# Gigantic Gigantic A Big Big Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023 "2014-05-09T03:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/21 "2014-05-09T21:38:32Z")
> [@sco3tt](#): > > Yours and [Matt Mahaffey’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROb1sphlCEk). I love that someone beat me to posting that. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/22 "2014-05-09T21:51:59Z")
[Monkey Gone To Heaven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XycBLF6kWuY) [Alec Eiffel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piSCHBor_ow) … and I think Kim Deal did her best songwriting with The Breeders. [Cannonball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGXE7AF_sK4) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/23 "2014-05-09T22:01:20Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If you want to hear something else, here’s [Where Is My Mind?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iC0YXspJRM&feature=kp) and here’s [Gouge Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMHykYTomdo). Kurt Cobain freely admitted that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was basically “Gouge Away” with the rhythmic pattern of Boston’s “More Than A Feeling.” Pixies were great. I’m studiously ignoring the new album because I don’t want to ruin them for myself. And in the world of horribly inappropriate songs used in commercials, there’s always Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon,” one of the bleakest songs ever about dying, [in a VW ad a few years back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIOW9fLT9eY). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/24 "2014-05-09T22:01:40Z")
> [@neofishboy](#): > > … and I think Kim Deal did her best songwriting with The Breeders. > > [Cannonball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGXE7AF_sK4) She only wrote two or three Pixies songs. Black Francis really didn’t want anybody else to write for the band. And yes, I like Last Splash better than I like the Pixies albums I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/25 "2014-05-09T22:06:27Z")
“Wave of Mutilation” “Hey” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v6xU96KLBL4/hqdefault.jpg "Pixies - Hey") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6xU96KLBL4) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/26 "2014-05-09T22:41:30Z")
_Cactus_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bYpCDVetLCM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGCBYAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAYl68yseIDMzlufcT6O5WMGSIWEw "Pixies - Cactus") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYpCDVetLCM) There’s almost nothing on the face of it here - it’s a simple song, simply played - but the lyrics and general mood combine in a really dark, obsessive way. > [@](#): > > Bloody your hands on a cactus tree > Wipe it on your dress and send it to me ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/27 "2014-05-09T23:20:21Z")
Pixies version of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Head On.” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BXSmYHEpn7w/hqdefault.jpg "Pixies - Head On") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXSmYHEpn7w) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/28 "2014-05-09T23:33:50Z")
"Debaser" Slicin’ up eyeballs! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/29 "2014-05-09T23:37:41Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > You kinda need to be in high school and have a hip friend give you a cassette tape with Doolittle to really get it. Hah! I was in college actually and a friend gave me a homemade cassette with _Come On Pilgrim_ on one side and The Breeders’ _Pod_ on the other. The same friend also got me into The Replacements, Pere Ubu, Throwing Muses, Opal and several other bands the same way - I owe him a debt. 'course he utterly failed to indoctrinate me with his love for This Mortal Coil, because they suck :D. Love the Pixies though. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/30 "2014-05-10T00:07:58Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > She says the chorus a whole _three_ times. > > Wow, you must really hate _Ain’t know Sunshine When She’s Gone._! Nope. I quite like that song in fact. Plus, it’s a whole song, entire and complete. One I can listen to, or not listen to, whenever I please. The other is a fragment repeated ad nauseum whether I want to hear it or not. The commercial could play my favoritest song in the whole wide world and it would still irritate the piss out of me if I had to listen to bits of it many times a day over a period of weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/31 "2014-05-10T02:02:51Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Hah! I was in college actually and a friend gave me a homemade cassette with _Come On Pilgrim_ on one side and The Breeders’ _Pod_ on the other. The same friend also got me into The Replacements, Pere Ubu, Throwing Muses, Opal and several other bands the same way - I owe him a debt. 'course he utterly failed to indoctrinate me with his love for This Mortal Coil, because they suck :D. > Love the Pixies though. _Pod_ is a really good album. “Doe” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P5UsciKpACU/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgSigrMA8=&rs=AOn4CLA42NlD7mp3Z5Y2NhJt5jAo6CIP4w "The Breeders - Doe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5UsciKpACU) ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/32 "2014-05-10T02:12:31Z")
The only thing I hate about this I is that I end up singing Gigantic all day after hearing the ad and I just know one of my kids is going to pick it up. I love the Pixies, too. I like their version of [Here Comes Your Man](http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=lMfc9niwn5A) (you tube link). ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/33 "2014-05-10T02:48:04Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > The only thing I hate about this I is that I end up singing Gigantic all day after hearing the ad and I just know one of my kids is going to pick it up. I love the Pixies, too. > > I like their version of [Here Comes Your Man](http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=lMfc9niwn5A) (you tube link). Their version? “Here Comes Your Man” is a Pixies song. Are you thinking of “I’m Waiting for the Man” by The Velvet Underground? I always liked the video for “Here Comes Your Man.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tPgf_btTFlc/maxresdefault.jpg "Pixies - Here Comes Your Man (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPgf_btTFlc) ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/34 "2014-05-10T03:48:06Z")
No, I know it’s their song. Other people have subsequently done covers, I guess is what I was thinking. Or, I guess I wasn’t thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/35 "2014-05-10T04:18:40Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > She says the chorus a whole _three_ times. They did cut out all the verses. I assume that’s because the chorus is the fun and exciting part, but it could also be because the verses make it a little more obvious the song is about sex. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/36 "2014-05-10T04:29:36Z")
Overall, The Pixies haven’t held up too well in my opinion, but _Alec Eifel_ is still one of my favorite songs. _They didn’t want it, but he built it anyway!_ brings a smile to face every time I hear it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/37 "2014-05-10T04:43:09Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Overall, The Pixies haven’t held up too well in my opinion, but _Alec Eifel_ is still one of my favorite songs. > > _They didn’t want it, but he built it anyway!_ brings a smile to face every time I hear it. 😃 Why do you think that? To me, _Surfer Rosa_ sounds as good now as it did in 1988. I’m sure a large part of it is nostalgia, Pixies were a large part of the soundtrack of my college years, but I think all those albums still sound great. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/38 "2014-05-10T05:14:30Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Why do you think that? I busted out all the CDs and listened to them, and just found them kind of … _weak._ Short little meaningless ditties, no substance and with the exception of Santiago’s nice riffs and Lovering’s tight percussion, little of note on most of the tracks. Some good stand-out singles, but not as good as I remember. I like the \*Surfer Rosa \*album cover however. 😉 But, Hey! Very few bands hold up well. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/39 "2014-05-10T11:29:13Z")
It might be a bit of a salacious subject for a commercial, but what song are you going to use? Really, on a subconscious level, all songs are about the penis, even “Happy Birthday”. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/40 "2014-05-10T11:34:37Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I busted out all the CDs and listened to them, and just found them kind of … _weak._ > > Short little meaningless ditties, no substance and with the exception of Santiago’s nice riffs and Lovering’s tight percussion, little of note on most of the tracks. > > Some good stand-out singles, but not as good as I remember. I like the \*Surfer Rosa \*album cover however. 😉 > > But, Hey! Very few bands hold up well. I have found this to be the case. I went back and was listening to The Replacements a while ago and just loved the songs. I have tried to go back and do the same with a few bands from the same era, including the Pixies and not found myself leaving them in rotation… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023.md?page=3)