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!
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.