Black Francis - Velouria (Live at 89.3 The Current)

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  • Опубліковано 13 лип 2009
  • Pixies frontman Black Francis performs "Velouria" from the album Bossanova, live in the studio of 89.3 The Current (www.thecurrent.org)

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  • @jeffryJEFFRYWITH1Ewillis
    @jeffryJEFFRYWITH1Ewillis 9 років тому +289

    I think this is my favorite Pixies song.
    His explanation of the song has left it making less sense than before, however.

    • @herecomesdatboioioi
      @herecomesdatboioioi 7 років тому +26

      He met a chick who whos ethnic background ties her to limuria, but velouria means like hairy and he is referring to her as that because she was hairy

    • @daveholly9005
      @daveholly9005 7 років тому +5

      google Velour

    • @dove24012
      @dove24012 7 років тому +1

      whoa

    • @BRUNOAZIZ
      @BRUNOAZIZ 7 років тому +33

      the less the pixies musics make sense the better....

    • @Gabrielarbizazuluaga
      @Gabrielarbizazuluaga 7 років тому +5

      well it does make sense but you would have to be smart to get the references... that´s why it doesn´t make sense to you.

  • @jdoe27
    @jdoe27 10 років тому +101

    maan, everything about this band is just so magical

    • @mkmstillstackin
      @mkmstillstackin 4 роки тому +3

      1000 times yes

    • @paquchou
      @paquchou 3 роки тому +2

      i agree

    • @UbiDoobyBanooby
      @UbiDoobyBanooby 2 роки тому

      You said this seven years ago and I’m still coming back to it at the wee hours all these years later. Magical is an understatement.

    • @jasondesselles9168
      @jasondesselles9168 2 роки тому

      @@UbiDoobyBanooby He did say he had an encounter with a Lemurian.

    • @SilentAttackTV
      @SilentAttackTV 2 роки тому +3

      Pixies music is like an entire universe of their own. Their music has an atmosphere to it that just transports you to a different place.

  • @artemisvega8940
    @artemisvega8940 Місяць тому +2

    You're expecting Joey's guitar and it goes all softer than you think. It's nice to see the bones of the song, something like he would have orginally demoed to show the others the song. But on it's own it's deliciously fragile. What an artist.

  • @AriasValor3
    @AriasValor3 10 років тому +104

    I've been listening to this song for the past 5 years, and I never realized Kim Deal is singing "V-E-L-O-U...R-I-A" until I heard this version.

    • @PropaneWP
      @PropaneWP 9 років тому +19

      I didn't realize it until you mentioned it, and I've been listening to it for the past 14 years.

    • @andrewburnsmetaldetecting3154
      @andrewburnsmetaldetecting3154 9 років тому +4

      ive been listening to this song for 15 and I always thought vit was really love you bye bye babe . lol

    • @Carreyrandom
      @Carreyrandom 8 років тому +20

      I've been listening to it for 600 years

    • @jonanjello
      @jonanjello 7 років тому +4

      Indeed. I was unaware Deal was singing that.
      Beautiful song, even more so with this acoustic version.

    • @ToMmyBenitezz
      @ToMmyBenitezz 7 років тому +4

      always thought she said eeeeeoooh ra ra re

  • @rainbowgoldenhoney767
    @rainbowgoldenhoney767 7 років тому +34

    His explanation of this song made me love it more...didn't ever realize he was on board with the Lemuria thing.

  • @jamesbutcher3305
    @jamesbutcher3305 3 місяці тому +6

    My 26 year old daughter is named Velouria. The most Beautiful and brilliant person i know under 90.. Objectively stunning and original, totally intellectually nimble, the heart of a poet and Jesus. A Creator and muse kind of creation. I Love You Velouria Leigh 8897

  • @NxDoyle
    @NxDoyle 4 роки тому +6

    One of 14 reasons why Bossanova is as great as that which preceded it.

  • @cadmantheaviator
    @cadmantheaviator 8 років тому +44

    Could watch him do solo acoustic stuff all day.

  • @irrationallynegative
    @irrationallynegative Рік тому +6

    I would never have thought that a simple acoustic version of this classic sing could come across this well, but he totally kills it. So beautiful.

  • @jeffryJEFFRYWITH1Ewillis
    @jeffryJEFFRYWITH1Ewillis 15 років тому +22

    why does this make me want to cry? I love it.

    • @mkmstillstackin
      @mkmstillstackin 4 роки тому +10

      The somberness of wisdom is relentless

    • @donny763222
      @donny763222 3 роки тому +4

      so well said

    • @franklinbumgartener1323
      @franklinbumgartener1323 2 роки тому +1

      Effeminate weekness?

    • @bd7628
      @bd7628 Рік тому +1

      Because it's so beautiful 🎼❤️ me too

    • @therespectedlex9794
      @therespectedlex9794 Рік тому

      @@franklinbumgartener1323 Binaural beats, propaganda, mind control, at the end of the... weekness. Learn to spell before you say who's weak.

  • @WCarnation
    @WCarnation 13 років тому +22

    I love all the stories behind Frank's songs, they're so straight forward yet intriguing, like the songs themselves!

  • @davidlepont9401
    @davidlepont9401 Рік тому +7

    Magnifique!!! Frank et sa bande ont enflammé l'olympia de Paris hier soir... C'était trop bien....

  • @steve_22xy
    @steve_22xy 4 роки тому +7

    as a fantasy and science fiction reader, i like the mythology and paranormal references in his songs. his voice and Kim's voice were magical together, and he sounds good here by himself

  • @Kayem967
    @Kayem967 5 років тому +22

    I love his lyrics. Good that he remains faithful to his initial rendition of his songs in terms of tone and pace. I'm not a big fan of reworking stuff. Shows that he clearly likes his own work and doesn't need to lazily deliver it differently through boredom.

    • @SilentAttackTV
      @SilentAttackTV 2 роки тому +1

      Yea, it's so annoying when artists do this to their own songs, but it's understandable to a degree

  • @where7847
    @where7847 6 років тому +90

    hes such an underrated rhythm guitarist

    • @wwgt
      @wwgt 4 роки тому +6

      and writer/singer as well. the complete package

    • @lennycook206
      @lennycook206 3 роки тому +2

      "Underrated" there's that nonsense YT category again.... I don't know anyone that knows their apples from their pears that'd dare to utter such a nonsensical claim. People like you with your addiction to making big claims based on your narrow view make me laugh. Idiot

    • @thornil2231
      @thornil2231 Рік тому +4

      "underrated" is the most overused word in music videos comments.

    • @darkjesy7736
      @darkjesy7736 Рік тому

      He's kinda ok

    • @Heisenbinks
      @Heisenbinks Рік тому +3

      @@darkjesy7736 can you write songs as simple and as great as him?

  • @GodInTheMachine
    @GodInTheMachine 13 років тому +4

    this is the greatest explanation of a song I've ever heard.

  • @kimcage7768
    @kimcage7768 5 років тому +9

    I''m amazed. Just found this version, listened to it 7 times straight. Genius.

  • @TheLeftyGrove
    @TheLeftyGrove 10 років тому +24

    Genius. Pure.

  • @-barth-1889
    @-barth-1889 7 років тому +20

    Hold my head, we'll trampoline
    Finally through the roof onto somewhere near and far in time
    Velouria, her covering, traveling career
    She can really move, oh, Velveteen
    My Velouria, my Velouria
    Even I'll adore you, my Velouria
    Even I'll adore you, my Velouria
    Say to me, where have you been?
    Finally through the roof
    And how does lemur skin reflect the sea?
    We will wade in the shine of the ever
    We will wade in the shine of the ever
    We will wade in the tides of the summer, every summer
    Every my Velouria, my Velouria
    Forevergreen, I know she's here in California
    I can see the tears of Shastasheen
    My Velouria, my Velouria
    Even I'll adore you, my Velouria
    Even I'll adore you, my Velouria

    • @krestenkelaher
      @krestenkelaher 5 років тому

      lol

    • @therespectedlex9794
      @therespectedlex9794 Рік тому

      Shastasheen?

    • @-barth-1889
      @-barth-1889 Рік тому +1

      @@therespectedlex9794 Tears of shasta sheen refers to Mount Shasta which is located somewhere or other and supposedly homes the people of Lemuria,twin city of Atlantis.Not sure where the tears bit comes from.Or the sheen

    • @therespectedlex9794
      @therespectedlex9794 Рік тому

      @@-barth-1889 ty interesting, I like the myth

  • @sal26
    @sal26 14 років тому +3

    God bless Chuck Thompsons possessed mind. This guy is a brilliant!! Pixies music will stay with me forever.

  • @Ozzytri
    @Ozzytri 6 років тому +6

    Ah there he is - my god man! Perfection. xx

  • @ceebee491
    @ceebee491 6 років тому +6

    This song puts a lump in my throat. Don't know why.

  • @thenavajoknow
    @thenavajoknow 5 років тому +3

    Amazing. Never thought this one could be buskered, but he makes it beautiful and complete

  • @NAIVADA
    @NAIVADA 13 років тому +3

    Sublime composition, he's doing a very nice version rendition here, long live Pixies!

  • @jeffryJEFFRYWITH1Ewillis
    @jeffryJEFFRYWITH1Ewillis 15 років тому +1

    I keep coming back to this video. Wish there was more acoustic Pixie classics...

  • @Dryzaum
    @Dryzaum 14 років тому +1

    This is the man. Ive always loved pixies. Frank Black was the pixies. I miss them.

  • @Rollergirl2000
    @Rollergirl2000 13 років тому +2

    Simply.......Beautiful, I named my motorbike Velouria...it's my favourite song to sing out loud whilst riding about :)

  • @greenbrainsurgery
    @greenbrainsurgery 10 років тому +8

    I love this song so mich

  • @MrOnomatopoiea
    @MrOnomatopoiea 7 років тому +11

    Frank Black always reminds me of an Anglo-Saxon Buddha; so wise and mystical! :)

  • @theboringmidwesterners9516
    @theboringmidwesterners9516 8 років тому +1

    Haunting -- thanks for capturing this beautiful performance!

  • @dirkardostevergreen4827
    @dirkardostevergreen4827 2 роки тому +1

    I am in awe! Such genius.

  • @kellytyroler5356
    @kellytyroler5356 9 років тому +9

    I'm so shamed at the vastnessvof my ignorance that I didn't even pick up a hint of what the true meaning was behind this sublimely beautiful song.

  • @mark12358
    @mark12358 6 років тому

    Yes, this is really my favourite Pixies song, a pleasure to listen to. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, M

  • @TheRinoa68
    @TheRinoa68 11 років тому +2

    This song, Velouria, is one of my favorites! Absolutely!
    And this acoustic version is amazing

  • @johnd2442
    @johnd2442 12 років тому +2

    thank you for posting this. i wish he could have told the story uninterrupted. i never knew what this song was about before this. it makes me love the song all over again.

  • @joadha
    @joadha 14 років тому +4

    He is so out of his damn mind...

  • @stugats1
    @stugats1 14 років тому +1

    This was great !!! Thanks for posting it.. Thanks for doing it MR. F

  • @arruxan72
    @arruxan72 11 років тому

    This song is incredible amazing ,so pure & so simple at the same time ,one of my favorites song ever... Charles you´re a gifted musician !!

  • @Jermofoot
    @Jermofoot 15 років тому +17

    My favorite Pixies song by far. Love the Weezer cover as well.
    I had a summer romance end today with the girl moving away. There was nothing I could do but loop this song...

    • @jonathanramsey8508
      @jonathanramsey8508 4 роки тому +2

      F

    • @Ryu-on1jq
      @Ryu-on1jq 3 роки тому

      F

    • @nathanb5579
      @nathanb5579 3 роки тому +1

      Did you ever see her again?

    • @Jermofoot
      @Jermofoot 3 роки тому +5

      @@nathanb5579 Yes. I wish it were a happier story over a decade later, but unfortunately it's not. I still think about her some, and she did reach out a few times and tell me I was the best man she ever met, but that's where the story ends. Occasionally I'll reminisce on the good memories, but now that I'm out of the haze of infatuation, I can see I was really just a rebound. C'est la vie.

  • @mccann444
    @mccann444 5 років тому

    So LOVE THIS SONG THIS IS MY FAVORITE PIXIES SONG 💕💕💕💕. Sounds so good after all years tears

  • @mwright83
    @mwright83 12 років тому +2

    I still just can't believe how many good songs this guy has written. Not just with Pixies, but the Frank Black solo albums are ridiculous as well. Get Teenager of the Year if you don't have it already!

  • @starwinksbackfromtheskypit6790
    @starwinksbackfromtheskypit6790 3 роки тому +3

    He’s an occult freak and I love it.

  • @wwgt
    @wwgt 12 років тому

    There are none..more...
    cool, calm, collected
    such as this ..

  • @dougstephens1979
    @dougstephens1979 6 років тому

    Just beautiful, haunting.

  • @L2STQGB_Continuum
    @L2STQGB_Continuum 10 місяців тому

    Awesome story background, always loved this song first heard on kukq phoenix when it was still newly played on underground radio

  • @josephk7954
    @josephk7954 6 років тому +1

    Total class - a real artist.

  • @EdMaGoFa
    @EdMaGoFa 12 років тому +3

    already got it in the guitar ! i'm ready to play it for my beatifull friends by the river at night !!

  • @jonanjello
    @jonanjello 7 років тому +1

    Fantastic song.

  • @Halfmanhalfdog
    @Halfmanhalfdog 2 роки тому +1

    One of the single best live performances ever?

  • @mouser98k
    @mouser98k 14 років тому +2

    holy shit batman,
    frank black singing in falsetto... awesome!!!
    like nectar dripping from the heavens...

  • @jaydekaytv
    @jaydekaytv 15 років тому

    Wonderful performance.

  • @Estusstew
    @Estusstew 5 років тому +1

    This is an amazing song I think it sounds great on acoustic.. I wish I could write songs like this guy

  • @ericmourinho9589
    @ericmourinho9589 6 років тому

    Saw the pixes in dublin 1991 it was brilliant

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 5 років тому +12

    When you're a musician and you meet some chick who talks your ear off, you find a notepad.

  • @csjafi
    @csjafi Рік тому

    a lot of Frank's songs have a haunting feel to them. This is a great version!

  • @MyOtherworldlyLove
    @MyOtherworldlyLove 11 місяців тому

    My otherworldly love always wears a dress made of velour. That's why this song reminds me of her. ❤

  • @wwgt
    @wwgt 4 роки тому +1

    I can hear the accompaniment of the singing saw , or whatever the keyboard sound is ..awesome beautiful song this is

    • @Heisenbinks
      @Heisenbinks Рік тому

      Pretty sure it's joey using a weird pedal on his guitar on something, does use that sound a lot on bossanova

    • @chapmcchap2919
      @chapmcchap2919 21 день тому

      That is a theremin, an electronic instrument designed 100 years ago! Fascinating instrument, played without using physical contact. Basically you use your hands to control the pitch and volume.

  • @CMaher-po7tl
    @CMaher-po7tl 7 років тому

    Brilliant 😊

  • @generaciondesintoxicada2557
    @generaciondesintoxicada2557 4 роки тому

    Legend!!!!

  • @newyork5988
    @newyork5988 9 років тому +2

    legend

  • @lojun4932
    @lojun4932 Рік тому

    magical songwriter

  • @lethalmuffin101
    @lethalmuffin101 12 років тому +1

    Fucking Awesome... no other words for it. You gotta love the Lemuria speech also. Classic Charles.

  • @bjr395
    @bjr395 15 років тому

    Frank Black is a class act all the way! Mary Lucia had an awesome interview with him. Love The Current

  • @sooofunny37
    @sooofunny37 14 років тому +2

    Wow! Madagascar used to be called "Veloria"? This story should be in the liner notes. So freakin' awesome. You Rock Black Francis!

  • @donny763222
    @donny763222 3 роки тому

    Until I heard this i liked the pixies a LOT
    NOW HOW CAN I say 10,000 time more
    Just wow and thank you going threw a rough scrape right now.......

  • @evanisovich
    @evanisovich 2 роки тому

    Classic. Just classic.

  • @ianwebb3496
    @ianwebb3496 3 роки тому

    Charles' voice sounds DAMNED GOOD in this clip. I know that he's everyone's cup of tea but he does have an exceptional voice!

  • @JoelB3
    @JoelB3 11 років тому +35

    I agree, but acoustic version or not, Velouria still sounds 10x cooler with Kim's feather-like wispy vocals interlaced throughout the whole song.

  • @HarpoonTorpedo
    @HarpoonTorpedo 14 років тому +1

    This version of the song is insane..its like mind control.

  • @user-pe7ev1kn1i
    @user-pe7ev1kn1i 7 місяців тому

    Legend

  • @jamesalvarado1415
    @jamesalvarado1415 8 років тому +7

    I want to grow up to be a debaser just like you I love you buddy

  • @nandobiselli7716
    @nandobiselli7716 4 роки тому

    I can't imaginé how good this song could sounds with Kim doing the background voice....

  • @therealbp
    @therealbp 12 років тому

    @ForgottenMusicSongs thank you :)

  • @danielg7200
    @danielg7200 10 місяців тому

    wow.... WWWOOOWWW... so simple... SOOO POWERFUL

  • @warn0245
    @warn0245 10 років тому

    fooking super!!!

  • @Jermofoot
    @Jermofoot 14 років тому

    @Louquivole I can't even describe how crazy it's been, but there is hope. I saw her a couple months after posting and will see her again in a few weeks! :D

  • @picpic03
    @picpic03 10 років тому +1

    Genius.

  • @PATYPUS3
    @PATYPUS3 2 роки тому

    Dope song Frank. The cracks don't know better.

  • @tattoosmachine2811
    @tattoosmachine2811 4 роки тому

    temaso!!...

  • @wungabunga
    @wungabunga 13 років тому

    @machbaby Fmsus4. I think it's called.
    Barre the 1st and 2nd (and 6th, normally) strings with your 1st finger at the 1st fret, then barre the 3rd, 4th, and 5th strings at the 3rd fret with a flattened 3rd finger - or use your little finger: like an A chord shape moved up one fret. looks like he probably mutes the 6th string.or just doesn't barre it.
    hope this helps.

  • @alchileyamatate8835
    @alchileyamatate8835 3 роки тому

    En Internet hay muchos momentos épicos considero que este es uno de ellos. 😎

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 5 років тому +2

    I love it when bands explain how they wrote their songs. That was a weird one for sure but... cool.

    • @thecurrent
      @thecurrent  5 років тому +3

      It was such a shock (in a good way) when he did that - just kind of chatted and .... "anyway, here's Velouria!"

  • @colinreeter777
    @colinreeter777 15 років тому

    i wanna go meet the mountain people!! heheh great job!

  • @machbaby
    @machbaby 13 років тому +1

    @wungabunga
    That helped a lot. I think you nailed it perfectly.
    Thanks.

  • @panzercat39
    @panzercat39 10 років тому +19

    God he rambles when he talks,but Christ when he sings...just one of the best ever.

    • @shrimpflea
      @shrimpflea 7 років тому +6

      I could listen to him "ramble" all day.

    • @mariai9549
      @mariai9549 6 років тому +6

      he doesnt ramble. when he explains his songs he doesn't want to confuse people with his strange musings. So he hesitates to explain something because he knows they won't understand. I hear him do this often.

    • @nancybabbage1169
      @nancybabbage1169 5 років тому +4

      shows how people cant just listen anymore, they always need to cut to the chase, well thats not the school where real talents like Frank come from, they understand history and philosophy and feel like explaining sometimes, why the newer generations have nothing these days, just bullshit ppl

  • @nandobiselli7716
    @nandobiselli7716 4 роки тому +2

    That's how angels sounds....

  • @downeybill
    @downeybill 12 років тому

    best song intro ever

  • @jamesalvarado1415
    @jamesalvarado1415 9 років тому

    breathless

  • @miguelangelaristallanquech9790
    @miguelangelaristallanquech9790 3 роки тому

    Genius

  • @johnotis6764
    @johnotis6764 29 днів тому

    His lyrics will appear in poetry anthologies someday.

  • @machbaby
    @machbaby 12 років тому +12

    This is songwriting.

  • @chocobann
    @chocobann 11 років тому

    quel bonhomme, quel talent.

  • @generaciondesintoxicada2557
    @generaciondesintoxicada2557 3 роки тому

    Epic

  • @StephenAndrew777
    @StephenAndrew777 11 років тому +8

    Weezer's version of this is quite nice. I normally dislike Pixies covers but that one is gooder than usuals.

    • @bobbythompson4268
      @bobbythompson4268 4 роки тому

      StephenAndrew777 weird time signature on theirs, but still good. I just keep wanting it to pick up on the drums.

  • @TheLMack
    @TheLMack 15 років тому

    I listened to this on Wednesday.

  • @Calaverafrost
    @Calaverafrost 12 років тому

    Frank loves the cool, refreshing taste of Hansen's soda. It feels cool and crisp on his tongue! :)

  • @lifeandThings
    @lifeandThings 9 років тому

    Gotta love ya some Uncle Frank.
    🎸 P e a c e 🎸

  • @robertbright947
    @robertbright947 Рік тому

    Lemuria was actually a scientific hypothesis from the 1840s - the Geologist who proposed it noted that there were Lemurs in Madagascar and India so he posited there was a sunken continent that connected them in a distant time. Then, after WWII, soñar and radar mapped the oceans and the theory of plate tectonics was proven by the planetary oceanic rifts. Some still hold to Lemuria as a real place but it was a fairly recent invention that is not supported by the actual scientific proof once ocean floors were mapped. Some say Atlantis was in what is now Saharan Africa - the climate was wet until well after the last ice age and was where Imperial Rome got its wheat until a few centuries after the Empire was formed North Africa became too arid to grow wheat.

  • @DrQuantum27
    @DrQuantum27 14 років тому

    I was wanting to do a cover of this and never realized what kim was saying at the end, I thought she was just kinda singing a melody but no real words. Now i see that she was singing VE - L - O - U - R I A. ...cool.

  • @jameswrappner4624
    @jameswrappner4624 Рік тому

    Imagine if he is your grandad!! That would be awesome! Legend