Kurt Cobain said " I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily that I should have been in that band-or at least a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard."
@@ab7dasker I am far less grateful for those bands. I'm not sure Cobain penned any good lyrics, and I only recall Pavement as a name (and not a very good one).
Bill Mayhew Bill, you are so right. If they were all beautiful and symmetrical perfect faces they would not be the pixies. The whole point is that they are incredibly normal people that got together and created wonderful magic. Should be motivating to any normal person to realize what their potential is after seeing what the pixies have done.
Maybe they're Extraordinary people doing ordinary things. For almost everyone sings but with that expression? Just my thought. In the Indic Tradition these musicians are termed 'Gandharva' incarnations. See the work of 'young Kumar Gandharva' on YT or 'young U Shrinivas' to see these beings perform in their Childhood aged 9 and 12 respectively. ruclips.net/video/jJL_b0hxEdU/видео.html ruclips.net/video/H07Yqe5-daU/видео.html
Totally agree, it sounds so simple, but upon practicing for a PIxie's cover set with this being in it, I have quickly realized how difficult his parts really are to play and sing.
Caverman are you kidding me? Its simple to play. He doesn’t even need to change from playing the G root note. Been playing long have you mate? No! Thought not.
jamis play and sing this at the same time and see how easy it is. multi tasking is not natural to most humans especially when you haven't A. written the song you're playing or B. played it for years, if not both. think it's easy now? no! thought not.
idiot savant your name is rather apt mate. I play a Jackson electric guitar and a Taylor smith acoustic. I am a depping (that’s not a misspelling) session drummer for hire. I use Bitwig and Cubase. AND YO7 ARE TELLING ME THAT IT IS NOT EASY TO SING AND PLAY SIMULTANEOUSLY! Mate...it’s practise. Nothing more. And with songs in 4/4 and 3/4 it’s very simple you moron. Playing lead and singing is a different matter. MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO AND READ ABOUT THIS IDIOT. INSTEAD OF PRETENDING TO BE A MUSICIAN WHICH YOU ARE NOT OR ELSE YOUD NOT MAKE SUCH A RIDICULOUS COMMENT. IDIOT...TRUE
It's funny, they're one of those volcanic, lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry musical units where you couldn't replace any of the members, but unlike most of those groups where in their younger days they seem tight like a gang, the Pixies ALWAYS seemed like this awkward group of misfits on the verge of telling each other to fuck off haha
+mywhychromosome Have you seen the documentary of their reunion? That's well worth seeing, and it would totally support your conclusion, b/c none of them act like their buds with a single other band member. Like they all just met on some message board, and freakishly happened to have musical chemistry when they didn't care a whit about each other off stage. That may be a complete misimpression, but the doc has this sequence where they are all sitting around each other, but they're doing the equivalent of looking at their phones. Drummer is space drumming, some dude is reading.. I don't remember exactly.. but the gist is.. we have nothing more to say to each other. They seemed like they all had good professional relationships, but it was like an office where you would never hang out with the people you work with. But the music sounding NOTHING like that. It sounded like they were born to work with each other. Black's voice was perfectly complemented by Daal's and there was just nothing missing. I didn't blame anyone who didn't like them or thought they were too messy.. one of those bands where your emotions take over or they don't. So to some people, they're gods, and some people their just noise.
Sancho Quixote That's a good point about the "some people they're gods, others just noise" thing...Pixies are almost a good 'test' band in that regard, to see if someone is on the same cracked mental wavelength as you are, because you can't 'learn' it, you either hear one thing or the other. As for the documentary, I did see it once years ago, and I remember being vaguely disappointed at the time that they were so awkward with each other, but I chalked it up to "well, it's a reunion years-and-years later, even the closest bands can get awkward like that when they get old". But the point I was making with this video was that it shows Pixies were ALWAYS awkward like that with each other, even in their heyday
+Sancho Quixote The only members who were friends were Frank and Joey. The rest were just in the same band. And Frank and Kim pretty much HATED each other.
+mywhychromosome the pixies definitely aren't the same without kim deal, she was the coolest one in my opinion, and she is a brilliant songwriter herself, her and black francis should have worked together on more songs with the pixies!
I refer to it as the coolest song in rock and roll. Not the most bombastic, technically complex, or even radio friendly, but there's something about it that is just smooth, sophisticated, and slightly bizarre. It's cool
Joel Davis Yes. Essential even when not a lot. I freaked out over Surfer Rosa and then Doolittle. Then when Bossanova came out I remember thinking , “Where the heck is Kim Deal?” I was shocked actually. I didn’t even ever buy Trompe Le Monde.
@@mcsoupy Very silly and foolish of Frenchie to lose Kim. But she was always destined for greater things and she did it. So happy for her and The Breeders/The Amps, Kelley and Josephine and that groovy little drummer of theirs.
I’ve been listening to this song since the 90s but watching this 3 things hit me: 1. Frank is so at ease on the mic 2. I could fall into the glittering darkness that is Kim Deal’s eyes and 3. This song is damn unique; where the hell would someone in 1988 even find inspiration for this?
@@Zero_Ninety dude, chill. Kurt admitted that Pixies were an influence on Nirvana. That doesn't make Nirvana any less good. Pixies influenced nearly EVERY alt-rock band in some way.
I disagree. It is the song Gigantic that Nirvana admit to ripping off for Smells Like Teen Spirit. And the pixies overall use of soft to loud was another motif that Kurt loved about them and implemented in Nirvana. I honestly dont think this bass line says that or really gives that feeling.
You can really hear how Frank sings so damn loud that it distorts the microphone. When I saw them live I swear you could hear him louder just off his natural voice than he was on the speakers, especially when he really got into the howling. The only singer I've ever known to do that was David Bowie. Probably no surprise they where mutual fans of each other.
Pixies were the 'actual' beginning of Grunge. Kurt Cobain was clearly influence by these guys... 80's were not ready for them at all. Hell, neither were the 90's -- They have a sound that just didn't exist at the time. The music revolution didn't start in Washington. It started in Mass.
The Fall, Joy Division, The Cure, Killing Joke, Swell Maps, The Damned, The Membranes, Echo and The Bunnymen, Fields of the Nephilim, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy and other British groups were also making sounds going in this direction at the end of the 70s and early 80s, not forgetting Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, Fear, Butthole Surfers, Daniel Johnson and others in the US. Different bands influence each other, and that's cool. Nobody has an ultimate claim to one particular style of music.
I knew their music but never seen the band before. The coolest thing about them is that they weren't trying to be cool. They just really were. I feel like they were the first cool people ever.
That “you heard here first” hit hard. Like your living in a era where someday it’s just going to be a mark from the past and sometimes you don’t realize it yet.
@@chris45rpm Ye but due to copyright laws and other bs, a lot of pixies content is being removed from the web. And because of that the entire younger generation is missing this bands legacy, just because they don't really produce any content for their old sound
Definitely! It may even be the best record of this song. For the last couple weeks I have been listening the other records of this song, yet I can't see any better one.
Walked past a house on Fier Street then heard what sounded like a half possessed white girl😳 I should have ran out of there 🏃🏾♀️ especially since people been dropping like flies lately but this song was playing…it’s well worth the risk to stay and listen😌🤣
One of the most under appreciated bands and yet they deserve so much more credit for their style and sound inspiring dozens and dozens of incredibly popular bands of the 90s all the way up to today. This band is a gem and always will be
Saw them twice in france with my dad , first time was in a small concert hall lost in the country side in the south of france , till they got on stage everyone expected a rip off cause of the size and the location of the place no one beleived it , and then boom it was a blast best memory ever
This is just fucking perfect. This is intelligence. This is the perfect balance between too much and not enough. For me (for me I said ;-) it's only my own feelings, nothing more), this song and this record ARE the masterpiece of the pixies. ("How Can you Say that !? And gouge away ? And where IS my mind??? Blablabla": not my words, some tracks are brilliant and I agree and I love a lot (not everything) of the Pixies. This is all about feelings, and we all are different 😊 But what happened that day, AT the precise moment they performed, it's something a bit magical, something that can not be expected again. This is a masterpiece.
The band that opened my ears to a whole world of music I hadn't known existed. Still one of my all time favourites and a go to listen whenever life gets too real! The Pixies rock!
I Know pixies since a was 15 Years old, when i listened "Debaser" ,something changed about my preffers songs, so, i bought a lot of pixies records and still listening pixies until today, now i´m 42.
Same here, since 1987, Listened to 'Come on Pilgrim' album that my friend bought at Poo-Bah records in Pasadena, and It's the only Band I play religiously,. Now at 50 years Young, still Loving them!!!
If I grow old, whether I end up being what I want in life or not, I will bawl my eyes out to this song every night until I die. I dont expect to grow old though.
Caitlin Sloan I’m very well aware. Pixies and Nirvana are two of my favorite bands, I was responding to the guy who said without AIC and Nirvana they’re be no grunge.
This is one of the best song that ever been preformed. And I love all kind of music. But this is perfection. Damn. It is just something from another world. The lyrics, the desperation in the voices, the tone of the guitar, the haunting bass. I think this song will survive for a very long time. At least as long as humanity have left.
This has been one of my favorite songs since I was 12 and I've been singing it for YEARS. I recently started reading tarot and realized that this whole song is a reference to The Devil card. Its about putting yourself into a torturous prison of your own making. The card represents a problem you and your partner can choose to get out of but you submit to suffering (probably because its fun).
I did not know about the Pixies until I was 12 and I became obsessed with this band way before I became obsessed with others who became so mainstream. I always wanted to learn how to play some of their songs on guitar. I'm 36 now and am still obsessed with this band! Most underrated band of all in my view. Also Kim Deal's band "The Breeders". Fucking awesome childhood music I had with these likes. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for sharing I'm lucky to find this on youtube!! xx
They haven't been underrated for quite a while. Great band though, didn't like them when I first heard them but after listening for a while became a big fan.
Been a fan of the Breeders, and for 20 yrs I was told to listen to the Pixies. Saw a commercial with a cool song, googled it and it was 'Here comes your man'. Now I need more Pixies.
How BLOODY GORGEOUS ARE THEM DEAL SISTERS Y’ALL…. EVEN TODAY THEYVE STILL GOT IT… KIM SINGING JUST ADDS THAT SOMETHING TOO THE PIXIES…. JUST A CLASS BAND…. PERIOD❣️❣️❣️👍👍👍😘😘😘💚💚💚💚
i saw them TWICE in two nights in a row, a year later 1989 epic nights of my life better than falling in love first with Janes Addiction and then heralding San Francisco Fillmore
i couldn’t believe it when I found out this was made in the 80s when I first found out. They were so ahead of their time. I can’t imagine how it felt hearing this when it came out vs everything else on the radio and mtv. Crazy
Oh, golly, I saw them perform around '90...ha, I was in early college and 16. What a great age, this was my jam. Still listen to them when the mood strikes, lashes and loathes. Love these people for making art.
So lucky to have seen them at this time in London, opened for Throwing Muses and completely blew the roof off. When the main band came on, they exclaimed 'How do we follow that ?'
Unmatched genius. It depresses me so much that I wasn't alive to see them when they were like this. I've seen them since they reformed, but it's not the same
Have you seen the Dennis Miller performance? At the height of their super powers. "this is a song about a little bird that goes to sleep and has a dream he goes to Mars..."
Such an amazing song, amazing lyrics, amazing backing vocal, perfect one-note guitar solo, eerie and compelling the whole thing. God I loved this band.
Kurt Cobain said " I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily that I should have been in that band-or at least a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard."
And also their producer.
And both bands are so lovely
All of 90s alternative rock used those dynamics. Without the Pixies there would be no Nirvana, Pavement, Weezer or probably even Radiohead
My dumbass read this as Stephen Colbert
@@ab7dasker I am far less grateful for those bands. I'm not sure Cobain penned any good lyrics, and I only recall Pavement as a name (and not a very good one).
I can’t offer valid reasons why but this is the greatest song ever.
well that's just like your opinion man.
@@SpuddyWesker nah. It’s a fact like gravity
@@cberkley4582 shit you're right, sorry.
@@cberkley4582 what about tame, i bleed, debaser? :/
@@crapjoe8634 its all one song :P
His voice sounds almost exactly the same as the album version, that’s incredible
i know its amazing
They are the same guy
@@piercebruhbruh we know lol
Not something like being a super man..
Sounds better than recorded
lyrically, this guy is on a different level.
Pixies were the beginning of a revolution. He influenced more bands than he did fans.
Yes. As always, Its only when the dust settles that it will be fully appreciated. For me, he’s right at the top.
Ugh. Said the man to the lady.
Perfect lyric
Horse at the door
He is perfect.
Kim Deal (also Kim Gordon) thanks for your existence, inspiring the bass girls!!!!
Youre welcome
Kim Shattuck too! RIP 🌹
And Tina Weymouth
@@tristanmoore9265 was just gunna say! can't leave tina outta the mix ffs!
@@invalidatemyass don't forget Gail Ann Dorsey
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Bill Mayhew Bill, you are so right. If they were all beautiful and symmetrical perfect faces they would not be the pixies. The whole point is that they are incredibly normal people that got together and created wonderful magic. Should be motivating to any normal person to realize what their potential is after seeing what the pixies have done.
I don't know what would make you consider them ordinary
I don't know about "ordinary". If asked, I would say we're all creeps, but some of us (not enough) write songs like this.
Maybe they're Extraordinary people doing ordinary things. For almost everyone sings but with that expression? Just my thought. In the Indic Tradition these musicians are termed 'Gandharva' incarnations. See the work of 'young Kumar Gandharva' on YT or 'young U Shrinivas' to see these beings perform in their Childhood aged 9 and 12 respectively.
ruclips.net/video/jJL_b0hxEdU/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/H07Yqe5-daU/видео.html
Gtfo Kim deal is an Angel we aren’t worthy
Frank's one hell of a rhythm guitarist. What he's doing isn't easy. He's playing some complicated rhythm parts while singing oh so passionately.
Agreed! Hey, haven't we 'met' before; on the La's demo video :-)
Regards
Tony
Totally agree, it sounds so simple, but upon practicing for a PIxie's cover set with this being in it, I have quickly realized how difficult his parts really are to play and sing.
Caverman are you kidding me? Its simple to play. He doesn’t even need to change from playing the G root note. Been playing long have you mate? No! Thought not.
jamis play and sing this at the same time and see how easy it is. multi tasking is not natural to most humans especially when you haven't A. written the song you're playing or B. played it for years, if not both. think it's easy now? no! thought not.
idiot savant your name is rather apt mate. I play a Jackson electric guitar and a Taylor smith acoustic. I am a depping (that’s not a misspelling) session drummer for hire. I use Bitwig and Cubase. AND YO7 ARE TELLING ME THAT IT IS NOT EASY TO SING AND PLAY SIMULTANEOUSLY!
Mate...it’s practise. Nothing more. And with songs in 4/4 and 3/4 it’s very simple you moron. Playing lead and singing is a different matter.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO AND READ ABOUT THIS IDIOT. INSTEAD OF PRETENDING TO BE A MUSICIAN WHICH YOU ARE NOT OR ELSE YOUD NOT MAKE SUCH A RIDICULOUS COMMENT.
IDIOT...TRUE
It's funny, they're one of those volcanic, lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry musical units where you couldn't replace any of the members, but unlike most of those groups where in their younger days they seem tight like a gang, the Pixies ALWAYS seemed like this awkward group of misfits on the verge of telling each other to fuck off haha
+mywhychromosome Have you seen the documentary of their reunion? That's well worth seeing, and it would totally support your conclusion, b/c none of them act like their buds with a single other band member. Like they all just met on some message board, and freakishly happened to have musical chemistry when they didn't care a whit about each other off stage.
That may be a complete misimpression, but the doc has this sequence where they are all sitting around each other, but they're doing the equivalent of looking at their phones. Drummer is space drumming, some dude is reading.. I don't remember exactly.. but the gist is.. we have nothing more to say to each other.
They seemed like they all had good professional relationships, but it was like an office where you would never hang out with the people you work with. But the music sounding NOTHING like that. It sounded like they were born to work with each other. Black's voice was perfectly complemented by Daal's and there was just nothing missing. I didn't blame anyone who didn't like them or thought they were too messy.. one of those bands where your emotions take over or they don't. So to some people, they're gods, and some people their just noise.
Sancho Quixote That's a good point about the "some people they're gods, others just noise" thing...Pixies are almost a good 'test' band in that regard, to see if someone is on the same cracked mental wavelength as you are, because you can't 'learn' it, you either hear one thing or the other. As for the documentary, I did see it once years ago, and I remember being vaguely disappointed at the time that they were so awkward with each other, but I chalked it up to "well, it's a reunion years-and-years later, even the closest bands can get awkward like that when they get old". But the point I was making with this video was that it shows Pixies were ALWAYS awkward like that with each other, even in their heyday
+Sancho Quixote The only members who were friends were Frank and Joey. The rest were just in the same band. And Frank and Kim pretty much HATED each other.
+mywhychromosome the pixies definitely aren't the same without kim deal, she was the coolest one in my opinion, and she is a brilliant songwriter herself, her and black francis should have worked together on more songs with the pixies!
oxrjbizzle1984y What does that have anything to do with the original comment?
been a fan of them for years, so happy when suicide squad played this for the group shot!
Went so good with that shot
I got SO EXCITED!
i was like I KNOW THIS SONG
Have u seen it in fear street as well
You and me both. Brought me back to them.
Love it
This band paved the way for 90's alternative bands. The real pioneers of the grungy sound.
loud/QUIET/loud... just like the movie says.
they inspired kurt cobain
@@valleyofthedolls smells like teen spirit is basically Kurts attempt at a Pixies song according to him
Dinosaur Jr Sonic Youth etc pawed the way too
Don't forget Sonic Youth
Still convinced it's the greatest song ever written.
Me too
Me too.
Me four
Me five
I refer to it as the coolest song in rock and roll. Not the most bombastic, technically complex, or even radio friendly, but there's something about it that is just smooth, sophisticated, and slightly bizarre. It's cool
Kim Deal's backing vocals are fantastic in every song!
Joel Davis Yes. Essential even when not a lot. I freaked out over Surfer Rosa and then Doolittle. Then when Bossanova came out I remember thinking , “Where the heck is Kim Deal?” I was shocked actually. I didn’t even ever buy Trompe Le Monde.
@@mcsoupy Very silly and foolish of Frenchie to lose Kim. But she was always destined for greater things and she did it. So happy for her and The Breeders/The Amps, Kelley and Josephine and that groovy little drummer of theirs.
Pixies- looking baby-faced & sounding absolutely awesome.
You are pretty enough that I can pretty much tell you're a horrible person.
patrick kinnear What did she do wrong lol...
DraxDredd She was pretty, what a bitch, amirite.
Ozzy DcAwesome yeah your right how dumb of me I forgot good looking people are all horrible
Who asked her to be so pretty? She's making me attracted to her, against my will. It's inconsiderate. Bitch.
I dont wanna know about what music would be like without the pixies influence.
I’ve been listening to this song since the 90s but watching this 3 things hit me: 1. Frank is so at ease on the mic 2. I could fall into the glittering darkness that is Kim Deal’s eyes and 3. This song is damn unique; where the hell would someone in 1988 even find inspiration for this?
Some artists are just truly original. He’s an American treasure.
Totally agree, though if I had to pick an inspiration I'd say Violent Femmes.
Modern Lovers, Jonathon richman, The Gun Club
80s , no social media or BS , just people being people and having to really try it , to get it .
@@efrenluisizquierdo5186 yep, I was there. It sucked.
Kim saying chained is a soul-touching...
Ikr
when Cobain said Nirvana tried to rip off the pixies - you only gotta listen to the bass in this tune to see where the influence is apparent
Gouge away is a clear indicator of Kurts influence
Oh fuck off. God you people are tedious.
@@Zero_Ninety dude, chill. Kurt admitted that Pixies were an influence on Nirvana. That doesn't make Nirvana any less good. Pixies influenced nearly EVERY alt-rock band in some way.
Andrew Xitco same chord pattern and progression as Debaser. Same.
I disagree. It is the song Gigantic that Nirvana admit to ripping off for Smells Like Teen Spirit. And the pixies overall use of soft to loud was another motif that Kurt loved about them and implemented in Nirvana. I honestly dont think this bass line says that or really gives that feeling.
Joey has to be the most underrated guitar player ever.
always just weird enough
Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead thinks so too
Next to Andy Summers From The Police
Love the way he plays! It always sounds like he's just discovering notes he never knew before...
@@mikeggggg7889 love them both!!
You can really hear how Frank sings so damn loud that it distorts the microphone. When I saw them live I swear you could hear him louder just off his natural voice than he was on the speakers, especially when he really got into the howling. The only singer I've ever known to do that was David Bowie. Probably no surprise they where mutual fans of each other.
Liam Gallagher can too. Say what you want, dude had some power in his prime. Loud AF
I’ve listened to this song 15 times in a row I’m not kidding it’s so good
@Take it easy thank you haha so do you
My first time hearing it. On repeat also hahah
15 times only?
only 15? lol
Pixies were the 'actual' beginning of Grunge. Kurt Cobain was clearly influence by these guys... 80's were not ready for them at all. Hell, neither were the 90's -- They have a sound that just didn't exist at the time. The music revolution didn't start in Washington. It started in Mass.
Mn too
Green River, Soundgarden, Melvins, and Malfunkshun started grunge in Washington you dimwit. 1984.
@@devonm301 Neil Young before all those bands
@@S1ipperyJim Hendrix and Heart
The Fall, Joy Division, The Cure, Killing Joke, Swell Maps, The Damned, The Membranes, Echo and The Bunnymen, Fields of the Nephilim, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy and other British groups were also making sounds going in this direction at the end of the 70s and early 80s, not forgetting Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, Fear, Butthole Surfers, Daniel Johnson and others in the US. Different bands influence each other, and that's cool. Nobody has an ultimate claim to one particular style of music.
The notes are palpable. They are so clean and well rehearsed, the only band that gets better the more I listen.
Kim fucks up the notes at 2:28 so not that well rehearsed but still an almost studio worthy performance.
@@moteldemoka fucking up one note doesn't mean it's not well rehearsed. It can happen even you have rehearsed a lot
You know a song is timeless when you have listened it a thousand times, and every time is like the first time...
The "uh"s in this version are so impactful. Probably Francis' most passionate performance of this song.
The "uh" at 2:20 is about a sixteenth note early, which makes it extra brutal. It's really a pro move.
Why is it so damn good.. This song just keeps growing on you
Pixies are one of the best bands to see live. No over production and auto tune just talent.
Kim on dat bass
She is the real Deal.
No deal?
NO DEAL!
@@naka6081 That's the best way to put it
she can't compete with Kim gordon
I knew their music but never seen the band before. The coolest thing about them is that they weren't trying to be cool. They just really were. I feel like they were the first cool people ever.
So true. And speaking about cool, that guy introducing them is the most uncool person ever, because he's trying so hard.
@@megahedgehog8649I didn’t get that impression lol
Jesus christ, the first cool people ever? What the fuck does that even mean.
Hi there, good day to you and it's nice seeing you here.
Thanks Feat Street for making me like this legendary ass song
Saw them last night victoria park London, They've still got it ❤ brilliant
That “you heard here first” hit hard. Like your living in a era where someday it’s just going to be a mark from the past and sometimes you don’t realize it yet.
This band was once in a lifetime.
And the guitar solo is legendary.
2:20 "UGH", i have never in my life heard that from such depth of the fucking soul. right on!
Thank you. Crying all over again. And again. Love it. Hey! Must be a devil between us. Hey! Where have you been?!?
The pain in his voice. This is a great, great song. Goosebumps.
I have yet to encounter anything as visceral or captivating.
Nx Doyle they’re riding on the backs of bands like Gun Club 🙂👍
Number Girl is really close to the pixies.
Early Modest Mouse (First 2 Albums) sound really similar
Ditto
Still one of the best song i've ever heard. Pixies were so far ahead of the other rockband but badly for them they were also underrated !
I totally agree with what u said. before their time.
In what way underrated? They were and still rated massively highly and one of the most influential bands of the last 30 years.
@@chris45rpm Ye but due to copyright laws and other bs, a lot of pixies content is being removed from the web. And because of that the entire younger generation is missing this bands legacy, just because they don't really produce any content for their old sound
This live performance sounds better than the official song... I keep coming back to it.
Definitely!
It may even be the best record of this song.
For the last couple weeks I have been listening the other records of this song, yet I can't see any better one.
I agree this is the best version
That heavenly bassline!
They're new stuff is good, too.
Not as good
Mr. Beat
Agreed
Jun Micheletti I would bet better then 100% of the “top billboard” songs of now
NotimeToBLEED True
NotimeToBLEED yes comparing their songs to the billboard today pixies would smash everyone, but i prefer surfer rosa and Doolittle
If you’re reading this I love you have a great day
I love you too. Have a nice one!
👌
thanks man, you too
hah, gay.
@@jhordyjimenez6283 Damn you got em good
Walked past a house on Fier Street then heard what sounded like a half possessed white girl😳 I should have ran out of there 🏃🏾♀️ especially since people been dropping like flies lately but this song was playing…it’s well worth the risk to stay and listen😌🤣
If you don’t get this corny ass comment out the section lmao
Its in the new suicide squad...I was like HEY
One of the most under appreciated bands and yet they deserve so much more credit for their style and sound inspiring dozens and dozens of incredibly popular bands of the 90s all the way up to today. This band is a gem and always will be
indeed!!!
Agreed
Saw them twice in france with my dad , first time was in a small concert hall lost in the country side in the south of france , till they got on stage everyone expected a rip off cause of the size and the location of the place no one beleived it , and then boom it was a blast best memory ever
This is just fucking perfect. This is intelligence. This is the perfect balance between too much and not enough. For me (for me I said ;-) it's only my own feelings, nothing more), this song and this record ARE the masterpiece of the pixies.
("How Can you Say that !? And gouge away ? And where IS my mind??? Blablabla": not my words, some tracks are brilliant and I agree and I love a lot (not everything) of the Pixies.
This is all about feelings, and we all are different 😊
But what happened that day, AT the precise moment they performed, it's something a bit magical, something that can not be expected again. This is a masterpiece.
The band that opened my ears to a whole world of music I hadn't known existed. Still one of my all time favourites and a go to listen whenever life gets too real! The Pixies rock!
This is the most romantic song I've ever listened to
I wish I could sing like that. His voice is so clear and he controls it so well.
Here because of Sam and Deena🤗💕
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Same asff
So raw, so beautiful, so sexy. My all time favourite by Pixies.
And powerful.
Saw them last night with Cat Power standing in on the old Kim Deal role. 25 years later….still incredible.
Everyone knows this.... James Gunn has great taste in music
I Know pixies since a was 15 Years old, when i listened "Debaser" ,something changed about my preffers songs, so, i bought a lot of pixies records and still listening pixies until today, now i´m 42.
That's pretty much my historx with the Pixies, too.
Same for me i am 40 :)
Same here, since 1987, Listened to 'Come on Pilgrim' album that my friend bought at Poo-Bah records in Pasadena, and It's the only Band I play religiously,. Now at 50 years Young, still Loving them!!!
If I grow old, whether I end up being what I want in life or not, I will bawl my eyes out to this song every night until I die. I dont expect to grow old though.
No Pixies = No Nirvana = No alternative music scene
Don't be ridiculous. Look harder.
No Pixies = No Nirvana
And that's it. Because... The Velvet Underground = No alternative music scene
Huge Nirvana fan, but you don’t truly believe they were the first grunge band, do you? Green River and Mudhoney?
YuTu13e Kurt has been quoted saying that nirvana would not be nirvana if the pixies hadn’t of influenced him
Caitlin Sloan I’m very well aware. Pixies and Nirvana are two of my favorite bands, I was responding to the guy who said without AIC and Nirvana they’re be no grunge.
Always blown away by how their songs can be so simple yet so amazingly good; the essence of the best alternative in my lifetime.
it's like a perfectly crafted haiku, only a few elements, each one in exactly the right place and relation to the ones before and after it.
The Bassist is the cutest thing ever ♥
Time hasn't been kind to her in the looks department,she is now a tub'o'lard.
This is one of the best song that ever been preformed. And I love all kind of music. But this is perfection. Damn. It is just something from another world. The lyrics, the desperation in the voices, the tone of the guitar, the haunting bass. I think this song will survive for a very long time. At least as long as humanity have left.
🖤⚡️
They're a punk band who can actually play their instruments and put together a decent melody.
that's always how i've described them: a punk band that knows how to compose a song
How I Met Your Mother got me obsessed with this song over a decade ago, and I'm still obsessed!
How i Met your mother asked pixies to write a song for the show??? wow. thats cool
Right there with great weirdness like Bowie, or Bob Dylan, the notes, the emoting, the melancholy playing style, the morose lyrics, it's got it ALL..
This has been one of my favorite songs since I was 12 and I've been singing it for YEARS. I recently started reading tarot and realized that this whole song is a reference to The Devil card. Its about putting yourself into a torturous prison of your own making. The card represents a problem you and your partner can choose to get out of but you submit to suffering (probably because its fun).
interesting!
Uh wow, what?
@@Jamie-js3qw why?
They should make a movie about them
they did
bpmrox what’s it called
@@bpmrox what's the pixies movie called??
@@Tezzy_01 we can't talk about it
yes i agree
These dudes blew me away first time I saw em! You go Pixies!
What a fucking great song!! Vocals are so damn good!! People don't realise how amazing vocals are in this song!!
I did not know about the Pixies until I was 12 and I became obsessed with this band way before I became obsessed with others who became so mainstream. I always wanted to learn how to play some of their songs on guitar. I'm 36 now and am still obsessed with this band! Most underrated band of all in my view. Also Kim Deal's band "The Breeders". Fucking awesome childhood music I had with these likes. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for sharing I'm lucky to find this on youtube!! xx
You're very welcome Ellen.
Are you going to see them on tour soon?
I'll see them in Vienna in November, and in Newcastle in December.
i have 46, first heard when i was 19 but i have the same
They haven't been underrated for quite a while. Great band though, didn't like them when I first heard them but after listening for a while became a big fan.
Arizona wilder
Been a fan of the Breeders, and for 20 yrs I was told to listen to the Pixies. Saw a commercial with a cool song, googled it and it was 'Here comes your man'. Now I need more Pixies.
It's nuts how good and unconventional this song is. That title card coming in just blew me away. Perfection
Fear Street Part 1 deena & Sam
🙅🏻♀️❤️❤️
How BLOODY GORGEOUS ARE THEM DEAL SISTERS Y’ALL…. EVEN TODAY THEYVE STILL GOT IT… KIM SINGING JUST ADDS THAT SOMETHING TOO THE PIXIES…. JUST A CLASS BAND…. PERIOD❣️❣️❣️👍👍👍😘😘😘💚💚💚💚
i saw them TWICE in two nights in a row, a year later 1989
epic nights of my life
better than falling in love
first with Janes Addiction
and then heralding San Francisco Fillmore
i was very fortunate to see them around this time during a small in store performance at a record store in vancouver. They were really great.
A small store in Vancouver? That's amazing. Where exactly? That's a story I'd love to here! (Van resident, myself, and diehard Pixies fan)
They've been coming to Toronto for the last few years now. Dream come true for me
What store was this in Van. Please elaborate. i love hearing old Van music scene stories.
Me too when they visited the UK, I also saw My bloody valentine, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr, And a ton of other late 80s early 90s bands...Worship me :)
It’s been years, I’ve discovered so much fantastic new music, but this still remains the best song ever written to me
i couldn’t believe it when I found out this was made in the 80s when I first found out. They were so ahead of their time. I can’t imagine how it felt hearing this when it came out vs everything else on the radio and mtv. Crazy
In the 80s, there were also people who didn't listen to MTV or "the radio". To them, Pixies sounded fantastic but not "out of this world" at all...
Incredible talent, so ahead of the game- amazing band.
Oh, golly, I saw them perform around '90...ha, I was in early college and 16. What a great age, this was my jam. Still listen to them when the mood strikes, lashes and loathes. Love these people for making art.
Mr. Black Francis was nailing it before I was even born. Simply amazing.
Chills... Loving this live version. So before their time
Black shows us you didn't need an "image" to be a star, just great music and lyrics.
Seeing The Pixies live in Eugene, Oregon was one of the most excellent concert experiences of my lifetime, I'll never forget it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi there, good day to you and it's nice seeing you here.
@@BlackFrancis-Pixies ~ I'm so honored, good day to you as well ! Your music has brought me so much happiness, thank you *
@@amya2345 You're welcome Amy and it's actually a pleasure to have you here. Well i know you must be surprised to receive a message from me right?
@@BlackFrancis-Pixies - Very surprised !!
@@BlackFrancis-Pixies - Absolutely !!
So lucky to have seen them at this time in London, opened for Throwing Muses and completely blew the roof off. When the main band came on, they exclaimed 'How do we follow that ?'
Unmatched genius. It depresses me so much that I wasn't alive to see them when they were like this. I've seen them since they reformed, but it's not the same
Have you seen the Dennis Miller performance?
At the height of their super powers.
"this is a song about a little bird that goes to sleep and has a dream he goes to Mars..."
Agreed I saw them in 2018 and it was like watching a cover band
Such an amazing song, amazing lyrics, amazing backing vocal, perfect one-note guitar solo, eerie and compelling the whole thing. God I loved this band.
Pixies are more than a band, they're a sacrament
I’ve been playing the bass for over 25 years and pixies was the first music I ever learned to play. I will always love this band.? Pixies forever.
how haven't i seen this till now?
Fear Street 1994 and The Suicide Squad brought this amazing song to my attention.
absolutely fucking incredible, i get chills everytime i hear it.
Jeez, their sound was WAAAAY ahead of the 80's. Presenter is def listening to The Clash at home...
I have gone 33 years not hearing this masterpiece.
What my life could of been.
absolute nectar
This right here, is my favorite song by them. Amazing.
This song takes me back to the great time in life where you first discover music. And man, what a great time to discover it.
Benny Martinez oh yes
I cannot stop listening to this song... incredible sound
I love how real this performance is. Amazing song, amazing bad.
I discovered the Pixies’ songs in 1990 and I can still feel this music in my bones. Absolutely love their sound.
saw black francis aka frank black open for the ramones in boulder colorado back in the late 80's...truly a magical mushroom night.
This song warms me up
Its 2019 and I'm still playing the Pixies!...enternity!
Hung out with them in Hamilton after a gig in 2010. Have not washed since.
Estos lujos de los Pixies, que temazo por favor!
Nirvana es UNA VERGA al lado de Pixies.