Colonel Poo - we might have seen them at the same gigs. I saw them at a festival in 2004 (think it was V - in the park near Chelmsford, anyway) and then at Alexandra Palace in 2005.
― The Rampaging Goats of Llandudno (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:27 (three years ago) link
Exactly the same experience for me Emsworth, I was about 20 feet in front of Kim and she lit the room. I was excited for new music after I heard Bam Thwok but I was completely unsurprised when she bailed from the album sessions. I was disappointed she’d agreed to it actually.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:36 (three years ago) link
jealous of you two, I went to V and had to bail halfway through the Pet Shop Boys making 6,000 shirtless homosexuals dance and laugh and spin, to catch an hour and a bit of 8,000 thirtysomethings standing nearly completely still watching four fiftysomethings standing completely still, one of them smiling
absolutely idiotic scheduling decision, Pixies should have been on at 6:30 pm so they and the Pixies-specific part of the audience could be in bed by dark.
and then had Soulwax close. after the PSB, not overlapping.
― massage angry pixels (sic), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:54 (three years ago) link
This band is such a bummer. In the sense that, when they were largely mysterious and faceless in the late 80s, their music sounded like it was coming from outer space or something. Everything over the last 20 years has just been depressing. I know they need money, but just.... do something else.
― paulhw, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 12:31 (three years ago) link
otm alas
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 12:36 (three years ago) link
I'm very much at peace with it. I think of them as two different bands.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 13:09 (three years ago) link
I think they were the catalyst of literally every band who had a 80s/90s semi-hit getting back together
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:14 (three years ago) link
Hmm. I'm trying to think of other '80s and '90s bands that broke up but got back together after the Pixies. They always seemed kind of like a big fish that followed all the other reunions. Television, Gang of Four, Mission of Burma, Wire and so on.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
Pixies inspired Slowdive, Ride, that generation
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
eh, I think the return of mbv did that.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
Touche
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:25 (three years ago) link
My brain won't let me access American indie bands who may have reformed in the sights but there are a bunch
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:27 (three years ago) link
aughts
I'm very much at peace with it. I think of them as two different bands.― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 6:09 AM (four hours ago)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 6:09 AM (four hours ago)
this exact feeling clicked for me several years ago. i don't really think of post-reunion activities as damaging their legacy, because as far as i'm concerned the legacy of the original Pixies is set in stone. (maybe that's not fair / doesn't make sense, but that's where i'm at.)
and what they do now doesn't bum me out! i mean, those guys built a band lots of ppl will pay to see and they have bills to pay. who am i to stop them from working? it's fine ... there are a million other (newer) bands to be excited about.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
Happy birthday, Kim and Kelley
― alpine static, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
wow, what are the chances of them sharing the same birthday
― Prosecutor Bradley Tankerton (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
lol
― budo jeru, Thursday, 11 June 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link