Sonic Youth - Live in Germany 1996 (Full Show)

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  • All songs written by Sonic Youth | Live at Rockpalast - Dusseldorf, Germany (Apr-07-1996)
    00:00 Teenage Riot
    07:45 Bull In The Heather
    10:38 Starfield Road
    13:30 Washing Machine
    23:00 Junkie's Promise
    27:30 Saucer-Like
    31:42 Becuz
    38:01 Sugar Kane
    46:14 Skip Tracer (additional lyrics by Leah Singer)
    50:19 Skink
    54:58 The Diamond Sea

КОМЕНТАРІ • 796

  • @BREEDINGGROUND1
    @BREEDINGGROUND1 3 роки тому +394

    That Steve Shelley is one damned solid drummer.

    • @corystevens3826
      @corystevens3826 3 роки тому +2

      Fo reels doe

    • @pabloisusi6097
      @pabloisusi6097 3 роки тому +5

      Indeed! he is great

    • @MovingHawaii
      @MovingHawaii 2 роки тому +10

      Heck yeah. He has some of the best meter of any rock drummer.

    • @recuatico
      @recuatico 2 роки тому +2

      la batería Motorik desde donde nació

    • @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer
      @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer 2 роки тому +7

      100% agree.
      Another is a line of incredible drummers from the era - Grohl, Matt Cameron, Jimmy Chamberlain, Steve Shelley, Sean Kinney, Danny Carey, Dave Abbruzzese, Janet Weiss, Dave Lovering, Tre Cool, Dan Peters, Lori Barbero and there's others.
      What's really cool about them is they're all so singular and very different from one another but with each equally as potent in their specific musical and artistic lane.
      I still think the 90's into early 2000's(edit) are underrated in the history. I think most see the the 1960's as the top of the heap, then the 70's, then maybe the 90's or 50's. For me though, I see the 90's as equal to, if not surpassing the 1970's in terms of rock n roll greatness behind only the 60's. I also believe history will in time agree.
      Ok yeah, tangent over.

  • @Hornwiesel
    @Hornwiesel 7 років тому +693

    Teenage Riot is one of the songs that could go on forever and it wouldn't get boring.

    • @dragmio
      @dragmio 6 років тому +14

      Meh. The softest Sonic Youth song on the record.

    • @shruggzdastr8-facedclown
      @shruggzdastr8-facedclown 5 років тому +17

      Yeah, that and "Mother Sky" by Can, "Fools Gold" by The Stone Roses, "Maggot Brain" by P-Funk, among others!

    • @epictetus9221
      @epictetus9221 4 роки тому +38

      @@dragmio Hardcore, are you?

    • @denverpotts3928
      @denverpotts3928 4 роки тому +7

      @@dragmio i wish 'Cool Thing' would go on forever

    • @cathyscarvey2461
      @cathyscarvey2461 4 роки тому +2

      Sure wouldn't...No way could you be bored listening to this....It's like being stuck though, in between, Is this a Chord or yeah it's a note....Those Notes man can getcha before you know it and you've done drove off the cliff...Cliff is long for a C Chord. Oh man....These are dayz...

  • @samsquanch1996
    @samsquanch1996 3 роки тому +240

    Kim Gordon is the coolest woman ever!

    • @Lister2k6
      @Lister2k6 3 роки тому

      But she's at the end of his life on this live.

    • @Lister2k6
      @Lister2k6 3 роки тому +1

      @scott matthews no…, seriously ?! I thought it was drugs…

    • @jimdur5982
      @jimdur5982 3 роки тому +7

      She's got her own brand of kool.
      This totally changes my perception of success in rock music.

    • @Lister2k6
      @Lister2k6 3 роки тому +1

      @@jimdur5982 But on this live she is weaning drugs.

    • @dariobisiani3098
      @dariobisiani3098 3 роки тому +2

      Kim is the Goddess Freya

  • @hixxbozon2523
    @hixxbozon2523 4 роки тому +35

    In the months just prior to Lee joining the newly forming Sonic Youth(s) I spent several great weeks driving him and Truus de Groot around Holland, playing a special avant garde/experimental music show in all the Jongerencentrtums(youth clubs) around the country, a fantastic memory and loads of fun, Lee was living with us in Neunen (at DiVoe) at the time. Cheers too to Theo v.Eenbergen.Cheers. Hixx Bozon.

    • @sonicboy19
      @sonicboy19  4 роки тому +5

      Wow! A fantastic memory indeed! Thanks for sharing it! :)

  • @ms.968
    @ms.968 Рік тому +18

    This was part of a festival (Osterrocknacht 1996) with Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, Afghan Whigs, Cypress Hill and some others. Sonic Youth were the second but last band playing right before the Pumpkins (promoting Mellon Collie) and obviously wanted to kick their asses. And they did! One of the best SY shows I’ve seen.

    • @uncanny_bassman
      @uncanny_bassman Рік тому +3

      Yes! I recorded this on VHS back then and watched it countless times! Especially Sonic Youth and the Pumpkins were awesome.

  • @loutiscrive
    @loutiscrive 4 роки тому +66

    "Bull In The Heather", such a masterpiece

    • @DogInARocket
      @DogInARocket Рік тому +3

      3 year reply from the future: yes.

    • @growskull
      @growskull 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@DogInARocket7 month reply from the future, hell yeah!

    • @daydreamintonation
      @daydreamintonation 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@growskull4 hour reply from the future, affirmative.

    • @dylankurtz8423
      @dylankurtz8423 7 місяців тому

      I Heard that song for the first time in 2023 and it made me a bigger fan. I now own 9 of their 16 studio records

  • @herrahuh
    @herrahuh 8 років тому +276

    My favourite band in the world. So fortunate that they once existed!

  • @residentevilchris06
    @residentevilchris06 3 роки тому +40

    I see why Cobain loved Sonic Youth so much. They were obviously good friends but damn Washing Machine would make a good song to trip to.

    • @adami2140
      @adami2140 3 роки тому +10

      Sonic youth pushed for Nirvana to be on sub pop records and the rest is history.

  • @de_dUKe
    @de_dUKe Рік тому +10

    Great show... right at the peak of their abilities...

  • @drewa1999
    @drewa1999 4 роки тому +20

    This should screen in a theater with an awesome sound system. Incredible tunes, tones and film texture!!

    • @japan906
      @japan906 4 роки тому

      at Fuji Rock 2020

    • @sghantous
      @sghantous 2 роки тому +1

      Sounds awesome in my living room 🙂

    • @growskull
      @growskull 10 місяців тому

      they did that for a david bowie show recently, hopefully it happens to more because its a really cool idea

  • @AngrierGorilla
    @AngrierGorilla 5 років тому +152

    Shelley is a beast.

    • @ConvincingPeople
      @ConvincingPeople 4 роки тому +10

      AngrierGorilla I mean, he drummed for the Crucifucks before SY, so he's got those Midwest hardcore chops. And he's so unassuming, too...

    • @mattgilbert7347
      @mattgilbert7347 4 роки тому +12

      Best alt/indie drummer ever.

    • @rainerkornmusic
      @rainerkornmusic 4 роки тому

      @@ConvincingPeople Thanks for the Info. I never Knew all the time

    • @bencolemanart
      @bencolemanart 4 роки тому +7

      He's their secret weapon!

    • @sonicboy19
      @sonicboy19  4 роки тому +16

      Agreed. Although SY is best known for guitars, I've always thought it was Steve's drumming that took them to the next level. He brought just as much creativity to his parts as anyone else in the band, and he was the glue that held everything together. Richard Edson's drumming on their debut EP was also pretty stellar imo, although stylistically very different from Steve.

  • @MrGabou77
    @MrGabou77 2 роки тому +36

    The greatest band to never make it big. Such powerful live performers. Sad that we'll never get to see them again.

    • @DogInARocket
      @DogInARocket Рік тому +5

      If they'd made it big, they wouldn't have been Sonic Youth.

    • @DogInARocket
      @DogInARocket Рік тому +2

      and The Fall

    • @KassiaK
      @KassiaK Рік тому +8

      but theyre so big

    • @Vallandarsarchive
      @Vallandarsarchive Рік тому +1

      I dunno, stone roses could give them a run for their money, but they're only still great cos they didn't make it big yknow?

    • @derurlaubwarsomittel8172
      @derurlaubwarsomittel8172 Рік тому +1

      considering they are an experimental noise rock band i'd say they made it big

  • @martinschmidt96
    @martinschmidt96 7 років тому +374

    I remember watching this on television at my grandparents beeing 16 years old. Had to convince my parents to stay up late since it aired at like 2 am.
    Thanks for the upload!

    • @kostasperperidis100
      @kostasperperidis100 5 років тому +22

      Same here, I was quite the same age and had also some discussion with my parents. At the end we saw it all together. One of the best moments in my life.

    • @ph4ntomsoldier
      @ph4ntomsoldier 4 роки тому +26

      @@kostasperperidis100 Damn, ya'll had some nice parents.

    • @michaellemaster5087
      @michaellemaster5087 4 роки тому +3

      Same story for Nirvana on SNL!!

    • @XylenRoberts
      @XylenRoberts 3 роки тому +2

      German TV?

    • @deepfocus888
      @deepfocus888 3 роки тому +1

      @@XylenRoberts yeah (I'm in the US) what TV station would have aired this in the 90s? Just curious myself.

  • @kreatordestruktorinhell
    @kreatordestruktorinhell 4 роки тому +175

    00:00 Teenage Riot
    07:45 Bull In The Heather
    10:38 Starfield Road
    13:30 Washing Machine
    23:00 Junkie's Promise
    27:30 Saucer-Like
    31:42 Becuz
    38:01 Sugar Kane
    46:14 Skip Tracer (additional lyrics by Leah Singer)
    50:19 Skink
    54:58 The Diamond Sea.

  • @amadeusfuzz4320
    @amadeusfuzz4320 7 років тому +174

    I think it's worth commenting that when I watched this video one year ago, I decided I wanted to play guitar.

    • @coleyoutubechannel
      @coleyoutubechannel 4 роки тому +2

      Keep playing !

    • @matejamatic1329
      @matejamatic1329 4 роки тому +13

      I had a similar kind of thing, as soon as i discovered sonic youth and my bloody valentine I instantly decided I needed to play guitar

    • @danopticon
      @danopticon 4 роки тому +2

      Gno-Mind - Excellent! Hope you kept it up, there’s a learning curve for sure, but the rewards are worth it. 🙂🎸❤️

    • @rainerkornmusic
      @rainerkornmusic 4 роки тому +2

      A very Good Decision!

    • @vamigorutro82
      @vamigorutro82 4 роки тому +1

      @@rainerkornmusic congratulations!

  • @soilhands7853
    @soilhands7853 4 роки тому +21

    I was born in 1974. It is now 2019. I still watch this and it is even more relevant to me today. Slowly but surely awakening from the depressing devastation that the digital age and social media has wrought on my spirit and on our so-called music of today, I am emboldened knowing that this golden age of sonic dissonance is alive in me and will always be. True art endures. Our PC social media world of today is hollow and superficial, totalitarian in its quest in cloning people into social presets, but this transgressive music and what it represented to my unimpeachable sense of identity will always be with me, as long as I can always hear this glorious music. Thanks for reading, and even more so thank you so much for uploading!

    • @sonicboy19
      @sonicboy19  4 роки тому +3

      Very well said - I couldn't agree more. Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to write something beyond the typical status quo comments.

    • @themoles2000
      @themoles2000 4 роки тому +1

      Ok, boomer

    • @soilhands7853
      @soilhands7853 4 роки тому +5

      @@themoles2000 I am from the generation X you ignorant fucking idiot

    • @Chris-mc2dt
      @Chris-mc2dt 2 роки тому +1

      There are more Sonic Youths out there today then there were back in the 90s, you’re just too lazy to go looking.

  • @ConvincingPeople
    @ConvincingPeople 4 роки тому +41

    I love how the two last songs are each fantastic performances which capture precisely opposite facets of what made this band great: An immaculately controlled, understated version of "Skink" lightly dusted with neat vocal ad-libs (god, that song is underrated) and a twenty-minute version of "The Diamond Sea" which ends with Kim rubbing her bass against Steve's kick drum, Lee playing his guitar with his mic cord, and Thurston doing *something* with an amp head and a bare guitar jack run through through every pedal on his board.

    • @sonicboy19
      @sonicboy19  4 роки тому +2

      Interesting observation, thanks for sharing!

    • @cl8804
      @cl8804 4 роки тому

      Skank!

    • @georgesandchopin299
      @georgesandchopin299 9 місяців тому

      for art students appropriating un-ironed business casual they certainly had potent sexual neurosis

  • @robertzamot9791
    @robertzamot9791 4 роки тому +39

    Been in love with Kim since the early 80's ,she is a great artist.

    • @KravMagoo
      @KravMagoo 4 роки тому +5

      They toured with fIREHOSE (probably for Ragin' Full On) and she was standing right beside me in the audience watching Watt thumping his bass...I swear she had a woody.

    • @LastSong1
      @LastSong1 Рік тому +1

      Yeah she greatest🖤

    • @ViciadoNumGame
      @ViciadoNumGame 24 дні тому

      @@KravMagoo What do you mean she had a woody? lol

  • @ianludwig6382
    @ianludwig6382 4 роки тому +71

    Washing Machine was the first album I ever bought, when I was 14, in 95. I bought it because a friend had the t-shirt. Took it home and was blown away. It was unlike anything ever, and SY have always had a special part in my heart becuz of this.
    SO 24 years later I stumbled across this, because my lecturer (I'm now studying graphic design as a mature student) loves them as well. The kids in my class don't understand.
    Anyway yes this footage is absolutely amazing quality for the year, and I'm going to play this over and over like that first CD I bought...

    • @ryanbyrd3835
      @ryanbyrd3835 4 роки тому +3

      It was '94. I was 14. Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star. Bought it at a record store in Quincy Market in Boston. Music is the only thing that keeps me from feeling old.

    • @ianludwig6382
      @ianludwig6382 3 роки тому

      @@paulsavage5057first of all it was the ability to use an array of Adobe products in depth, as well as write HTML and css to create Web sites. The second part is business studies and applying the skills into your own freelancing or company.

    • @ryanbyrd3835
      @ryanbyrd3835 3 роки тому

      @@ianludwig6382 I got a degree in Graphic Design 15 years ago. I have no use for it. Computers take all the fun out of creating something. Thinking of venturing into the world of tattooing, but I'm not getting any younger.

    • @vannjunkin8041
      @vannjunkin8041 3 роки тому +2

      Think I was 24 .. and yes it was my first Sonic Youth album too. . Superb album.. this was my starting point. Junkies Promise really grabbed me

    • @Gary-bc2rc
      @Gary-bc2rc 2 місяці тому

      Awesome

  • @garciagoodbye
    @garciagoodbye 4 роки тому +14

    1996? This sounds from the future! Ridiculously amazing.

  • @mazzymariella9406
    @mazzymariella9406 4 роки тому +19

    So cute how kim plays her guitar exactly the same as she plays her bass. I love this concert. Washing Machine is such a fucking legendary album.

  • @alexanderlammens9246
    @alexanderlammens9246 Місяць тому +1

    This version of Sugar Kane is just....damn...can't find any words in any dictionary..gotta feel it...peace out ☯️

  • @joynthis
    @joynthis 7 років тому +528

    "Thurston Moore" still sounds like name of an old-money billionaire's kid who's rebelling against his squaresville parents by playing discordant feedback on his weirdly-tuned Fender Jaguar.

    • @danielemantovani5208
      @danielemantovani5208 7 років тому +5

      fatte na fameja

    • @rodrigohernandez199
      @rodrigohernandez199 6 років тому +88

      Weirdly tuned *Jazzmaster

    • @crashatollah
      @crashatollah 6 років тому +8

      Youve seen gilligan’s island?

    • @pstrokeslibsarctic
      @pstrokeslibsarctic 6 років тому +14

      Jazzmaster u mean?

    • @garysmith6650
      @garysmith6650 5 років тому +28

      He probably is. I absolutely adore SY but my personal fav on the Fender Jag is Rowland S Howard... that man played his Jaguar like Albert Ayler played his sax.

  • @jacobalarcon5171
    @jacobalarcon5171 2 роки тому +3

    This "Diamond Sea" is a total face melter, holy shit!

    • @MrGabou77
      @MrGabou77 2 роки тому +3

      Sonic Youth live was something else. Sad that we'll never get to see them again.

  • @freemanrabe4689
    @freemanrabe4689 3 роки тому +5

    I bought a Guitar Player magazine back in I think 1990, and there was an article on Sonic Youth. That was how I came to know them. Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of gem.😍

  • @ekureuil78
    @ekureuil78 3 роки тому +9

    Wouahh... cette version de Sugar Kane, elle déchire!! 96, année où je les écoutais en boucle.. pas une ride. Merci SY!

  • @aisle_of_view
    @aisle_of_view 2 роки тому +6

    One of my favorite live bands. Onstage, they were very different than any other concert experience - unpretentious yet artistic and experimental - a bit like Jimi Hendrix but a cohesive band. No star to focus your attention on. After a show, you could hear people saying "wow, that was amazing. So good."

    • @andrewbaranek1935
      @andrewbaranek1935 2 роки тому +2

      I've seen SY live too. Totally agreed.
      And it was never offensively loud, like other bands can be. The feedback was glimmery and beautiful.

  • @baax
    @baax 5 років тому +3

    January 93-Sydney Uni, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Helmet, I was 22 and it was bliss.

    • @asobineko4742
      @asobineko4742 4 роки тому +1

      sounds like one hell of a show, lucky you.

  • @goudagalindo1790
    @goudagalindo1790 5 років тому +15

    The way this video was filmed is perfect.

  • @joserodrigues-vq8pz
    @joserodrigues-vq8pz 3 місяці тому +1

    The way Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore play guitar it's magical. Steve Shelley a solid drummer and Kim with her charisma...i miss SY!

  • @jamienbooboo2
    @jamienbooboo2 Рік тому +2

    So glad I was able to see them in my youth!

  • @davidscherzer
    @davidscherzer Рік тому +2

    What a performance! I saw them a few weeks later at Roseland Ballaroom, NYC. 10 years later I would live in the apt building connected to the venue.

  • @davidlundy3677
    @davidlundy3677 8 років тому +15

    had a bootleg cassette of this when i was a teenager... searched for it today after finishing kim's book. great to find it here, brilliant performance!

  • @alejandrovenegasheresi2697
    @alejandrovenegasheresi2697 7 років тому +63

    I love the sinister faces of Kim Gordon with the light towards the end...great filming, great songs, awesome concert....the best televised SY concert ever maybe?

    • @sonicboy19
      @sonicboy19  7 років тому +16

      I would agree that, as a whole, it's their best televised concert. Others certainly contain memorable performances as well, but all of the right elements seemed to come together for this one in particular. The majority of their televised gigs were during festival performances which usually featured truncated set-lists that were not necessarily the best representations of the full SY live experience. And considering festival broadcasts are not intended for commercial release and very little forethought is put into their presentation, most of them don't hold a candle to shows that are commissioned by bands to be recorded and edited specifically for commercial release. So for a festival broadcast, this one stands as a welcomed anomaly with its as-perfect-as-live-to-air-gets capture of an uncompromising set-list and performance. Would be great if the band went through their archives and also acquired the rights to some of their best recorded festival performances for a dvd/blu-ray box set, since a lot of what's available to watch on UA-cam is far from optimal quality. I think most SY fans would be much more interested in a release like that than in having Screaming Fields Of Sonic Love reissued on DVD (which probably won't look much better than it did on VHS anyway).

    • @dariobisiani3098
      @dariobisiani3098 3 роки тому +1

      Sinister...I hear you and honour your truth....hope U can do the same for me...no judgement intended....for me she is the expression of all beautify, femininity and childhoods innocence...the Goddess protector...mother's know best and understand the future...Children.
      Yeah she is an open book and doesn't hide any aspect of what it is to be a Goddess in an Age where unfortunately so many women and men are Lost due to "male white corporate oppression...what r U going do for me? You did this to us Women....what, r U going to save us? The very ones who objectified and enslaved us???
      That's what U r vining on when you say "Sinister".
      Imagine that experience from a Goddesses perspective...of course she will say it how it is....not having a go...just my take on her Beauty!

    • @APAL880
      @APAL880 2 роки тому

      @@dariobisiani3098 Hmm, so are you against modernism and feminism, or for them?

    • @cgsather3309
      @cgsather3309 7 місяців тому +1

      @@APAL880latter wave feminism theories aren’t modern, they are post-modern. Being both pro modernism and pro feminism is a contradiction.

    • @greysnake2903
      @greysnake2903 3 місяці тому

      ​@dariobisiani3098 Calm yourself

  • @Bobtheneonzombie
    @Bobtheneonzombie 8 років тому +10

    Fuck me Skip Tracer is an incredible song

  • @AM-uu7ec
    @AM-uu7ec Рік тому +3

    I saw this tour in nyc on acid when I was 17. It changed my life. For the better.

  • @sghantous
    @sghantous 2 роки тому +7

    Timeless & ageless band. Excellent sound and video.
    So grateful for SY and everyone who helped them.

  • @Superlang
    @Superlang 6 місяців тому +2

    For sure one of the best and most important bands in rock history. And really every Sonic Youth concert was a blast! Oh I miss them soo much!

  • @hex0sphere
    @hex0sphere 9 років тому +110

    This is the best footage I've seen of this showw! This is amazing!

    • @sonicboy19
      @sonicboy19  9 років тому +3

      Glad you enjoyed it! :)

    • @dirtyfacelifttool5184
      @dirtyfacelifttool5184 9 років тому +10

      sonicboy19 I'm obliged to ya mate for this excellent footage. How can anyone not like Sonic Youth?.

    • @sonicboy19
      @sonicboy19  9 років тому +3

      dirtyfacelifttool51 Indeed .. couldn't agree more - cheers!

    • @snap0r4z
      @snap0r4z 7 років тому

      shooted on film 16mm I guess, so warm so real

    • @sonicboy19
      @sonicboy19  4 роки тому +2

      @@snap0r4z It was actually recorded on videotape and later rebroadcast in upconverted 720p50...I applied some filters to it and boosted the colors to give it more of a film look, using a very high bit rate to retain the quality. It ended up looking much better than the rebroadcast imo, particularly the lighting. While nothing beats a concert captured on film, it's amazing how close you can get using post-production filters if you have a high quality source to work with. The problem is that well cared for videotaped concert masters that were properly transferred to a digital storage medium before they started to degrade are relatively few and far between, sadly.

  • @smrtn2441
    @smrtn2441 4 роки тому +21

    Rock solid metronome drummers like Steve Shelley are the best

  • @zacharyoliver1325
    @zacharyoliver1325 5 років тому +9

    Great concert...featuring...Steve Shelley...playing for his soul.

  • @BRUNOAZIZ
    @BRUNOAZIZ 8 років тому +177

    in the 90's i was pissed off with anyone that said that the cool bands were all in the past decades they lived.....and i agreed that there were great bands in times past, but they have to open their minds to the bands of our times.......why now i feel like i'm bound to repeat the behaviour of that people and say: - man, why there are no bands like this anymore?

    • @brunatheprincess
      @brunatheprincess 8 років тому +24

      +Bruno Aziz bands like these today just would not be good bands, you got to fresh thngs up in order to make history, there are tons of awesome bands these days,.. Lcd soundsystem, Coutney Barnett, Portugal. the man, are some of my favorites, i think you should check out.. for me lcd is a must in days like these, the lyrics of "all my friends" changed the way i perceived everything : D

    • @stockmanager
      @stockmanager 8 років тому +2

      +Bruno Aziz stockmanager.bandcamp.com/track/w-e-l-l-kruf-you-leo

    • @OhVicanne
      @OhVicanne 8 років тому +18

      Tame Impala, Arcade Fire, Ought, those mentioned above and so many other great ones that I don't feel like listing, but history repeats itself, there are still some amazing bands;)

    • @dirtslayer123
      @dirtslayer123 8 років тому +4

      last year i really got into phantogram and austra, similar but different, i think they are good - nothing wrong with liking bands from the past though

    • @KD-vg2yn
      @KD-vg2yn 7 років тому +5

      Bruno Aziz the front bottoms is good, modern baseball has some amazing songs, the story so far, trophy eyes, tigers jaw, taking back sunday, a day to remember, grouplove ect ect. too many great bands

  • @kxgames2578
    @kxgames2578 5 років тому +16

    Why do I always discover brilliant bands 20 years too late!!!????

    • @user-qr7ee2cp4y
      @user-qr7ee2cp4y 5 років тому +4

      I have been so humbled and embarrassed that I was so narrow minded when I was young... there were so many great bands I let pass by because they serenity thing. Sonic youth,the police, the replacements, and the list goes on. My musical tastes are so much broader and I'm not such a judgmental jerk.

    • @user-qr7ee2cp4y
      @user-qr7ee2cp4y 4 роки тому

      What the he'll was I typing? Damned auto correct..

    • @kreed1004
      @kreed1004 4 роки тому

      doesn't matter just keep it up !

    • @woodrowbowlinginski9065
      @woodrowbowlinginski9065 4 роки тому

      At least you made it...

    • @slavianapeeva8216
      @slavianapeeva8216 3 роки тому

      Same

  • @danopticon
    @danopticon 4 роки тому +6

    I remember, as a very young high school kid, going to see Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys speak on Northwestern University’s campus in 1986, and at one point he was kinda making fun of the big bunch of new up-and-coming bands he said all had boring, unoriginal names… names like Angry Youth, and Rebel Youth, and - yes, indeed - Sonic Youth! and I suppose the reason their name stuck in my mind above the others was: around two or three years later, still in high school, I read (on paper, at a public library) a _Village Voice_ review of the most promising, exciting new albums or ascending bands of that year… and Sonic Youth had been mentioned! (Shonen Knife also got a big nod, and the Butthole Surfers’ _Hairway to Steven_ received heavy praise), so I made sure to check them out after all, and was duly impressed… and now here we are, over three decades later, reliving the ‘90s over UA-cam as one of the best decades for music ever! It’s just… wild, is all. So much, in just a few, short decades…

  • @epictetus9221
    @epictetus9221 4 роки тому +10

    I've no words for how good this is

  • @pillettadoinswartsh4974
    @pillettadoinswartsh4974 4 роки тому +6

    Teenage riot. A 2051 song, recorded in 1988.

  • @MichtersRyefan
    @MichtersRyefan 3 роки тому +4

    Ever since I found this performance. I have watched/listened to it probably once a week. I learned about this maybe 3 years ago. I absolutely love SY.

  • @patrickfoster4586
    @patrickfoster4586 5 років тому +16

    I saw them on the US leg of the tour before this one in New Orleans (Experimental, Jet Set, Thrash and No Star tour). They had to stop playing at one point because this girl had climbed up to an overhanging part of the wall, way above the crowd. The police stopped them to tell her climb down and she refused for what seemed like 15 minutes. Of course the crowd broke into the "jump, jump, jump" thing. She eventually climbed back down getting huge boo's from the crowd for stopping the music. It was one of the clubs in the Warehouse district and that's just what it once had been and there were exposed pipes and crap all around. Thurston also had to stop at another point to get the people in the front to stop moshing as someone got hurt bad. I remember him saying "don't you guys remember the pogo! Just stay in your spot and bounce!!" And that's what everyone did the rest of the night. Awesome show. They did everything off of "Experimental, Jet Set, Thrash and No Star" plus several others. I've seen a lot of bands, even Nirvana on the In Utero tour, but this one definitely one of the best shows from my youth. Sonic Youth that is.
    #SonicYouthRules

    • @arnoburtner380
      @arnoburtner380 4 роки тому +2

      too bad that attentionseeker didn't jump then

    • @jeremys5576
      @jeremys5576 4 роки тому +1

      A small quibble: it's actually 'Experimental Jet Set, TRASH and No Star', based on the respective group members' nicknames for each other: Thurston = Experimental, Kim = Jet Set, Lee = Trash, & Steve = No Star

  • @ramblinmartin9562
    @ramblinmartin9562 8 років тому +10

    Super cool this live gig!!! This is also the time that I discovered Sonic Youth, 1996. First I bought 'Dirty' and later I bought 'Washing Machine'. I was hooked from that moment on!

  • @yankodejanovich5496
    @yankodejanovich5496 5 років тому +5

    This whole sound is the predecessor to all modern grunge, and even new bands today (commenting in 2019 ) . I listened to this band , while renting a practice facility in the 90's for 100 usd a month. I would lock myself in to practice and learn percussion for 2 days because of day job.. this band I would listen to late Saturday night and I get it.. in all forms, from musicians stand point and everything religious, political, and anti- fame … 2 guitar players never play the same thing ..so its so anti- 1990 ass-rock in the usa ! . Its just pleasant and inspiring to see real players without a ear-mic system ...ripping it up !!!!!

  • @lithium4039
    @lithium4039 4 роки тому +16

    Sonic Youth is in the pool of my favorite bands, along with Nirvana and others...however, Schizophrenia was the first song I heard, then the whole Sister record - and I was totally blown away! As I heard the record Washing Machine - - it was magical. Both records are still my personal favorites and I think those two records are their best work! Evol and Goo are also amazing.
    The gig is really awesome! I was totally surprised that they played Washing Machine live - pure awesomeness! AndJunkie’s Promise blew my mind. Finally came the song I waited for: Because...On of my absolut favorites and I never heard it live, yet. But I got goosebumps, because of the intensity and amazement. Just a bliss.
    I wished I could’ve have seen them live in concert. Or like being Live at Reading when Nirvana played there. At least we can hear and even watch it. But being there would have been priceless, right? Great concert!
    Not that it is important, but I read that they didn’t do any drugs to push themselves. A rare exception in the history of rock music ... I mean, look at Led Zeppelin for instance. Or Nirvana or BJM.

  • @simonlowe3766
    @simonlowe3766 Місяць тому

    Wow, this takes me back. I saw them live in Glasgow a week after this concert. The setlist was:
    Skink
    (I Got A) Catholic Block
    Washing Machine
    Junkie's Promise
    Saucer-Like
    Becuz
    Sugar Kane
    Skip Tracer
    Bull In The Heather
    Starfield Road
    Bone
    The Diamond Sea
    Unwind
    Panty Lies
    100%

  • @alexanderlammens9246
    @alexanderlammens9246 Місяць тому +1

    Lee just invented the term " Talking Blues".....credits!! Gotta love Lee's touch

  • @patrickcannady2066
    @patrickcannady2066 4 роки тому +4

    So glad I got to see them at Cabaret Metro in Chicago in 1993. The loudest show ever at that venue. Kim was AWESOME. Love her delivery and stage presence.

  • @wazumedasho73
    @wazumedasho73 9 років тому +86

    It's crazy how I was literally a fetus when this show was being performed.
    This band it's so fucking cool.

    • @teethgrinder83
      @teethgrinder83 7 років тому +2

      Fan Onírica I was 14 and it's shocking that I didn't get into them till I was in my late teens-I was already into a lot of ace bands but sonic youth were never on my radar till I was about 18-I'm now 33 and in love with them more than ever 😁

    • @franciskhoury4288
      @franciskhoury4288 7 років тому

      I was six years out of college, but Sonic Youth escaped my notice for another 6-7 years. :(

    • @mrjutha
      @mrjutha 7 років тому

      Fan Onírica I saw this show, same year, but in Ghent. Still the best concert I ever experienced, with Shellac in the Corso Leuven at second place. SY was extatic. I had eyes spread so wide open for hours on end afterwards, everyone I met thought I was a maniac high on a handful of e's, whilest I only had the beer or three and a Bear's Paw. Changed my life, honest to God with a capital G. Exposed to the Youth, Bullseye for sure! 19 and amazed, electrified, stoned by soundwave after soundwave. Hulde. And stop.

    • @elmoblatch9787
      @elmoblatch9787 6 років тому

      I saw them this year, but in the states. You would have loved it. They can be self indulgent at times, but it amounts to brilliance.

    • @zues287
      @zues287 6 років тому +2

      Elmo Blatch How? They've been broken up for 7 or 8 years. I'm confused.

  • @MedievalRichard
    @MedievalRichard 8 років тому +12

    Need to see Sonic Youth live one day if they ever play together again! Saw Thurston Moore live the other year on his solo tour and it rocked!

  • @kmanderson7565
    @kmanderson7565 4 роки тому +23

    Perfect angsty COVID-19 listening.

  • @yanshane
    @yanshane 3 роки тому +3

    They were on this night. Man, when they come together it’s breathtaking

    • @gSalTX
      @gSalTX 3 роки тому

      The end of Skip Tracer is amazing. So tight.

    • @duncan-rmi
      @duncan-rmi 3 роки тому

      this is the yoot I miss the most. transcendental. I am still in denial. thurston, if you're reading this- get yr shit together & do the right thing.

  • @neonfluxustrash
    @neonfluxustrash 8 років тому +13

    Me encanta! esta banda es lo mejor!

  • @elradu07
    @elradu07 4 роки тому +5

    I watched them in 1998 in a festival in Benicassim, Spain, amazing experience

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 4 роки тому +9

    One of the few bands that were for a time " The Best Band In The World " Absolutely Amazing !

  • @japan906
    @japan906 4 роки тому +3

    Oh boy, as Holly exclaimed regularly, these four lit it up for almost 4 decades!? This must be one of their finest. Saw them 6 times, but wish I was there for this. Fantastic lighting, sound and composition. Very clean and raw.

  • @labcabinmelbourne
    @labcabinmelbourne 4 роки тому +6

    Absolutely mesmerising... I love Sonic Youth

  • @mutetouretteshimself
    @mutetouretteshimself 5 років тому +20

    I have this concert on a CD - 'Junkie's promise' - love it...

  • @aaronjschaefer
    @aaronjschaefer Рік тому +1

    Lee Renaldo's songs made them so amazing...

  • @eldazamora4646
    @eldazamora4646 6 років тому +7

    Holy shit! Saucer-like is awsome live!!! Powerful and dynamic... I love Lee!!!

  • @demonicsweaters
    @demonicsweaters 2 роки тому +3

    Starfield Road was on FIRE, Jesus. They were really at the top of their game here!

  • @michellonneberga3148
    @michellonneberga3148 4 роки тому +2

    Wow, I didn't know that I'm a fan of Sonic Youth, but this concert is really awesome. I'm addicted to alternative music and I couldn't get enough of MTV's "120 Minutes" with all these great bands like Smashing Pumpkins, Screaming Trees, Alice in Chains, etc.
    Big thanks for tis post, the quality of the video and audio is incredible! Don't forget, this stuff is 24(?) years old :-) Love it

    • @cl8804
      @cl8804 3 роки тому

      Try "The Lonesome Crowded West" by Modest Mouse, "Perfect from now on" by Built to Spill, and "Raise Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

  • @jhonnycagexrage7458
    @jhonnycagexrage7458 4 роки тому +17

    17:52 Epic moment

  • @alna1287
    @alna1287 7 років тому +4

    thank you for sharing this extraordinary footage

  • @Mistasassy
    @Mistasassy 8 років тому +5

    AMAZING QUALITY, THNX FOR THE UPLOAD!

  • @scandinavianserialki
    @scandinavianserialki 8 років тому +1

    so glad someone uploaded this in this format

  • @GJAMESSCL
    @GJAMESSCL 7 років тому +3

    Fantastic! Thanks for uploading this. Skip Tracer is incredible.

  • @MrErikmartins
    @MrErikmartins 7 років тому +1

    THANK YOU, SONIC BOY. Was waiting for this whole gig for a while. =)

  • @brianfindlay2925
    @brianfindlay2925 2 роки тому

    Top gig. Thanks for uploading.

  • @gamercats8649
    @gamercats8649 2 роки тому +7

    Influenced by what went before, for sure, but doubly influential in return. Great band.

  • @Mocha69A
    @Mocha69A Рік тому +4

    Just imagine if Jimi hendrix could have vibed with sonic Youth. Man what a thought.

    • @e.triple.eee.
      @e.triple.eee. Місяць тому

      thats so lame. hendrix was the worst

  • @theSyndromeAkira
    @theSyndromeAkira 4 роки тому +4

    Gracias por subir este video épico, epico epico epico

  • @curiousuranus810
    @curiousuranus810 3 місяці тому

    In a thousand years, and then some... sonic Youth will be.... utterly forgotten.

  • @murphyjulian7393
    @murphyjulian7393 4 роки тому +4

    I grew up listening to this band on a mono receiver, and come to find out the proper full stereo way is twice as good. You know what I mean 😎

  • @Cheeso888
    @Cheeso888 5 років тому +10

    Steve Shelley's a fucking wicked drummer, innit?

  • @juddhamilton3053
    @juddhamilton3053 6 років тому +12

    Amazing show. Those drums... wow.

  • @Caratcho
    @Caratcho 5 років тому +7

    Love this gig! I had it in cassette from a KTS bootleg called “Junkie’s Promise” and thanks to you i watched it! Regards from Chile!

  • @Sinedrifter
    @Sinedrifter 4 роки тому +1

    Any Sonic Youth show or song provides inspiration for days.

  • @FalardeMusicaeLegal
    @FalardeMusicaeLegal 3 роки тому +2

    This register is part of the History of Music, for sure.

  • @jonnybgoode007
    @jonnybgoode007 4 роки тому

    Amazed. Thanks for this. I appreciate this a lot. :)

  • @michelparent5017
    @michelparent5017 7 років тому +1

    THANK YOU!

  • @user-et6kc2kz2s
    @user-et6kc2kz2s 8 років тому +15

    в те бы годы,да на их концерт!..очень круто!

  • @sonomama82
    @sonomama82 3 місяці тому +1

    Could you imagine being the sound guy and realizing his mic isn't on when he starts singing.

  • @NickvdVeerdonkNL
    @NickvdVeerdonkNL 4 роки тому +2

    Crispy sound, thanks for uploadng!

  • @darkglobe80
    @darkglobe80 9 років тому +1

    Awesome, thanks for uploading :)

  • @ClaraCromatica
    @ClaraCromatica 8 років тому +1

    Thanks a lot!!!

  • @masterfunok
    @masterfunok 8 років тому +3

    great quality - great concert. I remember being in Vienna 4.4.1996 at their show. Amazing how fast they travel :)

  • @danielemantovani5208
    @danielemantovani5208 7 років тому

    beautiful, thank You.

  • @Ranaldo20
    @Ranaldo20 7 років тому +4

    I forget just how much "Junkie's Promise" rawks

  • @sheyfenner6492
    @sheyfenner6492 7 місяців тому +1

    this is everything i've ever wanted a band to do ...

  • @filipematias5127
    @filipematias5127 6 років тому +3

    The magicians of harmonic sonic distortion!

  • @xpez9694
    @xpez9694 4 роки тому +3

    saw them in PARIS at the ZENITH in March of that Year!!! so awesome!!! oh Beck and Stereolab were there too!!!! Good times!!!!

  • @lucagrandicelli
    @lucagrandicelli 5 років тому +2

    My entire youth flies over those notes.

  • @LCaldeiraFabio
    @LCaldeiraFabio 9 років тому +14

    Hi, there! Greets from Rio, Brazil!! Wonderful show!!! Fantastic footage! Wonderful time for the band!! Fucking Epic!!!!!!!!!