PIXIES - Gouge Away (Exceptional performance) 

this bass line could go on forever and i wouldnt be mad.

Now you know from where Kurt learned the stuff with noise and then sudden quietness techniques. Pixies influences and experience... So grungy this song ❤

Crazy to think this song was written about the biblical tale of Samson: he was betrayed by his love (Delilah) and his eyes were gouged out by his enemies. He was chained to the pillars of a temple and ridiculed. Meanwhile, his hair (the source of his strength that Delilah had cut off while he slept) grew back. Over time his renewed strength allowed him to pull the temple down on those that had injured him. This song builds and builds, the baseline steady, till the crescendo of the story comes to the end, in a freakishly powerful way. I first heard this song back in 89' and was gobsmacked, "WHO ARE THE PIXIES?!" This live version might be their best version.

This version just feels so raw and aggressive and very emotionally charged like he's remembering why he wrote the song and the rest of the band is matching his intensity and the audience is feeling the electricity in the air and don't care and want to scream along, and do, and it's perfect. I can't even listen to the regular version anymore.

I am 63 and will NEVER get sick of this

Any song that starts with a lot of bass you know is gonna be good

THE best version of Gouge Away out there. Makes my soul smile and my eyes almost tear.. Brutal. Beautiful.

And that's how it's done. One of the greatest records from one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

1989, I'm 18 years old, seeing my first live band. Newport, South Wales, The Pixies.

When even the legendary Bowie marveled at your band, you know you're good.

It's hard not to get goosebumps while listening to this

bro when i was 9 my dad offered to take me to this. I said no because i wanted to stay homea and play minecraft. biggest mistake i have ever made.

Theres not many bands that have fans ranging from teenagers to old dudes that look like they escaped the nursing home to rock the fuck out.

Sometimes less is more. Just love the simple rawness of their music. I thought I would outgrow them, but here I am, 30 years later.

Those two guitar notes and then the bend...proof of how minimal but perfect music ideas can be so powerful

The very last band of my bucket list to see live. For some reason, at 45 years old, I've continually missed them since being a fan since 1989 when I discovered them in the 6th grade. I'll finally be seeing The Pixies in Los Angeles this October, 2022!

If you ask the influence of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Radiohead, Blur, The Strokes, The Killers, My Chemical Romance, and many many others, this band is the answer.

This band gets better as the members age... I'm speechless. Definitely one of their best performances ever.

Don't care what "purists" say, Paz is immense and I've been listening to this band longer than most! Not a boast, just a fact as I'm now rather a fuddy duddy!

This is an amazing clip. Paz belting it out the end was haunting, and the best last verse of Gouge away I’ve ever seen. The whole damn band got ahold of that one. Wow. My wife got me tickets a few years back, wanted to see them ever since I was a kid. I am pretty quiet socially, and even I screamed this song with the crowd.

You big beautiful bald crazy man, thank you for the music

The song is great already, I mean it IS Pixies. But kudos to whoever mixed this live recording. This is fantastic.

Like so many pop stars, the Pixies are never afraid to show a little skin.

"Rubbing a bad charm with holy fingers". Fuck, what a lyric. Don't know why, slaps hard. Legendary song.

Gouge away, you can gouge away Stay all day if you want to Missy aggravation Some sacred questions, you stroke my locks Some marijuana if you got some Gouge away, you can gouge away Stay all day if you want to Sleeping on your belly You break my arms, you spoon my eyes Been rubbing a bad charm with holy fingers Gouge away, you can gouge away Stay all day if you want to Chained to the pillars A 3 day party, I break the walls And kill us all with holy fingers Gouge away, you can gouge away Stay all day if you want to.

Makes me so happy to see young people vibrating with the Pixies... There is hope!

Oh, My brother, my dear brother, he left this world yesterday & this was his favourite song. Still remember when you were 14, I was 10 and you showed me this song. I was fascinated! You took me down the Rock N 'Roll path and thanks to you I developed my own musical tastes. Today, I discover that you left this world of your own free will, taking an overdose of pills until you were sound asleep. Dear brother, when I found out about that, coming to listen to this song was the only thing that occurred to me at the time, and here I am! listening Dark Necessities at 3 in the morning, while singing loudly and enjoying the music as if you are still with me to listen to it together. Brother, when you first showed me this song, you told me that we all had Dark Necessities hidden within us, but we weren't brave enough to show them to everyone. Now I understand it and I am sorry I understood it too late. I love you, brother, and I will always love you. Thank you for showing me these musical wonders. I will miss you today, tomorrow and always. Dark necessities will always be part of our designs, dear brother.

Hell yeah! This my new favorite song! ❤😢

I was there. They were exceptional all night long. They barely paused between songs. Just a wall of sound for two hours

Not sure what’s wrong with me today, but for some reason the crowd singing along at 2:26 brought me to tears. I will forever love this band.

My favorite version of this song. I watch it pretty regularly. my favorite detail is the cable for Frank's in-ear monitor is taped to the back of his neck.

Sometimes music takes on a spiritual brilliance, this is one of those times.

Go on Frank, you awesome screamy bastard

Bass guitar is bad ass. :D

They could run that bass for 47 minutes & I'd be happy.

This song gives me the chills! Love the pixies.

The simplest bass line in the world, yet the most effective one! Love this song!

From that point at 3:30 when the guitar riff starts to taste metallic, you suddenly grow aware that there's no turning back to that lingering, and the orgasmic explosion is about to burst out.

Best version of this song I've ever heard!!!

Damn. Listened to it a hundred times or more. So good.

My favorite band of all time since I first heard in college in the 80's. I drove 14 hours to see them. And saw Frank a million times solo. Never a single regret.

You have entered a superior level of music when you start messing with the pixies.

Haunting back up vocals make this song work, incredible

I can’t remember how many times I’ve watched this video. It’s perfection.

That dude at 4:04 had no idea that one day he'd be the thumbnail for this song.

Their concert could just be 1 hour of that bassline + drums and I'd be happy.

Absolutely badass. Will be badass through all time. Timeless. Fat, juicy, Bass. I will never get tired of the Pixies.

Maybe the most explosive song never written... Powerful but on the reserve... I listened to it again and again, years after years since more than 25 years and it continues to give me thrills! I would like to thank the pixies for all they give me.

Dont think just English native speakers love this! Regards from Mexico. we also can recognize a master piece liket this one.

"Been rubbing a bad charm with holy fingers" is one of the best lyrics ever written.

Can't help myself but listen to PIXIES everytime I get drunk.

where would music be without the PIXIES

I was there with all the other ageing surfers reliving their dirty youth. It was awesome.

4:04 Older punk rocker feeling the same energy he felt with The Pixies in the 80's. That's beautiful to me

Orgasmically Brilliant. If you don't feel that, you've nothing in you.

IMO one of the best songs ever written, flawless. Stay all day if you want to.

The best vocal version ever ever

The woman on shoulders near the end helps it build up the crescendo,with her look of absolute awe and anticipation,great editing,helps it too.

Bowie loved them, that's all I needed to know.

I loved this band when I was young, 30+ years ago. Can't believe how much time has passed. I used to bounce off the walls to their records. Incredible stuff.

There will never be a better version of this song, because you can’t be better than perfect.

Seeing this band live is truly a highlight in my life I’m forever grateful they toured Australia

Whit thick fingers he plays the chords perfectly. Not forgetting the other bandmembers. Love the PIXIES and their songs ❤

I miss the 90's. Best music ever!

So far the best performance of this song, better than the album version... This is what I call a 'POWER SONG'.

Feels like there's something left, like this still isn't the top of the mountain.

This is the hands down THE BEST performance ever. The raw and the real. I can't even explain it. THIS! FUCK YEAH 💜

We should probably go ahead and blast this bass line out across time and space as humanities swan song.

I have been a Pixies fan since 1989, and that performance was very very good.

I've been watching this a few times a day for like a month now.

One of the greatest performances of all time.

Lucky to see them in New Zealand in March , just before the Pandemic hit. Epic gig.

The face and body movements of the woman at 3'24" totally encapsulates the unique euphoria of being at a Pixies gig. I went to my first in 1990 and the euphoria, emotion and ecstasy has never waned at the next 4 times I saw them since.

I get goosebumps everytime I hear this song whether the studio version or live....

That bassline hypnotized my brain. I fckin love it.

I can't imagine a day without my Pixies, gotten me through a lot of tough times. I'll gouge away

"Exceptional performance" no fkn doubt, the best performance of this song they have ever had in the studio or live.

Frank Black hasn't age. He already look like he was 50 years old 30 years ago.

Cobain once told one of his bandmates, "We can't put this out, everyone will think we're just ripping off the Pixies." That little ditty was called Smells like teen spirit. No bullshit, true story.

Will always be one of the best songs penned, rehearsed, and played.............Pixies live..... forever.

One of the few live songs that i’ll listen to repetitively, just the delivery of the line “chained to the pillars, a three day party, i’ll break the walls, and kill us all” wow, wonder is that’s a delilah and samson reference?

man...the location, the sound..and frank looks so tired but explodes with such a power with a voice that´s better than ever. they definately aged well.

50 Years old. Listening to music for atleast 40 years. How could I have missed this? But I did. Shame on me. What a bloody great song!

I've watched a few videos of this song and it's genuinely awe inspiring to see it being performed so long after its initial release with this much power and energy. Still sounds so fresh. Gives me goosebumps it's so good.

Saw them at the Hammersmith Apollo in London about 8 years ago. One of the best gigs I've ever been to. Dancing like a man possessed & had to wring out the T-shirt I'd been wearing when I got outside into the cold air & buy a new one from a vendor.

Best performance of the song without doubt

one of the greatest songs from one of the greatest albums

"I love the sound of bass in the morning!"

That bass is insane. Her tempo is soothing and chill.

His voice is so frickin powerful

Imagine what life would be like without The Pixies ☹️

That era in music was so intense. Nothing since feels important in comparison, especially to Pixies.

So far, I've watched it about 100 times. I mean it serious.

This song refers to the biblical story of Samson, who had his eyes gouged out by his enemies and eventually killed them all when he was chained to two pillars in their stronghold. He pulled the pillars down, bringing the building down and killing himself and his enemies.

This never ever gets old . Love it👍

This overwhelmed me with emotion and I started to cry. I haven't cried in years.

I miss the 90's, loved it!

Omg I keep needing to watch again again again again

Best performance iv ever seen of this song !! You can feel the gouge

Seeing the Pixies in 87 at TT the Bears in Cambridge was a rite of passage in my youth. Seeing them today Post Covid Lockdown would make my death. Tour Please!