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Grotesque
= Cult of Ray =
France
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 Posted - 06/30/2007 : 09:27:08
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Actualy it feels better that way. FB is not a very overrated artist!
SUPER UNDERRATED SONG: CHIP AWAY BOY.
As many songs on BLD... |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2007 : 10:02:36
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chip away boy's feckin great.
I remember humid nights
I remember how the full moon tugs
How it used to make us fight
And the language of the bugs
And even our doomsday
that's definitely in my top 5 frank black lyrics.
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Grotesque
= Cult of Ray =
France
777 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2007 : 12:11:11
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Originally posted by Jose Jones
chip away boy's feckin great.
I remember humid nights
I remember how the full moon tugs
How it used to make us fight
And the language of the bugs
And even our doomsday
that's definitely in my top 5 frank black lyrics.
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown.
I dont know what it's about but I allways feel an ambiant like the movie DEAD MAN. Could be Jodorowski too.
I wonder if Frank has seen Dead Man. It's the movie I would imagine him to direct. |
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martha_promise
= Cult of Ray =
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2007 : 19:16:47
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Ima fuckup and in the wrong thread as well. But you guys are right that the stanza of Chip Away Boy is just about worth everything and anything.
I don't agree with Superabound & So Hard to Make things out being overated.
Relatively speaking of course, myownpersonaloverated might include, Los Angeles, Headache, Monkey Gone to Heaven. Ummmm..... others?
...now where's that underrated thread again?
-Tom
...well that's the deal, turn your prayer wheel. |
Edited by - martha_promise on 06/30/2007 19:18:20 |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2007 : 22:34:57
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to be honest, los angeles is kind of run of the mill to me. i love it, as i love all fb songs (except for that fucking johnny barleycorn), but it's the ending that makes it for me, not the rocking intro.
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1729 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2007 : 10:21:43
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what's wrong with johnny barleycorn?
I'm a duck! |
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Grotesque
= Cult of Ray =
France
777 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2007 : 13:34:04
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Originally posted by mr.biscuitdoughhead
what's wrong with johnny barleycorn?
I'm a duck!
That song is a bit obvious, no?
And it really makes me think to The Ballad of Peter Pumkinhead, both the chords and the lyrics. "Give him a cheer - yeah" that part is also in Partridge's song! It's: "Hurray for Peter Pumkinhead - Yeah" !!!! |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2007 : 14:21:57
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there's just something about it. the fucking sax, the lame/tame guitar solo/sound... i don't know for sure. it might just be the song itself, because i heard that acoustic version with billy block and STILL didn't like it. if it's not the song itself, then the only thing i can think of is frank's voice on it. maybe if he sang it differently... i don't know.
i actually skip it whenever possible.
yet, i love the rest of FMRM. go figure.
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Grotesque
= Cult of Ray =
France
777 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2007 : 08:42:22
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Originally posted by Jose Jones
there's just something about it. the fucking sax, the lame/tame guitar solo/sound... i don't know for sure. it might just be the song itself, because i heard that acoustic version with billy block and STILL didn't like it. if it's not the song itself, then the only thing i can think of is frank's voice on it. maybe if he sang it differently... i don't know.
i actually skip it whenever possible.
yet, i love the rest of FMRM. go figure.
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I totaly agree. The song seems to say "hear me, man, i'm BIG"
But sorry; little song, you're not, and I'll skip you ! |
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langdonboom
= Cult of Ray =
USA
260 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2007 : 10:07:46
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Wow, this is a shocker! Barleycorn is one of the great FB rock songs, in my opinion. The man flexing his Stax muscles, embracing rock n roll and saying 'I believe in its power to save my soul!'
But I can certainly see how it could be interpreted the way its critics here are saying.
LOVE the sax, love the break down and rejoining back with the simple snare fill. Just love it. Clearly the most 'accessaible' song on the album, but that is half the reason I love it. And I love any song with a call-and-response kind of springsteen shout. HEY!
Badass song. |
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Vacuum Boots
- FB Fan -
Australia
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Posted - 07/09/2007 : 02:31:38
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| Wave of Mutilation, it's a good song but it wouldn't be in my Pixies top 20. |
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Grotesque
= Cult of Ray =
France
777 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2007 : 08:51:00
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Originally posted by Vacuum Boots
Wave of Mutilation, it's a good song but it wouldn't be in my Pixies top 20.
Wow, what a shoker ! Wave is one of the...
Er... forget it.
But to go on with the UNDERrrated songs, I think of Alison, probably my favorite pixies song and nobody never talks about it or regrets they dont play it anymore.
What, is it too pop, too short ?
It the perfect pop song, nothing can be done after that! |
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langdonboom
= Cult of Ray =
USA
260 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2007 : 08:55:57
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Originally posted by Grotesque
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Originally posted by Vacuum Boots
Wave of Mutilation, it's a good song but it wouldn't be in my Pixies top 20.
Wow, what a shoker ! Wave is one of the...
Er... forget it.
But to go on with the UNDERrrated songs, I think of Alison, probably my favorite pixies song and nobody never talks about it or regrets they dont play it anymore.
What, is it too pop, too short ?
It the perfect pop song, nothing can be done after that!
Nobody regrets they don't play Alison? Wow, that is such a sh--
still funny!
Meanwhle, I often think of Alison as the most influential song in terms of sound the Pixies ever wrote -- its like the rosetta stone for a lot of mid-90s alternative rock (Weezer's entire career, not that I'm knocking Weezer, at least the first album). |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2007 : 15:18:30
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I do like the Doolittle version more than the surf version of Wave. I sometimes get bored listening to the surf version. Neither would make my top 20 either though.
"The arc of triumph" |
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