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View Poll Results: Which band is better?
Pixies are way better 67 23.93%
I prefer The pixies 62 22.14%
I like them about the Same 40 14.29%
I prefer Nirvana 56 20.00%
Nirvana is way better 55 19.64%
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Old 02-04-2013, 03:43 PM   #501 (permalink)
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Old 02-14-2013, 08:07 AM   #502 (permalink)
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I'll never understand why these 2 bands get compared so often, just because Nirvana sounded a bit like them on one song. I don't ever recall Nirvana writing spanish lyrics or being influenced by surf rock.
It's a bit like saying AC/DC should be compared to Noel Coward because Bon Scott did a posh accent on one song.
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Old 02-14-2013, 06:06 PM   #503 (permalink)
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I think people want to know if the band that inspired Nirvana in some ways is appreciated as much as much as Nirvana. Which song even sounds like The Pixies really, to me its really jusy the dynamics that are similiar.
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Old 02-14-2013, 06:20 PM   #504 (permalink)
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I think people want to know if the band that inspired Nirvana in some ways is appreciated as much as much as Nirvana. Which song even sounds like The Pixies really, to me its really jusy the dynamics that are similiar.
Nirvana and the Pixies are still very different bands with different character to their music. The only time the two of them really sound anyway similar is where 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' has a similar riff to the Pixies 'U-Mass'. I wouldn't say that the whole quiet-loud dynamic would really be enough to compare the two.

If you want to compare Nirvana with a band that influenced them then why not Melvins vs Nirvana, Flipper vs Nirvana or The Beatles vs Nirvana?
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Old 02-15-2013, 07:13 PM   #505 (permalink)
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I'm a fan of both bands, but I like the Pixies more.
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Old 02-17-2013, 08:52 PM   #506 (permalink)
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you don't expect me to spend several days listening to each one of their songs before i make a vote here. i know my decision to choose Nirvana is quite, uhm, a little bit unfair but basing on the current knowledge that i have between the two, i think it's my safest answer
Preference based on what one knows is the best support for any decision about music likes.
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Old 02-17-2013, 10:35 PM   #507 (permalink)
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I'll never understand why these 2 bands get compared so often, just because Nirvana sounded a bit like them on one song. I don't ever recall Nirvana writing spanish lyrics or being influenced by surf rock.
It's a bit like saying AC/DC should be compared to Noel Coward because Bon Scott did a posh accent on one song.
It's mainly because Cobain cited Pixies as a band that he ripped off stylistically. He was, of course, too high to use the Spanish language or play surf rock but he ran with the early-90s loud-quiet-loud thing, courtesy of Pixies. His statements RE this are pretty well documented, I think. And most popular songs by both bands use that device.
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Old 03-10-2013, 12:56 AM   #508 (permalink)
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They are both great band, but I prefer The Pixies. The Pixies put more effort into their music. Kurt Cobain sings about rather depressing subjects.
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Kurt Cobain sings about rather depressing subjects.
Thats one of the attributes associated with Grunge. Cobain was very original and creative as a lyricist.
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