Five Second Concert Review, and a Single Life Post.
If I could summerize The Pixies performance tonight in two words FUCKING AWESOME!!!
The energy they displayed, the vocals spot on even when Frank Black lost his voice, the playman ship from Joey Santiago, and David Loverling were spot on and and they definately kept up with the legend. Kim Deal, is a cutie and probably old enough to be my mom, her voice is excellent and she knows how to handle a bass.
They played for themselves, not for us. They are a band on the mend, and trust me they are healing. As they were playing their heavier stuff was “Alternative? WE INVENTED THE SHIT BITCH!!! GONNA STEP?!?!?!?!”
Their list was great, there was lots of stuff from Surfer Rosa, and Dolittle. They threw in some Come on Pilgrim tracks, but it would have been great if they included stuff from Trompe Le Monde. The most interesting was in the beginning of the set with where is my mind, and ended it with it as well. The end version was faster and harder though, so it seemed like a proper goodbye. They did come out for an encore which they played Gigantic.
I was in tears because it was just so damn great, although my ears are ringing now and I have a head ache that will kill me for two days it was worth the wait, the money and the cold. By the end of the show the audience was yelling, “thank you!” to the band.
Oh and to FURTHER rub this show in to the people that didn’t go. I was front row center, so close I could smell Kim’s shampoo.
On to page two for the single life…
