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Pixies — Here Comes Your Man
Album: Doolittle
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Released: 1989
Length: 3:19
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Outside there's a boxcar waitin'
Outside the family stew
Out by the fire breathin'
Outside we wait 'til face turns blue

I know the nervous walkin'
I know the dirty beard hangs
Out by the boxcar waitin'
Take me away to nowhere plains

There is a wait so long
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man, here comes your man
Here comes your man

Big shake on the boxcar movin'
Big shake to the land that's falling down
Is a wind makes a palm stop blowin'
A big, big stone fall and break my crown

There is a wait so long
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man, here comes your man
Here comes your man, here comes your man

There is a wait so long
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man, here comes your man
Here comes your man, here comes your man
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 Fabienne wrote:
I think I will play this on my wedding. I will wait inside church and my groom will walk in with this song {#Hearteyes}{#Notworthy} 
Would be more fun than the normal way a wedding happens {#Laughing} 

You may have to sedate your parents...
Posted 1 month ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Great stuff and Doolittle is a favourite album of mine.
Posted 5 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Brilliant concert in Perth in December 2022. 
Posted 7 months ago by adelaide68    [ Reply ]
The quintessential perfect pop song  
Posted 8 months ago by Fishman    [ Reply ]
I couldn't put my finger on what my Saturday morning was missing. Pixies!
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Just saw Pixies live last week. Brilliant gig!
Posted 2 years ago by ihardcas    [ Reply ]
pretty catchy pop
Posted 2 years ago by Jeffrey_Mishik    [ Reply ]
 Ralf wrote:

I was quite happy that my daughter had the pixies in her iPhone and we enjoyed it while driving through the Arizona desert.

Better that than gremlins in your Samsung!

Posted 2 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

Great tune!


And it completely doesn't fit in with the rest of the album -- yet somehow it does.
Posted 2 years ago by QuantumShaman    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

Great tune!




I Agree!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]
Great tune!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
I was quite happy that my daughter had the pixies in her iPhone and we enjoyed it while driving through the Arizona desert.
Posted 3 years ago by Ralf    [ Reply ]
this is a great song

cool video
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Love love love it
Posted 4 years ago by Oxen1morale    [ Reply ]
 siqbal wrote:
Needs to be cranked up!
 
Cranked, Yanked & Ripped Off!
Posted 4 years ago by rtrt    [ Reply ]
Probably their most accessible track. Needs to be cranked up!
Posted 4 years ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
rate 8
Posted 4 years ago by sonymagellan    [ Reply ]
Sounds a lot like World Party.
Posted 5 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
 MrsTom wrote:
Here comes your Nan?
 
Sorry, dim and distant past, but still funny.  Thanks friend.
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
I've only recently become a Pixies fan. I've got a lot of catching up to do.
Posted 5 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 subgyro wrote:
I always thought this was a cover of a Motown tune..

But no, songwriting credit goes to Black Francis!!


 
Or Lou Reed?
Posted 5 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
bloody perfect. loud as loud can be in my kitchen.
Posted 5 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
Off key singing...ouch...new pixies mucho better.
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Is this the band with one of the Deal sisters? Maybe playing bass? 

 
That's Kim playing bass and singing backup.
Kim and Kelly together is The Breeders though.
Posted 6 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Oh, that phenomenal album!  Thank you for playing the Pixies, RP!
Posted 7 years ago by mardisoninnc    [ Reply ]
I always thought this was a cover of a Motown tune..

But no, songwriting credit goes to Black Francis!!


Posted 8 years ago by subgyro    [ Reply ]
I saw them a few weeks ago and they played 32 tracks in 90 minutes including this.
Posted 8 years ago by Dazzerb    [ Reply ]
This is just one of those songs that you can always jam to. 
Posted 8 years ago by MS_Anchor    [ Reply ]
 melzabutch wrote:
More Beantown Music Please

 
Yeaaaaah Right On
Posted 8 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
More Beantown Music Please
Posted 8 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
Anybody purchased the Mofi Vinyl version of this album?
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Bonobos
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}
Posted 9 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
Brilliant!
Posted 9 years ago by Rockstable    [ Reply ]
I love Pixies. Comes good memories with that song.
Posted 9 years ago by fvillamil    [ Reply ]
 Fabienne wrote:
I think I will play this on my wedding. I will wait inside church and my groom will walk in with this song {#Hearteyes}{#Notworthy} 
Would be more fun than the normal way a wedding happens {#Laughing} 

  I like the way you think.   Great song. 

Posted 9 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
I think I will play this on my wedding. I will wait inside church and my groom will walk in with this song {#Hearteyes}{#Notworthy} 
Would be more fun than the normal way a wedding happens {#Laughing} 
Posted 9 years ago by Fabienne    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:
The Rolling Stones called, and they want their style back.

 
This doesn't really sound much like any Stones song, or their style to me, though it certainly has a mid-'60s sound to it - maybe The Animals or Them.  Everyone hears something different.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 
Steely_D wrote:
The Rolling Stones called, and they want their style back.

 
Like the Stones were original

What are you talking about anyway? Get your ears syringed

{#Nyah}
Posted 9 years ago by salice    [ Reply ]
This puts me right back in college.  Thanks for the memories!!
Posted 9 years ago by Zoni    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}  
{#Dancingbanana}ljoergen wrote:


{#Bananajumprope}

  
{#Bananasplit}

  
{#Bananajam}
hugogdt wrote:


 

Posted 9 years ago by markus333    [ Reply ]
Is this the band with one of the Deal sisters? Maybe playing bass? 
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]

I do want a pickle

As I ride my motorcickle

Dancing Dill

 

 

.


Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
raucous fun. love the pixies.
Posted 9 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
Billy, Elvis, and the Pixies,,,,,,nice way to kick this 80's child into gear on a Tuesday Morning
Posted 9 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
 {#Dancingbanana}ljoergen wrote:


{#Bananajumprope}

 
{#Bananasplit}

 
{#Bananajam}

 


Posted 9 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]


{#Bananajumprope}

 
{#Bananasplit}

 
{#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by ljoergen    [ Reply ]
The Rolling Stones called, and they want their style back.
Posted 9 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
Among their worst songs.

 
..maybe so.  Where is my mind is pretty good tho...
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
Among their worst songs.
Posted 10 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
This almost makes being in a hospital bed tolerable. Almost.
Posted 10 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Here comes your Nan?
Posted 10 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
                     a happy poppy little ditty {#Daisy}
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
 Hodgie wrote:
I'll never marry a man because I am one and I like women.  If I did marry a man, however, this song is being played at some point in the intro process of the festivities. 
 
Or you could pretend that they were singing to your bride about you, Hodgie. While you were getting married to a woman. 

Hope this unsnarls that Gordian knot for you.  

Alternatively...Stephen Fry's quite happy to help out. (Just don't think about it too much.) 

Stephen Fry dressed up as a woman
"Lord! That's my wedding song!"





Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:
Probably their most conventionally poppy tune.  But the melody, bridge and chorus are still very cool.

Love these guys. 

 
agreed, despite everything else, this is still fun....
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
 pmisterbearbaby wrote:

They're nearly as sh*tty sngers and as out-of-tune as early Velvet Underground.- I suppose thus was inevitable.



 

Oh--THAT must be why I love them....
Posted 10 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
Probably their most conventionally poppy tune.  But the melody, bridge and chorus are still very cool.

Love these guys. 
Posted 10 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Hey misterbearbaby   (misterbearbaby?) anyway,

Thank you for your postive and uplifting comment. However, would the Pixies be as sh*tty and out-of-tune as say, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, etc all rated as 10s and 9s on your ratings page?   All excellent singer-songwriters yes, but not exactly the ones to tune your guitar by.  I love them all, just pointing out by your own standards that one does not need a velvet voice to be awesome and to make all of our lives better by just singing a song.
{#Music}

We want you to be happy, or at least scroll over to PSD.


misterbearbaby wrote:

They're nearly as sh*tty sngers and as out-of-tune as early Velvet Underground.- I suppose thus was inevitable.



 



Posted 10 years ago by devilturtle    [ Reply ]
This song makes me happy!
 
Posted 10 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]

They're nearly as sh*tty sngers and as out-of-tune as early Velvet Underground.- I suppose thus was inevitable.


Posted 10 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 itaish wrote:
 
Mine  too. Sounds like a combination of Husker du and Peter Paul and Mary to me...

Wow!  Rarely do we see a Husker Du reference on RP.  It's not too late for a little Candy Apple Grey (we can start there) to emerge on RP.
 


Posted 10 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
''Here comes the night'' by Van the Man

 

Here Comes The Sun
Here Comes The Bride
Here Comes The Rooster
Here Comes Santa Claus

Those songs have a little less in common with this song as does "Here Comes The Night", which, by the way, was not written by Van Morrison. 


Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
''Here comes the night'' by Van the Man
Posted 11 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
A little Werewolves of London sampling in there. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Can't hear this one enough!
Posted 11 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
I'll never marry a man because I am one and I like women.  If I did marry a man, however, this song is being played at some point in the intro process of the festivities. 
Posted 11 years ago by Hodgie    [ Reply ]
New single out. Quite good.
Posted 11 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Love it! 
Posted 11 years ago by rhdevries    [ Reply ]
How many times have I sung this with DH, with and without the original lyrics...
{#Dancingbanana} 
Posted 11 years ago by males149    [ Reply ]
Wow, a long time since I did not hear this song, makes me happy!!
Posted 11 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]
 misterbearbaby wrote:
Count Lou Read ....
 
I always knew he was a vampire :)
Posted 11 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 misterbearbaby wrote:
Count Lou Read among their "early influences."
 
"I like Lou Reed" she said...
Posted 11 years ago by treehugger    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:
Just the right thing for a Saturday spent re-arranging my closet - hammer pounding nails, hooks and racks, hanging up all my phillips and blade screwdrivers - listening to the Olympics, washing the dog, and bopping with the Pixies...{#Dancingbanana}
 
More rocking with the Pixies. What is it with this band that gets you moving?  {#Bananajam}
Posted 11 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
Once again, the segue adds enjoyment.  After "Don't be Cruel" this sounds better than it does most of the time.  It's not my favorite Pixies track, but the set (the medium) is the massage. 
Posted 12 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]
I love the Pixies, but I have to say, this is my least favorite. PSD
Posted 12 years ago by jnesser    [ Reply ]
{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 12 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Just the right thing for a Saturday spent re-arranging my closet - hammer pounding nails, hooks and racks, hanging up all my phillips and blade screwdrivers - listening to the Olympics, washing the dog, and bopping with the Pixies...{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 12 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
Ugghaaa........
Posted 12 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}
Posted 12 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
The greatness of simpleness.
Posted 12 years ago by valeriogonzalez    [ Reply ]
Count Lou Read among their "early influences."
Posted 12 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 12 years ago by Teoripa    [ Reply ]
Yes!!! Pixies!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
{#Yes}

Needed a head-bopping tune this afternoon. 
Posted 12 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
This ranks right up there with the best throw-em-a-bone hit singles from non-fm radio bands.
Posted 12 years ago by RKeaton    [ Reply ]
SNAZZY
Posted 12 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
From the opening chord reminicent of Hard Day's Night through the hummable melodic versus to Kim's echoes on the bridge/chorus this is so the product of a band that understood what popular rock and roll of the 60s was to so many and put their own cool and unique edge on it all.

Love to the Pixies.
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
I remember hearing this in a Gap in 1989, and being torn between outrage and delight. I was 15, of course. ;)
 
Posted 12 years ago by Jennif    [ Reply ]
 stockvc wrote:
never gets old.
 
Spot on!
One of my favourite tunes of all time and never fails to make me feel happy

Posted 12 years ago by robh    [ Reply ]
never gets old.
Posted 12 years ago by stockvc    [ Reply ]
pixies
Posted 13 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
This band was so loaded with talent, it's unreal. Not a weak link anywhere.
Posted 13 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
 hencini wrote:
One of the five greatest songs of all time.   
Mine  too. Sounds like a combination of Husker du and Peter Paul and Mary to me...

Posted 13 years ago by itaish    [ Reply ]
What about now? Is it over NOW? 
Posted 13 years ago by mikexican    [ Reply ]
 mikexican wrote:
Is it over yet?
 

Nope, they're still playing good music.  
Posted 13 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:

Check out this part from an old interview from NME (New Musical Express) with Black Francis himself about "Here Comes Your Man":

 "This is a pre-Pixies song that I wrote when I was about 15. It's about winos and hobos travelling on the trains who die in the California Earthquake..."   
 

I'd heard that explanation, too, but never with the citation to back it up... Well done!!  : )
Posted 13 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
Is it over yet?
Posted 13 years ago by mikexican    [ Reply ]
just found it back in my itouch !!
Posted 13 years ago by bleubs    [ Reply ]
 hencini wrote:
One of the five greatest songs of all time. 
I have heard this was about the atomic bomb... Anyone know if there is any truth to that? 
 
Check out this part from an old interview from NME (New Musical Express) with Black Francis himself about "Here Comes Your Man":

 "This is a pre-Pixies song that I wrote when I was about 15. It's about winos and hobos travelling on the trains who die in the California Earthquake. Before earthquakes everything gets very calm, animals stop talking and birds stop chirping and there's no wind. It's very ominous.
I've been through a few earthquakes actually cos I grew up in California. I was only in one big one in 1971. I was very young and I slept through it. I've been awake through lots of small ones at school and at home. It's very exciting actually, a very comical thing. It's like the earth is shaking, and what can you do? Nothing."

That would explain why the lyric is "there's a box car waiting" instead of "there's a bockscar waiting".

For "Bockscar" try this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bockscar

Accidental or intentional duality of meaning is not uncommon in literature/poetry/lyrics, and it has been argued that it is not accidental at all, but subliminal - on the part of either the composer/artist, or the listener/audience, and/or both. By now we have confused the issue fourfold at its outset, and then we must, necessarily, multiply that by the subset of the averaged amount of the most common interpretations.

In other words, E=MC squared. Or, more likely, it's whatever the kcuf you think it is. Either way, it is never less than the emotive tone it strikes in any individual.

...must....sleep....now...  


Posted 13 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Here Comes My 8...

Posted 13 years ago by sieversfam    [ Reply ]
Very tuneful stuff from the Pixies.  I dig.
Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
One of the five greatest songs of all time. 
I have heard this was about the atomic bomb... Anyone know if there is any truth to that? 
Posted 13 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]

So long.


Posted 13 years ago by gabrielle7nt    [ Reply ]
best of the best of the best
Posted 13 years ago by leo_4mare    [ Reply ]
I give this song a 7 but the album gets a 9.
Posted 13 years ago by jcide    [ Reply ]
 gratefulgator wrote:

Ditto

 
Double Ditto

Posted 13 years ago by htowncoog    [ Reply ]
In the chorus..."Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies!!
Posted 13 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:
7{#Arrowu}8
 
Ditto

Posted 14 years ago by gratefulgator    [ Reply ]
Blank Sinopsis grools!

Posted 14 years ago by muse_Kidd    [ Reply ]
7{#Arrowu}8
Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
 bindi wrote:

 bears repeating. . .

 
Bears repeating

Great tune!


Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
My musical world changed so much when I first heard the Pixies.
Posted 14 years ago by jeremyleo    [ Reply ]
 bindi wrote:

 bears repeating. . .

 

{#Yes}They are arguably the Father of all Indie college rock bands.{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Unlike my antecessor in the thread I have always appreciated this extraordinary band. {#Daisy}
Posted 14 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Never really "got" this band, and it's not for lack of trying... but after about 3-4 songs, I just want to run screaming from the house. 
Posted 14 years ago by mikexican    [ Reply ]
 Hodgie wrote:
Virtually every Indie band that suddenly found themselves selling alot of records all say the same thing: "..we WORSHIPED The Pixies".

Because they were damn good and sounded like NOBODY.
 
 bears repeating. . .

Posted 14 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
 SweTex wrote:
Dancing without moving in my desk chair. Looks real weird if you know I'm doing it.
 
Yep. I just did it also. Thankfully nobody walked by.
Posted 14 years ago by Flipmode    [ Reply ]
I remember when WHFS listeners voted London Calling as the greatest album of the 80s (even though it came out in '79), Weasel went on a week-long rant against his own listeners. He's probably still mad.

Well, this is the album that should have won. 10

Posted 14 years ago by byebyedelray    [ Reply ]
A great song and a great album. 
Posted 14 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]