My Name Is Mud
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| "My Name is Mud" | ||
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| Single by Primus | ||
| from the album Pork Soda | ||
| Released | 1993 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock Funk metal Alternative Metal |
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| Length | 4:47 | |
| Label | Interscope Records | |
| Writer(s) | Claypool/LaLonde/Alexander | |
| Producer(s) | Primus | |
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| Primus singles chronology | ||
| Making Plans For Nigel 1992 |
My Name is Mud 1993 |
DMV 1993 |
"My Name is Mud" is the 1993 smash hit song by alternative rock band Primus, the first single off of their album Pork Soda. Les Claypool has said at some concerts it is about a "fucked up person who murdered his parents" (delightfully named Alowishus Devadander Abercrombie) but the lyrics seem to describe a blue-collar drunk who killed his friend during an incident where they were both drunk and the friend ruined his "patent shoes." In the song the main character is looking back on the incident without regret. The phrase "My Name Is Mud" is figure of speech in the U.S. mostly, used when someone does something wrong and realizes that they face severe consequences.
The song was released as a single in 1993 and received heavy rock radio airplay and some popular radio airplay. It was enough to put Primus, who had earned respect for their previous single "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver", on the Billboard top 10 a week after Pork Soda's debut.
In the summer of 1993, Primus released a video for "My Name is Mud", directed by Mark Kohr. The video is about a blue-collar man digging to bury a man he murdered, while Bob Cock is at a spa with fat people drinking pork soda and relaxing in mud. The video received heavy airplay on MTV. The animated duo Beavis and Butt-head gave the video a positive review. To the disappointment of fans, the video was kicked off MTV in 2001, deemed unsafe for children.
[edit] Trivia
- During the shooting of the video, Bob Cock accidentally dropped his towel, showing his privates. The band made fun of it in commetary on the 2003 DVD, saying the towel dropping synchronises with the bass line in an outtake.
- The song includes the clip "Where ya goin' city boy!" from the 1972 movie Deliverance.
- When Primus played this song at Woodstock '94, they were pelted with mud from the audience. It got to the point where the band stopped mid-song, and drummer Tim Alexander walked off the stage. Les Claypool commented to the crowd, "I opened up a big-ass can of worms with that one. You know, when you throw things on stage, it is a sign of small and insignificant genitalia". Alexander returned to the stage and the band continued where they had left off.
- At the end of the Michael Douglas / Robert Duvall movie "Falling Down", Duvall's last line is "My name is Mud".
