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Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
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Black Francis says that “Where Is My Mind?” was written during the time he was attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and was inspired by the experience of having a
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Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
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One of the purest pop songs in the Pixies' oeuvre, “Here Comes Your Man” was one of the anchors of the band’s 1989 masterpiece Doolittle. In contrast with the fractured
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Pixies – Gigantic
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One of the Pixies' most famous songs, this track from their debut album Surfer Rosa describes a woman’s sexual adventures with a black man named Paul. The guitars and drums start
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Pixies – The Happening
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[Verse 1] / They got a ranch they call / Number 51 / They got a ranch they call / Number 51 / You can't see it at all / Unless you're flying by / Just sitting there square / Baking
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Pixies – Dead
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One of many Biblical allusions in the Pixies' discography, “Dead” tells the story of David’s seduction of Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11) from the perspective of David.
Black Francis told
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Pixies – I Bleed
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Black Francis told Esquire,
This could be categorized as one of my archeological songs. References to free, European conquest, the Indian peoples of the Southwest, specifically
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Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven
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A rare environmental song by the Pixies, “Monkey Gone to Heaven” deals with man’s confused place in the universe.
Black Francis told Esquire
This belongs in the mythological
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Pixies – Something Against You
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The first of a handful of (almost) single sentence lyrics that showcase Black Francis' minimalist approach to songwriting – see “La La Love You”, “There Goes My Gun”, “Stormy
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Pixies – Hey
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One of the Pixies' most popular songs, “Hey” is referred to by Black Francis as the bands' “Only R&B song” (see his comments below).
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Pixies – U-Mass
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This song is about the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where songwriter/frontman Black Francis met guitarist Joey Santiago in the mid-1980s. A lot of the Pixies songs were
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Pixies – Bone Machine
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The opening track of Pixies' critically-acclaimed 1988 LP Surfer Rosa is an example of the Pixies' characteristic sound, contrasting caustic and heavy garage-rock execution with
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Blaketheman1000 – Pixies
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If you wanna kiss me / You've gotta listen to the Pixies / You've gotta be punk / I'm not a Wall Street chump / Uh uhhh / I'm a poser, I'm a shrub / If you wanna ditch me / I'll
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Pixies – There Goes My Gun
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According to The Pixies' Doolittle by Ben Sisario, Black Francis says the song is
a scene. The actor is shouting across some expanse of space. ‘Yoo hoo. Yoo hoo. Yoo hoo
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Pixies – La La Love You
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Black Francis told Esquire
It’s a silly non-song. It’s very tongue-in-cheek, almost like a comedy sketch. It’s very simple and sweet but also very ‘fucky-fucky,’ you know? It’s a
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Pixies – No. 13 Baby
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In a 1989 interview with NME, Black Francis said:
This is a collage of images of when I was growing up in Los Angeles. Number 13 traditionally means bad luck, but in America
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Pixies – Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
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[Verse 1] / When I was just a little boy / I asked my father, "What will I be?" / "Will I be handsome, will I be rich?" / Here's what he said to me / [Chorus] / "Que será, será
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The Pixies Three – Birthday Party
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[Intro] / Birthday party! / Birthday party! / Birthday party! / Birthday party! / [Verse 1] / Gonna have a birthday party / Everybody's invited / Janie, Jimmy and Artie / Gonna
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Pixies – Ana
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[Verse] / She's my fave / Undressing in the sun / Return to sea / Bye / Forgetting everyone / Eleven high / [Chorus] / Ride a wave / [Verse] / She's my fave / Undressing in the sun
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Pixies – Tame
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Fast-paced and breathy, “Tame” typifies the quiet-loud Pixies dynamic that gave rise to the grunge movement. Musically, the song is based around a basic three-chord progression
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The Pixies Three – Cold Cold Winter
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[Intro] / When we had to part / That's when I knew / Baby, it's gonna be a cold, cold winter without you / [Verse 1] / The snow is fallin' on the ground / The wind is blowin' all
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Pixies – Levitate Me
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The final song on the Pixies EP, Come On Pilgrim. The sexual nature of many Pixies songs could lead one to conclude that the song is full of euphemisms for sexual acts.
In the
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Pixies – Allison
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The third out of four songs titled after names in Bossanova was originally about a girl called Alison. However, as Black Francis stated in an interview with Q on September, 1990
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Pixies – Down to the Well
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“Down To The Well” is one of the earliest tracks written by the Pixies. It was part of the 17 tracks recorded for “The Purple Tape” that was split into an initial EP (Come On
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Pixies – The Thing
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I was driving doing nothing / On the shores of Great Salt Lake / When they put it on the air / I put it in the hammer lane / I soon forgot myself / And I forgot about the brake / I
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Pixies – Velouria
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The third track on Bossanova is one of the most discussed in Pixies lore, because the lyrics seem to have no clear meaning. However, statements by Black Francis make it clear that
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Ben Lee – Away With The Pixies
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I'll cross your path / You won't let me forget it / You can change your name / And make me remember it / And they think that you're too much for words / But they don't know how to
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Pixies – Indie Cindy
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The first single off of the Pixies‘ first official release since Trompe Le Monde, and the first ever without bassist/vocalist Kim Deal, EP1.
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Pixies – Silver
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The penultimate song on Doolittle is also the only song in which bassist Kim Deal shares co-writing credits with Francis.
Black Francis told Esquire that “Silver” is,
the only
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Pixies – Distance Equals Rate Times Time
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This is in reference to the Apollo 12 Lunar landing when Alan Bean set up the color Apollo TV camera:
To improve the quality of television pictures from the Moon, a color camera
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Circulus – Power to the Pixies
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Banished to a distant star / They could not stand our motorcars / Vanished from our woods and fields / They're waiting for the air to clear / Power to the pixies / Write down the
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Pixies – Into the White
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[Verse 1] / And there ain't no night / Did you hear what I said? / But into white / Into the white / [Verse 2] / And there ain't no day / And there ain't no night / And there ain't
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Pixies – Magdalena
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The song was inspired by 318 Magdalena, an asteroid belt orbiting The Sun. “Now why the hell would I be writing about an asteroid?” Black Francis said to Pollstar. “The reason is
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The Pixies Three – 442 Glenwood Avenue
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[Verse 1] / After school is over, we can have some fun / Bring the boys, and baby, I want you to come / All my girlfriends are gonna be there / (We'll be there) Let me tell you
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Pixies – All I Think About Now
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“All I Think About Now” is written from the perspective of Black Francis, serving as an apology and thank you letter to Kim Deal regarding her time in the band and the events that
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Pixies – There's a Moon On
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[Verse 1] / Day after day seems about the same / Same old people playing same old games / But some days are different when the moon shines bright / There's a storm in your brain on
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