The mother fucking pixies

The Pixies - Vector arena, March 12 2010


Yes the pixies. Like faith no more, a band I've been wanting to see since I got recommended them by a friend when I was 16.
The anticipation for this one was great, their reunion in 2004, the rumours of a big day out tour, the disapointment in finding out they werent.
Finally! the day arrived, and what a day! A major storm hits Wellington at 4.30pm, just as I make my way to the airport. Arrive in the airport completely drenched and FREAKING OUT that we wont be able to fly out tonight.
After a 30 minute delay, the plane takes off, im on it, we dont die, a pretty uneventful trip apart from the free alcohol which went straight to my head.

By the time I reach vector, collapsing cities are playing, a local indie band who are alright but nothing special - so we gave them a miss.

The crowd was an interesting one, full of 40 yr old office workers out with their partners, dressed in the always classic t shirt and jeans, a very different crowd than the one that i saw the next night.

When the pixies come out the roar of the crowd was deafening, four slightly overweight, baggy t shirt wearing geniuses walk out, the most unlikely rockstars. yet when these guys start playing, it all came back to me about why i love them so much, quiet, loud, quiet, that unique pixies sound AMAZING!

they started off with Kim informing us that the are playing b sides. pretty good too, recognised none of it of course. however Kim also informed us that some of the b sides are so obsure they even had to learn how to play them again.

then onto the main event. Doolittle. My favourite album in the whole wide world, with my favourite song in the history of songs - hey. when they played that i felt like my world was finaly complete, can cross something off my bucket list (crossed so many things off lately i think its time to write a new one).

When they finished doolittle the crowd went wild. honestly, never ever heard a crowd cheer for that long and that loud. the band walks off, the cheering continues for five minutes until they come back on. and start playing all the classics, first off was where is my mind? i dunno but that sure blew whatever was left of it away.

The thing about the pixies is that i love them and i love particular songs so much, but then they just came out with all these tracks i had completely forgotten about and was SO stoked to hear like nimrods son. they finished on gigantic. the first song i ever heard of the pixies.

Im still riding the high of this concert and it was 2 weeks ago already!