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Useyourname
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185 Posts |
 Posted - 09/21/2003 : 07:41:24
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I thought it would be interesting to make a list of songs that sound like the pixies wrote or recorded them or seem heavily influenced by the pixies. Not songs by bands that are just influenced by the pixies or have one or two things about them that sounds pixie-ish but songs that make you think "Hey this could have been a pixies song."
I'll start off...
Navvy - Pere Ubu
Swallowed - Bush
A Good Idea - Sugar
Jenny - stellastarr*
Sans Umbrella - The Bennies
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Francis Six
- FB Fan -
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 07:51:41
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Any song by Nirvana,
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" for some reason always reminded me of "La La Love You"
Maybe it's just me, but i see a similarity
Cobain openly admitted Nirvana was just a Pixes ripoff
I can look at the sun, if you give me some bad
Sun glasses
Back on the road, I cut my grass like I'm told
After classes
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 08:08:03
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"Over the Life" by Unrest (1987)
*Shka-pow! |
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velvety
= Cult of Ray =
Portugal
536 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 09:20:40
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Mildred Pierce - Sonic Youth
A cleaner Light - Kristin Hersh
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massif snake
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
282 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 09:30:51
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smells like teens spirits drum loop is blatantly the same as la la love you- you know the intro bit.
maybe?
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pudmeister
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
161 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 11:28:52
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Cobain openly admitted Nirvana was just a Pixes ripoff
Cobain actually admitted that 'smells like teen spirit' was a pixies rip off not nirvana.
And maybe nevermind was slightly pixie-ish, but you cant compare bleach and in utero.
"Looking through the eyes of a pig I see it all" - Cypress Hill |
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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
895 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 14:31:47
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| I always thought that there were many similarities between U-Mass and Smells Like Teen spirit.....anyone else notice? |
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Black Frank
- FB Fan -
10 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 15:24:30
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Weezer - Undone = Pixies - I Bleed
White Stripes - 7 Nation Army = Pixies - Cactus |
Edited by - Black Frank on 09/21/2003 15:25:03 |
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Itchload
= Cult of Ray =
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 16:39:37
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I don't think Nirvana sounds that much like the Pixies, certain songs like Umass, Gouge Away, and Planet of Sound seem to be very Nirvana-like. (all right, they are more similiar than that but I'm just tired of hearing the Nirvana ripped of the Pixies thing)
I think the bass lines on lots of Everclear songs sound right off of Doolittle. |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 16:52:18
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Spoon - Take My Hand (and much of Telephono). Very Pixies inspired, but a fantastic record.
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 19:32:17
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Please, do we have to go over the SLTS - Pixies comparison? This has been discussed in about 5 other topics Everybody knows Cobain called it a Pixies ripoff. There was no song that it ripped off directly...it was the style, the loud/soft dynamic which can be heard in Gouge Away and Planet of Sound. And yes, FB has said that he didn't invent it, which is pretty true, but he popularized it in alternative music.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank / Did anyone else have to give up their first born?" |
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manta_ray11
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
83 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2003 : 20:45:08
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| The whole of Mclusky's album "Mclusky Do Dallas" could have been a lost Pixies album. Being produced by Steve Albini, the acoustics are similar to Surferrosa as well. |
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2003 : 15:36:26
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Yeah i've heard the slts-pixies thing way to many times,i suppose it is my fault though,everyone who i play trompe to i point out the fact that u-mass is extremely similar,if my memory serves then its the same 4 chords but slts starts at the 3rd one in u-mass
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2003 : 15:38:03
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And while im on the subject of tlm,i was playing it at college the other day and someone said it sounds like music you'd slit your wrists to...
My bone used to have a little machine,i must have misplaced it |
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2003 : 16:03:05
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Personally if i was going to slit my wrists i'd love to do it to a song called lovely day
My bone used to have a little machine,i must have misplaced it |
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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
345 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2003 : 22:02:10
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I don't think That White Stripes song sounds anything like Cactus. Both the songs might have somewhat of a "Thumping along" type beat/rhythm - that's the only similarity I can see, and that is present in a LOT of songs, not just Cactus. Apart from that, the songs are completely different.
Nor do I think that McLusky sound anything like the Pixies, besides the fact that they have a similar "psychoticness" in their songs. At least if you exclude the Last 2 Pixies albums.
Yes, Black Francis and The McLusky vocalist have both screamed like lunatics in their songs. Apart from that though, the music is quite different.
I think people in this thread are singling out small similarities that happen to also be common musical techniques in bands outside The Pixies and overblowing the similarity.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 09:23:30
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u-mass (trompe le monde) came out after smells like teen spirit (nevermind), anyway...
i think that weezer undone song does sound like i bleed. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 09:44:40
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Originally posted by Sheamus
I think people in this thread are singling out small similarities that happen to also be common musical techniques in bands outside The Pixies and overblowing the similarity.
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He's right!!! Pixies were and still are a hugely influential band, but I have never heard anyone "rip" them off. |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6331 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 10:50:57
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I never saw the rip off of Weezer's Undone
I mean come on, that's a total pop song
I Bleed isn't
'If you want to destroy my sweater'
that's no way near I bleed
''it's not a box, it's a submarine'' |
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 11:48:07
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Undone+I Bleed= Waiting Room (Fugazi)
 The Cult of Frank: Today, Tomorrow, Together... |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 12:38:10
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The biggest Weezer "rip off", which I've mentioned on the board before, is the song "Say It Ain't So", which has the exact same chords as Where Is My Mind?, except it starts on the C#m, whereas WIMM starts on the E. Try it at home!
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 12:38:45
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That being said, I think Weezer's first two albums are great, and I'm a fan.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6331 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 13:06:14
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I'm a big fan
well that's mainly because it brings some child sentiment
with it
I was a fan since the age of ten
They were influenced by the pixies, but not really a ripp-off like
Nirvana's Nevermind or In Utero, . (come on, steve albini everybody knows he only went with albini because he loved the drumsound of Pod and Surfer Rosa and there is a huge ripp off on In Utero, I recall it's named Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, but I'm not sure, in the Gill Norton version of Gigantic, Joey bends two notes after eachother just after the soft Gigantic harmonies of Kim and Frank and just before the distorted Gigantic harmonies that eventually end the song. The bending of the two notes are the same.
no ripping off on Bleach or Incesticide btw
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Koons
- FB Fan -
USA
14 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 14:42:54
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Originally posted by speedy_m
That being said, I think Weezer's first two albums are great, and I'm a fan.
ixies
Two of my favorite albums of all time.
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Matt0009
- FB Fan -
5 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 15:05:12
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| Liam Lynch- "Fake Pixies Song" sounds like the Pixes, as it was meant to.. |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2003 : 19:45:45
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God damn you half Japnese girls!
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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
345 Posts |
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1968 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2003 : 02:41:53
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The first time I heard "The Sad Punk" I was shocked at how much the poppy breakdown that goes "and evolving from the sea" sounded like Weezer. I believe that the Pixies influence on Weezer is the most obvious there, though songs like "Wave of Mutilation" and "Velouria" definitely sound like Rivers Cuomo took influence from them.
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1968 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2003 : 02:44:58
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"Enough Space" - Foo Fighters The lyrics are about "flying machines" and it has the word Space in it. Hell, the verses are reminiscent of "Space (I believe in)" and the chorus is "Tame" to a T. Plus, Frank Black was sitting next to Dave Grohl when he sang the vocals for the song.
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2003 : 11:12:28
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Originally posted by Sheamus
Weezer have a song called "Velouria" that sounds suspiciously like The Pixies "Velouria".
RIP OFF!!!
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Baaaaaaastards
Someone should inform the proper authorities
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Lowpresser
- FB Fan -
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2003 : 11:38:22
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stephen malkmus and the jicks have a song on their newest called dark wave that's quite pixie-esque in a highly evolved manner. tomahawk (mike patton) has a song on mit gas (their newest) called rotgut which sounds like the pixies, though more angular and jagged in its rhythms.
by the way drop nineteens was a great band back in the early nineties. i highly reccomend "national coma". girls backing vocals, track 3 sounds exactly like the pixies would have had they made another record after trompe le monde.
and don't forget song 2 by blur. the riff is a blatent rip off of d=rxt.
Visit the website of mine and Jim's former band. http://www.thebennies.com
and keep a head's up over at http://www.noaloha.com for the bennies cover of hellbound |
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Black Frank
- FB Fan -
10 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2003 : 14:39:02
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"The biggest Weezer "rip off", which I've mentioned on the board before, is the song "Say It Ain't So", which has the exact same chords as Where Is My Mind?, except it starts on the C#m, whereas WIMM starts on the E. Try it at home!"
i don't think using the same chords constitute as a 'rip off'. I mean there are many pixies songs with similar chords to the beach boys and the beatles, yet I wouldn't say Frank Black is ripping them off. Influenced, yes, but not ripping off. Chord progressions are universal, frank black didn't invent that chord progression. That being said, SAIS and WWIM are only similar in terms of dynamics, which could be said about all pixies-influenced bands
As for 7 Nation Army = Cactus, it's not just the thumping that is similar, it's the whole mood of the song and the vocals behind them.
As for Undone = I Bleed, it doesn't matter if one is more poppier than the other, they both have that deep bass verse that crashes into a distorted chorus with the "ooh's" in the background. |
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doolittle68
- FB Fan -
22 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2003 : 18:16:48
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In Bloom is PIXIES!
and if Frank was even more narcissistic he might have come up with Dr Wu (Steely Dan) or Banned From The Roxy (Crass)...point is Frank is timeless...
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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
345 Posts |
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Alpha Soixante
- FB Fan -
Canada
129 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 09:06:07
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| British Sea Power - Apologies to Insect Life, Remember Me |
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Douglas
= Cult of Ray =
Sweden
308 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 10:14:17
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quote:
Originally posted by El Barto
Please, do we have to go over the SLTS - Pixies comparison? This has been discussed in about 5 other topics Everybody knows Cobain called it a Pixies ripoff. There was no song that it ripped off directly...it was the style, the loud/soft dynamic which can be heard in Gouge Away and Planet of Sound. And yes, FB has said that he didn't invent it, which is pretty true, but he popularized it in alternative music.
Sorry, we have to go over it. =/ =P
You're right about the dynamics and everything, but I'd say that Smells Like Teen Spirit sounds a bit like Debaser. Or not really sounds like, but if you listen to the rythm Frank plays F->Bb G->Bb it's similiar to nirvana's F->Bb ( same chords!  ) and Ab->Db. Kurt could've been thinking about that too... but I don't know. |
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