Damned, how much genius does it take to make all these screeches, jangle, howls and grunts sound like something coherent and powerful? Avant garde and still way ahead, hail to the Pixies!
I'm from Holland and I remember this show. It was my first encounter with the music of the Pixies. I went to the library and lended 'Surfer Rosa.' I never brought it back! Still have the LP in my possession. LOL
I love the pixies. They are so melodic but so heavy at the same time. I never used to hear how nirvana and radiohead were influenced, but now i can totally hear it. Love this song too!
I feel like there should be some sort of support system for anyone who isn't in the pixies, so that we can somehow come to reconcile never being half as awesome as these guys.
This is a great performance, Lovering and Santiago, one clock and one wall of texturised sound, that’s not a guitar sound that’s like a canvas for the rest of the band. Far away for its time, no wonder why Radiohead loved Santiago so much. The Pixies will always be my favourite band.
You nailed it - "one wall of texturised sound". Exactly like how JS Bach wrote music - whom I consider to have had the greatest creative mind EVER in human history. What astonished me about The Pixies is how they coordinated their individual playing to produce such masterpieces? You can't write this down on paper and expect it to be performed as you write it. Their music is organic and symbiotic.. that alone is why The Pixies are SUCH a special band.
Are you kidding? She's made some of the best, yet simplest, basslines ever (Hey, Gigantic, No. 13 Baby, etc.) Not every bassist has to be fucking John Myung or something. Get your head out of your arse.
Not heard any better. They are the band, IMO. I was born in 1979. Older brother of 8 years, which is how I had exposure to Pixies. They are the best thing I've heard. And, changed the dynamics of rock roll.
This was the first time ever I heard the Pixies (on VPRO's 'Onrust', great tv show by BramVan Splunteren). I was thirteen. It changed my life. Watching this again helped me to remember why I still like them so much. (as they're pretty mediocre these days)
i always thought the only scream that could top this one in question of energy and raw power (pun not fucking intended) was the beginning of tv eye. more brutal than fucking slayer
I'm not about to compare them but Cobain's scream after his guitar cut out on Nulle Part Ailleurs while playing Drain You (Feb 1994) was pretty powered too. ruclips.net/video/dUb69RIqfO8/видео.html
+meanbeats Different riffs? That's the "single" version of River Euphrates (google it), it has that extra riff and solo in it, but it's totally not "different" in any way
@samoerai009 I really got into the pixies for the first time when i was 14 too, man. just before their reunion tour and they became my favorite band! People like you and i are lucky to have such exposure.
Damn. All I can say is, let's ride the tire! The mannerism's of Deal are truly fascinating, sexy sexy look at the end. Had me rolling when she was like, what is this extended version bullshit. Francis going to rip a vocal cord singing like that!
melodia-ruido,dulzura-caos,musica-distorsion...black francis creo k se ha inspirado en la forma como un eskizofrenico pudiera cantar..gracias pixies...
Humanity, with all it's shortcomings, probably doesn't really deserve such pixies live bliss! It's like getting drugs or a psychoanalysis for free...we're not worthy is what i'm trying to say...
RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE!!! STUCK HERE OUT OF GAS!!! OUT HERE ON THE GAZA STRIP FROM DRIVING TOO FAST!!! 2 3... WE'LL RIDE A TYRE DOWN RIVER EUPHRATES!!!! RIDE A TYRE!!!!!!! fucking most rocking song ever
Damned, how much genius does it take to make all these screeches, jangle, howls and grunts sound like something coherent and powerful? Avant garde and still way ahead, hail to the Pixies!
That's whats been puzzling me, I usually hate this sort of thing but you nailed it.
(I'm not a bot by the way - "Doggerel" is on the way.)
exactly...
It's an awesome sound, what a performance
Spot on!
@@willpeony5534 Botterel, don't lose your botterel
Can you imagine ... The Pixies did this when Poison, Cinderella, Rat and all that other shit was popular.
they were head of they're time
fucking A
Frank Black is a genius!
I remember well....
Increíble, apasionante y sin pose de ningún tipo.
Kim's face when she looks over at Charles and Joey during their raggedy ass soloing is hilarious. It's like she's asking, "Guys, what are you doing?"
I think it has more to do with the camera man right in her face. It was relentless.
There will never be another Pixies....these dudes were so ahead of their time....yet its timeless? Time is weird. time.
Just a fiction of our minds brother 🎶
joey always looks so calm, like he's thinking about buying a new lawn mower...
Man, buying a new lawnmower is a stressful decision. He is the GOAT
He is just focused...nothing else
*Lawn mower company, the guy is loaded 🤑
Reminds me if Chris Perez in that respect 😊
Das ist das Geheimnis des Lebens 😂😂😂😂😂 entspannt euch, das Ende kommt sowieso 😂
Being frank black looks exhausting
that's hilarious! I guess there is a fair bit of meat on that bone!
anyone in a band that’s doing a show like that needs strength..!
This song puts Surfer Rosa in a class of its own
My favorite Pixies song because Kim wont stop saying my name.
"RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN RYAN"
Eric Lamar hahahahaha :-D
Why is your RUclips Eric Lamar then? 😂😂😂
Eric Lamar you just ruined this song for me! Haha
Eric Lamar lol same
Eric Lamar dude ive just checked out ur playlist and i swear we like the exact same type of music
I'm from Holland and I remember this show. It was my first encounter with the music of the Pixies. I went to the library and lended 'Surfer Rosa.' I never brought it back! Still have the LP in my possession. LOL
You owe 795 Euro in fines. Still, it was worth it.
Nah, its 13yrs later and I'd say the fines are gone up to 79,500euros by now haha
It's 'borrowed', not 'lended'. But now it's stolen.
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I love the pixies. They are so melodic but so heavy at the same time. I never used to hear how nirvana and radiohead were influenced, but now i can totally hear it. Love this song too!
So how were the Pixies influenced?
@@therespectedlex9794the velvet underground
@@lizama7959 Aren't they more of a jangly, thin mellow sort of sound? That and very gay.
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I l♥️ve Kim
@@pyewackett5 That's ok
Frank's scream in this is unbeatable, shivers down my back bone fucking love it
I feel like there should be some sort of support system for anyone who isn't in the pixies, so that we can somehow come to reconcile never being half as awesome as these guys.
+Johannes Andersen This Is the best comment EVER !!!
Johannes Andersen one sip, of the salty wine!!!!
The world is a better place thanks to The Pixies
Santiago...The most underappreciated guitarist of all time. Mother Fucking Period.
Amen.
joydivsion77 Greg Edwards too
joydivsion77 Well said my friend.
joydivsion77 on top of other things that screeching guitar and feedback is why I love the the pixies
The man is a damn surgeon! He's calm and precise!
This just sounds so much better than the album version...love it.
Seriously I cant stop watching this. Gets me high again every single time.
This is a great performance, Lovering and Santiago, one clock and one wall of texturised sound, that’s not a guitar sound that’s like a canvas for the rest of the band. Far away for its time, no wonder why Radiohead loved Santiago so much. The Pixies will always be my favourite band.
You nailed it - "one wall of texturised sound". Exactly like how JS Bach wrote music - whom I consider to have had the greatest creative mind EVER in human history. What astonished me about The Pixies is how they coordinated their individual playing to produce such masterpieces? You can't write this down on paper and expect it to be performed as you write it. Their music is organic and symbiotic.. that alone is why The Pixies are SUCH a special band.
The description about the Pixies sound, especially the droning guitar sound, this is THE ONE.
Everybody can tell a Pixies song by Santiago's guitar.
one of THE BEST SONGS IN HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joey Santiago and David Lovering - 2 of the least appreciated musicians of all time. Both brilliant. Both true masters of their instruments.
@oldmanwitherspoon and an awesome voice aswell
I think this is my favorite song of all time
Santiago is unreal in this👌
I miss those days. Turning almost 50 😖🤐😒😭
I just love the raw energy of this.
Are you kidding? She's made some of the best, yet simplest, basslines ever (Hey, Gigantic, No. 13 Baby, etc.) Not every bassist has to be fucking John Myung or something. Get your head out of your arse.
Not heard any better. They are the band, IMO. I was born in 1979. Older brother of 8 years, which is how I had exposure to Pixies. They are the best thing I've heard. And, changed the dynamics of rock roll.
snap
Such melody and such cacophony...in a good way!
1:48-2:05 most amazing sound ever! Holy shit
0:00-3:21 most amazing sound ever! Holy shit
Yes! Right at that moment they took control of the universe. Right then and there.
Kim seemed a little bit confused about the extended version of the song at 2:41 and 3:11
lol too true
i can’t find the comment and it made me laugh to the point of hurting that i’m going to say it now
being frank black looks exhausting
i love when he screams ONE SIP FROM THE SALTY WINE!!!!! at 1:48 freaking sick mahn
This song guided so much of my life......
By far, my most favorite song on that album.
Not to diminish the other members, who are brilliant, Pixies were about Frank. He was the creative force accompanied by some very capable musicians.
This was the first time ever I heard the Pixies (on VPRO's 'Onrust', great tv show by BramVan Splunteren). I was thirteen. It changed my life. Watching this again helped me to remember why I still like them so much. (as they're pretty mediocre these days)
Kim - you have such a beautiful voice. Please never stop singing
I think i just watched this video a million times and i can't stop doing this. Pixies
❤❤
Kim always looks like she's having a blast when she plays live....
Best pixies song
The best! Best song, best performance, best video, the best ever possible!!! Da-a-a-a-a!!!!!
loving the tele
That scream at 2:12 ... JESUS
i always thought the only scream that could top this one in question of energy and raw power (pun not fucking intended) was the beginning of tv eye. more brutal than fucking slayer
I'm not about to compare them but Cobain's scream after his guitar cut out on Nulle Part Ailleurs while playing Drain You (Feb 1994) was pretty powered too.
ruclips.net/video/dUb69RIqfO8/видео.html
Austin Lucas Black and Cobain must be the two best screams ever man, so great. Imagine they had collab’d.
It always makes it for me
It sounds terrible. Why did he do that on stage?
I have no words to describe the brilliance of this piece of music / genius i am in awe !!!
i love this song
It's the sound of ligaments tearing from the bone. I find it quite shocking, really and I'm surprised every time I hear it.
kims face when they start playing those diffrent riffs near the end is priceless...
+meanbeats Different riffs? That's the "single" version of River Euphrates (google it), it has that extra riff and solo in it, but it's totally not "different" in any way
That's the face of woman who is tired of this bs and wants to start The Breeders.
Love the bending that note
Kim Deal has the voice of an angel if angels were real
+lightitupB the voice of a pixie
+sam pope nailed it!
lightitupB And enjoyed cocaine
Angel? She's a fucking devil here.
More real than an angel
Such a great song.
this song is their masterpiece
somewhere out there there is a better timeline where these folks became bigger than the beatles.
love this ....
2:13
@samoerai009 I really got into the pixies for the first time when i was 14 too, man. just before their reunion tour and they became my favorite band! People like you and i are lucky to have such exposure.
Just incredible.
magical
This is just AWASOME!!!!! Frank Black is a genius!
the best band E V E R
what a great sound.. Soooo New Wave/Alternative
Frank Black roars into the microphone like some shrieking pit bull. It's fucking amazing.
Charles was born to sing, Amazing talents!
Their sound was colossal, love this even though it's just mumbling which is class
Wow...geniales!!!
Damn. All I can say is, let's ride the tire! The mannerism's of Deal are truly fascinating, sexy sexy look at the end. Had me rolling when she was like, what is this extended version bullshit. Francis going to rip a vocal cord singing like that!
Que banda del carajo, Aguante Pixies!
amazing forever
best pixies song!!
Pissed Jeans is so great. I'll have to check out those other guys you mentioned!
love kims face at the end when she is like "wtf is going on?"
This is the coolest video ever recorded in the human history.
TIMELESS!!
Que CHINGON!!!!
Brilliant.
Great band
Always thought it was "Ride the tiger" and always figured Charles triumphantly riding a tiger down the Euphrates River!
😂 'Ride the Tigris' would have been wrong in a slightly more 'right' way. I guess...
GET IT ON!
awesome
impresionante
There's just something about their energy.
holy fuck. i dont know why but i usually skipped this song but heres its freakin amazing. love the dynamics. and his scream is so intense.
1:45 Boss eq pedal
Joey is an ace
One of my faves. Fucking beautiful. Well, I must admit the album version does it a bit more justice, heh. It's so damned pretty.
sounds so different from the studio version but i don't even care
Kinda dig the live version more than the studio one, it's got the same structure as the demo version but the demo had real shitty production
Sound better live
some pipes on that charles
@themitchies 'Updated' 50's music.' Graham Coxon from Blur.
My goodness. Someone described the Pixies as uptight 1950s music made by a psychopath. This song is certainly that.
I like this song because it sounds perfect.
This song completes me
Isso é muito lindo. Pqp
Anyone else notice the rhythms in this song? They are doing some real interesting shit in this tune.
+nuke97 ITS fucking stuff that has not been touched by anyone else FREAKY !!!
Yeah like fucking it up. Real interesting.
my face just melted off.
buen intro y coro, y cancion!
The Pixies are To music what is the quantic physics to sciences.
melodia-ruido,dulzura-caos,musica-distorsion...black francis creo k se ha inspirado en la forma como un eskizofrenico pudiera cantar..gracias pixies...
@MateoPanadero
So in Holland you can like go to a library and take lend records like Surfer Rosa... WOW!
Humanity, with all it's shortcomings, probably doesn't really deserve such pixies live bliss! It's like getting drugs or a psychoanalysis for free...we're not worthy is what i'm trying to say...
2:27 as a guitar player makes me want to change my pants...the dual riffage is insane
RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE RIDE!!!
STUCK HERE OUT OF GAS!!! OUT HERE ON THE GAZA STRIP
FROM DRIVING TOO FAST!!!
2 3...
WE'LL RIDE A TYRE DOWN RIVER EUPHRATES!!!!
RIDE A TYRE!!!!!!!
fucking most rocking song ever