Couple weeks back we posted a Pixies concert from 1988 to commemorate frontman Black Francis’ 46th birthday; well, today brings another key Pixies milestone — the band’s instant classic Doolittle was released exactly 22 years go today — so how about another full-length vintage concert?
This show, posted by YouTube user cobyblack, was filmed at the Rodon Club in Athens, Greece, on May 19, 1989 — just a month after the album dropped — and was broadcast on Greek TV. You can check out the setlist below, and watch the whole thing in the embedded player above — or peruse the individual clips at Slicing Up Video. Oh, and the Pixies’ official site has the next night’s show on sale as an MP3 download.
So let’s celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Doolittle as the Pixies themselves are still out on the road with their seemingly endless Doolittle 20th anniversary tour.
Setlist: Pixies, Rodon Club, Athens, Greece, 5/19/89
“Into the White”
“Wave of Mutilation”
“Debaser”
“Dead”
“Cactus”
“There Goes My Gun”
“No. 13 Baby”
“Isla de Encanta”
“Hey”
“Crackity Jones”
“I Bleed”
“Caribou”
“Where Is My Mind”
“Nimrod’s Son”
“Vamos”
“Gouge Away”
“Tame”
“Tony’s Theme”
“In Heaven”
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
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- Pixies to bring ‘Doolittle’ tour to Canada, three more U.S. cities in April, May
- Download: Pixies’ full 2004 Coachella reunion set for free
- Pixies play marathon set in Santiago, Chile, to celebrate rescue
- Pixies cancel first-ever Israel concert after last week’s deadly Gaza flotilla raid
- Vintage Video: Pixies play ‘Doolittle’ tracks ‘Dead,’ ‘I Bleed’ for ‘Snub TV’ in 1989
Class Act!!!! Pixies are among the best!!!! Beautiful songwriting!!!!!! Tell the world!!!
Among the best albums ever released!!!
Congrats!
I’m not seein’ it, though I’d like to. Firefox, no. Firefox in IE Tab2, no. IE, no. =(
Is it just me? Or is this music still more cutting edge (22 years later) than anything else out there?