Primus - Hello Skinny (Residents Cover) video free download
This track has been floating around for years. It's pretty much the only cover that Primus regularly performs live (besides the YYZ intro).
The video is from the Tales From the Punchbowl CD-ROM (1995), which no longer works on any modern computer. I took the individual animation sprites from the source files and re-constructed it in Flash. Kind of painstaking, but fun.
It's also worth noting that the images that appear inside the eyeball are from the Residents' original video for Hello Skinny, circa 1978 - one of the earliest music videos - which now resides full-time in the N.Y. Museum of Modern Art.
Comments
9 years ago
Steven Rudd
I like it. I'll have what skinny is having..C20H25N30 :-)9 years ago
Jeanne Douzant
Et en France .....................9 years ago
Sonny Capolupo
Primus made this and Constantinople tolerable. 9 years ago
chuckobscure
Cool. Thanks for just this and no Constantinople, that song is kind of annoying.9 years ago
Jayson TheDrummerandGamer
I like this version of hello skinny better but I like the original Constantinople but still awesome10 years ago
inf0dump
No, there isn't. I doubt Waits is one of the Residents. His voice would be pretty recognizable. One of the Residents has a similar gravelly yell but it's not quite the same as Waits' voice.10 years ago
superdude13666
As a huge fan of Primus, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Yes, ELP, Van der Graaf Generator, and all kinds of other crazy bands. I have to say The Residents are too weird for me.10 years ago
superdude13666
Is there any actual proof of this?10 years ago
Chris Moudy
Skinny got sucked up by an eye dropper !10 years ago
transfrmpnguinz
"This track has been floating around for years..." I SEE what you did there...11 years ago
Conkers Bonkers
I think Les Claypool is one listen to the similarities in the voices11 years ago
Alejandro Elgrande
And since Adam just posted a *Primus* song, why don't I follow it up with Primus doing a song by the weirdest band in the known universe, *The Residents*11 years ago
Squidlove
I think you can guess what im downloading now Thanks for the tip friend!11 years ago
inf0dump
There's actually an album full of Residents covers by various artists, called "Eyesore: A Stab at the Residents". I haven't heard it though, and I've never heard of most of the artists on the album.11 years ago
Squidlove
I love how primus is the only band cool enough to cover the residents WHO COVERS THE RESIDENTS? badass as fuck PRIMUS SUCKS11 years ago
DinosaurCop
You mentioned Tom Waits and The Residents in the same breath. I like you.12 years ago
RonbowDosh
the residents started when les claypool was like 7 or something12 years ago
Ball Peen Baybee
The identity of The Residents remains a mystery, but atleast we all know Tom Waits is one of them..Now who are the others??12 years ago
BAppleJuice
Awesome! Thanks for the video friend. I had a dream recently and it had this song in it. The dream was about me learning how Alfred Hitchcock made his films. He didn't have many resources for sets, and so the cast and crew met and filmed in old trainhouses, train yards, and warehouses. The song started playing when I was totally alone at dusk, staring at the empty train cars in disrepair.12 years ago
