A little backstory about this video: When "Velouria" was released in 1990, it managed to hit the UK top 40 at #28. Top of the pops wanted to let the band perform on the show. But unfortunately, there was a rule stating that only songs with music videos can perform on the show. The Pixies were not not allowed to perform on Top of the pop and thus, in response, made a low budget music video of them running down a quarry in 23 seconds (slowed down to fit the song in). This video was made in vain as a protest of the BBC's performance rule.

@pyewackett5

6 жыл бұрын

Fuck the bbc

@rickgrayson4423

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks ! The BBC got Pixied !

@sheldonspock5566

5 жыл бұрын

hahaha this is priceless

@manuelbucciriedel7363

5 жыл бұрын

real artists

@scruffyp9480

5 жыл бұрын

And it became their best and one of the most unique videos ever.

Me at 19: This video looks like fun! Me at 49: Someone could break a hip doing that!

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@victorymansions

Жыл бұрын

Haha, reading your comment is really on point for me. A little background: So I'm a pretty young guy, but a few days ago managed to break my hip cycling in ice back from work. I'm laid up in hospital and I start low level singing Pixies 'Broken Face' but replacing the 'face' lyric with 'hip'. Then I get home after surgery and randomly stick this album on. I'm listening to Cecilia Ann and realize I'm inadvertently tapping my foot on the bad side of my break. I nearly commented on that video to say 'yeah Pixies must be awesome if they can make you forget about a broken bone' or some shit. But then I get to this video, and think the exact same as you and see your comment. Strange how certain events seems to just line up in their own unique but interesting little ways haha 😄

@metallicmuse

Жыл бұрын

Me at 39: It's a miracle no one skinned their knees! 🙃😉

@garystreile9143

Жыл бұрын

Me at 69 (and I loved the Pixies, and had a crush on Kim Deal, when the band broke in the late 1980s): Hey! I think this video shows a quick flash of Kim's underwear!

@deletesoon70

Жыл бұрын

Oh same here, every time I watch this I'm still thinking "watch out!"

this is a song that could never be played too loudly

@sweeneytodd011

Жыл бұрын

Anything by the pixies can never be played too loudly 😉

@SirCommoner

Жыл бұрын

yeah this song loud is exhilarating

@JsRf13

Жыл бұрын

if you aren't screaming MY VELORIA along with the song are you even truly listening to it?

@biggussconnus

5 ай бұрын

Heard them play it live on Sunday. So good

@marksmith8556

3 ай бұрын

Preach!!! 🙌🙌

This might sound weird but when I first heard this song, I felt like it was the song I had been looking for my whole life

@dozer1642

7 жыл бұрын

Harrison Laver when this album came out I felt exactly the same. It was what I'd been searching for. This song especially.

@GoatyHerps

7 жыл бұрын

Not weird at all. This band does that with a lot of their songs. The Happening/The Thing is one of them that does it for me. Letter to Memphis also. Even if you're not looking for a deep listen, they have plenty of "just want to rock the fuck out" music too.

@mariai9549

6 жыл бұрын

Yep that's what good songwriting does to you.

@JamesD3399

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. That's how I felt when I heard God Only Knows by Brian Wilson. It's a sign of musical genius.

@vikingfortiesfaeroes

5 жыл бұрын

Same with me and Radiohead's 'The Tourist'

I love how Kim has a smile on her face the entire 23 seconds...

@dudeatx

4 жыл бұрын

Kim always does - she's a happy camper.

@Ojoe2010

Ай бұрын

@@dudeatx Kim is life, Kim is love

Keep on smiling forever Kim. A lot of reasons this band was so huge to important people/music lovers and Kim was central to that.

@ShellshockedRadio

2 жыл бұрын

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZOBubqyodubeZc.html Very well done!

@renayyamashiro4524

Жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah....Kim Deal all the way Breeders is great as well ❤

@bloodbrother1000

9 ай бұрын

frank .

@angelotsi849

8 ай бұрын

She has the most infectious smile that makes me happy every time I see it on a video.

@iainprendergast8311

6 ай бұрын

They were all central. That’s what a band is. Don’t pick on one. Keep your crap to yourself

this is high art rock. "we will wade in the shine of the ever". what a line, pure poetry

@wesleysullivan8047

2 ай бұрын

Truly.

Post Punk, noise, low-fi, indie, mínimal, raw, esto es una joya.

Just realized the backing vocal kim was singing in the end of the song is V-E-L-O-U-R-I-A

@triphophoney2981

6 жыл бұрын

Giffari Ihza Dude! After all of these years and I never realized it until reading your comment.

@ckirby921

6 жыл бұрын

holy shit!

@myRadiotron

6 жыл бұрын

Wow ... new info, even after all this time.

@vargaso

6 жыл бұрын

Huh, whaddaya know.

@yourarse

5 жыл бұрын

hahaha, i knew reading comments would eventually lead to something good. kudos on this!

I'm nearly 40 years old and I just heard this song for the 1st time today. Pixies were a band that escaped my notice. Hearing this today on the radio I couldn't help but notice elements of the guitars that reminded me of In Bloom by Nirvana. Reading all these comments from you guys makes the connection. Kurt Cobain was a Pixies fan and the inspiration he drew from listening to their music is clear to hear. I need to download myself some more Pixies music.

@Darvatron

2 жыл бұрын

I would start with Doolittle my friend, then go from there :-)

@jaredm9679

2 жыл бұрын

Keep listening, it won't disappoint my friend

@scotarg1973

2 жыл бұрын

If you liked nirvana, you'll like the pixies. I was a late comer too, having been a teenager when they were at their best, I just wasn't that cool! Same with Nirvana, they passed me by and I discovered their music in the late 90's. I'm cool as f##k now! 😎🤣

@pax4377

2 жыл бұрын

Kurt would have Pixies played over the PA before Nirvana came on stage.

@paulmolive1821

Жыл бұрын

Weezer has made a career out of ripping off this song.

2:57 gotta love joey coming back into frame and absolutely killing that jump

@mmr0221

Жыл бұрын

Lol

I hope in my lifetime I can create anything as influential and great as this sensational piece of music

@ShellshockedRadio

2 жыл бұрын

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZOBubqyodubeZc.html Very well done!

@jsquire5pa

Жыл бұрын

Extraordinarily unlikely .. but not the end of the world … I’d suggest just trying to enjoy your life… it is very short and the good times can end at any moment

On stage Pixies are from another planet. Back on earth, no one picks them in gym class.

From their most underrated album. It's grown to be my favorite over the decades since it came out.

I love how the whole band in this video looks like the group of high school teachers I always wanted to have, all making fun on a school trip.

@Oh_I_Will

3 жыл бұрын

Making fun of their students

@Rosie-ij3on

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome comment 😆

@dodu8281

2 жыл бұрын

i am sorry but about 2 minutes in this video, the drummer stole the show....

@Overlorddz

Жыл бұрын

i had a couple of those teachers. Did have to enroll in the most expensive school in the country though.

This music video is the definition of punk rock, back in that time. Literally like, a 15 second clip... slowed to the duration of the song.

@adgato75

4 жыл бұрын

Haha , the Here Comes Your Man video is even more shady , with the anti-lip-syncing.

@voteZDLR

4 жыл бұрын

@@adgato75 It's also great lol. They were all about making points especially in the context of their music videos.

@skord176

4 жыл бұрын

@@adgato75 Didn't the Pixies made the Velouria video because they like to perform in Top of The Pops where many people were lip-syncing? If they were to perform, I think they would do it like Nirvana did when they performed Smells Like Teen Spirit on Top of The Pops. I'd love to see that happen.

@adgato75

4 жыл бұрын

@@skord176 IIRC , they DID make this video ( Velouria ) because of the Top of the Pops rule. Although I don't know if it had anything to do with lip syncing in that instance. But they DID make the Here Comes Your Man video specifically to show what they thought of lip syncing.

@rubencabrera2021

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

Love the backup vocals. They really bring the song to life.

This is my favourite Pixies' song. Especially i like intro riff, it hits so hard without some alternative low tunings. I like it when band is heavy and plays in Standart E

@dennisethelegobatmangirl5064

7 жыл бұрын

👍

@sheldonmontgomery9767

4 жыл бұрын

every Metallica song ever lol

@dingdongism

3 жыл бұрын

@@sheldonmontgomery9767 You mean until the Black album?

@DavidOakesMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@dingdongism The Thing That Should Not Be is D Standard. Metallica is in E standard Except for Sad But True ( D standard ) . Load and Reload are Eb standard. St. Anger is mostly Drop C. Dirty Window is Drop Db and Other songs are Drop Bb. Death magnetic and Hardwired are back to E standard. 🙂

@paulmolive1821

Жыл бұрын

It’s actually tuned to F.

[Verse 1] Hold my head We'll trampoline Finally through the roof On to somewhere near And far in time Velouria Her covering Traveling career She can really move Oh velveteen! [Chorus][x2] My Velouria, my Velouria Even I'll adore you My Velouria [Verse 2] Say to me Where have you been Finally through the roof And how does lemur skin Reflect the sea? [Bridge] 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 summer Every My Velouria My Velouria [Verse 3] Forever green I know she's here In California I can see the tears Of shastasheen [Chorus][x5] My Velouria, my Velouria Even I'll adore you My Velouria

@Shawnsrumi

Жыл бұрын

Apparently this song is based on Rosicrucian’s

@athelsthanraelatheraicrag2884

Жыл бұрын

Tsss chingon broo...saludos desde Mexico, lindo y rockero.

A perfect exemple that a great video only needs a great song of a great band!

@alexmcgee8316

8 жыл бұрын

Y

I always come back to this song and am blown alway by how simple but powerful the drums are in this song. Truly magical band.

This video is basically Kim Deal trying not to die.

Saw them live once again yesterday opening for Pearl Jam in Imola (ITA). I still think Pixies are the greatest band in rock n roll history. They didn’t play velouria but anyway today I’m here again. AGAIN. MERAVIGLIOSI!

kim deal was really adorable. 90's icon

@xcanaanx69

7 жыл бұрын

lien ying Has had her hands in the cookie jar a few too many times over the last few years. I wouldn't have minded getting my hands into her cookie jar when she wasn't so chunky back in the 90's.

@llihaidyl4642

7 жыл бұрын

Steve T are you fucking kidding me, she can eat however much of what she wants, fuck you

@xcanaanx69

7 жыл бұрын

llih aidyl Blah blah blah . . . Dry your eyes & get over yourself. Nobody cares.

@llihaidyl4642

7 жыл бұрын

nah fuck you, you troll

@jimsox881

6 жыл бұрын

I see this in a lot of the comments. She's cool as fuck. But hardly hot.

Happy 30th birthday "Velouria", released on July 16 1990.

I actually think this is the best music video ever made :P

@jonanjello

8 жыл бұрын

Bastards of Young by The Replacements

@saltdrum

8 жыл бұрын

i agree pretty deep

@Nobodyreallyatall

7 жыл бұрын

I remember when they "world premiered" this video on MTV's 120 minutes, such a funny pisstake of a video... and the host even dissed it as boring, what a dick.

@83FotoStudio

7 жыл бұрын

Now it is in my top 10 :)

@Berus7777

7 жыл бұрын

Then you must have voted for Trump.

they really broke the budget filming this

@glynnikins

8 жыл бұрын

+bennymutant The BBC wouldnt play songs in the top 40 charts if they didnt have a video, so the band went out and recorded 20 seconds of footage in a quarry and stretched it out for the duration of the song.

@alexmillar8242

8 жыл бұрын

+Glynn Bailey yep, they were meant to be playing on top of the pops i believe, they needed a video so they did this. If memory serves me correctly they still gave the slot on TOTP so someone else. So they got stuck with this video for nothing.

@jimenak5062

8 жыл бұрын

+bennymutant stop bitchin

@bennymutant

8 жыл бұрын

*****​ I know - you bitch

@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447

8 жыл бұрын

what does that tell you about the record label?

There is so much beauty in this execution and how well the blow up of the timeline suits the song.

It still amazes and delights me how the Pixies can shift between the beautifully melodic and jarringly coarse.

The Pixies rock! And climb rocks!

kim deal - the subject of all my teenage fantasies

@jeffridley2564

7 жыл бұрын

still for me

@berliner0

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffridley2564 the real deal stay safe

@spacey9707

3 жыл бұрын

she's a goddess

@aaronazagoth6373

3 жыл бұрын

Mine were of Kim and Kelly but I still feel you!

@Ara-gp4yj

3 жыл бұрын

@@spacey9707 ur weird

All I had for years was a tape with the band name, "Doolittle" Side A & "Bossanova" Side B. No song titles, no other info. When I saw this video for the first time in early 2000s, I was half disappointed, half shocked about the ordinary way they looked like. The music itself had created such a mysterious, powerful world of its own in my mind...Now we have the internet and old people like me posting these stories under these videos ;-)

@audioamateur

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing my 'old' friend

Has to be one of the most inexpensive music videos to film ever and that's not a bad thing!

@0okamino

9 жыл бұрын

Miller Thyme I get the feeling that the TARDIS may have visited that filming location a few times back in the day.

@starlitewalker8827

9 жыл бұрын

Miller Thyme It was made under MTV pressure

@JakeJarmel

9 жыл бұрын

If MTV pressured them to make a video, then hats off to The Pixies for pushing back with this video.

@starlitewalker8827

9 жыл бұрын

Here comes your man was under MTV's pressure 2. Frank had no patience to do lipsynch, so they just open their mouth.

@berliner0

6 жыл бұрын

who knows hint hint

This is one of my favorite songs of all time now.

@ShellshockedRadio

2 жыл бұрын

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZOBubqyodubeZc.html Very well done!

Kim Deal cracking up the whole time and stumbling around in the background makes this whole video lol.

I’ve been listening to the pixies for over 25 years are they are still the best.

I love the Pixies. Their music is so unusual. So unpredictable tunes, but still they find the way into your head. And they stay there. Forever.

I love these people, it feels like I grew up with them, this is just the absolute bees knees of bees knees! I love how much fun kim Deal is having!

I adore Nirvana...but where would they be without The Pixies?

@Wisconsin222

9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Murphy Or Sonic Youth?

@kidmusule

8 жыл бұрын

Kurt Cobain loved the Pixies he was surely heavily influenced by them

@kidmusule

8 жыл бұрын

Kurt Cobain loved the Pixies he was surely heavily influenced by them

@kidmusule

8 жыл бұрын

Kurt Cobain loved the Pixies he was surely heavily influenced by them

@rbrme

8 жыл бұрын

+Head Shell Kurt said he basically was trying to rip them off with nirvana

Halt and Catch Fire brought me here

@learnbit_bo

3 жыл бұрын

haha me too

@rebecadejesus2071

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! Best show ever, and this song just killed me.

@Mr.Frog21

3 жыл бұрын

Comdex 90...

This is why I love videos from the MTV era. They just got stuck in the memory from the first time and forever. This was Pixies at their prime.

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 Read more: Pixies - Velouria Lyrics | MetroLyrics

A great group I have always loved their music since I was a child

I used to listen this song over and over !! 30 years ago 😱 and still sounds Amazing!!

This riff is insane

Can never get enough of this one

Freshman year1990 at Tulane University, I reviewed a couple of albums for the WTUL campus radio station newspaper, one of which was this Pixies album. It incluced a song called Alison, which is my name. Despite the name song, I loved this "cassette" . Still do, and Velouria was always a favourite.

masterpiece.......this never ending video from base camp to K2 is masterpiece in documentaries. This music is original ......

this song gives me so much power

My favourite part is when they were running off the rocks

@user-oy3in8to5o

3 жыл бұрын

omg and mine too

@OllieTastersall

3 жыл бұрын

I missed that bit.

@InAtlasAtLast

3 жыл бұрын

Timestamp? Lol

@bazookaschoolboy

3 жыл бұрын

dude same

@alukew10

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite part is when they were running on the rocks

this song is pure rock and roll magic

Isnt it weird a song you heard 10 years ago can creep into your subconscious? Amazing music

@vegancam

2 жыл бұрын

10? Try 30.

@shelby8364

Жыл бұрын

going on 13 years here lol

@shelby8364

Жыл бұрын

going on 13 years here lol

I love this song so much I want to listen to it all day long ❤🤘🏻🎸👍🏻💅🏻

Enorme pixies!! Grandes recuerdos de mi juventud

Having seen many Pixies videos I have concluded that Kim is the smiliest person ever to have lived.

Just love this song and the band. It appeared on Halt and catch fire, loved that too.

This song really fills me up with a certain melancholic energy. Thank you Pixies :)

@mkmstillstackin

3 жыл бұрын

well said. Feel the same!

@atopiques

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Halt and Catch Fire , what a bittersweet scene

True rock music

Still the greatest video of all time

Francis big belly at 2:21; a wild Joe appears at 3:44; Lovering all "Ima gonna win that shyt" at 2:10 and Kim's magnetic smile the whole video. 10/10 would watch over and over again (well, been doing it already). :D These low budget videos are the best!

@motorologist

3 жыл бұрын

4 years later sorry, but it's 2:44, 3:44 is the video's end lol

@GregLopesArt

3 жыл бұрын

@@motorologist that’s ok! I frequently mess something when commenting online, I probably have ADHD or something 😸

@motorologist

3 жыл бұрын

@@GregLopesArt You mean, you don't spend all your time making sure that youtube comments you write are perfect in every way? Blasphemy!

Greatest music video ever made

Love this song.

Best Pixies song.

This is not only my favorite Pixies songs, but one of my favorite from when I was in college. I was sent it on a mix tape of music and was instantly hooked. Thank you for sharing this.

I think this videoclip is very good. I'm not joking

@StethoscopeConundrum

8 жыл бұрын

Whoa, surely you must be joking.

@doci6139

8 жыл бұрын

Zach K no, it's cool and special

@Tyschnei

7 жыл бұрын

Zach K 😂

@adammorris9593

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, suits the song perfectly

@richardjhgraham

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, it's brilliant, it accompanies the weightless feeling of the song and it doesn't distract from it by being too clever.

This song is epic this is my first time listening to it! Where has this song been all my life ❤️

Merveilleuse chanson So great ! Love from France

My favorite Pixies song and probably favorite song in general, yet I'd never seen this video all the way thru until now.

Okay, but that opening riff is still one of the heaviest riffs ever written.

The best sad love songs. ❤ Pixies

Totally onto it!

Bendiciones de México, gran tema, gran banda!!! 🤟🏻🏁

The best song ever written. In more than 20 years since i first listened to this, nothing ever surpassed it.

@bingbongbingkingofthecastl7046

3 жыл бұрын

The happening? Gouge away? Try those out

@dsultanum

3 жыл бұрын

@@bingbongbingkingofthecastl7046 "you got your good thing and ive got mine"

@bingbongbingkingofthecastl7046

3 жыл бұрын

@@dsultanum fasho, those are my favs. Just thought I'd share because maybe you overlooked them.

@dsultanum

3 жыл бұрын

@@bingbongbingkingofthecastl7046 thanks buddy

I love the use of Theremin on this song. Good vibes.

Peak of art

@MassiveFish-hp4pm

3 ай бұрын

you should look up a band called The Doublejumps if you like Pixies

It really cracks me up that Joey went completely off camera for a solid two minutes XD

I think I want this played at my funeral.

@isaacy2791

5 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about this. As I’m getting lowered into the ground: “V-E-L-O-U-R-I-Aaaaaaa”

Rocky descent... I love this video and song.

absolutely no expense was spared for this magnificent clip

Every time Frank's rock wiggles I get nervous, even 30 years later.

@TheJosieposie

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@thekidfromiowa

3 жыл бұрын

I think he looks like he could win a Curly Howard lookalike contest.

Greatest music video ever made,and on a shoe string budget no less.

Halt and Catch Fire brought me here. (S3E9) what a wonderful song!!!

It is actually a good video

Actualmente tengo 15 y eh vivido dos años de COVID esta canción me recuerda un poco de antes de como era tan feliz y tan tonta

The first time I heard this song I felt like I'd found the holy grail of modern rocknroll:-)

Best video ever. Genius.

best clip ever

Todos los temas de los pixies están buenos

Trippy track. And I mean that in a good way. Love how they throw muscular drums and bass, Kim Deal's ethereal background vocals and a theremin together with Black Francis' lead vocal and lyrics for a memorable musical ride. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music (and longtime Pixies fan)

I LOVE PIXIES

Play it x2 speed, a cool surf-rockabilly-punk groove (and still a slow motion clip)

"Nós vamos passar com dificuldade pelo brilho do eterno " perfeito.

banda maravilhosa.

1:01 is my computer wallpaper. Not even a huge Pixies fan, but it's a really nice not overwhelming background.

"Finally through the roof" Just a beautiful verse

Halt and Catch fire brought me here.

If you fall Kim, I will catch you.

@juanpabloalvarez5509

7 жыл бұрын

L Vinson - Cringy

@derekgoins6547

5 жыл бұрын

not cringy

@mr.stauffersnaturechannel4016

5 жыл бұрын

@@juanpabloalvarez5509 You're a dumbass.

@alangastellou4665

4 жыл бұрын

Deep Love only a few can get.

@skord176

4 жыл бұрын

The last real gentleman, folks

LOVE THIS VID - pixies finest.

wonderful 90's