| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| number 13 |
Posted - 09/30/2005 : 15:21:42
Any setlists please? No talking about these shows? I'm a little bit surprised. Were the shows cancelled? |
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| Levitated |
Posted - 11/19/2005 : 18:44:46
Does anybody have the Baltimore setlist?? |
| Carl |
Posted - 10/04/2005 : 09:00:06
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=24432&pid=1338
The Pixies' Tour Dust
David Moltz
Imagine, if you will, a world without The Pixies -- a world where the collective evolution of popular rock music has been stagnant since the late 1980s. Forget the grunge movement or flannel -- they were never cool. The local radio station, MTV and your iPod are still playing suburban hair bands, à la Bon Jovi, all hours of the day. Sound exciting?
Fortunately, the music world is a better place, thanks to a University of Massachusetts dropout and his friends.
Many of us hadn't taken our first steps when Black Francis formed The Pixies in 1986. Now, 20 years later, their sound influences just about every guitar-based band from Death Cab for Cutie to Radiohead.
During their brief recording career, The Pixies released an EP and four landmark full-length albums before breaking up in 1993. Most fans consider Surfer Rosa and Doolittle the strongest releases, and the band found minor hits with "Here Comes Your Man" and "Wave of Mutilation."
In retrospect, The Pixies are credited as the first band to bring indie-rock to the mainstream, though they never saw the commercial success of their immediate followers like Nirvana. The Pixies occupy an awkward niche in the music world, often name-checked more than listened to.
Unlike other influential bands, The Pixies have aged well in the shadow of their influence. The opening drum beat to "Bone Machine" still sounds like it might break your stereo, Black Francis' gut-wrenching yelps on "Debaser" still send chills down the spine and the fat guitar riff on "U-Mass" still rocks harder than Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ever did.
With their music so ingrained in the fabric of the current indie-rock scene, the prospect of a Pixies reunion seemed just right. Last year, The Pixies made the dreams of longtime fans come true when they reconvened for an indefinite tour under the banner, "The Pixies Sellout." But what originally appeared to be a series of one-off performances slowly formed into a full-fledged reunion.
Glowing reviews and unanimous critical praise have only spurred the band onto bigger things. October sees the release of a DVD showcasing their initial reunion tour dates, and substantial rumors put The Pixies in the studio recording another album. The focus, however, still remains their phenomenal, charged live show. The band has taken great care to breathe new life into its back catalogue and please old fans while winning new converts nightly.
Nearly 12 years since their breakup, the legend that is The Pixies continues to grow. It's not often that bands get a second shot at success, but this college dropout and his friends, with a newly rejuvenated audience, are ready to take that chance.
The Pixies play the Charlottesville Pavilion tonight at 7:30 p.m. (gates at 6.) Lake Trout and Army of Me open. Tickets run $37. |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 10/02/2005 : 23:54:37
well, well, well
it was only water!
a smoothie would have been more nasty
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God save the Noisies |
| Levitated |
Posted - 09/30/2005 : 21:16:26
What an asshole that guy. He should've been killed right there   |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 09/30/2005 : 16:51:52
Oh, thanks LBF! |
| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 09/30/2005 : 16:28:20
Hey, I posted that. Here' part of my review that I also posted there:
I walked up to buy a ticket and the ticket dude gave me a free ticket, he said someone dropped it off because their freind had gotten sick or something. Saved $37.50, that was just the begining of the great experience.
We casually strolled up to Kim’s side 15 minutes before the show and there were four people thick in front of me. I’ve never been closer to Kim Deal. It was more intimate Pixies show I ever could have dreamed. We were so close to the house speakers I thought we were going to go deaf, but no, they brought their sound way down. The whole thing was stripped down. None of their lights or anything. Just their basic setup.
They came out to a ravage applause. Frank has hair. He hasn’t had a haircut in at least 2 months, I had no idea. Kim adorned a catatonic smile that would not leave her the entire show except for that one sad part in Winterlong. I couldn’t believe how easy it all was to be in spitting distance of the band. I can’t imagine being at a more intimate Pixies show unless they were playing at my birthday party.
They opened with Bone Machine. The whole crowd was very energetic. I was obviously the oldest dude there. We happened to end up in the young lesbian dread freaky dance section, so I had to fight off the elbows and bumping characteristic these twisted little people the whole show. In that tiny little crowd about 10 people crowd surfed their way to the sidewalk escorted by the 2 security guards that were stunned by this happening, not too many crowd surfers at Keller Williams concerts. It took the 2 guards and 2 sound guys to restrain this one dude, he was about to knock over the entire sound table after he drunkenly rampaged his way onstage.
The second song was Wave fast, and a minute into it someone threw a half full bottle of water that hit frank right in the face, no shit. I told JT, dude, they’re going to walk offstage after this. After the song frank picked up the bottle and threw it at the bass drum, splashing water all over the drums, it bounced back to him. Then he chucked it against the backdrop. He was fucking really pissed. It’s weird, but seeing frank pissed seems second nature to me. I don’t think I’ve been to a show where he didn’t get pissed at someone for a minute. Last show I saw he got pissed because the sound guys fucked up the mic on his acoustic and you couldn’t hear it, he didn’t like that. He gets a little passive aggressive onstage sometimes.
There was absolutely no chatting, a very fast moving set that seemed like it lasted forever. Frank said thank you once. I’m not sure what they were thinking. I always thought it would be interesting if a band reviewed the venues and the crowds like fans review the show. I just think it is a cool idea.
The coolest parts of the show for me were No 13, Head On, Sad Punk and Winterlong and Joey’s Vamos solo. They played really well, the sound was perfect. I could hear and decipher everything and it was just the right volume, my ears didn’t even ring after the show and I was 4th row or less. I did yell “I love you Kim” about 7 times, just trying to find enough quiet so that she might hear it. I. I think that made me more deaf and hoarse than anything. I think she almost blushed one time. She’s great. She was quite lovely. Although her fashion bewilders me. The short sleeve white collared shirt underneath the 20 year old faded black tee with the design worn off.
I’m so glad I went, I had no idea it was going to be so wonderful. I was really bitter after the other show I saw in Baltimore. This experience was far better than my best expectations, it thoroughly renewed my adoration of frank and the pixies. Definitely one of the all time best shows I’ve ever seen. I
I know nobody gives a shit about set lists but I think these were most of the songs that played, 105 minute show, pretty cool. No particular order
... It was like the First time I ever tried Cheetos. |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 09/30/2005 : 15:50:54
Charlottesville set, from pixiesmusic.com
Not in order, and I'm not certain if it's complete.
Caribou
Vamos
Holiday
Nimrods
Debaser
Bleed
Tame
Wave x2
Dead
Monkey
No 13
Hey
Gouge
Bone
Broken
Gigantic
River
Where mind
U mass
Subbacultcha
Sad Punk
Winterlong
radiator
into the white
head on
Apparently someone threw a half full bottle of water and it hit Frank in the face. Quite early in the show, so it seems to set continued without a problem. |
| darwin |
Posted - 09/30/2005 : 15:43:25
Fatigue and not much of chance that the set list is going to be any different than the other set lists. |
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