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onehappyprick
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 06/11/2005 : 09:36:37
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| Mine was the obvious Monkey Gone to Heaven on MTV2 soon followed by Here comes your man. After that I downloaded Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) and realised I was onto something. I went out straight away and bought Doolittle. By the third listen I'd found my new favourite band. They still are. In the following months I bought their entire back catalogue, something I've never done with any band before. I was amazed (excuse the pun). |
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Jamski
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Poland
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Posted - 06/16/2005 : 04:12:57
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| It was River Euphrates - hot song. |
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sean_moores_biographer
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Ireland
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Posted - 06/19/2005 : 04:43:20
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| Where is my Mind I suppose, seeing as it was in Fight Club and I absolutely adore that song, but I think I remember hearing Velouria a good few years ago on the tv. |
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soyuber
- FB Fan -
USA
53 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2005 : 10:24:32
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| Monkey Gone to Heaven. I saw the video. |
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MissMaceo
= Cult of Ray =
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2005 : 11:45:27
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reading this thread has been like taking a peek down the path at where you've been.....very cool.
I can ditto this:
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listened to Surfer Rosa, start to finish. My friend Brent heard them first on CBC, bought the album and then played it for me. I was like "what the fuck is this!??". I really did't like what I heard at first.
Someone left Camper Van Beethoveen, Jane's Addiction, and Surfer at my house and I listened to them all with the same sort of odd reverence....I was SO into REM at that time that I couldn't really leave that comfort zone to listen to much else.
Those who find themselves ridiculous, sit down next to me. |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2005 : 15:03:38
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Prob'ly 'Cecilia Ann' cause someone put DTTP on at a house party I think the year it came out. First time I really paid attention was when 'Tame' was on some Kerrang cover cd. That's the best thing Kerrang ever has, and ever will do. Apart from putting 'Pledge' by Kerbdog on a cd too. Cause Kerbdog were awesome.
 "Join the cult of Ray/He was the best Ghostbuster"
www.myspace.com/doog - www.doog.tk |
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FrequencyOfGlow
- FB Fan -
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2005 : 10:07:34
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Alec Eiffel. Saw the vid on 120 Minutes.
I think the winter is going to be a real whirligig |
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danwalding
- FB Fan -
Australia
33 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2005 : 02:37:43
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Monkey gone to heaven.
It would have been 1989 and 3RRR (Melbourne alternative radio station) used to play it at 6am when my radio alarm would go off.
I remember thinking "why is the devil sick?"
Grew up to be a Debaser |
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selkie bride
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Posted - 07/17/2005 : 08:57:40
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Debaser... as a 16 year old, the whole sound had a huge influence on me! Never heard anything like it before. Changed the way I listened to music from that point on. Pixies got me through my teens. FB got me through my 20's and into my 30's. What a great musician!
It's a beautiful day... |
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Mippe Pipe
- FB Fan -
Australia
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Posted - 07/26/2005 : 02:45:15
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| Honestly, I have no idea, but I imagine it was something on Surfer Rosa or Come On Pilgrim, and that I was about eight at the time. My brother used to listen to the Pixies all the time, around '96-97. We're both still looking forward to any sign of an Australian tour. |
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kinghippo
- FB Fan -
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2005 : 01:58:53
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The first song I can consciensciously remember hearing is Where is my mind. It was on a skate video I was watching with a few freinds, for some reason I thought it was spacehog. I could punch myslef for not listening to the Pixies earlier in my life.
Thank god/allah whoever for skateboarding.
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Triakel
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Posted - 08/05/2005 : 06:04:46
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Official first listen: "Debaser," second week of January, 1990. Then-girlfriend's college roommate had "Doolittle" among her CDs. I'd read rave reviews of the album and the roommate said it was cool, so I listened. Felt ambivalent during the listen, but knew I was onto something creepy-cool.
Possible actual first listen: I recall seeing a band on the "Today" show during the spring or summer of 1988. I think Jane Pauley and crew were doing one of those "visit a city for a week" gimmicks. Boston might have been the city. The slightly portly, slightly blond singer wore a disgusting, stained white T-shirt (Andrew W.K., were you watching, too?) and the band sang the most abrasive song I'd ever heard. Upon hearing "Tame" on "Doolittle" later on, I immediately thought of the TV broadcast and wondered if the Pixies were who I saw. The only other band I know that would fit the M.O. is Husker Du. But since "Today" wasn't in Minneapolis for the broadcast, that doesn't make sense.
Anyway, I cherish the uncomfortable look on Pauley's face after the performance. It was like "What moron does our screening? It's 8 a.m.!"
I almost don't want to know what I really saw, because the false/fractured memory is too good ; )
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silvereel
- FB Fan -
USA
112 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 17:02:16
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Z_Zoquis
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145 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2005 : 08:22:57
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Here Comes Your Man. Was just flipping channels back in the 80's and happened to catch the start of a video by some band called The Pixies who at the time I knew next to nothing about. I was a fan by the end of the vid and promptly went out and bought Doolittle and was just gobsmacked - and pleased to discover Here Comes Your Man wasn't even the best song on the album. It's my choice as best album of the 80's. I don't buy many CD's anymore, but FB is one artist who still gets my $ - along with Wilco and The New Pornographers. :)
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2005 : 16:20:14
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I too first heard "Where is My Mind?" at the end of Fight Club and became obsessed with it.
Then I bought the "Wave of Mutilation:Best Of".
Then I bought the rest of the Pixies albums.
There are still some FB solo albums and Catholics albums I don't own but it's hard to find them now in the shops (don't worry, I'll keep searching).
Isn't it quite weird to think that one film (Fight Club) can create so many new fans of Franks music?
"The arc of triumph" |
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kfs
= Cult of Ray =
USA
889 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2005 : 17:36:14
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| It was 1993/1994. My boyfriend heard Frank Black's "Headache" and bought TOTY the same day. He quickly discovered the Pixies and listened to them constantly. After about a week, they got my attention when I heard "Where is My Mind?". We were listening to the CD outside at night. There was a full moon and the sky was clear... Wouldn't it be cool to hear some NEW Pixies music so we could have that old feeling again? |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2005 : 01:22:10
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 "I seem to have rejoined the cult of FB.Net!"
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all in a day
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/13/2005 : 15:45:53
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Isn't it quite weird to think that one film (Fight Club) can create so many new fans of Franks music?
yeah, there's one here!
a fish from ocean blue,
above... my head... that night!
ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ...yeah! |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2005 : 16:01:55
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Love your name All In A Day, welcome to fb.net, Carl's not available at the moment to meet and greet so it's left to me .
"Sandy, please try to do as I say and not as I do. Remember, you are a child, Sandy, and far from your prime".
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2005 : 13:13:12
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..Thanks Barry, I was meeting some dignitaries! ;)
Hello, all in a day!
"I seem to have rejoined the cult of FB.Net!"
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CrackCrack
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Thailand
15 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2005 : 04:28:06
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Trompe Le Monde was my first....and i was like...holy crap....amazing spaciness......then i got the originals of Trompe Le Monde and Surfa Rosa...and listened to them everyday for like 2 years..then i got doolittle and bossanova...and the cycle continued...
***even in my dreams my words get blown away*** |
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TrickyRichard
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Posted - 12/08/2005 : 20:32:59
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Very shitty version of "Where Is My Mind" played by a couple of kids at a school talent show just because they heard it in "Fight Club" there was no bass,no acoustic,no backing vocals,the drum pattern was all wrong and about 1:05 of it was cut off from what I know now didn't really become a disciple until later that year when i heard the same song on musicmatch jukebox,until then I thought they had written it. |
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spunXtain
= Cult of Ray =
USA
377 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2005 : 22:25:41
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Back in '99 my friend and I were at the mall and the CD shop was going out of business. I was 18 at the time and I had been a huge Nirvana fan since I was probably around 11 years old. I'm talking obsessive Nirvana fan.
anyways their CDs were all discounted since they were closing and they had Doolittle for 8 dollars and another compilation type disc with L7, Revco, Porno for Pyros and the like for 3 dollars. I only had ten bucks and I wanted both so I borrowed from my friend.
Anyways the first Pixies song I ever heard of course was Debaser and I fell in love with that album over the weekend and immediately got the entire Pixies catalog...
I am now as obsessive over the catholics and Pixies and frank in general as I ever was over Nirvana
Got coffee, got donuts, got wasted.. |
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juanan
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Spain
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Posted - 12/11/2005 : 03:49:21
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