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fbc
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  12:51:16  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
come take a walk with me down memory lane
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  12:56:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I think I'm starting to lose it



















Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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fbc
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  13:28:56  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Some serious posting there, Kathryn.



frank black (of the catholics), 2001
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  13:32:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Oh, that's nothing. I'm restrained. Containing my focus on one Catholic, Mister Rich Gilbert. Believe me, you will know when the McPosting begins. Oh, will you ever.


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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fbc
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  13:43:54  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I think my Frank Black pre-catholic googles are a match for any and all of your Big Macs and Dukes.
But that dual can keep for another thread. For now.

I'm in a very appreciative mood tonight. And i'm feeling the Catholics.

Any more pics?


a personal fave
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/11/2005 :  13:46:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Don't, fbc, don't. Quit while you're ahead. You don't want me unleashing my Catholic madness on this poor, tender thread.


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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fbc
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  13:49:16  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
This thread is one big Catholic appreciation thread from the very first post. Honest. Go read it again if you don't believe me.

Just one pic, to slowly break it in. Please? For me? For Frank?
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  13:55:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Have I ever denied you or this forum anything, fbc?

Here's the boys chillin' , our beloved Catholics in happy shiny mode (with apologies for the pixilation):




Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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fbc
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  13:57:55  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Not forgetting the unsung hero.

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IceCream
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USA
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  16:36:43  Show Profile  Visit IceCream's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn

quote:
Originally posted by IceCream

quote:
Originally posted by kathryn

let us take a moment on this busy day to note how fucking cool McDave's little mews are at the end of Western Star. They just cap off that most amazing song.
Does anyone not like the mews? When I first heard them, I thought they were really annoying and totaly out of place. The second time I didn't mind as much, for I knew they were coming, and I prepared myself.



Sorry, what? Huh? Obviously you are not a heterosexual woman, Ice Cream.


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank


What are you talking about?
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  17:58:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Great pics, there!
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~

Belize
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Posted - 09/11/2005 :  19:38:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I just played it for the first time for my husband... he dug it

"I ain't goin to be what I ain't"
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Niue
7441 Posts

Posted - 09/12/2005 :  05:18:13  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn

Remember the good old days?






Not only the good ole days, but I remember the exact day this pic was taken. My first Frank gig after 5 years. I nearly died.


Denis

"We brush our teeth with tequila." - Guitar Wolf
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Niue
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Posted - 09/12/2005 :  05:18:54  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by velvety

I hardly listen to Pistolero anymore, but this thread made me want to re-listen to it once more.
And even though I still find the 'album' inconsistent, I really found myself missing the more rocking side of Frank.
Songs like 'Tiny heart', 'Western Star', 'I love your brain', 'Billy Radcliff' or 'So.bay' have so much energy in them, damn it, I need to hear that again. And even though I never really was a fan of Rich Gilbert's guitar work, most of that chaotic mess he does really adds to these songs. 'Tiny heart' and 'I want rock & roll' especially, are freakin' awesome.
And I wonder if 'I think I'm starting to lose it' would have been in Surfer Rosa's tracklist, if it wouldn't be considered a classic, like 'Broken Face' or 'Something against you'. How can one not get goosebumps when Frank screams "I think I'm starting to looooooose it, I think I'm starting to looooooose it..."
Maybe that's why I really hope to hear a new Pixies album. That'll have to be a rockin album, right?
I wouldn't mind an album worth of waltzes, though.



Word! I agree with everything you wrote.


Denis

"We brush our teeth with tequila." - Guitar Wolf
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
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Posted - 09/12/2005 :  05:57:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by vilainde

quote:
Originally posted by kathryn

Remember the good old days?






Not only the good ole days, but I remember the exact day this pic was taken. My first Frank gig after 5 years. I nearly died.


Denis

"We brush our teeth with tequila." - Guitar Wolf



You were there?! Please share every detail and memory NOW!


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
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Posted - 09/12/2005 :  15:40:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Western Star: What can you say besides IT FUCKING ROCKS!


ˇViva los Católicos! http://adrianfoster.dmusic.com/
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Chip Away Boy
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Posted - 09/12/2005 :  15:53:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
IT FUCKING ROCKS!
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Niue
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Posted - 09/13/2005 :  01:43:15  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn

quote:
Originally posted by vilainde

quote:
Originally posted by kathryn

Remember the good old days?



Not only the good ole days, but I remember the exact day this pic was taken. My first Frank gig after 5 years. I nearly died.

Denis



You were there?! Please share every detail and memory NOW!



Got back from Mexico after 3 years, CRAVED for a Frank Black gig, went on a road trip with my wife, discovered Frank was playing at the Route du Rock festival 5 miles from where we were, bought tickets, got stuck in traffic, missed half of the show, and then in the setting sun, 5 years after my first Frank experience ('96 in Paris), the Catholics graced my ears with their Mighty sound. I remember them playing Brackish Boy and Mr Grieves.
A couple of hours later I ran away screaming in terror as Muse took the stage and played an unlistenable mess.


Denis

"We brush our teeth with tequila." - Guitar Wolf
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
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Posted - 09/13/2005 :  03:32:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thank you, denis, for that vicarious thrill. long live the catholics!


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
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Posted - 09/14/2005 :  18:01:43  Show Profile  Visit prozacrat's Homepage  Click to see prozacrat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by NimrodsSon

Western Star: What can you say besides IT FUCKING ROCKS!


ˇViva los Católicos! http://adrianfoster.dmusic.com/



You could possibly say IT FUCKING ROCKS HAAAARRRRDCOOOOORRRREEE!!

http://www.prozacrat.com
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billgoodman
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Netherlands
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Posted - 09/15/2005 :  06:22:20  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Pistolero was my first Frank record, I hadn't heard all pixies records yet, but I just wanted to know what the ex-leader of that old band I was getting into sounded like. From that day on, I can't hear a difference between quality of his songwriting as Black Francis or Frank Black. It's all topnotch stuff! I love your Brain, now that's some heavy pop!


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God save the Noisies
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fbc
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Posted - 09/15/2005 :  06:55:34  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Yet again Bill, you sure know your Frank. A heavy album in comparison to the Catholics later work. And all the better for it.

Edited by - fbc on 09/15/2005 06:55:58
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
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Posted - 09/15/2005 :  10:18:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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JustJeff
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Posted - 09/15/2005 :  11:02:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
there must be pistolero in the air.

What a great albumn, and western star is so
stylish. The way the chorus comes right
in, almost on top of the verse, is full throtle.

I actually came to pistolero at the same
time as Dog in Sand.
For one reason or another, I couldn't get my
hands on a copy. I was talking Frank with a friend
who loaned me his copy. I felt like a fool
for not having it sooner.
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fbc
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Posted - 09/15/2005 :  14:00:37  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Again, I have to compliment this album.



Jeff, the fools are the ones who don't even know Frank Black's music exists.

Before I cottoned onto the Jonathan Richman theme in The Man Who Was Too Loud, I was really excited to hear the next album.
Not wanting to rock out as loud I took to mean as FB wanting to slow things down. Chill out a little like he has eventually done with Honeycomb.
But from the very first bass drum 'thud thud' on Pistolero, all my doubts about lack of rock more roll were banished.

And Pistolero left me with no doubts about the Catholics sound. The Pixies had their signature sound, so to FB solo (quirky).
The new sound in town is Frank Black and the Catholics and I loved what I was hearing.

Again, Frank Black is the man whichever direction he decides to go.
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Daisy Girl
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Belize
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Posted - 09/15/2005 :  14:40:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by JustJeff

there must be pistolero in the air.

What a great albumn, and western star is so
stylish. The way the chorus comes right
in, almost on top of the verse, is full throtle.

I actually came to pistolero at the same
time as Dog in Sand.
For one reason or another, I couldn't get my
hands on a copy. I was talking Frank with a friend
who loaned me his copy. I felt like a fool
for not having it sooner.




yea for some reason Pisolero goes with Dog in the Sand like Peas in the Pod!!! I love these albums!!!

Ya, know, I think sometimes Frank is a little critical about some of his own work, but I can't find a single album he's touched that isn't brilliant.

"I ain't goin to be what I ain't"
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JustJeff
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Posted - 09/16/2005 :  15:39:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
three cheers for Pistolero and Frank Black!!!
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Chip Away Boy
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Posted - 09/19/2005 :  08:51:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hip Hip, HOORAY!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2005 :  10:40:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I love you guys!


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <

Poland
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Posted - 09/21/2005 :  10:02:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
HOW HARD CAN IT FUCKING BE!?




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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <

Poland
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Posted - 09/21/2005 :  10:06:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
this recent pistolero discussion has really got me listening to it again.

it's the only album (out of the main 10) that i don't own (legally)... i had TOTY and Yellow, and after SMYT i decided to buy all the rest in one go... but i think i had some difficulty getting pistolero, so i just downloaded and burnt it... maybe one day i'll buy it properly.

i also wrote a bit of a song once that was two chords and a melody that was basically the same as the "now he's heading skyward..." bit. must have been listening to it on a subconscious level, bbecause at first i didn't pay much attention to this album.



Edited by - PixieSteve on 09/21/2005 10:27:12
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