Pixies-River Euphrates

[zerothought]

You're debating what "indie" means, people. Congratulations - banality now has a new definition, because of you.

[Ephenay]

indie used to mean to be independent not being signed to major record companies producing your own music n stuff i dont consider pixies indie just overproduced punk

[FlytownEnterprises]

I wouldn't try to categorize The Pixies at all. THEY'RE JUST FUCKING AWESOME!!

[gorillawalk2]

I like to toss around the word indie and fart fruity pebbles.

[jmarshmellowman]

run run run run what teh fuck this si cool. run run nur nur nur run run rnu 

[Darksunshinerain87]

I'd give anything to be able to sing/scream like Black Francis. :/

[fntaa0]

I believe he's saying ride a tire. The idea I think is that since your car is out of gas and you're stuck on the Gaza strip, the only way you can keep moving is if you ride a tire down the river. That's the imagery. Frank should have sang "ride a tigris down the river system contained within the palearctic Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh ecoregion," but he didn't think to do it.

[lyonslaforet]

For the little story, producer Steve Albini could barely stand the "ride ride ride" of the chorus!

[joshualavin]

@joeleslie70 He actually is saying Tiger. It's a pun.

[evanjonathankrotziii]

This is what indie rock used to sound like? NO, this is what good music sounds like. You can't categorize the Pixies under a genre. That's just blasphemous.

[JoeLeslie70]

Frank is actually saying Tigris. The Tigris–Euphrates river system is part of the palearctic Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh ecoregion, in the flooded grasslands and savannas biome, located in West Asia.

Jus sayin.....

[000TwistedFreak]

@JoeLeslie70 Thanks for the geography lesson..... and yeah you're probly right

[flapjackonamamma]

It's "ride a tire down river euphrates"

[AlternativeRock1994]

I'm sure it's ride the "Tyre" and not Tiger because it makes a lot more sense when saying Tyre.

[bornintoTROUBL3pt2]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS­SSSSSSSS

[dukmysik]

God damn it this gets me amped. This is some good shit.

[ffejgib]

This is what good is.

[Schizima]

पिया दक्कलय् न्हापांगु छ्यला pixies the best! ने.सं. २८ य् लंकावतार नांया ग्रन्थन्य रुपं ने धायेगु चलन दु ।प्राचीन प्रचलित लिपि खः your mother is a whore

[MrPeguin666]

thumbs up if you have no fricking idea what the top comment is.

[soundsbetterwithyou]

hahaha

[sunflowernoo]

Like the whole album,..but this song is one of the best!

[wolfthing11]

flagged for porn 

[liverbird0687]

@wolfthing11 You must not know the definition of porn.

[TheSorrow1O1]

@liverbird0687

He's just a troll, best to ignore.

[brndinb]

@smarigdine They're actually saying "ride" not "rawr". Even though I'll admit it does sound that way.

[TheNadster2]

indie rock definately lacks the punch of old, ie. vampire weekend, animal collectiive, etc etc etc....maybe im just bein ignorant but it seems either its real rockin in a noise kinda way or its pretty chill electro type

[rikard1414]

lala la la l al a la la l lol lalalala love lalalalaloveit lalalalal

[sammyh1982]

This song scares the shit out of me.....I like it!

[Smarigdine]

How can a song where most of the tune is taken up by the musicians going "rawr" be so damn pretty?

[ajgree6]

This song is super pretty.

[vulchermulcher]

THIS SONG SYNCS UP PERFECTLY WITH MY TELEVISION STATIC

[HarpoonTorpedo]

22 years old now and still as good as ever..

[dopeurwhatuuse]

wow her tites look great

[ConfusedDavid]

@dopeurwhatuuse i can't make out if she's wearing tites

[ElectricMusicNeed]

best pixies song

[MintBerryCrunched]

Great beat throughout on vocals, bass, drums, and guitar. This song leaves you wanting more

[AFreeby]

The lyric is not tiger, it is tire. It is ride the tire down the river Euphrates. It is a sex reference to having sex with a girl while wearing a condom. The whole song is one big sex reference. Ride the tire = condom, River Euphrates is part of the fertile crescent = vagina, dead sea make you choke = semen. The whole Surfa Rosa album is highly sexualized.

[CrazyDan1984]

@AFreeby most of their albums are highly sexualized

[97bruin]

THIS is what indie rock USED to sound like

[kecsap]

@97bruin and that's the greatest comment ever made on a song. cheers

[GogolEugene]

@kecsap ถึงแม้แพทย์จะระบุว่าเขาไม่เป็น­อันตรายต่อนักเรียนอื่น แต่เอดส์ยังเป็นสิ่งที่ผู้คนยัง­ไม่ค่อยเข้าใจกันในเวลานั้น เมื่อไวต์พยายามกลับมาเรียนต่อ ก็มีผู้ปกครองและครูหลายคนในโคโ­คโมรวมตัวกันต่อต้านการ XDXDXD

[LukeShetler]

@97bruin There's still good shit out there.

Of course, as we age we become less open-minded to the newer experimenal artists, but if we tear down that close-mindedness we can be youthful forever.

I'd say that Animal Collective is the Pixies of my generation. Listen to 'Grass.'

[spinkwotzer]

@LukeShetler Animal Collective are superb

[mrfudgeyhead]

@LukeShetler

Animal Collective is cool and all.

But no fucking way they are the Pixies. No way.

They are more like Primal Scream in terms of who they are and what they do.

I used to dig on them, but to be the next Pixies, you have to be awesome consistently, a bit portly, and have a sound like the Beatles on bad acid.

[TheNadster2]

@LukeShetler maybe I'm aging early but i have a hard time gettin into newer stuff too....(doesnt mean its bad)

[captaindaring]

@LukeShetler Sorry to comment so late, but i completely agree with you. Your point is well made and so true. Too many comments on youtube dismiss new music as if it's all rubbish and has no redeeming qualities. I don't know how some people developed this myopia but they are missing out on many good bands that will help define this generation.

[occlusian]

@captaindaring Hear, hear. The reason people do this -- IMO -- is simple: they experienced certain bands, songs, genres during their "formative musical years" -- and then stopped there. This, they tell themselves, was the epitome, the apogee, never again to be equalled; thus, they build up this prejudice against new music, and refuse to consider its merits. Meanwhile, younger people are repeating the cycle with the NEW music...only to (in the future) repeat the cycle. Sad, but true.

[rnrbishop]

@occlusian I'm slightly too yound to have been into the pixies in my formative years myself.... However having experienced the current crop of "talent" I find myself listening mostly to bands that were around when I was barely in double digits or earlier. Mainly because most recent stuff is bland derivative crap, at least as far as guitar rock goes.

[master777999]

@occlusian You make a very good point, but what about the young people now that think that of the older generations of music?

[dvsc4000]

@master777999 I'm 14, and love older music. Not just older rock but older rap too like bone thugs n harmony, tupac, biggy smalls.

[master777999]

@dvsc4000 Dylan, do you realize this is Ben lol

[dvsc4000]

@master777999 holy shit thats scary

[master777999]

@dvsc4000 Damn straight haha

[AWESTRIKE1]

i know exactly what you mean

[locote031]

@97bruin indie its not a sound its a method of production

[Tetrahydracanna]

@97bruin Indie is just a label, this is actually good

[reckoner22]

@97bruin

haha as much as I like this guy, he's the DEFINITION of a hipster.

check out what I did. praise santiago.

[mmtna]

is this where they got the beat for smells like teen spirit from?

[307235620]

is leon and tigers???

[swantonist]

I listen to this every time i drive to school . i bought the album in a record store across the street.

[stoprejectingmynames]

Definitely the greatest band ever.

[napoleonhansolo]

god damn this song is good. you know the whole band is just playing straight from their weird hearts. I love his crazy snarls at the end.

[taloyoak]

I have listened to this song almost every month since it came out 20 years ago, and never get sick of it....out here on the gaza strip....ride the tiger!

[bassist448]

THOSE ARE SOME HOT TITS!!!!

[elijahinky]

This album was so short....every song was like 2:00 minutes or less.

[TheShaman74]

@elijahinky just like the first lp of ramones.....short songs.....but all of them masterpieces.....surfer rosa is an incredible lp

[stoprejectingmynames]

RIDE THE TIGER!!!!!

[riptup]

@stoprejectingmynames - it's "a tyre" (or tire if you're American).

(I sang 'tiger' myself for nearly 20 years :D )

[blackworm27]

@riptup no silly it's "tiger" it's a reference to the Tigris, the other "twin river" next to the Euphrates.

[ELtercermundista82]

bACK IN THE DAYS i WOULD GET HIGH AND LISTEN TO THIS SONG OVER AND OVER.

[anaemiabag]

fucking cool. yay steve albini. apparently he only gave them one day to do all vocals, and different limitations and filterings. i think that helped make a great band make an even greater album. its good to hear melody so rich that doesnt sound gay

[JENILLCIDE]

This is the coolest song, it's def my fav from the album

[Messylin]

Will they ever perform this in Iraq?

[VIVAVISCONSIN]

Mr.Black is simply a genius.He is highly gifted...like only few different.

[lyonslaforet]

THE highlight on Surfer Rosa (1988)!

[astroboirap]

jesus, what a scream :s

[KENKENNIFF]

They played this at Reading Festival back in the day. I was there.

[SchmockwithCream]

the Pixies show, that there is still uniqueness in music, not that "4 chords that's all" sheme!

Their tunes are so beautiful and so variable,

I wanna cream my pants when I listen to them!

[Gloriamagnificens]

The melody of this song is...unbelievable.

[mirastychy]

*****

[akastuntfish]

top notch tune debaser"blows yer shit" that sounds like a medical condition...psml

[chisacat]

thats sosme fucking dramatic dynamic - the overdub of kims harmony makes the chorus just fuckin barnstorming.

[debaser247]

I know exactly what your saying man. this song blows my shit every time.

[debaser247]

you're*

[Hedged001]

From the land with two rivers, flows the one in west................

[chipowskip]

they are dope

[tallicadude47]

What's with this bands fascination with Spanish and their women?

[cassidy1478]

@tallicadude47

I don't know, but it's mega hot, no?

[aszve]

fuckin´best

[elduce77]

far the best band of all time

[GogolEugene]

डिया लेखांच्या संखेनुसार दाखवले आहेत. यादी मध्ये प्रत्येक भाषा इंग्रजीत (इंग्रजी विकिपीडियातील भाषेच्या लेखाला प्रविष्ट), स्थानिक भाषेत आणि त्या भाषेत दाखवले गे :-)

[scottpastry]

i will assume that translates to pixies rock!!!

:)

[GogolEugene]

किसी नई भाषा में वर्तमान में विकिपीडिया के स्वेच्छापूर्वक कार्यरत स्वयंसेवक विकासकर्ता

Zath mean zath Pixies is best bot स्वेच्छापूर्वक is plus best! :-) bot Pixies do good musik

Sorry ne gremzet Inglesh - no hablo inglesh :-(

[carbonlaminate]

@scottpastry huh. I think that's Farsi...

[carbonlaminate]

@scottpastry Nope. it's Hindi. I was in the general vicinity; the Aryans (Persians) invaded the Indian subcontinent a while back., so that's where the resemblance may be

[sagan1976]

I assume that translates to pixies FUCKING ROCK... see विकिपीडिया means FUCKING ROCK!!

[Alphabex8]

@GogolEugene wow. cool language. is that Tibetan? i'd like to see your keyboard

[GogolEugene]

@Alphabex8 sorry ich no hablo ingles..

विकास जूगु धकाः धाये बहःगु नेपाल लिपिया दक्कलय् न्हापांगु छ्यला ने.सं. २८ य् लंकावतार नांया ग्रन्थन्य रुपं ने धायेगु चलन दु ।प्राचीन प्रचलित लिपि खः । थ्व लिपिपाखें नवौं शताव्दी :-)

cool shit uh??? you wishes you had my skills in तिब्बत बर्मेली भाषा परिवा, but du dont parce que ich ist die best!!!

[Alphabex8]

@GogolEugene ok...so its Farsi? your not exactly straight forward. and mixing english, german and spanish just hemorrhaged my brain.

[GogolEugene]

@Alphabex8

NO!!!! en fait it ist nepali langugio, parce que ich leave in wallis (piccla isla in ocean pacific) et ici on can study de nepali, but also sanskrit: स्त्रीया चमन्‍यते। विवाङ्‌मयेषु संरत्‍नम्‌ इति न के...et a little peu of farsi: همهٔ به دنیا می‌آیند و از دید حیثیت و حقوق با هگر با روح برادری رفتار کنند.

YES :-) ich know many languagi et ich has got many keyboard to wrigt :)

sorry if du not understand, ich no hablo inglesh :(

[Alphabex8]

@GogolEugene i think you do speak english. you liar.

[lkkjsd]

@GogolEugene Hahahah, you're a funny guy.

[veloboy]

@GogolEugene Google Translate says: We are not yet able to translate from Marathi into English.

Marathiですか？

[GogolEugene]

@veloboy GOOGLE TRANSLATE IST WRONG! actually it ist the डिया लेखांच्या संखेनु languagio.. i no speak marathi, i speak डिया लेखांच्या संखेनु

[Bluesober]

@GogolEugene the best thing in this comment is that I understood only ":-)" cool ;]

[InWhichEricDoesStuff]

@GogolEugene I don't know what this says, but I'm sure it's positive and it involves Pixies, so I love it!

[GogolEugene]

@InWhichEricDoesStuff

actually, no. you is dumb, car cela est la langue marati, et on dit que yo no compriendo ce que the man in the video sings :-)

sorry for the etrange languagio, yo no hablo ingles :-)

[MEYERS3000]

@GogolEugene Translation please?

[GogolEugene]

@MEYERS3000

sorry yo no hablo ingles muy bien....

el translatione ist: je live in piccla isola und ich liebe musica from the XVIII Jahrhundert...

peace man, praise the mutherfather... pieace und amor for todos

[macfint]

my fav song by them

[fumf60]

you got to suck

[fumf60]

all for a fuck

[cardigansarecool]

I love listening to this song when going on long drives. It makes it almost pleasurable.

[illy5000]

I just cant believe some of the songs that come out today will be classics like songs from the pixies, or will they.....?

[Rusfi16]

Another Pixies song that makes absolutely no sense to me lyrically like most of them.

And also one of my absolute favorites.

Outstanding.

[robinjanasek]

Think more abstract. :)

[pfive]

he wants to ride a tire down the river euphrates!!and what goes better with that than ' eraheeriiehhriehhriehhuh'?

[vealshanker]

this album....what can i say? there's nothing that hasn't already been said. so...

[tifosi27]

This is the first Pixies' song I ever listened to back in 1988, and in my opinion it's the best song of them!

[rabriga]

impresionantes unicos concuerdo puro arte

[CassieLadyLove]

frank's screamingn is absolutely the best i've ever heard !!!!!!!! amazing, so energic!

[kkkobbbe888]

puro arte

THE PIXIES

[rotveldt]

is this about heroin or meth or what?

[Lolaklein02]

B-version better

the best band ever...

[SimplyShadow]

lmao this song is insanely funny and poppy.

[Transmissionwould]

I love Frank's random screaming and grunting throughout the entire album

[Autonomy87]

It's creepy how good this song is. Ride a Tiger down River Euphrates. Who want's to go to Turkey and ride south???

[wallachia1453]

Who can possibly not like this?!?!?!?!? Great song, great band, great album!!! Thanks for posting. I owned this on cassette by the way, still some of the best music ever, no matter how many times I listen to it.

[MagellansUnderwear]

All I know...All I know is that there were Rumors...there were rumors he was into field hockey players. And then he was gone the next day!

[catgumart]

I like part on this album where he goes "Don't anybody touch my stuff or you f****** die...I SAID YOU F####### DIE!!! then he says no I was just goofing etc...

[soulrafter]

i was 15 years old,i skate the whole day.This tape was always in my Walkman :).30 years later ich still hear them

[Lennon743]

I don't think this song is 30 years old :). Also it says your 35 so you would have to be 5 years old when you listened to it, if its 30 years later it would make you 45. I like to prove things wrong :)

[soulrafter]

Right!I mean 20 years :)

[adgato75]

@soulrafter lol thats awesome , i was a teen skating to this also, we would set up a boom box at the post office we skated at most, andf this cd was always in there.

[animal90sFreak5]

sweet song!

[ziffels]

Nobody gets drums more than Albini. Defined the place and time as no other.

[kmiller812]

new favorite pixies song, very early modest mouse sounding, obviously the pixies influenced them heavily

[kittenkiller69696969]

Most underrated band ever. You also have to hand it to Steve Albini for the perfect drum sound. THIS is music.

[surfangryseas]

fuckin loves it boy.

[PhiloCentinel]

Anyone one else's opinion on the version2 b-side version of this song?

[111teamomori]

I rather listen to the B-side version. Much crisper and the vocal levels are better. I can see why the rawness of this version is good tho, depends on your taste

[mikeoug]

I like the B-version

[erikerodri]

this song is one of my favorites by pixies. Pixies are one of the greatest things to happen to music. Ever

[D1skobox]

powerful riffs... catchy lyrics, I love it

[shootmewithpotatos]

Haven't heard this in years, still fucking amazing.

[xxFallen]

this is the single greatest song ever made. i dont understand how the pixies were never huge, they are absolutely incredible. this song should have at least gone number one and stayed there until kurt cobain died.

[Joystar234]

i know i love the pixies and a lot of my friends who like Nirvana and they either don't know the pixies or have never heard of them and im like you like Nirvana but you don't like the pixies? how dare you call yourself a music lover!!!

[dandaman2207]

I realized that to...2day was the first time I heard a full pixies song and realized that almost anyone who likes Nirvana will like the Pixies. I love Nirvana BTW.

[sebytheman]

it's 'cause the Pixies were one of Cobain's biggest influences :)

[Lizzzard7]

wow he actually calls himself a music lover and he hates the pixies? just a little reminder that without the pixies there would be no grunge. or any good alternative rock. all modern mainstream rock bands where heavily influenced by the pixies, ESPECIALLY surfer rosa.

[standingwater87]

very true

[mingerz4life]

Hallelujah my child!

[Crackerdamus101]

this child has seen the light, thy light be named of PIXIES!

[ajj4account]

@Lizzzard7 and Husker Dü influenced the Pixies and later Modern/Alternative rock bands as well.

[standingwater87]

wat an ass... for real

who looks up stuff they dont like just to bitch about it???

[Crackerdamus101]

go back to your fallout boy, you a-hole!