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“Shake Hands With Beef” by Primus
From the album Brown Album (1997)
“Shake Hands With Beef” by Primus appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1997. It was first released in 1997 on the album Brown Album. Its best result is #65 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #236 alternative song of 1997.
"Shake Hands with Beef" was the first single from Brown Album, the fifth Primus record, released on Interscope in 1997, and it came with a new drummer: Bryan "Brain" Mantia, who shares the writing credit with Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde. The title comes from a vegetarian pal of Claypool's who would now and then eat meat anyway and call it shaking hands with beef; Claypool reads the phrase as a metaphor for straying from the norm.
Claypool directed the video himself, and it's every bit as warped as the funk-metal lurch underneath. Dressed in orange and brown, the three of them play atop a garbage can while a family grills burgers outside a trailer; Claypool and LaLonde sprout insect wings and buzz the barbecue until Claypool flies into a bug zapper. Shot slow and sped up, it leaves everybody twitching like houseflies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 65 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1997 | 99 |
| 1997 | 82 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 | 100 |
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