The Breeders—“Cannonball”
60 Songs That Explain the '90s
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The Surfer Rosa Song - Kim Deal and the Pixies
Kim Deal had never played bass before when in her mid 20s she answered a Boston Phoenix ad seeking someone who was into both Husker Doo and Peter, Paul and Mary. The pixies sound is most definitely common knowledge. Quiet verses, loud choruses, ecstatic distortion, bone crushing intimacy. You can trace it all back to one song. It's the surfuros a song that Kim gets a sing lead on, of course.
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