#91 "Headache" by Frank Black

This post is definitely not the first in a series of "Frank Black is God" entries. I never really got into The Pixies. To me, there were two under-rated but incredibly-influential bands of the mid-eighties and early nineties... them and The Replacements. Kurt Cobain and many of his peers frequently cited The Pixies in interviews and showed an obvious influence from Black Francis and his "quiet/loud" approach to music. As illustrated throughout this blog, however, I have always been more of a Replacements guy. The Pixies were just a little out there for me.

That being said, it doesn't mean that I can't find something by Frank Black that I like. When The Pixies split and Black Francis became Frank Black and released "Teenager of the Year," I loved the first single from it "Headache." It's really nothing more than your basic rock song, but I like the edge that Black can bring to his voice. And who hasn't had a horrific headache where it felt like your "heart was crammed in your cranium and it still knew how to pound"? What I really like about the song are the great backing vocals that Black does to his own leads. I love the little "credits" and "headaches" and my favorite "got me down." Cool stuff.

"Headache" is from the album "Teenager of the Year." To hear the song, click on the icon in the widget jukebox along the side of the blog.