We just got back to our respective cities after spending two days in Auckland. Why? TO SEE THE FREAKING PIXIES LIVE IN CONCERT. Hands down the best concert ever.
At most concerts, you get squashed and pushed from all sides, as everyone is trying to enjoy the music. This concert was different. It was full. It had been entirely booked out for MONTHS. However, everybody had space around them to dance. We weren’t packed in like sardines. NOBODY HAD SPACIAL ISSUES. I’ve never had that at a concert.
Everybody in our little area danced their hearts out, and sung along with all the songs. It didn’t matter that we were about 10-15 years younger than everybody there. We were all freaking united for this one show.
AND WHAT A SHOW IT WAS! Pixies are amazing. After all these years they still have it. My voice is still fucked up from singing and screaming and wooing. EVERYBODY picked up on what song they were going to play just from the first few bars, and off that recognition was SO much excitement and energy. EVERY SINGLE SONG OFF DOOLITTLE!
And they played TWO ENCORES. TWO. TWO!!!!!!!!! First encore included a slowed down version of Wave of Mutilation. For the second encore they turned the lights back on, and played some songs off their other albums, ending in Gigantic.
To remember the show by, the lovely people at Abbey Road Live, recorded the entire thing, and put them onto CDs for audience members to purchase. I’m listening to it as I write this, and I would be lying if said I didn’t get goosebumps from listening to it.
