PIXIES -"Cecilia Ann" (1990)

[daf15]

always feel like i've just watched a tarantino film when i hear this

[gregcircanow]

Much Pinoy love!

I mean, I'm super, super white, but I've been to Manila and Boracay, so, y'know...still kinda counts...

[Gregoskates]

I'm performing this for my HSC music electives. Great song

[MichaelCasanovaMusic]

this is really cool. Definitely on par with the original :)

[blown22]

Chuck Norris has a musical surfboard that plays this song.

[joelholtzman]

I wonder if this proved to be inspiration for Muse's song "Knights of Cydonia"

[snappycruise]

where is the legendary costless videoclip?

[BlindGrrl]

This Song Has MY NAME IN IT! I guess they knew how cool i was even before i was born

[Iberotimuka]

when I heard this song was a cover I thought people meant of an REM instrumental off Life's Rich Pagent called Underneath the Bunker. Am I an olive short of a pizza or does someone out there agree that they are at least similar?

[Iberotimuka]

The Pixies are the catalyst which make you realise that 95% of music is just a big pile of shit

[RandomVideos7818]

I have met kim, david a joey, and now i am on my quest for frank. i almost cried when i met joey, and he gave me his guitar pick that he used on stage.

[Ribnobs]

nights of sardonia

[MrGeorgesProfonde]

It would be nice as a Walker Texas Rangers theme

[telepaper1]

HOW CAN SOMEONE DON'T LIKE THAT????????????????

[PinoyAbnoy]

joey santiago is an underrated pinoy!!

[InsomniacParanoiac]

Joey Santiago... my biggest influence on my guitar playing!

[sandwichsteen]

If I was to name my influences as a guitarist, Joey Santiago is way up there. The personality he puts into his crazy, dissonant riffs and squeedles is amazing.

[RandomVideos7818]

its hard to believe that after all the hard things that the pixies had been through, they could still even play together. like, when charles threw his guitar at kim in stuttgart, or how joey would bang up his guitar on stage when kim was drunk, it seems they all had problems, and in 2004, the drummer started doing drugs/drinking, but the pixies remain an amazing band, i just dont understand it. it would be awesome if they put out a new album.

[ArkadiBolschek]

Don't forget that this song owes to The Shadows at least as much as it does to Morricone ;P

[drmodestoesq]

I seem to recall this song played in a little black and white experimental film called "Drumstruck" about 20 years ago. That version had a magnificent sax harmony playing the background. If you happen to run across it you should check it out.

[nellytheninkynonk]

Now I know what Murray Gold's Westminster Bridge reminded me of! Took me a time to find out!

[RulerOFmany]

awesome song!

[mtwallet]

originally by Dave Myers & the Surftones

[MorriconeRocks]

'mtwallet' is right; The Surftones originally did this song in 1964.

The surf guitar sound influenced Morricone's westerns. And Morricone's chorals influenced the harmonies in this cover.

[blackadder3]

@MorriconeRocks

Yes, this was an influence, it just helped Morricone's brilliant compositions.

[keithwdc]

Something similar: built to spill, codeine. Built to Spill is one of Joey Santiago's favorite groups...

[wtret]

I can't belive it! I sincerely despise punk, but the music of the Pixies is so simple and soooo brilliant!

[swca92]

The Pixies aren't punk, they're a band like no other. They have few, if any punk roots, its mostly alternative rock with some surf music thrown in (eg Bossanova), though they sound like no band that's ever lived

[wtret]

Sure, I know, they are not punk. Rather post punk in the broad sense (that's what the alternative scene of the 80's very much is). I wanted to say that i don't like the "simplcicity" and "sincerity" stuff that came with Sex Pistols. Pixies are still very simple musically, nevertheless one of the best bands of the history. Surf music is also quite primitive.

[crissicronic]

There lyrics are genius, so deep and so many double meanings they really make you think. I hope your not saying the Pixies are simplistic in general. Cause thats an insult to this genius group.

[Themis711]

oh by the way can someone suggest something similar?, thanks in advance :D

[mallardvasey]

Suggest something similar? Nothing that won't seem a bit second rate in comparison to this masterpiece, I'm afraid!

[G0N0RRE0]

I find pixies quite similar to joy division.

[crimsoneye]

Joy Division, Radiohead, or The Talking Heads are quite similar.

[Themis711]

greatest instrumental rock song!

[DariusBlue]

*dolorously*

Rock me, Joe...

[1986Testarossa]

wow..great..

[Nickstradamus]

this song should be the theme song for a badass superhero.

[MorriconeRocks]

...or they could use "Tony's Theme", ha ha ha.

"This is a song about a superhero called Tony/ It's called Tony's Theme!"

[AllRiseForDrEvil]

Ride around on my bicycle like a pony

I'm waving hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Gu-gu-gu-Gimme a scream

Give me, give me the theme

Of Tony!

[ssmmeeaarrggllee]

@Nickstradamus In Mexico it is.... of a vampire hunter comic book called Lugo... is not that they have the license for this song, but they usually relate it to him.

[ballmonkey7]

omg there is no such thing as a bad pixies song!!

[MorriconeRocks]

This is true.

[KP5000]

@ballmonkey7

eh, there's a couple that are kind of boring, but i can't think of a single other band that i only dislike a couple from. there's virtually no filler on their albums.

[MetalGearKelan]

Single greatest instrumental ever

[jibemorel]

More than a style; a sound ... Cheers for Joey Santiago

[demravager]

pinoy love! and a hella applause for joey santiago

[junkhop]

I think among guitar players is where Joey gets his respect - and the world should know too! I was blown away when I found out he did all this work sans effects or any extras - strictly volume and fretwork!! A superhero of music, truly unique, and I've heard a really nice guy.

[drmodestoesq]

This is a great version of the Surftones classic. I also recommend you check out an obscure experimental film called "Drumstruck" If I recall, and don't hold me to this, but there is a version of this song played live. An interesting addition is the use of a amazing saxophone harmony line which adds an great layer to the song.

[yitsmoses]

Jesus man,

I don't think frank black would approve....

[strabbelmuff]

thats sad... thats really sad...

[Sandbag209]

fucking awesome

[tdog52436]

pixies are amazing and i love this song! only j maschis can claim to be a better indie-rock guitarist than Joe. I can play this song on guitar, but not as well as Joe.

[gr851]

joey deservse much more credit!!!!!!

[Crackerdamus101]

i agree

[reckoner912]

i also agree.

[bodysnatcher0421]

i concur.

i mean..i agree

[TheSalesmenBand]

@gr851 Check out our channel. Joey kicked ass on Lonely Cholo!