three,
I'd be a wealthy man
When I get a dime for all the things that man
Had taught to me.
Captain Pierce was a strong man.
Strong as any man alive.
He got stuck in his craw that they
Made him retire at the age of 65.
Jerry was a racecar driver.
22 years old.
Had one to many cold beers one night,
Wrapped himself around a telephone pole.
Style is too loose? He is one of the most unique artists around, completely blows Jaco Wooten and Hamm out of the water in the ways of style. Only Les can play like Les, nevermind the fact that he's always dead on accurate even with the most difficult rhythms with a fucking six string bass which by the way is insanely difficult to manage in the first place. Les is not just a groove-machine, he is THE groove-machine.
A) This song is about drinking and driving like a lot of his songs because he is strongly against drinking and driving. But Jerry isn't as put together (lyrically) as others like Buzzards of Green Hill. Very loose meaning if you know what I mean.
B) Les is definitely the best bassist, I'm a huge fan of Vic Wooten and jaco and flea but you can so tell they learned how to play and were taught and got better as opposed to Les who never took a bass lesson and taught himself jamming with guys keeping the beat and doing his own thing. He is a pure, natural bassist, unlike the others. I have a billion analogies running through my head but I cant seem to pull one out..... it's like 3 guys go and study math and get their degrees and are amazing mathematicians while there's 1 guy who had no schooling and just had a mathematical mind and can do it naturally. That's why Les sounds so different and Primus is so weird because Les isn't the product of band class and years of being taught how to play, rather a primal urge to lay down fast, funky beats.
I love Primus, but they are all different. Flea is more traditional and funky, whereas Les is self taught and experimental with his bass. Both know how to throw doen a mean line, but have different approaches to things like intros and solos.
I love Primus, but they are all different. Flea is more traditional and funky, whereas Les is self taught and experimental with his bass. Both know how to throw doen a mean line, but have different approaches to things like intros and solos.
Jerry was a racecar driver and he'd say "El Sob #1". El Sob is short for El Sobrante, California, where Les and Ler are from.
les claypool is the best bassist ever who can deny that?????
Apparently you haven't heard him recently. I saw Primus live a couple months ago, and during Tommy the Cat he slapped 32nd notes nonstop for about a minute. I haven't heard Jaco, Wooten, or Hamm doing that.
lets not forget tim herb on this song he knows his shit quite a lot hehe
This song is great. the lyrics are self explanitory i think.
The "Dog will hunt" lyric is from Texas Chainsaw massacre 2. It may be imitated by les but i think the clip is taken right from the movie.
i've seen victor wooten live, and it was incredible, but i think i would be more excited to see les claypool.
I always assumed Captain Pierce is a comparison to Jerry. Jerry's life is over quickly because he's reckless, but the Captain is eventually put out to pasture, too. The end is inevitable no matter how responsible you are.
Here's what I get from the song:
I think he may be compairing Captain Pierce to Jerry.
Pierce is good person, and apparently had a large positive impact on Les. But it seems that he was too wreckless. He raced through life and enjoyed the thrill of it.
"He never did win no checkered flag, but he never did come in last. "
His lifestyle didn't get him anywhere, and in the end he crashed.
Maybe it's a warning to people to take care in how they handel their time. You never know how much of it you have. I think the message is don't rush through things. But then again, I have a tendency to derive meaning from something that means nothing at all. Feel free to criticize. ^__^