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pixie punk
> Teenager of the Year <

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Posted - 05/15/2020 :  06:51:41  Show Profile  Visit pixie punk's Homepage  Reply with Quote
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/residents-pixies-die-die-die-1000259/

PUERTO RICO PIXIE

Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =

Canada
11687 Posts

Posted - 05/15/2020 :  07:13:18  Show Profile  Visit Cult_Of_Frank's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thanks! Just saw it this morning.


"If we hit this bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
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BunsenH
= Cult of Ray =

296 Posts

Posted - 05/15/2020 :  07:25:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks! Very political (especially by FBF's standards).
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peter radiator
= Cult of Ray =

USA
651 Posts

Posted - 05/15/2020 :  07:40:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by BunsenH

Thanks! Very political (especially by FBF's standards).



In all fairness, the article states that the song was recorded before the pandemic took hold.

It was likely the Residents idea to position the video as anti-Trump propaganda long after FBF made his contribution to the recording.

I would like to think they ran their plan by him first for approval just to be decent fellows (since he will of course be associated with whatever fallout or negative reaction they may receive), but it could very well be that they were not technically obliged to do so.

This is not to say that I think FBF would disagree with the thrust of the video's implications, but more an acknowledgement that, as has been stated above, he usually is more circumspect and guarded about publicly expressing any overtly political opinions, especially in conjunction with his songs and/or recordings.


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"Real music is out there and real people are making it." ~ Webb Wilder
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =

988 Posts

Posted - 05/15/2020 :  12:25:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
BF has been very vocal on Twitter about Trump and his mishandling of the crisis.

In any case nice song.
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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
959 Posts

Posted - 05/18/2020 :  05:49:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks for the write-up on the home page Cult - I may have otherwise missed this!
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <

3078 Posts

Posted - 05/21/2020 :  05:09:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I can't say that I love the song on the first listen, nothing to do with the subject matter. But the man can still belt. Glad to see it happened.
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peter radiator
= Cult of Ray =

USA
651 Posts

Posted - 05/24/2020 :  09:44:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
EDF produced the new album.

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"Real music is out there and real people are making it." ~ Webb Wilder
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two reelers
* Dog in the Sand *

Austria
1032 Posts

Posted - 05/24/2020 :  21:18:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Love it.

A primitive (in the good sense of the word) statement. Also, in terms of content/message more layered and subtle than a first listen might suggests.

I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1298 Posts

Posted - 06/05/2020 :  06:36:13  Show Profile  Visit johnnyribcage's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Holy smokes! This is brutal! Awesome!


I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings.
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *

United Kingdom
1104 Posts

Posted - 06/22/2020 :  10:11:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wow, what a great surprise to hear this. Anyone else think this could very easily fit onto the Golem?
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tamefan
- FB Fan -

Canada
196 Posts

Posted - 08/24/2020 :  20:33:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I don't care for this song or for my favorite musicians becoming topical and political; I'll be staying away from this!
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *

United Kingdom
1104 Posts

Posted - 08/29/2020 :  04:31:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The song was recorded before the pandemic so I don't believe it was initially purposefully about Trump. But with how things progressed I can see how the narrative fits - or at least that's how the Residents put it. A

I'm sure if BF objected to it being about Trump he would have said, and as others have said he has been more active on twitter about this.

Besides, you can put your own interpretation to it as in most of his work. To be honest I find a song like The Last Stand of Shazeb Andleeb to be far more political than this.
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