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Old 03-29-2011, 11:17 PM   #237 (permalink)
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Nirvana's music and lyrics feel more intuitive and honest tbh...there is something more calculated about The Pixies, and the pretension kind of interferes with the music. I also feel that Nirvana are sonically superior. They were miserable, but it's wise misery...songs like ''Territorial Pissings'' and ''Something In The Way'' show a huge depth of knowledge that Pixies never exhibited imo.
I would say the exact opposite. I always found kurt cobain (while I like the guy) to be in general quite a pretentious individual. The Pixies to me seemed like they just wanted to make some good rock albums and tried really hard without much distraction.
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