The Pixies vs Nirvana

dswood · 09-29-2010, 11:16 PM

If you ask me this today (an uh... you did) I'd say Pixies.

But a decade ago? Nirvana.

Discovering Nirvana meant discovering an entirely new direction in music for me - the first band I listened to because -I- discovered them and not because I heard it around home and adopted them from a family member.

Without Nirvana I might not have ever gotten to a Pixies album...

But yeah, today I don't break out the old Nirvana albums much. Pixies though? All the time. They stuck with my tastes a lot longer so they get it here, if not by much.

Jonny Redshirt · 09-30-2010, 12:41 AM

Hoo boy. I imagine it's tough to beat the nostalgia filter for the children of the 90's; we grew up on Nirvana, after all. However, I just barely count as a "child" of the 90's, since I wasn't even a teenager until the Noughties. I was still surrounded by Nevermind, thanks largely to my brother, but I didn't become a music lover until long after the grunge phase of American culture had become a distant and usually embarrassing memory.

Still, I do definitely like Nirvana. However, I honestly believe The Pixies beat them in basically every arena. Diversity? Of course. Originality? Hell yes. Songwriting? Ehh...debatable, but I'm still gonna have to give Black Francis the nod over Kurt Cobain. Good ol' Kurt did have a great ear for melody, though. The only arena I'd say Nirvana beat The Pixies in was emotional resonance, but I was never that in love with "the message" of Nirvana, anyways. Still, Kurt Cobain has a way of getting under your skin which Black Francis never did (not that he ever tried, to be fair).

While Nirvana are a very worthy band, I'm definitely going to have to go with The Pixies on this one.

View Poll Results: Which band is better?
Pixies are way better	67	23.93%
I prefer The pixies	62	22.14%
I like them about the Same	40	14.29%
I prefer Nirvana	56	20.00%
Nirvana is way better	55	19.64%
Voters: 280. You may not vote on this poll

09-30-2010, 12:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jonny Redshirt Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 64	Hoo boy. I imagine it's tough to beat the nostalgia filter for the children of the 90's; we grew up on Nirvana, after all. However, I just barely count as a "child" of the 90's, since I wasn't even a teenager until the Noughties. I was still surrounded by Nevermind, thanks largely to my brother, but I didn't become a music lover until long after the grunge phase of American culture had become a distant and usually embarrassing memory. Still, I do definitely like Nirvana. However, I honestly believe The Pixies beat them in basically every arena. Diversity? Of course. Originality? Hell yes. Songwriting? Ehh...debatable, but I'm still gonna have to give Black Francis the nod over Kurt Cobain. Good ol' Kurt did have a great ear for melody, though. The only arena I'd say Nirvana beat The Pixies in was emotional resonance, but I was never that in love with "the message" of Nirvana, anyways. Still, Kurt Cobain has a way of getting under your skin which Black Francis never did (not that he ever tried, to be fair). While Nirvana are a very worthy band, I'm definitely going to have to go with The Pixies on this one. __________________ "Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges." Last.FM

09-29-2010, 11:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
dswood Groupie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Canuckland Posts: 25	If you ask me this today (an uh... you did) I'd say Pixies. But a decade ago? Nirvana. Discovering Nirvana meant discovering an entirely new direction in music for me - the first band I listened to because -I- discovered them and not because I heard it around home and adopted them from a family member. Without Nirvana I might not have ever gotten to a Pixies album... But yeah, today I don't break out the old Nirvana albums much. Pixies though? All the time. They stuck with my tastes a lot longer so they get it here, if not by much.