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yarbles
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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 Posted - 09/12/2013 : 21:42:22
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The last LA show, what a ride it's been...
Cactus
Brick is Red
Crackity Jones
Isla Del Encanta
Bagboy
Indie Cindy
Planet of Sound
Magdalena 318 (NEW SONG)
La La Love You
Here Comes Your Man
I've Been Tired
Debaser
Greens and Blues
Vamos
Nimrod's Son
Velouria
Wave of Mutilation
What Goes Boom
Hey
Subbacultcha
Distance Equals Rate Times Time
Mr. Grieves
Break My Body
In Heaven
Andro Queen
Where Is My Mind?
Big New Prinz
Rock Music
Tame
What an epic end to a string of fabulous shows! Super high energy from the band and the crowd tonight. Full blown mosh pit complete with crowd surfers, and for whatever reason I saw multiple couples making out all through the show. Very weird. The change in venue had to be the reason, a much rowdier/passionate crowd on this part of town.
Magdalena 318 sounded really good, I probably liked this more on first impression than any of the other new songs that debuted this week. Video coming soon!
Plus, we got an actual encore tonight! The one-two punch or Rock Music and Tame was such a balls-to-the-wall way to end the night, I loved it. I wish every week could be like this past one. |
Edited by - yarbles on 09/12/2013 21:55:34 |
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natenate101
= Cult of Ray =
USA
892 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2013 : 23:08:37
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yarbles
= Cult of Ray =
USA
635 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2013 : 23:14:32
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Originally posted by natenate101
Yarbles, you're a beast!
I do what I can! I just hope others pick up where I've left off now that the band is leaving my town and hitting the road. We need setlists and videos of the new songs! |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6214 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2013 : 23:37:47
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You went to 5 pixies shows in a week, right? That's amazing.
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2463 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2013 : 23:42:02
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| Arise, Sir Yarbles. Thanks for your updates and videos! |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2013 : 23:42:37
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Originally posted by billgoodman
You went to 5 pixies shows in a week, right? That's amazing.
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BF: Mag ik Engels spreken?
ditto! you're the early leader for fan of the year! thanks for all of the set lists, commentary, and videos. i'm loving the set lists! way to set a great example!
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
Edited by - fumanbru on 09/12/2013 23:46:41 |
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yarbles
= Cult of Ray =
USA
635 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2013 : 23:52:51
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Yep, 5 shows in one week. And I LOVED every second of it! Honestly, I look back to 1994 when I first got into the Pixies, thinking I'd never ever get to witness this amazing band play in person, let alone hear new music from them. This is all kind of a dream come true, the mere fact that the band is back, playing the hell out of the old songs and back to releasing new material. I never in a thousand years would have thought I'd see the day. I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to see them so many times in one week. Insanity! :)
Ok ok, enough of my rambling. Here's what you all have been waiting for:
Magdalena 318 http://youtu.be/-SWXqswgttE
(no idea what 318 refers to, just going off of what's on that Rice and Beans publishing list) |
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2463 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2013 : 23:59:05
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| Arise, Sir Yarbles. Thanks for your updates and videos! |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2013 : 23:59:59
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very cool song
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
Edited by - fumanbru on 09/13/2013 00:00:23 |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 00:09:02
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Originally posted by yarbles
Yep, 5 shows in one week. And I LOVED every second of it! Honestly, I look back to 1994 when I first got into the Pixies, thinking I'd never ever get to witness this amazing band play in person, let alone hear new music from them. This is all kind of a dream come true, the mere fact that the band is back, playing the hell out of the old songs and back to releasing new material. I never in a thousand years would have thought I'd see the day. I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to see them so many times in one week. Insanity! :)
Ok ok, enough of my rambling. Here's what you all have been waiting for:
Magdalena 318 http://youtu.be/-SWXqswgttE
(no idea what 318 refers to, just going off of what's on that Rice and Beans publishing list)
a couple of years back i took a last minute flight to hamilton to make a pixies "secret show". i felt like you did...incredibily lucky. i am glad i brought my camera and took some vids...i put it together in a 9 min video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Xtj9AP-Bs
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
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yarbles
= Cult of Ray =
USA
635 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 00:19:11
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a couple of years back i took a last minute flight to hamilton to make a pixies "secret show". i felt like you did...incredibily lucky. i am glad i brought my camera and took some vids...i put it together in a 9 min video.
Awesome vid fumanbru, I can totally relate to your excitement! Reminds me of the time I drove 6 hours in the middle of the night through the worst blizzard I've ever seen to buy tickets to one of the very first reunion shows back in 2004. You could only buy tickets to their show in Boise Idaho in person at 10am at an indie record store there. The distances and lengths we'll go to to see this band! |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 00:22:50
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53 different songs played in total in LA. Songs not played from The Joey List:
Ed Is Dead
Levitate Me
Tony's Theme
Oh My Golly
Allison
Dig For Fire
Alec Eiffel
Sad Punk
Build High
Ring The Bell
Snakes
Jaime Bravo
yeah I'm bored
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Obsidiana Bijoux |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 00:25:57
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solid work denis! 53 songs! that's impressive. i'm hoping for alec eiffel and the sad punk.
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 01:10:04
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I want Dig For Fire... and Tony's Theme! Never understood why this song was disliked. TO... NY!
Denis
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yarbles
= Cult of Ray =
USA
635 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 01:12:57
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Man, I am going to be completely greedy and say that I wish they had worked all of those remaining songs into the 5 LA nights. Especially the Bossanova/Trompe/new tracks. I better be seeing some youtube vids when these premiere people!
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2463 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 01:41:29
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Myles Mangino said he's done lighting patterns for 70 songs in total, so hopefully we'll hear some that weren't on the Joey list.
The band sound great, from the videos posted. Those SGs Charles is playing fatten up the sound a bit. |
Edited by - Ziggy on 09/13/2013 01:42:37 |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 01:42:58
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Magdalena 318 sounds fantastic. i'm thrilled with the Bossanova vibes. thanks again, Yarbles. you're a good man. and thorough.
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rivum
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
265 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 02:41:44
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awesome! i'm liking that the new songs (in general) seem better than those on EP1. sounds like EP2 is gonna be a real corker....
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sdon
= Cult of Ray =
France
786 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 07:45:12
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Magdalena 318 is rather disappointing, except for Joey's incredible wailing sounds
But the vocals seem simplistic, repetitive... Drumming is lazy too
I had the same impression with Blue Eyed Hexe (camouflaged by screaming)
So far, some new songs appear to lack those elaborate and weird structures.
That's why I love Bagboy, What Goes Boom, Indie Cindy, Silver Snail, Greens And Blues, Classic Masher
(and Andro Queen, for its intrinsic qualities)
Another Toe, well, not as much, but it's well written
Whereas Blue Eyed Hexe, Magdalena 318 are less impressive (and Big New Prinz too)
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Edited by - sdon on 09/13/2013 07:45:48 |
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yarbles
= Cult of Ray =
USA
635 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 08:15:04
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| For whatever reason the swooning vocal line in the chorus to Magdalena really gets me. I love it. The whole song has a very Bossanova feel to me, which I really dig. |
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lofiscifi
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Posted - 09/13/2013 : 10:40:48
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love magdalena! can't wait to hear the studio version.
many thanks, yarbles for all of the great posts and vids!
much appreciated!
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yarbles
= Cult of Ray =
USA
635 Posts |
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natenate101
= Cult of Ray =
USA
892 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 13:13:03
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Originally posted by sdon
Magdalena 318 is rather disappointing, except for Joey's incredible wailing sounds
But the vocals seem simplistic, repetitive... Drumming is lazy too
I had the same impression with Blue Eyed Hexe (camouflaged by screaming)
So far, some new songs appear to lack those elaborate and weird structures.
That's why I love Bagboy, What Goes Boom, Indie Cindy, Silver Snail, Greens And Blues, Classic Masher
(and Andro Queen, for its intrinsic qualities)
Another Toe, well, not as much, but it's well written
Whereas Blue Eyed Hexe, Magdalena 318 are less impressive (and Big New Prinz too)
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"Aristophanes! (gong sounds)"
I agree the chorus is quite repetitious but the music sounds great and verses are intriguing. Just might make you hate the word Magdalena, he said it hella times!
Agree about Hexe too. All the stuff we have heard so far is catchy without doubt, just maybe a little simplistic in terms of structure, and needs more Joey. Don't dislike any of it though, and we won't really know jack until the studio versions surface. So many already seemed surprised by the production on the first EP songs, that there will surely be some surprised with these as well. |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 13:59:47
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Originally posted by sdon
Magdalena 318 is rather disappointing, except for Joey's incredible wailing sounds
But the vocals seem simplistic, repetitive...
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Hi, sorry, I hate to come off like an asshole, but I gotta have some fun with this one...
Simplistic, repetitive lyrics doesn't seem like a valid gripe against a Pixies song to me.
See:
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"Yoohoo!
Look at me!
Friend or foe?
There Goes My Gun"
"I've got something against you
I've got something against you
Here we go
I've got something against you
I've got something against you
I've got something against you
I've got something against you
I've got something against you
Oh yeah
I am one happy prick"
"Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Stuck here out of gas
Out here on the Gaza Strip
From driving too fast
Two three hey
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre down
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre down
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Dead Sea make you float
One sip from the salty wine
Dead Sea make you choke
Two three hey
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre down
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre down
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre".....
.....And many others
Everybody calm down, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory |
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natenate101
= Cult of Ray =
USA
892 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 14:25:35
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 15:00:36
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Originally posted by natenate101
Those are countered by some serious BF yelps and screams and Santiago shredding though.
To me, Joey's making some pretty nifty sounds on this one that I can hear through the cellphone audio. I'll go the other way then to play devils advocate here, just cause. How about Ana? That song has like 18 words, no screaming, no shredding, laid back drumming, but it's great.
Again, I'm really not trying to come across like I'm trying to start something, just discussing. I personally don't feel that yelps and screams are essential to a Pixies song. They are certainly part of many classics, but probably fewer and further between than you may think. That said.... great BF screams and yelps are like ear crack cocaine to me. Which is why I love Blue Eyed Hexe so much.
Everybody calm down, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory |
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natenate101
= Cult of Ray =
USA
892 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 16:17:06
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You are right man, and I'm not trying to argue either. My point is that personally, Hexe and even Silver Snail just don't sound as interesting in terms of dynamics and I'm feeling like the two choruses of Hexe and Magdalena will becoming grating because of the repetitions...but as you showed above, many Pixies songs with the right elements can eleviate those types of concerns.
Just gotta see what the final product sounds like and whether it all "works", like those great tracks of the past that you mentioned. |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 17:14:51
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I'm on the same page with Silver Snail - doesn't sound interesting to me either. Charles seems to like it though since he's been playing it since that last solo tour (I think he played it for us but I can't remember now for sure). There's probably something there and I just haven't heard it yet. Or it could be one of his rare tracks I just don't go out for.
Everybody calm down, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory |
Edited by - johnnyribcage on 09/13/2013 17:15:21 |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 17:19:20
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Originally posted by vilainde
I want Dig For Fire... and Tony's Theme! Never understood why this song was disliked. TO... NY!
Denis
Obsidiana Bijoux
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 17:29:27
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Originally posted by johnnyribcage
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Originally posted by natenate101
Those are countered by some serious BF yelps and screams and Santiago shredding though.
To me, Joey's making some pretty nifty sounds on this one that I can hear through the cellphone audio. I'll go the other way then to play devils advocate here, just cause. How about Ana? That song has like 18 words, no screaming, no shredding, laid back drumming, but it's great.
Again, I'm really not trying to come across like I'm trying to start something, just discussing. I personally don't feel that yelps and screams are essential to a Pixies song. They are certainly part of many classics, but probably fewer and further between than you may think. That said.... great BF screams and yelps are like ear crack cocaine to me. Which is why I love Blue Eyed Hexe so much.
Everybody calm down, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory
Ana- not the greatest example. that chord progression is anything but simple and repetitive.
just to play dev's av.
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
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1758 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 17:36:39
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Originally posted by johnnyribcage
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Originally posted by natenate101
Those are countered by some serious BF yelps and screams and Santiago shredding though.
To me, Joey's making some pretty nifty sounds on this one that I can hear through the cellphone audio. I'll go the other way then to play devils advocate here, just cause. How about Ana? That song has like 18 words, no screaming, no shredding, laid back drumming, but it's great.
Again, I'm really not trying to come across like I'm trying to start something, just discussing. I personally don't feel that yelps and screams are essential to a Pixies song. They are certainly part of many classics, but probably fewer and further between than you may think. That said.... great BF screams and yelps are like ear crack cocaine to me. Which is why I love Blue Eyed Hexe so much.
Everybody calm down, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory
Ana- not the greatest example. that chord progression is anything but simple and repetitive.
just to play dev's av.
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 18:04:24
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Originally posted by Jose Jones
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Originally posted by johnnyribcage
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Originally posted by natenate101
Those are countered by some serious BF yelps and screams and Santiago shredding though.
To me, Joey's making some pretty nifty sounds on this one that I can hear through the cellphone audio. I'll go the other way then to play devils advocate here, just cause. How about Ana? That song has like 18 words, no screaming, no shredding, laid back drumming, but it's great.
Again, I'm really not trying to come across like I'm trying to start something, just discussing. I personally don't feel that yelps and screams are essential to a Pixies song. They are certainly part of many classics, but probably fewer and further between than you may think. That said.... great BF screams and yelps are like ear crack cocaine to me. Which is why I love Blue Eyed Hexe so much.
Everybody calm down, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory
Ana- not the greatest example. that chord progression is anything but simple and repetitive.
just to play dev's av.
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown.
Fair enough. I agree. I was talking about lyrics, drumming, and yelping though. Chord structure and composition-wise, I'd have to have my head in my ass to say Magdalena is beyond basic.
Everybody calm down, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 18:19:19
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I'm not trying to say Magdalena is one thing or the other, I've only heard it a couple times on a cellphone youtube live vid. My opinion and really my only point was that the criteria to judge a Pixies song should be considered carefully, as the compositional realm that Charles works in when in Pixie-mode dictates a bit of a forward-looking approach. As in, keep in mind you'll hear this song probably 50 more times in the relatively near future, and eventually as a recorded version with who knows what kind of interesting studio augmentation, all of which may indeed make it a classic to you (I say you but I mean ME, as the previous sentence is kind of how I approach things). I've just decided that my first impressions are usually wrong with FBF, so I'm to the point where I completely toss it, positive or negative, and just listen again a few times, in a few different environments.
Everybody calm down, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 09/13/2013 : 19:27:11
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what types of environments do you listen to your music in rib cage?
green star member since 2006. smb? |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 19:40:22
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Originally posted by floop
what types of environments do you listen to your music in rib cage?
Floral. Or Faunal? Maybe it's faunal. Also I like sub-tropical and arid. Gives me a nice, robust music boner.
Everybody calm down, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory |
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sdon
= Cult of Ray =
France
786 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2013 : 22:01:02
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ok, not so much repetitive as a criteria for bad Pixies song (there goes my gun, stormy weather... and your examples)
but what disturbs me is Magdalena and Hexe, while repetitive, are not very creative, they're kind of demonstrative instead of witty
I sure love them more each time I listen to them, but still, I can't discard the first impression (nor should it be dscarded in fact, it's part of the experience)
Snail lacks dynamics but it has great imagery and atmosphere, like Blown Away
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