Am I the only one who sings Caribooouuu in your best Black Francis when spotting this reindeer?

This human form. Where I was born. I now repent.

#photos #coffee #pixies

Not pictured is the trail mix cup because you’ve already seen that.

After all this I’ll be read for a nice bath, a nap, an episode or two of MacGyver. Listen to Black Francis sing me sweet nothings Re: swimming in the Caribbean.

#photos #snacks #pixies

With Maggie being gone today and the March 2017 magazine off to the printer, the only logical thing for me to do was not cut the grass but to work on the April 2017 issue.

But with me being me and the Internet being rabbit holes, I got sucked into watching Pixie videos. So without further ado, here’s your said-the-lady-to-the-man-she-adored Sunday jam.

I love everything about this song. That it’s live. That it’s haunting. That each instrument has its own unique voice and place. The jangling acoustic guitar. The wailing lead guitar riffs. The clean, round bass carrying the mix. The drum taps that come in about 1:36 and the bass still holding the melody. Ain’t no choice but to nod and sway to the groove.

And of course the lyrics.

If you go, I will surely die. We’re chained.

When I listen, the lyrics surely seem to be written by way of experience. Sang with that same emotion, too.

HEY!

Kim Deal’s backing “chained” — same thing. With her head titled slightly around 1:16, she looks innocently and sincerely desperate.

“Been trying to meet you” — okay, that was me up and down the street as a teenager. I’ll deny it though.

And I’ve always wondered who Mary was but I never wanted to find out.

PS- Whenever I recorded music I generally wanted the rhythm guitar to be acoustic. Pixies are the reason why.

#musicvideos #pixies

Peeps, here’s your big-big-love Wednesday jam. One of my all time favorite love songs and definitely my fave Pixie. The lyrics and bass playing… Kim Deal could perform this solo and still pull it off.

He’ll walk her every day into a shady place. Like the dark, but I’d want him

I’ve never seen Crimes of the Heart but it’s been on my list once I learned it was the song’s inspiration. Part of what kept me from watching it, though, is that I personalize songs, attach my own meanings to them and the like. And sometimes pulling back the curtain too far can spoil the magic.

Regardless…

Lovely legs there are.

#musicvideos #pixies

My absolute favorite, favorite scene so far. Kevin, the washing machine, the shovel, the cop…and Pixies blasting in his earbuds the whole time, “try this trick and spin it.”

#tv #theleftovers #pixies