30th November 2009

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As you may already be aware, I saw the Pixies last week.  I guess I didn’t really think about it until I got to the show, but the Pixies are huge, and it had been a while since I went to a really huge show.  I’ve been seeing a lot of smaller performances, and they’ve kind of grown on me; the crowd is smaller, and it’s easier to get somewhere where you can see what’s going on.  The band is in great shape right now, but I wasn’t able to see shit from where I was.  So, although the sound quality was probably better, this was worse than just seeing them on TV; it was like seeing them on a TV that was 50 feet away.

So, I guess, since basically my only two realistic options for seeing the band are a massive lame performance or a lame TV performance, I’ll go with the one that doesn’t cost $50.  This video is from their performance on Jimmy Fallon the night before I saw them, and they’re really tight. (I wish I could have been at that performance; I think no matter where you were in that studio, it was probably a better spot than mine at Wednesday’s show.)

I always thought David Lovering was the least talented member of the group (and I guess he still is), but he really does some nasty drumming on this song.  And Black Francis is as loud and awesome a singer as he’s always been… maybe even more now than ever.

I guess I should probably start hosting a late-night talk show then, right?

P.S. Did you hear Fallon mispronounce “discography?” I don’t get why people like that guy.

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