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SoKD
- FB Fan -
Italy
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 Posted - 12/02/2005 : 07:10:17
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Originally posted by number 13
I think we could find some similarities on his two first lps and the Pixies. Just listen to Brackish, Freedom Rock, Los Angeles, Bad Wicked World just to name a few. The sound and style are familiar, don't you think?
That's true, but...
I think his style did changed: the songs were longer, the arrangements richer, lots of different genres were "explored"... Of course there were Santiago and Feldman, and of course you cannot radically change your way of creating music in a couple of years, but I don't see how the pixies could play electropop (Hang on to your ego) or reggae (Fiddle Riddle).
Not to mention that when he started his solo career he even changed his stage name!
jimmy, billgoodman is right: "in a doghouse" CD doesn't contain any liner note but a short manifesto written by Kristin Hersh (kind of "why we did what we did"). And Italy could be a great country, if it wasn't so full of italians... BTW, have you seen the Pixies @Newport? Kim Deal wore a tee shirt of the italian rugby (or maybe football) national team! |
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kromkamp
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 09:10:45
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In fact, the pixies did play Hang on to your Ego, at a BBC Peel session :)
I think the 'next pixies' album would have sounded very much like the first FB album, but I think TOTY was pretty much a departure from that sound.
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SoKD
- FB Fan -
Italy
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 11:04:25
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Yes, they did a demo of that song (it wasn't a part of a John Peel Session, actually, later it was broadcasted @ a BBC show). Never listened to the pixies version, but I guess it was completely different from the one he did in the first album. Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe it was exactly like the one in "Frank Black", and maybe that's why the pixies never officially released it: because it didn't suit their style... :-)
Right now I'm listening to Fu Manchu: saxophones, synth strings... never heard these things on a pixies album.
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 16:36:19
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I think FB and TOTY follow in the direction that some songs on "TLMonde" were going, and, like someone said, they've got Joey and Feldman, but they were meant to be, and are, a distinct change from the Pixies sound.
The sound that most people associate with the Pixies is the sound of "Surfer" and "Doolittle". Compared to "Last Splash" and The Amps record, FB avoids sounding like the Pixies and, like someone said, he does songs that the Pixies wouldn't have done.
I so badly want "In a Doghouse" but I really shouldn't, at least until I see it used somewhere. |
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number 13
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 17:05:08
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Yep, he was trying to distance himself from his old band. But when you're playing with Joey Santiago, it's a bit hard... I agree with the fact that some songs didn't fit into the Pixies' style. Don't You Rile 'Em and Fu Manchu are good illustrations.
By the way, the Pixies didn't play Hang On To Your Ego, it was Black solo with John Peel on drums machine. He played Is She Weird (can be found on the Peel Sessions record), Velouria and Allison too. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 19:21:22
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Really?! Wow, didn't know that!!
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/03/2005 : 02:41:35
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quote:
Originally posted by number 13
By the way, the Pixies didn't play Hang On To Your Ego, it was Black solo with John Peel on drums machine.
So that's the Man doing the little solo? Go Frank! |
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Did Kim Deal write songs about the break-up?
