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| Flashing_Eyes |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 21:14:58
Frank Black joked on Tuesday that the first new Pixies album in 14 years is only one step away from being finished.
"I haven't removed enough Kim Deal compositions from it yet," he deadpanned, referring to his former nemesis, the band's bassist and other singer/songwriter. "We'll have a fight about that or something. And of course, in the end I will dominate"
The truth is, Black and Deal are getting along, which is the key to the album Pixies fans never thought possible until the band reunited to tour in 2004. In fact, intra-band scuttlebutt has it that Deal wants to revisit a potential Pixies song that Black wrote for the "Shrek 2" soundtrack, which was abandoned in favor of Deal's "Bam Thwok." (That song never made the soundtrack either, but was finished and released on iTunes.)
"It's an old song that I've written lyrics to a few times and I've never been satisfied with, so Kim has expressed interest in some of that publishing money — I'm just kidding," Black said. "No. Kim said, 'Hey, maybe we should start on that one.' I was very surprised to hear that. I would say that is considerable progress, that she has expressed interest in not only working on a song, but one of my songs.
"I think Kim is a little more afraid of the legacy being ruined, which is fair enough," he continued. "But I think Joey [Santiago] and I are like, 'We're willing. We just want to ride this cash cow into the arena. We're just like, 'Come on, let's just do it, man. We're the Pixies, of course it's going to be good.' And she's all, 'Yeah, but what if it's not good.' So we'll see what happens. We haven't really been able to think about it up until now, because we've been too busy collecting money from all these festivals we do. It takes a lot of counting to get through all that cash."
In the meantime, this week the group released Pixies Sell Out, its first concert DVD. Most of the footage was taken from a show in Belfort, France, on July 3 of last year, although there are also bonus songs from seven other 2004 shows, including Austin City Limits, New Orleans' Voodoo Music Festival, Japan's Fuji Rock Festival, England's Move Festival and Scotland's T in the Park.
"I made one comment in the edit, and that was to remove the shot of the topless gal on top of her boyfriend's shoulders in the crowd," Black said. "[Producers] try to get you involved, but I find with that sort of material ... I kinda just look out of the corner of my eye. If I get too involved then it might never come out."
Black has yet to watch the finished product, but he actually watched the Belfort show just minutes after performing there.
"Whoever it was that was filming the show had a rough cut of the performance on a DVD for us, and we all watched it on the bus and were all surprised that we could look at something so quickly," he recalled. "We all agreed that it looked good at the time. I think it probably was the best filmed performance."
The bonus material on Pixies Sell Out also includes some songs from Coachella, the reunited Pixies' first festival (see "Cure, Pixies Hottest Things At Coachella (Aside From Weather)").
"The show was kind of off/on, of/on, off/on — and much to everybody's relief, especially the promoter's, we did in fact show up," Black said. "And it was [near] L.A., so of course everyone in the audience knew who we were, as opposed to, say, Spokane."
Although the Pixies have been slow in getting their reunion album off the ground, Black has been rather prolific with his solo material (see "Frank Black Covers Elvis, Duets With Ex-Wife On Dylanesque Album"). His follow-up to this summer's acclaimed Honeycomb — which he says will not be called The Sicilian, as he'd previously said, but will be called something else — is near completion and could include upward of 25 songs when it's released early next year.
"They won't all fit on one CD so we technically would have to go over to two CDs, so I don't know," Black said. "Is it really good enough? I might be opening myself up to all the classic kind of criticism. It's either gonna be like, 'He hit a triple, and now it's a home run!' Or it could be like, 'Yes, we all like Honeycomb fine and dandy, but please don't irk us with more of your natural mush.'
"So I need to decide if it's gonna be a self-indulgent epic or if it's gonna be a lean and mean kind of thing," he continued, before adding, "I'm more of a self-indulgent epic kind of guy."
Pixies Sell Out DVD track list,
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* Bone Machine
* "Wave of Mutilation"
* "In Heaven"
* "Something Against You"
* "River Euphrates"
* "U-Mass"
* "Cactus"
* "Ed Is Dead"
* "I Bleed
* "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
* "Hey"
* "Levitate Me"
* "Subbacultcha"
* "Dead"
* "Gouge Away"
* "Velouria"
* "Mr. Grieves"
* "Crackity Jones"
* "Broken Face"
* "Isla de Encanta"
* "Tame"
* "Here Comes Your Man"
* "The Holiday Song"
* "Where Is My Mind?"
* "Vamos"
* "Wave of Mutilation"
* "Gigantic"
ahhhhhhhhhhhh, i can't wait for this new record to get released. |
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| CrackCrack |
Posted - 11/17/2005 : 04:05:50
hey someone asked earlier above...if they knew where to find the song velvety instrumental....its on the b sides cd....and dont be turned off by the title...the cd is amazing..all the songs are great...lots of awesome covers..and instrumentals...a must have for all hardcore pixies fans...and velvety instrumental is amazing considering mr. black wrote it when he was 15...pure genius!
***even in my dreams my words get blown away*** |
| Peter Walker |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 03:25:08
Mind you, what sometimes happens when the press take jokey Frank comments at face value?
"We often get together to jam, but it's not for public consumption", anyone?
;-)
Super little interview though; what a droll man FB is. |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 03:17:46
And of course, some papers are taking the comments at face value. Ha! |
| therewererumours |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 03:03:50
Ha ha, good stuff, it's so funny how he takes the piss out of the Kim Deal animosity story. If your in Ireland, Aertel are quoting this as a possible new album.
On the thirty-first floor your gold-plated door
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain |
| Carl |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 01:11:45
They're all on to this:
http://www.spin.com/features/news/2005/10/051006_new_pixies/
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=129463
http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=9074
Brand New Pixies Album Nears Completion
October 6, 2005
In an attempt to ride the wave of love and tour support from fans that were still eating paste when Trompe Le Monde came out, the Pixies are about to finish their first LP in fourteen years. Pixies frontman Frank Black joked to MTV.com about the whole affair. "I think Kim [Deal, Pixies' bassist] is a little more afraid of the legacy being ruined, which is fair enough," Black said. "But I['m] like 'We're willing. We just want to ride this cash cow into the arena...We're the Pixies, of course it's going to be good.'" Black also lampooned his former fisticuffs with Deal. "We'll have a fight about...something," Black joked. "And of course, in the end, I will dominate."
SPIN.com reported earlier this summer about the Pixies live DVD, which was released on September 20 and includes Pixies performances from the Coachella Festival, the Voodoo Music Experience, and the Austin City Limits Festival (Read More). The Pixies appeared at the Across the Narrows Festival in New York last weekend.
Pixies Edge Closer To Recording New Album
October 6, 2005
Chatting with MTV about his reunited band's current status, Frank Black jokes that one integral step must happen before they can put out their first studio album in 14 years. "I haven't removed enough Kim Deal compositions from it yet," he said, referring to the Pixies bassist/singer. "We'll have a fight about that or something. And of course, in the end I will dominate." Black can afford to joke about the band's storied past, since the members are getting along better than ever and talking about returning to the studio to record an unfinished tune.
"It's an old song that I've written lyrics to a few times and I've never been satisfied with, so Kim has expressed interest in some of that publishing money — I'm just kidding," Black said. "No. Kim said, 'Hey, maybe we should start on that one.' I was very surprised to hear that. I would say that is considerable progress, that she has expressed interest in not only working on a song, but one of my songs." Deal's composition, "Bam Thwok," was released as an iTunes single last year, the only new Pixies original song they've put out since reuniting.
"I think Kim is a little more afraid of the legacy being ruined, which is fair enough. But I think [guitarist] Joey [Santiago] and I are like, 'We're willing. We just want to ride this cash cow into the arena. We're just like, 'Come on, let's just do it, man. We're the Pixies, of course it's going to be good.' And she's all, 'Yeah, but what if it's not good?' So we'll see what happens." Black continued with the wisecracks, adding, "We haven't really been able to think about it up until now, because we've been too busy collecting money from all these festivals we do. It takes a lot of counting to get through all that cash."
The latest release from the Pixies is the new live DVD Pixies Sell Out. Black is also working on his next solo CD, a follow-up to Honeycomb, the Country-tinged Rock album which was released earlier this year. "[The material] won't all fit on one CD so we technically would have to go over to two CDs, so I don't know," Black said. "I need to decide if it's gonna be a self-indulgent epic or if it's gonna be a lean and mean kind of thing. I'm more of a self-indulgent epic kind of guy."
Frank Black: Pixies One Fight From New Album
Get scrapping then!...
by Daniel Melia on 10/6/2005
Frank Black has revealed that a potential new Pixies album is just one band fight away from being a possibility.
Black told VH1: "I haven't removed enough Kim Deal compositions from it yet...we'll have a fight about that or something. And of course, in the end I will dominate"
He also revealed that he was surprised when Deal encouraged him to start working on new material, beginning with a song he originally penned for the Shrek 2 soundtrack.
Black said: "Kim said, 'Hey, maybe we should start on that one.' I was very surprised to hear that. I would say that is considerable progress, that she has expressed interest in not only working on a song, but one of my songs."
He also says the Joey Santiago and himself are currently more concerned with Making money through huge comeback tours than making a new album, he says: "We just want to ride this cash cow into the arena."
"We haven't really been able to think about it up until now, because we've been too busy collecting money from all these festivals we do. It takes a lot of counting to get through all that cash." |
| matto |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 19:23:35
yeah right, I wish there was a pixies song fb wrote that was cut from shrek 2
skinny puppy has a song called "cult" - does that count? |
| Carl |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 13:34:58
Thanks, Flashing Eyes (Broken Face has a snippet of this in the Frank Making Noise thread, too!).
Sounds like a strong hint at a new album to me!! |
| Sprite |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 02:59:59
Frank sounds more positive about a new Pixies album than I've seen anywhere else :) |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 02:40:56
A great article. He's really got a way with those deadpan comments.
"I'm more of a self-indulgent epic kind of guy."
Best. Quote. Ever. |
| benji |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 02:06:05
quote:
Originally posted by billgoodman
wow, so the nakes boobs shot is the only reason to hold on to our dvd-bootleg, maybe I won't throw it away.
that and the fact that it's complete whereas the official release has 3 songs cut.
 Join the Cult of Fat! |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 01:04:37
wow, so the nakes boobs shot is the only reason to hold on to our dvd-bootleg, maybe I won't throw it away.
And yes it's news, Frank doens't seem to say that there's a 50-50 chance for a new record, and he's telling us about Kím's involvement (don't think they are talking about Velvety though). I like his joke about the removement of Deal-songs. Damn, I love lot's of this interview. What about the 2 disc not Sicilian-titled record! Self indulgence, we love it!
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God save the Noisies |
| jediroller |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 00:55:00
Nothing on Courtney Love's involvement ?
I jumped on the Frank Black Bandwagon/'Cause Pixies are so 2004 |
| vilainde |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 00:38:47
Thank for the article, Flashing Eyes. It's from MTV.com:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1510936/20051005/story.jhtml
<<Pixies One Fight Away From Finishing New LP, Release Live DVD>>
I found these parts interesting:
Deal wants to revisit a potential Pixies song that Black wrote for the "Shrek 2" soundtrack, which was abandoned in favor of Deal's "Bam Thwok." good!
"I made one comment in the edit, and that was to remove the shot of the topless gal on top of her boyfriend's shoulders in the crowd," Black said. no good!
His follow-up to this summer's acclaimed Honeycomb — which he says will not be called The Sicilian, as he'd previously said, but will be called something else — is near completion and could include upward of 25 songs when it's released early next year.good!
'Yes, we all like Honeycomb fine and dandy, but please don't irk us with more of your natural mush.'true!
Denis
"We brush our teeth with tequila." - Guitar Wolf |
| darwin |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 00:35:07
I thougth there was new news: the Kim Deal song suggestion, Joey & Frank being gungho. |
| jediroller |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 00:33:31
quote:
Originally posted by Flashing_Eyes
"I made one comment in the edit, and that was to remove the shot of the topless gal on top of her boyfriend's shoulders in the crowd," Black said.
The real news is that Frank is channelling Dave Noisy!
PS : I too wonder where this is from, I couldn't find it in a quick Google search.
I jumped on the Frank Black Bandwagon/'Cause Pixies are so 2004 |
| Jason |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 22:03:55
There is no new album news in that article. |
| benji |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 21:31:28
quote:
Originally posted by Flashing_Eyes
"It's an old song that I've written lyrics to a few times and I've never been satisfied with,
velvety instrumental version anyone?
and where did you find this?
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