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"'''Tragedy's a' comin''''" is the first single from ''[[Green Naugahyde]]'', the seventh studio album by [[rock music|rock]] band [[Primus (band)|Primus]]. It marked the band's first new material since 2003's ''[[Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People]]'' EP. It is their first single in 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|last=primus new single|title=primus returns|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/08/exclusive-primus-return-first-new-song/|work=Spin Magazine|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>
"'''Tragedy's a' Comin''''" is the first single from ''[[Green Naugahyde]]'', the seventh studio album by [[rock music|rock]] band [[Primus (band)|Primus]]. It marked the band's first new material since 2003's ''[[Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People]]'' EP. It is their first single in 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|last=primus new single|title=primus returns|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/08/exclusive-primus-return-first-new-song/|work=Spin Magazine|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>


''Green Naugahyde'' is the first Primus album to feature the trio of bassist/vocalist [[Les Claypool]], guitarist [[Larry LaLonde]] and drummer [[Jay Lane]] who originally left Primus in 1988 before their ''[[Suck On This]]'' debut set.<ref>{{cite web|last=Early years|title=Primus through the years|url=http://mama.indstate.edu/users/primus/html/primus_through_the_years.html|work=Michael Goldberg|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>
''Green Naugahyde'' is the first Primus album to feature the trio of bassist/vocalist [[Les Claypool]], guitarist [[Larry LaLonde]] and drummer [[Jay Lane]] who originally left Primus in 1988 before their ''[[Suck On This]]'' debut set.<ref>{{cite web|last=Early years|title=Primus through the years|url=http://mama.indstate.edu/users/primus/html/primus_through_the_years.html|work=Michael Goldberg|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>
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A music video debuted on the internet soon after the single was released.<ref>{{cite web|last=primus music video|title=Primus - Tragedy's a' Comin|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQv8zNQX578|work=youtube|accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref>
A music video debuted on the internet soon after the single was released.<ref>{{cite web|last=primus music video|title=Primus - Tragedy's a' Comin|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQv8zNQX578|work=youtube|accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref>


Three music videos have been released to promote the album. The first was made for Tragedy's a' comin', co-directed by Claypool and [[Mark Kohr]], who had previously directed a number of the band's videos in the early 1990s. It was filmed on location at the Anchor & Hope restaurant in downtown [[San Francisco]], and depicts kitchen staff preparing [[lobster]]s which are then served to diners by the [[maître d’]], played by Kohr. The scene is keenly observed by one of the lobsters waiting to be cooked, and intercut with a fantasy sequence of that lobster imagining itself alone on a remote beach, played by Claypool. Throughout the video, an anonymous figure is shown riding a horse while wearing a [[space suit]], who eventually arrives at the restaurant and orders the lobster, which is then cooked and served to them. Other scenes include some of the restaurant's diners spontaneously breaking out into dance, joined by the maître d’, and footage of the band members playing their instruments individually, each superimposed with stylised outlines of the other members animated over a [[panning (camera)|panning]] photograph of more lobsters.<ref>{{cite web|last=Primus video|title=Primus - Tragedy's a' Comin|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQv8zNQX578|work=Youtube|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>
Three music videos have been released to promote the album. The first was made for "Tragedy's a' Comin'", co-directed by Claypool and [[Mark Kohr]], who had previously directed a number of the band's videos in the early 1990s. It was filmed on location at the Anchor & Hope restaurant in downtown [[San Francisco]], and depicts kitchen staff preparing [[lobster]]s which are then served to diners by the [[maître d']], played by Kohr. The scene is keenly observed by one of the lobsters waiting to be cooked, and intercut with a fantasy sequence of that lobster imagining itself alone on a remote beach, played by Claypool. Throughout the video, an anonymous figure is shown riding a horse while wearing a [[space suit]], who eventually arrives at the restaurant and orders the lobster, which is then cooked and served to them. Other scenes include some of the restaurant's diners spontaneously breaking out into dance, joined by the maître d', and footage of the band members playing their instruments individually, each superimposed with stylised outlines of the other members animated over a [[panning (camera)|panning]] photograph of more lobsters.<ref>{{cite web|last=Primus video|title=Primus - Tragedy's a' Comin|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQv8zNQX578|work=Youtube|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>


Claypool said of the video,
Claypool said of the video,<ref name="IFC Tragedy"/>

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{{quote|"Musically, it’s upbeat, but lyrically, the song is all about impending doom... But to depict that would have been the cliché thing to do, so we’ve got lobsters."<ref name="IFC Tragedy"/>}} The video premiered on November 17, 2011 via the [[Independent Film Channel]] website,<ref name="IFC Tragedy">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifc.com/fix/2011/11/primus-tragedys-acomin-music-video-premiere|title=Watch the exclusive premiere of Primus' "Tragedy's a' Comin'" video, with bonus Les Claypool interview|publisher=[[Independent Film Channel]]|date=November 17, 2011|accessdate=December 29, 2011}}</ref> before being uploaded to Primus' official [[YouTube]] channel on December 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYaA1mEpmcM|title=Primus: "Tragedy's a' Comin'" Music Video|publisher=YouTube|date=December 14, 2011|accessdate=December 29, 2011}}</ref>
{{quote|Musically, it's upbeat, but lyrically, the song is all about impending doom{{nbsp}}... But to depict that would have been the cliché thing to do, so we've got lobsters.}}

⚫
The video premiered on November 17, 2011 via the [[Independent Film Channel]] website,<ref name="IFC Tragedy">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifc.com/fix/2011/11/primus-tragedys-acomin-music-video-premiere|title=Watch the exclusive premiere of Primus' "Tragedy's a' Comin'" video, with bonus Les Claypool interview|publisher=[[Independent Film Channel]]|date=November 17, 2011|accessdate=December 29, 2011}}</ref> before being uploaded to Primus' official [[YouTube]] channel on December 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYaA1mEpmcM|title=Primus: "Tragedy's a' Comin'" Music Video|publisher=YouTube|date=December 14, 2011|accessdate=December 29, 2011}}</ref>


==Meaning==
==Meaning==
Claypool told Spin magazine the song's subject matter describes the end of the world: "Lyrically, this is me focusing on eventual demise or at least the notion that big rain is coming and at some point I'm going to get pretty fucking wet."
Claypool told Spin magazine the song's subject matter describes the end of the world: "Lyrically, this is me focusing on eventual demise or at least the notion that big rain is coming and at some point I'm going to get pretty fucking wet."


Claypool told MusicRadar why he discussed such a dark subject matter with humor on this song:
Claypool told MusicRadar why he discussed such a dark subject matter with humor on this song:<ref>{{cite web|last=interview claypool|title=Primus Tragedy's a' comin|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=23791|work=songfacts|accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=primus on green naugahyde|title=primus interview|url=http://www.musicradar.com/|work=musicradar|accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref>


{{quote|"There's a lot of crazy shit in my life right now: My mom is fading away from us; she's not going to be around much longer. My little nephew was diagnosed with leukemia at only two months old. I have friends battling cancer. When I wrote that song, I was just like, 'Holy fucking hell…' Whatever metaphor you want to use: Into everyone's life a little rain must fall. Well, there you go – Tragedy's A-Comin'. The funny thing is, the music to that song is very uplifting. I love the contrast of it. From Tommy The Cat to Wynona's Big Brown Beaver, there's a lot of tragic figures in my music and Primus' music. It's just the way I exorcise my demons, through these kinds of people."<ref>{{cite web|last=interview claypool|title=Primus Tragedy's a' comin|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=23791|work=songfacts|accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=primus on green naugahyde|title=primus interview|url=http://www.musicradar.com/|work=musicradar|accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref>}}
{{quote|There's a lot of crazy shit in my life right now: My mom is fading away from us; she's not going to be around much longer. My little nephew was diagnosed with leukemia at only two months old. I have friends battling cancer. When I wrote that song, I was just like, "Holy fucking hell{{nbsp}}..." Whatever metaphor you want to use: Into everyone's life a little rain must fall. Well, there you go – Tragedy's A-Comin'. The funny thing is, the music to that song is very uplifting. I love the contrast of it. From Tommy The Cat to Wynona's Big Brown Beaver, there's a lot of tragic figures in my music and Primus' music. It's just the way I exorcise my demons, through these kinds of people.}}


==Review==
==Review==
Paste magazine had the following to say about the new single:
Paste magazine had the following to say about the new single:<ref>{{cite web|last=Single review|title=primus green naugahyde|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/09/primus-green-naugahyde.html|work=paste magazin|accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref>


"This will be our last (and most direct) stop in Antipop land for a while. This bit of ska-metal could be the sequel to “Ballad of Bodacious”. Claypool sometimes works against himself with such a heavy flange effect on his bass, but I understand how sometimes you need your bass to sound like a guitar when you’re playing riffs. Here, he goes back and forth from the clean funky pops during the main theme and bridge, to a flange-drench for the verse and chorus. This song doesn’t seem to be about tragedy in the big picture sense, so much as some low-life named Tragedy who is indeed on his way over."<ref>{{cite web|last=Single review|title=primus green naugahyde|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/09/primus-green-naugahyde.html|work=paste magazin|accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref>
{{blockquote|This will be our last (and most direct) stop in Antipop land for a while. This bit of ska-metal could be the sequel to "Ballad of Bodacious". Claypool sometimes works against himself with such a heavy flange effect on his bass, but I understand how sometimes you need your bass to sound like a guitar when you're playing riffs. Here, he goes back and forth from the clean funky pops during the main theme and bridge, to a flange-drench for the verse and chorus. This song doesn't seem to be about tragedy in the big picture sense, so much as some low-life named Tragedy who is indeed on his way over.}}


==Charts==
==Charts==

Latest revision as of 18:48, 9 January 2024

"Tragedy's a' Comin'"
CD single release
Single by Primus
from the album Green Naugahyde
Released2011
GenreFunk rock, experimental rock
Length4:52
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)Claypool/LaLonde/Lane
Producer(s)Primus
Primus singles chronology
"Electric Uncle Sam"
(1999) 		"Tragedy's a' Comin'"
(2011) 		"Lee van Cleef"
(2011)

"Tragedy's a' Comin'" is the first single from Green Naugahyde, the seventh studio album by rock band Primus. It marked the band's first new material since 2003's Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People EP. It is their first single in 12 years.[1]

Green Naugahyde is the first Primus album to feature the trio of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane who originally left Primus in 1988 before their Suck On This debut set.[2]

Music video

[edit]

A music video debuted on the internet soon after the single was released.[3]

Three music videos have been released to promote the album. The first was made for "Tragedy's a' Comin'", co-directed by Claypool and Mark Kohr, who had previously directed a number of the band's videos in the early 1990s. It was filmed on location at the Anchor & Hope restaurant in downtown San Francisco, and depicts kitchen staff preparing lobsters which are then served to diners by the maître d', played by Kohr. The scene is keenly observed by one of the lobsters waiting to be cooked, and intercut with a fantasy sequence of that lobster imagining itself alone on a remote beach, played by Claypool. Throughout the video, an anonymous figure is shown riding a horse while wearing a space suit, who eventually arrives at the restaurant and orders the lobster, which is then cooked and served to them. Other scenes include some of the restaurant's diners spontaneously breaking out into dance, joined by the maître d', and footage of the band members playing their instruments individually, each superimposed with stylised outlines of the other members animated over a panning photograph of more lobsters.[4]

Claypool said of the video,[5]

Musically, it's upbeat, but lyrically, the song is all about impending doom ... But to depict that would have been the cliché thing to do, so we've got lobsters.

The video premiered on November 17, 2011 via the Independent Film Channel website,[5] before being uploaded to Primus' official YouTube channel on December 14.[6]

Meaning

[edit]

Claypool told Spin magazine the song's subject matter describes the end of the world: "Lyrically, this is me focusing on eventual demise or at least the notion that big rain is coming and at some point I'm going to get pretty fucking wet."

Claypool told MusicRadar why he discussed such a dark subject matter with humor on this song:[7][8]

There's a lot of crazy shit in my life right now: My mom is fading away from us; she's not going to be around much longer. My little nephew was diagnosed with leukemia at only two months old. I have friends battling cancer. When I wrote that song, I was just like, "Holy fucking hell ..." Whatever metaphor you want to use: Into everyone's life a little rain must fall. Well, there you go – Tragedy's A-Comin'. The funny thing is, the music to that song is very uplifting. I love the contrast of it. From Tommy The Cat to Wynona's Big Brown Beaver, there's a lot of tragic figures in my music and Primus' music. It's just the way I exorcise my demons, through these kinds of people.

Review

[edit]

Paste magazine had the following to say about the new single:[9]

This will be our last (and most direct) stop in Antipop land for a while. This bit of ska-metal could be the sequel to "Ballad of Bodacious". Claypool sometimes works against himself with such a heavy flange effect on his bass, but I understand how sometimes you need your bass to sound like a guitar when you're playing riffs. Here, he goes back and forth from the clean funky pops during the main theme and bridge, to a flange-drench for the verse and chorus. This song doesn't seem to be about tragedy in the big picture sense, so much as some low-life named Tragedy who is indeed on his way over.

Charts

[edit]
Chart (2010) Peak
position
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) 39

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ primus new single. "primus returns". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  2. ^ Early years. "Primus through the years". Michael Goldberg. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  3. ^ primus music video. "Primus - Tragedy's a' Comin". youtube. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  4. ^ Primus video. "Primus - Tragedy's a' Comin". Youtube. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Watch the exclusive premiere of Primus' "Tragedy's a' Comin'" video, with bonus Les Claypool interview". Independent Film Channel. November 17, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
  6. ^ "Primus: "Tragedy's a' Comin'" Music Video". YouTube. December 14, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
  7. ^ interview claypool. "Primus Tragedy's a' comin". songfacts. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  8. ^ primus on green naugahyde. "primus interview". musicradar. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  9. ^ Single review. "primus green naugahyde". paste magazin. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
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