🎵 Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven REACTION 

I friggin love Brad's Pixies reactions. He thinks doesn't get it....but he sees the humor, which means he totally gets it

Of all bands for Brad to like, I would have never predicted The Pixies. Doolittle is a top five album for me.

Their guitars sound a lot like Nirvana, because Kurt Cobain said he wanted a band that sounded like the Pixies. 😊 This song (and the album it's on) inspired Cobain and a lot of other grunge and rock music that followed. They were/are so influential!

"Rock Me Joe", Joe proceeds with one of the most underwhelming yet magnificent solos in history. Pixies Rule!

For those of you that don't know, this song was made in 1988. It's 80s alternative rock leading to the 90s alternative rock that we've come to love.

I love it when Brad cracks up. Pixies are definitely a vibe for him!

"Their guitar kind of sounds like Nirvana". Lex has a very good understanding of music. Very close, if there was no Pixies their probably wouldn't have been a Nirvana as we know them. Curt credited The Pixies with their sound. David Bowie said that The Pixies were one of the most important bands in generations.

Pixies are one of those bands that made people change the way they thought music could sound like. Please do Gouge Away.

Lex's Pixies imitation of "If the Devil is 6, then God is 7" was spot on and hilarious .. Love it !!! ❤

The guitar in this song doesn't sound like Nirvana. Nirvana's guitar sounds like Pixies. You don't get more influential in the alternative genre than Pixies.

The pixies are like that. It doesn't make any sense at all usually, but you still want to listen to it. The guitar parts and strings in the background are pretty intricate in this song too.

I'm laughing watching Brad laughing. It's a proper reaction to the lyrics.

Never in all of music would you find somone willing to scream THEN GOD IS SEVEN with such unhinged passion and intensity. lol. Such a bizarre song and so awesome.

I feel like this song deserves some cultural context, back in the day when I was a kid in the 80's and even for quite a while before that New York and New Jersey used to dump all our trash in the ocean just huge heaping barges all day every day so that explains that part. Also there used to be a hole in the sky, we had a massive hole in the ozone layer that would pass over South America and by all reports when the hole was passing over things got so hot people were hallucinating.

I love that Brad loves the Pixies. Talk about unpredictable.

The alternative and indie stream was so fun and diverse. Need to do it again later on. Pixies influenced a lot of bands in '90s and '00s, including Nirvana. Brad loves Pixies! So cool 😎 Sonic Youth is going to rub off on him later, too. Also an influence on Nirvana. They were under the same record label Sub Pop Records and toured together on concerts. These groups were punk rock inspired and good bass guitars. Pixies is like surf punk. Brad next Pixies video to see is "Gouge Away"! Also "Gigantic", "Caribou", "Debaser", "Alec Eiffel", "Velouria", "No 13 Baby". Look more into The Breeders, too. Kim Deal's 2nd group during the '90s. Shes the bass guitar player and backup singer for Pixies. All these groups were big on college radio and alternative radio stations back then late '80s, early '90s. MTV videos on alternative music shows. Music like this became mainstream later on during the '90s and '00s.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were my favorites in that era

This band, The Replacements, and Dinosaur Jr. had so much influence on the 90's.

Pixies, yeesss!! Give us more Pixies, please!! Debaser, Gigantic, Gouge Away, Hang Wire, Caribou, Levitate Me, Velouria, Mr Grieves, Wave of Mutilation, Dead, Vamos, Here Comes Your Man ... so many great songs.

Dang! Pixies and Jane"s Addiction on the same day. Y'all are on 🔥!

One of the greatest bassists of all time, the angelic Kim Deal...

Critics and musicians LOVED the Pixies. The masses not so much. They had a small but incredibly devoted following (including me). I counted myself lucky to be living in Boston in the late 80s and early 90s enjoying an incredible local music scene that included the Pixies.

The greatest rock band of that era. So much great music came from the 4AD label...

Brad, your newfound appreciation of the Pixies is really making my day! I love your reaction as you are realizing how fun and nonsensical good alternative music can be. It doesn't have to make sense, just get you moving in body and mind. I bet you'll think about this one for a long time.

Everything from the Pixies is gold. Lead singer Frank Black and bassit/vox Kim Deal (The Breeders) have great songs to check out on off-shoot projects as well. Check out Frank Black's "Los Angeles" or "Czar" and The Breeders' "Saints" or "Divine Hammer."

Man you are gonna love like 90% of their music lmao - been listening to the same 5 albums from them for 30 years and haven't gotten bored with it.

Love the Pixies. Went to a Frank Black concert and developed tinnitus, worth it, ok it wasn’t worth it but that shit was loud.

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

The Pixies "Gigantic" was their banger in 1988. Their Surfer Rosa album was glued to my turn table for half of that year.

Gouge Away, No 13 Baby, River Euphrates are just a few I’d recommend. These guys are legends.

This was on the alternative/indie stream the other night. Pixies were a great band. Basically early grunge here. lol It's a slowed down punk rock style music with sludgy guitars, surf punk. It's post-punk, which usually also has a funky distinct bass guitar beat. Guess who Nirvana modeled themselves after? Pixies and many of the underground band back then. Nirvana was once underground, too until they hit it big in the early '90s. Many of these kinds of bands weren't well known in the mainstream ('80s) unless you listened to college radio, alternative radio stations (DJs were/are hip, young college students, lots of freedom/individuality, experimental, also bands self promoted to the radio stations and on campuses) and if you stayed up late at night to watch MTV music videos on 2 hour programs like 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation during the '80s and '90s, which showed groups like these. Also Cutting Edge program ('80s) on MTV. Or through zines , underground circulations and magazines. Or through word of mouth, hanging out with friends at record stores, college music rooms, , concerts/touring, networking, video shoots, DIY mantra, played in smaller venues/underground clubs, grew fan base, promoted cassettes/CDs, posters, t-shirts. College radio and alt radio stations plays lots of non mainstream stuff. During the '70s, '80s, early '90s, you would hear new wave, punk, alt rock, indie rock, early hip hop and reggae on these stations, these genres were mostly underground back then. Many of these artists were under smaller record labels and independent labels. Indie basically means independent. Most of their music sounded very different (its very experimental and fusions) from mainstream and popular music or bands under large record labels, corporate/commercial music. .Also were alternative label came from, meaning non mainstream. Back then it was usually called 'Modern" music or modern rock. Remember, during most of these years, technology and social media wasn't as the way it is now.. When the late '80s, early '90s came around. The radio and MTV was bombarded by hair rock/metal (most of them were mainly blues based hard rock) during the '80s, was growing bland and non original by the early '90s. That's when the huge alternative rock, along with hip hop, punk/grunge, exploded into mainstream. Bands like Pixies, Sonic Youth, REM, early U2, Dinosaur JR, Husker Du, 10000 Maniacs, The Smithereens, early RHCP The Smiths, , etc helped pave the way during the '80s and early '90s. All once college radio stars , started to become mainstream, some went on to bigger record labels. . Hair bands kind of faded away into the background by the mid/late '90s. Many still tour, but itsnt the same as it was during the '80s. While alternative music has been pretty mainstream after all of these years since then. There are still college radio stations, BTW. Same thing, they play lots of mainstream stuff and that includes modern day non mainstream music. For Pixies they lasted from the mid '80s til the early '90s. They recently reunited a few years ago. I recommend to check out "Gouge Away", " Debaser", "Alec Eiffel" , "No 13 Baby", "Gigantic, and " Velouria" next, with the videos. Also check out more of The Breeders . After Pixies broke up during the '90s. Kim Deal (Pixies bassist and co-singer), she formed her own group, they were around from the '90s - early '00s. Check out "Saints", "Safari", Divine Hammer", "Son of Three". Nirvana was also influenced a lot by Sonic Youth, they were record label mate (Sup Pop) and toured on concerts together. Check out more of Sonic Youth . Videos like "Dirty Boots" and "Teen Age Riot". BTW, that was awesome stream that you 2 did last week, Alternative/Indie stream. Fun stream that went well. Keep those coming!

"When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected w/ that band so heavily I should have been with that band or at least in a Pixies cover band." - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

Love Brad's reaction and Lex's "dad jokes are unpredictable" comment too! This is what Pixies do to you!

Loud quiet loud. That is the Pixies dynamic.

First of all, this video got the line wrong, it's not an "...underwater guy", it's an "...underwater god" Poseidon was killed by ten million pounds of sludge from New York and New Jersey. The whole in the sky is the Ozone hole. The song is about mans negative effect on the environment. Pixies songs all have understandable meanings, the lyrics are just presented in an abstract manner.

The Pixies were one of many bands influenced by the Modern Lovers (Jonathan Richman is a genius). You should do a few reaction vids to Modern Lovers tracks like "Pablo Picasso" and others off their debut album. It was produced by John Cale of the Velvet Underground and set the stage for much of the musical sensibilities of the punk & new wave of the 70s into the 80s. They were the crown jewel of the Boston music scene of the early 70s. Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads & David Robinson of the Cars were in the band.

Pixies are classic alternative rock. If you saw the movie Fight Club the Pixies were singing the ending song with Tyler and Marla Singer. "Where is my mind." I always liked "Here comes your Man."

I first heard this song many years ago and turned it off half way through thinking what the crap lol.. years later i love it, it shows that you shouldn't always take the lyrics to seriously over the music. I love this song now.

You are now officially in the Pixies rabbit hole. Three songs in now you have to go all the way. They are the reason for Nirvana and the whole grunge scene. Check out their other songs: Here Comes Your Man, Debaser, Motorway to Roswell, Alec Eiffel, Letter to Memphis, Wave of Mutilation, Bone Machine, La La I Love You, Gigantic

Pixies are one of those bands like the Beatles. You really have to listen to their whole catalogue to appreciate their greatness and influence on rock music. Probably the most influential band of the last 30 years.

This is one of those songs that you randomly are taking out the trash or walking through a Casino .. talking to a customer at work and it’ll come to you like “ This Monkey’s going to Heaven “ ❤️ even if you were listening to another song Jogging 🏃‍♂️.. it comes to you 😂

Lex hit the point. Nirvana started out as a Pixies cover group, a little known fact.

i love pixies. one of the few bands i love equally as faith no more and mr.bungle. this band is so energetic and raw, and crazy. frank black abstract lyrics are fun and so interesting to hear and even guessing what hes says is fun when not reading. lol

Believe it or not: Next to the Beatles, the Pixies are the most influential band of all time. (And yes, they're very fun/funny)

When "Nevermind" came out Black Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson congratulated Nirvana on their "fine Pixies album." LOUD-quiet-LOUD was an effective approach for the right bands.

It took me years to get this band but I kept listening and once you get it... Oh my golly!

whoever is curating your 90s alt rock is doing a great job-maybe a little dino jr? in the future

Brad loves Pixies, me too, they are so original, atemporal and different...

"I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it.” Kurt Cobain.

You should listen to their song ‘Gigantic’. It’s one of my favorite Pixies songs. I think. B-Rad will dig it. I also think he’ll like the lyrics from their song ‘I’ve Been Tired’, since he likes the randomness of their lyrics.

Pixies are awesome. This song is great poetry.

NOTHING BEATS '80s-'90s GRUNGE-ALT!!! No matter how much music I listen to, old & new, no matter the variety that I listen to, no matter that I listen to metal more than anything else - at my foundation will ALWAYS be '80s-'90s grunge-alternative, and every single time I listen to one of these songs I'm grinning ear to ear as I'm reminded of that. One of these days I'll grab a guitar again and write my own awful takes on everyone's favorite era of depressing, emotional, drug riddled, sarcastic, self-deprecating, musically phenomenal rock... On the topic of sarcastic yet phenomenal music, The Pixies are essentially in a kind of place like Primus - they challenge you to take music that's this superbly crafted & performed(with extreme technical wankery in the case of Primus) seriously, with those lyrics woven into the instruments. I'll put Clutch in that realm as well, not that any of the 3 sound similar, but rather that they are such incredible musicians with equally incredible senses of humor(I think I plural'd that right?). I know there's a few more examples of this too...

Truly adorable and satisfying to see Brad chuckle in pure joy. ♥️ Y’all make me happy. Thank you.

All their first three albums are a must to listen from beginning to end.

This is my favorite Pixies song. I regret nothing.

When we were getting forced bad hair bands in our ears and eyes from radio and TV. . This was the alternative we had back in the late '80s and others like Pixies, REM, RHCP, Sonic Youth, Janes Addiction, B-52s, or other punk, new wave, R&B/funk, and early hip hop and some pop. We liked this. Then the alternative rock and hip hop became popular mainstream in the '90s, we needed that!

That song is a work of art.

Doolittle is one of the greatest albums of all time.

The Pixies get into your brain and tickle it. It's like how the odd delivery of Cake's singer gets in there and just kills your expectations.

You nailed it.! Pixies are so unpredictable and they have an amazing rad sound! And Lex said the guitars sounded like Nirvana, and Kurt Cobain loved them ! Good ear! I'm glad you discovered this awesome band!

I still shout Rock me Joe before any lead guitar solo. I love the Pixies, the lyrics are always interesting and slightly out of leftfield. You need to listen to Gigantic, which has Kim Deal singing on it rather than Frank Black. Apparently and I may have been mislead but Gigantic is a tribute to a liaison Kim had with a gentleman of colour.

Classic song from a classic album

When Brad doesn’t get it, he gets it. Don’t try to understand the Pixies. It doesn’t matter

Y’all want weird and random, check out violent femmes. My absolute fav VF’s songs are Add It Up & Kiss Off. Honorable mention is Country Death Song. When I was a teenager I had a cool friend who had a bunch of pre-grunge music like Violent Femmes & Pixies. He also got me into riot grl bands like Bikini Kill & Sleeter Kinney. But my fav weird music is probably ween. They’re just such an interesting mix of beautiful & melodic & weird as fck. Like Baby Btch is a perfect example. It’s melodically pretty but also weird. The Mollusk is a nautical themed album and had one of my all time fav Ween songs on it, mutilated lips. Another beautiful song with fcked up lyrics. Also Banana and blow is another good example of their style. They’re just such a great band.

Going to alternative night in the 90's clubs was so much fun! Good times!!!

Hearing The Pixies in the late 1980s felt like finding water in the desert. So much pop garbage besides REM, XTC, New Order, The Pixies were a breath of fresh air. Your welcome Nirvana.

If you think this is wierd, can't wait to see you hearing "Bone Machine", "Vamos" or "Indie Cindy".

Frank black is what a real rock star looks like

Looking forward to the next alt/indie stream (hopefully with some indie next time around). Edit: "Their guitars sound like kinda like Nirvana." The Pixies were a HUGE influence on Nirvana, and therefore Grunge as a genre.

Cobain said he was a huge pixies fan and "..teen spirit" was his blatant attempt to write a pixies song.

This brings me back to high school so hard. While I have listened to all the Pixies albums countless times, Doolittle is always my favorite.

I highly recommend Frank's solo album called 'Devil's Workshop.' Very catchy tunes.

I love the PIXIES. Back in the day when they came out I was playing in a heavy rock band but, I would wear my PIXIES shirt. People would look at me like I was an idiot but I wore it proudly. They are such a unique band. Check out the song VELORIA or ALEC EFFIEL or hell, I've got so many suggestions.

“ The Guitar sounds like Nirvana “ Kurt said when he started Nirvana he wanted it to be a Pixies band 😂 Nirvana was extremely highly influenced by the Pixies 🔥

Aaaah, finalyyyyyyy Piiiiiixxxxiiiiiies!!! More! Gouge away!!!

Ohhhhhhhhhh! this is what Bloodhoung Gang were playing on in The Roof is On Fire when he goes ' This honky's gone to heaven'

One of the all-time great bands! Doolittle's a classic. A must-listen to album from start to finish. I'd also recommend "Wave of Mutilation", "Velouria" or "Alec Eiffel".

This band was so great to see live, and had so many fantastic weird albums- listen to Wave of Mutilation!

love this song. reminds me of indie discos they had after gigs in the 90s, they always played this.

The Pixies "Here Comes Your Man"

Lex got it straight away tho, the sound. Pixies we’re a huge, HUGE influence on Nirvana

You haven't yet scratched the Pixies heavier stuff, and you need to, especially to hear how they influenced so many nineties punk and metal bands. Gouge Away is a good choice. Debaser. Tame. Cactus. Broken Face.

even tho’ much of their lyrics make no sense I think Brad’s a Pixies fan? That’s amazing! Here for it.

I immediately thought this guy gets it. No one knows what it means and it doesn't matter. It's funny and still manages to deliver.

I love when songs make Brad smile!

If you like unpredictable lyrics then “I’ve been tired” is a good one from them. :)

Brad if you see this. Head's up, there's an older PIXIES - "Where Is My Mind" Tribute album from 1999, that has your boys WEEZER on it covering "Velouria". Also the comp has the following bands : Local H, Braid, Samiam, Eve 6, The Get Up Kids, Samiam and a lot more Indie rock bands. To be honest, none of the covers are better than the Original Pixies songs, but it's worth checking out maybe on a cover's stream sometime.

They Pixies shared this reaction in their facebook page

The Pixies are great. If you like quirky maybe you should try their song La La Love You next.

Nirvana's guitars sound like The Pixies! The Pixies had first dibs!

now you hit where i live! alternative music at it's best! "U Mass" "Velouria" "Hey" " Wave Of Mutation"! ( Pavement will send you into another Galaxy!)

Debaser, I've Been Tired, Bone Machine, Broken Face, Something Against You.

Pixies rule! Kim Deal from the Breeders was in The Pixies !! Check the song 'Debaser'.

The Pixies, MADE THAT SHIT WORK! ........ Yup.

'Their guitars sound kinda like Nirvana' yup Lex, Pixies so under the radar never played on mainstream stations but so so influential on all the sounds since then.

Finally some Pixies Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 finally finally .....MORE PIXIES TILL YOUR BRAINS EXPLODE PLEASE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, CARIBOU ,,,,U MASS

Great band! Veloria and Here Comes Your Man are awesome too! Love your show!

Brad!!! so good to see you on a Pixies kick! FYI, Kim Deal, the bassist for Pixies also fronts The Breaders.

The first two verses talk about pollution, with the first being about waste being dumped into the ocean and the second being about air pollution ripping a hole in the ozone layer. The third verse delves into numerology in religion. The chorus seems to reference the Scopes "monkey" trial of 1925, where a Tennessee teacher was put on trial for teaching about human evolution and about how man was descended from apes. The trial was a national spectacle, and featured theological debates between fundamentalist Christians and modernists.

I love the Pixies (probably the band I feel most connected to) and yes they inspired and influenced a lot of bands. I still think we should not see the bands and musicians that loved the Pixies as a tribe and compare them! The Pixies are great but the bands that love the Pixies are often special as well