*FIRST TIME* 🎵 Pixies - Where Is My Mind REACTION
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- This is our first time listening to the Pixies. Where Is My Mind is a super interesting song. I mean it!
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Pixies are seen as the band that influenced almost all of the 90s alternative rock bands so its an important listen!
Replacement more so because they influenced pixies
@@robbielux8353 Don't disagree. The pixies came out a minute after the Replacements but I always thought of them as contemporaries. Alex Chilton is one of the most perfect power-pop-punk tracks ever.
@@heyskipj No Replacements came out in 79/80. Not really true contemporaries. Listen to their first album and take it from there. Love the pixies though
@@robbielux8353 Did. Done. They're each only a few years apart from their major debut. So I use "contemporaries" more broadly. I don't want to distract because we both agree Pixies, Replacements are tremendously great influential bands. Did you read anywhere that FrankBlack was impacted or tried to capture the Replacements sound?
I'll keep commenting on this thread so it hopefully catches fire to lead Brad&Lex down this genre.
@@heyskipj yes let’s keep it going..and yes a few years apart from major label debut but that’s not where I start with the replacements. Sorry Ma lp is where I start..a group that started in 80 is a huge difference from a group that started in 86..as music constantly changed like the 60s. I completely here replacements and husker du in the pixies…even sonic youth though Thurston didn’t like the pixies..don’t know why. Yes love all these groups and they should definitely delve more into this sub genre
"I feel like I'm in a fun house." Perfect. Lex nails it again. Its a surreal, non-linear sort of tune.
pixies is a tough act to follow for those guys ahah
Pretty sure Black Francis just mumbles sounds to fit the melody and plugs in the words later creating some of the most surreal and absurdist lyrics ever that evoke so much emotion and yet somehow...make perfect sense.
This girl has the most outrageous and accurate description. Love her.
“It’s like my mind is on the end of a hook on the bottom of the ocean, where it’s black”
Let’s feed it to the fishies, coy koi.
Lex really understands Black Francis’ lyrics.
@@saintsataniko2116 Exactomudo.
Absolutely iconic song, shit is legendary and will never get old. They were incredibly influential to bands that came after them especially 90s era bands
overrated
@@carlmarks8170 I mean you can say what you want but it’s a fact they were extremely influential to other bands that came after them and nothing you or anyone says will change that.
@@puppetmaster8551 Yes, yes, and other mythical narratives about this ordinary, overrated band which are told around the campfire. Pixies fans are so full of shit.
@@carlmarks8170 lol. Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, and a slew of others would like a word.
@x I don't think the Pixies suck. They're okay. Not great. A pretty good band who's music and influence is vastly overrated by their fawning fans (mostly kids who thought "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was best song eva and who later became Pixies fans they got older because they thought it made them cool)
The Pixies did the loud/soft thing in their music better than anyone, and were a big influence on that part of Nirvana's sound.
taaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmeeeeee
Well, they kinda invented the loud/soft thing, so yeah, they did it better than anyone.
Man it took me until 2021 to discover the absolute genius of Doolittle. Now it skyrocketed to one of my all time favourite albums alongside Siamese Dream, Dirt, Sound of Perserverence, Enter the 36 Chambers and Spiritual Healing. Top 5 had to become top 6.
@@Bee-28 so influential
@@Bee-28, I'd suggest The Who used the quiet/loud style many times and many years before Pixies (although I do love 'em, of course).
He came up with this some while swimming in the ocean when he lived in Puerto Rico. The Pixies are the bridge between 80s punk and 90s alternative/grunge.
Yes exactly! They basically fathered grunge music.
I was in middle school when Nirvana first became popular. Before that I listened to sex pistols and Joy Division. My musical ears tell me the shift started with pixies.
I'm not sure that 1980's punk is much of a thing. Perhaps the early 1980's. This song alone dispels the notion that punk had a greater influence on the Pixies' style, sound and lyrics than rock or Beatles-based pop.
@@davidmartinez9804 I don't buy that. The Pixies informed and influenced a bunch of bands and are, without doubt, at the very top of my list of favourite bands.
To say they fathered grunge means that we're ignoring other seminal contemporaries like Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, Fugazi and Mudhoney, to name a few.
Again, I'm not denigrating the Pixies or denying their contribution. I'd take Pixies over all the bands mentioned above.
Yes!
Watch Fight Club. This song is the outro track in the climax scene at the end of the movie. When it drops it literally elevates that scene from awesome to absolutely EPIC. Lex will get it, though not sure Brad will but I completely respect his in-depth analysis of every song's lyrics and meaning. The problem however is that the lyrics aren't always the focus of the song. They're just meant to move the song forward and fill the soundscape like another instrument.
This.
"You met me at a very strange time in my life.."
Yes!
You don’t talk about it!
YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT IT!
@@alexrobert13 Don't talk about what? 😏
This is actually the birth of the "true" alternative music genre...so many of the bands that exploded out of the 1991 grunge wave credit the Pixies as one of their top influences....They invented the whole "quiet, loud, quiet" formula adopted by the genre
This^^^^
The Velvet Underground beats them by two decades and REM by nearly a decade.
Shit, Nirvana talks about how smells like teen spirit wad their best attempt to make a pixies tune
Jane's Addiction is the band youre looking for and they formed in 85. Lollapalooza cements this fact. A VERY different early 90's scene without a TOURING weirdo festival to bring the alt lifestyle/culture to middle america.
Early to mid 80s, you have bands like REM, Husker Du, Violent Femmes, the Cure, Depeche Mode and the Replacements. if you wanna talk late 80s alternative, Jane's was the first bloom, Nirvana the explosion point. that is how it happened in real time.
The Pixies didnt get their due until Fight Club came out in 99, they were almost COMPLETELY overlooked at the time. The band was signed to 4AD, whose artists were viewed as 'soft' by the majority of the American, record buying public and that impacted not only the band's breakup but how aggressive the last album, Trompe Le'Monde sounded. It was a BIG part of the reason lead singer Black Francis left the group in 93 and became Frank Black, the solo artist. In conclusion, the Pixies were very important and very good but calling them the 'birth' of the alt 90's music scene ignores quite a few great artists and oversells what they meant at that time.
remember kids, details matter. (Sorry, I just finished watching Reacher, Season 1)
The Pixies are basically the reason the genre "Alternative" was created. Black Francis is a genius. This is one of their longer songs.
Black Francis is a living god.
And the Smiths kakakaak ?
Kim deal, high harmonies, and revolutionary great female bassist (I love her)--the pixies were an IMMEASURABLE influence on kurt cobain and the ENTIRE 90’s in fact, the pixies pretty much had the whole 90’s, and alternative sound WAY back already, in 1987, when they started, their sound is soooo unique....to my mind, and I pretty much don’t care what anyone says, r.e.m., and the pixies are pretty much responsible for the 90’s, and any goodness that came out of it....there’s so many from them I can name, : gigantic, debaser, I bleed, caribou, here comes ur man, hey, brick is red, ....just too many to name, I didn’t even scratch the surface
Also .. Monkeys gone to heavem, Gouge Away, Wave of mutilation, velouria .... that should get them started 😁
Fun fact: I live in her neighborhood and my mom saw her in the local grocery store 😂
@@jibbylibby9889 that’s so cool, that’s exactly whats cool about them-- they’re legends, theyre super influential on so many since, they’re royalty, but they’re low-key, they have like, the perfect amount of fame, for lack of a better phrase...i dont know how to say it exactly...I’m 45, and 2 of my best friends are about 10 years younger than me, they love the pixies,,back about 10 years ago at work, I worked with this 20 year old goth chick who loved the pixies, they’re just one of those influential, “here to stay” type bands....and they go to the grocery store by themselves, lol...idk 🤷♂️
Kim didn't even know how to play the bass when she "auditioned". They hired her anyways. Don't forget No. 13 Baby
@@vincentvancraig yeah I’m a huge fan of em too, unlike many other large artists they don’t have the ego of them
The Pixies made a lot of good, diverse music in their initial run. A new listener could hear three of their songs back to back and not realize it was the same band.
Recommend some songs bro, new listener here.
@@Lymbe06 monkey gone to heaven, hey , gigantic , brick is red .
@@Jeff-Vader-1 ...Holiday Song, Caribou, Mr Grieves, Velouria...
Check out the whole Indy Cindy studio album. Not a bad song on it.
That whole album is genius.
@@Lymbe06 monkeys gone to heaven, gouge away, is she weird, hey.
"First rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club."
This song is iconic in "Fight Club" (1999)
🎥🤘
His Name was Robert Paulson
Hey, don't talk about the Fight Club. 😄
One of the best uses of any song in a film.
Also in the movie trainspotting, great movie
Stop trying to control everything and just let go. LET GO.
Technically, in the early 1980s the genre was loosely called “College Radio,” a format dominated by early Underground Rock bands like the Pixies, the Replacements, REM, the Smiths, Sonic Youth etc. Later, it was placed among other niche sub genres under the blanket term “Alternative Music.” Still later, when Nirvana broke into the mainstream, labels signed dozens of lesser “sound-alike” bands and huge commercial radio conglomerates jumped on the bandwagon after rebranding it to the more palatable term “Modern Rock.”
Agree 100%. -- The only radio station that played the Pixies, was my local college station. -- At the time, the phrase "Alternative Rock" didn't even exist. And if It did, it would've probably only meant, "gay."
Add the fems and you got the Collage radio theme
Yep,...
KROQ in LA and just about every college station would play these bands
and then Nirvana toured as support to Sonic Youth, and something happened and Smells Like Teen Spirit caught the breeze and flew
Admittedly this song is absolutely abstract..
However,... Only to add to the absurdity, The more you listen to it,the more you will like it and, the more it will make sense... Insane / Brilliant..!
These guys struggle with abstract and surreal.
It's about dementia. The realization that one has lost their mind and trying to snap out of it.
Lex is a trip, very imaginative and unique viewpoints
This was before grunge mainstream. It’s trippy for sure but if you analyze certain moments of your life it has meaning.
Everyone always thinks this is a 90's song, but it's 80's. They just so happened to influence half the bands of the 90's in some way.
So influential to many of the 90's bands. Love these guys so much.
guy and gals
The Pixies! Very cool. Such an under-rated band.
Saw them at Leeds 2005 and they started with the smallest crowd. Ended their set with the biggest though. Saw Frank Black and the Catholics 4 years before at Reading festival and thought "man, I wish Pixies never split. I'll never get to see them" but, 4 years later, they got back together for a few festivals. I was so stoked
Yay! Pixies!!! Now for Monkey Gone to Heaven :)There's so much to explore in this era/genre - Throwing Muses (& Kristin Hersh's solo stuff), Pixies, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, the list goes on - and that's just from your side of the pond, there were some great underground acts in the UK too, but the US turfed out some absolute legends!
id like to see gouge away too
All that!!
So many good songs by them.
Debaser and Gigantic are two of my favorites.
"..at the end of a hook being used as bait in the darkness and depth of the ocean...!" Not only is that poetic and beautiful, but probably the most accurate description of how this song makes you feel, I EVER heard!
Two other GREAT Pixies songs are This Monkey's Going to Heaven, and Hey!(chained) Surfer Rosa is just an amazing album!
Debaser was a big song too
This Monkey's Gone to Heaven and Hey are both off Doolittle. Where is my mind is from Surfer Rosa. Both good albums.
@@not_in_the_know definitely my favorite
Gouge away is amazing too!
also here comes you man
I'm a metalhead but this has been one of my favorite songs for more than 20 years now
Lol. I won't even comment much, most everyone below me already commented and I agree with them! I watched the livestream last nite which was great, BTW! Pixies is highly regarded among GenXers . They and other alt rock groups from the '80s influenced '90s and '00s alt rock bands. Nirvana was highly influenced by Pixies. Kim (the bassist and singer) also formed The Breeders later on. Another great group.
I'm just glad that yall finally checked out Pixies. They have a large catalog of good music. Need to react to them later. They have good music videos, too.
Next reaction? Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. Very much like Pixies, also started out in the '80s.
The pixies influenced not only the 90s bands as stated here but Nirvana. The quiet build up of chords followed by massive bursts of chords and back again to subtle sounds was the biggest impact. Fun Fact: Steve Albini who recorded the Pixies later recorded Nirvana's in Utero.
Pixies were a big influence on Nirvana. Also co-singer and bassist (I think) was the singer of the Breeders (you reacted to Cannonball from them). - Pixies was a really influential band.
Kim Deal played guitar in The Breeders; her twin sister Kelly was the singer
Gouge Away, Hey, Velouria, Gigantic, Monkey Gone to Heaven. I think these are the most accessible Pixies songs so you might enjoy them. You can't go wrong with any of these.
Pixies are absolutely legendary. The riff from Smells like Teen Spirit, by Kurt's own admission, /is lifted directly from the song UMass [refer to comment chain below]. David Bowie even did a cover of their song Cactus. Hey or Monkey's Gone to Heaven are also personal faves.
Here it is.
ruclips.net/video/cN4V5XjyR6s/видео.html
Yeah stealin' from Pixies (UMass) for Smells like Teen Spirit and Killing Joke (Eighties) for Come as You Are. If ya gonna do it, steal from the best.
I love the Pixies, but the riffs sound NOTHING alike.
I always thought the riff from smells like teen spirit was basically a more fuzzier and distorted version of the riff from the chorus of more than a feeling by Boston
Trompe le Monde release date: September 24, 1991
Nevermind release date: September 24, 1991
Yeah, nah. He just said he was ripping off the Pixies, not a specific song.
3 things:
1. I've just went on your channel, and decided to look up "pixies" on the search bar. you uploaded this video 6 hrs ago.. 🤯
2. Where is my mind is an immortal masterpiece. Please do more pixies videos!!!
3. Lex is a fucking treasure. She often blows my mind with her ingenious notions and emotional astuteness. Her epiphany at the end there sounded exactly like the sort of things I'd say... I'm in love.
Kim Deal from The Breeders- Cannonball - plays bass and sings backing vocals here. She's amazing
She is I love her! Her name is Mrs John Murphy on the Pixies.
Pixies were so ahead of their time. This song came out in 1988. At the time Nirvana was just a baby and hadn't had any sort of mainstream album. Nine Inch Nails hadn't released Pretty Hate Machine yet. As far as rock went, there were just metal bands unless you were really really into the underground Seattle grunge scene. Watch the live version of this.
The Pixies were so influential, they set the Rock/Alternative scene back ninth 1980's back to par level so other bands could use threir music influence as a launchpad.
The Pixies in my opinion are one of the most influential and important late 80s/early 90s alternative rock bands that helped usher in the 90s alternative rock scene. To me Surfer Rosa is the greatest alternative rock record ever made! They along with Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, RHCP, Jane's Addiction and the Seattle grunge bands changed the modern rock landscape of that time.
This is off the first Pixies album. The Pixies sort of created the blueprint for Grunge, and Nirvana, with their loud quiet loud song structures, along with Dinosaur Jr.
This is the song that plays at the very end of Fight Club after Ed Norton shoots himself in the head.
Check out the Pixies song Guage Away
Spoiler alert lol 😂
@@kencliff9914 Lol. Yeah.
Vader is Luke's father too.
From 1989-2017 I was privileged to see them 6x. They are one of those bands that sound just as good live. 🔥 The first show they opened up for Love & Rockets and blew them off the stage.
Start at their beginning with their music. It's amazing stuff.
I saw them in 2019 and they were better than ever. One of the best live shows I've ever seen. I may see them again this month. Personal faves: Gigantic, Bone Machine, River Euphrates, Debaser, Tony's Theme, Vamos, Broken Face.
@@alibabaghanooj6442 That's awesome. Kim Deal was uber-cool, obviously, but Paz Lenchantin is a fantastic replacement. I was super impressed with her.
"Check out the big brain on Brad", is quote a from my favorite movie
Pulp fiction!
i think kurt cobain once said nirvana was just trying to do what the pixies were doing
I can't believe this is the first time you've listened to this song. It has been used widely in movies and commercials
Lex, your analogies that you use to describe what you’re hearing are AMAZING!
Pixies are one of my fav bands that I grew up on. So refreshing to see the reaction on new, young ears.
Keep on exploring!
The first 10 seconds of the reaction says it all. This is the song that everyone loves, and no one can ever figure out why. Circus Rock? So great.
Hey guys! You must know: Pixies are one of most iconic bands that started the scene of underground music since the decade of 80's. They inspired many bands from U2 (shoking, I know) to Nirvana. By the way, when Nirvana recorded the gigantic album Nevermind Kut Coubain just wanted the album sounded as Pixies, he claimed this to the sound engineer.
So, try to react to another songs of Pixies: Hey, Gouge Away, Velouria, Monkey Gone to Heaven, Debaser, Mr. Grieves + Crackty Jones (This songs complements one another), Bone Machine
Where is where?😄 yes, more pixies "gouge away" last times
Laughed so hard when Lex said “big brain,” I was already thinking about movies because Fight Club uses the song on the soundtrack and when she said that I immediately thought of Pulp Fiction.
I will say, when she asked I was wondering the same thing as Brad, “are you asking about the philosophical question ‘where is the mind located physically?’ or what?”
The Pixies are one of the best bands ever. I walked down the aisle at my wedding to the Vitamin String Quartet version of this song.
Black Francis is a damn genius. Forget the lyrics, they mean very little
They were a staple of alternative back then. Kinda the band you found that no one knew about. Huge on that scene
It's a song about skin diving in Jamaica. Some of my favorites are "Monkey Gone to Heaven", "Motorway to Roswell", and "Gigantic". The lead singer, Frank Black, did some good solo albums too.
As someone with synesthesia myself I think Lex has it as well. They way she describes sounds really feels like someone with synesthesia would.
Maybe! My girlfriend has synesthesia and it sounds pretty wild. I’m jealous.
One of their slowest songs. They were like the _'Velvet Underground',_ didn't sell many albums, but many of those who did buy them started bands. A huge influence on the grunge movement. check out *_PIXIES - Gouge Away_** Live!* ...Chur from NZ.
This is probably the last song I would have recommended but at least you got to the Pixies lol.
Yall finally done Pixies! jaja They and other alternative rock bands from the '80s and '90s like Dinosaur JR, REM, Sonic Youth, R.E.M., Janes Addiction, My Bloody Valentine, RHCP, Husker Du, and others helped influenced many grunge and alternative rock hit mainstream in the '90s. Back in the '80s you only hear music like this on college radio stations and alternative radio stations. And their music videos on 120 Minutes, an MTV program that showed underground music. Until they finally started getting mainstream appeal in the late'80s and early '90s.
So Pixies and the other groups I mention helped influence many alt rock and grunge into the '90s and '00s. Pixies was kind of surf punk rock with Indie rock. Very neat and their vocal and music shifts (quiet /loud) was common for their songs. You have to hear their other songs like "Gigantic", "Sad Punk", " Caribou", ""Cactus", "Debaser", "U-Mass", "Gouge Away", and many more. The male guitarist sings sometimes, sometimes the lady bassist sings too. Thats why many people say that the Pixies sound very '90s for a groups that has been playing this style since the '80s. Ahead of their time! David Bowie and Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) loved Pixies.. See more of Pixies and the other groups I mention, you won't be disappointed! They were very down to earth too.
Also you guys have heard Pixies before on movies (especially Fight Club from 1999) , tv shows, commercials. I'm pretty sure jaja
Some of the ladies from Pixies formed their own group The Breeders. Very popular alt rock group in the '90s and '00s. Most of us Generation X knows about them.
An absolute classic track, it has been covered and used in so many shows and films…
You will truly understand the song when you approach it from a point of view that you look down and you are holding a smoking gun and in front of you is a body…and you have no idea how you just got to that moment (sorry for the extreme view point but it’s that kind of moment when you literally have no idea how you just got to a very f’ed up moment in your life). That has always been the way the song hits me and I’m there right now in in my life…
Yes thank you for finally reacting to this!!! The genre is Alternative rock, which the Pixies helped birth
Although everyone is suggesting Doolittle and Surfer Rosa (and rightfully so) I highly recommend all of their albums because they each have a distinct sound throughout. Bossanova will get you moving and Tromp le Monde is outta this world 😉
Imo, Come on Pilgrim is underrated, i put it up there with Doolittle and Surfer Rosa.
They really created the 90s sound along with Sonic Youth and Jane’s Addiction.
Where is my mind?
way out in the water,
see it swimmin'?
I was lucky enough to see the Pixies, Primus and Jane's Addiction play a concert together in San Francisco (1990 or 1991). The best rock concert I ever attended.
The Pixies, for me, were the best rock band of the 90's...bar none.
I remember this song from an old Halo 2 super bounce montage from like 2005 on the original Xbox, haven't heard it since, wow I miss this song, memories unlocked, thank you!
As someone mentioned... A perfect song used in FIGHT CLUB
I saw this already in the livestream, came to watch again. To me this would be a great song for anyone to listen to sitting on the beach, just looking out to the water. Not really thinking about much, just existing.
MORE PIXIES, MORE PIXIES, MORE PIXIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Goddamn Pixies are amazing. And Kim Deal is a goddess. They started in the 80s but were so different and great and others have stated they were super influential. I don't really pay attention to the lyrics, just the vibe.
So great guys, finally some Pixies! I am trying to remember how it sounded like for the first time, but fail. Complete acoustic reeducation. Definitely "Monkey gone to Heaven" and "Velouria" next please. Apparently Black Francis had the idea for the Lyrics when he was snorkeling on holidays somewhere in the tropics, seeing the fish upside down in the water. I know, not quite as deep...And I can't help seeing the final scene of fight club in my mind's eye now...
Bowie was super into this group and was a really early champion of them, especially internationally.
Lex, I really like the free way you describe your thoughts on the song, like where it takes you. Really cool!
Pixies! They are a very influential alternative rock group started in the 1980s. They had the '90s alt rock sound before the 90s. 😆 Many '90s and '00s alt rock and grunge bands were influenced by Pixies and other '80s alt rock groups. Another group like Sonic Youth from the '80s , too.
Pixies had 2 singers. Black Francis a guitarist. And Kim Deal bassist. She formed group The Breeders during the '90s. Pixies and Breeders were great. Check them out more.
This song is from 1987....the alternative and grunge radio/mtv didn’t sound like this until 1991....they were way ahead of their time....
My gen Y co-worker loved this song. Every time I hear it I think of her.
The Pixies are a great punk rock band! Lots of great songs to explore! Thanks for this. More please!
Okay, Lex definitely needs to explore the PIXIES universe.
I missed out on The Pixies the first time around due to non exposure.. Definitely love their tunes now. But I believe I was listening to a lot of R.E.M., the Smithereens, and The Dream Syndicate at the time..
Been waiting for ya to get to them. The Pixies are a great great band. Doolittle and Surfer Rosa in particular are great albums. Very influential. Dive deep.
Lex is so good at describing the vibe of a song! And Brad: "Is he on a trip or something??" - We were all on trips back then! 😂. Great reaction vid. ✌️
Brad and Lex unpacking Frank Black lyrics?
I. Am. Here. For. That.
They are one of the most talented and influential band to exist.
Love how Lex explains things! She has a very cool mind!
What is this? Said Brad. This, my friend is the Pixies. One of the most influential rock bands of the alternative rock era. Their heyday was from 1986-1992 and so much of 1990s alternative owes its sounds to the Pixies' ideas. They were founded in Boston in the mid 1980s after some.of the band members met at University of Massachusetts in Amherst. This song demonstrates their weirdness pretty well. I recommend the songs "Here Comes Your Man" and "Gigantic" next. Gigantic features bassist Kim Deal on vocals (same vocalist as the Breeders on "Cannonball"). The male lead vocalist was called "Black Francis" during his Pixies days and became known as "Frank Black" as a solo artist. Joey Santiago on lead guitar and David Lovering on drums. Fasten your seat belts, you're in for a helluva ride.
I always thought that this song was trying to describe a LSD trip. He is somewhat aware, but he is balls trippin'.
Spot on, Brad. Odd but cool perfectly describes the Pixies. For a band that didn’t have much commercial success they were VERY influential (many here noted they were very inspirational to Kurt Cobain).
Check out Debaser, Monkey Gone to Heaven, Hey, Gouge Away, Gigantic (bassist Kim Deal on lead vocals), UMass, Dig For Fire, and others.
Another one that couldn't be missed out on any party or in any rock/goth club back in the days, love it!
Pixies is THE rock band of the 80's and 90's. And they are absolutely timeless
Used so beautifully at the end of one of the most poignant movies Fight Club.
This brings back memories...just chillin listening to this album w my roommates...roller blading in the house...in some boxer shorts...waiting for the pizza delivery guy... 🙃
Love that memory! reminds me of when I was in Grade 10 dating a guy 4 years older in art school listening to music on his disheveled bed
Lex really knows how to express her feelings and thoughts. Thanks guys.
You cannot overstate how influential and groundbreaking the Pixies were.
I think they pretty much originated the whole "quiet loud quiet" formula that took the 90's by storm.
@@rubbersole79 Yep, pretty much.
One of those bands that not a lot of people knew about at the time, but it seemed like everyone that did know about them was trying to start their own bands. Really influential.
one of the most influential bands that no one talks about. same with Sonic Youth and Joy Division.
I’m seeing this a lot but as I responded to another comment The Replacements were more influential in that they influenced even the pixies and are a very underrated band
No-one talks about? They are one of the first bands mentioned whenever anyone brings up 90s alt-rock, or even alt-rock in general. Their RUclips views are in the tens of millions.
@@robbielux8353 that isn't untrue but when it comes to influencing a generation a band like Pixies had far greater reach.
The Replacements are more of a your favorite band's favorite band. They were never big.
Everyone is influenced by someone so why not take it back even further and address that the band that influenced The Replacements was actually more influential.
@@FightingTorque411 where is my mind was recorded in the late 80s. The fact you refer to them as a 90s band kinda shows how they weren't appreciated until grunge came to the forefront on the early 90s...
Also, tens of millions of views isn't that much at all compared to other rock acts in the 90s. But have an opinion, please.
@@mikeybeeee07 I will, thank you. You used "talks about" - present tense. Even if they weren't in the '80s, Pixies are well established and very well appreciated now. Several of their songs have more than 10M views; two of them have more than 100M. In the scope of all music, that puts them in the top percentiles of popularity. What's your metric for "no-one talks about" a band? (I'll include Joy Division in this as well, but admit Sonic Youth *are* probably less well known.)
LOVE this song. Pixies are such a staple of alternative rock, they essentially are alternative rock that paved way for what came in the 90s giving Cobain, Corgan, and the like to push their sounds out there
Also, i love the conversation between you two at the end there. It's a perfect look at the creative/imaginative mind (Lex) vs the analytical/logical mind (Brad)
My favourite band. It's amazing how it captures the feel of snorkeling in such poetic words. Few write lyrics the way Black Francis does. And for me, this doesn't even scratch at their best song.
Nice Pixies introduction! Do some more, soon! Is She Wierd?, Bone Machine, Alec Eiffel....hell, any of them!
This song was perfectly placed in the modern classic movie, FIGHT CLUB.
Worth a watch!
This Band were 1 of the top INFLUENCERS to CREATE GRUNGE AND ALTERNATIVE MUSIC.
The PIXIES are LEGENDS.
Replacements should be the next band to delve into
Such a simple, but brilliant song.
I LOVE THE PIXIES!!!!!!!
Loved this! This was on the Surfer Rosa album, which, in 1987, was a huge inspiration to future grunge bands. Now, listen to "Gigantic." 🤘🎸
So, So glad that you have finally gotten to the Pixies. They have so many great songs.
The Pixies are alt-rock legends that basically inspired Nirvana, and thus the Grunge era. Interestingly enough, they never really became famous themselves - at least, to the sort of level of mainstream fame that Nirvana and the subsequent grunge bands did. (They're definitely extremely famous in music snob circles.)
Hell, the Pixies' influence on other bands was a global phenomenon: take a listen to "Kim Deal" by the j-rock band The Pillows.
Surfer Rosa & Doolittle are great albums with such a big variety! If you listen it the first time you will experience several surprises. And the texts are funny! Two of the greatest albums in music history!
Can't listen to this without instantly picturing the end of Fight Club. This song is like Alice down the rabbit hole- definitely odd, yet absolutely iconic song.
Wow yall deep on this one. Great song