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| Carl |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 03:04:03
Okay, so the old 'Really not worth a topic' thread is a total mess, with lots of stuff that's really not worth posting AT ALL. So, I thought I'd start a new thread for little articles and things, but not cram it with every little thing that mentions Pixies! So anyway, came across this and hopefully this is an example of something possibly worth posting:
NYTimes.com - Living With Music: A Playlist by Joanna Smith Rakoff.
1) Is She Weird, Pixies. Nowadays, when people talk about the 1990s, the first band they mention is Nirvana, but for me — and most of my college-radio-station-DJ, record-store-regular friends — that era was all about the Pixies, with their irresistible, genre-busting sound: the slow, precise bass, the shifting tempo, the eerie hiss and scream of Black Francis. In 1990, when “Bossanova” came out, I listened to it endlessly — even though it wasn’t on the level of “Doolittle” or “Come on Pilgrim” — thrilled by this brief, odd song, a freaky gloss on Macbeth: “Is she weird? / Is she white? / Is she promised to the night? / And her head has no room.” I was 18 then, and felt very weird and very white. |
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| tamefan |
Posted - 11/06/2024 : 16:40:53
Oh my bad, didn't realize it was the wrong thread -- deleted! |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 11/06/2024 : 08:09:51
Wrong thread for sure. Tempted to reply but won't take the bait! |
| natenate101 |
Posted - 11/06/2024 : 06:41:35
SMH. So dumb. Take this crap elsewhere. |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 11/06/2024 : 01:34:40
Seems like a General Chat-post, and I have a hard time congratulating anybody right now, but I guess congrats!
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| yarbles |
Posted - 10/24/2024 : 11:50:12
quote:
Originally posted by The Maharal
Adam Buxton did an interview with Kim Deal. It'll be interesting since he's good friends with Black and was around the band moments after Kim left the Indie Cindy sessions.
Edit: Actually, don't think it was for his podcast. More a show in anticipation of Kim's new album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6_rBsjQJFs&list=TLPQMjQxMDIwMjSsFQoMt67nbQ&index=2&ab_channel=SteveHurst
Interesting, was there an interview as well? Would love to hear it if it's out there anywhere. |
| The Maharal |
Posted - 10/24/2024 : 10:07:08
Adam Buxton did an interview with Kim Deal. It'll be interesting since he's good friends with Black and was around the band moments after Kim left the Indie Cindy sessions.
Edit: Actually, don't think it was for his podcast. More a show in anticipation of Kim's new album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6_rBsjQJFs&list=TLPQMjQxMDIwMjSsFQoMt67nbQ&index=2&ab_channel=SteveHurst |
| Bryanwex |
Posted - 09/18/2024 : 16:01:25
Ñòèëüíûå ñîâåòû ïî ïîäáîðó ïðåâîñõîäíûõ ëóêîâ íà ëþáîé äåíü.
Çàìåòêè ýêñïåðòîâ, íîâîñòè, âñå íîâèíêè è øîó.
https://moismi.ru/info/704-kak-otlichit-originalnuyu-veshch-balmain-ot-poddelki-osnovnye-sovety/
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| Bryanwex |
Posted - 09/18/2024 : 14:46:52
Ñòèëüíûå çàìåòêè ïî ñîçäàíèþ ñòèëüíûõ îáðàçîâ íà êàæäûé äåíü.
Çàìåòêè ïðîôåññèîíàëîâ, ñîáûòèÿ, âñå êîëëåêöèè è øîó.
https://moismi.ru/info/704-kak-otlichit-originalnuyu-veshch-balmain-ot-poddelki-osnovnye-sovety/
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| Bedbug |
Posted - 09/04/2024 : 01:36:22
More Dave Grohl going on and on about the Pixies
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-band-dave-grohl-thought-could-have-had-nirvanas-fame-we-were-blown-away-they-never-got-big/ |
| rivum |
Posted - 09/03/2024 : 06:34:13
quote:
Originally posted by tamefan
Mother Mother's lead singer, Ryan, met Joey at a bar and Joey played new & unreleased Pixies songs for him on a headset. Not sure if this story is referring to Zombies or to an earlier album. It's amusing that Joey walks around with new Pixies music in his pocket at the ready.
Ryan tells the story here: https://youtu.be/05An5P_Yaso?t=347
Here's Mother Mother covering Cactus and Gouge Away. Ryan plays an interesting solo during Gouge Away: https://youtu.be/EOYxc5tS8fM?t=298
i got the impression from listening to that video clip that joey playing him those unreleased songs wasn't recently, since he said "i met the guitarist at a bar ONCE..."
could be wrong but i'm thinking it isn't the currently unreleased songs he heard
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| rivum |
Posted - 09/03/2024 : 06:32:54
mother mother are really cool. good canadian band!
i saw them one time at a festival and was surprised when they played two pixies covers (cactus and gouge, same as the other show posted above).
seemed odd to take up a fairly short time slot with two songs that are covers.
but i loved it! they do a great job on them and clearly are very passionate pixies fans.
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| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 08/31/2024 : 07:32:32
Nice find! Presumably it was Zombies since they should only be beginning their next round of sessions with Tom in the UK right around now since the tour just wrapped up in Ireland. |
| tamefan |
Posted - 08/30/2024 : 22:19:31
Mother Mother's lead singer, Ryan, met Joey at a bar and Joey played new & unreleased Pixies songs for him on a headset. Not sure if this story is referring to Zombies or to an earlier album. It's amusing that Joey walks around with new Pixies music in his pocket at the ready.
Ryan tells the story here: https://youtu.be/05An5P_Yaso?t=347
Here's Mother Mother covering Cactus and Gouge Away. Ryan plays an interesting solo during Gouge Away: https://youtu.be/EOYxc5tS8fM?t=298 |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 07/25/2024 : 04:14:03
I like all her stuff, but it's always same old, same old
I'm not really complaing, because it's all good.
The only thing that seems a bit different is Last Splash to me (more overdubs, complexer arrangments?)
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| natenate101 |
Posted - 07/24/2024 : 17:01:22
quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug
Not a fan of space woman?
I thought that was a better album than most
True though that nothing came close to Pod
I really liked All Nerve (the album as well as the song) a lot. |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 07/24/2024 : 13:46:37
Not a fan of space woman?
I thought that was a better album than most
True though that nothing came close to Pod |
| presley1 |
Posted - 07/24/2024 : 09:10:08
Better than anything done by the breeders in 20 years
Oh my golly! |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 07/16/2024 : 00:29:31
Dig it
Gave me Blondie |
| Stevio10 |
Posted - 07/15/2024 : 12:42:55
quote:
Originally posted by Troubles A Foot
quote:
Originally posted by Stevio10
New Kim Deal single, sounds very nice
https://pitchfork.com/news/the-breeders-kim-deal-shares-new-song-coast-listen/
New songs from the people this forum is dedicated to seems "new topic worthy" to me, at least.
Of course, please feel free to do so :) |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 07/15/2024 : 07:37:41
quote:
Originally posted by Stevio10
New Kim Deal single, sounds very nice
https://pitchfork.com/news/the-breeders-kim-deal-shares-new-song-coast-listen/
New songs from the people this forum is dedicated to seems "new topic worthy" to me, at least. |
| Stevio10 |
Posted - 07/15/2024 : 06:56:09
New Kim Deal single, sounds very nice
https://pitchfork.com/news/the-breeders-kim-deal-shares-new-song-coast-listen/ |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 06/02/2024 : 23:05:24
quote:
Originally posted by Stevio10
Some love for Frank Black & The Catholics from Jack Black
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jack-black-favourite-musicians/
Jack Black has a point!
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| Stevio10 |
Posted - 06/01/2024 : 11:52:52
Some love for Frank Black & The Catholics from Jack Black
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jack-black-favourite-musicians/ |
| Stevio10 |
Posted - 05/11/2024 : 14:38:03
Only recently realised how many albums Albini produced - or was a sound engineer for. Seems like most/all artists he worked with trusted and respected him a great deal.
Still to listen to Shellac, is on my list. Would rather a new Pixies album produced by Albini than Dalgety but hey ho it is what it is. Gary Smith from Fort Apache passed away last year as well, he was also instrument for Come In Pilgrim. |
| Sprite |
Posted - 05/10/2024 : 04:42:25
I completely agree but then nobody has...Why is that I wonder? Because he was a bit sniffy about the band? Personally I'd be sadder if Gil Norton passed away.
Anyway there is no shortage of nice tributes underneath this Guardian story. His influence on the sound of the 90s is without doubt.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/08/steve-albini-us-alt-rock-musician-and-producer-dies-aged-61
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| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 05/08/2024 : 14:52:30
I feel like Albini's death may deserve its own thread, seems like a huge topic. |
| matto |
Posted - 05/08/2024 : 13:47:11
RIP
https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/steve-albini-dead-big-black-shellac-nirvana-1235996121/
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| Bedbug |
Posted - 05/08/2024 : 06:19:52
Wow, that’s an interesting list
Some make sense to me, others not so much
I personally love the Tenement Song, my favorite track on Head Carrier, but didn’t think many liked it |
| Active Duck |
Posted - 05/07/2024 : 06:54:11
Actually it looks like Human Crime has overtaken Greens and Blues now.
I wanted to make a playlist of the top 12 out of curiosity . I definitely spent more time looking at the numbers than I did listening to the playlist. |
| Active Duck |
Posted - 05/07/2024 : 06:44:39
quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug
Thanks Jake3 for the stats
I wonder what the highest 2.0 songs are besides AITAN
I remember making this list right after Doggerel was released...
1) 26,646,022 - All I Think About Now
2) 5,780,305 - Greens and Blues
3) 5,115,726 - On Graveyard Hill
4) 5,012,642 - Indie Cindy
5) 4,732,358 - Catfish Kate
6) 3,392,287 - Human Crime
7) 2,909,109 - Head Carrier
8) 2,813,708 - Tenement Song
9) 2,577,877 - Classic Masher
10) 2,519,517 - Magdalena 318
I think Might As Well Be Gone and Um Chagga Lagga were 11 & 12. Maybe There's a Moon On has crept into the top 10 now. I wonder if there have been big changes other than AITAN sky rocketing. |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 05/06/2024 : 06:19:44
Thanks Jake3 for the stats
I wonder what the highest 2.0 songs are besides AITAN |
| jake3 |
Posted - 05/05/2024 : 12:07:56
quote:
Originally posted by jake3
quote:
Originally posted by jake3
quote:
Originally posted by jake3
An interesting Spotify stat:
'All I Think About Now' is the 10th most listened to song in the entire Pixies catalogue having more listens than any other song on ‘Come On Pilgrim’, ‘Bossanova’, ‘Trompe Le Monde’, ‘Indie Cindy’, ‘Head Carrier’ or ‘Beneath the Eerie’, as well as more listens than any FB/BF/Catholics song or any Breeders song, excluding 'Cannonball'.
Quite the achievement for Paz's first songwriting contribution!
Just to update this 'All I Think About Now' is still rapidly gaining listens on Spotify. It's now the 7th most listened to Pixies song on the platform at 39.9 million listens behind 'Where Is My Mind?' (662.3m), 'Here Comes Your Man' (169.9m), 'Hey' (145.5m), 'Debaser' (81.9m), 'Monkey Gone To Heaven' (68m) and 'Gouge Away' (40.5m). Quite unbelievable really. From what I can gather it's a Spotify playlist thing.
Update (16 Jan 24)
Top 10 Most Streamed Pixies Songs On Spotify:
1) Where Is My Mind? - 810.6m
2) Here Comes Your Man - 203m
3) Hey - 169.3m
4) Debaser - 93.1m
5) Monkey Gone To Heaven - 83m
6) All I Think About Now - 61.2m
7) Gouge Away - 51.8m
8) Wave of Mutilation - 41.4m
9) Gigantic - 35.2m
10) Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) - 34.4m
x) Cannonball - 115.6m
Monthly Listeners:
Pixies - 9.6m
The Breeders - 1.2m
Frank Black - 152k
Frank Black & The Catholics - 14.4k
Black Francis - 12k
Grand Duchy - <1k
Update (05 May 24)
Top 10 Most Streamed Pixies Songs On Spotify:
1) Where Is My Mind? - 870.5m
2) Here Comes Your Man - 218.4m
3) Hey - 177.8m
4) Debaser - 97.2m
5) Monkey Gone To Heaven - 88.9m
6) All I Think About Now - 70.7m
7) Gouge Away - 55.6m
8) Wave of Mutilation - 51.9m
9) Gigantic - 36.9m
10) Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) - 36m
x) Cannonball - 121.3m
Monthly Listeners:
Pixies - 9.5m
The Breeders - 1.2m
Frank Black - 143k
Frank Black & The Catholics - 15.5k
Black Francis - 12.7k
Grand Duchy - <1k |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 05/02/2024 : 01:20:15
quote:
Originally posted by jake3
This was something I found years and years ago but I never posted about it at the time. I then completely forgot how I found it until just now. It shows Kim and Kelley copywriting music as far back as 1980. It gives you a bit of an idea how long Kim had been writing music before she started in the Pixies. Kim and Kelley were both born on a date that corresponds to a 'Gemini' astrological sign so I wonder if that explains the titles? I wonder if they were performing under that name too?
Title: Gemini Collection
Registration Date: 20 Aug 1980
Notes: Words & music by Kim Deal, performed by Kim and Kelly Deal. 1 sound cassette. 23 selections.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/12152408
Title: Gemini II
Registration Date: 08 Jun 1981
Notes: Words & music by Kim Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8132555
Title: Gemini III
Registration Date: 20 Oct 1981
Notes: Words & music by Kim Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8171826
Title: Gemini IV
Registration Date: 29 Jul 1981
Notes: Words & music by Kim Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8147112
Title: Gemini V
Registration Date: 1 Mar 1982
Notes: Words and music by Kim Deal. Words Kelley Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8205714
Title: Gemini VI
Registration Date: 10 May 1982
Notes: Words and music by Kim Deal. Words Kelley Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8227470
Title: Gemini VII
Registration Date: 01 Nov 1982
Notes: Words and music by Kim & Kelley Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8279409
Title: Gemini VIII
Registration Date: 14 Nov 1983
Notes: Words and music by Kim & Kelley Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8403538
Title: Diamonds In The Rough
Registration Date: 30 Jan 1984
Notes: Words and music by Kim Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8410991
Release it all!
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| jake3 |
Posted - 04/30/2024 : 12:52:49
Presumably the 8 song Pixies demo tape from 1986...
Title: The Pixies
Registration Date: 09 Jul 1986
Notes: 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8686100 |
| jake3 |
Posted - 04/30/2024 : 12:07:59
This was something I found years and years ago but I never posted about it at the time. I then completely forgot how I found it until just now. It shows Kim and Kelley copywriting music as far back as 1980. It gives you a bit of an idea how long Kim had been writing music before she started in the Pixies. Kim and Kelley were both born on a date that corresponds to a 'Gemini' astrological sign so I wonder if that explains the titles? I wonder if they were performing under that name too?
Title: Gemini Collection
Registration Date: 20 Aug 1980
Notes: Words & music by Kim Deal, performed by Kim and Kelly Deal. 1 sound cassette. 23 selections.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/12152408
Title: Gemini II
Registration Date: 08 Jun 1981
Notes: Words & music by Kim Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8132555
Title: Gemini III
Registration Date: 20 Oct 1981
Notes: Words & music by Kim Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8171826
Title: Gemini IV
Registration Date: 29 Jul 1981
Notes: Words & music by Kim Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8147112
Title: Gemini V
Registration Date: 1 Mar 1982
Notes: Words and music by Kim Deal. Words Kelley Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8205714
Title: Gemini VI
Registration Date: 10 May 1982
Notes: Words and music by Kim Deal. Words Kelley Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8227470
Title: Gemini VII
Registration Date: 01 Nov 1982
Notes: Words and music by Kim & Kelley Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8279409
Title: Gemini VIII
Registration Date: 14 Nov 1983
Notes: Words and music by Kim & Kelley Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8403538
Title: Diamonds In The Rough
Registration Date: 30 Jan 1984
Notes: Words and music by Kim Deal. 1 sound cassette.
URL: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/8410991 |
