defrog: (ramones don't surf)
defrog ([personal profile] defrog) wrote2009-06-11 12:57 am

LET’S RIDE THE TIGER

While we’re getting all nostalgic for college radio ...

I have an iPod. It’s got 7,298 songs on it at the moment, which is about 1/35 of the CDs in my shelves right now. I tend to let the full song list circulate, and while they’re all good (else they wouldn’t be there), sometimes you get a showstopper – a song that demands to be listened to repeatedly.

One of them is “River Euphrates” by The Pixies.

There are several versions to be enjoyed, but my personal favorite – and the one that resides on the iPod – is this one: the B-side cut.


As one of the YouTube commenters said: “This song tears your face off.”

I can’t possibly top that.

FACT: I saw the Pixies live once, circa 1991 at Vanderbilt University. They were everything I hoped for. Kim Deal chain-smoked the entire show. That’s so hardcore.

Kim Deal = best back-up vocalist EVER.

Opening act: Barkmarket. Not quite so awesome, but we had fun.

One sip from the salty wine,

This is dF

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