Pixies coming to Argentina!
Brilliant!
Doors open at half8..?! Early...
First band at 9 i guess?
I'll arrive around quarter-to just in case...
8:50.... five songs in !!!
Someone please explain Argentinian time keeping to them..
¿Como pasó?
A set list comprised of everything you'd expect/nothing you didn't want/and plenty to thrash-around to made everyone happy, if they weren't already at the idea of seeing Fat Frank, Krazy Kim and co.
The band never being the most animated on stage, meant the songs (and Kim Deal´s peculiar mumblings ..maybe it was just where i was stood that meant they made no sense.. ) were largely left to speak for themselves. And speak they did, to a typically boisterous Argentinian crowd. The familiar quiet/loud combo of tracks like Mr Grieves allowed the vast majority of those standing to show their delight with their feet in the air, whilst those in the seats stood, swayed and sang along (con un accento..) to the guitar grooves of their less abrasive work como Gauge Away. Momentum wained a little as the perhaps indulgent cover of a little Neil Young Americana seemed to be lost on the South American crowd, but was soon picked up again as they launched into Caribou and U-Mass, as if to make up for their digression away from album staples. The theme continued as they closed, appropriately, with Vamos.
As such by the time they returned for the first encore, allowing the anticipation and buzz to grow for a confident few minutes, Gigantic captured the mood of the hugely appreciative and grateful crowd perfectly. Finally, returning for a second time with the UK surf version of Wave of Mutilation and leaving us with a rolicking rip-through of Panet of Sound ringing in our collective ears.
A gig that certainly delighted the senses of an audience inevitably starved of appearances of such world renowned (amongst certain age groups at least..) bands when compared with the lucky audiences in the larger cities of North America and the UK. The band themselves may carry a whiff of churning it out a little these days, but a success was certainly scored amongst a vibrabt BsAs crowd hungry for the sound of a band who remain influential, widely discussed and listened to. Perhaps the enjoyment though, is as much thanks to the Buenos Aires crowd, as it is to the performance of Pixies themselves. Vamos!!
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1. Bone Machine
2. Broken Face
3. Something Against You
4. Holiday Song
5. Nimrod's Son
You're late, five song penalty...
6. Debaser
7. Tame
8. Wave Of Mutilation
9. I Bleed
10. Here Comes Your Man
11. Monkey Gone To Heaven
12. Mr. Grieves
13. Crackity Jones
14. La La Love You
15. No. 13 Baby
16. Hey
17. Gouge Away
18. Velouria
19. Dig for Fire
20. Winterlong (Neil Young cover)
21. Caribou
22. U-Mass
23. Isla De Encanta
24. Vamos
Encore:
25. Where Is My Mind?
26. Gigantic
Encore 2:
27. Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
28. Planet Of Sound
