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Chip Away Boy
= Cult of Ray =

914 Posts

Posted - 09/07/2005 :  22:54:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
...i just needed to say that.

hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =

France
696 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  00:32:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The big thing from Pistolero for me. Once yielded for the song during the tour 99... Frank looked at me like I was saying something funny... He did not play it... Maybe I just did not prounounce it well...

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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  02:21:16  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
hW, that thought alone makes me laugh.
I wonder what FB thought you were saying/calling him.

and I just need to say....I F'ing LOVE Pistolero
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The Holiday Son
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France
2008 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  02:38:27  Show Profile  Visit The Holiday Son's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Yep, best song from Pistolero... after I love your brain of course.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  04:04:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Indeed, gentlemen, indeed.

Let us praise this song, let us praise this band.




Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  04:12:49  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
BOW DOWN TO THE ALL KILLER NO FILLER THAT BE PISTOLERO



IF YOU MOVE, HE SHOOTS...BANG BANG! HE SHOT YOU DOWN. BANG BANG!

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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  04:16:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sun she burns mean and big I think I’ll go to cafe noir
Big screen turns me on I’m gonna be your western star
How hard can it be?
I get my freon bingo inside your cool soft sarong
Rolling on the moquette inside a cul-de-sac kampong
How hard can it be?
How hard can it be when you’re a western star?
Shining and free don’t you know that a star burns best?
How hard can it be?
I said now how hard can it be?
She’s so sentimental she’s got my picture in her head
The tool-man is in her dreams
I was lifted when she said how hard can it be?
And now he’s headed skyward standing up on piles of plywood
And all he thinks about is how he looks like Heroes-period Bowie
And his figure blocks the light
And he takes away the night
And he’s dancing to the new bolero
You soy un pistolero

I’m not shakin’ in my boots
I’m ruler of this moon boy so if you move I shoots
How hard can it be?


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  04:19:20  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
So. Bay. So. Good.

Ya get me!
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two reelers
* Dog in the Sand *

Austria
1036 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  05:54:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
u

Edited by - two reelers on 09/08/2005 05:56:39
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two reelers
* Dog in the Sand *

Austria
1036 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  05:55:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

HE SAW A SPOT OF BLUE IN BLACK OF THE EYE OF THE LORD




I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band

Edited by - two reelers on 09/08/2005 05:57:57
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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  06:57:49  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by two reelers

u

mass? cational?
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =

Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  08:34:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
how hard could it be to love this song?


(i'm channeling VoVat)
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
9168 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  09:51:24  Show Profile  Visit VoVat's Homepage  Click to see VoVat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
One thing I like about both "Western Star" and "So Hard To Make Things Out" is how they have a lot of different parts to them, instead of sounding the same all the way through. I think a lot of the songs on Pistolero suffer from sounding so similar to each other, but WS, SHTMTO, "Billy Radcliffe," "Skeleton Man," and "I Think I'm Starting To Lose It" are all great.



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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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  09:59:52  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
frank is a master of intros, outros, middle eigths!
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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1186 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  21:44:59  Show Profile  Visit prozacrat's Homepage  Click to see prozacrat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
If I were to pick a song to prove that the genre of "Rock & Roll" still exists amid all the shitty shit "New Rock" it would have to be Western Star. It's unadulterated rockin' in its purist form as far as I am concerned. I have felt this way since I first heard the song/album.

http://www.prozacrat.com
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Perk
- FB Fan -

USA
210 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2005 :  23:33:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Word
I'm a post whore

Don't sweat the petty things
and don't pet the sweaty things
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velvety
= Cult of Ray =

Portugal
536 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  02:00:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I hardly listen to Pistolero anymore, but this thread made me want to re-listen to it once more.
And even though I still find the 'album' inconsistent, I really found myself missing the more rocking side of Frank.
Songs like 'Tiny heart', 'Western Star', 'I love your brain', 'Billy Radcliff' or 'So.bay' have so much energy in them, damn it, I need to hear that again. And even though I never really was a fan of Rich Gilbert's guitar work, most of that chaotic mess he does really adds to these songs. 'Tiny heart' and 'I want rock & roll' especially, are freakin' awesome.
And I wonder if 'I think I'm starting to lose it' would have been in Surfer Rosa's tracklist, if it wouldn't be considered a classic, like 'Broken Face' or 'Something against you'. How can one not get goosebumps when Frank screams "I think I'm starting to looooooose it, I think I'm starting to looooooose it..."
Maybe that's why I really hope to hear a new Pixies album. That'll have to be a rockin album, right?
I wouldn't mind an album worth of waltzes, though.
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =

France
696 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  02:44:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"I think I'm starting to lose it"

equals super song!

Pistolero. Grand Album.

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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  02:51:25  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by hWolsky

Pistolero. Grand Album

Now why didn't I post this?!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  03:56:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's a Friday, people have things to do, work to wrap up, weekend plans to kick off. But let us take a moment on this busy day to note how fucking cool McDave's little mews are at the end of Western Star. They just cap off that most amazing song. All hail the Catholics!


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  04:14:53  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
ALL: HAIL KATH'LICKS !!!

Today has been declared 'PISTOLERO DAY'

Now go shoot something
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  05:05:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm driving my car to Swoon City, boys! Anybody want a ride?




Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  05:08:34  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Downtown chick chat. Count me in.
I got the 8-tracks and chucks on my feet.

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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  07:10:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Chip Away, I too have a soft spot for it (and Holiday Son, I fully agree it's the best song on Pistolero). I love singing and playing this on guitar!

BTW, love that kitten, fbc-show that to Oliver Stone! :D
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Chip Away Boy
= Cult of Ray =

914 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  09:17:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Most assuredly.

And Velvety, I whole-heartedly agree with you about "I Think I'm Starting To Lose It." Imagine if in the chorus, it was Kim singing that backup....it would sound stellar.

Frank - rerecord that song for the new pixies cd, PLEASE!
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scruvs
= Cult of Ray =

353 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  13:13:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn

I'm driving my car to Swoon City, boys! Anybody want a ride?


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank




me please. swing by Cali and pick me up, please.


_____________________
Boy, you sure can holler.
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IceCream
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USA
1850 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  13:21:49  Show Profile  Visit IceCream's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn

let us take a moment on this busy day to note how fucking cool McDave's little mews are at the end of Western Star. They just cap off that most amazing song.
Does anyone not like the mews? When I first heard them, I thought they were really annoying and totaly out of place. The second time I didn't mind as much, for I knew they were coming, and I prepared myself.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  14:37:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by IceCream

quote:
Originally posted by kathryn

let us take a moment on this busy day to note how fucking cool McDave's little mews are at the end of Western Star. They just cap off that most amazing song.
Does anyone not like the mews? When I first heard them, I thought they were really annoying and totaly out of place. The second time I didn't mind as much, for I knew they were coming, and I prepared myself.



Sorry, what? Huh? Obviously you are not a heterosexual woman, Ice Cream.


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1485 Posts

Posted - 09/09/2005 :  19:53:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The mews give more personality to an already stellar song. I love doing shit like that when I'm playing a song with my band, it's going great and it gets you in that playful mood to do something like that.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2005 :  07:18:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The mews!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2005 :  07:19:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I once complimented McDave on the mews, and called them "the mews," and he blushed.
Highlight of my life.


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1485 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2005 :  07:40:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Isn't it more like,"Aaaaoooooo"?
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2005 :  07:41:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yeah, next time I listen to it, I'm gonna be listening for a'mews' sound! ;D
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2005 :  07:46:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HeywoodJablome

Isn't it more like,"Aaaaoooooo"?



Oh, no, it's a meow, like a cat's. He agreed.


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <

Poland
4698 Posts

Posted - 09/11/2005 :  08:41:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
aaaoo


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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/11/2005 :  09:06:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Remember the good old days?





Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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