@s Maybe rock n roll as you know it, it is very much alive, but due to the internet gone are the days of 9 months touring dive bars to build you name, gone are the days of the main record labels deciding what music becomes popular, bands do what they want now. They combine genres, they make 20 minute songs, personally I like how it's become, great bands are easier to find now than ever.
@Frank Fairey i agree with everything you said, people have to understand that rock is thriving but with streaming and no MTV, music won’t just be fed to them on a silver platter. they have to go find these great bands and there’s plenty of easy ways to discover them, spotify has suggested me amazing new bands that are genuinely the future.
And that's the song that started the 90's kids...in 1988. The soft seductive verses, massive monster chorus, and deliciously angular lead guitar throughout. The Pixies did it first and nobody did it better.
I've been listening to The Pixies all evening instead of going to bed. It takes me back. This band, Sonic Youth, and Dinosaur Jr invented their own genre. '90s music before the '90s.
Take something raw, talented, but not quite ready for mass consumption and slow it down, but make it loud once in a while. I feel you'll get your point across and it will be memorable. Be afraid of your perceptions, but never your enjoyment.
Jane’s Addiction, don’t forget about them. They were making this kind of noise well before Pixies or Nirvana. Jane’s in my opinion is the true “90’s before 90’s” band. Their debut “Nothing Shocking” came out in 1987 and it sounds like it could have easily come out in 1993.
+Kip Watts Yeah, we called it "college radio" in those days. And some acts were already becoming famous, like R.E.M. Some never broke through and were forgotten. Others reinvented themselves, like The Goo Goo Dolls, and went mainstream.
+ocalaballa Dinosaur Jr, Meatpuppets, Guided by Voices, Sonic Youth, Beat Happening, Modest Mouse, My Bloody Valentine, Pavement, Butthole Surfers, soooooooooo many great underground bands that paved the way. Indie/punk/metal 101 man...
***** I went to that tour. Saw them play in Dallas. I chose not to use my earbuds. The holocaust section at the end last about 20 minutes. It was like a rocket ship going off. Lust just got back together. And last year Ride and Slowdive as well. Swervedriver recently released a new album too!
***** awesome!!! Yeah it was sorta surreal seeing MBV live. Never would have thought that I'd get that chance. I wish I knew who the opening band was. The lead singer spoke with me a bit outside. He liked my Jesus and Mary Chain shirt I wore.
These guys were apart of the 80s underground movement that nirvana brought to the mainstream in 1991. Note that nirvana was around in 1987 and knew all of these guys personally
I love how her voice sounds somewhat small, but husky and very powerful. It’s beautiful. Leaving Pixies and starting her own band was a good call. Too bad they didn’t get nearly as much recognition as they deserved
I love how Black Francis almost always looks like he was just coaching a little league team minutes before the concert. Like he just parked the minivan, took off the team hat, and picked up the guitar for the gig. No corporate influence here, just some of the best American alt rock of the late 80's.
Pixies are one of my favourite bands, but the main reason their later albums don't hit the earlier heights is because Frank Black took total control of songwriting, and Mrs. John Murphy could no longer contribute absolute gems like this.
Biggest Pixies hit, one of the few they let Kim take the front on, awesome and influential band. Frank is amazing but science shows the bass is what gets us going 😘
Such a great song by an amazing band. One of my fave groups even today. I saw them a few times in the late 90s, a couple of times more recently. Kim Deal is insanely badass.
[Verse 1] And this I know, his teeth as white as snow What a gas it was to see him Walk her every day into a shady place With her lips she said She said [Pre-Chorus] Hey Paul, hey Paul, hey Paul, let's have a ball Hey Paul, hey Paul, hey Paul, let's have a ball Hey Paul, hey Paul, hey Paul, let's have a ball [Chorus] Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big, big love Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big, big love [Verse 2] Lovely legs, they're a... What a big black mess, what a hunk of love He'd walk her every day into a shady place He's like the dark, but I'd want him [Pre-Chorus] Hey Paul, hey Paul, hey Paul, let's have a ball Hey Paul, hey Paul, hey Paul, let's have a ball Hey Paul, hey Paul, hey Paul, let's have a ball [Chorus] Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big, big love Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big, big love [Chorus] Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big, big love Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big, big love [Outro] A big, big love A big, big love A big, big love A big, big love A big, big love A big, big love A big, big love A big, big love
In the annals of music history, with progression to grunge and alternative, the Pixies and Gigantic stand above all. Legendary. And Joey’s vibro intro is 🔥🔥🔥
Gawd they are sharp! They sound like a massive guitar army. How did these band member not get along when pretty much everyone one on the planet loves all of them.
That's how it always is. Artists are always like that. I think Van Gogh lived with Paul Gaugin and pulled a knife on him at some point and never had another friend.
Eeeew... I don't think we should put Pixies in the "grunge camp". They were well ahead all that. The term only came into existence a couple after their global impact. It's like calling The Beatles a "metal band" after they wrote Helter Skelter.
What an atmosphere they created, with the TV'S, themselves, their performance, and the music they played. God, I missed out on so much being either a child or nonexistent in the 80's.
Just the fact that this song is over 25 years old now but it's being used in a commercial today just further proves what Pixies fans already knew, One, that they were way ahead of the their time! And two that they made great music that has been often imitated but never duplicated!!!
What makes this even more impressive is that they're not thrown off by having cameras shoved so close in their faces. I've filmed a lot of bands and always try to give them space and not distract them. Kim's a champ at 1:15 and look how close the one is at 1:26 to the guitarist. Seriously guys, consider a zoom or longer lens. I get the wide lens aesthetic of the era but shit.
People dont really realize what bands like this did for rock. The music coming from the northeast really was so new shit no one else was doing. Great stuff.
Fantastic, can you imagine what it was being 15 years old and seeing this on Firma Onrust on television? it changed at least my life and love for music! Love the Pixies and Kim Deal
By the looks of the audience, they just witnessed one of the biggest changes in rock music and just didn't realise it... What I wouldn't give to be there 😱
I saw the Pixies in the late 80's live at Newcastle Poly. They literally changed my life and I knew in my state of confused shock I'd witnessed the best or worst group ever. Based on more evidence this was evidently the former!
Because it's ahead of their time in 1988; it's like Marty McFly playing Eddie Van Halen notes during the Johnny b Good scene in Back to the Future (just not ready for this music, but your kids are gonna love it).
Esta canción me trae mucha nostalgia a pesar que no soy de esa época, desde mi adolescencia escuchaba a Pixies, realmente su estilo revolucionó el rock y mi vida. Pixies por siempre!
Most people would get boo'ed off the stage if they made those kinds of noises into a microphone. But when Black Francis does it, people get hypnotized. Long live Pixies. A perfect band.
Bowie was right. Fantastic band and Joey is still a very underrated player. That vibrato and use of feedback sounds simple crude but it's hard to make it sound like he does.
The first time I saw the Pixies was Coachella 2004. Two friends and I flew fromNYC to California. They played Saturday night. It's was Pixies then Radiohead. What a moment. They blew me away even more than I had expected. Best Band ever hands down.
Because Joey did some of the most simple shit as a lead guitarist, that single note of manic vibrato is something alot of lead guitar players would think is “too simple”
i saw them in 1987-88at a free concert somewhere in downtown boston.. i think it may have been on the common.. i was only 9 at the time.. but i remember it vividly.
You can always judge how good a band is, by how closely live renditions of a song compare to the recorded version. Case in point: the Pixies. One of the best bands of their generation.
don't agree with that at all. What's the point of going to see a band if they play it exactly the same as the record? For me the great bands play songs differently, often every night. Check out Zeppelin, Deep Purple, King Crimson, Hendrix, Pearl Jam, Nick Cave and loads more. It's much more exciting for the artist and the audience.
The Pixies are among my favourite alternative rock bands to have emerged during the late 80's and into the early 90's. And Gigantic is one of my favourite Pixies songs. Kim Deal's bassline is so simple, yet this doesn't take away from how incredibly epic it is, and her vocal delivery captures a deeply cynical sense of angst. Black Francis' rhythm guitar nails it, underpinning Deal's bassline in a manner rarely seen in mainstream alternative rock. Joey Santiago's lead guitar riffing is insanely catchy. And the lyrics themselves are ecstatically anthemic, which doesn't take away from their deep meaning. It was only fitting that Gigantic came out as the band's first single, and as the first single from their epic album Surfer Rosa. This song captures everything the band stands for and endures today as an iconic piece of popular culture.
P. S. This particular performance of Gigantic is outstanding. Admittedly, it is the first live performance of the song that I've seen on video, but I'll go out on a limb here in saying that it's probably an emblematic example of how they perform it live. The solo riff by Santiago stands out as a quirky reminder of why The Pixies are so successful.
i saw them live two days a row, Civic Auditorium and the Fillmore.... San Francisco, and yes they sound like their recording.. amazing, true musicians who can play it every time.. possibly a couple of the best days in my life... to see them back to back.. i have been spoiled for concerts ever since ... i just had to stop
Frank is a really amazing artist, but it's obvious he was not prepared to share the spot light with luminous Kim. She was simply not to be contained and I love her for it. I wish the Pixies with her AND the Breeders with her were both huge and still going strong.
I saw this performance on Dutch TV when it was first broadcast (I was 16 at the time) & I became an instant fan! :-) Hard to believe that it's almost 30(!) years ago when this show was taped...time flies!
I saw them live October 17, 2004 at Vodo fest in New Orleans! The same stage Green Day played then The Pixies following them was the Beastie boys! It was one of the best concert lineups I have ever seen!... The Pixies are amazing they out Shined everybody!..
