Comments on: In Defense of the Pixies’ “Doolittle” Tour

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:29:37 +0000

Caught them at The Academy in Brixton 5 years ago easily one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen.

I like the idea that they’re doing it for the money, they admit they’re doing it for the money and then give the audience their money’s worth. Seems a fair exchange to me :) As a musician I know only too well how many free gigs one has to play while “paying your dues”. Making money from music – imagine that (stares whistfully towards the heavens, then gets back to the day job). Fair play to ‘em say I :)

By: spiggy2000

spiggy2000 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:36:11 +0000

its no wonder people are nostalgic given the fact that the current ‘rock” music scene is so moribund. here in s.f. the only worthwhile live show announced for new year’s eve so far is les claypool, himself a dinosaur. i have to agree that i find the reformed pixies project somewhat cynical but they deserve the money they never made when they were in their heyday. still, they’re not nearly as cool as, say, sonic youth who still record and tour new music that is actually worth the effort to seek out

By: kdship

kdship — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:35:17 +0000

I caught Tuesday’s show and thought it was pretty boring. Although, I saw them on the Trome le Monde tour and thought they were boring then, too. I think that, despite Kim’s efforts at banter between songs, they seemed remote and lacked fun and energy. (Not that Doolittle is the most fun album ever, but there is an element of spastic energy on the album that could have been played up on stage.) I was disappointed but not totally surprised.

By: john gagnon

john gagnon — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:13:56 +0000

the Pixies in my opinion maintain their relevance. and even if it was ‘for
cash’….i mean do we apply that same standard to the rest of the music
business? if one wants nostalgia from an older act, go see Whitney Houston,
just cross your fingers that her voice makes it through the set.

By: juepucta

juepucta — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:52:59 +0000

I love the Pixies, but nostalgia is a sad sad thing.

-G.

By: slacks

slacks — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:52:15 +0000

.. not to mention Jim DeRogatis is a complete douche with simply terrible taste in music. Why either of the Sound Opinions dudes are allowed to publicly speak out on the subject of anything is beyond me.

By: Craig Thomas

Craig Thomas — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:46:29 +0000

I saw them a month ago at the Brixton Academy in London and they were every bit as menacingly majestic as they were 20 years ago. We were all blown away by how tight and powerful they were. A lot of modern bands could learn a lot from watching them.

As for Jim DeRogatis’s comments, I think he’s missing the point. If great music is timeless, why can’t we continue to listen to something that’s 20 years old?

In some ways, I think the Pixies might be brave, possibly realising that they peaked all those years ago and refusing to be the cynical corporation the Stones are, for example, churning out sub-standard material which only devalues them as a band and the classic material they used to record.

By: TheKLYAM

TheKLYAM — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:15:48 +0000

Reatard played 17 songs in 34 minutes. Get it right.

By: matthew

matthew — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:53:07 +0000

this is without a doubt one of my favorite concerts ever. I can see where someone who didnt’ know would talk about how it might be a money grab.. especially with them selling “bootlegs” of the show (which sound FANTASTIC! i could hear myself yelling in the crowd at one point) but for a fan who hasn’t had a chance to see the pixies after listing to them for 20 odd years, this had to be the coolest way to see them. knowing every word, pause, and crecendo to one of my favorite albums ever and getting to sing along to the whole thing in order is somethign that i think more bands should do. of course once that happens it loses its meaning but this was a FANTASTIC live show. becides.. why would we want a group to put out new music if their hearts arent in it? they said themselves that the music that tried to come up with sounded like they were trying to make pixies music.. to publish it would be the ultimate sell out knowign it wasn’t up to par

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:11:20 +0000

Rock on. I saw the late show last night (one o’clock in the A.M.!) at the Hammerstein, and the band sounded amazing. Each set was compelling. “Silver” and “Into the White” were especially thrilling, weird, and intense. Kim Deal is clearly having the time of her life. Lovering, like you said, sounded incredible crooning the last bit of “La La Love you.” DeRogatis is an ugly, hate-filled man. Not cool.