Took me a little while to get to this one, a movie documenting The Pixies 2004 reunion tour. The whole thing has this pervasive sadness...sad on the bus, quiet before shows, the drummer drinking after his dad dies. The music numbers just aren't fun when they come on. I'm a big fan of The Pixies and saw them on this tour, at what I think was the last show, and it was pretty fun, though we were way in the back up in the 3rd balcony, which isn't really the best way to see a band. Regardless, I felt a lot more joy on the stage than you see throughout this whole film...seems like they edited it to be a more dramatic "film" than a concert movie, at it sucks the life out of it.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
LOUD QUIET LOUD: A FILM ABOUT THE PIXIES
Took me a little while to get to this one, a movie documenting The Pixies 2004 reunion tour. The whole thing has this pervasive sadness...sad on the bus, quiet before shows, the drummer drinking after his dad dies. The music numbers just aren't fun when they come on. I'm a big fan of The Pixies and saw them on this tour, at what I think was the last show, and it was pretty fun, though we were way in the back up in the 3rd balcony, which isn't really the best way to see a band. Regardless, I felt a lot more joy on the stage than you see throughout this whole film...seems like they edited it to be a more dramatic "film" than a concert movie, at it sucks the life out of it.
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