Pixies – Debaser

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  General Comment:I don't believe Frank Black when he passes over this by saying that he watched the film twice!
  
  Debaser is a clear reference to Dali's desire to debase art of the day
  
  To me its always going to be about a mans desire to debase anything beautiful, the film is very much about the shame of sex and the juxterpossition of those opposing emotions. The appreciation of beauty and the violent amimalistic urges contained within a man.
  
  Also it sound pretty cool when my 3 year old sings it!

  Flag Beefheart1977on January 13, 2013   Link

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  General Comment:when salvador dali created that movie i bet it was too awkward/profound/uncomprehensible to almost all people,(but for some verry imaginative and brilliant in his weirdness)which makes him a debaser of the movie industry in the eyes of the mass,but i think francis understands by "debaser" someone who loses all his preconceived ideas and all the social rules in order to get to a new state of imagination and creativity beyond simple minded persons apprehension(which takes it as degrading and disturbing).So he wants to become a "debaser" of the alternative rock music ("wanna grow up to be a debaser"-pretty evident),he wants to explore the nonsensical in order to create something new.and in my opinion,we can feel that in his way of singing(its like he has tourette disease).

  Flag ijustwannabeafreakon January 29, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:'I wish Bunuel was still alive. He made this film about nothing in particular. The title itself is a nonsense. With my stupid, pseudo-scholar, naive, enthusiast, avant-garde-ish, amateurish way to watch 'Un Chien Andalou' (twice), I thought: 'Yeah, I will make a song about it,' he sings: "un chien andalou"...It sounds too French, so I will sing "un chien andalusia", it sounds good, no?'
  (Black Francis/Frank Black/Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV~ translated from a Spanish interview)

  Flag daithiomathghamhnaon July 08, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:Yeah the movie is inspired pf Dali's movie but it has more in it, doesn't it?
  
  The fact that Andalusia sounds a lot like And I lose ya seems important to me.
  Don't know about you but I want you to know,
  I am un Chien (which means dumbass to me)
  And I lose ya!
  
  So, in the way I see things, being obsessed with that girl but not able to get close to her enough and feeling incredibly too awkward for the world around me, suits pretty much what the songs makes me think of.
  
  Then debaser comes as the fact that I could have it all but the way I act just creates the opposite.
  
  Just my pick of it!

  Flag Understatingon June 07, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:This song is pure bliss to me! It is what I live for! Debasing all of life, showing the people who float around through life so freely without worries, that life isn't so easy and all fun and games... But I love how he makes "slicing up eyeballs" sound like "bibles" instead; it was probably done on purpose, just for the subconcious. Also, I think that "girly so groovy" is talking about how girls should be: popular with their looks and their girly charm... Girls should be girls, and if you do not fit the image: you are not "groovy". That's just my opinion on this amazing song though; half the meanings have been posted about this already!

  Flag bigfatliar40on April 22, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:Just watched "Un chien andalou" on YouTube. It makes Eraserhead look like a Disney movie. No joke. That was some seriously weird stuff right there.

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  General Comment:Un chien andalusia is nothing, it just has no sense, it should be "un chien andalusian", which is the literal translation of "andalou". Andalusia is the name of the region, andalusian the name given to the people (or the dogs in this case) from Andalucia.
  By the way The movie contains several thematic references to Federico García Lorca, a famous poet from Granada (which is in Andalucia), hence many people said that by un chien andalou (an andalusian dog) Buñuel and dalí were refering to him.
  

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  General Comment:What's Un Chien Andalusia?

  Flag Modestmouse1115on June 03, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:For years and years...i thought the line was "slicing up bibles"! ...had no idea what the lyrics meant before now...i love the Pixies...and saw them at the isle of wight festival.. in the u.k last year. Oh yes.. they were AMAZING...and really made my summer! X

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    Me too!

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  Song Meaning:Black Francis said in an interview that he watched Un Chien Andalou twice in college and thought "I will make a good song about this."
  
  It's literally a song emphasizing the demoralizing and de-structuring (debasing, per say) of movies, music, life in general.
  
  Francis and the rest of the gang are bloody geniuses.
  
  This is absolutely one of my favorite songs of all time.

  Flag SkeezTheGreaton April 29, 2010   Link

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