| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| pixie punk |
Posted - 02/14/2013 : 03:05:31
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/black-francis-on-frank-black-pixies-nashville-and-more/Content?oid=3275308
PUERTO RICO PIXIE |
| 13 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Carl |
Posted - 02/17/2013 : 16:37:09
Indeed, great some great points there Jose. I love art that you can enjoy on different levels. |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 02/16/2013 : 00:58:59
Pure and instant love that post.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 02/15/2013 : 23:15:28
Yes! Great post. |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 02/15/2013 : 22:38:49
second that. kudos to jose
 20th Anniversary Tour; Teenager Of The Year: Live and Complete - Coming Soon in 2014 to your favorite venue! |
| hammerhands |
Posted - 02/15/2013 : 19:59:46
wow. awesome post. |
| Jose Jones |
Posted - 02/15/2013 : 16:48:03
again he reiterates "I'm really serious in terms of the fact that I like music, but I don't really think it's that serious."
i went onto youtube in hopes of finding the WKRP In Cincinnati version of Paul Anka's "you're having my baby" (in the form of the Hallelujah Tabernacle Choir's cover "you're having our baby"), but stumbled upon a Trompe era interview with Charles. of covering Head On he says "they're a Scottish surf band and we're an American surf band, and as the Ventures covered the Shadows, and the Shadows covered Link Wray, and Link Wray covered Dick Dale, it's kind of the same thing. Plus, it looked great on video."
in the same interview he makes the signature claim that the lyrics don't really need to mean anything, it just needs to feel right, feel good. it's rock n roll. "it's all disco."
but then i think, THAT's what makes this band, this man, so full of riches for us fans- it has that gut feeling of hitting the form squarely on the head, but if you're one who enjoys riddles, puzzles, history, art, or literature there is so much to glean from careful analysis of ALL aspects of his particular brand of "disco" or "surf rock" or "country."
then, on the side there on Youtube i see a Kid A documentary. it's basically an interview with Thom Yorke a year after Kid A came out. the interviewer asks him how it feels to have Radiohead be considered one of the best rock n roll bands in the world, and he says he's so over that shit. "that shit" being whatever it is that is overshadowing the music- the mythologizing of a group of people. he gives the example of Rothko, saying that a bunch of kids would walk into a room of Rothko paintings and be overjoyed and inspired by all the magnificent colors, but all the adults would think of is "oh, that poor soul who killed himself." the personality being confused with the art.
FB has made a career of celebrating that joy in music, rock n roll, punk, that children experience, while (for 25 years now) sidestepping those pitfalls in reference to his own imprint on music. granted, he's avoided any headlines-grabbing life experiences. i can't truthfully say i wouldn't be as obsessed with him/his music if he were a druggy blowhard, but i doubt he'd have the same constantly-espoused worldview
if he were, and thus this observation would have never been made. but (therefore?) it is not HE who i am obsessed with (that has always been a dead end, thank allah and CMKT3) but his music. which makes HIM all the more interesting. the music is so rich, so fulfilling that the listener wants to attribute it to some demi-god (black francis?) but can only find the music, which only feeds the obsession more. The art = the personality (that thing we are looking for), but the art is not THE personality (the demi-god who does not exist aka family man charles thompson).
i first came to charles/pixies thru the pixies tribute album that featured weezer, superdrag, local h, nada surf etc. i went out and picked up Death to the Pixies. the first time i listened through that best-of i didn't know what i was hearing. literally. was this guy hispanic? clearly he was a maniac. how is this so abrasive yet so melodic? what the fuck is going on here?
eventually i got a hold of the Subbacultcha boot.even after devouring every pixies release, the album cover of that bootleg had me baffled. these were regular folks. the music tells a different story.
never have the actual personalities behind the music ruined the demons, ghosts, aliens, gunslingers and mythical sea-lion wives contained within the music. FB's life-long poo-pooing of mythologizing his music has preserved the purity and innocence of our mythologizing of his music. he's always batted the camera away from himself and put the focus squarely on the albums. those little rock songs he writes.
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown. |
| OLDMANOTY |
Posted - 02/15/2013 : 09:36:25
quote:
Originally posted by Brank_Flack
He was probably doing a Pixies album there. He was at Gil Norton's studio with Joey. When asked again about a new pixies album he said he is not at liberty to say. If he was recording a solo album there he would be promoting it, if he hadn't recorded a Pixies album he would have said no. He's sitting on it because his band's publicity representor, or whatever the position was, told him he couldn't talk about a new pixies album. For big releases like the first pixies album in over twenty years they'll be optimizing a marketing strategy hence the delay. It all fits, I think.
Perhaps a Bowie style comeback - new Pixies song/video released with zero pre-publicity (rumours aside), album to follow? Ok, Bowie's already done it but I think it would be fitting. |
| Sam |
Posted - 02/15/2013 : 06:15:23
quote:
Originally posted by Brank_Flack
He was probably doing a Pixies album there. He was at Gil Norton's studio with Joey. When asked again about a new pixies album he said he is not at liberty to say. If he was recording a solo album there he would be promoting it, if he hadn't recorded a Pixies album he would have said no. He's sitting on it because his band's publicity representor, or whatever the position was, told him he couldn't talk about a new pixies album. For big releases like the first pixies album in over twenty years they'll be optimizing a marketing strategy hence the delay. It all fits, I think.
I agree with the logic. Seems like it all fits pretty nice. I also think that what someone else said on the Live thread is interesting.
That silver snail song sounds very kind of Golem to me. Certainly not Nashville cat territory. I would say there might be a couple of records being worked on. |
| Discoking |
Posted - 02/14/2013 : 21:45:51
quote:
Originally posted by Brank_Flack
He was probably doing a Pixies album there. He was at Gil Norton's studio with Joey. When asked again about a new pixies album he said he is not at liberty to say. If he was recording a solo album there he would be promoting it, if he hadn't recorded a Pixies album he would have said no. He's sitting on it because his band's publicity representor, or whatever the position was, told him he couldn't talk about a new pixies album. For big releases like the first pixies album in over twenty years they'll be optimizing a marketing strategy hence the delay. It all fits, I think.
i wonder what fissle thinks about your theory.
i really do.
 it's educational |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 02/14/2013 : 12:42:30
He was probably doing a Pixies album there. He was at Gil Norton's studio with Joey. When asked again about a new pixies album he said he is not at liberty to say. If he was recording a solo album there he would be promoting it, if he hadn't recorded a Pixies album he would have said no. He's sitting on it because his band's publicity representor, or whatever the position was, told him he couldn't talk about a new pixies album. For big releases like the first pixies album in over twenty years they'll be optimizing a marketing strategy hence the delay. It all fits, I think. |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 02/14/2013 : 08:18:55
It's all very intriguing. Especially considering how long they were in the studio for! |
| oddball |
Posted - 02/14/2013 : 03:39:42
Someone needs to ask him point blank what the Wales recordings were all about. Does Frank usually "sit" on recordings that long?
-Oddball |
| 999 |
Posted - 02/14/2013 : 03:27:01
love his mention of Minor Threat. hell yea Frank! |
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