The Explosive Story of The Breeders & Last Splash
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Published 2023-08-25
Songwriter Kim Deal had made her name as the underutilised bassist in alt rock pioneers Pixies, but here she teamed up with with her twin sister Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson, and conceived an album of surf-rocking noise-popping goodness. Bursting with more creative left-turns and oddball hooks than many bands fit into a whole career. Explosive and shambolic in equal measure, This is how The Breeders made Last Splash.
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Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.
00:00 Introduction
01:24 Kim & Kelly Before The Breeders
05:39 Pod - "Inside Legs of Corduroy I've Been"
13:17 Last Splash - "No Bye, No Aloha"
19:13 "Cannonball" - In The Shade"
24:28 And Everything Afterwards
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Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
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All Comments (21)
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Every now and then I get people asking for a playlist of every song mentioned in my videos: Well here's a Spotify link for this one: open.spotify.com/playlist/6cnHYUkEiGu9WWib5GR15k?s… Youtube Music link: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLooaZ33lSaleHDYgwVOwCJq…
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This channel has strung together the best produced and most factually rich musical documentary that's ever been in a long long time. Every episode could be it's own DVD when i was growing up. Stuff that Rolling Stone or MTv would kill for. 10/10
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can i mention one thing i love about your videos mr. theory? i love that the last segments of your videos often talk about how these bands/artists influenced the current generation of bands/artists. i know it's a small thing but it's great for discovering new/current bands.
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I guess I am one of 25,000 people that bought The Amps’ album in the 90s! Great album. This is a great video, thanks dude.
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Amazing video! I was a program director for WRIU (on campus only) and Tanya Donnelly was on my staff! I taught her how to work the board, etc! She was very sweet. Throwing Muses made it big shortly after. I also had an FM show, and got to play all the great 80s college radio banda. Such a blast. Love all the bands in your video, and will check out the newer ones. ✨💜✨
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Thank you for saying out loud that Kim was underutilized in Pixies. Charles’ fatal flaw imho and I love Pixies. But Kim is probably one of my favorite singers and The Breeders are one of my favorite bands. I feel so fortunate to have grown up with all of this incredible music. The “All Apologies “ moment in this video… 🥺😭
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I always said that the best part of the musical landscape, if not rock music in general, was when the weirdoes down the street were running things. That is what kept rock music afloat and made it relatable to the world over. Everyone who wasn't a superstar had something to offer music that hadn't been offered before in the mainstream. The Breeders, along with Pixies, definitely brought something in rock music that nobody expected.
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Tanya Donelly is such a strange musician, leaving bands right before they went big before finally hitting big herself in Belly. And then she just started doing her own thing after having a family. Love her.
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I purchased "Last Splash" when out came out in '93 and it was one of the few albums that had no skips on it. It is still amazing.
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For 20 years now I've been telling folks that 'Last Splash' is one of the best records of its decade and I am so effing happy to hear people agree. 🥰
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Yes! One of the greatest and most criminally underrated songwriters and vocalists of all time. Kims' catalog is a master class in songcraft.
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My parents were working security at a breeders show in Chicago, and Kim deal was extremely drunk and wanted to play a cheap trick song for the encore and my mom had to write the lyrics on a napkin because Kim couldn’t remember them. (Kim also insisted that my parent brought home all the catering from the venue)
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Thank you so much for this. I love Kim Deal, as a singer, songwriter, and bassist. And I absolutely love Cannonball. It's such an excellent song.
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The summer of 1993. All I did was watch MTV and rode my bike to buy baseball cards. Was one of the best years of my life.
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I think it’s funny how the Breeders started off wanting to make a hit dance song and ended up being sampled for motherf***ing Firestarter. Actual full circle
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That last bit was really sweet. I like how Kim had nothing but nice things to say about the bands that have followed in Breeders' footsteps (or that were perceived to be doing so like Veruca Salt). She's a real class act.
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I love when you list the musical influences of said bands. Ive discovered so much great music that way! Thank you!
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One of the most informative, and even-handed appraisals of this human, humanistic band; a band who've always known how to leave well enough alone, and sit still with their best work. So many bands leave their best work behind under a pile of their own dust, in their haste to chase their next hit. I'm glad they get to revisit their work and make a few bucks, support fellow artists, all on their own terms. Here's to The Breeders, a band who has never sullied their own legacy.
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The Breeders have always, ALWAYS brought me utter joy! Thank you ladies and gents ❤️
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Another awesome video. Fun fact: after sampling "S.O.S." for "Firestarter" The Prodigy some 15 years later would sample The Breeders again, "I just want to get along" was used for "World's on fire"
