PIXIES - GIGANTIC

GIGANTIC

PIXIES

SONGWRITER: KIM DEAL & FRANK BLACK

ALBUM: SURFR ROSA

LABEL: 4AD

GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK

YEAR: 1988

One of the Pixies' most famous songs, this track from their debut álbum Surfer Rosa describes a woman’s sexual adventures with a black man named Paul. The guitars and drums start out very simple, steadily growing to a powerful climax which calms down almost instantly once the chorus ends – a classic example of the Pixies' legendary loud-quiet-loud dynamic.

“Gigantic” was the first single released from Surfer Rosa, backed with an alternate version of “River Euphrates”, a live version of “Vamos” and a cover of “In Heaven (The Lady in the Radiator Song)”from Eraserhead.

[Verse 1]

And this I know

His teeth as white as snow

What a gas it was to see him

Walk her every day

Into a shady place

With her lips she said

She said

[Chorus]

Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball

Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball

Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball

Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic

A big, big love

Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic

A big, big love

[Verse 2]

Lovely legs they run

What a big black mess

What a hunk of love

He'd walk her every day into a shady place

He's like the dark, but I'd want him

[Chorus]

Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball

Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball

Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball

Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic

A big big love

Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic

A big big love

Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic

A big big love

Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic

A big big love

A big big love

A big big love

A big big love