The Pixies Coming to Mesa Ampitheatre

• I love the songs so I love the band. Seeing the band live playing the songs that I love...PRICELESS!!!

• so i guess so far everyone seems to be excited to see this band on friday except the dude who wrote this lame article, which has no substance to it whatsoever. i thought i would be reading something interesting and factual. i guess bias criticism is easier to write. i have seen them before and i will see them again on friday. i hope to see you there martin. i'll buy you a beer so you can loosing up!

• <p>We should set up a reality video blog series where we find a hip indie kid (under 25) that hasn't seen the Pixies live in any capacity and is excited about seeing them. We should place our bets then ask them after the show what they thought.</p> <p>Now that would settle this argument forever. C'mon, that's good YouTube.</p> <p>-N</p>

• <p>Where,</p> <p>Have you seen them live ? I have. They were not good. Obviously I like the band, and I don't usually like huge stage shows, but I know a good performance when I see one, and the Pixies did not deliver it. At all.</p> <p>Go on thinking I'm not as "indie" as you or whatever, but the truth is that I like the band but recognize they're not worth the money to see live. </p>

• <p>Marty, based on your musings, it's obvious that you are completely unqualified to assess music in any capacity. I suppose if the band used 60 ft screens in their shows and Black Francis danced about on some sort of rotating moat, similar to the embarrasing tactics that U2 resorts to, you'd be thrilled with their "show". </p> <p>Pixies music speaks for itself. The band is sharp and crisp when playing live and you'll never need to worry about backing tracks or lip syncing getting in the way of their classic sound. </p> <p>Please stick to reviewing bubble gum bands with over-the-top stage productions that help conceal their complete lack of talent. </p>

• <p>I think the last time I got this excited about a band coming to AZ it was David Byrne... Just out of curriousity, who are you thinkin' is more exciting, Martin? Who have you been excited about in the past year?</p> <p>I'm kind of excited to see Devo again in the fall.</p> <p>I think Radiohead, Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem, Neko Case (just cuz i haven't seen her yet) or Klaxons (shut up - its a guilty pleasure) are about the only bands I would get more excited for than the Pixies.</p>

• <p>I saw Thom Yorke say in an interview that he was depressed after seeing them in th late 80's because he felt he had just see them do everything he wanted to do musically better than he ever could. He said he felt like he should give up. As a musician I can relate to this feeling. Good thing for Radiohead fans it usually doesn't linger.</p> <p>-N<br /> twitter.com/nickgortari</p>

• <p>I don't know, man. I saw them when they played Mesa Amp for their 1st reunion show and had one hell of a good time. And I'm the sort of person who normally hates seeing introverted bands live. Was rather surprised that they didn't play "Havelina" while in ARIZONA, though. Seemed like an obvious song choice.</p> <p>If the ticket prices are reasonable, I'll be there. And hot damn, Fuck Buttons as an opener? Hard to resist.</p>

• <p>Let me repeat that for posterity:</p> <p>"The Pixies coming to Mesa is the best concert news the valley has had in years."</p> <p>Wow. That's not true, but the fact that anyone thinks that is incredibly depressing. Thanks... You just ruined my Saturday, asshole.</p>

• <p>We NEVER get cool shows and when we do you bitch about it! This paper is crazy. The Pixies coming to Mesa is the best concert news the valley has had in years. </p>

• <p>Hate to break ranks with you, MCiz, but I saw 'em at Coachella in '04 and they KICKED ASS. Their subsequent local shows were great, too... tight, loud and lean. Sure, they ain't the most charismatic bunch of flabby, middle-aged rock stars around, but when they fire up "Debaser"... can't really say I give a shit. </p>

• <p>YouTube has killed any anticipation left in the rock fan. </p>

• <p>I guess I had also seen a lot of live concert footage on video before seeing them live and also knew they were introverted dorks from interviews so I was expecting just that.</p> <p>-N</p>

• <p>I saw them last year live in Denver and really enjoyed the show. Does that mean I'm not a typical indie kid? </p> <p>I really appreciate them for their song writing and have really influenced my song writing (and Kurt Cobain's apparently); so maybe I see them from a different angle than the average concert goer who needs an out of this world lazer light show to enjoy a concert (looking at you Muse)? Planning on seeing them on the 24th too!</p> <p>-N</p>

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