No particular reason that I’m choosing this song today. Was just listening to a playlist & it came on, reminding me how much I love it. A quick check back through previous Song of the Day series to make sure I hadn’t already used it & here it is.
Got me a movie I want you to know Slicing up eyeballs I want you to know
Girlie so groovy I want you to know Don’t know about you But I am un chien andalusia
I am un chien andalusia I am un chien andalusia I am un chien andalusia
Wanna grow up to be Be a debaser Debaser Debaser Debaser Debaser Debaser
Got me a movie Ha ha ha ho Slicing up eyeballs Ha ha ha ho
Girlie so groovie Ha ha ha ho Don’t know about you But I am un chien andalusia
I am un chien andalusia I am un chien andalusia I am un chien andalusia
Day 9. “Oooh. Stop!” Where Is My Mind? by the Pixies not only soundtracks the explosive finale of the psychological late ’90’s uber-thriller Fight Club (below) but it’s also a ridiculously good song that doesn’t really need an excuse to post about it. It’s a rare song (although, come to think about it, Pixies have quite a few) that doesn’t sound as if it was written & recorded so much as it was grown. It’s got an elemental, organic feel to it that is preciously rare in a way which I find difficult to explain.
Partly as a result of it’s inclusion in Fight Club & partly as a result of it’s inclusion on the genre-defining Indie Rock masterpiece Surfer Rosa, Where Is My Mind? absolutely writhes with the kind of cultural significance that that you could write entire series of books about. To attempt to get the importance of this phenomenal work of art, I have included below both the ending scene of Fight Club during which the song is utilised & an excellent live (TV) performance of the song by the band back in 1988, at the absolute peak of their powers.
Pixies, 1988, “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.”
Ooh, stop
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground Try this trick and spin it, yeah Your head will collapse But there’s nothing in it And you’ll ask yourself
Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out in the water See it swimmin’
I was swimmin’ in the Caribbean Animals were hiding behind the rock Except the little fish But they told me, he swears Tryin’ to talk to me koi koy
Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out in the water See it swimmin’
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground Try this trick and spin it, yeah Your head will collapse If there’s nothing in it And you’ll ask yourself
Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out in the water See it swimmin’
Ooh With your feet on the air and your head on the ground Ooh Try this trick and spin it, yeah Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
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Day 4. Like yesterdays Pavement cover of an Echo & The Bunnymen song, todays choice is an American Indie Rock band covering a song by a British Indie Rock band. Pixies excellent cover of The Jesus And Mary Chain’s 1989 single Head On.
Pixies imbued this Jesus And Mary Chain classic with additional speed & aggression. Black Francis’ howl is in stark contrast to the polished Pop sheen of the original, truly making it their own. I personally know several people who assumed it was a Pixies original.
As soon as I get my head around you I come around catching sparks off you I get an electric shock from you This secondhand living just won’t do And the way I feel tonight I could die and I wouldn’t mind And there’s something going on inside Makes you want to feel Makes you want to try Makes you want to blow the stars from the sky And I can’t stand up I can’t cool down I can’t get my head off the ground As soon as I get my head around you I come around catching sparks off you And all I ever got from you Was all I ever took from you Yeah, the world could die in pain And I wouldn’t feel no shame And there’s nothing holding me to blame Makes you want to feel Makes you want to try Makes you want to blow the stars from the sky And I’m taking myself to a dirty part of town Where all my troubles can’t be found I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah And I’m taking myself to a dirty part of town Where all my troubles can’t be found Makes you want to feel Makes you want to try Makes you want to blow the stars from the sky
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Day 12 (L) & we’re hearing some Pixies. The wonderful Levitate Me is taken from the Pixies debut EP Come On Pilgrim (now repackaged with their debut long-player, Surfer Rosa).
The eight songs on Come On Pilgrim were hand picked by 4AD label owner Ivo Watts-Russell from the seventeen tracks Pixies recorded for their early demo, the famous “Purple Tape”. The remaining nine tracks surfaced in the 2002 Pixies EP.
This version of Levitate Me is taken from their gig in 1988 at Londons Town & Country Club. Incredibly, Pixies were supporting 4AD label mates Throwing Muses. This gig was released on DVD in 2004, well worth tracking down. They’re selling quite cheap these days.
Give me help Give me help You can, levitate me
Then take off them rings Off them hose Levitate me
Higher place Levitate me
Elevator lady [Repeat: x4] Lady levitate me
If all in all is true [Repeat: x3] If all is true Won’t you please fawn over me [Repeat: x4]
Shaky shake, shakey Levitate me
Come on pilgrim You know he loves you Levitate me
Higher place Levitate me
He kicked a baby Elevator lady [Repeat: x3] Lady Elevator lady Lady, lady, levitate meIf all in all is true [Repeat: x3] If all is true Won’t you please run over me [Repeat: x5] Me, me, me, me
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