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Fitzy
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 Posted - 09/21/2019 : 10:24:25
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| The question was about a favorite 2.0 song. And it's interesting because 'Snakes' is kind of a throw away song. But I love it and I've seen it win over people in concerts, clearly listening to it for the first time. |
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pixie punk
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/21/2019 : 23:44:06
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Originally posted by picpic
About IC, it's funny how Frank stated once again in a recent interview (following a very lame 'what's your favourite Pixies song' question) that "Snakes" is his favourite !
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Snakes followed by Silver Bullet (or vice versa) works really well, like a 2 headed snake!
I was initially not fond of snakes the song but after seeing them perform it live a few years ago I completely changed my mind on it, it's fantastic. |
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Posted - 09/22/2019 : 00:10:46
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| A an even lighter [or much lighter on some songs] touch on the compression would have done miracles. |
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stuczuba
= Cult of Ray =
471 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2019 : 00:46:58
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| In at #1 in the Indie chart |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2019 : 03:45:09
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Originally posted by hammerhands
A an even lighter [or much lighter on some songs] touch on the compression would have done miracles.
Probably, but I’ll take what I can get. I have no complaints after the brickwalled mess of HC and IC. If those two albums had the exact same mastering as BTE, for me anyway, they would have come across quite differently.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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picpic
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
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Posted - 09/22/2019 : 06:10:39
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Originally posted by Fitzy
The question was about a favorite 2.0 song.
Nope, in the latest interview he's asked about one Pixies song he's particularly proud of. Not a 2.0 song only.
https://youtu.be/mLWtRtp14V0?t=159
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 09/22/2019 : 08:16:58
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Hey may have just been throwing a random song out there that wasn’t expected for the hell of it, but I think snakes is one of the 3 or 4 strongest songs on IC. For me it’s probably tied with Hexe and Andro for my favorite on that album.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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kromkamp
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 09/23/2019 : 04:39:43
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Originally posted by picpic
About IC, it's funny how Frank stated once again in a recent interview (following a very lame 'what's your favourite Pixies song' question) that "Snakes" is his favourite !
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I love Snakes - my favorite song from IC. I just love the rhyming couplet he came up with for the chorus. |
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pixie punk
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/23/2019 : 11:27:03
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Originally posted by kromkamp
quote:
Originally posted by picpic
About IC, it's funny how Frank stated once again in a recent interview (following a very lame 'what's your favourite Pixies song' question) that "Snakes" is his favourite !
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I love Snakes - my favorite song from IC. I just love the rhyming couplet he came up with for the chorus.
Snakes has got me thinking it's a Dark Mountain song. I never really paid a whole lot of attention to the lyrics until now.
Meet me at the Coppice stool, before the night takes back it's jewels. Bring your life of memories before they sink into the seas.
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Bedbug
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2019 : 12:30:17
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I’m a lot less skeptical of these reviews that come out about a week after release. Makes me think for a moment that, hey maybe, just maybe, they listened to the album more than once while they were cleaning the kitchen before writing (or copy pasting) their review
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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pixie punk
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
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yarbles
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stuczuba
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 09/25/2019 : 07:23:03
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Right about now I can't decide which songs are my favorites. Been a while since I said that.
If you would have told me that Los Surfers Muertos was a 1.0 B-side like Santos or Corazon Diablo I would have believed you. I use B side as a complimentary term. |
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marcusb
= Cult of Ray =
USA
308 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2019 : 10:04:08
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Daniel Boone is Where Is My Mind? filtered through Dog in the Sand (the song)
-Marcus |
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Discoking
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
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Posted - 09/27/2019 : 09:33:04
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I'm really enjoying the new album. So good.
I haven't checked out the bonus tracks ("demos") yet.
 it's educational |
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Discoking
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
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Fitzy
- FB Fan -
Portugal
86 Posts |
Posted - 09/27/2019 : 12:08:47
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quote:
Originally posted by picpic
quote:
Originally posted by Fitzy
The question was about a favorite 2.0 song.
Nope, in the latest interview he's asked about one Pixies song he's particularly proud of. Not a 2.0 song only.
https://youtu.be/mLWtRtp14V0?t=159
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I stand corrected. A stupid question then, but still a fun little interview that's worth watching.
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Originally posted by marcusb
Daniel Boone is Where Is My Mind? filtered through Dog in the Sand (the song)
-Marcus
The bridge on Daniel Boon makes it a better song than Where Is My Mind or Dog in the Sand. |
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marce
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
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Posted - 09/28/2019 : 10:31:04
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Originally posted by Fitzy
The bridge on Daniel Boon makes it a better song than Where Is My Mind or Dog in the Sand.
It's there so it can get across the water. |
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marcusb
= Cult of Ray =
USA
308 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2019 : 05:46:35
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I like it but I don't think I like it better than WIMM or DITS.
-Marcus |
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 09/29/2019 : 10:43:52
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If you could combine the two albums into one reasonably-timed collection what would you include? I'd have something like this, probably a few flow issues as I have thrown it together without too much thought in the ordering.
In the Arms of Mrs. Mark of Cain
On Graveyard Hill
Chapel Hill
Caught In A Dream
Catfish Kate
This Is My Fate
Silver Bullet
St. Nazaire
Hey, Debussy
How I Learned To Earn Rewards
I Just Can't Break It To You
Bird of Prey
Daniel Boone
Death Horizon
I'm tempted to shunt On Graveyard Hill as for me the chorus is pretty weak but it's a rare fast-paced song. Would also cut a few seconds off Debussy.
I caught myself singing Caught In A Dream on the street earlier. It's got a lovely melody and I'm just realising the end of it echoes No 13 Baby a little. |
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The Maharal
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2019 : 14:43:37
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Originally posted by The Maharal
Not sure if the All Music Guide review was posted. It's a nice review and refreshingly doesn't use the word Gothic once. https://www.allmusic.com/album/beneath-the-eyrie-mw0003284691
Yeah the whole “gothic” thing is really annoying. I don’t even know what that means. Cause the album cover is black? Because it was recorded in a church converted into a recording studio? Not a gothic church either btw? Those are pretty common. There’s one down the street from me. Because there are songs about death? Aren’t like a good 1/3 of all songs ever about death? At least? A song about a witch? What’s “gothic” about that?
I don’t know. It’s a tiresome adjective. Part of the marketing I guess.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
955 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2019 : 16:39:36
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The minor arpeggio chord thing in Mark of Cain is extremely gothic, it sounds like something off of a Gothic Archies song or The Cure or something. That's why reviews call it gothic, because one of the first things on the album is a blatantly gothic musical motif. There's also supernatural and witch references in some songs, which is as gothic as it gets.
MOST OF THE ALBUM, THOUGH? Not super gothic. But sometimes a few motifs on an album stand out so much that the album as a whole seems to take that shape. TMBG's album John Henry has 5 songs about car crashes. But there's 20 songs on the album. So only 1/4th of the album has car crash songs, but to me it's the car crash album, just from how it's spread out all over it (and begins and ends that way too like bookends.)
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sdon
= Cult of Ray =
France
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Posted - 09/30/2019 : 01:24:14
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Originally posted by The Maharal
If you could combine the two albums into one reasonably-timed collection what would you include? I'd have something like this, probably a few flow issues as I have thrown it together without too much thought in the ordering.
In the Arms of Mrs. Mark of Cain
On Graveyard Hill
Chapel Hill
Caught In A Dream
Catfish Kate
This Is My Fate
Silver Bullet
St. Nazaire
Hey, Debussy
How I Learned To Earn Rewards
I Just Can't Break It To You
Bird of Prey
Daniel Boone
Death Horizon
I'm tempted to shunt On Graveyard Hill as for me the chorus is pretty weak but it's a rare fast-paced song. Would also cut a few seconds off Debussy.
I caught myself singing Caught In A Dream on the street earlier. It's got a lovely melody and I'm just realising the end of it echoes No 13 Baby a little.
Cyrus
Graveyard
Chapel
Fate
Caught
Prey
Mal de Mer
Cain
Don't Go
Surfers
Debussy (shorter)
Horizon
Marigold (shorter)
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"Aristophanes! (gong sounds)"
"Fucking up my devotion!"
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 09/30/2019 : 09:05:12
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Wouldn’t
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Love
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2019 : 10:12:53
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I really don’t think these demos and the album work well together. The songs don’t compliment each other side by side in my opinion. I did mess around with trying to figure out a mix, but it didn’t flow. Not just because of the production, but the songs themselves. Jarring.
For me it would be like trying to mix Svn Fngrs and BTE. I find the songs and approaches to be that different.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
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Posted - 09/30/2019 : 12:32:32
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| Both albums have a few fillery tracks, but that's OK because Mark of Cain, Boone, Chapel Hill, Hey Debussy and the last two rocking numbers at the end. Please Don't Go can go if it wants, and the indy poppy ones too (Graveyard Hill and Catfish Kate) so bored of hearing them on Radio 6. I knew I was going to get tired of listening to both those tracks fairly early on. |
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Discoking
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
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Posted - 09/30/2019 : 23:31:07
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"Caught in a Dream" is the bonus track on the Japanese cd release.
So that's one track that has been made available elsewhere...
it's educational |
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tamefan
- FB Fan -
Canada
239 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2019 : 00:34:39
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Originally posted by The Maharal
If you could combine the two albums into one reasonably-timed collection what would you include?
BTE is already 39 minutes: the same length as Bossanova, Doolittle, and Trompe. So it's difficult to go by time. If I were making a BTE-demos album, I would do three things: (1) aim for 15 tracks, (2) shorten many songs (Silver Bullet, Los Surfers, Caught in a Dream, Please Don't Go)... a song like Debussy should be a full 60 seconds shorter, and (3) increase the tempo on several songs which would also reduce total time (in fact, I have already used Audacity to increase the tempos on Graveyard, St. Nazaire, Hey Debussy, and Kate by 10%).
My 15 tracks, in order, would be:
Silver Bullet
On Graveyard Hill
Long Rider
Bird of Prey
St. Nazaire
Los Surfers Muertos
Catfish Kate
Hey Debussy
This is My Fate
Mark of Cain
Chapel Hill
Ready for Love
Daniel Boone
Under the Marigold
Caught In A Dream
This is roughly the order I listen to the album now. |
Edited by - tamefan on 10/01/2019 00:59:01 |
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