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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
 Posted - 03/02/2022 : 14:32:26
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Didn’t look like we had a thread and the old Eyrie thread was revived for this. Anyway - I love the new track. And if there are 40 tracks (or more?) waiting in the wings, I’ll make a plug for my old wish for an all over the map White Album style double Pixies LP.
https://youtu.be/l7ofPSefhyQ
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
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oddball
- FB Fan -
Germany
242 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2022 : 14:43:44
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I second that! Thanks for creating the thread johnnyribcage!
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
3910 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 00:28:37
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| Who be playing the Arcade Fire organ? Do we have a fifth Pixie in the midst |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6221 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 01:48:43
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Originally posted by pot
Who be playing the Arcade Fire organ? Do we have a fifth Pixie in the midst
EDF!
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *
1335 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 03:26:58
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| Fact or rumour? (There were rumours he was into spacey keyboard players) |
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QuaBear
- FB Fan -
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 05:05:11
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| I don't know....I really like this song. It reminds me of Frank Black's solo stuff, in a good way. I don't know, it is somewhat of a "simple" song, simple structure and such....but of course it has that Pixies spin on it....I just love Frank and his crew... |
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
3910 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 05:49:50
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quote:
Originally posted by billgoodman
quote:
Originally posted by pot
Who be playing the Arcade Fire organ? Do we have a fifth Pixie in the midst
EDF!
My gas and electricity supplier? |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6221 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 06:01:10
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Eric Drew Feldman sure looks like someone from an electrical plant
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3163 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 06:04:19
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I liked it the first time and liked it a little more the second time.
But not a tune I can see myself playing over and over and over |
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
3910 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 06:14:28
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Originally posted by billgoodman
Eric Drew Feldman sure looks like someone from an electrical plant
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BF: Mag ik Engels spreken?
Don't remember him ever writing to me for a meter reading, no..
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Originally posted by Bedbug
I liked it the first time and liked it a little more the second time.
But not a tune I can see myself playing over and over and over
Same same. I like it, but it's not going to be played to death any time soon in my house. That's said, I am going to go and listen to it again now. |
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
3910 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 09:28:51
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Quite upbeat this really - would fit in well in the flow of an album, I'd say it's a track two-er or a three-er this one, but not an opening track. I reackon also it would sound even better as a demo.
It does seem to launch straight away into a catchy beat but when you get to the chorus it feels a little bit like a let down? That's not necessarilly a negative cristicsm though because there is no rule that says all songs must follow the same the chronological structure. |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
962 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 09:47:36
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Originally posted by pot
Same same. I like it, but it's not going to be played to death any time soon in my house.
This is how BTE is. I can't really explain any problems I have with it, but it's just not an album I feel like listening to often. The demo album though (which I call Beneath Beneath The Eyre) I constantly want to put on. I swear it's not just me being a hipster. I really think the songs grab you more. |
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
3910 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 10:37:02
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Actually I think it's a Track Four-er owing to my previous criticism of the song structure.
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Originally posted by Troubles A Foot
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Originally posted by pot
Same same. I like it, but it's not going to be played to death any time soon in my house.
This is how BTE is. I can't really explain any problems I have with it, but it's just not an album I feel like listening to often. The demo album though (which I call Beneath Beneath The Eyre) I constantly want to put on. I swear it's not just me being a hipster. I really think the songs grab you more.
BTE is the best 2.0 so far, I thought it was worthy of the title of Pixies album more than the previous two. It's the only one I want to go back to again after a while - and that's just what I'm going to do now. To the BTE Demoes I go...
..via the ethereal consonances of Daniel Boone |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6221 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 10:54:49
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Good little tune
Nothing too special
BTE and the bonus disc are amazing
In totally different ways
This is a one off, right?
Like Hear me out and Women of war.
I like this one and it has the most interesting production
But those other two are better songs I guess
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3163 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 12:12:34
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6221 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 12:48:43
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Originally posted by Bedbug
Are the BTE demos housed somewhere besides that one podcast?
Not that I know of, I mean, they sure are somewhere on some hard drive of course |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
962 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 14:40:28
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Originally posted by Bedbug
Are the BTE demos housed somewhere besides that one podcast?
Podcast? First they were released on vinyl. Now they are streaming. On youtube, etc. They were released as bonus tracks not long ago. |
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moonruler
- FB Fan -
USA
209 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 14:53:58
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I listen to the demos on YouTube all the time. I think this fits in well with that release. Would love to hear Paz more on the first couple lines, sing with FB on the first line and echoing on the following and a longer out-tro with Paz echoing again a bit would work well. Unfortunately I cannot unhear that when I am listening to this wonderful song. Lyrics are simple, but say a lot. Kind is better than nice and that gets lost at times. Really digging this, though.
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 15:22:14
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I like "Human Crime" a lot. One of my first thoughts is that it would sound great playing over the closing credits of a movie. It's got that kind of energy to it. It sounds like the end of something.
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moonruler
- FB Fan -
USA
209 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 15:36:39
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My conspiracy theory is this is a simple song about everything that is wrong with society today. Listen a little more, don’t be afraid to let people know what you think and do the best you can to be better. Don’t be unkind.
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moonruler
- FB Fan -
USA
209 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 15:41:31
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Originally posted by Jason
I like "Human Crime" a lot. One of my first thoughts is that it would sound great playing over the closing credits of a movie. It's got that kind of energy to it. It sounds like the end of something.
Totally agree. You could say that about a lot of FB/Pixies songs, though. That would be a fun list.
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
3910 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 16:54:46
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quote:
Originally posted by moonruler
My conspiracy theory is this is a simple song about everything that is wrong with society today. Listen a little more, don’t be afraid to let people know what you think and do the best you can to be better. Don’t be unkind.
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“make…some…room”
Letting people know what you think is vital |
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moonruler
- FB Fan -
USA
209 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2022 : 18:15:21
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quote:
Originally posted by pot
quote:
Originally posted by moonruler
My conspiracy theory is this is a simple song about everything that is wrong with society today. Listen a little more, don’t be afraid to let people know what you think and do the best you can to be better. Don’t be unkind.
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“make…some…room”
Letting people know what you think is vital
Exactly, as is listening.
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auxfnx
- FB Fan -
Ireland
40 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2022 : 00:56:52
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| Every time the song kicks off at the very start I am reminded of Bam Thwok! |
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Active Duck
~ Abstract Brain ~
United Kingdom
435 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2022 : 05:09:09
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Discoking
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
1120 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2022 : 06:53:13
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quote:
Originally posted by auxfnx
Every time the song kicks off at the very start I am reminded of Bam Thwok!
yes!
 it's educational |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
962 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2022 : 09:11:56
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Originally posted by Active Duck
I'd kinda forgotten that Bam Thwok existed
One of the only post-reunion songs I truly love. |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6221 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2022 : 11:40:09
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It clicked today
Amazing new song
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =
996 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2022 : 23:14:32
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Catchy song but the lyrics are fairly dull and forgettable. Did Paz write this? It's a lot better than Hear Me Out anyway. The organ is interesting - would be great to have EDF back on the scene.
Like TAF I never have much motivation to listen to BTE but maybe I'm due another listen as it must be a year since I played it in full. Would agree that the bonus tracks are more hard-hitting and I'd have them near the top of the pile of what BF has released in the last ten or twelve years. |
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cptnpasty
- FB Fan -
Spain
161 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2022 : 06:30:57
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Have a joint and listen to this. It's up there.
www.guillermostitch.com |
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cptnpasty
- FB Fan -
Spain
161 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2022 : 06:34:15
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Have a joint and listen to this. It's up there.
Listen to what Joey does. Beautiful pop Pixies. Brings back Bossanova but is its own thing.
www.guillermostitch.com
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Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 03/06/2022 : 11:41:43
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Hey guys... are you serious? (I'm curious)
Where is YOUR mind?
I agree with some of you, the intro sounds like Bam Thwok.
Yes, the best recent prods from Pixies are the BTE demos. But this new song merely sounds like a decent Smashing Pumkins tune... and the video is atrocious... Let's face it.
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
962 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2022 : 10:02:39
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The song is growing on me, but I still can't shake the feeling that he's writing (and the band is arranging/producing) Pixies songs hoping that a mainstream audience will like them as opposed to writing Pixies songs to freak the hell out of everybody. Or even writing solo/Catholics songs about his deepest soul and interests and feelings and not really caring if there's a "single" or not.
He's a great songwriter and his stuff is always enjoyable to me, but it feels like it wants very hard to be liked. To show Pixies are relevant or can make a hit or something. Does that make sense? I could just be projecting or assuming, not trying to sound like his heart isn't in it, because I think it is. I can easily see the Catholics doing a more stripped down, gritty (but still melodic/poppy) version of this, especially the verses. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 03/07/2022 : 18:17:14
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I agree with Mr. Foot. There have been a lot of 2.0 songs that feel like they are supposed to be liked or hits or something that people will want to sing along to at the shows ("Greens and Blues" comes to mind).
I think he was on to something with Bagboy, which, as TAF brings up, freaked a lot of people out. It seems like he has been playing it safer with the last two albums plus.
Having said that I love it all. Human Crime is fine with me, more please. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1122 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2022 : 05:04:36
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| It's a 'nice little ditty' Charles once described some of his catchier or less intense songs. As a standalone single there's nothing wrong with it though I do hope the next album is darker / weirder / more challenging listen and less pop. |
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