― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 13 January 2006 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Kim Gordon did great work with SY; her GAP ads (billboards in Boston) don't negate that work by any means, but it does call certain things into question. Is sweatshop labor all cool and acceptable and "new weird america" and ringer-shirted now?
― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Friday, 13 January 2006 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm no Pixies fanatic, but I can't get on board with this at all...I guess it comes down to the fact that I'd rather listen to the Pixies, The Amps and possibly the Breeders than Sonic Youth most of the time.
― will(iam), Friday, 13 January 2006 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― will(iam), Friday, 13 January 2006 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
I’m going to go with Kim Deal for the Amps album alone (the first two Breeders records were great, I’ve no familiarity with the Pixies whatsoever). Kim Gordon’s awesome too – esp. w/r/t Free Kitten, doens’t anyone else like them but me? -- but there’s no song/record of hers I come back to as much as I do to Pacer.
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 13 January 2006 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
I should note that I think the first Breeders album is totally brilliant. I never saw the fuss about the Pixies until I heard Pod and realized who the brains (and heart and soul) behind the Pixies was.
I don't think Frank Black is totally dull...just not real deserving of the heaps of praise he gets.
But ultimately, I'll take Sister over alla that combined.
― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Friday, 13 January 2006 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― paulhw (paulhw), Friday, 13 January 2006 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Saturday, 14 January 2006 00:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― joe maher, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 04:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― kim deal, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 04:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 05:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 05:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 06:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 07:55 (eighteen years ago) link
a long time ago, supposedly, some local photographer in Dayton, OH went to Deal's house and took some candid (read-post shower) pics from outside looking in. then went on line and attempted to sell said pics. i think that sealed the deal for Deal...
dunno how legit this story is.
― eedd, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link
"Brave men run/in my family" = better than any line Deal ever wrote
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link
fwiw, I own and listen to way more SY than I do the Pixies (I don't even own any Breeders, or Amps, or whatever)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 22:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ueriah, Thursday, 9 February 2006 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Thursday, 9 February 2006 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Scott McIlravey, Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 23 February 2006 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 23 February 2006 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Okeigh, Friday, 24 February 2006 04:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― no bones, Friday, 24 February 2006 04:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chromebowler, Saturday, 1 April 2006 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Saturday, 1 April 2006 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― paulhw (paulhw), Saturday, 1 April 2006 21:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Plus I can't think of many old timers who are into "Inhuman".
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: a power and finesse vocalist (latebloomer), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chromebowler, Saturday, 1 April 2006 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Saturday, 1 April 2006 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link
like you can't like pop and noise at the same time.
ugh.
― eye rolling, Sunday, 2 April 2006 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link
They are probably being compared just because they are both named Kim.
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Sunday, 2 April 2006 08:33 (eighteen years ago) link
roffle
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Sunday, 2 April 2006 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― pietro de simone (simonesimone), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 00:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 02:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 02:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― someone let this mitya out! (mitya), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 03:57 (eighteen years ago) link
-- paulhw (pppso...), April 1st, 2006.
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Maybe you're right - it isn't SY vs. the Pixies. Kim Gordon may also not be the well rounded musician that Kim Deal is. However, Gordon is willing to take musical risks that she knows may not be well liked - I don't see Deal doing that. I'm just saying, for me it doesn't make any sense to reward someone for playing it safe. Also, I think Kim Gordon would be a hell of a lot more rewarding to hang out with - you'd probably learn something. I've heard rumors that Deal, and I can't claim this is true so don't quote me on this, agreed to rejoin the Pixies to tour because she needed money badly to support her habit as did Francis.
-- Chromebowler (chromebowle...), April 2nd, 2006
ok this might be a long one. here goes.
the pixies music is not soft. it is just varied, with contrasts of yummy poppy goodness and noise. sure they werent as noisy as sonic youth, but whats your point? sure, sonic youth pushed the boundaries - to the point of repetitiveness. i love sonic youth but once you've made your point, just move on. the good thing about both bands is that they have elements of both styles and i dont think the pixies should be punished for having a couple more tunes in there.
as for adolescent music? sonic youth seems noticeably more teenage-angst than any pixies track i know. i'm not saying that the pixies are hugely mature, but they're not bubblegum. and though i know a few people over 26 who like them, i dont actually know any that like sonic youth. but obviously the people i know are only a tiny percentage of the population. also, just out of interest, if they deny it and only they know its true, how do you know?
also ONE LAST THING:
Gordon, obv. I also can barely even remember what KD's voice sounds like.
-- Sundar (sundar_subramanian200...), January 2nd, 2006.
well if you cant remember how do you expect to compare? and dont say it just means shes forgettable. it just means youre forgetful. if she was forgettable we wouldnt be having this discussion, would we?
ok i think i'm done. god i sound so pompous. oh well so do most people here. x
― shut up., Thursday, 20 April 2006 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link
last i heard she just smokes alot of dope and drinks...
― eedd, Thursday, 20 April 2006 16:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Friday, 21 April 2006 01:04 (eighteen years ago) link
But after Kim i wouldn't take Kim Gordon, but Bilinda Butcher from My Bloody Valentine. She's much younger and her voice is cute like in "lose my breath"
― beat happening guy, Monday, 24 April 2006 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link
I vote for Kimberly Rew of "Walking on Sunshine"-fame. The way that song has so perfectly laced every regularity pill and dick-hardening pharma ad for the past 10 years brings a smile to my face every time I hear it.
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Thursday, 7 October 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link