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Nirvana vs the Pixies
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Dubversion said:
Yes, isn't it just one of the cruellist things in the history of rock music in about the last 15 years that their bass player died and hence they only amde two albums while loads of utter pony bands have carried on for years and years?
Dubversion said:
I'm actually quite surprised you liked the God Machine. I mean in many ways their sound was very heavy-metal-industrial meets goa-hippy, the two things that generally you seem to dislike...
sleaterkinney
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I thought In Bloom was about that:milesy said:i remember an interview with the pixies...or some other band that kim deal was in, with kim going on about kurt's assumptions that anyone who was a jock was neccessarily an in sensitive idiot that wouldn't get nirvana (or words to that effect)
tastebud said:I seem to remember you stealing my Smash Hits posters from the magazines in my wardrobe. I won't even *say* who the posters were of. Then you left a note, explaining which ones you'd stolen. That was funny.
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Absolutely.Iam said:
sleaterkinney said:
yeh, exactly - bit of a wanky stance to start dissing the elements of your audience you disapprove of.
RenegadeDog said:
Goa Hippy? what the fuck?
i like a lot of industrial stuff and metal, plus there was a sense of awe and dread about GM that pissed on the competition. You're talking to someone with a lot of Ministry, Pigface, Melvins etc records remember.
Dubversion said:Goa Hippy? what the fuck?
i like a lot of industrial stuff and metal, plus there was a sense of awe and dread about GM that pissed on the competition. You're talking to someone with a lot of Ministry, Pigface, Melvins etc records remember.
Hahaha perhaps I expressed that a bit wrongly, I guess what I mean is that there was definitely an 'eastern world music' feel to parts of that first album. It's along with daydream nation (can't quite choose) my favourite album ever. I mean I knew you liked a lot of induistrial, but the first god machine album is really expansive and really quite hippyish IMO, but with a heavy edge - that was why i loved it, can't think of anything else that combined such extremes
mack
Fact Me Till I Fart
The Pixies were awesome, I had the pleasure of seeing them a couple of times, Crystal Palace park (where people were being fished out of the pond in front of the stage 
) and Brixton Academy a few days later. I still remember the bashed up ribs I got from being right up front at the academy. Great times.
) and Brixton Academy a few days later. I still remember the bashed up ribs I got from being right up front at the academy. Great times.AT that little grandstand thingy? 
WIsh I'd been there...
WIsh I'd been there...
Termite Man
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RenegadeDog said:
I wouldn't say they are rubbish but that was the closest option to how I feel . I could quite easily take or leave Nirvana or The Pixies . If we were talking Mudhoney it would be totally different !
Termite Man
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copliker said:
did you actually think the word "ilk" to yourself .
You must be a journo or something because they are the only people who use that word !
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
RenegadeDog said:
No it bloody wouldn't it'd be like pitching Starship Troopers against Battlefied Earth.
Termite Man
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copliker said:
Ilk is one of pop's most criminally neglected words.
it's one of those words that I only ever hear used by music journos . A bit like how football journos are the only people who seem to use the word messers ( whatever it's supposed to mean
)Savage Henry said:it's one of those words that I only ever hear used by music journos . A bit like how football journos are the only people who seem to use the word messers ( whatever it's supposed to mean
Oi, did you get my pm
Termite Man
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RenegadeDog said:
yeah ! I haven't had time to look at the link yet . Been trying to work out how the missus MP3 player works ( bloody sony are shit
)
rekil
to menny cranks
The Irish and other ex-colonial peoples use the English language differently, as a way of reasserting or creating their own identity. The indigenous language has often been used as a catalyst for new linguistic approaches. Many common Irish expressions are more or less direct translations from the Gaelic for example. Tis a whole other thread.Savage Henry said:it's one of those words that I only ever hear used by music journos . A bit like how football journos are the only people who seem to use the word messers ( whatever it's supposed to mean
kained&able
Here for the football.
Nirvana all the way.
I like the pixies for a couple of songs at a time but basicly can't listen to an album of theres surfa rosa being the exception. Decent band but not great.
Nirvana I got into masisvly when i was 13/14 and still love em. I also got into so so many bands on the back of nirvana, they were a hugly influential band on me and i fealt kurt which is what i ask for in music. One of my favorite bands and undoubtedly will be till the day i die or lose taste or whatever.
dave
I like the pixies for a couple of songs at a time but basicly can't listen to an album of theres surfa rosa being the exception. Decent band but not great.
Nirvana I got into masisvly when i was 13/14 and still love em. I also got into so so many bands on the back of nirvana, they were a hugly influential band on me and i fealt kurt which is what i ask for in music. One of my favorite bands and undoubtedly will be till the day i die or lose taste or whatever.
dave
milesy said:
*googles jocks*
Pixies by a big big margin - was my first proper rock-out band. I used to make my dad play the tapes in the car to annoy him.
Think he smiled at the lyric in Cactus about wiping blood on your dress - they were that good.
eta quite like Nirvana too but they didn't change the way I saw the world or anything, Pixies did.
mack
Fact Me Till I Fart
Can't really stand anything by Nirvana nowadays, save maybe the Muddy banks Live album which pretty much shows them at their best.
I was gutted when the silly git topped himself, could maybe have gone on to greater things.
The Pixies I can listen to all day especially the opening six tracks on Surfer Rosa, has to be really really fucking loud though to get the full effect.
I was gutted when the silly git topped himself, could maybe have gone on to greater things.
The Pixies I can listen to all day especially the opening six tracks on Surfer Rosa, has to be really really fucking loud though to get the full effect.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Pixies. First, last and always.
Nirvana were good, but the Pixies tower above them.
Nirvana were good, but the Pixies tower above them.
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