Surfer Rosa, a poll

hard, but the answer is "im amazed"

"Oh My Golly!". I technically could listen to "Bone Machine" more often, and it's the first Pixies song I ever heard properly... but "Oh My Golly!" is exhilaration on tape.

yeah, oh my golly is my 2nd choice

I'm torn between "Gigantic," probably my favorite song, and "Bone Machine," which makes me insanely happy every time I hear the intro.

i think im one of the only ones who hate Gigantic

gigantic... oh my golly!... i voted for Cactus.

I went for "Oh My Golly!" too so I'm happy to see it getting love here but I'm still sure something tediously obvious will win.

like wher is my mind?

Does anyone else prefer the single version of Gigantic to the album version? I like the more clipped bass playing.

Looking at the tracklist, I'd forgotten what a good album this is.

River Euphrates hands down!

I voted for "Gigantic". I like this album but if there were a couple more songs with these kinds of pop hooks (or Kim Deal lead vocals) I'd love it.

Gigantic easy

I'm a Brick Is Red man, myself. I love it's succinct beauty but at the same time always get disappointed that it's not longer. You feel that the song could have really took off, but they leave you wanting more.

Vamos and Bone Machine come in at 2nd and 3rd.

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My thoughts entirely. Special mention also to Break My Body.

"river euphrates" with "break my body" as close runner up

and i always preferred "where is my mind" to "gigantic" of the 2 big pop songs on here

crazy tough, so I went with "Tony's Theme" for sentimental reasons

Gigantic, easy. But then, I also think the Breeders' Pod is vastly superior to anything the Pixies did, so what do I know.

Bossanova is my favorite Pixies, " " " " "

Bossanova is my favorite Pixies - yes!!

the Breeders' Pod is!! =P

Since it doesn't seem to have been mentioned anywhere else on ILM, this seems as good a place as any to say that Hanne Hukkelberg's cover of Break My Body is damn awesome.

Almost went for "Oh My Golly!" but switched to "Vamos" at the last second. "If we get bored....we'll move to cALiForNIAA!" A lot of things could have won this for me really. "Gigantic" obv.

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Has anybody else heard this years Rykestrasse 68? It's my favourite album of songs this year. Even the Pixies cover is a good idea.

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River Euphrates - it must be.

river euphrates

Yes, River Euphrates, though I'm much fonder of Trompe Le Monde in general.

The mini-suite of "Tony's Theme", "O My Golly" and "Vamos" is my favourite stretch of songs here; but for individual songs I gotta go with "Gigantic".

I'm voting for the "You fuckin' DIE!!" bit. I really don't care for this album very much.

Break My Body.

Gigantic is overrated.

Oh crap I can't decide. Maybe Vamos, maybe Broken Face. The album's such a time capsule for me: it immediately conjures up final year high school and my first boyfriend (whos name was Tony and whos mom was Rosa, which amused us when it came out). Funny thing is I dont get anywhere near as much out of it now as I did then. Just nostalgia.

Bone Machine. One of the best opening songs ever.

It was between "Bone Machine" and "Broken Face" for me - went with the later. Pretty much a coin flip.

Break my body, hold my bones.

Gigantic is overrated.

by people who like it? statements like this make no sense.

statements like this make no sense.

OTM. :-)

BM

Perhaps I should have spelled that out fully.

River Euphrates is picking up some votes i see :-) nice

i enjoy gigantic a lot but not as much as some of y'alls

"Gigantic" still sends me.

i love love love the beginning of whatever it is when kim is doing her bit

"there were rumors... there were rumors

he was into field hockey players..."

cracks me the fuck up every time

that's Tony's Theme.

actually it looks like it's "I'm Amazed"

kim speaks before Tony's Theme starts too

Oh sh* - yeah, you're right. It's I'm Amazed.

maybe Vamos, maybe Broken Face

yup. going with vamos.

hmmmm, despite it's inclusion on the Fight Club soundtrack and it's subsequent ubiquitousness (As if it wasn't played to death already), I'm going with "Where is My Mind?"

But really, give me Doolittle or Come on Pilgrim any day of the week.

(River Euphrates and Vamos are definitely contenders though)

figured "gigantic" would walk this so i went w/ "oh my golly!"

i listened to only this album for about three weeks in HS. fact!

i do that with albums a lot

Gigantic = easily the most boring track. Think I'm going to go with I'm Amazed too.

River Euphrates, natch.

I almost went with Bone Machine, but chose Something Against You.

Gigantic is overrated.

by people who like it? statements like this make no sense.

How exactly does that not make sense? I think it's overpraised. It's a good track, but not the best on the album. Don't think I'm being vague.

I voted for Vamos after some thought. I like that it is so much longer than the rest of the album, for one thing, it wigs out a little.

I just remembered this time I was sitting outside the JB HiFi in Prahran (shhh Jim) and these two young guys, maybe 18 or so, came out holding some cds, one guy showing the other what he'd bought. The other guy asked "whos this?" and pointed at his copy of Surfer Rosa. "this is the Pixies man, they were a really influential 80s rock band! Theyre awesome apparently".

Other guy looks at cover of CD contemplatively and then says "hey man, she has her tits out on the cover. AWESOME!".

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I don't even remember what song I voted for, this is so difficult.

c a c t u s

I'm Amazed... for sentimental reasons.

Gigantic AND River Euphrates are much better on the single. It has to be BONE MACHINE.

"Where Is My Mind?" 'Cause I often find myself asking that very question...these days.

gotta go with vamos. it still sounds fresh to me and the noisy guitar bits are still out there.

I've always been simultaneously a little disappointed but also pretty glad they didn't do something like this for the Come On Pilgrim/Surfer Rosa combined CD cover.

http://i4.tinypic.com/7w571om.jpg

"Something Against You"
Endless energy in this song

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hmmmm

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Bone machine rocks it