Of course it is about the guys penis, it wouldn't make sense otherwise really.

That Office episode is too funny..

But this is one of my favorite songs. The Pixies made art, ...

What does this song mean to you?

a big, big, love... what else?
it's just beautiful Someone watching their sister/friend and her black, prohibited lover. Loving to watch the lover. Whose is the love? It doesn't matter... it's just Gigantic...

A Big Big Love (this has become one of my favourite Pixies songs in a very short time, the Indio California DVD version is beautiful)

i totally agree with patchwork cat

Odd that people would call this song racist. I am fairly certain most black men would be honored , rhater than offended at the content. Even if someone were secretly offended, would they stand up and proclaim they and their fellow small dicked brethren were mortified by the content? Great bassline, by the way

anyone else wonder if this song was the main inspiration for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'?. The build up to the chorus 'Hey Paul, Hey Paul' the same as 'Hello, Hello, Hello, How Low?' aswell as the soft verses and exploses choruses etc. Seems similar any thoughts?

i usually don't like songs with female singers, but this one kicks ass!

Its about how way back when it looked bad for there to be interacial couples but the girl still wanted this black guy.

and seeing as hhow it says gigantic our big big love i doubt its about BBc

i too think it's about a big black cock! spot on!

i dont think this song's about an interacial relationship... when i first listened to it i thought it was all about sex, but now i think its about this guy who's different and just blows her away... probably the dark thing refers to "mistery or intrigue" u know like sth hidden... and she wants it anyways...

NO ITS ABOUT BBC OH SORRY BBC=BIG BLACK COCK
FUCK I WISH I HAD A BIG COCK LIKE BLACK"S YOU IDOIT THAT THINK IT IS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE IT IS BBC

THATS RIGHT BBC YOU HEARD ME
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when I first heard this song 13 years ago I thought it was about Frank Black's weight problem

This is the most beautiful song ever written about a big black dick. And for anyone doubting that that's what it's about look here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfer_Rosa#Music - ""Gigantic" is an "unabashed praisesong to a well-endowed black man,""

I think the lyrics are actually "he's like the dark" rather than "he's dark".

According to Deal, the main inspiration for the song was the film Crimes of the Heart, in which a married woman falls in love with a black teenager[2] and the song "Gigantic" is credited to Mrs John Murphy (Kim Deal's pseudonym at the time of Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa and an ironic feminist joke).
so yeah

Okay since we've obviuously reached the agreement that this song is about a big penis of a black man, I just want to say that I'm pretty damn sure that it's 'lisp' and not 'lips' ('with her lisp she said')
Why? Because if you listen closely when she says "Hey Paul Hey Paul Hey Paul Let's have a ball"- she's lisping a bit.

hahaha its gotta be about some mixed ethnic love affair

OK, to deny the interracial sexual element of this song you would have to be either willfully dense or hopelessly oblivious yet i believe as with many pixies songs there exists a metaphysical interpretation underlying the surface. Let's imagine that the woman narrating is speaking of her feelings for Paul as a spiritual manifestation of the love of god and naturally comparing Paul's physical characteristics to her preconceived notion of god's appearance. The opening line, "And this I know: His teeth as white as snow" sounds like a declaration of faith using a simile that contains divine symbology. The color white being symbolic of light and purity and the comparison with snow which falls from the heavens. The heavens being the mythological dwelling place for most deities.

The next line, "What a gas it was to see him" can be seen as an expression of exuberant joy at the thought of being in the presence of your creator in addition to being a metaphor for the energy such a force would emanate. The following line, "Walk her every day into a shady place" I think suggests that contrary to conventional wisdom god may not always have the best intentions and in reality does have a dark side so even though this entity provides this amazing illumination it is still capable of leading some souls into shady places. The pre chorus line, With her lips she said, "Hey, Paul, hey Paul, hey Paul Let's have a ball" reveals both the humorous irony of this song and the desired outcome of this supernatural relationship. The irony residing in the meaning of the name Paul which is of latin origin and is defined as, "small; humble" if that wasn't intended, excuse the pun but it's one gigantic coincidence.

Now, the let's have a ball line is of course a metaphor for having a good time but in the metaphysical context a ball is explained as an spherical celestial body. So, having a ball could be akin to having a world which is what two people in a relationship would be sharing or in relation to god it could be said that one experiences god through this world. At this point, the remaining lyrics I haven't expounded upon shouldn't be that HARD to attribute DEEPER meaning to within the spiritual context theorized throughout. The idea of god is gigantic, the existence of such a being powerful enough to have created the known universe and all life made from it is a gigantic concept.

I consider "Divine Hammer" to be a sexual/spiritual sequel of sorts to "Gigantic" in a way. Hopefully, I'm not the only one who sees it from this vantage point. If anybody else does please let your thoughts be known. Oh, just to clarify I'm agnostic leaning towards atheist but even in the absence of faith god is a fascinating idea to ponder.

R.I.P. Morgan Freeman and may black Jesus return in 2012! ;)