This section is structured as follows:

• Pixies Video Clips Description (the mythical videos!)
• Pixies Official Videos/DVDs (official video releases), including:
  • 'Pixies' DVD (updated)
  • Pixies Sell Out DVD (new)
  • Pixies Acoustic - Live in Newport DVD (new)
  • Pixies Club Date - live at the Paradise in Boston DVD (new)
  • loudQUIETloud - a film about the Pixies DVD (new)
• Concerts Broadcasted on TV (professional shooting)
• Bootleg Recordings of Concerts (amateur shooting)
• TV Appearances (with Pixies performing live and/or interviews)
• Where To Get Pixies Videos (as far as we know)

"There are so many rules about making videos. Because it's just like so many bland guidelines for the people programming the videos like on MTV or charts shows they have in England and Europe. They basically want a nice little thing or a lot of fast editing and you know, it's just like a commercial, which is fine. I understand the concept. I think if more Top 40 acts would just stop making fucking commercials and at least have some respect for their own music, even if it's bland shitty music and make something decent. They've got all the cameras and these big budgets. And have more respects for filmmaking and movies in general and try and really stand out instead of just market. But what can you do, if they want to market records and they want to make money, I can't really blame them for doing it." (Black Francis, Alternative press, 1989)

Here Comes Your Man

A painted sky with clouds. In front of it, the Pixies. Black Francis throws flowers in the air. The song begins. The Pixies are playing in front of the painted sky. There are dead roses everywhere. The video is nearly normal, with successive takes of the band members. Except that they systematically stare at the camera with faces showing not the slightest emotion (this will be like this the whole video). Then the camera gets crazy, with faces and bodies appearing like in a distorting mirror. Instead of lip synching, Black Francis and Kim Deal just open their mouths wide when they are supposed to sing. You have to see Joey looking at the camera while playing his solo part (is there a beginning of ironic smile on his face?). "It's really funny and weird and we're hoping there'll be a fluke and they'll play it, at least for the humor value. The look of it is real cheap. There's no lip synching. We just open our mouths real wide and go aaaahhh… Some friends of ours directed and we used local film students around town. Water on the brain is the theme." (Black Francis, Alternative press, 1989) In an interview to MuchMusic, Black Francis said that the idea of opening the mouths wide instead of singing was taken from a Talk Talk video, "It's My Life", in which the singer, Mark Hollis, had an open mouth painted on the face.

Monkey Gone To Heaven

The Pixies playing in a rehearsal room. The video is a succession of very short takes, usually in slow motion, sometimes blurred, clouded by smoke, or saturated by light. Everything is in black and white, and there is no intent to make the action match the song, except when Black Francis consciously lipsyncs the line "Rock me Joe!" while staring at Joey. This is the first take in color. Some others will appear later, more especially towards the end. "That guy from Sonic Youth and that guy from Pere Ubu booted our video on "Night Network" because Joey made a thumbs-up sign" (Black Francis diary, Melody Maker, 1989)

Velouria

"As Velouria inevitably rose up the UK pop charts during the summer, a much coveted spot on TV program TOP OF THE POPS was denied the band because of a BBC rule that states only singles with videos can be performed on the show." (Music Express, 1990) "We had to think about something because everybody was giving all this shit because we didn't have a video to go with the single. So we just gave them something." (Kim Deal, Rock A My Soul fanzine, 1990) In a Manchester quarry, the 4 Pixies stand on rocks. As the song begins, they start running in direction of the camera. But the song is long and the distance is short (about 10 seconds are needed to reach the camera), so they are running in slow motion. Very slow motion. One frame after another. The Pixies are running, running, running. Black Francis is the first to pass by the camera, David is very close. But where is Joey? Oh yes, he was out of the picture, but now he is jumping (nearly) on the camera. Come on Kim! Well, there are only the rocks now. The end.

Dig For Fire / Allison

In a dressing room, the Pixies dress up as bikers (leather boots, trousers, jackets). They also take hand-free mics. This is filmed as a succession of short takes in slow motion. Then, as in a western movie, 4 side-cars appear on the screen, riding towards the camera. Real bikers ride the motorcycles, the Pixies are only passengers. Now they walk in a corridor and then we see the light again: we are in a stadium. The song ends. Then appears on the screen: "Pixies Live, Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, 28/9/90" . "Allison" begins. The Pixies are on the pitch and play. As they are quite far apart, the camera moves from one to the next. The song ends on a white screen.

Alec Eiffel

On a futuristic set, the Pixies seem to have a hard time: they have to play facing a very violent wind and a bright light. They wear sunglasses, have sometimes to lean about 1 foot forward to resist the wind, and happen to have their mouths blown completely open (nice effect!). Alec Eiffel is also there, and sometimes you can see him playing the keyboards (Eric Drew Feldman). There are also some takes on physics formula appearing from time to time. At the end, for a very short time you can see the crew, the fan and the smoke machine.

Head On

"This is a Jesus And Mary Chain song!", then the song begins. A short sequence of quick takes on faces, hands and feet, then the image is split in 12 squares, and this until the end. In the four upper squares appear the Pixies' heads, in the four middle ones their hands, and in the four bottom ones their feet. This is as if the Pixies had decided to literally illustrate their band name, as they really look like silly midgets in this outfit. They successively appear in full light and semi-shadow, then just before the end a sudden close-up in all the 12 squares gives a quite dramatic conclusion to this simple, but very nice video.

Debaser

This is a 1997 video made by V23 design group. The rythm of images is frantic, so be careful with your eyes. In the succession of images, you can see takes of the band playing; a dog; close-ups on tongues; a man, half-naked, tighten, wearing this stuff you put to dogs to prevent them from scratching their head; the stone from the cover of Death To The Pixies, which crashes on the ground at a certain point in the video (is it a symbol?); some lettering similar to the compilation design. The word "DEBASER" often appears, as well as "CHIEN" (once suspended in front of the dog), and "HO" & "HA" when required by the lyrics... Note: a 5 sec. clip of the video can be seen on the official 4AD Pixies page (the "more soon" was written back in 1997, so be patient)

SNUB TV Volume 1
Includes "Vamos" recorded on the show in 1988

Pixies In Concert (Brixton Academy, London, UK, June 26 1991)
Duration	90min.
Setlist	Rock Music / Debaser / River Euphrates / The Happening / Allison / Velouria / Into The White / Bone Machine / Gouge Away / Hang Wire / I Bleed / Is She Weird / Letter To Memphis / Palace Of The Brine / Planet Of Sound / Where Is My Mind? / The Holiday Song / Break My Body / Blown Away / Here Comes Your Man / Subbacultcha / Mr Grieves / Trompe Le Monde / The Sad Punk / Monkey Gone To Heaven / Motorway To Roswell / Vamos / Head On / Tame
Comments	7 cameras to shoot a wonderful performance. Bob Santiago (Joey's brother) as additional guitar for the end of the show.
Release	Originally made for Japanese TV. Exists as a 4AD promo, and was offered by French magazine Les Inrockuptibles as prize of a contest when Death To The Pixies was released.

The Next Best Thing To Being There
Year	1992
Duration	30min.
Content	Clips: head on / velouria / dig for fire + allison / here comes your man Live (Brixton Academy): rock music / debaser / planet of sound / where is my mind? / subbacultcha / head on / tame
Release	Elektra promo video (USA)

The Pixies Compilation
Year	1991 (?)
Content	monkey gone to heaven / dig for fire + allison / here comes your man / alec eiffel
Comments	music clips
Release	UK promo video

Elektra promotional compilation
Includes head on
Year	1992
Release	US promo video

HMV Video Sampler
Includes "Head On" and "Here Comes Your Man" clips
Year	1993
Release	in UK

4AD Presents The 13 Year Itch
Includes Dig For Fire / Allison clip
Release	in the UK

Trompe La Mort: The Story
Year	1997
Duration	50min.
Content	Part 1: Pixies story narrated by Lydie Barbarian (in French) with interviews (in English with French subtitles) of Jeff Craft (Pixies' agent), Simon Harper (director of 4AD Europe), Keith Cameron (NME journalist), Debbie Smith (Echobelly), Guy Fixsen and Margaret Fiedler (Laika) and Damien O'Neil (Undertones, That Petrol Emotion), and live clips (mainly Brixton Academy). Part 2: The clips: velouria / here comes your man / monkey gone to heaven / dig for fire + allison / alec eiffel / debaser
Comments	the original project was to make a video to be played in French FNAC stores for the release of Death To The Pixies, but it didn't end up like this.
Release	very limited promo tape (100 to 200 copies) for the release of Death To The Pixies in France

'Pixies' DVD
Year	2004
Duration	150min.
Reference	VAD 2407DVD
Content	Town & Country Club 1988 41 minute whole concert, recorded in London 1st May 1988. Directed by Peter Fowler. Sound recorded by John Loder, remixed in 5.1 by Robin Mahoney. 1. The Holiday Song 2. Nimrod's Son 3. Bone Machine 4. Levitate Me 5. Ed Is Dead 6. Where Is My Mind 7. Caribou 8. Something Against You 9. Hey 10. Gigantic 11. I've Been Tired 12. Vamos 13. In Heaven 14. Tony's Theme 15. Wild Honey Pie Promo Videos All the videos so far... 1. Monkey Gone To Heaven 2. Here Comes Your man 3. Velouria 4. Dig For Fire / Allison 5. Alec Eiffel 6. Head On 7. Debaser Pixies On The Road A 30 minutes documentary about the 1989 tour Gouge The Pixies story through a 50 minute documentary, featuring the Pixies themselves, Bono from U2, David Bowie, Radiohead, Blur, Travis, Ash, Death in Vegas, PJ Harvey, Steve Albini, Bush and Badly Drawn Boy.

Pixies Sell Out DVD (new)
Year	2005
Duration	142min.
Reference	Rhino/Warner Music Vision 0349 70418-2
Content	Live at Eurockéennes Festival: Belfort, France 82 minute whole concert, recorded in Belfort (France) 3rd July 2004. Produced by Michael B Borofsky. 1. Bone Machine 2. Wave Of Mutilation (Uk Surf) 3. In Heaven 4. Something Against You 5. River Euphrates 6. U-Mass 7. Bone Machine 8. Cactus 9. Ed Is Dead 10. I Bleed 11. Monkey Gone To Heaven 12. Hey 13. Levitate Me 14. Subbacultcha 15. Dead 16. Gouge Away 17. Velouria 18. Mr. Grieves 19. Crackity Jones 20. Broken Face 21. Isla De Encanta 22. Tame 23. Here Comes Your Man 24. The Holiday Song 25. Where Is My Mind? 26. Vamos 27. Wave Of Mutilation 28. Gigantic Special Features Misc 2004 live footages... 1. Caribou (Coachella, Indio, CA) 2. Here Comes Your Man (The Move Festival, Manchester, England) 3. Debaser (T in the Park Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland) 4. Gigantic (Coachella, Indio, CA) 5. U-Mass (Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA) 6. Crackity Jones (Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba, Japan) 7. Nimrod's Son / The Holiday Song (Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba, Japan) 8. Subbacultcha (Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX) 9. Vamos (Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX) 10. No. 13 Baby (Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA) 11. Planet Of Sound (Voodoo Festival, New Orleans, LA) 12. Is She Weird? (Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA) 13. Into The White (Coachella, Indio, CA) 14. Where Is My Mind? (The Move Festival, Manchester, England) 15. Monkey Gone To Heaven (The Move Festival, Manchester, England) multi-angle!

Pixies Acoustic - Live in Newport DVD (new)
Year	2006
Duration	101min.
Reference	Eagle Vision EREDV590
Content	Live at the Newport Folk Festival 22 song acoustic set filmed in 2005 at the Newport Folk Festival. Produced and directed by Michael B Borofsky. 1. Bone Machine 2. Cactus 3. Ed Is Dead 4. All Around The World 5. Subbacultcha 6. Monkey Gone To Heaven 7. Is She Weird 8. Here Comes Your Man 9. River Euphrates 10. Velouria 11. Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf) 12. I Bleed 13. Crackity Jones 14. Gouge Away 15. Hey 16. The Holiday Song 17. Nimrod's Son 18. Mr Grieves 19. Caribou 20. Vamos 21. Where Is My Mind? 22. Gigantic Rehearsal documentary Nice footages of acoustic rehearsals at the "Planet of Sound" studio and of the dress rehearsal at Albany a few days before the Newport concert Photo Gallery Photos of the Newport concert Club Date Preview Preview of the "Pixies Club Date" DVD

Pixies Club Date - live at the Paradise in Boston DVD (new)
Year	2006
Duration	106min.
Reference	Eagle Vision EREDV591
Content	Live at the Paradise in Boston 29 song concert filmed in 2005 at the Boston club "The Paradise". Produced and directed by Michael B Borofsky. 1. La La Love You 2. Winterlong 3. Into The Night 4. Vamos 5. All Around The World 6. Mr Grieves 7. Nimrod's Son 8. In Heaven 9. Where Is My Mind? 10. Gouge Away 11. Something Against You 12. Dead 13. Isla De Encarta 14. Crackity Jones 15. Monkey Gone To Heaven 16. Wave Of Mutilation 17. Subbacultcha 18. Planet Of Sound 19. Bone Machine 20. River Euphrates 21. Alison 22. Sad Punk 23. U-MASS 24. Broken Face 25. Debaser 26. Tame 27. Gigantic 28. Hey 29. Caribou Bonus: Live at TT The Bear in Boston on 31th October 1986 An incredible (but poor quality) document of the band playing live... 20 years ago! 1. The Holiday Song 2. I'm Amazed 3. Rock A My Soul 4. Broken Face 5. I've Been Tired 6. Caribou 7. Isla De Encanta 8. Nimrod's Son 9. Ed Is Dead 10. Build High 11. Boom Chickaboom 12 Down To The Well Newport Preview Preview of the "Pixies Acoustic - Live in Newport" DVD

loudQUIETloud - a film about the Pixies DVD (new)
Year	2006
Duration	118min.
Reference	Plexi 803
Content	loudQUIETloud - a film about the Pixies 85min. behind-the-scenes film chronicling the band's 2004 reunion tour, directed Steven Cantor & Matthew Galkin. Bonus: Deleted Scenes 33 minutes of extra footages Audio Commentary Commentary featuring both directors with edito Trevor Ristow.

Athens, Greece, May 19 1989
Duration	45min.
Setlist	into the white / wave of mutilation / debaser / dead / cactus / there goes my gun / no. 13 baby / isla de encanta / hey / crackity jones / i bleed / caribou / where is my mind / nimrod's son / vamos / gouge away / tame / tony's theme / in heaven
Broadcast(s)	recorded for a Greek national (ERT2) off-air TV broadcast in 1989.

Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium, July 2 1989
Duration	52min.
Setlist	caribou / crackity jones / dead / debaser / gigantic / gouge away / hey / i bleed / mr. grieves / monkey gone to heaven / nimrod's son / no. 13 baby / tame / wave of mutilation / where is my mind
Comments	open air and daytime performance
Broadcast(s)	shot for a Dutch broadcasting company. Was broadcasted in several countries.

Stade Grimonprez Jooris, Lille, France, June 6 1991
Duration	45min.
Setlist	?

Glastonbury Festival, UK, June 16 1989
Setlist	?

De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK, October 14 1990
Setlist	?

Jaap Endelstein 1990
Setlist	rock music / debaser / velouria / allison / the happening / into the white / is she weird / river euphrates / isla de encanta / hang wire / gouge away / palace of the brine / letter to memphis / planet of sound / mr. grieves / here comes your man / subbacultcha / the sad punk / monkey gone to heaven / motorway to roswell / vamos / holiday song / head on / tame
Comment	shot on tripod

Black Francis solo, Hasselt, Belgium, August 25 1991
Duration	27min.
Setlist	Cactus / tony's theme / holiday song / wave of mutilation / the happening / nimrod's son /dead / velouria / crackity jones / planet of sound / mr. grieves
Comment	handheld, close to the scene, shakey

Black Francis solo, Dedoelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 1 1991
Duration	30min.
Setlist	dancing the manta ray / holiday song / into the white / the happening / river euphrates / head on / nimrod's son / planet of sound / wave of mutilation / velouria / mr. Grieves
Comment	on tripod

Houston, Texas, November 1991 (?)
Duration	70 min.
Setlist	?

Cameo Theater, Miami Beach, Florida, November 12 1991
Duration	69min.
Setlist	where is my mind / wave of mutilation (UK surf) / nimrod's son / the holiday song / ana / subbacultcha / mr. grieves / isla de encanta /rock music /distance equals rate times time /crackity jones /the sad punk /tame /velouria /the happening /motorway to roswell /gouge away /the navajo know /monkey gone to heaven /is she weird /bird dream of the olympus mons /planet of sound /head on /u-mass

The Ritz, New York City, November 23 1991
Duration	70min.
Setlist	?

The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, December 15 1991
Duration	85 min.
Setlist	brick is red [stops] / brick is red / cecilia ann / dancing the manta ray / something against you / crackity jones / broken face / isla de encanta / the sad punk / wave of mutilation (UK surf) / ana / where is my mind? / velouria / the happening / caribou / subbacultcha / rock music / debaser / cactus / monkey gone to heaven / the navajo know / motorway to roswell / vamos + jeopardy theme + happy birthday to you / mr. grieves / tame / planet of sound / bird dream of the olympus mons / head on / u-mass
Comment	on tripod, far

The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, December 16 1991
Duration	73min.
Setlist	instrumental / rock music / letter to memphis / palace of the brine / nimrod's son / mr. grieves / the holiday song / ed is dead / subbacultcha / distance equals rate times time / manta ray / dead / lovely day / the sad punk / head on / u-mass / velouria / the happening / is she weird? / monkey gone to heaven / the navajo know / motorway to roswell / alec eiffel / gouge away / cecilia ann / planet of sound
Comment	shot on tripod, far

The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, December 17 1991
Duration	80 min.
Setlist	?

Rosemont Horizon,Chicago March 31 1992
Duration	29min.
Setlist	subbacultcha / gouge away / the navajo know / velouria / motorway to roswell / alec eiffel / is she weird? / head on / u-mass
Comments	shot from the side, on a balcony

Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA, April 20 1992
Duration	43min.
Setlist	rock music / crackity jones / subbacultcha / distance equals rate times time / here comes your man / velouria / the sad punk / gouge away / the navajo know / motorway to roswell / alec eiffel / bird dream of the olympus mons / planet of sound / head on / u-mass
Comment	Distant

The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, April 24 1992
Duration	84 min.
Setlist	bird dream of the olympus mons / planet of sound / ed is dead / manta ray / rock music / wave of mutilation / weird at my school / is she weird / monkey gone to heaven / the navajo know / velouria / allison / the happening / alec eiffel / motorway to roswell / gouge away / here comes your man / nimrod's son / the holiday song / mr. grieves / subacultcha / distance equals rate times time / the sad punk / head on / u-mass / cactus / vamos / cecilia ann [cut]
Comment	shot on tripod

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