Tuesday, March 3, 2009

"Cannonball", "Safari", "Tipp City"





I never liked the cover for The Breeders Cannonball EP- the photo or the colors. I do like the back cover. Cannonball has three B-sides: Cro-Aloha- another version of "No Aloha" from Last Splash, and two songs where Josephine Wiggs sings- 900 and Lord Of The Thighs (an Aerosmith cover).

Safari is better. Also it's one of my favorite records. It was the first Breeders record that Kelly Deal played on and the last one featuring Tanya Donelly. In fact, I think she was already gone by the time they played So Sad About Us on Letterman.

All in all, Safari sounds like a break-up record- each song a reference to the end of Pixies (and a goodbye to Throwing Muses): Don't Call Home, So Sad About Us (a Who cover), and Safari. This EP also has the first appearance of Do You Love Me Now whch showed up on Last Splash and the Divine Hammer EP.

Tipp City was released as a single from The Amps Pacer album (there were two videos: Tipp City and Pacer).

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