Built to Spill - Strange

[ransflegda666]

Seeing these dudes at the Governors Ball Festival, you should come.

[Ehenderson88]

Anytime I ever hear about this song everyone's talking about how this song sounds like the pixies lol

Speaking strictly as a musician, I have to say I can't listen to many songs period that don't in some way sound like, or have the same chord structure as many other songs that came before them. That's just how it works.

Anyway! I get to see Built to Spill this weekend in Austin YA!!! I thought this day would never come. I'm a little weepy just thinking about it...

[Jory]

Yeah... it's strange but oh well...

[poochiewus]

sounds like The Pixies, or Pixies sound like Built To Spill..

[vhoward03]

@poochiewus Pixies predate BTS.

[brett1609]

@poochiewus this song and where is my mind sound very similar

[maxzutter]

To me, the difference between this and Modest Mouse, is that most of B.T.S.'s songs, have a more traditional structure, with* major changes within the song, but after half the song, you've heard it all, and you can predict the rest of the song, where as Modest Mouse makes use of that random element, staying unpredictable throughout, using different variations of the different segments, keeping it new. Also I prefer clashing to harmony, because it's still relatively new, and overlooked as "bad".

[juices1234]

@maxzutter B.t.s Doesn't repeat to often... They just go back to the chorus at the end. Much like Modest Mouse popular songs. I just think Isaac Brock and Doug Martsch are both fucking Gods.

[maxzutter]

@juices1234 It's not that they repeat often, it's that when they do repeat it's so similar, where as Modest Mouse repeats each line differently, and they can switch between sections, while maintaining perfect transitions. B.T.S. stays generally the same within each song.

[SmoothHourglass]

@juices1234 They are gods. Too bad Built To spill is hard as hell to find in music stores. I collected 9 of my modest mouse cds in stores. I have yet to find a single BTS one :/

[thefearedESK]

@SmoothHourglass i was able to get keep it like a secret used from where i work. whenever i opened it up the cover just popped off haha.

[Ozymandias687]

@TheButtercupTube Yeah, you're right man. In fact, I read an article empirically confirming the fact that REM donated their souls to the all-superior Doug Martsch. This is why it vaguely sounds like them.

[TheButtercupTube]

Reminds me of R.E.M. Love this song :)

[Ehenderson88]

ok I never post on youtube because it's pretty much pointless but here I go...

So, with that said, as a musician and songwriter myself I'll say that yes, the chord progression is SIMILAR for one, not the same as the pixies.

Also you can pick ANY song in history and see that pretty there are almost no new chord progressions or ways to play them. what's so awesome about this and any good song is they took it and made it there own.

You'd have to go a lot deeper to find a song that was rip off.

[jastiksk8crw]

One Step Beyond introduced me to this back in the day around when I first started to skate...good memories, God bless you all

[roleric]

@jastiksk8crw me too .. this brings me good memories when I first started to skate :) , good music :)

[atwarwithdust]

@roleric thanks for the props. you can find that mash-up on soundcloud: dark_manatees/where-is-my-stra­nge/.

[rafaelfrancarj]

This intro reminds me of "Where Is My Mind", by The Pixies.

[ThoughtChild]

You should listen to "Where is my strange?" It's a mashup by the Dark Manatees. You can find it on sound cloud. It's an amazing mash.

[wipers86]

@rafaelfrancarj exactly man it's obviously ripped from the pixies there's no way you could come up with this tune and not realize it's by the pixies still a good song but a bit to much like the pixies even the singer's voice sounds like black francis

[grungerobotnow]

the first time pandora has done something right is introduce me to this.

[ASkateOfMind]

first time i heard this song i thought it was the pixies

[Rolyat360OoOoOOut]

@ASkateOfMind dude I totally thought the same thing! haha

[JAGkyo]

First heard this back in 2002 on the Adio One Step Beyond Skate video.

[Pedeninious]

Jesus Christ this song is ridiculously good. This strange war of promises.

[eddievanzant]

i wish someone would listen to every song ever made and make a list of songs that, even if they aren't very well known, are simply beautiful. also this song reminds me of the funeral by band of horses.

[Detenators]

The begining sounds very similar to "Where is My Mind" by The Pixies.....But of course thats a good thing.

[LloveLlamaLlauren]

some 20 y/o kid from holland told me to look this up lol

[dankusking]

@LloveLlamaLlauren You better have thanked them!

[LloveLlamaLlauren]

@dankusking i did lol :)

[Ozma2112]

whoa, i've never listened to anything past Keep It Like A Secret.. this is some good shit.

[tdog52436]

Cool song. The chord progression has a very strong where is my mind? feel to it though, doesn't it?

[nelsoncsb]

very fucking good track!

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

first built to spill song i ever heard. now they're in my top 10. =)

[kelkeye]

this strange war of promises!

best song of BTS!

[momopup01]

best built to spill song ever

[flueedo]

Thank you! Finally someone put up the studio version of this song! My favorite one from them. :)

[culturalimperialist]

Thank you! I had (and lost) the CD and had a powerful thirst for this song . . .

[justagirl1290]

thank you for adding this song!! :D

[ET253]

I need to get in on some Built to Spill they always have amazing songs in old transworld videos anyone got any album suggestions?

[doubleder]

thx for this...was looking for the album version!