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Title: The Pixies suck (not)
Post by: Tracy 2112 on Sep 10, 2012, 04:42 PM
 :rolleyes:
Title: Re: The Pixies suck
Post by: bowl of soup on Sep 10, 2012, 04:47 PM
So does Mississippi football.
Title: Re: The Pixies suck
Post by: Tracy 2112 on Sep 10, 2012, 04:56 PM
OK, you're not a bot   :smiley:

great to have you here



(nOOOOb)
Title: Re: The Pixies suck
Post by: bowl of soup on Sep 10, 2012, 05:01 PM
I have an outstanding history to protect here.
Title: Re: The Pixies suck (not)
Post by: iLikeBeer on Sep 11, 2012, 01:53 PM
The Pixies - Nimrod's Son - Newport 2005

Pixies - Nimrod's Son (Live Acoustic 2005) [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3huRZ4Ut2-k#ws)
Title: Re: The Pixies suck (not)
Post by: LeanneP on Sep 11, 2012, 05:21 PM
I lurve me some Pixies! 

I first saw them at the Concert Hall in Toronto in 1991 w/ Flat Duo Jets opening.

The label my husband works for puts out Charles' stuff in Canada for the last half dozen years or so.

I was really lucky to get to go to the invite only pre-show show they did before their reunion tour a couple years ago. It was in a small club and I got to stand directly in front of Charles. Every time Kim flubbed a bass line, she'd laugh at herself and Charles would seethe. It was pretty funny! 

THere's a video from the show but I don't know how to embed it. Can someone tell me how you are embedding the vids?
Title: Re: The Pixies suck (not)
Post by: ManNamedTruth on Sep 11, 2012, 09:54 PM
it's even easier than that, just copy and paste the url from your browser, that's it.
Title: Re: The Pixies suck (not)
Post by: LeanneP on Sep 12, 2012, 12:40 AM
Here is a video, not mine, from the secret show. The first bit is about going to the show. Then there are lots of short clips from each song. It's so strange to be watching it and be able to identify almost every single person in the audience. I even saw my husband at one point (he was an organizer). Anyway, I thought people would enjoy a taste of this incredibly tiny practice show.

Pixies "Secret Show" The Casbah, Hamilton, Ontario (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Xtj9AP-Bs#)

ETA: BTW, thanks for the instructions. I was expecting it to be far harder than this!
Title: Re: The Pixies suck (not)
Post by: bowl of soup on Sep 12, 2012, 03:15 PM
You are my new favorite forum person. Thanks for that.
Title: Re: The Pixies suck (not)
Post by: ManNamedTruth on Sep 12, 2012, 05:04 PM
Doolittle or Surfer Rosa?

I have to give the edge to Doolittle. It's a more consistent listen all the way through, whereas Surfer Rosa has maybe a couple songs I don't care much for, like Tony's Theme. Surfer Rosa was the first album I bought by The Pixies, and I didn't make my next purchase (Doolittle) for about a year or more later. That amount of time let me really soak in Surfer Rosa. Sometimes I try to dive into a bands discography all at once, when sometimes it's better to fully digest one album at a time. Doolittle was the album that took me from casual fan to them being one of my favorite bands. I think it also made me like Surfer Rosa more in a way, too.
Loud quiet Loud is a must watch rock doc. BTW, my favorite out of their DVD's.
Title: Re: The Pixies suck (not)
Post by: bowl of soup on Sep 12, 2012, 11:07 PM
OK. So this is easy. Doolittle all day long. I love Surfer Rosa and I think you are super on point with your thought. I didn't love Surfer Rosa until Doolittle. It was like unleashed potential. But Doolittle changed music. Ask Radiohead what they think. I still hate Silver though. And Loud Quiet Loud is the best thing I have ever seen.
Title: Re: The Pixies suck (not)
Post by: Tracy 2112 on Sep 13, 2012, 02:19 PM
Quote from: ManNamedTruth on Sep 12, 2012, 05:04 PM
Doolittle or Surfer Rosa?

Surfer Rosa has maybe a couple songs I don't care much for, like Tony's Theme.

Doolittle for me.

But a quick story on why I do love Tony's Theme > waiting tables and the kitchen loved the Pixies. The head grill guy had an exceptionally bad evening b/c we were really slammed. I was buying them all beers during the close down and they were getting pretty well lit and so the grill guy put Tony's Theme on repeat and it played over and over and got louder and louder to where after about 20 straight minutes of Tony's theme the grill guy's bad mood was lifting (may have been the beer) but it all got really surreal and then everyone was in on singing the lines (all mumbles and made up words) leading up to To-ny To-ny(even the black dishwasher who was in high school who thought all us white folks were nuts) and it transformed a rather dismal, low energy situation into a frenzied ecstasy. It's called Tony's theme...

there

Pixies - Tony's Theme (HQ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVK6qzpsTw#)