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Alec Eiffel

by

Pixies



Album: Tromple Le Monde      Released: 1991

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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel is the architect of the Eiffel tower after which it is named. He was thought to have been crazy for wanting to build a phallic-shaped tower. The song his how people are always trying to bring down others and their ideas. (thanks, Eric - Anchorage, AK)

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Comments:

This is such a goofy song! (with great pop melodies) Well, the whole album is awesome. I love having a song that features the wrod "aerodynamics". Incidently, the first time I typed this comment in I hit return and it apparently put in my "rating" of the song, which I hadn't set yet so was no doubt a 3, damn. It is beyond 5.
- Jaibe, Carol Stream, IL

i love what this song stands for. how everyone thought alec was crazy for his design but in the end he turned out right.
- Wayne, Hudson, FL

i love this song.The thing i like most is the chorus in the background.It's so nice
- Iara, Santiago, Chile

He's mostly known by everyone as Gustave Eiffel, but his full name is indeed Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. Google it for yourself if you don't believe me. :- D
- Eric, Anchorage, AK

That is incorrect. The architect of the Eiffel Tower was Gustave Eiffel, not Alec. Who was Alec? Who the hell knows. It's a Pixies song - it doesn't have to make sense.
- Daniel, Bloomington, IN

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