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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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 Posted - 11/13/2020 : 11:47:50
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I’m not asking, I’m telling.
Share a live Frank song with the forum so we can revisit it. It can be an old favorite or one you just discovered. Tell us what you like about it? Share the Frank.
I actually just discovered this Abstract Plain performance this year. I like his soulful vocals on it, and just the solo acoustic rendition of a song that is quite produced on the album with a full band. This is a great clip. Comment on it and then give us one of your own to enjoy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7SH6YCeuIpg |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 11/16/2020 : 17:52:01
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I'll share two. Both are ones I uploaded many many years ago.
Freedrom Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG-ZQWfL2eU
Love the energy of the '96 shows and this is from a rare full gig on video.
Quality of the youtube clip isn't the best - apologies for that, but a cracking version of a cracking tune. I uploaded a few others from the set and the full version must be floating round somewhere on youtube too I'd have thought.
Pong/Thal/Plain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaViidD5xqo
A crushing mini-set from a classic lineup.
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
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rivum
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
265 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2020 : 05:47:18
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| great thread! that pong/thalassocracy/abstract plan set is just killer |
Edited by - rivum on 11/17/2020 08:37:13 |
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rivum
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
265 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2020 : 05:51:47
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here's what happened to come up right after I watched the MTV mini set. great also
frank black and the catholics loreley rockpalast 22-06-96
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLwdjdmEfJY
00:00 Whatever happened to pong
02:02 Thalassocracy
02:30 The last stand of shazeb and leeb
08:24 Los Angeles
12:45 Kicked in the taco
14:52 Headache
17:56 Men in black
20:56 You ain´t me
23:26 Czar
26:36 Pray a little faster
28:37 Jesus was right |
Edited by - rivum on 11/17/2020 05:52:49 |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 11/19/2020 : 06:28:35
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Thanks Benji! Can always count on you for the good stuff. Those are amazing. I imagine Thalassocracy is a tough one to sing live.
And thanks Rivum. That is one of my favorite concert videos and contains my all time favorite Czar. Often when I listen to the studio Czar I try to sing the second verse the way Frank does in this one, but I can never do it. Such an amazing performance. Love seeing (some) of the crowd into it as well.
I'll come back with another live performance clip soon, but I don't want to be a hog. |
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1122 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2020 : 22:06:58
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Johnny Barleycorn live on Conan. Band was FB, EDF, Jack Kidney with the late Billy Block and Duane Jarvis.
At the time I was not too enthusiastic - it wasn't new Pixies and it wasn't Catholics - but man now I wish I had seen this line up.
https://youtu.be/XAcIW4IQYkE |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2020 : 12:59:12
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That's a really good one too, thanks Stevio10.
Frank's voice seems so low in that clip. I always wonder how the audience took to that song. It's about as different from Pixies 1.0 as you could imagine.
And who is that sitting next to Conan? Joe Buck? |
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ricj
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
106 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2020 : 08:18:12
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I keep coming back to this one time and time again. So much energy and Lyle W has fashioned himself a special hat - what more do you need? (apart from more than three songs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg5SMSnwqW4
WATCH OUT, LOOK OUT FOR THAT POST!!!! |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2020 : 11:36:53
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quote:
Originally posted by ricj
I keep coming back to this one time and time again. So much energy and Lyle W has fashioned himself a special hat - what more do you need? (apart from more than three songs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg5SMSnwqW4
WATCH OUT, LOOK OUT FOR THAT POST!!!!
I love that one too and just watched it the other day as well. Great great stuff! |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2020 : 11:40:34
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Abstract Plain might be my favorite song on TOTY, so you know I like it a lot. I still remember hearing it for the first time in my car through the cassette deck on a nice May day in 1994.
Anyway, any performance of this song is gold, but this one is the one I'm sharing today. So there you go. Enjoy if you haven't seen it yet. (If you watch it you can potentially be the one thousandth viewer, which is both awesome and pathetic.).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=odIDpxCwgUQ |
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two reelers
* Dog in the Sand *
Austria
1036 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2020 : 12:15:23
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Originally posted by ricj
I keep coming back to this one time and time again. So much energy and Lyle W has fashioned himself a special hat - what more do you need? (apart from more than three songs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg5SMSnwqW4
WATCH OUT, LOOK OUT FOR THAT POST!!!!
I've been looking for this (because of Lyle's "hat") for years! Thanks!!
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *
1335 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2020 : 12:52:04
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quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug
Abstract Plain might be my favorite song on TOTY, so you know I like it a lot. I still remember hearing it for the first time in my car through the cassette deck on a nice May day in 1994.
Anyway, any performance of this song is gold, but this one is the one I'm sharing today. So there you go. Enjoy if you haven't seen it yet. (If you watch it you can potentially be the one thousandth viewer, which is both awesome and pathetic.).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=odIDpxCwgUQ
Never seen that before, superb. |
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ricj
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
106 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2020 : 10:38:52
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Originally posted by Bedbug
Abstract Plain might be my favorite song on TOTY, so you know I like it a lot. I still remember hearing it for the first time in my car through the cassette deck on a nice May day in 1994.
Anyway, any performance of this song is gold, but this one is the one I'm sharing today. So there you go. Enjoy if you haven't seen it yet. (If you watch it you can potentially be the one thousandth viewer, which is both awesome and pathetic.).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=odIDpxCwgUQ
Great show this but a little sad as it's nearing the end for the Catholics.. And Scott isn't there either for some reason.. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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McDutchie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
269 Posts |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2021 : 10:28:40
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That really is such a good version of Calistan. That whole show is epic. Extended versions by the Catholics are the best. Man what a great song.
Thanks for posting McDutchie. |
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pixie punk
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
961 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2021 : 14:45:25
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Originally posted by Stevio10
Johnny Barleycorn live on Conan. Band was FB, EDF, Jack Kidney with the late Billy Block and Duane Jarvis.
At the time I was not too enthusiastic - it wasn't new Pixies and it wasn't Catholics - but man now I wish I had seen this line up.
https://youtu.be/XAcIW4IQYkE
I went to a show with this lineup and...I thought it was pretty bad. EDF on bass kept things so straight and didn't do any of my favorite fills or moments on the albums. The band as a whole felt kind of stiff and lifeless compared to the Catholics videos and shows I had listened to. My first time seeing Frank live and I left really disappointed in the whole thing. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2021 : 12:51:28
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A6YU-q6AdZo
The 93 shows were the best. Got to see one of them at good ol’ Roseland. I think 93 Frank was special: he was completely free to explore a new identity and yet at the show I was at some people yelled for Pixies, but he was just doing him and it was great and pure, the imperial Frank Black. I wonder if he got the idea for “Mosh don’t pass the guy” from this show |
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pixie punk
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2021 : 01:01:12
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Man I miss the Catholics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e3lhITzrQs
And no Scott Boutier on drums - I didn't realise he missed this tour. Anyone know which shows exactly as the different playing is quite obvious in places so I'm surprised I hadn't noticed it before on the plethora of live shows I've listened to from 2003.
I saw them 2 weeks later in London and I'd have thought I'd have noticed the "new" drummer...
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
Edited by - benji on 08/14/2021 01:04:55 |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
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Arm Arm Arm
* Dog in the Sand *
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Arm Arm Arm
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1122 Posts |
Posted - 08/21/2022 : 02:08:42
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Posted this in another thread but first time I've seen this show - 2001 great setlist. Brackish Boy, Skeleton Man, Stupid Me and more. Love the version if Brackish Boy. Fantastic performances.
https://youtu.be/RUwbvMg4_so |
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Sam
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
514 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2024 : 11:03:29
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Originally posted by ricj
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Originally posted by Bedbug
Abstract Plain might be my favorite song on TOTY, so you know I like it a lot. I still remember hearing it for the first time in my car through the cassette deck on a nice May day in 1994.
Anyway, any performance of this song is gold, but this one is the one I'm sharing today. So there you go. Enjoy if you haven't seen it yet. (If you watch it you can potentially be the one thousandth viewer, which is both awesome and pathetic.).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=odIDpxCwgUQ
Great show this but a little sad as it's nearing the end for the Catholics.. And Scott isn't there either for some reason..
I was at this show. The band was fabulous.
Scott was on paternity leave if I remember correctly.
Stand in drummer was named Joe, decent stand in but not Scott.
At the bar before the show I met and introduced myself to the sadly departed Dave Phillips.
RIP. Absolute gent, came and met my friends and was lovely company. He was an
Awesome player. Loved all his contributions on those Catholics records. |
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2010 Posts |
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =
996 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2024 : 12:41:50
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| Wow, don't think I ever watched the full set of that Rockpalast gig. Fantastic. Well used to Kicked In The Taco but mever saw Czar, amazing |
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Brank_Flack
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1122 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2024 : 03:32:45
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Came across this posted on FB&C's group on Facebook.
Recorded just before DITS was released from 2001 from soundboard, sounds great.
https://archive.org/details/frankblack.2001.01.21
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Edited by - Stevio10 on 08/11/2024 03:33:04 |
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Post a Frank Live Performance that you enjoy
