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  • @busterkeatonsbriefs
    @busterkeatonsbriefs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2804

    Even if the band never sold a record, to have David Bowie as a fan would be enough for me to die fulfilled and happy.

    • @fuckoffndie
      @fuckoffndie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Right! No higher praise.

    • @jigrodrigues
      @jigrodrigues 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      busterkeatonsbriefs yes! Bowie was a genius, receiving such a distinction from him is probably the highest achievement for an artist. And thom yorke is also a huge fan of the pixies.

    • @thegrimreaper1991
      @thegrimreaper1991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One of the best comments I have ever read.

    • @TL8311-j6x
      @TL8311-j6x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shut the fuck up

    • @charlie172011
      @charlie172011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So basically "Mott The Hoople"

  • @andrewfrancis7272
    @andrewfrancis7272 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1633

    David makes more sense talking about the Pixies than most of the rock critics have ever done ... Really pleased to learn that he was/is a fan!

    • @Vigilante311
      @Vigilante311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Because hes not talking about it like hes a wine taster

    • @nikolademitri731
      @nikolademitri731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gil B that’s an interesting description for Bowie, and may have been true to some extent. He was at least equally a fan as an artist. I think that’s undeniable looking at his career.

    • @jameskilgour387
      @jameskilgour387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@trembling3674 Another person like that is Damon Albarn. Still constantly consuming new music and adapting like he doesn't have a 30-year long music career under his belt.

    • @benjamintaylorltd5826
      @benjamintaylorltd5826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He covered their song Cactus too.

    • @DarkAngelEU
      @DarkAngelEU 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@trembling3674 He loves music, that's for sure, but he's not an artist second. David Bowie is a great artist and that entails knowing what's moving within the medium. Damon Albarn is definitely fan first, artist second, considering alot of his work is just meh

  • @AgentXPQ
    @AgentXPQ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4012

    The man sure as hell knew how to pay a compliment, didn't he?

    • @kencook1911
      @kencook1911 8 ปีที่แล้ว +228

      +AgentXPQ If David Bowie had ever spoken about me in such terms, I'd have been insufferably smug and pleased with myself for the rest of my life.

    • @poetessbritt
      @poetessbritt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ace..so amazing.

    • @jaht3z
      @jaht3z 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Yeah, he had me at 'Psychotic Bealtes'.

    • @Zero_Ninety
      @Zero_Ninety 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Hey its Lev

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He was good at critique too, AgentXPQ.

  • @BlueRosebuds
    @BlueRosebuds 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3880

    If Bowie says you rock, you rock.

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      This validates my love of Pixies. Kim Deal rocks.

    • @alyssaaaaa04
      @alyssaaaaa04 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Totally agree.

    • @zhukie
      @zhukie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      How the fuck could you downvote this?

    • @bartjanssen690
      @bartjanssen690 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      exactly :0

    • @truthbydesign5146
      @truthbydesign5146 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bowie loved all the same bands that I do .. He had equally endearing words for Arcade Fire.

  • @miguelangelpolo774
    @miguelangelpolo774 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2187

    david bowie saying that stuff about your band is a life achievement itself. kudos to pixies

    • @zoilalulu3798
      @zoilalulu3798 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Exactly! My life would be fucking made.

    • @proustaddamo3763
      @proustaddamo3763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zoilalulu3798 i hope u r joking

    • @garyagin5762
      @garyagin5762 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No it s not it s like hitler approving of your baal shit

    • @davidcutler1208
      @davidcutler1208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed dude

    • @thomasc.4637
      @thomasc.4637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @aminor1950 It's possible you just don't understand or enjoy their music. You don't need to be a dick about it, though.

  • @claytonstrickland8336
    @claytonstrickland8336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    You know how spot on Bowie was when he cites Sonic Youth and the Pixies as the most compelling music of the era. You can listen to either band almost 40 years later and they still amaze.

    • @LaurenLawDawg
      @LaurenLawDawg ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💯

    • @allbottledup9513
      @allbottledup9513 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sonic Youth, Pixies, Go-Betweens, and the Smiths were the most exciting 80’s bands for me.

    • @scottshanahan3827
      @scottshanahan3827 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I like maybe three songs on every Sonic Youth album, but I LOVE those songs. I have never heard a Pixies song I didn't like.
      But, also I love how he calls them "compelling." They were both so original and did things nobody else really did, so compelling indeed.

    • @jlouis4407
      @jlouis4407 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Facts

    • @UreksatheJade
      @UreksatheJade 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He wasn't citing sonic youth as a positive thing lmfao 😂

  • @melomane2010
    @melomane2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    This was Bowie's superpower - he was at heart a music fan with impeccable taste and judgement, always looking for the next evolutionary step in music. He could always spot what was new and important versus what was simply popular.

    • @maxdamagusbroski
      @maxdamagusbroski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Didn't he big up Kanye West tho.

    • @carlodave9
      @carlodave9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@maxdamagusbroski That's a good argument against his infallibility. But Kanye definitely pushed hip-hop into new areas that were so influential then, and so prevalent now, that his work as an artist/alchemist can be overlooked. Bowie was right there to notice.
      Whereas Bowie himself was such a genius at synthesis and evolution that no one I can think of has quite caught up. There is still nothing like the albums Low or Blackstar that I can point to and say, "Hear that? Total Bowie-vibe!"

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMFAO. EVERTHING Bowie says here demonstrates that he hasn't a CLUE what he's talking about!. 🤣

    • @jonunderscore
      @jonunderscore ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sunnyjim1355 Care to give us the corrections?

    • @franki1990
      @franki1990 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@sunnyjim1355it's ok to let everybody know you didn't get jack s*** of what the man said, just not this pathetic way.

  • @tuanjim799
    @tuanjim799 9 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Daaamn, coming from someone like Bowie. Very, very high praise, and very much deserved.

  • @palsyddad
    @palsyddad 9 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    Imagine not only being in a band like The Pixies, but then having an artist like David Bowie speak so fondly and passionately about your music. My god.

    • @darrendavenport3334
      @darrendavenport3334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *God

    • @palsyddad
      @palsyddad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darrendavenport3334 no.

    • @yulmp2
      @yulmp2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      God is not great. Pixies are!

    • @FergalNash
      @FergalNash 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes a great feeling for them I'm sure.

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMFAO. EVERTHING Bowie says here demonstrates that he hasn't a CLUE what he's talking about!. 🤣

  • @Danjoker.
    @Danjoker. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    A moment of silence for the poor souls that have never listened to the Pixies.

  • @joel5090
    @joel5090 10 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Yes!! The Pixies opened my eyes to music at the age of 6...I'm 25 now. "A psychotic Beatles". Perfectly put by David Bowie. Wow. Thanks!!!!

    • @EGoltz
      @EGoltz 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sam O'd im embarrassed to say i didnt find out about them til i was 23. Im 36 now and they are my favorite band

    • @LaurenLawDawg
      @LaurenLawDawg ปีที่แล้ว

      I was fascinated by PIXIES sound at a young age ....late elementary school. I grew up listening to Bowie; I've always admired Mick Ronson's layered guitar playing and have collected his records over the past 3 decades.
      Already had 2 copies of Bowie's entire catalogue from my Mother's and Father's collection from before they were married.
      When Bossanova came out, I found out that a Woman played bass and I immediately got my hands on a bass guitar ...started an all girls rock band at Catholic high school, auditioned with a PIXIES medley and performed Divine Hammer before getting the boot for lyrics I had yet to overstand.
      PIXIES brought me to tears each time I saw them live.
      Opening with the UK Surf Mix of Wave of Mutilation was one of those times. Dancing with my Mom when PIXIES opened for U2 achtung baby tour will ALWAYS be my favorite memory of being with my Mother.
      RIP to Bannon 🎷 who was an amazing musician and artist and painted my DEATH TO The PIXIES leather when I was 12.
      Thank you David Bowie.... #HangOntoYourself

  • @LocalManMakesMusic
    @LocalManMakesMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Spot on takes. Especially that last part about inspiring you to want to start a band of your own.
    What’s amazing is that Davis Bowie was basically a middle aged man when the Pixies came out and he was so open minded to be able to understand this newer generation as well as he did. Amazing.

  • @netscape82
    @netscape82 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    R.I.P Mr. Bowie cheers to your great taste in music and marvelous covers of
    Pixies songs.

  • @benjammin8184
    @benjammin8184 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    What a true musical genius. Such passion for bands and sounds, he really knew his stuff x

  • @LAPhillyBoyVideos
    @LAPhillyBoyVideos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    "The Velvet Underground didn't sell a lot of records but everyone who bought one formed a band." The "someone" who said that was Brian Eno.

    • @jerkchickenblog
      @jerkchickenblog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      they were close too. maybe he didn't feel like mentioning brian's name, he certainly knew him well enough to remember

    • @DrVonNostrand
      @DrVonNostrand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who?

    • @Mercury-Wells
      @Mercury-Wells 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, great detail! Cheers!

    • @klakkinkittykat
      @klakkinkittykat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brian Eno Rocks!

  • @XanltheCSG
    @XanltheCSG 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Bowie was a pop star at heart but he had the most refined and mature taste in music, which explains why he hung out so much with Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, two musicians who have done some really out there stuff. This maturity really shows in his releases as he got older, he was not afraid to age with grace and try new things instead of retreading or trying to recapture something. He was always on the move. Thats why he was the thin white duke, he refused to get fat.

    • @artlover4668
      @artlover4668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, Coke helped him with the slim appearance in the 70s lol. Cigarettes probably for the rest of his life. Although i could never imagine DB ever getting fat!

    • @jerkchickenblog
      @jerkchickenblog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he didn't 'refuse to get fat' and he did get fat at the end of life.... he was a drug addict, heroin then coke, then a number of things. he finally cleaned up the last couple decades

  • @luuismarquez
    @luuismarquez 9 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Rest in peace David.

    • @JHashcroft
      @JHashcroft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can’t believe it’s been four years

  • @malooch
    @malooch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The fact that Bowie chooses to cover “cactus” of all songs makes him even cooler. Such a great song.

    • @belllabean
      @belllabean หลายเดือนก่อน

      agreed~! i just saw the Pixies perform it last night, oooo yeeea :D (was hoping so much for that tune!)

  • @jameswrappner4624
    @jameswrappner4624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Without Pixies there would have been no 90's grunge. For that, I am forever grateful for this amazing band. Great music and awesome live as well.

    • @jlouis4407
      @jlouis4407 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They definitely ignited the 90s

  • @danofiremano
    @danofiremano 8 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    The Pixies = one of the best bands ever!

    • @buckleygeneration
      @buckleygeneration 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Al Pacino And what, exactly, does Joy Division have to do with this video?

    • @bonkersllama
      @bonkersllama 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kobbe They were also a great band. That's what the comment was about

  • @32mybelle
    @32mybelle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    If David Bowie likes your music, you have it made!

  • @joeyd.589
    @joeyd.589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    He might be one of the smartest people of all time. He doesn't only know exactly what he's talking about, he knows how to explain it perfectly. And he does it all with a wicked good sense of humor. -R.I.P Mr Bowie.

    • @Demention94
      @Demention94 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very much

    • @395PRS
      @395PRS 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      His Tin Machine band was very cool!

    • @Debagio
      @Debagio 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      David was very wise with his views about the Internet, too. Watch his interview with Jeremy Paxman from the 1990s.

  • @B0Nnaaay
    @B0Nnaaay 11 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    1. David Bowie speaking on something he knows about and loves...
    2. That said subject made me a happier content person.
    3. David is delicious.

    • @Munedawg
      @Munedawg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I'm straight as an arrow. But for Bowie, I'd take one for the team.

    • @Nergal_Slayer
      @Nergal_Slayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sad to think he was still alive back then, but isn't anymore

    • @speez6106
      @speez6106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sad how he got ripped off

  • @buckrogers7498
    @buckrogers7498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I had a beer with Santiago once. Really great person, very humble.

  • @TheBeausean
    @TheBeausean 10 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    Everyone who bought a Pixies album or a Velvet Underground album started a band, except for me. I listen to both of these bands and haven't started a band yet, much to my chagrin. Anyone up for starting a band?

    • @DevinGray252
      @DevinGray252 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yea I am

    • @stefanfilby7540
      @stefanfilby7540 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Devin “Christopher” Gray Did you guys start the band? I'm genuinely interested.

    • @CaptianAwesome
      @CaptianAwesome 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Add the Replacements for a real trifecta.

    • @MrUndersolo
      @MrUndersolo 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay...

    • @TheBeausean
      @TheBeausean 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Whoa, I posted this so long ago I don't even remember posting it.
      Don't do drugs kids.

  • @jeanettevanhaasen2005
    @jeanettevanhaasen2005 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    YES! Beautiful Bowie has a super good taste😍

  • @paulfitz6614
    @paulfitz6614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Bowie was so insightful. Without the Pixies there would have been no Nirvana. Huge band.

    • @rsyoutube9252
      @rsyoutube9252 ปีที่แล้ว

      With out the sonic youth their WOULDNT be no pixies and no nirvana

  • @donaldpriola1807
    @donaldpriola1807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    Psychotic Beatles is the Pixies. Perfectly said, David.

    • @CSelH
      @CSelH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I came to the comments for this, calling them the Psychotic Beatles is the absolute best description possible.

    • @S1ipperyJim
      @S1ipperyJim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Both the Beatles an the pixies are great but they're nothing like each other

    • @BT-mz6dn
      @BT-mz6dn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They are “psychotic Beatles”

    • @BT-mz6dn
      @BT-mz6dn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maybe they were “psychotoc beatle” at the minute ..Bowoie’s second

    • @BT-mz6dn
      @BT-mz6dn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      But he was one rhousand before that comment

  • @gpeddino
    @gpeddino 8 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Radiohead also used the Pixies dynamics in their first album, specially in "Creep".

    • @MrGrieves
      @MrGrieves 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Gui Porto listen to my Iron Lung. It was very inspired by the Pixies song Caribu

    • @jeremyyano4453
      @jeremyyano4453 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Everyone has ever since especially through the nineties

    • @NahuelFar94
      @NahuelFar94 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And Nirvana too

    • @rememberDay1
      @rememberDay1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it existed long before both bands, but nirvana is the band that arguably made that sort of dynamic a staple in mainstream music
      they are very blatant about it in a sense, so while it exists ubiquitously almost, it's very obvious in nirvana's music which is why they get the cred (along with being one of the biggest bands of their time)

    • @XanltheCSG
      @XanltheCSG 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Radiohead refused to do a show with Pixies because the venue refused to let Pixies be the headliner and Thom Yorke thought that was a huge insult to Pixies talent.

  • @jaimenieto174
    @jaimenieto174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It’s AWESOME hearing Bowie pay homage to The Pixies. You know you ROCK when David Bowie speaks that highly of you!

  • @gpeddino
    @gpeddino 9 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    Bowie even covered a Pixies song: "Cactus", from "Heathen" (2002).

    • @ChristBurner
      @ChristBurner 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      +Guilherme Eddino i remember seeing him play cactus on a late show one night. flipped my shit. it was super rad

    • @janemillerick9614
      @janemillerick9614 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gui Porto one of their best I always thought.

    • @REALrileygames
      @REALrileygames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He also covered "Debaser" from "Doolittle"

    • @VinchVolt
      @VinchVolt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not to mention how Tin Machine (Bowie's 1988-1992 hard rock-cum-proto-grunge band) owes a lot of their sound to the Pixies.

    • @wee2399
      @wee2399 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeeeeeeaaaa he even spelled his name at the end of the song

  • @Skrzy33
    @Skrzy33 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "Mass of screaming flesh" haha sounds like a Pixies song title. Great interview. Dynamics are vital and sadly missing from much of today's rock bands. Check out The Merman if you haven't heard of them. Great 90's surf rock band. Food For Other Fish happens to be my favorite record of theirs.

    • @ChrisPBacon-xn9up
      @ChrisPBacon-xn9up 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Silent Echos Alright, I'll check 'em out.

  • @ezzong
    @ezzong 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    For a legend as big as he is his support for younger acts shows his very kind heart and pure love of music. Pixies, Placebo, Arcade Fire, he turned me to them and i'm sure a lot of people too. Rest in peace Major Tom, your blissful life will be immortalized through the internet for the generations to come.

  • @Miomate123
    @Miomate123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Love it that Bowie shows - by recognizing the Pixies - that he is a regular ordinary bloke, not a supernatural icon

    • @edfinkel1222
      @edfinkel1222 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Well, he's a musical genius and shows that here but also shows that he didn't let it go to his head.

    • @lionkyba6988
      @lionkyba6988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hmm I wouldn't say "ordinary" because he was passionate by art, and ordinary people don't care to that degree.

  • @modelleg
    @modelleg 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Respect for D.B. He is truly insightful.

  • @jasonpeng33
    @jasonpeng33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    His acknowledgement and appreciation for The Pixies is more greater than being inducted to the R n R Hall of Fame

  • @tombassman
    @tombassman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    When I first heard Nirvarna’s Teen Spirit (which was their first big record) I just assumed it was the Pixies until the vocals kicked in. People say Nirvana changed hard rock forever but it was the Pixies who changed Nirvana.

    • @nickdryad
      @nickdryad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      tombassman You’re absolutely right there.

    • @Idol2Idol
      @Idol2Idol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nirvana are overrated. The pixies were better and to be honest there was a great alt scene before them. Besides look at Dave Grohl now. A cheesy showbiz twat

    • @Puffin13
      @Puffin13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Famous story: After laying down the tracks for Teen Spirit the guys in the band were unhappy...they thought it sounded like a Pixies rip off. The producer Butch Vig said no no no let me mix this for you. You aren't hearing what you've done. And of course when it was mixed it was fantastic. But Nirvana was absolutely aware that their hit song fit the Pixies pattern.

    • @geoshisan6349
      @geoshisan6349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m not surprised, I always though Teen Spirit sounded a lot like U Mass. if you find the tabs you can even see the similarities! Great minds think alike!

    • @BongTan
      @BongTan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And we all know Butch Vig has worked with The Pixies' prior to working with Nirvana

  • @nongthip
    @nongthip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gotta love Bowie's assessment of the Pixies. His comments are spot on, and the love affair is shared. I saw them in concert in 1990 and was (still am) a fan even again and again now. Something synergistic about their collective chemistry. It's dark it's raw it's hard and in the mix it's also just plain fun. No other band quite like that, and they're still going strong. Paz is a great addition too!

  • @kaspermygenfordt
    @kaspermygenfordt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow a much more eloquent comment, then I would have thought. Would have loved having Bowie as a music critic, he has a very rounded explanation done methodical, which gives away to great understanding. RIP you wonderful legend.

  • @grimblegrumble
    @grimblegrumble 8 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    his hair
    It's... It's... wow

    • @erin79
      @erin79 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      So fucking jealous of Bowie's hair.

    • @adamarisfajardo5420
      @adamarisfajardo5420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes. It looks so soft☺

    • @matthewche
      @matthewche 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So nice

    • @aaronxoxo
      @aaronxoxo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And thats why pixies isnt nirvana. Bad looks. Poor fucking world

    • @angiedilaj
      @angiedilaj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very distracting in all its loveliness

  • @jotalagarta
    @jotalagarta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just to listen Bowie speaking with passion. Made my day, listening this in 2019... Still cant believe he is gone :(

  • @edmondthomas282
    @edmondthomas282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    “Psychotic Beatles”, no better description. Bowie was a clever and articulate man. Right on the money comparing them to the influence of The Velvet Underground. Without Pixies, there would have been no grunge.

  • @msweeney9806
    @msweeney9806 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've always LOVED the sordid details in the lyrics of songs such as I've Been Tired. Finely detailed comments from Bowie.

  • @nate8448
    @nate8448 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for explaining why I love the pixie. I mean that sincerely. He nails it for me. Love the band and always just said. Listen to it and you'll agree.

  • @Comm0ut
    @Comm0ut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a wonderfully precise, insightful, articulate and of course accurate compliment.
    When a true professional like David Bowie can complement your band for three minutes that, to put it mildly, is FUCKING AMAZING.

  • @MYNAMACHEF
    @MYNAMACHEF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "Everybody who bought a Velvet Underground album formed a band, and I would have to suggest that the same thing applied to the Pixies."
    This man was a master of expression

    • @SilentProti
      @SilentProti ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "velvet underground sold 10.000 records but everyone who bought it formed a band"

  • @mariannacsinger1253
    @mariannacsinger1253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Gosh, eloquent, intelligent and quality people in pop music... I miss them so much!

  • @mrovantes
    @mrovantes 10 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Didn't know Bowie was a Sonic Youth fan. Awesome, I feel vindicated.

    • @neonspec
      @neonspec 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +mrovantes Yeah he's huge on Sonic Youth. They joined him on stage for his 50th birthday :)

    • @nothingreally6680
      @nothingreally6680 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      +mrovantes Bowie's a fan of almost anything good. He recognizes greatness from miles away.

    • @DoroMoaa
      @DoroMoaa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +mrovantes he knew what good music is ;)

    • @terrypussypower
      @terrypussypower 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +mrovantes Why wouldn't he have been? He was a musical genius! And musical geniuses usually like good music, I would imagine!

    • @peppapig-mf4cs
      @peppapig-mf4cs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bowie was Great because he listen to everything, too many people live inside a type of music...in a box!😎

  • @THECLARENCES
    @THECLARENCES 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Long live the memory of David Bowie.
    xoxo The Clarences

  • @Technotoadnotafrog
    @Technotoadnotafrog 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love this. Their understanding of affinities.

  • @souljahroch2519
    @souljahroch2519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was blessed to see The Pixies in NYC for the Dolittle tour. Picture 2,000 people pogo dancing for 2 hrs🤗 And yes, Santiago may be the most underated guitarists ever✌

    • @renatawarec
      @renatawarec ปีที่แล้ว

      Number 13 baby proved that!!

  • @tegan8523
    @tegan8523 8 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    This shows just how intelligent he was

    • @TSPH1992
      @TSPH1992 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      And a nice fella

    • @finnjeffrey572
      @finnjeffrey572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Smart guy

    • @RuaTheRapoet
      @RuaTheRapoet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you Teg.

    • @kingofgoogle7715
      @kingofgoogle7715 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Being high and being smart are much more costly related than your owners in govt want you to know

  • @thewomanwithnohead
    @thewomanwithnohead 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bowie's always right on every subject he talks about ... Very precise, very accurate, very smart ...

  • @IHeartNoise
    @IHeartNoise 10 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Interesting how he says "Charles" instead of "Frank" - I just ended watching an interview with Kim Deal where she also referred to Frank as Charles ( I know - its his birth name).

    • @arthousefilms
      @arthousefilms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks for explaining it. I was so confused by the Charles thing.

    • @HerveBoisde
      @HerveBoisde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Geez, I've been pouring over the comments trying to figure out who this "charles" guy is.

    • @kimchi_b
      @kimchi_b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Everyone who knew them at the time called him Charles, not Black Francis.

    • @michaelmalone7231
      @michaelmalone7231 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bowie would call Iggy Pop "Jimmy" all the time. David has said many times that I'm David Jones when I'm not performing. Iman has said "I married David Jones, not David Bowie". They had a great bond and produced a beautiful daughter that is every bit of the artist that her dad was. Painter, sculptor, clothes and jewelry designer.

  • @ahyaok100
    @ahyaok100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP David Bowie. You were truly one of a kind and had great taste.

  • @patlecat
    @patlecat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Pixies were indeed one of the most influential and underrated rock bands ever. And they sounded so international and not typical American. Their music sounds relevant and modern today.

    • @Hexon66
      @Hexon66 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think I know what you mean about not "typical American"... a lot of sludge was around (as Bowie mentioned, not only in America but UK as well). But I will say that Black Francis's lyrics (btw, how bizarre is it that a man who uses a pseudonym like Bowie, chooses to call the singer of Pixies by his birth name?😊) are quintessentially American. In a long line of Dylan, John Prine, Ron Mael. All have been imitated, but never matched.

    • @michaelmalone7231
      @michaelmalone7231 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Hexon66 He called Iggy "Jimmy" all the time.

  • @fr0d0o11
    @fr0d0o11 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Reason #73 why David Bowie was so great.

  • @Mercury-Wells
    @Mercury-Wells 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great interview-thanks for putting it up.
    RIP David - we miss you

  • @meltedseb
    @meltedseb 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Rest in piece. Bowie speaks the truth.

    • @adamantoun9467
      @adamantoun9467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hopefully he's resting in peace and not pieces..

  • @dulldyl
    @dulldyl ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A dream it would be to have Bowie compliment your music.

  • @alexthepie
    @alexthepie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    david bowie was always ahead of the curve be it on the pixies or the future of the internet hes a visionary and an icon

  • @mattiasantangelo9421
    @mattiasantangelo9421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a huge pixies fan and I find them extremely underrated. Bowie is one of my 3 or 4 personal untouchable legends. Just found this interview and i cant stop giggling.

  • @brianbailey904
    @brianbailey904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yo, thank you Bowie for bringing up Santiago. Such an unsung hero. What would the Pixies sound be without his guitar. It's not just texture, Santiago's guitar is often a narrative voice unto itself. He's like the third vocalist, real talk.

    • @michaelmalone7231
      @michaelmalone7231 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and Johnny Marr (The Smiths), just like Santiago, were both integral to their band's sound.

  • @kethertomalkuthorchard1663
    @kethertomalkuthorchard1663 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sonic Youth. Sludge in America. Sound band. Dynamics. Obvious verse extremely quiet erupting into a blaze of noise. Juxtaposition. Permutations within different subjects. Understand the affinities if something and have those affinities illuminate something. Charles. Colors. Santiago. Underrated. Texture, Extra ordinary Texture. Mass if screaming flesh. Imposing. Psychotic. UMASS. Harder rock. Format didn’t exist before they came around. Velvet. Underground. Same thing applied to the pixies. Thank you David.

  • @tonyfandango8182
    @tonyfandango8182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My hero talking about my favourite band

  • @totalfreefly
    @totalfreefly 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I so much love your music from the first second i Heard it, and then having Mr. Bowie talk about how great you are. Im speechless

  • @popolbruh8263
    @popolbruh8263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "just the most compelling music outside of Sonic Youth" OMFG I LOVE THIS MAN

  • @yeatsbell3480
    @yeatsbell3480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bowie is so great, how aware he was of the musical movements and styles of each time, such an interesting and cool person

  • @deelobaez170
    @deelobaez170 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    OMG, if I was in a band and BOWIE liked me?! Heaven! Paradise! What a compliment!

  • @corneraddict
    @corneraddict 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    bowie's taste in music is great! i'm so grateful that in the mid-90s he helped placebo come to the spotlight, choosing them as support act when they didn't even were signed and have a single album out. btw, later they covered where is my mind wonderfully, and also had frank black on stage to sing with them in paris (the performance is on the dvd Soulmates never die)

  • @pressrolls
    @pressrolls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He went to the high school in my home town (Westport High School). Other kids in school who were in bands called him a "weirdo" and often times, "loser"......I don't hear David Bowie talking about them.

    • @jerkchickenblog
      @jerkchickenblog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same as it ever was brother. you'll never be understood in high school unless you're a true mediocre sellout of a kid

  • @jabah126
    @jabah126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No one was as descriptive as Bowie. He knew how to describe exactly what he was talking about so effortlessly.

  • @calliopecarla
    @calliopecarla 11 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Bowie's word is fucking gospel!

    • @katkal3
      @katkal3 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      damn straight. ziggy does not fuck around

    • @astroboirap
      @astroboirap 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      big ass carla

  • @lookforthepurple
    @lookforthepurple 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank You Very Much For This!... I hadn't seen this before, and it is Great! as a wonderful explanation of his perception of them, as had first known on that was a praising appreciator of them as early on as with my real introduction to them (way) back in 1989 which was either around the time of (or perhaps even right upon) first hearing "Here Comes Your Man" by way of its music video on TV, but as I recall it I am thinking that happened to be on right on the heel of them showing an interview clip of him saying that he felt they were the "New Talking Heads" (..."of the Nineties" perhaps)... And then of course he would even go on to cover their song Cactus later as well... Thank You Again! Andy S. in Canada.

  • @Etatdesiege1979
    @Etatdesiege1979 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Here you are listening to an intellectual and an art critic at his best.

  • @y2biz
    @y2biz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bowie's ability to unearth and discover amazing bands/musicians regardless of genre throughout his own career was without parallel.

  • @andreamaronn4510
    @andreamaronn4510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Black Francis scratching his head, wondering how the f#&* he's gonna frame this to put on a wall. But JC, what an honour!!!

    • @jerkchickenblog
      @jerkchickenblog 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh, he knew. this had already been said directly by then.

  • @Falconlibrary
    @Falconlibrary 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One life was not enough to contain and fulfill all that was David Bowie.

  • @sfshinz
    @sfshinz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Bowie's a clever sod, innit?

    • @tuanjim799
      @tuanjim799 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +sfshinz Innit. In it. Outtit. Onnit.

    • @GBH001
      @GBH001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +sfshinz yes he is, i love his articulation and ideas on a band that I love. If someone asks why do you love the pixies its just a feeling you get, an anticpation and then an eruption - its hard to put in words, not for Bowie though who disects them like a biology professor :-)

    • @MrMisfits83
      @MrMisfits83 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The person that made this phrase is a bit mad, innit?

    • @randomanimallover3196
      @randomanimallover3196 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There ain't half been some clever bastards...

    • @FergalNash
      @FergalNash 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you seen the interview he did with BBC Newsnight around ,99, talking about how the internet was going to change the world, to a bemused presenter. Well worth a watch it's defo on here somewhere.

  • @pablocanorubio6709
    @pablocanorubio6709 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the greatest talking about one of the greatest music's group....we miss you Bowie....

  • @Bi_scotti_5
    @Bi_scotti_5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Are there any more interviews like this where he talks about bands? I've always been interested in music Bowie likes

  • @imaginimage6207
    @imaginimage6207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    bowie was the ultimate in groundbreaking music and style.no one could top his career. he knew who else is.

  • @michaelburk9171
    @michaelburk9171 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Getting that sort of compliment from Bowie is better than winning Grammies.
    Didn't Kurt Cobain explain nirvana's sound by saying "we were just trying to rip off the Pixies'?

  • @blobboflava
    @blobboflava 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bowie is a great and diverse artist. His music is so diverse and how he speaks in appreciation of two of the best bands of the 90s. You rock, Bowie.

  • @redsails2008
    @redsails2008  15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is all there is, there is only one word missing from the end he says "....a band just like that". That 's how it ends, but when I uploaded it here the last word disappeared!

  • @stepheniealexander6617
    @stepheniealexander6617 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love what he had to say! I so miss the man who truly knew his music! God rest your soul my friend😇

  • @Burgmannn
    @Burgmannn ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine hearing Bowie talk about your band like this. I'd have to call my doctor bc that erection will last about 700 hours.

  • @sf5823
    @sf5823 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss Bowie so much, really miss his intelligent and humorous commentary. He had such a wonderful sense of humour, he definitely left a legacy! I've never wanted to admit to being anyone's fan but the truth is he was my music hero!

  • @figgettit
    @figgettit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    jeez. who needs a reason to live on after receiving such praise.

  • @jackienegretebenton2404
    @jackienegretebenton2404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God I love how eloquently Bowie talks about rock and music. It’s so sexy. Also, I can’t help but agree. The Pixies and Velvet Underground are two of the greatest bands to ever grace us with their music.

  • @halifaxverbeck7098
    @halifaxverbeck7098 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i hope I age like David Bowie and always stay cool and youthful.

  • @Danzxox
    @Danzxox 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    David Bowie has such a knack for musical dynamics

  • @alias434
    @alias434 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    bowies word is the law

  • @agustinmotaduval3186
    @agustinmotaduval3186 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    David Bowie talking about your band is such an honor

  • @LiamGardner
    @LiamGardner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We all miss him and long for his music... but his flawless intellect when it comes to describing or critiquing something is simply mindblowing.

  • @thegirlinquestion
    @thegirlinquestion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    one of my favourite bowie looks, as well as the blonde hair

  • @Humanshieldchorus00
    @Humanshieldchorus00 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love the term 'mass of screaming flesh'
    Could you make the B in Bowie a capital please?

  • @Gotanewcaseofcrabs
    @Gotanewcaseofcrabs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This just makes me love the man even more, rip David 💚💚💚💚

  • @makemarker
    @makemarker 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Bowie was actually a good looking guy in a non gay way to me. I just love people who have a flawless expression.

    • @carloanthony8736
      @carloanthony8736 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      it's usually 9 year old boys who have to point out that they're not gay. hey, we can pay anybody we like a compliment without others assuming anything :)

    • @makemarker
      @makemarker 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Carlo Anthony can one not write anything online without it becoming an issue

    • @carloanthony8736
      @carloanthony8736 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sorry mate

    • @Marchoupi
      @Marchoupi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sure Carlo just wanted to have a little fun that's all. And I find Bowie original and good looking ( those crazy eyes of his) he will be missed

    • @plasticbudgie
      @plasticbudgie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he actually was more attractive with his crooked teeth, just my opinion, Eye of the beholder all that.

  • @vidgamarr5126
    @vidgamarr5126 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pixies would actually be best described as a "psychotic Beatles" at least to me, Bowie really nailed it right there.