Blame It On The Fish (2006)

An abstract look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage "Blame It On the Fish" presents a surreal view of the band's triumphant return including live performance footage interview segments candid behind the scences shots and intese visual imagery. Years in the making this DVD is not a typical concert film. "Blame It On the Fish" is a sensory adventure pushing the lmits of visual artistry. The main feature film is 70 minutes and is accompanied by over 90 minutes of bonus material. In addition to dozens of additional scenes the extras also include a 30 minute futuristic documentary about the band set in the year 2065 and interviews with the 102 year old Les Claypool.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS Rating: NR UPC: 822550001227 Manufacturer No: PSR-0012-9 Product Description

Waste of time

In the day when almost every band has a DVD out with high-quality video concert footage, there's no excuse for this dreck. Even the concert footage -- few and far between the waste-of-time segments of travel and digital distortion -- are badly lit and cut off. Why this was even made is unexplained. Why Primus would deem to put their name on it is almost inexcusable. Don't waste your money ... I got a copy from the library and I couldn't even watch it once. December 19, 2007

Hey what does this effect do?

The single reason one should buy this DVD is that it is Primus. And even then only if you are a die hard fan.

The actual feature is a very long very tedious exploration of what seems to be a kid who just got a video effect unit for his birthday. The trasitions and various manipulations to the fotage is at best arbitrary, at worst irritating in the extreme, and alway completely cliche' and overdone. As a visual document for anthropology it may be good but as an entertaining, informative, or otherwise enjoyable thing, look else where.

What the film maker thought abstract meant is anyones guess. A more appropriate and informative title would be "psychadelic". there really isn't anything abstract about it at all. Just a whole lot of non-sequetors (which he must have thought were completely original and interesting at the time) lazy editing, and alot of sound modulations at the worst possible moments which make it seem more like a glitch than an intentional effect. One of the problems with ameture fimmaking is that the director will inevitably think they are the first one to think of doingsomething (turning the camera upside down, making quick edits to unrelated meterial, etc.) and just let the audience suffer through it. Such things are done in experimental stages and only the best stuff (that which works) is used.

In Mr. Powers' defence, Les Claypool is shown giving him the most often given and most completely usless bit of advice for the film "I think you should just shoot whatever you want....even if it is a flower or something." And guess what? Powers overlays the interveiw with a flower. ugh.....

Love Les. Love Primus. This was dissapointing. February 20, 2007

AWSOME DVD!!!!!

I recomend that you buy this if your a truly Primus die hard fan. The interviews are great. learned some things that i didnt know about Primus before. Awsome footage....buy it!!! February 11, 2007

Say baby. . .

This DVD offers an unusual look into PRIMUS live, how the fans perceive the shows. I saw them in Houston a few months ago -- made that non-stop slap-action look far too easy. Anyway, a great addition to any CLAYPOOL/PRIMUS collection! January 9, 2007

Blame it on the film maker

Maybe I'm just one of those closed-minded people mentioned earlier, but I found the self-indulgent random filler that the film-maker used to "connect" the segments boring and irritating to the point that it gave me a head-ache. I'm a die-hard Primus and Les fan, but I would recommend 5 Gallons of Diesel and/or Hallucino-Genetics rather than this. Or go to Primuslive.com and download 4 shows for under $30 and you'll be able to hear Primus live without interruptions and in their entirety. I'd recommend Kool Haus in Toronto, the Greek Theatre, the Halloween show and Bonnaroo as some of the best.

Borrow it from a friend and watch the Fish On and Primus 2065 extras without even bothering with the main feature. Les, Ler and Tim are at their best and I hope they'll keep going in all their incarnations for a long time...just don't use Matthew J. Powers again. It was a little too much about being abstract and not enough about the guys and their music. Primussucks! December 21, 2006

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