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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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 Posted - 03/25/2023 : 06:39:38
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Thanks for the perspective Sprite, interesting to hear
And how funny is it that we can grow bored during Something Against You :-). I get it too. But who could have imagined?
I gotta say other than the variety I can’t really say I’d need to hear anything from HC played live. I’m not sure that album’s stock will ever rise |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6009 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2023 : 23:24:29
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All the saint is so, so good
That one could have been on Bossanova
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
2962 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2023 : 01:14:02
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Originally posted by billgoodman
All the saint is so, so good
That one could have been on Bossanova
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Forgot about that one!
That is a great song.
Not sure I could picture it on Bossanova, but definitely hope they keep playing it live. It might peak some interest in HC. |
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 03/27/2023 : 08:03:57
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Originally posted by Bedbug
Thanks for the perspective Sprite, interesting to hear
And how funny is it that we can grow bored during Something Against You :-). I get it too. But who could have imagined?
I gotta say other than the variety I can’t really say I’d need to hear anything from HC played live. I’m not sure that album’s stock will ever rise
Well that's a funny one. I think Doggerel is a much superior record to Head Carrier. But I've heard great versions of HC songs live before (Classic Masher, Oona even All I think about now). Whereas Pagan Man, Thunder & Lighting, great as they are on the record, don't land so well live. |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
815 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2023 : 07:21:40
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I agree. HC songs work live, maybe because they are pretty raw and simple (is that the right word?) The album is badly produced though, in some way or another. Doggerel is produced pretty nicely (though I have some issues with it) but the songs are not meant to get a crowd going.
Chugga, Oona, Talent are fun live. I don't like Classic Masher but I can understand why it's a fun live song, big singalong chorus, dynamics, etc. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
2962 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2023 : 08:16:40
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| Funily enough HC the song came up on my shuffle yesterday and I was really digging it. I've never watched a live version that I like though. There's one that FBF literally says "this one's called Head Carrier" during the song. |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
815 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2023 : 23:31:37
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I think HC the song has tons of potential but I don't think the album reaches it. I also think the chorus kind of wimps out
("I'm goin' down the drain...") when it should be getting more spiky and weirder, not like some generic country thing. I feel like HC needs more of a performance in the vocals, better production, etc. But that's why it could be a great live song. |
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2411 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2023 : 02:42:31
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Originally posted by Troubles A Foot
I think HC the song has tons of potential but I don't think the album reaches it. I also think the chorus kind of wimps out
("I'm goin' down the drain...") when it should be getting more spiky and weirder, not like some generic country thing. I feel like HC needs more of a performance in the vocals, better production, etc. But that's why it could be a great live song.
Find the production on the title track very odd - almost like it's quickly done radio session. Then smack into 'Classic Masher' with autotune all over the vocals, plus that weird volume boost for the chorus!
Certainly the 2.0 album I like the least. |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
815 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2023 : 08:03:04
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| HC the album REALLY sounds bad in a playlist with other 2.0 albums. I was shocked when it came on in the car. |
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stuczuba
= Cult of Ray =
471 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2023 : 01:35:33
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It's a very long way from live to 2 track... I'm not convinced he's the best producer for them, feels like he makes it really easy for them to take a back seat. The podcast for the recent album had a real "that'll do" vibe from Charles.
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picpic
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
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Posted - 03/31/2023 : 08:09:40
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But Oona fucking rocks, and it's on Head Carrier.
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
2962 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2023 : 14:02:10
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stuczuba
= Cult of Ray =
471 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2023 : 02:57:23
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Originally posted by picpic
But Oona fucking rocks
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Originally posted by Bedbug
I still really want to like Oona
Let it go, you're never going to be in her band. |
Edited by - stuczuba on 04/01/2023 02:57:43 |
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/01/2023 : 05:53:10
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Originally posted by picpic
But Oona fucking rocks, and it's on Head Carrier.
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Yeah, love 'Oona'. Is anyone able to share the IC era demo?
'Baal's Back' is the one where everyone hated the 'recorded in a kitchen cupboard' vocal sound, didn't they? |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
815 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2023 : 15:04:06
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Baal's Back is some of the worst production I've heard on any album...ever.
Oona is good. It's a really solid Pixies song. I like it. It gets in my head all the time. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 04/01/2023 : 18:17:57
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I certainly like Oona better than Baal's Back, and I know people were really excited about it before it even came out, but it just never really got me.
I could picture it fitting in better on NSE than on a Pixies album.
What is it about anyway? |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
815 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2023 : 20:57:07
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6009 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2023 : 01:19:12
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Baal's back is awesome
Production is weird and I like weird
Is it a "good" production?
Don't know. I guess not.
The song is good and it puzzles me soundwise
I like that in a FB-recording
I would prefer this scrappy, cut and paste, processed sound over "let's make this sound like Tom Petty"
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6009 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2023 : 01:19:47
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And Yes, Doggerel is way too comforting
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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
910 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2023 : 05:57:08
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I never understood Oona's stature here. The verse is kind of slinky and charming, but I find the chorus plodding and boring.
Baals Back is a good song, but the vocals were terribly recorded. Charles' was absolutely killing the vocals in the live versions that preceded the studio version, but Tom didn't seem to know/understand how to record Charles' screams which neuters the recording. |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
815 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2023 : 14:38:45
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| The drums, bass and guitars are also terribly recorded/mixed. |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
815 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2023 : 14:40:05
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Originally posted by billgoodman
Baal's back is awesome
Production is weird and I like weird
Is it a "good" production?
Don't know. I guess not.
The song is good and it puzzles me soundwise
I like that in a FB-recording
I would prefer this scrappy, cut and paste, processed sound over "let's make this sound like Tom Petty"
It's not either/or. Catholics albums were scrappy but they sound beautiful and rocking and intense.
Baal just sounds amateurish and muddy and unpleasant. The entire thing falls totally flat because of bad production. It doesn't rock or roll. It just lays there. |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6009 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2023 : 11:01:59
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Yeah and then I decided that I liked that awful mixing
Only because it was unexpected
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
2962 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2023 : 13:33:05
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| I don’t know how our man keeps doing this to me, but I listened to Baals back for the first time in a long time and I liked it quite a bit more than I ever had before. |
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picpic
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
1872 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2023 : 11:17:24
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Interesting how every thread on this forum seems to turns into a discussion about which 2.0 song sucks the most and which other one ‘also sucks somehow but I like it X years later’ 
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
2962 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2023 : 16:03:08
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| You know what’s funny, I think I’ve done that with every single album release going all the way back to Bossanova |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6009 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2023 : 03:31:07
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Originally posted by picpic
Interesting how every thread on this forum seems to turns into a discussion about which 2.0 song sucks the most and which other one ‘also sucks somehow but I like it X years later’
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I believe all my posts turn into:
Surfer Rosa and Doolittle bore me
I want more 2.0 and more Bossanova and TLM live.
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1072 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2023 : 10:33:51
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Festival season again! I find it amusing that with all the festivals around these days we haven't seen both Pixies and Breeders on the same bill.
Is it likely with the Breeders being slightly further down on the billing they will check the headliners and respond accordingly?
Or Charles and co telling management no Breeders!
Or just coincidence?
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
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Posted - 05/16/2023 : 11:49:38
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What if Frank played solo and he was on a festival bill with The Breeders - who would be above who?
What if they were both playing different tents at the same time and you'd never seen The Breeders live ( like me ) ? |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
2962 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2023 : 23:22:43
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Originally posted by pot
What if Frank played solo and he was on a festival bill with The Breeders - who would be above who?
What if they were both playing different tents at the same time and you'd never seen The Breeders live ( like me ) ?
Frank
Not even close
As Chris Rock said, it’s like choosing between Halle Berry and gum disease |
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Discoking
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
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Posted - 05/21/2023 : 00:38:50
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Originally posted by pot
What if Frank played solo and he was on a festival bill with The Breeders - who would be above who?
i assume the breeders would be above frank black solo.
 it's educational |
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Discoking
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
1106 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2023 : 23:52:40
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i would love to attend another breeders show. it's been a while.
or a fb/bf solo show. that's been even longer.
it's educational |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 05/23/2023 : 07:04:07
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| An FB solo show right now would be amazing. Anything he played would be great, even 1.0/2.0 stuff, but to hear anything from in between those would be a real treat |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
2962 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2023 : 14:56:31
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I saw that they played Snakes the other night.
Glad to see it.
I can't remember if it's been forever since they played it or if it comes up now and then |
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2411 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2023 : 00:22:16
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| Greens and Blues apparently made a welcome return to the set last night. |
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