Comments on: Groupings of Three in the Pixies http://www.midside.com/2007/01/18/pixies_triples/ popular music theory, analysis, and criticism Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:48:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: trevordeclercq http://www.midside.com/2007/01/18/pixies_triples/comment-page-1/#comment-19 trevordeclercq Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:53:57 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=8#comment-19 I'll have to get me some Talking Heads albums. I'm on a mission to get all of the "Top 500" or "Top 100" albums of all time on those lists like Rolling Stones and Time, etc. I just got "Born to Run" and a bunch of Dylan. It's good stuff. Why have I not listened to it more before? I’ll have to get me some Talking Heads albums. I’m on a mission to get all of the “Top 500″ or “Top 100″ albums of all time on those lists like Rolling Stones and Time, etc. I just got “Born to Run” and a bunch of Dylan. It’s good stuff. Why have I not listened to it more before?

]]> By: chipper http://www.midside.com/2007/01/18/pixies_triples/comment-page-1/#comment-18 chipper Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:51:43 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=8#comment-18 I have no way of verifying this, because I'm not too familiar with them, and I don't have any easy access to any of their music, but I think the Talking Heads are champions of grouping dissonance in their early stuff... I have no way of verifying this, because I’m not too familiar with them, and I don’t have any easy access to any of their music, but I think the Talking Heads are champions of grouping dissonance in their early stuff…

]]> By: trevordeclercq http://www.midside.com/2007/01/18/pixies_triples/comment-page-1/#comment-17 trevordeclercq Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:12:58 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=8#comment-17 Thanks, Mitch! The I-III-IV chord progressions in the choruses *are* interesting, and I plan on writing more about those (and other harmonic factors). The I-II-IV chord progressions are more common throughout rock, I think. But I'll hopefully talk about all of these dimensions in the future. Thanks, Mitch!

The I-III-IV chord progressions in the choruses *are* interesting, and I plan on writing more about those (and other harmonic factors).

The I-II-IV chord progressions are more common throughout rock, I think. But I’ll hopefully talk about all of these dimensions in the future.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.midside.com/2007/01/18/pixies_triples/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Mitch Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:30:05 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=8#comment-16 Trevor! I love your blog. These grouping of three on the chorus are what make a "pixies song" for me—that and a chorus with a I-III-IV or I-II-IV chord structure. Trevor!
I love your blog. These grouping of three on the chorus are what make a “pixies song” for me—that and a chorus with a I-III-IV or I-II-IV chord structure.

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