Mrs. Blaileen
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| Single by Primus from the album Tales from the Punchbowl |
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| Released | 1995 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock Funk metal Alternative Metal |
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| Length | 3:19 | ||||
| Label | Interscope Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Claypool/LaLonde/Alexander | ||||
| Producer | Primus | ||||
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"Mrs. Blaileen" is a song by Primus from their 1995 album Tales from the Punchbowl. The song is a mix of heavy metal, prog rock, and funk, and features a rapidly alternating bass line, constantly switching from low notes, at wider frets and thicker strings, to high notes, on thinner frets and thinner strings. However, this is nothing special or unusual coming from bassist Les Claypool, who has indeed devised some of the strangest bass lines imaginable.
The song brings to mind Pink Floyd, more specifically The Wall, due to its lyrical content. The song begins:
- "Mrs. Blaileen, she was his sixth grade teacher, and she controlled the children, by using humiliation"
This has a clear resemblance to the Pink Floyd song "The Happiest Days of Our Lives", which begins:
- "When we grew up and went to school, there were certain teachers who would hurt the children anyway they could. By pouring their derision upon everything we did, exposing every weakness however carefully hidden by the kids"
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