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  • The super catchy piccolo bass riff on "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver", especially after it appeared on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack.
  • The deep repeating double bass note that opens Primus and the Chocolate Factory's overture piece, "Hello Wonkites".
  • "Shake Hands with Beef", combining a driving, drilling bass riff with ominous lyrics and a shuffling beat to make a song that's both eerie and catchy at the same time.
  • "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver", a wacky half-innuendo half-jokey song about a woman named Wynona's (literal pet!) big brown beaver.
  • The slow boil of "Southbound Pachyderm".
  • "Tommy the Cat", with special guest Tom Waits! Waits' charismatic storytelling Motor Mouth is backed by some of the best instrumental performances the band has to offer, and it's a golden combination.
  • With its measured, harrowing instrumentation, equally sobering lyrics and unsettling vocal deliveries from Martina Topley-Bird, Waits and of course Les, "Coattails of a Dead Man" off Antipop is a sterling gem.
  • The mostly muted slap bass riff and perfectly timed drumming of "My Name is Mud".

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