Black Francis

Their 3 chords timing.

Most bands go by the rule of 4 in their timing.

their chord's length is based on 4 chords, and if they use 3 chords they prolong the 3rd chord in a timing of 4

idk how to explain this in a better way so i apologise but once i started playing the pixies songs i noticed they chopped off one note.

Where most bands go "I, 2, 3, 4," and start the timing all over again the pixies go "1, 2, 3" and start over again, that missing space of the 4th chord is missing creating a different structure, like for exmpl in 'Tame'



This little detail makes the rhythm structure confusing, and it makes singing the song more difficult, cause you also have to rearrange your vocals to the 3 chords timing.

And most of the time that is why they sound so chaotic, that one note that ties the timing together is missing so they make up for it with the vocals and the attitude of the song..

Crackity jones is also 3 chords looped and all attitude

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