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Tune of the (yester)day: Pixies - Hey // Issue #59

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"Kim Deal keeps the nostalgic track plodding along to a melody that lulls you to a state of relaxation"

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Last Edited by: Ffion Davies July 20th, 2012.
The importance of Pixies shouldn’t be underrated. They’re unique take on angry meets beautiful music sculpted the music Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Radiohead would spread around the globe in the early 90s. Black Francis’ part in-tune, part tuneless, part barking vocals in ‘Hey’ personified the fragility of the band who could be loud and distorted like sections of ‘Gigantic’ but equally as beautiful tranquil as moments in ‘Where Is My Mind’.

The walking bassline of Kim Deal keeps the nostalgic track plodding along to a melody that lulls you to a state of relaxation. As one of their more subdued songs ‘Hey’ exhibits why Pixies were so revered despite never achieving commercial success.

WATCH // 'Hey' (Live)


The Story

‘Hey’ was a popular song from Pixies second album and third release, Doolittle, which sold dramatically better than the previous Surfer Rosa.

Despite never being released as a single or a B-side, it remains a popular song to this day and is regularly played live.

Doolittle sold well in the UK and Europe reaching #8 and #66 respectively with Norweigan magazine Panorama making it the #1 album in the article ’30 Best Albums of the Years 1970-1998’.

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