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May 17, 2007
Pixies bracket: Creep (1) v Scatterbrain (16)
"Creep"
Pablo Honey
(1)
Last year, while researching for my coming trip to Hawaii, I came across a list of the "Ten Most Important Historical Events" pertaining to the 50th state. Number one? An anti-climactic, "formation of the islands". As in, the underwater volcanoes poking above the sea, lava spilling through, and over a course of about 5,000 years, forming a speckled land mass in the middle of the Pacific. In other words, a complete cop out. But the explanation made more than a little sense: had these formations not occurred, then every single other nameable thing from Hawaii's history would likewise have never occurred. The formation of islands is the single most impactful, influential and prescient event the state's history. If that didn't happen, nothing else would have. See where I'm going with this? Maybe you like better lyricism that Radiohead later showed. Perhaps you prefer the experimentation of their later work. But that would all be moot if not for this song. Because of "Creep", we were blessed with the rest of Radiohead's catalogue. We are in this track's debt. Even if the song didn't have the coolest guitar cruch in pop music history, it'd still be a #1 seed.
VS
"Scatterbrain"
Hail to the Thief
(16)
This is the song that loses to "Creep" in the first round.
Posted by Randall Monty at May 17, 2007 08:04 AM
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C'mon, out yourself. You know who I'm talking to.
Posted by: Randall Monty at May 17, 2007 09:21 AM
It wasn't me; but someone is nervous!
Posted by: Keith at May 17, 2007 09:33 AM
