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No need for nominations, just pick your favourite Pixies tracks from any of the albums or singles or whatever. Choose your top twenty-two (why not?) tracks and they'll score as follows:1:40, 2:36, 3:33, 4:30, 5:28, 6:26, 7:25, 8:24, 9:23, 10:22, 11:21, 12:20, 13:19, 14:18, 15:17, 16:16, 17:15, 18:14, 19:13, 20:12, 21:11, 22:10.Please send your ballot to: johnnyilxfever (AT) gmail.com (except obviously without the spaces and using the @ symbol) by October 24th (that's a week from Friday).In the meantime, use this thread for bigging up tracks you want people to vote for.
If you're so inclined, here are some optional side polls...
A. Your ranked five favorite non-Pixies tracks by Pixies members (Frank Black, Breeders, Amps, etc.)
B. Your ranking of Pixies albums.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:10 (nine years ago) link
http://oi39.tinypic.com/34fdw74.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:21 (nine years ago) link
A couple things...I'm not merging things together. If both Wave of Mutilation and Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) make the results, then so be it. If the instrumental version of Letter to Memphis and the album version of Letter to Memphis both make it, cool! Remember your b-sides, people!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:39 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIkU-G2wqLo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pixies
;)
― cwkiii, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Pixies
― Moka, Thursday, 16 October 2014 06:39 (nine years ago) link
did you get mine?
― Moka, Thursday, 16 October 2014 07:19 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I've heard anything after Doolittle. Am I missing anything good or should a just put 22 songs off those first three records in an order?
― nate woolls, Thursday, 16 October 2014 08:07 (nine years ago) link
Trompe Le Monde should certainly be considered. Must be cos of oversaturation of first three that I listen to this more than those if I feel like a blast of Pixies these days.I haven't listened to Bossanova in years but I imagine it will have it's defenders.
― Hinklepicker, Thursday, 16 October 2014 08:26 (nine years ago) link
early non-album stuff is also great - b-sides and the Purple Tape.
(Would the '87 acoustic Frank Black demos count as solo?)
― woof, Thursday, 16 October 2014 09:06 (nine years ago) link
& I like Bossanova fine but I'd try other versions of its tracks - the John Peel Is She Weird, The Purple Tape Down to the Well.
― woof, Thursday, 16 October 2014 09:13 (nine years ago) link
anyone read the 'Hello/ Goodbye' feature with Kim Shattuck in Mojo this month? she was basically fired for stage diving!
― piscesx, Thursday, 16 October 2014 11:02 (nine years ago) link
i never liked Dead but this made me *love* it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0bxPbWicgc
― piscesx, Thursday, 16 October 2014 11:05 (nine years ago) link
hands down best song to ever come out of Frank Black:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zb_iZC6nI
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 16 October 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
I'm putting on Teenager of the Year. Headache is great, but there's also Speedy Marie!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 16 October 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
Going to be voting for a lot of Trompe Le Monde tracks. Weird that my favorite album is the one where Kim got pushed to the side, but then she killed him post-Pixies.
Structure of U-Mass is one of my favorites. First verse lasts a minute, chorus lasts almost a minute, second verse is like ten seconds, then chorus to the end for another minute.
Not that any of the songs are bad, but I might have cut the album a bit just to emphasize the Wire-ness of the pacing.
― dlp9001, Friday, 17 October 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
Really starting to hit me how trimming a list to 22 is going to hurt a lot.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 October 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
Sent!
― how's life, Friday, 17 October 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
I dreamt about listening to the Pixies with some friends last night and I wouldn't shut up about how great they are. It's a stupid thing to share but they sounded so good in my dreams, very excited about this poll.
― Moka, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
:D
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
i currently have a list of 24 and cutting the final two is just killing me.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
xxxpost:Trompe Le Monde is such an odd album in their catalogue, almost no Kim Deal, Francis Black and the band sounding all tight and professional. It's both a good thing and a bad thing, they sound more like a 'mainstream' band for better lack of a word.
Love some of it, though... the deliberate schlock of U-mass and the opening punches of the first three songs is a great intro to the album.
― Moka, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
Planet of Sound is a great facemelter in the vein of Rock Music from Bossanova.
This ain't no fuckin' around!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
Yeah the first three songs: Trompe le Monde, Planet of Sound and Alec Eiffel are the ones I love. Planet of Sound and U-Mass are the highlights of that album for me but it does feel like a different band from the previous albums.
― Moka, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
The biggest difficulty for me was conceptualizing of Palace of the Brine and Letter to Memphis as two separate songs. I always hear that as a mini-suite. Parts 1 & 2. It does them a disservice to be considered separately. I ranked them close together, but they will no doubt be far apart in the rankings.
― how's life, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
"conceptualizing" the wrong word there, I realized as a clicked submit.
― how's life, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Placed Hey as my number 1 but listening to Debaser right now I think I made a huge mistake.
― Moka, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
Planet Of Sound (single mix) > Planet Of Sound (album mix)
― piscesx, Friday, 17 October 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Hey vs Broken face are the two i'm considering cutting currently.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 October 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
The biggest difficulty for me was conceptualizing of Palace of the Brine and Letter to Memphis as two separate songs. I always hear that as a mini-suite. Parts 1 & 2.
Yeah, I had Trompe on cassette for quite a long time before I bought it on cd, so I was surprised to find out they were two individual songs (even though I knew they were based on the tracklisting).
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 October 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
Broken Face is likely to be in my top 3, Hey probably won't even make the 22 .
― nate woolls, Friday, 17 October 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
I shouldn't try to predict placings I know, but will God be 7?
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 17 October 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
Based on the balloting so far, The Devil is 5, Man is 6 and God is 7.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 October 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
"Hey"'s landslide win in the Doolittle poll was shocking to me. It's a fine song but fairly middling in the context of the Pixies' catalog on the whole, IMO. Had no idea it was held in such high esteem by so many.
― What Lies Behind The Beehive? (Old Lunch), Friday, 17 October 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
fuk I messed up my own joke
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 October 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
There's something so sexy and wrong and desperate at the way Frank sings 'We're Chained' in Hey that makes it one of my favorite songs by them. Cactus is my number 2 pick for the same reasons, I love the bent sex world and lusty yearning they share.
― Moka, Friday, 17 October 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
I had me a vision...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 October 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
so, which tracks are people voting for off Indie Cindy?
― prince moth mothy moth moth (cajunsunday), Friday, 17 October 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
Expect a very Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde-heavy ballot from yours truly.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Saturday, 18 October 2014 03:33 (nine years ago) link
My ballot's in!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 18 October 2014 12:57 (nine years ago) link
Just sent my ballot. Of all the ILM polls I've participated in (not that many, actually), this was the hardest to do. So many great songs! I've been on a Trompe Le Monde binge the past few days thanks to this poll. I used to consider it somewhat of a lesser Pixies record, but now I like it more than Bossanova. It's just as classic as the other Pixies records.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Saturday, 18 October 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
I just want to stick up for Brick Is Red, which I think is fantastic, but will probably get overlooked.
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 18 October 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
Brick is Red is terrific!
― its a kirt not a skilt (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 18 October 2014 18:21 (nine years ago) link
8 ballots in already. MOAR PLZ
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 18 October 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
I did vote for Brick is Red... it's on the lower part of my ballot, but it's definitely one of the best songs on Surfer Rosa. That and Oh my Golly! save the last part of the album from being a mess, the highlights seem to be stacked on the first half.
― Moka, Saturday, 18 October 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Not that the second half is necessarily bad but it just doesn't compare to the first half.
― Moka, Saturday, 18 October 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
The opening two tracks are probably the best
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 18 October 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
This is gonna be fun when I can get around to blasting the lps again. Was always a big, big fan of Trompe le Monde - some of their most beautiful tunes are on there.
Something about the typeface on Surfer Rosa always made me think that song was called Buick is Red.
― kraudive, Saturday, 18 October 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
I think its similar to a lot of the 4ad stuff. I got some earlier Lush song names wrong as well, I think. I always thought their first record was called Sear when I was a kid. Maybe it was just me.
― kraudive, Saturday, 18 October 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
"What's your guys' philosophy of the world?" is what the interviewer asked the band in that clip up there, just so everyone's clear.
I have never voted in a poll before but may try to do this one tonight.
― alpine static, Saturday, 18 October 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
I used to have this idea that Velouria and Wave of Mutilation and River Euphrates were basically the same song. I'm not convinced by this any more.
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 18 October 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
lol this pivot table is vexing me something hard. I'm making it identically to the one I used for the Elton John poll last year, but I'm still not seeing the "# of votes" column. GAHHH
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 04:04 (nine years ago) link
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 24 October 2014 04:16 (nine years ago) link
We're at 33 ballots now, btw. Thanks everybody! Still accepting until midnight my time (EDT) Friday night.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 04:25 (nine years ago) link
I can send you a link to the spreadsheet I used for my Radiohead poll if you like, it works really well.
― nate woolls, Friday, 24 October 2014 05:41 (nine years ago) link
Great, plz send to the email in the OP.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 05:43 (nine years ago) link
I didn't get to finish my ballot but my #1 was going to be Letter from Memphis fwiw.
― bippity bup at the hotel california (Phil D.), Friday, 24 October 2014 12:31 (nine years ago) link
you still have over 12 hours Phil D. get cracking.
― how's life, Friday, 24 October 2014 12:33 (nine years ago) link
― bippity bup at the hotel california (Phil D.), Friday, October 24, 2014 8:31 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is my #1
― mizzell, Friday, 24 October 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
OK, ballot sent!
― bippity bup at the hotel california (Phil D.), Friday, 24 October 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
I really like Lovely Day, but I can't help feeling the fact he's singing to an alien detracts from it a bit― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:55 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I really like Lovely Day, but I can't help feeling the fact he's singing to an alien detracts from it a bit
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:55 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Just noticed this. I was under the impression that he's singing to his girl back on earth. She will be his "Martian Honey" when she gets there after he sends the money.
― how's life, Friday, 24 October 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
Letter from Memphis narrowly missed my final cut, but I've had it stuck in my head all day. I might not have even listened to Trompe Le Monde for 20 years until this poll.
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 24 October 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
just put together a quick ballot and sent. I already regret some of the songs I cut.
― silverfish, Friday, 24 October 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
I've overplayed all the pixies albums but for some reason Trompe Le Monde is the one I never really tire of. It's also the one that works best as an album, on all the other ones I tend to skip around a lot, even if I pretty much like all the songs.
― silverfish, Friday, 24 October 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, it's very well-sequenced. Feels almost like a concept album or soundtrack.
― how's life, Friday, 24 October 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
TLM was my favorite for many years and it still has the highest peaks andI love how some of the songs fit together especially Palace of the Brine, Letter to Memphis, Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons. But as a whole I think Bossanova is more consistent.
― mizzell, Friday, 24 October 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
What I like about the last two is that Santiago is all over them basically.
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 24 October 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
I fully expect Alec Eiffel in the top 5 by the way.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
twas my #5!
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
Distance = Rate is the big stunner for me. I had forgotten about that one.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
I HAD ME A VISION!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
After Letter to Memphis, that's always been my favorite track on TLM.
Distance = Rate was one that I kept on my ballot to the expense of some better known tracks. I barely even remembered how it went before listening to TLM again yesterday, but it rocks
― voodoo chili, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
I cut distance = rate, but now I wish I didn't
― how's life, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
Just banged a crazy ballot together. Made me realize that in the last few years I basically only listen to Bossanova and Trompe le Monde, had to actually look up some of the Surfer Rosa/Doolittle songs. Love all of them when they're on, but I went with the ones that pop into my head the most often or which really make me stop and look up from what I'm doing and go "damn."
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 24 October 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
This polls made me realize that I strongly prefer body horror Pixies to sci-fi Pixies.
― Darin, Friday, 24 October 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
How much time is there still? Is there time? What is time anyway?
― definite classic, predicting a solid 8/10 from the p-fork boys (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 24 October 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
You're alright, LBI, the sun hasn't set yet on the other side of the Atlantic
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 24 October 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
Thank god
― definite classic, predicting a solid 8/10 from the p-fork boys (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 24 October 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
Actually, it might well have done, but I think you've still got a few hours left to vote
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 24 October 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
12 midnight edt is +4 in gmt.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 22:35 (nine years ago) link
If the devil is +4 gmt, then god is +5 gmt. No way I'm going to make it, read abt this too late, still working. But watching this closely.
― definite classic, predicting a solid 8/10 from the p-fork boys (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 24 October 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link
Sent.
― its a kirt not a skilt (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 24 October 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
i feel bad that lots of you guys are obviously putting much more work into this than i did
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 24 October 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link
can i still vote? it will take me an hour or so - i've already made a 30 song shortlist.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 25 October 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, right around 4 hours left.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 25 October 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link
cheers Johnny.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 25 October 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link
sent x
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 25 October 2014 01:49 (nine years ago) link
Bossa=6Pilgrim= 6Trompe=3Surfer=4Doo=3
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 25 October 2014 02:05 (nine years ago) link
I went Doolittle heavy...
Doolittle: 9Surfer Rosa: 5Bossanova: 3Trompe Le Monde: 3COI: 2
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 25 October 2014 02:37 (nine years ago) link
LAST CALL - 51 minutes left.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 25 October 2014 03:08 (nine years ago) link
when you plan on rolling out the results?
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 25 October 2014 03:21 (nine years ago) link
COI: 2
COME ON ILGRIM
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 25 October 2014 03:23 (nine years ago) link
C = 1S = 7D = 5B = 5T = 1 + 3 B-sides
― its a kirt not a skilt (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 25 October 2014 03:25 (nine years ago) link
<i>when you plan on rolling out the results?</i>
Will start things on Monday.
And with that...voting is closed!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 25 October 2014 03:59 (nine years ago) link
41 ballots, btw. Good haul!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 25 October 2014 04:00 (nine years ago) link
Make that 42, but that's it. No more.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 25 October 2014 05:10 (nine years ago) link
There's only two acceptable winners in this poll: Hey or Debaser. Don't let me down ILM.
Thanks for doing this JF.
― Moka, Saturday, 25 October 2014 10:01 (nine years ago) link
42 is a great haul!
― raccoon shipoopi (how's life), Saturday, 25 October 2014 10:53 (nine years ago) link
soooooo psyched for this
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 25 October 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a POLL: ILM Artist Poll #69 • Pixies (results!)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 October 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link