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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03/21/2006 : 02:50:57
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so we have:
I'm the hardy loser
You'll find me crashing through my mother's door
I am the ugly lover
You'll find us rolling on the dirty floor
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
I'm a belly dancer
I shake for arabs and I never care
I'm a building jumper
Roof to roof you see me flying in the air
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Somebody got hurt
Somebody get hurt
Somebody got hurt
OK OK OK yes yes? |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2006 : 07:19:28
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That seems right to me.
"The arc of triumph" |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2006 : 07:24:48
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Tre, after much thought and reflection, I urge you to reconsider floop's "Harley loser."
It makes sense -- both how it sounds and how it goes with the next line ("crashing" through a door).
Thank you.
I got some heaven in my head
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2006 : 18:14:35
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[quote]Originally posted by starmekitten
Bone Machine (typo only)
Your bone's got a little machine
Broken Face
I hear:
Who were his daughters
Who were his favourite lovers
and:
You'd say isn't she lovely
Gigantic
What a big black mass
What a hunk of love
[mass-big hunk???]
Vamos intro
She said: "Don't tou - anybody touches my stuff"
And I said "You fucking die" like that
I'm Amazed
I went off with the team [i went out for the team]
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 05:17:04
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Watched the Brixton '91 vid of Break My Body that benji uploaded, I'm certain he says 'I shake for arabs'.
 pas de dutchie! |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2006 : 09:07:08
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quote:
Originally posted by tobafett
Gigantic
What a big black mass
What a hunk of love
That's the one.
We also have Dave yelling "P/I/X/I/E/S" in Cactus. |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2006 : 17:22:28
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Sorry if I'm totally repeating, but I can't face trawling through pages just in case...
Alterations in bold. I'm pretty damn positive on these, I've got a load of versions I checked between when figuring out the proper lyrics to use in Nimrod's Son, makes life easier. Plus I get to listen to the Pixies, which is a boon. Kim's vocal is normally a good indicator because she pronounces stuff a bit better better than Chucky.
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Bone Machine
You're looking like
You've got some sun
Your blistered lips
Have got a kiss
That tastes a bit like everyone
I was talking to peachy-peach about kissy-kiss
I'm in your brains (seriously! listen to it on headphones!)
You make me hard
Your irish skin..
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Break My Body
I'm a hard loser
You'll find me crashing through my mother's door
I am the ugly lover
You'll find us rolling on the dirty floor
Somebody got hurt
Somebody get hurt
Somebody got her
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Broken Face
There was this man who snapped his brain
In little pieces
And then they drilled holes
And then they put it back in there
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River Euphrates
Ri ri ri ri (doesn't sound like "ride")
Two three hey
Ride a tyre down River Euphrates...
Riiiiide!
A!
Tyyrrree!
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Tony's Theme
she's got him oiling his chain for a ride today (definately not "today" but I can't figure it out!)
I am Tone, super bicycle Tone
I’m racing', speed by, turn and pop a wheelie burn
evil chasing'
I can look at the sun
if you give me some bad sunglasses
b-b-back on the road
he was even dressed like a toad < this sounds way off, but I can't do any better
after classes!
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Vamos
I keep letter friends
Even the lesbian (definately this on a college radio set)
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I'm Amazed
the day before
I was wed
she went upstairs
and she shot her head, i'm amazed (college radio set again)
before I died
I took my honda
and packed it up up up
to Arizona, I'm amazed
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Brick is Red[/b]
the pretty[/b] color of ice
Sorry if that was a total nightmare to read 
www.myspace.com/doog = music
www.myspace.com/doogdoogdoog = emo |
Edited by - Doog on 04/03/2006 17:26:02 |
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Levitated
= Cult of Ray =
Chile
652 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2006 : 18:46:12
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quote:
Originally posted by Doog
River Euphrates
Two three hey
Ride a tyre down River Euphrates...
I thought he said: two, three, let's! |
Edited by - Levitated on 04/03/2006 18:46:39 |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2006 : 02:15:53
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Crap, that's what I meant to put in! Musta forgot to change it, it was pretty late..
www.myspace.com/doog = music
www.myspace.com/doogdoogdoog = emo |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2006 : 06:10:47
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Going from the Break My Body live @ Brixon 91 vid someone posted recently, the first line is "I'm a horny loser", and listening back to Surfer Rosa, it sounds like that too!
Incidently, I f*cking LOVE this song.
www.myspace.com/doog = music
www.myspace.com/doogdoogdoog = emo |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2006 : 06:49:15
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Yep, it's one of my very favorite Pixies song, and it's a pity it hasn't popped up on the reunion tours!
pas de dutchie! |
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2023 Posts |
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MajorKey
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 09/29/2006 : 23:43:29
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TONY'S THEME
This is a song about a superhero named Tony
It's called Tony's Theme
He's got the oil on his chain for a ride in the rain
No baloney
Ride around on my bicycle like a pony
I'm waving hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Gi-Gi-Gimme your scream
Gimme, gimme me the theme
Of Tony
To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny
I am Tone, super bicycle Tone, I'm racing
Spitfire turn and pop a wheelie, burn and evil chasing
I'm waving bye, bye, bye, bye, bye
I got a card in my spoke
I'm practicing my joke, I'm learning
To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny
This is a song about a superhero named Tony
It's called Tony's Theme
I can look at the sun if you give me some bad sunglasses
I'm back on the road, hip-hop on grass like a toad
After classes!
To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny
To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny
To-ny
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2006 : 02:09:51
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So there's no talking to his bicycle tire 
great lyrics, key. you made me wanna bust out the acoustic and sing along. but cup of tea comes first.
oh but my joy of today / is that we can all be proud to say / to be bald, gifted and black / is where it's at |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 12:15:20
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quote:
Originally posted by Carl
Watched the Brixton '91 vid of Break My Body that benji uploaded, I'm certain he says 'I shake for arabs'.
pas de dutchie!
Definitely I shake for hours. I shake for Arabs (just cos he sang I'm a belly dancer) would be a mindless line to sing. He sang 'hours' at the recent Oregon shows.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 12:17:57
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quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
Watched the Brixton '91 vid of Break My Body that benji uploaded, I'm certain he says 'I shake for arabs'.
pas de dutchie!
Definitely I shake for hours. I shake for Arabs (just cos he sang I'm a belly dancer) would be a mindless line to sing.
since all Pixies lyrics follow logic and convention? |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 13:52:59
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Arabs? Which Arabs? I mean Frank isn't usually so tactless though it is typical of some Americans to mindlessly bunch them.
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Edited by - trobrianders on 10/13/2007 13:54:16 |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 15:10:54
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quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
Arabs? Which Arabs? I mean Frank isn't usually so tactless though it is typical of some Americans to mindlessly bunch them.
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Ed is the hoo hoo
do you ever find that non-Americans do that, or just Americans?
seriously though, just so i'm clear, are you arguing that using the word "arabs" in a lyric is offensive?
on topic though, i think it's "arabs" too. when you hear it in solo performances it's pretty clear |
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mixedbizz
- FB Fan -
USA
176 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 16:23:22
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quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
Arabs? Which Arabs? I mean Frank isn't usually so tactless though it is typical of some Americans to mindlessly bunch them.
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You're surely kidding right? |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 17:35:54
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Frank is a good American as opposed to the type that gave the world the eloquent phrase 'towel-head'. Hardly controversial. You not making a meal of this?
Family members may squabble but stick together when someone comes-a-knockin. There's no need to circle the wagons when an American like Warren Zeavon sings Lawyers, Guns and Money. I thought I might be extended the same courtesy. Apparently not if I'm seen as an outsider. By the way, you turned my 'some Americans' into 'just Americans'. No one waves that flag at me. That flag belongs to me. Of course non-Americans do it but the world fears when Americans do it. That's what makes it noteworthy.
Not offensive, just clumsy. Correctness has no place in songwriting. "I shake for arabs" is just plain bad art! As crass as singing about waving onions at stripey-vested Frenchmen. Do you think it's good art? That's what's bugging me a little. I always thought he was saying arabs too. But then hearing it at the Oregon shows it seemed not. Maybe he switched. Oh man, is PixieSteve ever gonna lay into me this time! Set a lighter tone. It would help me out.
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Edited by - trobrianders on 10/15/2007 03:29:01 |
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mixedbizz
- FB Fan -
USA
176 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 23:28:26
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Well said trobi. I misunderstood.
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mixedbizz
- FB Fan -
USA
176 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 23:29:33
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| BTW are we sure he even says "Arabs"? |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5456 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2007 : 00:03:42
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How is "Arab" offensive? It's an ethnic group that can be defined as having ancestors from the Arabian Peninsula or being one who primarily speaks Arabic.
"Mindlessly bunch them"? What? |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2007 : 02:57:26
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| On Surfer Rosa he's shaking his hiney for ARABS. This new tour he seems to have switched to hours. |
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Surfer Rosa Lyrics and references
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