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George42
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USA
188 Posts |
 Posted - 01/06/2005 : 12:19:44
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i know it's been discussed a hundred times over in a hundred different places, but if you were to pick one band/album sounding most similar to the Pixies who would it be???
my pick: Spoon's first full length album "Telephono". Track 1 and a song called 'Dismember' are rediculously Pixie-esque.
I'm a humble guy with healthy desire |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2005 : 12:41:10
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The Toadies - even though i love the Toadies, some of their songs are total Pixies knock offs- "Heel" to "Tame," "Tyler" to "Where is my Mind?," etc.
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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mammynuns
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Posted - 01/06/2005 : 12:44:36
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| ive been hearing a lot about these toadies..... if i were to buy an album of theirs... which would i want to start wtih? |
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The New Bolero
= Cult of Ray =
394 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2005 : 14:40:40
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| I'm not sure if it's ever been brought up before, but those Nirvana kids sound like they may have been influenced by the Pixies. In fact, that 'Teen Spirit' thing seems like a Pixies rip-off. |
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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *
1667 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2005 : 14:51:56
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The first two earlimart cds-kingdom of champions and filthy doorways as a matter of fact they sound very fucking pixieish they also the whole girl/boy screaming yaddi yadda sound but its really good
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mosleyk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
607 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2005 : 15:35:41
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Originally posted by mammynuns
ive been hearing a lot about these toadies..... if i were to buy an album of theirs... which would i want to start wtih?
I would recommend Rubberneck for starters....also if you like it...(Vaden Lewis) formed a new band called "Burden Brothers" I rather like it myself. |
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Stuart
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China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2005 : 17:53:40
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Sugar - Copper Blue
This is a high class bureau de change, not some Punch & Judy show on the seafront at Margate! |
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mammynuns
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Posted - 01/06/2005 : 17:56:02
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Originally posted by mosleyk
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Originally posted by mammynuns
ive been hearing a lot about these toadies..... if i were to buy an album of theirs... which would i want to start wtih?
I would recommend Rubberneck for starters....also if you like it...(Vaden Lewis) formed a new band called "Burden Brothers" I rather like it myself.
cool beans. thanks. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2005 : 19:16:35
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George42, you took the nomination right out of my mouth. Total Pixies influence. Plus I love Spoon.
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mosleyk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
607 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2005 : 07:44:56
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| I think Mudhoney absolutely sounds like the Pixies... |
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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *
1667 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2005 : 09:19:23
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stellastarr=pixies 80s
The Truth Is Out There |
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George42
- FB Fan -
USA
188 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2005 : 10:00:22
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
George42, you took the nomination right out of my mouth. Total Pixies influence. Plus I love Spoon.
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)"
i qualified it to just Telephono b/c Girls Can Tell and Kill the Moonlight are a little more experimental (for lack of a better word). but i agree, Spoon is great and i think only that one album sounds similar to the Pixies. since Interpol has a Britt Daniel (Spoon leader singer) version of one of their songs, I guess that the Pixies have an indirect influence on Interpol as well.
I'm a humble guy with healthy desire |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2005 : 10:10:10
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Telephono is definitely Spoon sounding like the Pixies, and certainly more overtly so than any other album of theirs, but elements of sparseness and so on have made their way into later albums, as Spoon found their own sound.
Which song did Interpol do Spoon-ish? Never heard of that.
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George42
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USA
188 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2005 : 10:19:22
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Telephono is definitely Spoon sounding like the Pixies, and certainly more overtly so than any other album of theirs, but elements of sparseness and so on have made their way into later albums, as Spoon found their own sound.
Which song did Interpol do Spoon-ish? Never heard of that.
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)"
UK import single of 'Slow Hands' has the Britt remix. kind of a coincidence that Interpol/Antics is on Matador Records....the record company that released Telephono. things are coming full circle.
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2008 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2005 : 11:17:56
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Originally posted by Broken Face
The Toadies - even though i love the Toadies, some of their songs are total Pixies knock offs- "Heel" to "Tame," "Tyler" to "Where is my Mind?," etc.
Tyler sounds so much like wimm that Frank should get royalties for it! |
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2005 : 11:18:35
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I've said it before, but the closest thing to Doolittle, part 2 that I know of is the Beyond the Java Sea album by Metal Flake Mother. It came out in 1991, I believe. I think it's much closer to the Pixies than Spoon or The Toadies because MFM also gets into the surreal art influence that those two bands don't. All the songs are about 2-1/2 minutes long, the singer screams and makes little snarling noises, the songs take unexpected turns in a short amount of time. I don't know if this is findable on your favorite file sharing thingee, but if so I recommend sampling the songs "Tongue Long", "Wingtip Lizards", "Sutpen", "Dance for Nails", "Mr. Flavor", or "Elsewhere". There are two different CD versions. One has just the original 17-song album, the other (on the Hep Cat label) adds on the tracks from an earlier 4-song 7" EP.
Some members of the band went on to later "fame" in the Squirrel Nut Zippers. |
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charlesthompson
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Luxembourg
188 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2005 : 13:40:43
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New Bolero,
kurt cobain (nirvana) admited that when he wrote "teen spirit" he was just trying his best to ripp off the pixies...he also admitted to being influenced massivly by the pixies....kurt cbains fave band was the pixies, his fave album surfer rosa....sorry, i dont know how i know all this imformation |
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Black_francis_
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157 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2005 : 01:54:29
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Mad Lucas
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Australia
144 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2005 : 03:21:50
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In Utero is basically Surfer Rosa, stripped of all its beauty. Compare the 2nd last track, to SOmething Against You, and you'll see what I mean. (you probably already do)
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gvil
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Posted - 01/08/2005 : 10:31:29
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Here is an interesting band. In the first two of the free songs you can hear that Frank and Kim type harmonies. I wouldn't call them a pixies band but you can pick out the influnce.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/groovski
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2005 : 15:29:00
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Pere Ubu sounds a hell of a lot like the Pixies, or should I say the Pixies sound a hell of a lot like Pere Ubu.
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brickisred
- FB Fan -
France
141 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 00:39:40
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Compulsion were great and sounded a lot like the Pixies. Their first album, Comforter, sounded like a cross between early Pixies and Nirvana. Their second one, Future Is Medium, was more like Trompe Le Monde and early Frank Black. However, many of the songs I prefer were B-sides and these were some of these B-sides that sounded the most like the Pixies.
I cannot imagine that you dig the Pixies and not Compulsion. Not only is the sound very similar, but they were also amazing songwriters, with great melodies and very, very fast tempos.
And they also played a wonderful cover of Alec Eiffel during the first of their black sessions on French radio France Inter. |
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part-of-the-wave
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Cyprus
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Posted - 01/10/2005 : 05:54:29
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Originally posted by The New Bolero
I'm not sure if it's ever been brought up before, but those Nirvana kids sound like they may have been influenced by the Pixies. In fact, that 'Teen Spirit' thing seems like a Pixies rip-off.
yeah i tink The Man who sold the world, sounds like Down to the Well
but that could be just me :/
esta pensandro sobre viviendo con mi sister en new jersey.. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 13:22:36
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Wasn't that originally a David Bowie song? Something like that, anyway.
"Reunion? Shit union!" |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 20:04:31
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Just listening to Spoon, Telephono, at the moment. I can hear tiny similarities to the Pixies but I think thats because it's been brought up here, I can't hear any real concrete similarities. In fact I find them abit pedestrian, not really the most inspiring of bands.
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2005 : 10:21:17
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modest mouse has some pixies in them. "dancehall" could very well be a pixies cover.
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justahangwire
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Posted - 01/12/2005 : 09:18:41
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Originally posted by Jose Jones
modest mouse has some pixies in them. "dancehall" could very well be a pixies cover.
-dan
i'm surprised you're the first person in this thread to mention mm. they definitely have that pixies edge, especially their earlier stuff that was released on 7" (and later compiled onto a cd release called "building nothing out of something" i think).
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model consumer
- FB Fan -
USA
128 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2005 : 04:18:45
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"The Sweater Song" by Weezer sounds like "I bleed" .
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"What's all I listen to? It's all freedom rock!" |
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Chip.
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Ireland
68 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2005 : 06:42:22
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www.purevolume.com/sweatykids
hah
well notreally there'sonly 3 songs up there and our big pixies rip off isn't there. these are our fb/dinosaur jr/christian death ripoffs |
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1594 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2005 : 23:56:12
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Today I heard Metric on CBC's Definitely Not the Opera "live" from Guelph.
 (with DNTO host and one time FB interviewer Sook Yin Lee visiting a lingerie store). |
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Aurora-borealis
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Denmark
131 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2005 : 03:22:53
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Originally posted by VoVat
Wasn't [The Man Who Sold The World] originally a David Bowie song? Something like that, anyway.
"Reunion? Shit union!"
It most certainly was, VoVat... Come to think of it, TMWSTW was also the title of his third album(,) on which the song itself appeard. |
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
696 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 07:43:24
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Ohh... Some people are just hopeless...
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 07:49:05
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
696 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 01:34:57
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I love this dress designed by freddi Buretti.
I wish I could wear one like that...
I am a man.
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 05:43:39
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Freddi Buretti aka Arnold Corns.
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Flashing_Eyes
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 11:38:14
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The Gun Club- Fire of Love
This albums has real pixies fire and energy to it, but since this record came out in like 1979 I guess you could say that the pixies have a real gun club fire and energy to their music. |
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