Sometimes i waonder if they knew when they were making "debaser" that they were making one of the greatest songs ever. seriously.
You're obviously a person with impeccable taste! Yes, it's a great song, although I personally think "I Bleed" is better. __________________ To have loafed and lost is better than to have never loafed at all.
or how about "Gigantic" or "Alec Eifel". One of the great American bands of the past 20 years. Pretty much every song on Doolittle is quality.
A Great band ... and so noted on my top ten bands. I actually remember the day I heard that the Pixies broke up in the way that past generations remember hewaring that the Beatles broke up. I'm a big Bossa Nova fan. I also like Bone Machine, Break My Body, Bird Song of the Olympus Mons, All Over the World, Dig for Fire .... well, a lot songs.
Fight Club is one of my favorite movies. Brilliant both technically and creatively. The Dust Brothers score did an amazing job of setting the tone of the film. But what a way to end it, with the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind". If I didn't have balls, I would've been stuck to the seat.
Such a great album. Velouria, Alison, Dig for Fire, Is She Weird, Rock Music. I also think Surfer Rosa was an incredible album, Bone Machine, Gigantic and River Euphrates are some of my favorite songs.
Funny story from my college days involving Frank Black. I worked at the college paper and was supposed to interview Frank Black about a new album with his band the Catholics and their pending show in my town. I was still living at home at the time and the interview was scheduled for some ridiculously early time like 6am. The day scheduled for the interview was some government holiday that people don't really celebrate but you get the day off (I can't remember what it was, something like President's Day I think.) To make a long story short, my mom had the day off work and never gets to sleep late. I had forgotten about the interview and had stayed out late the night before and didn't remember to get the portable phone out of my mom's bedroom so it wouldn't wake her up when Frank was supposed to call. Next thing I know, my mom comes storming in the room, madder than I've seen her in a long time because she got woken up early on a day she had a chance to sleep late. She comes storming in my bedroom with the phone and says, "Tell this Frank Black friend of yours if he ever calls here again this early that I will kill him." I laughed my butt off at that and needless to say Frank did too. I was too tired and and couldn't find my questions so I had to decline to interview Frank because I was totally unprepared and we couldn't reschedule before the show. I went ahead and did the article reviewing the album and previewing the show anyway minus the interview. Of all my years writing for various publications the headline for this story is the only one I ever remember: "Once a Pixie, Black Now a Catholic" Amazingly, we didn't receive one negative letter about the headline.
Bossanova is simply a brilliant CD.. When the Pixies decided to actually use distortion pedals, I became a big fan.. Trompe Le Monde is also brilliant.....
haha, thanks. Yeah, bleed is a great song as welll. Tell ya what, lets jsut agree taht every singls song theyve ever made is great.
Now how do you possibly forget you had an interview with one of the greatest musicians of the past 20 years? I saw him with the Catholics a few years back at a small club and it was pretty cool because here's Frank Black playing right in front of my face. I was blown away. His set was cut short because of the dicks that run the club who oversold tickets and the place was packed tight, causing a "safety hazard". Bastards.
Re: Re: We dont talk about Pixies enough It is just like any other job after a while, you get used to it and awe over musicians and other famous people fades with time.
Re: Re: Re: We dont talk about Pixies enough Amen. I was fortunate enough to be in college when they were hitting the circuit and got to see them live many times. I always loved how "Palace of the Brine" ran into the next song...can't remember the name.
While I think all of their albums are quality, I'd have to say that Bossanova is my favorite. It's the first Pixie's album I owned, and that, for some reason, kind of stuck with me. As for songs: Bone Machine Velouria Alec Eiffel
bump..... I love the Pixies. Dolittle and Surfer Rosa alternate as my favorite album. my favorite line: "hips like Cinderella"
i havent been able to stop listening to doolitle latley especially "la la i love you" I think my band is gonna cover that song.
I hate it when people tell me stories of celebrity encounters as if I'm supposed to be impressed. But you must admit, it's damn hard to keep these stories to yourself, eh? In the summer of '89 my friend and I went to a Pixies show in Geneva, Switzerland. It was being held at some old communist meeting hall. When we heard the band doing the sound check my friend and I went upstairs to the hall as there was no security to stop us. We sat there ogling Kim Deal for a few minutes until some punk security f__er kicked us out. Well, standing outside a few minutes later we noticed Kim Deal come out of a side door and she wandered around looking lost. We approached and said "Hey, aren't you Kim Deal?". She was suprised that (A)she was recognized and (B)we spoke English. Turns out she was looking for her hotel and so we walked her there. For a teenage Pixies fan this was as good as life got. Oh, yeah, the 45 minute set they played that night wasn't half bad, either.
Wow, what a great anecdote. I bought Surfer Rosa simply because The Pixies were influencial to other bands I've liked. Not disappointed! Added Doolittle soon after.
This is what happens when you find threads from 2 years ago that you started that suddenly have relavence again . It turns out, that according to my star ratings on iTunes, my top 5 pixies songs, each coming in with 5 stars out of 5 are: Havalina Vamos I've Been Tired Hey Subbacultcha Conversely, my bottom 5 (each of which have 2 stars) are Rock Music Cecilia Ann Silver Tame Gouge Away. And I think i've decided Surfer Rosa is without a doubt their best album. I also think i get madder and madder at Gil Norton every time i hear one of their last 3 albums. I think he might have been the worst possible producer for that band. Even the stuff Gary Smith did at Fort Apache sounds better than the Gil Norton albums. Ergh.
I am going to see them on Wednsday in St.Paul. I've never seen them before, so I am really excited. My favorite songs arf "Isla de Enctana" and "Caribou." "Gigantic" and "Bone Machine" are also up there. I'm not like a hardcore expert though.
I love those Gil Norton records as much as Surfer Rosa and Come on Pilgrim. And--this might seem heretical--I consider the version of "River Euphrates" they did with Norton to be superior to the one on Surfer Rosa. Frank's scream at the end ("Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidddddddddddddde . . . Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiddddddddde the tay-ude!!!!") is a highlight in a catalog full of highlights. Some new Pixies sounds: Allmusic.com (http://stores.musictoday.com/store/dept.asp?dept_id=3628&band_id=792) has several recent live shows for sale. These are not bootlegs, too, so you can feel virtuous buying them.
I had heard somewhere (I think on these boards) that if you put in a order before one of the shows, you can have a recorded disk of the show you attend. I can't find this info on their website, I did see something about the ability to purchase a download of a show, but I thought I read somewhere you can get an actual disk copy. Anyone know?