What are your views on this motley crew?
My hipster friends all loved the Pixies a, uh, quarter century ago. I never caught the fever at the time, but I just got their "sell out" DVD from the 2004 reunion tour. I admit it is quite enjoyable.
Instrumentally the Pixies are rudimentary at best, probably worse than my own college band. Compared to proggers, the drummer is laughably bad: he can't keep the beat, is often late or early with fills, etc. But you know given the quirky edge of the songs, one might actually make the argument that it is exactly what the material requires.
But, unlike my college band, they had vision and good songwriting. Almost every song has a great riff or hook that sticks in your head. And they obviously mean a lot to a lot of people, judging by the hordes who attended this show in France, and were singing along to every tune. What exactly is a "debaser" anyway? Sounds illicit somehow but who knows??
Are the Pixies the greatest thing ever? Not to me. But they were a band who knew their limits and seemed to do very well within them.
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