Oh, sheesh, should have said "I've never understood the appeal of reunion tours to people," but of course you/all got that!

I can see that, they're both Boston bands and share a rock basis. I think I remember something about that, but I might just be imagining I heard it before.

I said I didn't understand the appeal (though MBV might compel me). That's hardly disparaging of you or anyone to whom it appeals.

I've never understood the appeal of people to reunion tours or otherwise nostalgic backwards-looking events. The only exception for me was Mission of Burma because their career had been so short and also because I really do consider them one of the greatest bands of all time for my taste, but they had new songs to…

I really loved the first two X longer-form (EP and LP) recordings, Los Angeles and Wild Gift, truly awesome records!

You didn't like Metal Machine Music? Anyway, MMM and TlM are entirely different recordings, I don't think you can compare them fairly.

That song I really like, far better than anything else on the record IIRC, but I liked it in some ways better when I thought the chorus was "this stuff is bound to happen" than when I realized the chorus was in fact saying the title of the song! Both "versions," for me, worked really well.

PS - and of course Pixies were a rock-pop act, I thought that was obvious from day one. I didn't know anyone thought they were anything but. The songwriting was clearly always in that vein.

I never heard anyone say it was a "compromised" record or "too pop," but then I didn't hang out with hipsters or the like. I have to admit, though, I never have found the album anything special, just pleasant. To be honest, I didn't realize anyone considered it a classic to the degree this write-up implies. But…