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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
 Posted - 03/12/2019 : 04:04:46
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Originally posted by Active Duck
Isn't it 5 votes so far for Head Carrier? (Bedbug, danjersey, johnnyribcage, Stevio10, Active Duck)
My math skills come through again.
Thanks Active Duck for the correction!
Head Carrier - 5
Golem -3
Devil's Workshop - 1
Not looking too good for Rusty at this point.
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *
1335 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 04:12:27
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Eh hello have people forgotten about Plaster of Paris? A Pixies top 10 tune of all time.
Voting Golem |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 04:56:12
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Originally posted by Sprite
Eh hello have people forgotten about Plaster of Paris? A Pixies top 10 tune of all time.
Voting Golem
There are some great tracks on HC but I gotta look at the big picture
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
3910 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 04:58:35
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| Every album but one has to go sometime |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 05:22:26
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| Listening to HC in reverse order makes you realize how strong the last 9 songs are (first 3 songs are weakest in my opinion) |
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jake3
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
248 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 07:00:52
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Originally posted by Bedbug
Listening to HC in reverse order makes you realize how strong the last 9 songs are (first 3 songs are weakest in my opinion)
Funny that, because in my opinion I'd say they make up 3 of the 5 strongest songs on the album, along with 'Um Chagga Lagga' and 'All I Think About Now'. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 07:30:38
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Originally posted by jake3
quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug
Listening to HC in reverse order makes you realize how strong the last 9 songs are (first 3 songs are weakest in my opinion)
Funny that, because in my opinion I'd say they make up 3 of the 5 strongest songs on the album, along with 'Um Chagga Lagga' and 'All I Think About Now'.
It's so interesting to see how divided we, the forum, are concerning the 2.0 songs.
I can't remember which song won HC Survivor, but I'm guessing the votes were not unanimous |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 07:50:24
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| I'm gonna vote for Head Carrier. I've no particular dislike for it but it's surely not going to beat any 1.0 Pixies from here, and I can't think of any Catholics albums I'd want to see go before it, so it might as well be gone... |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 08:01:27
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After some more polling, the current update is:
Head Carrier - 6
Golem - 4
Devil's Workshop - 1 |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 08:02:37
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Originally posted by pixiestu
I'm gonna vote for Head Carrier. I've no particular dislike for it but it's surely not going to beat any 1.0 Pixies from here, and I can't think of any Catholics albums I'd want to see go before it, so it might as well be gone...
Great pun! |
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =
996 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 09:14:25
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jake3
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
248 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 11:46:46
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Originally posted by Bedbug
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Originally posted by jake3
quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug
Listening to HC in reverse order makes you realize how strong the last 9 songs are (first 3 songs are weakest in my opinion)
Funny that, because in my opinion I'd say they make up 3 of the 5 strongest songs on the album, along with 'Um Chagga Lagga' and 'All I Think About Now'.
It's so interesting to see how divided we, the forum, are concerning the 2.0 songs.
I can't remember which song won HC Survivor, but I'm guessing the votes were not unanimous
Indeed it's curious how little consensus there is between us all. A quick search shows we did a Pixies 2.0 survivor in which whittled down the songs to just 9. They were: 'All the Saints', 'Baal's Back', 'Classic Masher', 'Head Carrier', 'Magdalena 318', 'Oona', 'Plaster of Paris', 'Um Chagga Lagga' and 'What Goes Boom'. |
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Fitzy
- FB Fan -
Portugal
86 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2019 : 13:03:33
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Voting for Pistolero. Tremendous energy, but most of the songs have always sounded uninspired to me. It's a fun album to listen to, a few excellent songs, but it always seems to lean a bit too much on the energy of the performances/recording and not on the usual brilliant songwriting. Maybe it's Rich Gilbert's guitar pyrotechnics that have always rub me the wrong way and are in full display on this one?
There is still a tiny thread of sanity in this world, so I'm rooting for The Golem to keep going for a few more rounds.
Didn't realize people here were so fond of those Catholics albums, particularly the not so great ones like Pistolero or SMYT. |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2019 : 04:48:34
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Originally posted by Fitzy
Didn't realize people here were so fond of those Catholics albums, particularly the not so great ones like Pistolero or SMYT.
As a whole, and believe me it's close, I think I like the Catholics more than the Pixies.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2019 : 09:47:57
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Update
Head Carrrier - 6
Golem - 4
Pistolero - 2
Devil’s Workshop - 1 |
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Jeepster
- FB Fan -
USA
123 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2019 : 10:44:44
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Head Carrier
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Q: Where do Pixies keep their instruments when they're not playing?
A: Debasement. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2019 : 11:43:53
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Originally posted by johnnyribcage
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Originally posted by Fitzy
Didn't realize people here were so fond of those Catholics albums, particularly the not so great ones like Pistolero or SMYT.
As a whole, and believe me it's close, I think I like the Catholics more than the Pixies.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings.
Which one did you hear first? |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2019 : 13:06:19
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Originally posted by Bedbug
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Originally posted by johnnyribcage
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Originally posted by Fitzy
Didn't realize people here were so fond of those Catholics albums, particularly the not so great ones like Pistolero or SMYT.
As a whole, and believe me it's close, I think I like the Catholics more than the Pixies.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings.
Which one did you hear first?
Doolittle, then the rest of 1.0. Listened to 1.0 for a few years before I was like, “Hey, I wonder what ever happened to that Black Francis guy...” and found out he went by Frank Black and was still doing stuff. This would have been roughly around the DITS release.
Or do you mean which Catholics did I hear first? DITS
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2019 : 05:29:17
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Update
Head Carrrier - 7
Golem - 4
Pistolero - 2
Devil’s Workshop - 1
Tomorrow is the last day to vote in this round. |
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Neptune
- FB Fan -
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2019 : 09:44:34
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This is hard now
Although I find Head Carrier more satisfying as a whole than FMRM, there are more songs on FMRM that I wouldn't want to live without. So...Head Carrier |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2019 : 04:35:03
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And so, round 15 ends with the beheading of the second 2.0 album. What will happen in round 16?
Voting starts NOW!
Gone:
Paley and Francis
Let the People Speak
Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day
Snake Oil
Petit Fours
One More Road for the Hit
Abbabubba
Oddballs
NSE
Indie Cindy
Honeycomb
Christmass
Cult of Ray
B-Sides
Head Carrier
Still surviving:
Come on Pilgrim
Surfer Rosa
Doolittle
Bossanova
Trompe Le Monde
Frank Black Self-Titled
TOTY
Frank Black and the Catholics Self-Titled
Pistolero
Dog in the Sand
Black Letter Days
Devil's Workshop
Show Me Your Tears
FMRM
Bluefinger
SVN Fingers
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stuczuba
= Cult of Ray =
471 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2019 : 05:04:43
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This is going to end with Golem and cockroaches as the sole survivors..
I'm going with FMRM (but I'm putting a £10 side bet on it being SMYT) |
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *
1335 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2019 : 05:11:38
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| I will hold off for a few days but candidates are Golem, Pistolero, and SVN Fingers |
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sdon
= Cult of Ray =
France
786 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2019 : 07:24:20
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Voting Golem
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"Aristophanes! (gong sounds)"
"Fucking up my devotion!"
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2019 : 08:57:27
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One of the good things coming out of this exercise is that I'm listening to entire albums again from beginning to end which I don't do as much as I used to.
Just listened to all of SVN Fingers, and man I have forgotten how good this whole little thing is.
Seven Fingers the song might now be my favorite out of the whole bunch.
So I'm probably leaning toward voting off one of the albums from the back end of the Catholics' catalog. Sorry Pope Francis!
Or maybe even Fast Man Raiderman. I'll decide by tomorrow.
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =
996 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2019 : 09:39:19
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =
996 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2019 : 00:21:44
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| Lovely language. Out of what's left, I would listen to all the others first ahead of it. I don't think it's a terrible album - there are at least four songs on it I very much love - but there are a few clunkers and it doesn't flow as well as some of the other 'weaker' albums that remain. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2019 : 00:23:23
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"Why do you hate me? why don't you just simmer down?"
Seriously though, I listened to Pistolero this week and I definitely would put it in the top half of the Catholics work.
I'm voting FMRM. Love it very much, but skip lots of it.
Update is:
FMRM - 2
Golem - 1
Pistolero - 1 |
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
2792 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2019 : 01:23:26
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FMRM
Unlike Pistolero, it has songs that I skip |
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Active Duck
~ Abstract Brain ~
United Kingdom
434 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2019 : 08:25:24
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Originally posted by danjersey
FMRM
Unlike Pistolero, it has songs that I skip
FMRM |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3159 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2019 : 01:52:50
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As Kim Deal once said, "Good morning."
Here is your Sunday morning update:
FMRM - 4
Golem - 1
Pistolero - 1
Fast man seems to be living up to his name, but it's early. |
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Fitzy
- FB Fan -
Portugal
86 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2019 : 13:06:52
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quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug
"Why do you hate me? why don't you just simmer down?"
Seriously though, I listened to Pistolero this week and I definitely would put it in the top half of the Catholics work.
I'm voting FMRM. Love it very much, but skip lots of it.
Pistolero.
It only starts to get interesting for me when 'Western Star' comes along. 'So hard to make things out' kind of sums up the album, lots of energy, but not much inspiration in the songwriting.
FMRM is all over the place but, hell, how could it not, with 27 songs. It has so many examples of FB's inventiveness, though.
Plus, the producer was Jon Tiven! He's to fault for everything that's wrong. Global warming? Wouldn't surprise me if Tiven was somehow involved in that as well. |
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Neptune
- FB Fan -
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2019 : 03:52:08
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Originally posted by Fitzy
Pistolero.
It only starts to get interesting for me when 'Western Star' comes along.
I will grant you this. But once Western Star comes along, it's THE SHIT from there. So Hard To Make Things Out is four songs in one! Billy Radcliffe was the first boy born in outer space! (Little known fact). 85 Weeks it's crazy maybe. Love this album
Not sure what to vote for. Got a few days still |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2019 : 11:17:41
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Okay I might be in the extreme minority here, but I’m going with SVN fingers. Not because it isn’t great relative to the others - it is. It’s just not substantial enough when I stack it up against what’s left. 7 songs, 20 minutes, and one of those songs has a much better version imo floating around.
It’s just too bite sized compared to what’s left, except Come On Pilgrim, but... come on.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
3910 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2019 : 11:46:01
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Originally posted by johnnyribcage
Okay I might be in the extreme minority here, but I’m going with SVN fingers.
No you're not!
I forbode thee.
Genetic mutant Black Francis clone says "SVN FNGRS is an epic narrative of septarian proportions, a cryptic tapestry that reflects the true inner soul of human creation, and it goes before Golem over my fleshless bones!"
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Can We Do Album Survivor?
