The Breeders have confused men of all stripes since time immemorial. A moderately successful 90s alt rock band, one formed by Kim something or another of The Pixies, The Breeders were most known for the song Cannonball. You’ll know if when you hear it. Then, like so much of our past, they disappeared into the ether, never to be heard from again, until…
OK, no need to be so dramatic, they’ve actually come and gone over the years, with Kim Deal the main constant throughout, most recently reuniting in 2012. They’ve returned to the fore of the collective with this song, Blues at the Acropolis. Mike enjoys it a great deal, especially what he considers his new favorite line of all the times: Drunks take a piss where heroes once bled out.
Listen to Blues at the Acropolis by The Breeders
I’ll mourn over the marble steps
Junkies of the world lay across the monuments
I climb and blister on the mount
Drunks take a piss where heroes once bled out
Junkies of the world lay across the monuments
I climb and blister on the mount
Drunks take a piss where heroes once bled out
Capital sister, I cry and I blister on the mount
Gods offer beer and hope where heroes once bled out
Gods offer beer and hope where heroes once bled out
I got the blues at the Acropolis
I kick up dirt
The men stop and hiss
I kick up dirt
The men stop and hiss
I groan up and down the steps
Junkies of the world draped across the monuments
Junkies of the world draped across the monuments
Capital sister, I cry and then I blister on the mount
I got the blues at the Acropolis
I’ve got the blues at the Acropolis
I got the blues at the Acropolis
I’ve got the blues at the Acropolis
Drunks take a piss where heroes once bled out
