
The Pixies opened their Los Angeles shows this month by playing Louis Bunuel's 1929 surrealist film Un Chien Andalou . The movie inspired Debaser , the opening song on the classic Doolittle (played in its entirety for three shows at the Aragon starting Thursday). Check out this mash-up of Un Chien Andalou and Debaser . Manta Ray - Pixies [...]
Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel's controversial Surrealist short Un Chien Andalou messed with humankind's head upon its release in 1928. In the late '80s, it took aim at the ears, after inspiring the Pixies' classic anthem "Debaser." That streak continued once the Pixies' "Debaser" went on to inspire everyone from David Bowie to Rogue Wave. Recent news that Antonio Banderas has engaged in final negotiations to play Dali in an upcoming biopic, according to Variety , has us scratching our heads again. It's so crazy that it just might work. But [...]