Genius = someone who changes the way things are forever after they leave. Genius = Mr Black Francis. Genius= Mr Joey Santiago Genius =Mr David Lovering Genius= The one and only KIM DEAL!! I saw them when I was Eighteen in 1990. Started behind a red screen with Cecillia Ann before the redscreen dropped and they launched into Rock Music. Best gig ever, if only because I was Eighteen, but more so because they encapsulated perfectly how I was feeling whilst being Eighteen..
I still have this on VHS from when i recorded it back in October 1990,a week later I went to see them on the Bossonova tour in Hanley ,Stoke on Trent .Brilliant times!
Saw the Pixies at Sheffield City Hall around this time period. It still rates as my best ever gig. They came on to Celia Ann and the atmosphere was electric. I remember standing at the front right by Kim Deals feet and the crowd just erupted into a mass of moshing bodies, a fantastic night!
man, i didny remember that they were on this show. I live in the UK, and it's from a long defunct show called the word, which introduced many many bands to UK TV, like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, L7 (when the bass player showed her bush at the end of the song - class!!). it was a pretty out-there show that provoked and push taste barriers, but the music was almost always great. Music that i hadn't heard 'til that point. the audience never knew what band was coming on; don't be too hard on em!
This medley of sorts works so well. I wonder why they didn't do it like this on record. I edited the two songs together myself and it sounds really good.
I always thought Black Francis was the main guitarist but from watching all these youtube videos it seems Joey Santiago plays all the lead; My hat off to him he fuckin rules!
just because the smiths had emotional music doesn't mean they started "emo" c'mon, there was echo and the bunnymen, the cure, joy division.. bands before them that had emotional lyrics and feelings.. oh and the buzzcocks too.
