Manta Ray - Pixies
The quintessential Pixies song, if there can be such a thing(hint: there can't be). It begins with Frank, letting you know who is in charge. Kim is second with the thumping metronomic bass. By the third line, you know this will not be handed to you: "trek across the space". It will be fun, something to do with alien abduction paranoia presumably.
Oo-Oo Oo-Oo Yeah!
At 17 seconds, some neurotic sounding humming, which leads to a ripping guitar in the middle of the second stanza.
He has no memory,
Of flyers in the night!
We are now in the presence of general insanity, and if that isn't to your tastes, now would be a good time to quit.
They went away!
Who went away? Who Frank, who? Where did they come from? Where are they going to? I need to know, I need to know, I need to know!!! Make them come back, sir. I would like to meet them please. Or maybe I don't. I just don't know anymore Mr. Francis, or is it Mr. Black? So many unanswered questions.
Police they say,
My mother too,
A fish from ocean blue,
above my head at night.
As always, with Pixies we are left with more questions than answers, and this my friend is one sign that the art we are enjoying is a masterwork. Either that or we are enjoying an LSD trip. Go split the difference. Pixies are neither overly nor overtly complex. This is a good sign. Here we are dealing with a simple expression of delusional thinking, a very good sign indeed.
Certifiably genius.
Alright!
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