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brickisred
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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 Posted - 04/15/2004 : 11:47:59
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Hurricane Frank... I like that.
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
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Posted - 04/15/2004 : 12:35:17
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Here Come the Pixies
Influential indie rockers blast back in Minnesota
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. In the Pixies' case, a dozen years away from the stage has only helped their legend -- not just a consistently brilliant catalogue that converts thousands of new listeners every year, but the sense that the Pixies' tremendous effect on other bands (Nirvana pledged allegiance, for a start) was about to be rewarded commercially as well as aesthetically. Instead, the band broke up, and while bassist Kim Deal's Breeders and frontman Frank Black's solo career did just fine, neither one ever eclipsed the Pixies, as music or as legend.
"Legendary" isn't exactly how Black, Deal, guitarist Joey Santiago, or drummer David Lovering appeared at the outset of their reunion trek at Minneapolis' Fine Line on Tuesday night. Instead, they appeared as hard workers transported by their craft, frequently keeping their heads down as they ripped through a career-spanning set, from 1987's "Caribou" through 1991's "U-Mass," taking a detour for Neil Young's "Winterlong." Frank Black (or Black Francis, as he was known in his Pixies days), clad in flannel and jeans, scrunched his eyes shut as he hollered gleefully at the climax of "Debaser" (the song that got the loudest applause). Deal, all in black, grinned like mad behind a face full of hair. A long-haired and black-capped Lovering appeared -- and played -- like he'd won the rock-drummer lottery. The dapper Santiago, looked like the Son of Zorro, glanced around the stage like a host concerned about making his guests comfortable, while reeling out one perfect lead after another.
The choice of venue might have had something to do with that work ethic. Minneapolis's Fine Line houses 800 maximum, a number the club kept steadily to despite a horde of anxious fans hoping to get in. (There were still seventy-five or so even after the show -- which sold out in a reported four minutes -- had finished.) The space's intimacy could have given the Pixies room to meander if they'd wanted, but there was nothing sloppy about the show. They landed on every mark while still seeming casual, and although the band didn't talk much between songs there was a real sense of generosity in the air: twenty-seven songs covering the entire catalogue. And the audience shouted along with damn near everything, giving as good as they got.
Pixies set list:
Bone Machine
Wave of Mutilation
U-Mass
Levitate Me
Broken Face
Monkey Gone to Heaven
The Holiday Song
Winterlong
Nimrod's Son
La La Love You
Ed Is Dead
Here Comes Your Man
Vamos
Debaser
Dead
No. 13 Baby
Tame
Gigantic
Gouge Away
Caribou
Isla de Encanta
Something Against You
Velouria
In Heaven
Wave of Mutilation
Where Is My Mind?
Into the White
MICHEALANGELO MATMOS
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tw9876z
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Posted - 04/15/2004 : 13:25:21
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SO amny reviews of this show....Makes me think way too much of the crowd was acually critics...Really Ticks me off, i mean, I would rather have a lot of fans enjoying it than a lot of critics there who may or may not be fans, and let those ever deserving fans without luck on the side of the street only to end up in a puddle of blood thanks to a damn critic having thier ticket....well that may be overboard but oh well.....
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/15/2004 : 14:40:52
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I am just glad they are getting such good reviews.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
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PixiesDeal
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Posted - 04/17/2004 : 01:50:57
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That is the best review I've read so far (apart from kelley's) that did not focus on the band's "weight" issues. This review was all about the band and the music, not their appearances..which is GREAT!! The only appearance they described was how they reacted on stage. ROCK ON!
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"When people ask me what band I'm in and I say The Pixies, they say, 'Oh, it's an all-girl group, right?' I guess the name is pretty wimpy"-Kim Deal |
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Rolling Stone on Minneapolis
