How The Pixies Changed Music

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Sources/further reading:
Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies
By Josh Frank, Caryn Ganz

Music credits:
CC Karaoke
Cereal Killer Karaoke
MOL2k2
Al Exi

Image credits (Creative Commons):
Don Barrett
Robert Scoble
Jonathan Schilling
Angie Garrett
Simon Fernandez Music Photographer
Bene Riobó
Liveshow Ed

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Today Pixies are arguably the most influential alternative rock band of all time. Bands like Nirvana, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, and Arcade Fire all were heavily influenced by them. They were too weird for even MTV and modern rock radio, but MTV and modern rock radio completely ate up the bands they influenced. It’s paradoxical, because they are both obscure yet also pervasive.

So what is your favorite Pixies song or album? How does their new stuff compared to their old stuff? Do you think they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Let me know in the comments below. Oh, and my answers to those questions are...My favorite Pixies song is Hey, favorite album is Doolittle, their newer stuff is almost as good as their older stuff, and of course they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Thanks for watching!

Even today, Pixies are in a category all their own, and they seem more comfortable than they’ve ever been. Hopefully they’ll get weirder and weirder the older they get.

So what is your favorite Pixies song or album? How does their new stuff compared to their old stuff? Do you think they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Let me know in the comments below. Oh, and my answers to those questions are...My favorite Pixies song is Hey, favorite album is Doolittle, their newer stuff is almost as good as their older stuff, and of course they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Thanks for watching!

[mattbeatgoeson]

Which band should I make a brief history of next?

[Yeah]

Extremely ahead of their time, still can't believe where is my mind came out in 1988

[DendyJungle]

"We need a bassist. do you play bass"
"No I have an apartment tho"

[bluestruthspodcast]

Absolutely adore the pixies! Kim deal in particular kicks ass! So many great bass lines

[lowell]

Believe it or not, I knew the group 'cause the song "Debaser" was in the videogame "Skate 3".
One day, my uncle saw me playing the game, and when the song start to sound, he told me about the Pixies, and showed me his albums.
10 years laters, it's my favourite group.

[erhanduyar]

I love Pixies but without Kim's incredible bass lines and tasty back vocals they are not in their full potention

[rhyattgere]

Surfer Rosa is one of the best albums of all time. I remember I was a DJ for the college radio station when it showed up in the New Adds section. I just chose it randomly and dropped the needle on a song. It was Where Is My Mind and I was immediately hooked. Ran out and bought it the very next day. A few months later that exact same thing happened with some young unknown named Sarah McLachlan when the album Touch showed up in the New Adds. The song I randomly picked was Steaming and, once again, I bought it the next day. The Sugar Cubes, Dinosaur Jr., Tracy Chapman, My Bloody Valantine, and so, so many more. 1988 was a damn good year for new music.

[nomamsjefa]

I love everything of Pixies, but "Hey" is my favorite song.

[gpeddino]

As David Bowie said, the Pixies are kinda like the Velvet Underground: they never sold millions of records, but everybody who bought one of their records formed a band.

[yahwehsbaby]

Queen Kim Deal I got my first bass because of her. My favorite band ❤️

[bonecanoe]

This was a great video, I learned a lot of things about the Pixies I didn't know. As you said, they're one of the most influential bands in alternative rock history. In my opinion, they essentially invented the 90s alternative sound in the late 80s in much the same way Van Halen invented the 80s rock sound with their 1978 debut album. And yes, of course they should be in the Hall of Fame.

As for other bands to look at; being from Pennsylvania I think it would be neat if you looked at a band from here, such as Live, Fuel or even Ween (who formed less than 10 miles away from where I am currently typing these words). Anyway, thanks for the video and I'm off to rock a few Pixies tunes before work!

[JonathanBarnes]

Most bands don't record as many great songs as the pixies in 20 albums. The first 4 pixies albums and particularly Surfa Rosa were mind blowing and life changing at the time.

[Acoustribute]

It's pretty miraculous that Kim didn't quit prior to the Trompe Le Monde tour. They all moved to the West Coast without telling her rented studio space for rehearsal and recording time, wrote the songs already for the album and didn't tell her. She basically flew all the way to the West Coast to find out they are ready to record an album that she had no input into. Just seems like a really passive aggressive move by Charles. I don't know why they didn't just fire her and said it doing that. It's crazy that she still went through with the tour.

[MegaCunnie]

Great band. Interesting mini documentary. Nice one.

[mikepasquarello]

Favorite Pixies album is the combined Come on Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa. Have a few favorite songs, but most favorite is Vamos. Instrumentally beautifully violent. I wish Joey could duplicate the Laser gun effect he gets out of his guitar in a live performance, and that Black Francis could still scream out his obscurities. Definitely deserve to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They have my vote

[MaddBaggins]

Toss up between Gouge Away, Hey and The Happening. I could spin those three jams on repeat all day long. I started listening to them way back in the 80's. Doolittle was the first of their tapes I bought when I was a senior in high school. Thanks for the mini doc

[fboshyy]

Pixies are the monty python of rock..so much experimentation in their work that a lot of it misses the mark for a lot of people..but then there's always that one piece that changes your world...and they've been doing that consistently for almost fourty years.

[finderkeeper]

Oof. One of the best bands ever. I freely admit my bias, having been in college just a couple of years later than they were, and also having benefitted from having good college radio stations to listen to. They provided the soundtrack to my early 20s. Now in my early 50s, hearing them triggers that dopamine and remembrance of things past (À la recherche du temps perdu, as it were). Where is my mind? When I hear the Pixies, in a state of sweet nostalgic reverie.

[irotinmyskin]

you can still play any of their older songs that still sound incredibly fresh and relevant.

[caryrodda]

Had the pleasure of interviewing Joey Santago and his wife Linda Mallari when The Martinis came to our town. Very nice folks and he is such a unique and inventive guitar player.