the sound of music

[rone]

The Pixies have definitely been a strange musical experience for me. As a Bob Mould fan, i've heard that i should like the Pixies a fair amount. I eventually decided to give them a shot, picked up Trompe Le Monde, and was bored. Then, at a Toadies show, they closed with "Where Is My Mind?" And that was cool. Then, i picked up David Bowie's Heathen and that had "Cactus" on it. Both were on Surfer Rosa, which Blue Man Group thought was an especially influential album in rock. So i picked it up and it was... not boring. But somehow alien. After that sank into my brain, i picked up Doolittle and, again, that alien feeling. It's like you've heard it before, but it's not quite right, and it takes a couple of listens for your brain to adjust. And now i listen to the Pixies and i hear Sugar, i hear Toadies, i even hear a little Nirvana. And i think it's making sense now.

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[zadcat.livejournal.com]

I was never a Nirvana fan, but just when they were peaking, a local acquaintance bounced all over me and insisted I should see them play Les Foufounes, which is the sort of venue that usually hosts punk bands and the like. I didn't know their music but he seemed certain this was going to be one of those musical moments. So I went, and the place was packed, ultra smoky, and I watched for a bit and thought "They've ripped most of this sound off from the Pixies" and bailed early because my eyes were hurting from the smoke.