primus charlie and the chocolate factory full album

The album might be almost too respectful of its source, never unleashing the full-funk beast ofĬlaypool's bass guitar virtuosity. Is played four times, just like in the movie, but in the same, more-or-less straightforward reading for Second (!) 'Lermaninoff' ending before it actually begins. Six of theįourteen tracks - almost half the album - stop well short of the two-minute mark, with the four. Unfortunately, even with a showroom full of Lickable Wallpaper, Fizzy Lifting Drinks, andĮverlasting Gobstoppers there isn't much substance to really sink your teeth into. Tickets' in five vinyl copies of the album, entitling the lucky recipients to free Primus concerts for life.Īs Veruca Salt might have said, 'I want it now!'.although doubtless without the same adenoidal growl used by Claypool, in his minor-key Arabian remix of the Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley song of the same name heard here. This one also foregrounds the album's concept over its actual composition.īut it's a heck of a concept, even extending to the clever promotional gag of including 'golden

Rock weirdos have inspired more than one Primus detour. Moon meets The Residents', with emphasis clearly on the latter influence. And the music itself wasĭescribed by Claypool in a Rolling Stone interview as 'early Peter Gabriel meets Dark Side of the Note), suggesting an attitude of humble tribute rather than satire. The album is dedicated 'to the wondrous talent of Gene Wilder' (and not Johnny Depp, please Like 'Candy Man', using sinister vocals and ominous marimbas (and yes: marimbas can be Claypool and company merely exposed the hidden underbelly of songs There was always an element of childlike enthusiasm inĬlaypool's bass playing, matched to a not incompatible streak of adult subversion in Roald Dahl's Horrible remake that left the taste of feces in our mouths'.īut maybe the idea isn't so farfetched. Movie 'Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'.specifically the 1971 version, not the anemicĬGI reboot directed by Tim Burton, described by Primus frontman Les Claypool as a 'horrendous,

On paper it looks like an off-color punchline: the art-thrashers of Primus, playing songs from the

Primus charlie and the chocolate factory full album