"Not many people bought a Pixies album. But the ones who did started their own band."

There would be no Nirvana without Pixies. Kurt said he tried to write a Pixies song, when he wrote "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Pixies are proof that some bands need to be seen to be appreciated. The energy coming from the stage is amazing.

Pixes are a hugely influential band, so many great interesting songs. If you want more eyeballs, there's a great song called "Debaser" :) Their most well known might be "Where Is My Mind?" from the Fight Club soundtrack

Here Comes Your Man, Velouria, Gigantic, Wave of Mutilation, Head On, Where Is My Mind?, Alec Eiffel, and Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons are some of my favorite songs by the Pixies.

One of the greatest bands! Cactus is a must hear from their Surfer Rosa album and where is my mind. Also anything from the Doolittle album

Yes, do more Pixies! "Gouge Away" is definitely an abbreviated, best-ever musical retelling of the Bible's story of Samson and Delilah ( _Judges_ chapter 16). Try "Tenement Song", "Silver Bullet", "Head Carrier", "Brick Is Red".

Your mind can go many directions trying to figure out his lyrics.

LOVE how the lead singer starts out chill, lets loose and then brings it back...subdued 💗

Nice choice! This looks like a recent performance since Black Francis (the singer) looks middle aged. It's not bad at all, but his voice is not what it used to be (no disrespect). I suggest reacting to the studio versions or live version from the 80s/early 90s to hear them at their best. Maybe "Gigantic" (which was sung by their bassist, Kim Deal) or "Debaser." Speaking of Kim Deal, try reacting to her band The Breeders. Their songs "Cannonball" or "Divine Hammer" or "Do You Love Me Now" would be good places to start. They were more pop, but still plenty weird (in a good way.)

The Pixies are one of my favorite bands. Most of their songs follow the pattern of soft hard soft. The lead singer has some solo albums out either as Frank Black or Frank Black and the Catholics. The bass player's sister has a good band called The Breeders. Their most well-known song is "Cannon Ball". My favorite Pixies songs are "Monkey Gone to Heaven", "Motorway to Roswell" (about the UFO crash in Roswell,NM), and "Eiffel Tower". Definitely play these songs!

The lyrics to the song are a retelling of the Samson and Delilah biblical story. Samson was a mighty Israelite whom the Romans feared in combat. To subdue him, they had Delilah seduce him and find out the source of his strength. She finds that his hair is the source of his strength and cuts it in his sleep. The Romans then swarm in and subdue him. They blind him bu gouging his eyes out. They turn him into a slave where he is forced to serve the Romans in the great temple. His hair grows back. In the middle of a party, he places himself between the two central pillars holding up the temple. He uses his re-found strength to break the pillars and kill himself and all the other party guests.

You have to listen to "Here Comes Your Man" and "Monkey Gone To Heaven"

The last verse is abOut Samson and Delilah. He is chained to the pillars. His last act is to pull the pillars down causing the building to collapse killing everyone.

I was given this cassette "Doolittle" in 1992 for my 11th birthday from my older cousin. She gave me all kinds of cool punk rock tapes when I was little. This remains one of my favorite albums of all time!

You gotta ease your way into the pixies. But after you do this live version of gouge away is a masterpiece

I remember in college in 1989 my roommate bought the Surfer Rosa Come on Pilgram double CD and didn’t like it and was going to return it. I said hell no I will pay you for it. It was awesome

Bruh epic Hey Debaser Where is my mind? All over the world Here comes your man Just some classics 😎😏

The alarming part about seeing your favorite bands from your youth hit the stage 30-some years later is you first think "damn, they're getting old" -- and then you realize "oh shit, that means I'M getting old too."

'Vamos' is my favorite track (from my favorite all-around band!)

Yessss! India thank you for getting into this band. I love how you found the Samson link in the lyrics. I've never thought of that but once you pointed it out that is very apparent now. And I've loved this track for going-on decades ! PLEASE REACT TO "WHERE IS MY MIND" ... You may recognize it (I think it is in a video game or movie or something where younger peeps seam to already know that one)

Ur ability to read the story in a song is crazy good you understand the metaphors so easily that’s a gift

one of the most influencial alternative bands ever with alot of offshoots. belly, the breeders, etc. saw them a couple years ago. did a 2 hr set without saying a word

Okay Mama listen, the Pixies is one of my favorite bands. You cannot be exposed to this Pixies watching gouge away live. It is not a proper representation. Please give them another chance! Maybe try, Here Comes Your Man.

Seen Pixies many times over the years, amazing live.

Yeah, no. It's zero hatred. He's basically saying, "Take a piece of me, I don't care. Gouge away..."

This has got to be the 3rd time I've watched this and wosh I could "like" it every time ✌

Great band. Also check out "Here Comes Your Man", "Gigantic", "Debaser", or "Motorway to Roswell".

Pixies are one of my favourite bands. You started off with a pretty heavy one there. Would be good to do Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone To Heaven, or Gigantic to get yourself into their sound. Great reactions :)

I love this song, thanks for your reaction‼️🔥

I been hearing this song for a while (different versions)... and by FAR! this is the best of them.

My of my top bands of aaall time, bar none! This entire album "Doolittle" is there banner collection. not a bad track to be heard. Thanks for doing this.

Out of all of the Pixies songs, who told her to listen to Gouge Away?... and live? ... and WITHOUT Kim Deal?

I would have chosen 20 Pixies songs over this - Hey! would have been a great introduction

I’m going to see them live as a friend had a spare ticket but I have no clue about them so thanks for the review!

Now your really diving in!

The Pixies started the "loud-quiet-loud" dynamic in hard rock that influenced a lot of future bands like Nirvana.

FYI the original bassist of the pixies (Kim Deal) is The lead singer of her own band “the Breeders” along with her twin sister and some other notable musicians.

this band is legendary .

Hey and Debaser are two of the greatest Pixies songs ever. That is all.

FIRST!! Great reaction India

The Pixies created a sound that became popularized in the early 90's and had no name until a music reported called it Grunge, famously about the band Nirvana. The Pixies in fact created this new sounds that had influenced, perhaps in part was even copied by, the Grunge bands that would come during the Grunge wave, including Nirvana, whose singer Kurt Cobain had admitted, being a giant Pixies fan, that he was trying to copy them.

Everyone and everything comes back to Pixies.

India... I'm a big fan of your video reactions, from Mexico. Please react to a great band called Concrete Blonde. They used to play in the streets of Los Angeles and they became kind of famous with their album "Bloodletting" and their song JOEY. It would be nice if you had the time to react to that song. Love you girl!

I was lucky enough to see the Pixies in 1988. I almost didn't go, because I was so poor, but by chance encountered Frank Black's (the singer's) brother and a friend looking for the place on the way, took them there, so Kim Deal took me in for nothing. Nice. This song is such a subtle, simple, but monstrous builder, and such a story of humanity, destroyed but kind of redeemed in resistance, underneath it.

way i see it is like being with someone who's taking all your time, all your energy and isnt giving you much in return but you let them do it because youre so in love with them

The sound was so new I had to listen to the first Pixies album about five times in a row before I figured out I REALLY liked their sound. To this day I still don't know the lyrics, and don't really care 😀

The Pixies are one of the all time greats, but as much as I love this song, it's not the best version I've ever heard :) I was really suprised how damn good their latest album Beneath The Eyrie is though, try reacting to Long Rider, or Catfish Kate from that, instant Pixie classics.

Finally!!! I love THE PIXIES!!!?

God, I could fall for this beauty...I'd love to share the world in her eyes, especially some place like an art museum the Smithsonian's in DC. The lead singer of the Pixies grew up somewhere obsessed with religion. This is but one of his angsty tunes about it

The Pixies. Iconic. Sound defining. Still touring and kicking a**!!! (Well precovid anyway...)

Btw. Can't wait for you to start reacting to Tears for Fears! Maybe "Head Over Heels" or "Shout?" (You can always listen to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," too I guess but it's sort of overrated.)

One of my top five songs of one of my top five bands.

masterpiece

Pixies - Where is my Mind?, Wave of Mutilation, Something Against You, Ana, Gigantic, Isla De Encanta, Caribou, There Goes my Gun, Debaser, Dig for Fire, Blown Away, Alec Eiffel, Nimrod's Son...

Quite possibly one of the most important punk rock bands ever You check the album that song comes from " dolittle" enjoy!

It’s Samson & Delilah!!! Gouging his eyes out!!!!

If you like the Pixies, check out "Cannonball" by The Breeders. Some kids from the School of Rock also do a great cover.

i love your baby groots!

A true can appreciate this but the actual song hits differently.

Gouge away is based on the biblical story of Samson. He had herculean strength. The people plotted how to kill him. He married a woman that was loyal to the Philistines. She plotted with them to ensnare Samson. But by reason of his superhuman strength, they could never best him. So they convinced his wife to persuade Samson to betray his secret. The truth was , his strength came from being a Nazarite, never to drink Alcohol or to cut his hair. He told his wife after several attempts to betray him, what the secret to his strength was. His 7 locks of hair. When his wife found out the secret, she waited until Samson fell asleep and cut his hair off. He lost all his powers. His enemies captured him and gouged out his eyes, then chained him to the two main pillars holding uo the entire building. He prayed to God to give him the strength, one last time, to destroy his enemies, then he collapsed the pillars and killed several thousand people who were gathered inside the building. Epic story.

Another great Pixies song is DIgging for Fire. There are so many great Pixies songs, another being I think you'd like the lyrics of both songs. The first , about looking for treasure deep inside yourself, not worldly, and the second , a fantasy tale about a man seduced by an alien woman while hiking on Shasta mountain in California , as told by the main character.

My favourite pixies track, amazing

Hope you check out more Pixies. Very influential band..Plenty of great songs in the comments.

Best Live version of this song, EVER!!

Please do more Pixies, one of the most influential groups of all time!

Like all the other truly great things in life, Pixies are an acquired taste.

The Pixies are one of the greatest.

Okaaay, Guess you had to be there.

Try out lenny Kravitz are you gonna go my way, believe, ain't over till it's over Or Weezer buddy holly, say it ain't so, hash pipe

One of the greatest groups ever.

If you're a student of music - you should listen to Doolittle in its entirety (a couple of times). They have influenced so many musicians that you wouldn't believe. I remember hearing that the Breeder's Last Splash (Kim Deal's band) sold more copies than all of the Pixies albums combined but if you ask anyone who influenced alternative music in the 90's, the Pixies is a hard one to beat.

Chuck Norris listened to the pixies, whilst the song is about Samson and Delilah I also believe there is a slight reference to heroin because gouging is what you do after you have banged up but I’m not 100% sure about that awesome song I have probably listened to it hundreds of times

With holy fingers ✊

Pixies lyrics talks about space, aliens or child abuse, rape, etc...

This song is sooo good that I want to vomit. ;)

Pixies rock!!!

I think you'd really like A Perfect Circle - Passive and their cover of Imagine.

Fantastic Band!!! check Rock Music by them, also a top song

HEY by the pixies is a great tune also probabley there most well known tune would have to be where is my mind. However gouch away and hey are probably ny 2 fav tunes by pixies but where is my mind is defo therd biggest tune and the music is alittle less aggressive

Black Francis (singer and songwriter) starts by referring to an even when he was a child and a religious person at his church tried to molest him. Then he shifts into the story of Samson from the Bible. The anger and hatred translates from one story to the other. This is an extremely visceral song and although you can "analyze" it it really is meant to be felt. And when I listen to it I feel it deep.

Samson chained to the pillars

More Pixies!!! Tame Dead Bone Machine Debaser (if u want more f'n w eyes)

Pixies. Nice! P.S. Don't hurt yourself.

Pixies it probably the best band ever

You should check out their song The Happening.

the lyrics are at least in part a reference to Sampson and Delilah, if I remember correctly

It is the story of Samson and Delilah.

I own every Pixies cd

lol

I believe he was a smoker and was allowing a needle user to gouge away in his home.

You need another version of this song, earlier, with Kim Deal.

I love pixies! I recommend Debaser!

LOL . Didnt like it huh :)

More Pixies!!

You gotta react to Cactus 🌵 🤪

This is such a different version, what a pale comparison. Like comparing an inferno forest fire to a tidal wave tsunami both amazing but yeah 🌩

Its the bible story of Sampson and Deliah....

Epic brilliant fuckin fantastic

Austria is with u, peace out, try nightwish, ghost love score live at wacken, the nightwish army will follow you 🤟❤️🤟 peace love and unity like bob sayed 🙏