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Originally Posted by noisereductions
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I think Bossanova's a pretty great ALBUM.
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That's cool. I'm not going to be a snarky fuck about my opinion, and act like it's an objective truth. It was the Pixies album I most recently listened to, and I just kinda had trouble with it. Every other song felt like a chore, so I eventually just tossed "Dig for Fire," "Velouria," "the Happening," "Ana," and a few others into a playlist and called it "Bossa
yesva" because I was supposed to be working, and I'm not that clever to begin with.
Like I said earlier, Im a fan of the dark side of the Pixies. For me, Come on Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, BBC Sessions, B-Sides (half of it anyway), the Purple Tape, and Frank Black Francis disc 1, are in a totally different order, the story of the Pixies. Bossa is the story of their death, and Trompe is the origin story of some fat guy named Frank Black, who I still believe is Black Francis's evil doppelgänger twin, who stole his identity in 1990.
This would make an excellent comic book, by the way.
The Pixies always have been one of the best bands ever, but it's just my nature to place things in order. Something I can do with almost everything. Maybe that's why Sonic Youth has been my favorite band for so many years: it's impossible for me to even pick a favorite era, let alone a favorite album. And favorite song? Hell no. It would kill me. I'd stop going to work, stop leaving the house, and probably just sit in front of my record player, taking chicken scratch notes and smoking cigarettes until the vultures came for me.
I should try some time though.
Where was I? ... Oh, right, you go ahead and like Bossanova. Makes no difference to me. I just love to ramble. I have very little going on in my life, so... Y'know. It's this or have kids.