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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
895 Posts |
 Posted - 01/29/2005 : 07:59:24
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So when I went to the Pixies concert in November, I saw a girl from the same university program I’m in….and she says, ‘I never figured you listened to the Pixies’….kinda insulting, but I said, ‘yea well’. Then, a few weeks later, a guy who was in one of my classes, whom I never talked to before, was wearing a Pixies’ sweatshirt. So I went up to him and we started talking about music in general…blablabla….it was nice. It’s weird that there are so many people you may have a lot in common with, but would not have known otherwise, unless such a situation arises….I’m not about to start wearing a Pixies-T in order to exploit the situation, but man, its hard to meet interesting people.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2005 : 08:25:39
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I agree. I openly welcome anyone who wants to talk Pixies with me. Hard to find such people though.
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mammynuns
- FB Fan -
85 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2005 : 11:22:38
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| soooo true. i find that i have a problem of going on and on and on and on and on about the pixies with the few people i know who (just casually) listen to them. if i ever met someone from these here forums in real life, wed be able to talk alllllllllll day. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2005 : 11:31:19
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| Mostly whenever I mention them to people they go "Oh wow, yeah they're great, etc." And I mean long before the whole reunion-revival thing. They've always been more popular than they seemed, in a way. Not that all THAT many people have ever known or liked 'em, mind. |
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mammynuns
- FB Fan -
85 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2005 : 14:24:33
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| yeah, it seems like praising the pixies is a hip thing to do theeeese days. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2005 : 15:37:33
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I guess that means I'll have to start hating them, doesn't it? :P
"Reunion? Shit union!" |
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 01:23:28
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I hate myself sometimes as I talk to people about the pixies and they say, uh I love the pixies, and I smile but inside I am saying, no you fucking liar, you like monkey gone to heaven, you know, the one you describe as that monkey song, you dont fucking love them. But I do have my wife who does genuinely love them.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 05:23:05
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Very true. There will be more and more people like that now.
Love, love, my season |
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n/a
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Posted - 01/30/2005 : 07:28:21
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Originally posted by Domestiques
I hate myself sometimes as I talk to people about the pixies and they say, uh I love the pixies, and I smile but inside I am saying, no you fucking liar, you like monkey gone to heaven, you know, the one you describe as that monkey song, you dont fucking love them. But I do have my wife who does genuinely love them.
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“I want to be a star!” I cried
They said, “You’re overqualified.
Why don’t you learn to tune your damn guitar?”
That's what I listen sometimes, people who pretend to "love them"...but they don't really do, they just heard a few songs and now with the reunion they think it's cool to "love the Pixies". That's the reason why I don't talk with almost anyone about them!
The blood in my veins and the wind in my lungs
And I am breathless without you
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 07:49:00
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You should do. Just test them to find out if they are a real fan.
Love, love, my season |
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mammynuns
- FB Fan -
85 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 08:41:18
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as much as i hate the snobbery thats involved a lot of peoples taste in music... i think that in the case of the pixies its excuseable for a few reasons.
first of all, everyone and their mother knows the pixies as the band that influenced the new rock movement but never got due credit themselves. so its always been such a hip thing to say you love the pixies. theyre kinda like the jesus of modern rock.
but ontop of that... with their reunion... it also became really cool to get excited about it. so in less than a decade and a half we saw two reasons to pretend to love the pixies, whereas with most bands, there is just a period of time where liking them is the thing to do.
so with the pixies, i do feel justified in shooting people dirty looks when they get all high and mighty about their love for the band when they really only know a few songs.
im not saying that true pixies fans are special. i mean, theyre just a band like every other band, and the real fans are just people who dig what theyre doing. im definitely not saying that they are 'superior' to anyone, just that i like them more than almost any other rock band. |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 08:49:37
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What's the appropriate question to discover who is not a real fan?
The violet, the lily and the pink but those I refused all three |
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 08:53:47
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I ask--"what's your fave pixies album?" and follow that up with "what do you think of Frank's solo work?"
that gleans out a good 40-50%. |
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 09:37:54
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I think if they know anything pre doolittle or anything bar velouria post doolittle..
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 09:56:23
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"My Manta Ray..."
You all know what follows there. It should be answered screaming to be a correct answer.
The violet, the lily and the pink but those I refused all three |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 12:27:34
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I think the cool thing about this reunion is that the word of mouth is out and people have actually heard of them. Years ago I gave up even talking about them to most people because I knew that they had never heard of em.
Now people are like, oh yeah, I have heard about them when you talk about them which is cool. |
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martha_promise
= Cult of Ray =
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 14:26:44
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Yeah, as does Tobafett, I usually inquire as to whether they've listened to Frank, and then if not, (which is usually) I end up gushing on and on about how great it is and how they owe it to themselves to, ect...
Hey, You listen to Jesse Denatale?
FBF does, so do I. Anyone else? FBF, did you get a chance to see him on tour with Jonathan Richman and/or do you have any idea when his next release may be? Good, good stuff...
~~Come inside, or...Go Away.~~ |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 19:56:20
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I guess I'm quite lucky with my little gang of pixies loving buddies
(proper pre reunion buddies and everyfink...)
I got introduced to them many moons ago by a guy I was seeing at the time and I fell for the pixies so it was cool to have him to blabber on to about them. It was after the original split (because I was too young and too poor for music at the time) so I got the pixies anf FB solo all in one go (like a magical musical christmas).
Then met a good couple of people when I went to uni who already knew and dug the pixies and FB (I found out over alcoholic so whaddya listen to then, whass yer mooooooshic tashtes type conversation) who gushed like idiots with me when the reunion was announced and I went to the gig with!
I'm glad for the reunion because I was a late starter (circa 1999)and am so greatful for the opportunity to see them (so I don't have to listen to the ex go on about how he saw the pixies and I never got to)((and because they rock my world of course)) but I'd seen FB & TC's a couple of times and I was happy at just that really. My friend texted me not long after the reunion had been anounced and asked if it would be wrong of him to slap to some blink 182 fan-girl who'd asked him at work if he'd 'heard of this great new band the pixies' in the circumstances I thought it very reserved of him to text me first...
you
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we used to be on fire |
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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
895 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 03:52:21
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Originally posted by martha_promise
Hey, You listen to Jesse Denatale?
FBF does, so do I. Anyone else? FBF, did you get a chance to see him on tour with Jonathan Richman and/or do you have any idea when his next release may be? Good, good stuff...
~~Come inside, or...Go Away.~~
Yep....I did get to see him with Jonathan Richman (very, very good)....he doesnt really get to tour all that often....but if you are in San Fran....he plays fairly regularly....as far as a new cd, havent heard anything....but I have been playing Shangri La West at least twice a week since june.
www.jessedenatale.com |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 05:36:39
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That's a very interesting story, but what really matters is...did you bang her?
Heh...liking bands like the Pixies in this day in age is like belonging to a secret society it seems. It's exciting to find someone you know likes good music. You have to advertise by wearing band shirts and stuff. I found out this really cool chick I work with digs the Pixies and other really good music. It's one thing to know they listen to them, it's another to be driven home by them when drunk and hear "Doolittle" start up with the car.
I guess I just wasn't made for these times. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 07:06:53
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Surprised you didn't jump on her there and then.
Actually she would have crashed the car so I am not surprised really.
Love, love, my season |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 10:35:52
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Its my considered opinion that wearing a Frank Black T-shirt yourself can give you a good idea of the quality of women. Three answers, or variations upon them:
a) "Frank Black? Who's that?" (bad sign)
b) "The guy from the Pixies right?" (getting better)
c) "That T-shirt is a knock off, the one I'm wearing is official" (the perfect woman)
"What sounds to you like a big load of trashy noise, is in fact the brilliant music of a genius" |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 10:49:55
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and has it ever worked?
you
me
we used to be on fire |
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dayanara
* Dog in the Sand *
Australia
1811 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 10:56:45
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to be fair, i know a few long time pixie fans that went down the kim trail instead of the righteous path of the black, so they'd fail the "what's your favorite catholic's record?" test.
A monkey will eat dirt if you make him. |
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 11:52:33
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you can always expand to the breeders or martinis or, ultimately, "who's your favorite Scientific Phenominalist?" to test those you deem worthy.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 13:41:40
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quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
and has it ever worked?
you
me
we used to be on fire
What do you think?
"What sounds to you like a big load of trashy noise, is in fact the brilliant music of a genius" |
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4109 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 14:33:32
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quote:
Originally posted by dayanara
to be fair, i know a few long time pixie fans that went down the kim trail instead of the righteous path of the black, so they'd fail the "what's your favorite catholic's record?" test.
A monkey will eat dirt if you make him.
And maybe you get for an answer something like...Catholics???
We have the answer to all your fears
It's short, it's simple, it's crystal dear
It's round about, it's somewhere here
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ccuadros
* Dog in the Sand *
Chile
1315 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 14:54:04
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I had a funny experience, when I came back to Chile from the Pixies Concert in Brazil, in the plane I watched a girl with a Pixies T-Shirt, I was wearing a Pixies T-Shirt of the concert too...so she asked me if I like the Pixies and if I went to the concert..my surprise was that she was Chilean too, and she went to the concert too and blah blah blah....today we're friends... It was a cool way to know a friend because of the Pixies.
That's it.....Salu2 |
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OldManInaCoffeeCan
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1467 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 15:16:03
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Originally posted by Daisy Girl
I think the cool thing about this reunion is that the word of mouth is out and people have actually heard of them. Years ago I gave up even talking about them to most people because I knew that they had never heard of em.
Now people are like, oh yeah, I have heard about them when you talk about them which is cool.
I agree Daisy Girl, one of the cool things about this reunion is that people have heard about them if the subject is brought up. But, unfortunately, there are many folks who now dig the Pixies but have not yet listened to Frank Black.
However, now when you introduce someone to Frank's music you can use the Pixies reference and more people will know who you are refering to, and due to their new-found enjoyment of the Pixies, will be more likely to TUNE IN and TURN ON to The Man! |
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2005 : 21:51:01
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quote:
Originally posted by dayanara
to be fair, i know a few long time pixie fans that went down the kim trail instead of the righteous path of the black, so they'd fail the "what's your favorite catholic's record?" test.
A monkey will eat dirt if you make him.
Thats me, my wife took the path of the frank and I took the path of the kim, it is only in the last 2 months I have listened to his albums.
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theonecontender
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
565 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2005 : 06:59:31
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2005 : 07:24:30
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Hang on a minute, we are atalking about Pixies, not The Catholics, The Breeders, The Martinis or anyone else. If they know a lot about the Pixies then they are a Pixies fan. Simple as.
Love, love, my season |
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shmo
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 16:51:29
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thank you tobafett thankyou !!i can never remember the word "phenomonalist" especially on command. my band "red phone fetish has done some experimenting with the bass drum smoke rings, but nothing like proffessor Lovering can do quote:
Originally posted by tobafett
you can always expand to the breeders or martinis or, ultimately, "who's your favorite Scientific Phenominalist?" to test those you deem worthy.
:)
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shmo
- FB Fan -
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2005 : 16:59:55
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any body ever been to a dead show lately?? lets not end up like those people! all hoity toity "im the biggest dead fan blah" all that to find out they were validictorian in high school makin snide remarks about me for smokin pot.
these bandwagoners fairweather people will embarass themselves and learn or fall by the wayside |
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mosleyk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
607 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2005 : 18:12:35
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This is a great topic!
I love Pixies fans. I love how shameless they (we, me) are. Anyone have this experience?.....Driving down the road in the city with the Pixies pumping through your car stereo and you are at a red light...somebody is standing on the sideway, hears the music and shouts out "Yeah Pixies!" You feel like you could just stop the car hop out and have a chat with the person. I don't know how many times that has happened to me, and before there was even talk about a reunion. As long as there have been the Pixies there has been just wonderful fans. |
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
696 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 02:09:35
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Ain't you disapointed by the way they try to express (or not) themselves through the forum??
Don't forget to bring a towel !! |
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'Hey, You listen to the Pixies?'
