A side effect of the Pixies having one of the most iconic bassists of all time (sadly, probably just because she was female) is that nearly all of their songs have bass tab posted online. This is pretty unusual. Most of the time, if a song has tab posted at all, it only has guitar tab. Bass tab is rare...drum tab perhaps even more rare. So one of the main reasons that I was able to go from never having really heard any Pixies (except Here Comes Your Man) to being able to play a huge number of their songs in about six months is that I was able to cheat a bit with tab. Don't get me wrong...tab is only right about half or less of the time...so you have to usually make changes. It also doesn't usually have the rhythm included. But it is a starting point that speeds the process along.
There are a few Pixies tunes for which I don't have tab. Subbacultcha is one of them. And now we're gonna play it.
So I'll piece together the guitar tab, listening to the song, and watching videos to get the bass part. I haven't tried it yet. I suspect it won't be that hard. Usually with the Pixies songs if the bass tab isn't posted it means that the bass part is stupid easy.
There's backing vocals to be learned here too.
Brixton 1991
Recorded version from Trompe Le Monde
Recorded version from Purple Tape
Modern day...probably 2004
Another modern day...pretty surely early in the 2004 tour (since KD's hair is long)
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