PIXIES - The Thing (Official Lyric Video)

Official lyric video for PIXIES track "The Thing", originally released as a b-side to 1990 single Velouria.
Direction and motion design by Michael Speed.
Lyrics:
I was driving, doing nothing on the shores of great Salt Lake
When they put it on the air, I put it in the hammer lane
I soon forgot myself and I forgot about the brake
I forgot about all laws and I forgot about the rain
They were talking on the Nine and all across the Amy band
Across the road, they were turning around and headed south with me
It got so crowded on the road, I started driving in the sand
My head was feeling scared but my heart was feeling free
The desert turned to mud, it seems that everybody heard
Everybody was remembering to forget they had the chills
Then I heard the voices on a broadcast from up on the bird
They were getting interviewed by some good man whose name was Bill
I'm almost there to Vegas, where they're puttin' on a show
They've come so far, I've lived this long
At least I must just go and say, "Hello"
#PIXIES #TheThing #4AD

[@thenoxz2924]

So unfortunate that this song is so short, playing it on repeat constantly, really wish there was more! Amazing!

[@vraikorrigan]

There is more : The Happening !

[@jimmysavageultrabrutal8130]

I'd just wrote the same. Let it play on repeat and fuck everything.

[@electric7man]

​@@vraikorrigan So much more! The best

[@aissatsabrina7958]

Totally agree 🥲

[@gabrieloliveira1000]

"my head was feeling scared but my heart was feeling free"

[@HiGlowie]

yes!! Absolutely love the melody at the end of The Happening.

[@skxlter5747]

How all us alternative people feel

[@Conflictlightning6]

Real

[@nevynnowhere6322]

I have no idea what is going on other move out of usa . My head is scared. And my heart is feeling free. I know where I'll go from being there and it is still scary. And my head and my heart.....

[@Gabriel-tt2pg]

Vasco

[@timvandriessche4780]

I love it when the pixies go "ethereal" as i like to call it. Like The Happening, No. 13 Baby, Daniel Boone, Motorway To Roswell, Alec Eiffel. Beautiful.

[@vraikorrigan]

And Magdalena 318, Andro Queen, All The Saints...

[@c.moriarty1178]

Same. This and the second half of Alec Eiffel are my favs

[@electric7man]

Havalina, so good

[@justindoplayer1516]

Dont forget about Velouria, my favorite pixies song ❤

[@pablogenes]

Don´t forget about Bleed!

[@PrettyGas]

The line “They’ve come so far I’ve lived this long…” always gets me

[@ginagloom3294]

Same!

[@BillyReplies]

"Everybody was remembering to forget they had the chills" is just such a great line.

[@rickmeck7533]

The Happening is perhaps my favorite Pixies song (though I have roughly 20 favorites!). good stuff. keep making music forever, please

[@BillyReplies]

Same haha

[@HiGlowie]

My man!

[@tpc31415]

Velouria, the happening and Ana are my favourites from Bossanova

[@noisepollution6761]

✊😁

[@noisepollution6761]

​@@tpc31415I like dig for fire 🔥

[@ricardosplace]

this drumline is amazing, Dave Lovering quite an underappreciated drummer

[@jcmick8430]

one of my all time favorite songs

[@zssz9205]

For two weeks, your music kept my spirits up during my torturous depression. Now I am in a better condition. Let's say, your music kept me alive. La, la, la, love y'all!

[@Vichedges]

Hope you're feeling better! I've been there, keep fighting!

[@user-em3bq9og6e]

Listening to this at 1:05 am, I’m supposed to be asleep and I’d get in big trouble if I got caught, but this was just something I needed. You see, my head was feeling scared, but my heart is feeling free

[@RickyPrickles]

Love this song

[@Blank_Frank]

Nice ! Can't wait for the Bossanova/Trompe Le Monde tour next year !

[@PixiesOfficialTV]

💪

[@Gaminating]

@@PixiesOfficialTVplease come back to Michigan

[@Brokenface]

​@@PixiesOfficialTVcome to Italy please

[@cesarvaldiviahuapaya7288]

​@@PixiesOfficialTVCome to PERÚ 🇵🇪

[@alberto._.banderto5491]

Scotland again! Please!

[@marlenekuntzfanclubsimone]

Masterpiece ❤️🇮🇹

[@mimi-wr3hw]

one of my favorite songs ever

[@maelicopter8880]

this is one of the best song ive ever heard

[@emilycarmusic]

Always loved this song ❤️🤠

[@shay6935]

I just learned this song on guitar. I can't stop listening.

[@ginagloom3294]

So obsessed ...I have listened to this on loop for two days ... I can't believe I have never heard till yestersay❤❤❤❤❤

[@juandetena2168]

Grandes! Gigantes!

[@auralfixxation6702]

I've always loved this track. I got it on a CD single.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Great surprise this song! At least I must just go and say, "Hello" 👾

[@dtenorio89]

Love that you guys talk about Salt Lake in the Thing and The Happening, it’s home!! Please also bring the Trompe Le Monde and Bossanova tour to the US! Real fans want to listen to all these less recognized gems as well!!

[@SlackrUk]

Amazing! Love you Pixies :)

[@wagnerferrazbr11]

Brilhante!!!

[@jimmysavageultrabrutal8130]

It made me remind of Gigiantic, without the chorus. Beautiful song. The kind of song you can let it play on repeat for days. Sounds like freedom.

[@boditok]

it's legendary❤🇷🇺

[@paulocesar658]

Wooooooooooow

[@SafeSpaceCafe]

Glad to still hear the tunes are comin' from this angle...

[@gregz6700]

Fantastic! Love this Love The Pixies

[@alejandrorosillo6571]

Little masterpiece...!

[@do-deshinumino2454]

LOVE

[@edlianovalerianoazevedo]

One of the greatest hit of the Pixies🤟

[@nathalievandermaelen9573]

Pixies forever !

[@supersayan3168]

waaa una de mis favoritas! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@carladiana29]

❤ Oh!! 🎉🎉 Thank You, Pixies!! ❤

[@gonetoheaven7478]

💙this thing

[@mcroa313]

Saludos desde Colombia, 🇨🇴♥️ los amo, gracias por esta música tan hermosa ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Hollymadeline]

I always get excited when I see a new pixie vid ❤

[@ginagloom3294]

Play right when I wake up....i can't take it...tooooo gooood

[@alasyon]

Fantastic song.

[@leoleandro2605]

Classic song

[@bstully1]

I absolutely love the song "The Happening". One of my favorites, although I have so many. I just saw the Pixies in Houston back in June and they were great. I do wish they had played "The Happening", though. They did play "Motorway to Roswell", which I see as a sister song to "The Happening", so at least there's that! Keep making music forever please! I love you Frank! And also Joe, and David, and Pax!

[@tjabooo2573]

AWESOME MUSIC!!

[@veroniquesalvador6905]

I love it, I love Pixies sound, spirit! ... 🙂 💜

[@tymonnowak297]

My favorite pixies song❤

[@steveclark3457]

Cracking song, this was on my list of favourite songs, can’t wait till march🤘🏼

[@phonzietheiceman8420]

I remember cruising the Great Ocean Road in Australia with this song blaring🤘 Nice memory.

[@user-is7nn5ow1y]

Best Pixies song ever🎉 tnx

[@michaelbarrett9517]

Beautiful song, beautiful new video.

[@EggNoggDreams]

goosebumps

[@miyo_oju]

AMO VOCÊS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@roydhatta]

Oh, I so miss that 23 Envelope design look. If 4AD continued with it, I would probably be tempted to buy the latest stuff. Last time I saw the Pixies in LA, my ears were ringing for 3 days. Loved it!

[@domoon2109]

I will always love this group , since I was little

[@Christopherharkus]

The piano alternative is brilliant. The Happening one of the greatest songs ever. . .

[@thirtychurchlane8671]

Great stuff!

[@Sarvets]

Appreciate the bossonova imagery! This feels like it fits right in

[@SHOK-PRODUCTION]

best song ever!

[@polimistik]

Banger

[@Woolly_Jumper]

Memories!!

[@orb2150tx]

Clean af

[@solOcure]

Ohmmmmama. Cuando todo estaba inventado, viene Pixies y nos regala una obra de arte de hace 30 años. Adoro está canción, me encanta

[@kevind4850]

Nice mix!!

[@TheVerschwoerer]

sehr gut !

[@DJAndyAllnighter]

Cool as usual ⚡⚡⚡

[@YoungMasterpiece]

Well, ain't that familiar. Love, big big love for the Pixies.

[@user-mb2fs6el1m]

おお！

[@user-ht6mp3bs8k]

Desde Bs As gracias PIXIES

[@peeeons]

been listening to them for about 15 years and have never heard this song and i'm absolutely in love with it

[@chetgaines1289]

thank you

[@nbl95]

holy hell I didn't expect this to be so damn good.

[@paranoidbpd]

this is so good

[@majazieba6213]

THATS ALL I NEEDED

[@J4YPEG]

2nd fav pixies song

[@tomschlaiss5735]

Atmospheric song and video, cheers from Germany

[@eduardoastorga8826]

Finally!

[@bernardobaumkart4213]

PRA SEMPRE

[@gp6746]

Bought from Tower Records No.1 Piccadilly Circus the day the album came out. The sun was shining that day😀

[@koolrockradio]

KOOL tune!

[@ineedadderal625]

OMG I WASNT EXPECTING THIS?!

[@dtg1974]

My salvation, my life, Pixies!

[@miamonan9627]

Too good not to mention it.

[@navidenipitiya7520]

I've always had an image conjured in mind when listening to this song and it's the same aesthetic as the one used in this video, glad I got it right

[@shanes5671]

❤

[@progressiveRAMONETTI]

🖤🖤🖤

[@gloaming4247]

Disclosure anthem

[@jcmick8430]

the good man whos name was bill did they mean bill hicks?

[@vie-np4xg]

COOL ONE 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜🕊🕊🕊

[@TempleOfTheMartyrs]

THEY MADE OUR BAND POSSIBLE

[@DiegoMedina74]

i have the Velouria single on CD, bought when it was released. Bossanova is wonderful.

[@itsikedri]

The Happening become the Thing

[@jcmick8430]

on the full bossanova album it was called the happening. that's how i know it. in the description above it says it was called the thing on the b side to the velouria single

[@lastcoby]

❤❤❤

[@andrejstimac1204]

Here before 1K views, please come back to Zagreb! 🇭🇷

[@dr.badass702]

I love the Happening, but I really like the piano on this one. And a theremin!

[@danodetroit313]

I really wish this song was longer!

[@jellyf9608]

Tune

[@riverjunior3965]

The Happening ?????

[@steevmsteevm]

A small part of it, as the description says, this was a B-side.

[@unintellisense5877]

A formative riff and beat for me from thirty years ago :)

[@HermanWaldorf]

I've seen Pixies on the Bossanova tour, 1991 or so. Great band.

[@zooeyzoe14]

I must just go and say hello

[@KsatriaelGrande]

❤❤

[@user-bc9if3rv5q]

Ностальгия!