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http://pitchfork.com/news/57105-pixies-to-release-doolittle-expanded-25th-anniversary-edition/
Pixies to Release Doolittle Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition
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October Soundtracks: Pump Up the Volume
Pump Up the Volume
1990
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Since the theme choice is mine, it means I get to swoop in and do this entry before Lance does, since I know it would be at or near the top of his list as well (which is not to say he might not write his own entry about it). Maybe not the soundtrack to end all soundtracks (though it may just be), but certainly the movie of movies to me, and it’s tough for me to express just how important this movie and soundtrack were to me in my impressionable youth. I’m going to try hard not to write too much about the movie, because some day I’ll write a proper entry about it in the Movies category, but this came out right around the beginning of my freshman year of high school, when I was just starting to become the MNP person I am today.
Cover Friday: “Theme From NARC”
“Theme From NARC”
by the Pixies (originally by NARC)
from the album Complete ‘B’ Sides
2001
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Every time this track shuffles up, I’m instantly transported back to high school. My buddy Houston and I would spend a good portion of Friday afternoons playing video games at the local convenience store or Wal-Mart (our pseudo arcades). Between bags of Chili Cheese Fritos and cans of Cherry Coke we’d play whatever they had in stock that month. Wal-Mart usually offered up far such as Double Dragon, Super Off-Road and our favorite co-op, Silkworm. Minit Mart kept Bad Dudes, GI Joe, Bubble Bobble and NARC in the corner between the beef jerky and the fountain drinks for what seemed like years. Which was just fine with us. Particularly when the machines of the late 80s/early 90s put out such good theme songs:
Cover Friday: “Cactus”
“Cactus”
by Glen Hansard (originally by The Pixies)
from the Acoustic Lakeside Festival, Austria
2012
Ok, I’m breaking convention a little here, since I posted a different cover version of this last week, but the Wikipedia page for the song mentioned that Glen Hansard and The Frames had covered it in concert once, so I went on a search, and found this. I said I didn’t love the Bowie version, but this version is fantastic, so I thought it deserved its own post.
Cover Friday: “Cactus”
“Cactus”
by David Bowie (originally by The Pixies)
from the album Heathen
2002
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I can’t claim to have ever gotten too into Bowie’s music, but there are certainly standouts, and more than anything, I think he’s kind of the coolest. The coolest what? Whatever. Just definitely one of the coolest.
Cover Friday: “Head On”
“Head On”
by the Pixies (originally by The Jesus and Mary Chain)
from the album Trompe Le Monde
1991 4AD
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Confession time: I got into the Pixies really late in the game. I was familiar with them from watching 120 Minutes but for some reason nothing really stuck with me at the time. I now consider them one of my all-time favorite bands, but I can’t cop to being there at the beginning like most of my other friends. Why did I take so long for me to catch on? I’m not sure, but when it did, it stuck. Hard.