sleepy jack

Pixies y0. I have this love-hate thing with Nirvana sometimes I listen to them and I'm reminded of middle school. I remember why I loved them so much and yeah it's great. Other times I just think they're an overrated and unoriginal bunch of meh. I never think that about the Pixies though, I just have love for them. So I'm voting "I prefer the pixies."

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Rainard Jalen

If it was such an attempt then it failed quite miserably. The bands shouldnt be compared because their sounds don't match.

Because they do.

Janszoon

There's certainly more similarity between them than there is between Nirvana and any given death rock band.



Have you ever actually heard any death rock before?

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Rainard Jalen

Yes. Nirvana.

clutnuckle

This is going somewhere, I can feel it.

someonecompletelyrandom

Deathrock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Death rock music - Listen free at Last.fm




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Who gives a rat's ass what Cobain said? I wouldn't care if John Lydon called The Sex Pistols a ska band, because they clearly aren't a ska band.

Nirvana aren't Death Rock. The End.

lieasleep

Best.

their sounds don't match, that's why they are fun to compare. "hey lets compare the chantays to the ventures!.... man that's boring" (cue someone snarky saying "well they really are different!" of course they are, but you get my point)

And it was not a failure seeing as Kurt Cobain did adapt a lot of the pixies song structure and soft-loud, verse-chorus dynamic changes.

Talking about Smells like Teen Spirit, Cobain said:

"I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily that I should have been in that band— or at least a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard."

^That is why this thread even exists.

The Pixies were a big influence on Nirvana's music. They were the better band. Nirvana made more of an impact on the popular music world. They were the more important band.

Quick! Somebody close the thread!

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Janszoon

No, Nirvana are bebop. It's obviously true because I called them bebop for no apparent reason.

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Rainard Jalen

Thanks for coming along.

"Deathrock songs use simple chords, echoing guitars, a prominent bass, and drumming which emphasizes repetitive, post-punk beats within a 4/4 time signature. To create atmosphere, scratchy guitars are sometimes used. Lyrics can vary, but are typically introspective and surreal, and deal with the dark themes of isolation, disillusionment, loss, depression, life, death, etc."

"The frequently simplistic song structures, heavy atmosphere and rhythmic music place a great demand on lead vocalists to convey complex emotions, so deathrock singers typically have distinctive voices and strong stage presences."

I couldn't have described Nirvana better myself.

someonecompletelyrandom

Are you trolling? I really want to know. Response coming in a few hours, I need sleep.