This item on the forthcoming album by the Breeders (it'll be produced by Steve Albini, but alas, it'll be Josephine Wiggs-free) reminded me: Did you know that Fuse is now bleeping the word "bong" out of reairings of "Cannonball," a bit of snipping that I don't think was even practiced by MTV's always-running-scared standards and practices department back in the day? And here I thought the Cablevision-owned music-video channel was so proud of its "edgier" stance when it came to scary words about sex and drugs and killing people. (I swear there was even one time when I saw the video for "Teenagers" on the channel and the audio on the words "murder" and "bleed" got pumped up through no volume-manipulation of my own.)
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they definitely didn't delete the words when it was new. also, the video was closed-captioned and, since i thought it was whimsical to have the closed-captioning on my tv at all times, i learned that apparently the chorus to the song could be 'i love you, cuckoo cannonball. i love you, cuckoo cannonball,' and not, you know, 'weear weear weear, weear weear weear.'
alas, it'll be Josephine Wiggs-free
She hasn't been in the band for a while now, though -- last time I saw them about four years back it was the Deals and three dudes. (Fantastic show, can't wait for this new album.)
I remember listening to a tape of Last Splash constantly at soccer camp. I still can't hear the end of "Cannonball" without immediately expecting the first chords of "Invisible Man".
Man I used to love the Breeders so much... I will still pop in Pod and Last Spash sometimes. Cannonball was such an awesome video (imo). I remember playing "Saints" up at the open mic night once... I had my friend come up and sing the high part that goes "Sum-mer's read-dy" :) Love those Breeders
I really don't see how you can go wrong putting The Breeders in a room with Steve Albini and a bunch of music gear.
@sparkletone: I totally agree. If this album is anything like Pod I will be happier than hell.
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