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Primus - DMV

Music Video
ArtistPrimus
SongDMV
DirectorMark Kohr
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Primus' "DMV" video combines the band's manic live presence with deliberately crude and surreal imagery. Concert and backstage footage from a 1993 Greek Theatre performance is intercut with shots of a toilet, fragments of animation, and artwork associated with the earlier "Tommy the Cat" video. The result feels less like a conventional narrative than a compressed snapshot of Primus' touring world: sweaty, chaotic, visually odd, and driven by Les Claypool's restless bass performance.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video uses footage from Primus' October 1, 1993, concert at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California.
  • Its visual material includes animation and artwork recycled from the "Tommy the Cat" video, linking the clip to Primus' earlier visual style.
  • The song appears on *Pork Soda*, released in 1993, and was issued as the album's second single.
  • The album version runs about 4:58, while the music video was shortened to approximately 4:29, omitting part of the outro.
  • The band's record label asked Primus to make the video, resulting in a performance-focused clip rather than a fully developed scripted concept.
  • "DMV" was later included in the band's video anthology *Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People*.

Lyrics

I've been to hell. I spell it...I spell it DMV
Anyone that's been there knows precisely what I mean
Stood there and I've waited and choked back the urge to scream
And if I had my druthers I'd screw a chimpanzee-call it pointless

When I need relief I spell it THC
Perhpas you may know vaguely what I mean
I sit back and smoke away huge chunks of memory
As I slowly inflict upon myself a full lobotomy-call it pointless

Barbecues, tea kettles, gobs of axle grease
There comes a time for every man to sail the seas of cheese
Now, life's a bowl of bagel dogs, but there are unpleasantries
...
© Primus - DMV. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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