Lee Van Cleef

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Van_Cleef

Interestingly Lee was an actor in what are specifically titled "Spaghetti Westerns" hmmmmmmmm lol. I can see why Les would wanna be like Lee Van Cleef, looks like a tough sonsa...

Lee Van Cleef is the man! He's an actor most known for westerns, he starred alongside Clint Eastwood in For a Few Dollars More & The Good The Bad & The Ugly (the best western ever & my favorite movie) He was also good in Escape From NY

this song is saying how everyone watching these movies would like to be like Clint Eastwood but Les would rather be like Lee Van Cleef

awesome song!

Got a Classic Red Ryder at Rocky Camp out in ol' Hat Creek. Lookin' for jaybirds left and right. Try and knock 'em up out the tree. Everybody I know's watchin' Clint. They all like watchin' Clint, HIGH! All the little snypes want to be like Clint. They all want to be like Clint. But I want to be like Lee Van Cleef. Ya know I want to be like Lee. What ever happened to Lee Van Cleef? What ever happened to Lee?

A yellow Studebaker with a 302 and a seat of Green Naugahyde. Put a couple of dings in that pickup truck. A few more dents in his pride. At hilltop drive-in they're watchin' Clint. They all like watchin' Clint, HIGH! On the big screen they want to see old Clint. They all want to see old Clint. But I want to see Lee Van Cleef. Ya know I like to see old Lee. What ever happened to Lee Van Cleef? What ever happened to Lee?

Now the Studebaker's gone and Lee's passed on. Clint's still sharp as can be. The hilltop drive-in is an auto mall. But no one's built over Lee. We all get a kick out of watchin' Clint. We all get a kick out of Clint, HIGH! There ain't never been none quite like Clint. There's really only one Clint. But I really did like Lee Van Cleef. I sure did really like Lee. What ever happened to Lee Van Cleef? What ever happened to Lee?

We still get a kick out of watchin' Clint. We all get a kick out of Clint, HIGH! There ain't never been one quite like Clint. There's really only one Clint! I always did like Lee Van Cleef. Always did like Lee. Nobody's steely like Lee Van Cleef. What ever happened to Lee? What ever happened to Lee Van Cleef? Don't forget about Lee.

When I saw Primus at Vibes, Les said this song was about "That little boy playing with some 4-stringed piece of furniture."

So, inferencing from that quote, I think that Les is using Lee being overshadowed by Clint as a representation of Les's feeling as a Bass player when he was young. Perhaps feeling that he was in the background while the guitarist took the main stage, the spotlight.

But as we all know, Lee is just as good as Clint, and Les proved that the bass can share the spotlight with the guitar any day!

That's my thoughts on this song.

This Video to this song gives away a secret. It's subtle but effective. connect the dots and it draws you a conclusion. Watch ol' Clint polishing his GUN, do u see what I see.)