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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/20/2005 :  17:43:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Mad Lucas

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)

The Organic Anti-Beat Box Boy



Sorry but no I don't.

Try Apologies To Insect Life' by British Sea Power. That definitely reminds me of the Pixies.

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Posted - 01/21/2005 :  15:30:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
For me some have Pixies influences, but souding like the Pixies? I don't think so...they tried but they just can't!


Purify the colors, purify my mind,
and spread the ashes of the colors
over this heart of mine!
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The Holiday Son
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France
2008 Posts

Posted - 01/21/2005 :  16:50:18  Show Profile  Visit The Holiday Son's Homepage  Reply with Quote
A Call To Apathy by The Shins sounds a lot like fb&tc !
(maybe it's just because of the pedal steel!)
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kotvana
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Israel
102 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  00:07:24  Show Profile  Visit kotvana's Homepage  Click to see kotvana's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
EXACTLY.
quote:
Originally posted by rita

For me some have Pixies influences, but souding like the Pixies? I don't think so...they tried but they just can't!


Purify the colors, purify my mind,
and spread the ashes of the colors
over this heart of mine!


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George42
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USA
188 Posts

Posted - 06/16/2005 :  13:10:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Modest Mouse song called 'The View' (from 'Good News for People....') to me sounds like it could be a Frank Black & the Catholics song.

Starting with the 2'00" until about 3'30" mark of the song, it sounds so much like FB:
Listen to the song at the 2'12" mark....sound very ole mulholland-esque. and at the 3'17" mark the words "feels pretty soft to me" sound almost identical to any pistolero-era FB song.

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ElevatorLady
= Cult of Ray =

385 Posts

Posted - 06/16/2005 :  15:14:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Modest Mouse's Good News... is packed full with Pixiers influence. I think the most obvious is Bury it With Me. That song would never exist if there wasn't for the Pixies.
OK, I'm gonna sound pathetic now but I can't heple myself... I'm very drunk at the moment. I have never posted drunk before (I think) so I just have to point it out. Have a nice day (or night, if you're in Europe) everybody.
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ElevatorLady
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385 Posts

Posted - 06/16/2005 :  15:18:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I typed heple instead of help... he he....
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andrewface
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27 Posts

Posted - 07/14/2005 :  14:27:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
its probably been said...but say it aint so by weezer is exactly the same as where is my mind just in slightly different order...
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Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
* Dog in the Sand *

1075 Posts

Posted - 07/15/2005 :  03:28:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by NimrodsSon

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.


ˇViva los Católicos!



Pere Ubu with albums like "Story of my Life" (1992)and "Raygun suitcase" (1995) sound indeed like Pixies. There would be a lot to analyse in the similitudes and who influenced who... Just note that Frank Black "has stolen" Eric D Feldman from Pere Ubu and the laters had producers like Gil Norton or Al Clay... And that David thomas is more Black than Frank sometimes...

Tin Machine did try to sound like Pixies with songs like "A Big Hurt", "Bus Stop", "Pretty Things", "Goodbye Mr. Ed" and ...most of their songs actually!

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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 07/15/2005 :  06:15:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The Frames Revelate is very Pixies..like Where Is My Mind? mixed with I Bleed!
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lonely persuader
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Ireland
488 Posts

Posted - 07/15/2005 :  09:41:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
pretty much a reverse of the "Where Is My Mind?" verse chord, spot on Carl. I concur
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rusty bullethole
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USA
1 Posts

Posted - 07/15/2005 :  10:40:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Some of Possum Dixon sounds like Pixies to me. I haven't heard anything from them in over 10 years though, but the self titled album from 93ish has quite a few parts that sound very familiar.

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django39
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Posted - 07/23/2005 :  06:26:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I don't know that I see the Pixies in Metal Flake Mother... They are a great band though, IMO the best to come out of that early 90's Chapel Hill scene..
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django39
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Posted - 07/23/2005 :  06:29:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Actually, I guess I can kind of see the surf influence... the singer sounds totally different though..
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The Marsist
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Ireland
730 Posts

Posted - 07/23/2005 :  06:54:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
wheezer-the sweater song is very pixieish

"To be known as an underdog - that can only be a good thing. It's better than sucking."
- Frank Black

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charlesthompson
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Luxembourg
188 Posts

Posted - 07/23/2005 :  10:02:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

hhmmmm, i could tihnk and think and think and i wouldnt think of anything...cos no band (even doing a cover) has ever managed to capture the pixies mood or aura..and i think i right in saying that thats the apealing things about the pixies. or one of the main ones anyway. and i tihnk placebo's cover of "where is my mind?" is an insult to each and every pixies fan out there..
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silvereel
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USA
112 Posts

Posted - 08/13/2005 :  10:44:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i think that in rare instances, The Breeders sound like the pixies. the lead singer sounds almost exactly like kim deal.





(It's a joke. i'm not really that stupid)
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/14/2005 :  12:30:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Kim Deal is in The Breeders?

;)
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chineselover
= Cult of Ray =

Ireland
348 Posts

Posted - 08/14/2005 :  15:52:26  Show Profile  Visit chineselover's Homepage  Reply with Quote
David Bowie's 'Cactus' from the album 'Heathen' sounds Pixie-esque.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/15/2005 :  02:56:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
And Neil Young's Winterlong sounds like a cover The Pixies do!!

:D
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
9168 Posts

Posted - 08/16/2005 :  13:27:55  Show Profile  Visit VoVat's Homepage  Click to see VoVat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
That lead singer from Frank Black and the Catholics kind of sounds like the dude from the Pixies.



I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied.
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Doog
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United Kingdom
1220 Posts

Posted - 08/16/2005 :  15:07:08  Show Profile  Visit Doog's Homepage  Click to see Doog's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Beachbuggy sound a bit like Shellac trying to play Pixies songs (Albini production and everything) with a Michael Stipe-Frank Black hybrid lead singer. And they have 2 drummers who play the exact same thing. \m/

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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2005 :  10:55:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hav'nt Ministry played with 2 drummers before?!
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Don Eduardo
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Australia
403 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2005 :  19:35:20  Show Profile  Click to see Don Eduardo's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
There's this crap band here in Australia called End Of Fashion who have a song called "Oh Yeah" that seems to be on channel V (our version of mtv) every 5 minutes, and its a complete Where Is My Mind ripoff. Seriously I remember how the Flaming Lips had to pay royalties to Cat Stevens for their song Fight Test ripping off Father and Son, this is just as bad.....at least they admitted it, they said something like "oh well everyone else is recycling tunes, so why can't we"
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Carl
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Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/18/2005 :  11:41:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
There might be a good band visting Australia soon, if rumours are to be believed! ;)
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Doog
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United Kingdom
1220 Posts

Posted - 08/19/2005 :  04:42:18  Show Profile  Visit Doog's Homepage  Click to see Doog's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Carl

Hav'nt Ministry played with 2 drummers before?!



Maybe, but Beachbuggy played a few shows with one of their previous drummers - 3 DRUMMERS PLAYING IN UNISON! \m/

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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *

1667 Posts

Posted - 08/19/2005 :  10:18:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
StellaStarr*-Very pixie influenced! great band too

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Z_Zoquis
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145 Posts

Posted - 08/22/2005 :  14:27:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Everything I ever heard by The Smashing Pumpkins sounded like The Pixies minus a sense of humor...

Nirvana was the bastard offspring of The Pixies and the Replacements. I always imagined Paul Westerberg listening to a Nirvana record and getting totally pissed off and busting something.



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Carl
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Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/22/2005 :  17:12:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Z_Zoquis

Everything I ever heard by The Smashing Pumpkins sounded like The Pixies minus a sense of humor...


...and some seventies rock thrown in!!
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uriah_hit_the_crapper
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United Kingdom
4 Posts

Posted - 08/26/2005 :  06:44:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A band called Garageland from New Zealand (I think) sound very much like the friendlier songs from Doolittle...
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kottke
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USA
121 Posts

Posted - 08/28/2005 :  02:33:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Blur's self titled album (with Song 2 on it) has Pixies in it.

"Give me white ground to run"
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bumblebeeboy2
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United Kingdom
2638 Posts

Posted - 08/28/2005 :  04:16:18  Show Profile  Click to see bumblebeeboy2's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
no one said mclusky yet? i've really gotten into them lately, really growing on me. *very* pixies like. medium is the message must be a tribute to the pixies or something...


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a man with no little toe
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Ireland
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Posted - 08/28/2005 :  07:15:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Future Kings of Spain are a good band who must've listened to Pixies but do their own thing.
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