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Storm Large — Where is my Mind
Album: Crazy Enough
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Released: 2009
Length: 3:55
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Ooooh
Ooooh

With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

I was swimmin' in the Carribean
Animals were hiding behind the rocks
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me to me to me

Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?

Ooooh
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Ooooh
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Ooooh
Ooooh
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Hey, I understand the appeal of covers, but for me, they don’t really register as authentic. Personally, I’d prefer to see fewer of them on RP.

There are countless cover bands playing tonight, and that’s fine—they have their place. However, you can’t expect the same reaction as you’d get from an original Pixies track.

That said, the musical arrangement on this one isn’t bad. It’s just that, overall, it feels a bit too "High School Musical" for my taste, which lands it firmly in the "not great" category for mee


aaahh, please play the original
 Beez wrote:

Please make it stop....



Look in the mirror and make the same request. May your wish be granted.
is this Really a "Mellow" tune ?
If there were an infinity rating available I would choose it. Storm Large is a force to be reckoned with. Larger than life vocal ability not to mention she is a New England home girl ;-}  Currently one of two female lead singers for Pink Martini based in Portland, OR.

"impassioned exploration of love, desire and truth.’’ is an apt description of her skills.
 gringozono wrote:

tonight is awash in mediocre covers. I think the DJ is being mesmerized by blonde women half his age. I'm familiar with this, because my dad's criteria for buying records has always been large breasts on the album cover.




Lots of things i could say in response to this, but i think i'll settle for...
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Guess your dad's a Roxy Music fan?
tonight is awash in mediocre covers. I think the DJ is being mesmerized by blonde women half his age. I'm familiar with this, because my dad's criteria for buying records has always been large breasts on the album cover.
Far better than original because she left out that horrible screeching guitar chord
Every version of this song brings me goosebumps. Certainly high praise for the original!
i had this cover at a 1, but listened again and bumped it up on the strength and clarity of her voice. I'm a bit biased because I don't like the original. 
what a voice!
 Springbok84 wrote:

Agree, something is lost in this cover.



No there's not. There are only new lovely things to be found in it.
the same Storm Large that sang for Pink Martini? She does a little better covering the Pixies. 
 Laptopdog wrote:

Pixies: The Musical




Produced by Disney and sung by little mice
no sir I didn't like it 🐴 
BUT I love the original  
 Springbok84 wrote:

Agree, something is lost in this cover.



And something added.
 Beez wrote:

Please make it stop....




Why?
Please make it stop....
 alvivino wrote:

Isn’t Storm Large a porn star name?🤔



You must be thinking of Al Vivino
Pixies on ludes
Fantastic song. Fantastic performer.  She's tragically underrated. 
 Springbok84 wrote:

Agree, something is lost in this cover.



I find that there's something here that's not in the original. And Vice/Versa. I like them both and also the piano version as well.
Isn’t Storm Large a porn star name?🤔
 ciolca wrote:

This is way better than the original



Wrong. Also, wrong. In addition - WRONG.

Otherwise, not correct and very very wrong.
 snaketotem wrote:

Storm Large is utterly amazing! She puts on a fantastic show. Catch her live. 



i remember her on Rock Star: Supernova. but, i don't remember if she won.
A possible answer comes from Alien Sex Fiend: "my brain is in the cupboard above the kitchen sink, it 's all wet and pink" :o)
Pretty but shows how the lyrics are nothing.


For the love of the Pixies. 
Apparently I really liked this song one day, but today. Where is my mind? PSD
Sounds like a Lloyd Webber stage show 
Seems like this should be followed by 'Fix You' 
This is way better than the original
Being a resident of Portland myself, I've seen Storm live a few times. She is loud, outlandish, captivating, sexy and just -- fun. We love her here.
 arodland wrote:

It's not awful. It verges on respectable. I like what's going on with the bass.

But in the end it's a pass.



Speaking as a test engineer, a 'PASS' means it works, a 'FAIL' means it does not.
So i guess you meant that it works (for you), and if that isn't what you meant, then your comment is a 'FAIL'...
Just saying... 
It's not awful. It verges on respectable. I like what's going on with the bass.

But in the end it's a pass.
 Springbok84 wrote:

Agree, something is lost in this cover.


Yep, the pseud David Byrne. No loss IMO. 
Powerful singer, powerful song, something didn't mesh unfortunately.
what a nice segway from the hip to a really good pixies cover  you're the best bill!
I'm hearing a bit of Coldplay's Fix You here. Which makes me think Coldplay was subconsciously borrowing from the Pixies
 DW4554 wrote:

Repent sinner.  Perhaps you will be reborn with an actual life.



are you married to her or something?
in the mix for worst cover ever
 tinypriest wrote:

Anyone notice the boobies? Have a look next time.



Blue Footed?
 be4con wrote:

Arrrrgggghhhhhhh! Make it stop. Then burn it. Burn it with fire.

There isn't a cover version of this song that adds anything to the original, but this has to be the worst yet.

I just wish artists would stop trying to re-interpret this track and leave well alone. It's a grimy, gritty, discordant rock classic. It just doesn't work as a saccharine ballad.


Repent sinner.  Perhaps you will be reborn with an actual life.

 rhlrstn wrote:

Pretty sure all the haters are just whining because someone stepped on their nostalgia. This cover is great, and there's enough room in the musical sphere (and on RP) for this and the original. So there.



Well spoke oh wise one.
 rhlrstn wrote:

Pretty sure all the haters are just whining because someone stepped on their nostalgia. This cover is great, and there's enough room in the musical sphere (and on RP) for this and the original. So there.



Word my friend.  Thank you.
 danoboy075484205 wrote:

Nice cover in MHO. 7



10!
 bruceandjenna wrote:

Average cover of ROCKIN original.

6



Exceptional reimagining. Susan is brilliant. 
 jozooka wrote:

Trying WAY too hard.  Not working.



Graceful and perfect interpretation.  Exactly opposite of your silly comment.  Storm is a monster talent.  Wake up and smell the roses.
Where is my mind?
Where is that large automobile?
Where is my beautiful house?
Where is my beautiful wife?
 rhlrstn wrote:

Pretty sure all the haters are just whining because someone stepped on their nostalgia. This cover is great, and there's enough room in the musical sphere (and on RP) for this and the original. So there.

Only if you say.

 Jelani wrote:

Your ability to infuse a comment with verbal cheese and sentimental treacle , takes a lousy comment to a new level of pretentious twittery.

But, is absolutely dead on.
 bruceandjenna wrote:

Average cover of ROCKIN original.

6



Barely average. Beautiful voice, not the right song to cover.
 Springbok84 wrote:

Agree, something is lost in this cover.
Also agree. Beautiful voice, just not the song she should have picked to cover.

They call her Stormy Monday.

But Tuesday's just as bad...
Wait, is her birth name really Susan Storm? Like as in The Fantastic Four? 
I keep liking her more and more... 
A certain TV show put me off this song, for life I thought, but I quite like this version.
SO glad she's a Portlander and still hangs with Pink Martini from time to time!
I love this version more than the original. such intensity
I like that album art.
Average cover of ROCKIN original.

6
I saw ‘em. That is where my mind is! 😉
Nice cover in MHO. 7
 sbird wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...I think she stole this from Puddles Pity Party! Or he stole it from her... :) "
Where Is My Mind? - Pixies cover - Therapy Session
 
There's a video somewhere of the two of them singing it together.
 pope183 wrote:
Her ability to infuse a song with phonic cheese and sentimental treacle , takes a wonderful song to a new level of pretentious twittery 
 
Your ability to infuse a comment with verbal cheese and sentimental treacle , takes a lousy comment to a new level of pretentious twittery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...I think she stole this from Puddles Pity Party! Or he stole it from her... :) "
Where Is My Mind? - Pixies cover - Therapy Session
Much better than the original.
Way underrated 
A butcher job of a good song
I liked how it started, with the piano and soft voice -- then it went into Opera and I liked it much less 
The Pixies of the Opera. 7 from me.
This is okay, though as far as "stripped-down covers of Where Is My Mind" go, I think I prefer the Maxence Cyrin cover.
Pretty sure all the haters are just whining because someone stepped on their nostalgia. This cover is great, and there's enough room in the musical sphere (and on RP) for this and the original. So there.
I like it!
Anyone notice the boobies? Have a look next time.
 paulprior61 wrote:
I really tried to like this but I just couldn't.  It just seems to miss the point on so many different levels. My first "1". I didn't want to rate it so low but "2" translates as "marginal" and I really can't find any redeeming qualities for this track. 
That being said, does anyone else out there in RP land find the rating descriptors rather odd? I mean to drop from "marginal" to "sicko barfo" is quite a plummet.  "5" is translated as "decent"! For me 5 out of 10 indicates mediocre. there's surely nothing decent about mediocrity?
 
I don't know how one "tries" to like a song. Ok, you don't like it. Fine. You don't have to.
 BebePassiflora wrote:
Why have I never heard of her before now?
 
No idea.
Nop!!!!!
Yes, it can remind you of Les Miserables, but then again, I like Les Miserables.
 pope183 wrote:
Her ability to infuse a song with phonic cheese and sentimental treacle , takes a wonderful song to a new level of pretentious twittery 
So...you like it, right?

Her ability to infuse a song with phonic cheese and sentimental treacle , takes a wonderful song to a new level of pretentious twittery 
Two different posters spelled the 1 rating text as "sicko barfo".  I had to check to make sure it hadn't changed.  
Why have I never heard of her before now?
 itcanrraine wrote:
I think her voice is ace. It starts off completely different to the crescendo. Credit where credit is due. Great version :)
I'm so happy to discover this on Radio Paradise. As usual. 
 igwanna wrote:
Keeping my firm "sicko barfo" rating - this interpretation would make an excellent SNL skit for Overacting Superhero, that's about it.
 
I rather like it.
I think her voice is ace. It starts off completely different to the crescendo. Credit where credit is due. Great version :)
Keeping my firm "sicko barfo" rating - this interpretation would make an excellent SNL skit for Overacting Superhero, that's about it.
Well this is a brave cover.  I think I really like it?  I should probably stop reading comments before they convince me that I hate it after all.
 snaketotem wrote:
Storm Large is utterly amazing! She puts on a fantastic show. Catch her live. 
 

I agree! She sings in her way, which is not the Pixies'. I like both versions equally.
I really tried to like this but I just couldn't.  It just seems to miss the point on so many different levels. My first "1". I didn't want to rate it so low but "2" translates as "marginal" and I really can't find any redeeming qualities for this track. 
That being said, does anyone else out there in RP land find the rating descriptors rather odd? I mean to drop from "marginal" to "sicko barfo" is quite a plummet.  "5" is translated as "decent"! For me 5 out of 10 indicates mediocre. there's surely nothing decent about mediocrity?
nope.
Storm Large is utterly amazing! She puts on a fantastic show. Catch her live. 
Her ability to infuse a song with phonic sensitivity and sentiment takes a cute but mediocre song to a new nevel of aesthetic sublimity.
Just gave it a 7 song grows on you
Great voice, great cover. Love her name.

In counterpoint to the lame hater comments ... 
I would be honored to accompany Susan anytime on bass and vocal harmony.

Xtra +1 rating for being a homegirl. Fellow Berklee College of Music Alumnus. 
good songs get covered.  I am so glad.
 Springbok84 wrote:

Agree, something is lost in this cover.
 

What is lost is any talent to interpret. Just total maudlin crap. 
One truly good cover of this song is Maxence Cyrin. Piano only. Album "Novo piano".
I heard the first 2 notes or so and identified this song, even though this is the first time hearing this version. Also I scarcely know the original. Either the melody or choice of chords was sufficient to uniquely ID this piece. Seems like a pretty good feat of composition.
Yeah, pretty sure this doesn't work. 2.
I think this is great . . . . 9
Some songs simply do not translate well.
Right up there with the 70's hit "There's Got To Be A Morning After" ...bad. 
 sfuller wrote:
Is someone auditioning for a Glee reboot?
 
Hey, I kinda like it, but this is a funny comment either way :)
File under: covers that shouldn't have been made...
More like 'Where is my PSD button?'
Arrrrgggghhhhhhh! Make it stop. Then burn it. Burn it with fire.

There isn't a cover version of this song that adds anything to the original, but this has to be the worst yet.

I just wish artists would stop trying to re-interpret this track and leave well alone. It's a grimy, gritty, discordant rock classic. It just doesn't work as a saccharine ballad.
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
Deserves a 0 and a kick to the nuts
 
Holy crap did this make me laugh! Thanks for brightening my day.  You just never know when something is going to tickle you.
Is someone auditioning for a Glee reboot?
Oh man is this bad.  I saw Storm Large perform with Pink Martini and she is perfect in that setting but please no more Pixies covers!
 jozooka wrote:
Trying WAY too hard.  Not working.
 

I initially thought so as well, but I think this might actually be a bit of a tongue in cheek production. I read up a little on the singer, and I'm certain she does not take herself nearly so seriously as the tone of her singing here would suggest.
Laptopdog wrote:
Pixies: The Musical
 
{#Roflol}{#Roflol}{#Roflol}
I can't help but be critical of renditions of this song  because it is covered so much.   This is nice  but you have to do something different when a song is covered this much.
No not this.  Play Maxence Cyrin's cover.
Someone please inform me, when she will have found her mind....
Pixies: The Musical

I can't believe the low score here. Storm Large unarrogantly sings this song conservatively, with plenty of talent to spare. Unapparent to the untrained ear, Storm borders on genius. Storm is co-lead singer with China Forbes in Pink Martini. Y'all should check her out in that roll before spouting opinions here too hastily. I gave her a 9 for outstanding.
Deserves a 0 and a kick to the nuts
While I appreciate the contributions the Pixies have made to music, they are not to my taste. And while I have rated some slow covers of harder rock songs very low here, this is not one of them. Her voice is just too damned good. I'm siding with the likers on this one.
Don't care about the detractors. This is a great performance!