Pixies

  On 6/5/2010 at 2:03 AM, jefferoo said:

  On 6/4/2010 at 8:26 PM, sidewinder said:

I think Husker Du are overrated. Can't get into 'em. Still trying though. I understand their influence but that doesn't automatically make them good.

 

Like Bob Dylan?

*runs away*

fuck you

  On 6/5/2010 at 2:03 AM, jefferoo said:

  On 6/4/2010 at 8:26 PM, sidewinder said:

I think Husker Du are overrated. Can't get into 'em. Still trying though. I understand their influence but that doesn't automatically make them good.

 

Like Bob Dylan?

*runs away*

Pretty much exactly.

i forced my girlfriend to learn all of Doolittle in Rock Band 2

they have pixies on rock band now? ffffuuuuccck I might have to purchase a video game machine.

  On 6/4/2010 at 8:26 PM, sidewinder said:

I think Husker Du are overrated. Can't get into 'em. Still trying though. I understand their influence but that doesn't automatically make them good.

Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig are three perfect works that speak volumes, and while Candy Apple Grey and Warehouse are less than perfect (due to the band self-destructing during the process of making them) they are still damn fine albums. They wrote beautiful, emotionally intense pieces of music.

"I'll never forget you" is an amazing love song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogHIUNfu2vY

Sorry OP I'm not trying to derail your thread. I just think Husker Du is like a natural precursor to the pixies.

bossanova is the best album

manta ray is the best track

i had a friend in high school that always made fun of me for liking them and tried to explain that husker do was way better. he was wrong.

I think the Bossanova had the best b-sides, especially 'I've Been Waiting For You' and 'Velvety Instrumental'. There were quite a few decent tracks on the BBC album ('There Goes My Gun' is so much better played faster), but for some reason it omitted 'Tame', which pisses on the version on 'Doolittle'. I remember hearing that session when it first aired, it blew my mind.

guys...

  On 6/3/2010 at 4:47 PM, tipper said:

Better of course is subjective.

I would argue that without Husker Du, The Pixies could not exist.

I am not denigrating the Pixies...i've already said in this thread that I enjoy their output.

Lets just all hug and agree that the Foo Fighters are fucking charlatans

Got to admit, I never thought of any kind of influence from Husker Du, from what I do know of their output I'd say it seems a fair point. Incidentally, am I a heathen if I think 'Could You Be The One?' is a classic record and I'm Spotifying it right now? (Yeah, I know there's a hell of a lot more to them than just that record).

Could you be the One is a damn good single. :)

And i....i ....like some of the Foo Fighters output.... *hangs head in secret shame*

  On 6/5/2010 at 11:20 PM, chenGOD said:

And i....i ....like some of the Foo Fighters output.... *hangs head in secret shame*

They had a decent start anyway...but I really can't stand their sound after the first 2 albums.

fantastic band :) had the privilege of of seeing them twice!

I liked the one from a few years ago with Jack Black and Dave Grohl dressing up as women in a motel room and getting really pissed and stuff.

  On 6/6/2010 at 12:34 AM, sidewinder said:

  On 6/5/2010 at 11:20 PM, chenGOD said:

And i....i ....like some of the Foo Fighters output.... *hangs head in secret shame*

They had a decent start anyway...but I really can't stand their sound after the first 2 albums.

That's about where I started to lose interest as well...a couple of decent tracks on the third album, but not much going on...

  On 6/4/2010 at 4:22 PM, beerwolf said:

  On 6/4/2010 at 3:40 PM, Caretstik said:

Sugar were proper class. Not listened to them in an age.

 

 

I love Beaster. That ep is off the hook!

Thank you for mentioning this. I downloaded it a few days ago and played it today, WOW! Amazing EP. I'm going to get the debut album too.

  On 6/7/2010 at 5:29 AM, sidewinder said:

  On 6/4/2010 at 4:22 PM, beerwolf said:

  On 6/4/2010 at 3:40 PM, Caretstik said:

Sugar were proper class. Not listened to them in an age.

 

 

I love Beaster. That ep is off the hook!

Thank you for mentioning this. I downloaded it a few days ago and played it today, WOW! Amazing EP. I'm going to get the debut album too.

Copper Blue is an excellent album as well, I doubt you'll regret it. Never heard anything else after Beaster (not sure what else they released), shame on me.

  On 6/5/2010 at 10:38 PM, chenGOD said:

Better of course is subjective.

I would argue that without Husker Du, The Pixies could not exist.

I am not denigrating the Pixies...i've already said in this thread that I enjoy their output.

or the jesus and mary chain and velvet underground

i believe in mr. grieves

Psychocandy was another formative album for me, still love it today. After that though JAMC just seemed to get bland and boring fast.

Who gives a shit about who Pixies wouldn't exist without?

Also, I share the opinion Doolittle and Surfer Rosa are their best.

how good are they live? apparently they will be here in october :D

What an oddly shaped girl.

that ke$ha girl is fucking ugly - how the hell did she get famous? hahaha