| Author |
 Topic  |
|
PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
 Posted - 08/31/2005 : 17:00:35
|
it was awesome. kim pulled the guitar lead out of joey's guitar during vamos, i think because he was carrying on with his solo too much and kim wanted to go back into the song (she played a bit of the bass before realising no one else joined in). then, joey, with his awesome effects, realised he could still create some cool noises by touching the end of the guitar lead, and really worked the crowd doing that.
setlist... oh shit... erm...
opened with wave of mutilation uk surf
ended with wave of mutilation normal
did the whole encore do-you-wanna-do-that-song? gigantic
did a cool thing by slotting in something against you in the middle of isla de encanta.
bossanova & trompe songs are always worth highligthing. blown away, stormy weather, planet of sound, subbacultcha... can't remember really... (will when reminded of course). winterlong.
i was right at the front and to the right (more or less infront of kim). during gigantic they did the goodnight thing.
some mental portugese dude next to me got pulled out because he was bashing people about and got warned loads.
got a call from CHEESEMAN! when i was making my way back, but couldn't really hear properly (hearing probably fucked from gig). 50 pence shouted awesome and i think cheeseman asked if it was him, but then the call got cut off, dunno if on purpose or bad signal or whatever.... anyway, hope you enjoyed it (sitting in a tre, k i s s i n g)
got a £10 bootleg t-shirt which was spotted for £5 later on :(
 Oh let it linger |
Edited by - PixieSteve on 08/31/2005 17:22:41 |
|
|
kaber
- FB Fan -
4 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 00:48:22
|
Wow, what a show.
Thoroughly exhausted but very happy.
Wish I was going tonight!!! |
Edited by - kaber on 09/01/2005 02:51:31 |
 |
|
|
Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 01:09:50
|
Knackered......
Good show though, better than Brixton last year I thought. No Levitate Me or Nimrod's Son, which was the only disappointment, but I can cope when it was one of the best gigs of my life...
How's that for a slice of fried gold? |
|
|
|
domtee
- FB Fan -
14 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 03:07:55
|
I did last night's show and the Manchester one the day before.
Thought the Manchester show was better. Better sound and atmosphere, the sound just seemed to echo really badly at Ally Pally. Also think I prefer them starting off with something harder like Head On than Wave. Joey's Vamos solos were excellent, they seemed like they were really having fun up there. Would still have liked to hear a few more Bossanova/Trompe songs, though both shows were fantastic!
I don't know if it was sound problems or not, but the Futureheads sounded awful last night. I missed them at Manchester as I was in the pub.
~~~~~~~~~
I'm telling you now and I'm telling you this
Life can be an onward, downward
Chip-chit-chip-chit-chip |
|
|
|
PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 03:28:33
|
where i was the sound was pretty good... and the futureheads sounded better than at reading festival.
Oh let it linger |
|
|
|
starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 03:30:11
|
pixies pixies pixies pixies pixies!
They were awesome! |
|
|
|
Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2461 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 03:36:01
|
Setlist, not exactly in order
Wave (Surf)
In Heaven
Where is My Mind
La la love you
here comes your man
blown away
holiday song
winterlong
vamos
into the white
And then, the 'electric set'...
Subbacultcha
Is She Weird
Caribou
Bone Machine
Ed is Dead
Cactus
Planet of Sound
Stormy Weather
Isla - Something Against You - Isla
Tame
Hey
Gouge
Monkey
Debaser
Wave
Gigantic
As Frank was playing the intro to Caribou, something was thrown onto the stage and appeared to land at Joey's feet. He stopped playing, kicked it away, and resumed without missing a beat.
Joey's new interpretation of 'lead guitar' was masterful! 'Vamos' was the best version I've heard.
A great many of the songs sounded even stronger than last year. Frank and Kim seemed to be having a few problems with their instruments, on several occasions gesturing at the sound guys to alter the balance or suchlike.
Frank looks very 'Teenager of the Year' like with his hair growing back.
Was right down at the front, though even further to right than PixieSteve must have been. The crowd seemed to be really enjoying the show, yet pushing/shoving was minimal, thankfully.
The idiot Portuguese guys were out the back after the show, berating the security guards.
Am going again tonight, hoping for 'Sad Punk'!
|
Edited by - Ziggy on 09/01/2005 03:48:54 |
|
|
|
Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 04:43:14
|
Set list (according to NME.com)
‘Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)’
‘In Heaven’/’Where Is My Mind?’
‘La La Love You’
‘Here Comes Your Man’
‘Blown Away’
‘The Holiday Song’
‘Vamos’
‘Winterlong’
‘Into The White’
‘Subbacultcha’
‘Is She Weird?’
‘Ed Is Dead’
‘Planet Of Sound’
‘Cactus’
‘Tame’
‘Hey’
‘Caribou’
‘Stormy Weather’
‘Isla De Encanta’/’Something Against You’/’Isla De Encanta’
‘Monkey Gone To Heaven’
‘Gouge Away’
‘Bone Machine’
‘Debaser’
‘Wave Of Mutilation’
‘Gigantic’
How's that for a slice of fried gold? |
|
|
|
Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 05:34:37
|
wow. i'd love to hear that something against you sandwich inside of isla bread.
-Brian
|
|
|
|
50 Pence
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
284 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 05:46:33
|
best gig i've ever been to, so euphoric.....
Blats |
|
|
|
kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 09:21:16
|
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
‘Isla De Encanta’/’Something Against You’/’Isla De Encanta’
Yeah, what is this? I wanna discuss this.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
|
|
|
|
PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 09:42:16
|
i think after the second lot of me voys they started something against you, then after that, rejoined isla de enctanta where they left it ("nuestro propio animal.."). not sure though.
Oh let it linger |
|
|
|
kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 09:45:01
|
Hm. I hazily recall they did that for a split second sometime in 04, can't remember where.
So it wasn't significant parts of each song?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
|
|
|
|
PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 09:49:15
|
not sure what you mean by that, but they were both played in their entirety, except isla de enctana was in two parts :)
Oh let it linger |
|
|
|
kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 10:10:14
|
Wow! In their entirety. I misunderstood you. Thanks. Wish I'd seen that. Damn.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
|
|
|
|
hibster
- FB Fan -
102 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 10:40:25
|
i disagree, i think this was the worse i have ever seen them.
(2nd night at brixton last year, birmingham hummingbird on doolittle tour & birmingham burberries on throwing muses support slot being the best)
frank didn't seem up for it all until tame, after tame (with the exception of monkey which i still don't rate) they were back to their best but before then they seemed really flat, like they were going through the motions.
having said that was great to see they all reacted to each other at the end - though what was with frank calling kim kellie?
this is why events unerve me |
|
|
|
a guy in a rover
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
535 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 11:45:36
|
Howdy Chumps.
Hows it goin? Just posted exactly the same thing on Pixiesmusic.com but what the hey, just wanted to come and check out some more Frank oriented responses to the gig. What did everyone think? Fucking amazing? Me and my brother were right near the front, just right of centre. The gig was amazing, probably the best I've ever been to.
Cant believe we were treated to such rare treats as Is She Wierd, Subbacultcha and Stormy Weather. The band were spot on as usual, and you could really feel just how much the crowd apprectiated them. The pit was madness, especially those Hispanic dwarves who kept arsing around during the Futureheads. Me and my bro were just behind them and I wanted to punch them all in the back of the head.
Cant be arsed writing much more, I stayed up till about 3am drinking value lager .
PS Does anyone else find Honeycomb, to be missing a little something, that they cant quite put their finger on? Dont get me wrong, I'm not one of these haters of all of Franks work post Pixies, in fact I think Frank made some of the best music of his career both with the Catholics and on his own. Im just not really 'feeling' honeycomb.
Also, does anyone else agree that the Pixies should now go there seperate ways. The comeback shows have been amazing but there is only so many times they can tour the world without getting stagnant, and I dont think recording an new album is a good idea either. Frank wrote those songs 20 years ago and he has matured significantly as a songwriter since then, recording new material would mean he would have to revert back to 1986 and I just dont think it would work, Frank would almost become a caricature of himself. Know what I mean?
Anyway, Peace.
I need some sleep.
"You are the son of a mother fucker"
|
|
|
|
starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 17:17:24
|
I slightly don't believe people didn't think that was amazing, were we even at the same gig? Maybe I'm just really easily pleased but I was blown -right-the-fuck-away- by the pixies last night. I loved how they made that gentle start and then by the end of it were all fire and yell, it was a beautiful build up. I was a happy bunny. I still grin. Widely.
Also, pixiesteve, as pleased as I am that you pronounce my name in the manner in which it should be pronounced I still feel moved to say...
Pervert! |
Edited by - starmekitten on 09/01/2005 17:19:05 |
|
|
|
PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 17:21:55
|
ok, enough of the cheesy lines.
Oh let it linger |
|
|
|
starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 17:45:03
|
| It's a good job you italicised that I might not have got it otherwise... |
|
|
|
PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 17:54:45
|
it wouldn't have been cheesy if i didn't
Oh let it linger |
|
|
|
brock_disaster
- FB Fan -
43 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2005 : 00:01:08
|
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Hm. I hazily recall they did that for a split second sometime in 04, can't remember where.
So it wasn't significant parts of each song?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
they did this last year at the irvine, CA show. except it was
isla/crackity jones/isla and they did it with nimrods son (fast)/holiday song/nimrods son (slow). it was awesome |
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2005 : 17:02:42
|
| They went into Something Against You during Isla?! And they did Blown Away?! Fuck, man, I hope they tour again after they've fulfilled all their commitments, and maybe start playing the 'rarer' songs more regularly. |
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2005 : 21:44:08
|
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1560120,00.html
The Pixies
3 out of 5 stars Manchester Apollo
Dave Simpson
Thursday September 1, 2005
The Guardian
We're in the middle of a grunge era revival. The film Last Days recreates the life and death of a Kurt Cobain-like artist; meanwhile the reformed Dinosaur Jr trudge around the festivals. Most visibly, the Pixies have ended an 11-year absence for a world tour which is doing enormous business. The Boston quartet once sang about a Wave of Mutilation; this is a wave of superannuation. Money is being liberated from the pockets of people who have seen them before and at least as many who haven't. None the less, this 80-minute show demonstrates the full spectrum of their influence. When the crowd cheer the line, "If man is five, then the devil is six," it could be Marilyn Manson. Similarly, it's hard to hear chants of "motherfucker" without thinking of Eminem.
While the Pixies' dementia and self-harm-obsessed songs will never sound as three-dimensional as Nirvana's, they opened the doors for every other guitar band who make similarly off-kilter yet popular music. Their odder songs - the turbulent Debaser, the spooky Where is My Mind? - sound unsettling and fresh where later, poppier material feels dated.
Something has been lost, whether to middle age or a year on the road, and Black Francis's famous scream has withered to a well-intentioned croak. However, barely illuminated by a spotlight, it's somehow now even more remarkable that the frontman - who resembles a deranged businessman about to ransack the golf course - became an international rock star. As for bassist Kim Deal, she is still clearly the stuff of male fantasies despite swapping heroin needles for knitting needles.
There's no new material, but one development. Joey Santiago catches a drumstick and, using it to "play" noise from his guitar, hurls it back to drummer David Lovering, who doesn't miss a beat. Pixies go showbiz? They wouldn't have thought up that one in 1990.
· At Alexandra Palace, London N22 (0870 400 0700), tonight.
Related article
20.08.2005: Laura Barton talks to 1980s mavericks the Pixies
(Songs not 'as three-dimensional as Nirvana?' His allusion to FB as 'a deranged business man about to ransack the golf course' is funny, but the crack about Deal is a bit uncalled for. I'm not sure the journalist is certain what he's on about in that review.) |
Edited by - Carl on 09/02/2005 21:46:52 |
|
|
|
Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2461 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 03:07:30
|
| Not a lot of thought went into that review, by the looks of things. The usual reviewer was busy at the Stooges concert that night! |
|
|
|
PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 05:18:58
|
he did miss a beat funnily enough :D
 |
|
|
|
starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 05:38:40
|
could be marilyn manson or emineminem? grunge revival? behave!
thats one awful review |
|
|
|
Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 07:26:16
|
Chances are he wasn't even there: I've never known David to catch the drumstick yet. That review is lame.
How's that for a slice of fried gold? |
|
|
|
50 Pence
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
284 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 07:30:00
|
heh, both joey and dave it it flawlessly at reading.
Blats |
|
|
|
Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2461 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 09:21:43
|
| Yeah lol now he did miss a beat! I'm sentimentalising already! |
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 07:47:41
|
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article310452.ece
Pixies, Alexandra Palace, London
2 out of 5 stars
Debasing themselves
By Ben Walsh
Published: 05 September 2005
"Outside there's a box car waiting/ outside the family stew/ out by the fire breathing/ outside we wait 'til face turns blue." These words of agreeable drivel, from arguably the Pixies' most accessible song, "Here Comes Your Man", swirled around my head all night, in my sleep. So, I must have had a decent time. I must have soaked up and wallowed in the unadulterated nostalgia. I must have bowed down before this celebrated Boston quartet - the singer Francis Black (born Charles Thompson), the bassist Kim Deal, the guitarist Joey Santiago and the drummer David Lovering. Except it didn't quite work out that way.
The gushing wave of critical enthusiasm is gradually dying down since this apparently unreformable band (relations between Black and Deal turned notoriously sour, and in the end Black was rumoured to have informed the band by fax that they were splitting up) reformed and played the Brixton Academy to hysterically favourable reviews last year. A year on from the massive hype, they are still around, however, still churning out the same material, in pretty much the same order. Still cashing in (and why not?) on their back-catalogue of classics from their most heady period, 1987 and 1993.
Tonight they're at Ally Pally. The palace is an unusual venue for a rock band (it feels like you're in an aircraft hangar), and the acoustics are rather unforgiving. The Pixies shuffled on stage, not to an explosion of screams, but to an appreciative wail or two. The crowd, mostly men in their early to mid-thirties, seemed quietly confident, smug even. Complacent? They knew exactly what they were going to receive tonight. No nasty surprises here. And, of course, there weren't.
The rock veterans began with their grisly ode to molestation, "Bone Machine", which is full of their trademark demented lyrics - "Our love is rice and beans and horses' lard". Then rat-a-tat-tat-style, the Pixies cascaded through their material at a scorching pace. They don't take breaks, apart from 12-year ones, of course (boom boom). We are then bombarded by some less well-known tracks, "Dead", "Alec Eiffel" and "Crackity Jones", delivered in blistering succession.
It quickly became clear, however, that neither Black, who, from a distance, bears an uncanny resemblance to Michael Chiklis's demented cop on The Shield, nor the iconic Deal (who is woefully underused tonight - particularly her delicious vocals) was going to engage with the audience. No banter, no frippery, no "hello, the People's Palace, we're back and here's something new for y'all". Indeed, there was little new material; mainly the golden oldies, including the wonderfully deranged "Nimrod's Son" (a song memorably parodied by Chris Morris in "Motherbanger". It got one of the best audience responses of the evening).
The four-piece marched relentlessly on through their "standards" - "In Heaven", "Vamos", "Holiday" and the superb "Where Is My Mind?". It was all head-spinningly impressive in its drive and the Pixies' wall (or wail) of sound is still awesomely furious. Except the spark, the thing that made them once peerless and somewhat magical (and, funnily enough, Lovering is now an accomplished stage magician), is fading. The more they perform, the more their mysterious appeal and Black's increasingly croaky voice fades to a gasp. Like The Clash and Hüsker Dü, the Pixies weren't really meant to be brought back from the dead. Some of their fans, maybe just this one, were secretly happy they remained "sleeping". No point flogging a dead pixie. Never a good thing.
As the revival night neared its conclusion, things turned refreshingly silly. There was a mini-stage invasion (well, one person tried to clamber on) during the anthemic "Debaser", and Lovering playfully lobbed Santiago a drumstick, which he used to get noise from his guitar. Ultimately, however, it was with mild relief that they signed off with "Gigantic". There was no need to go through the motions any more.
"Outside there's a box car waiting/ outside the family stew/ out by the fire breathing/ outside we wait 'til face turns blue." These words of agreeable drivel, from arguably the Pixies' most accessible song, "Here Comes Your Man", swirled around my head all night, in my sleep. So, I must have had a decent time. I must have soaked up and wallowed in the unadulterated nostalgia. I must have bowed down before this celebrated Boston quartet - the singer Francis Black (born Charles Thompson), the bassist Kim Deal, the guitarist Joey Santiago and the drummer David Lovering. Except it didn't quite work out that way.
The gushing wave of critical enthusiasm is gradually dying down since this apparently unreformable band (relations between Black and Deal turned notoriously sour, and in the end Black was rumoured to have informed the band by fax that they were splitting up) reformed and played the Brixton Academy to hysterically favourable reviews last year. A year on from the massive hype, they are still around, however, still churning out the same material, in pretty much the same order. Still cashing in (and why not?) on their back-catalogue of classics from their most heady period, 1987 and 1993.
Tonight they're at Ally Pally. The palace is an unusual venue for a rock band (it feels like you're in an aircraft hangar), and the acoustics are rather unforgiving. The Pixies shuffled on stage, not to an explosion of screams, but to an appreciative wail or two. The crowd, mostly men in their early to mid-thirties, seemed quietly confident, smug even. Complacent? They knew exactly what they were going to receive tonight. No nasty surprises here. And, of course, there weren't.
The rock veterans began with their grisly ode to molestation, "Bone Machine", which is full of their trademark demented lyrics - "Our love is rice and beans and horses' lard". Then rat-a-tat-tat-style, the Pixies cascaded through their material at a scorching pace. They don't take breaks, apart from 12-year ones, of course (boom boom). We are then bombarded by some less well-known tracks, "Dead", "Alec Eiffel" and "Crackity Jones", delivered in blistering succession.
It quickly became clear, however, that neither Black, who, from a distance, bears an uncanny resemblance to Michael Chiklis's demented cop on The Shield, nor the iconic Deal (who is woefully underused tonight - particularly her delicious vocals) was going to engage with the audience. No banter, no frippery, no "hello, the People's Palace, we're back and here's something new for y'all". Indeed, there was little new material; mainly the golden oldies, including the wonderfully deranged "Nimrod's Son" (a song memorably parodied by Chris Morris in "Motherbanger". It got one of the best audience responses of the evening).
The four-piece marched relentlessly on through their "standards" - "In Heaven", "Vamos", "Holiday" and the superb "Where Is My Mind?". It was all head-spinningly impressive in its drive and the Pixies' wall (or wail) of sound is still awesomely furious. Except the spark, the thing that made them once peerless and somewhat magical (and, funnily enough, Lovering is now an accomplished stage magician), is fading. The more they perform, the more their mysterious appeal and Black's increasingly croaky voice fades to a gasp. Like The Clash and Hüsker Dü, the Pixies weren't really meant to be brought back from the dead. Some of their fans, maybe just this one, were secretly happy they remained "sleeping". No point flogging a dead pixie. Never a good thing.
As the revival night neared its conclusion, things turned refreshingly silly. There was a mini-stage invasion (well, one person tried to clamber on) during the anthemic "Debaser", and Lovering playfully lobbed Santiago a drumstick, which he used to get noise from his guitar. Ultimately, however, it was with mild relief that they signed off with "Gigantic". There was no need to go through the motions any more. |
|
|
|
50 Pence
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
284 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 08:29:11
|
What a knobcheese, though i can maybe just a little bit get what he is talking about. Me being 18 missed out when the pixies were at their peak, and so when they reformed i was extrmemly happy to have the chance to finally see them live, and i loved them(I went to this gig, and saw them at reading festival). However for someone who whitnessed them in their prime, maybe this reunion, in some aspects, was not up to the same standard of the late 80's and early 90's. But frankly seeing them perform live was infinately better than listen to the already brilliant albums, and for that reason alone i reckon the reunion was a good thing.
Blats |
|
|
|
pudmeister
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
159 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 09:31:36
|
What a toss!! That for me was the best out of 8 pixies gigs!!!!(2004)
I hate critics, sad fools.
"Looking through the eye of a pig I see it all" - Cypress Hill |
|
|
|
Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 09:56:40
|
That was the 1st September gig surely? "Started with Bone Machine"? They opened with WOM(UK) when I was there.
How's that for a slice of fried gold? |
|
|
|
hibster
- FB Fan -
102 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2005 : 05:20:47
|
sorry to continue with the dissent, but i rather agree with these reviews.
the brixton shows were awesome (especially the second one) but the first night at ally pally did smack of a band going through the motions somewhat.
this is why events unerve me |
|
|
|
Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2461 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2005 : 13:48:59
|
The first night at Ally Pally was great, for all the playfulness of the band onstage.
I noted how young much of the crowd was, I'm only 19 and we were surrounded by a great many people no older than me. Some of these reviews seem to have been written by people who weren't even at the show. LOL. |
|
|
|
Topic |
|
|
|
Pixies at Alexandra Palace (31st August)
