1988 Kim Gordon Interview (Part 1)

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  • @GoldenHairErik
    @GoldenHairErik 7 років тому +215

    The irony that all these comments are a bunch of horndogs and that's the exact kind of thing Kim would probably scoff at.

    • @rdwrdw3672
      @rdwrdw3672 5 років тому +2

      She's a good looking chick. I'm sure dudes bought her music because of her looks...and she didn't care.

    • @moralcompass3252
      @moralcompass3252 5 років тому +19

      @@rdwrdw3672 i agree, she's very attrractive, but that wasn't why i bought the sonic youth albums as a teen.

    • @rdwrdw3672
      @rdwrdw3672 5 років тому +3

      @@moralcompass3252there's always an exception to the rule.
      Bon Jovi knew he was good looking and had no problem catering to the pocketbooks of his female fans. George Michaels and Ricky Martin were gay to begin with and had no problem convincing women they were writing love songs to them ....as long as the checks were cashing.

    • @moralcompass3252
      @moralcompass3252 5 років тому +16

      @@rdwrdw3672 i don't recall anyone talking about how hot kim gordon was back in the late 80's like say, madonna or samantha fox. i was one of maybe 3 people i knew who liked sonic youth when i was growing up, and we all thought kim was attractive, but it was the music that got us to buy the albums.

    • @rdwrdw3672
      @rdwrdw3672 5 років тому +1

      @@moralcompass3252 two different genres. Madoona/ Sam Fox were pop stars....not genre - wise, the same as Sonic Youth in popularity

  • @tungtobak
    @tungtobak 6 років тому +73

    Practicing bass over her talking sounds like a Sonic Youth intro, try it, it's fun.

    • @d_walsh
      @d_walsh 9 місяців тому +2

      music over her voice would sound like her new album. Lol

  • @jryuwah
    @jryuwah 10 років тому +164

    sounds like she's gonna go into "Kool Thing" at any given time during this interview lol

    • @flaccidego9468
      @flaccidego9468 8 років тому +1

      LMFAO!

    • @JacksonGeary
      @JacksonGeary 7 років тому +1

      jryuwah lol nice but the song wasn't even out yet at that time

  • @OasisFan4Life94
    @OasisFan4Life94 10 років тому +25

    I could listen to her all day.

  • @Maialeen
    @Maialeen 10 років тому +63

    I aspire to be like her. But she seems so much cooler than I could ever be.

    • @TheFishingfreak12
      @TheFishingfreak12 8 років тому +3

      It's true

    • @vronica84
      @vronica84 3 роки тому +10

      That’s not true. Just be yourself and you’ll be as cool.

    • @sirfizz6518
      @sirfizz6518 2 роки тому +1

      that's the look of self actualization. it takes some guts to get there but anyone with the commitment to be their full self has the potential to be an absolute badass.

  • @sirfizz6518
    @sirfizz6518 2 роки тому +9

    I love everything about this. an indie media interview with a great indie artist, the recognizable blurs of NYC... still in great quality for us to see. it's a low-key miracle that we get to see this here, now. thanks so much for sharing!
    was this originally for some independent documentary or for a public access show or what?

  • @robertbodle2354
    @robertbodle2354 4 роки тому +8

    really thoughtful and interesting interview - happy to find this. i'm reading the bio - girl in a band, which is also really good.

  • @RastaSaiyaman
    @RastaSaiyaman 9 років тому +92

    I once admitted to a then girlfriend that Kim Gordon was one of my weird crushes, she wasn't familiar with Sonic Youth so I had to look up a picture. After which she went "SERIOUSLY?"
    I explained to her that what made Kim Gordon attractive is her whole being, completely at ease with who she is and taking shit from nobody.
    Kim Gordon is the queen of alternative rock.

    • @flaccidego9468
      @flaccidego9468 8 років тому +4

      Dude. Had a crush on her since grade school.(back in mid 80's)
      Still do. That's why I'm UA-cam stalkin'
      :D

  • @uugabuuga3086
    @uugabuuga3086 6 років тому +24

    She has an adorable voice

  • @cupcake.claudia
    @cupcake.claudia 10 років тому +41

    kim is a fucking goddess sent from punk rock heaven.

  • @JeffreySykes
    @JeffreySykes 11 років тому +11

    Her lyrics are enough to make up for whatever perceived shortcomings you see in her interview skillz.

  • @victormoreno803
    @victormoreno803 2 роки тому +8

    Kim Gordon was always an artist

  • @Overlorddz
    @Overlorddz 11 років тому +26

    to think that she is just 3 years younger than my dad. When I saw Sonic Youth perform 5 years ago she was dancing like a young girl, really like a young girl, not like an old lady trying to forget her age

    • @thedddemon
      @thedddemon 4 роки тому +6

      who gives a shit about you or your dad?

  • @ZeldaFoxEars
    @ZeldaFoxEars 12 років тому +9

    wow nice place to set an interview.

  • @samsquanch1996
    @samsquanch1996 7 років тому +8

    She's so cool.

  • @brookcastillo3609
    @brookcastillo3609 11 років тому +32

    i love her laugh after saying boys are silly

  • @coldacre
    @coldacre 9 років тому +43

    such a sexy woman. but anyone can be sexy. she is talented and completely unique. I worship the bass playing on EVOL & Sister. serving the song and not the instrument. bless you Kim G!

    • @AtacamaHumanoid
      @AtacamaHumanoid 6 років тому +1

      Mike Watt and Thurston did the best bass parts of both albums. If you listen to the isolated bass track of "Goo" here on UA-cam, you can really hear how absolutely shitty her bass playing really is. It's kind of amazing really how well it works, though, underneath Lee and Thurston's layers of noise. But, it's amazing how bad she really is at bass and I'm not a bass player or musico dork. She's off time, doesn't pick consistently hard at all, both of which are pretty much the most important aspects of what a bass player is supposed to do, but worst of all, you can hear on that isolated "Goo" bass track that she often accidentally doesn't even hit the right note. So, like, her finger lands on the fret next to where she meant to land and it's off-key, but I guess they're like, "oh well, she's not getting any better, I guess that will have to do..." The bass slides are comical to listen to because you hear her get halfway to where she's supposed to slide to but for whatever reason she didn't make it and so she has to jump back to the next part or miss it. It honestly sounds like a kid who's been practicing a couple months at best. WEIRD.

    • @spud_grrrl
      @spud_grrrl 3 роки тому

      @@AtacamaHumanoid you say you aren’t a music nerd then go on to analyze her bass playing, get a life instead of trying to find reasons to knock her playing. Also if you don’t play then don’t have an opinion on it loser

    • @dds4585
      @dds4585 Рік тому

      @@AtacamaHumanoid good thing she doesn’t consider herself a musician!

    • @devon_darko
      @devon_darko Рік тому

      ​@@AtacamaHumanoidLol she is seriously not this bad.

  • @godwhyisthistaken
    @godwhyisthistaken 14 років тому +5

    she is so smart and cute! Thurston and Kim made a great band, and the other two guys.

  • @ninestraycats
    @ninestraycats 13 років тому +13

    i was gonna say, damn kim is awesome,
    and that she's always the singer on my favorite SY songs,
    but now i think i'll point out instead,
    how over half of these comments
    deal with how she looks.
    :(:(:(

  • @seramarie76
    @seramarie76 11 років тому +25

    she is beautiful-

  • @cherrykoolaiddisasters
    @cherrykoolaiddisasters 2 роки тому +3

    Was this interview happening with Kim while the other one was happening with Thurston at the apartment?

  • @GIj349
    @GIj349 2 роки тому +3

    Damn! She got something alluring in her rough and gentle beauty.

  • @carlacruz893
    @carlacruz893 Рік тому +3

    omg she´s the definition of cool, that´s a real IT girl

  • @studebakergrimes9263
    @studebakergrimes9263 10 років тому +5

    Who wrote that book she's reading?

  • @tonysmith5878
    @tonysmith5878 Рік тому +1

    AND NO DISRESPECT TO THE PERSON WHO MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT KIM BEING COOLER THAN HER. JUST DON'T SELL URSELF SHORT, THAT'S ALL. DO YOU, THAT'S COOL!

  • @Jacob-lo3hw
    @Jacob-lo3hw 4 роки тому +1

    i just love her.

  • @kayleelanzas4576
    @kayleelanzas4576 3 роки тому +4

    I love that she’s a Taurus makes so much sense

  • @XxxkenzaxxX
    @XxxkenzaxxX 13 років тому

    @ninestraycats Yeah I know right, it's always like that with talented people. Their looks are always inevitably brought up at some point...

  • @paolaschmidt7983
    @paolaschmidt7983 10 років тому +9

    She looks great here, simply beautiful, there's something androgynous about which makes her even more attractive, and her voice is sexy, too.

  • @heathermcdowellmusic
    @heathermcdowellmusic 5 років тому +1

    ugh shes sooo cooool

  • @erlinhld8745
    @erlinhld8745 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful woman with a sexy voice...so very special! a kind of female David Bowie....those days NYC was really something and they are gone forever.

  • @andreadelmerico2983
    @andreadelmerico2983 6 років тому +2

    she's so cool

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales41

    KIM ALTHEA GORDON
    28 DE ABRIL DE 1953
    69 AÑOS (70)

  • @nuke97
    @nuke97 13 років тому

    Amazing video.

  • @startervisions
    @startervisions 6 років тому +3

    Imagine a Martin Scorsese or Tarantino movie of Kim and Kurt, meeting in the 1980s

  • @Zappldappl
    @Zappldappl 13 років тому +1

    @grunge6910: We're not THAT bad, are we (I'm not corporate, though)?

  • @mattalese
    @mattalese 12 років тому +2

    John Frusciante is a fucking urban legend fir his drug use. I don't think anybody ever was as hardcore as him and lived

  • @jas22
    @jas22 13 років тому

    @godwhyisthistaken haha! "and the other two guys". lee renaldo wrote some of my favorite SY songs.

  • @corben80
    @corben80 12 років тому +1

    Not really. Please...elaborate.

  • @HerenowGoneforever
    @HerenowGoneforever 2 роки тому +1

    Everything Cobain ripped off. Completely respect and adore her

  • @wpopopolo
    @wpopopolo 12 років тому +4

    pretty sure I'm in love with this girl

  • @ShatteredDiscoBall
    @ShatteredDiscoBall 12 років тому +1

    What's Junkie's Promise about then?

  • @gybp
    @gybp 14 років тому +1

    whats she reading? at 4:40

  • @conojosdevideotape
    @conojosdevideotape 9 років тому

    with that camera was filmed this?

  • @Misterioso
    @Misterioso 13 років тому

    Was this part of a film or TV series?

  • @FarfilicusStarship
    @FarfilicusStarship 11 років тому

    Are you sure? Where did you hear that?

  • @andrewtrujillo1050
    @andrewtrujillo1050 10 років тому +14

    She's such a babe

  • @d_walsh
    @d_walsh 9 місяців тому

    1:34

  • @ShatteredDiscoBall
    @ShatteredDiscoBall 12 років тому

    I get ya. Thanks!

  • @miss.m10
    @miss.m10 10 років тому +1

    What about the book she mentioned??

  • @pnoplyr14
    @pnoplyr14 12 років тому +1

    Can I use portions of this interview for a video? I'd like to set it to music of my own composition.

  • @alanortega9509
    @alanortega9509 2 роки тому

    Kim Gordon 🖤🖤🖤🖤

  • @Neuroneos
    @Neuroneos 10 років тому +8

    At times she reminds me of Mrs. Patti Smith.

    • @JacksonGeary
      @JacksonGeary 7 років тому +1

      Neuroneos well she mentions in more recent interviews that she was one of her inspirations

  • @billbollins
    @billbollins Рік тому

    Such a cool chick and such a great smile

  • @Laylaontop
    @Laylaontop 12 років тому

    Am I the only one who thinks Kim sounds like Katey Sagal (voice of Leela)?? probably

  • @CarlosFromPhilly
    @CarlosFromPhilly 11 місяців тому

    This is not 1988.

  • @tryfishin9
    @tryfishin9 12 років тому

    in love.

  • @ShatteredDiscoBall
    @ShatteredDiscoBall 12 років тому

    "Drugs much", does that mean they were slightly into drugs? Just been wondering.

  • @ZeldaFoxEars
    @ZeldaFoxEars 12 років тому

    I shouldn't say this cause I really like her. But I can kind of tell by the way she acts.

  • @re-animator7868
    @re-animator7868 5 років тому +12

    Am I the only one who thinks she's tripping in this interview?

  • @fakeis751
    @fakeis751 12 років тому

    Really? I had no idea

  • @Astizor
    @Astizor 8 років тому

    So, she thinks she isn't an artist as a musician?

  • @lebastar
    @lebastar 14 років тому

    Kim looks gorgeous in this video

  • @Walamonga1313
    @Walamonga1313 12 років тому +1

    like John Frusciante ?

  • @5537-m9k
    @5537-m9k 8 років тому +9

    LSD much, Kim? Um. . .LOL!

  • @cycy31460
    @cycy31460 12 років тому

    i don t think so

  • @janotosinnumeros
    @janotosinnumeros 14 років тому +4

    Kim looks so fucking beautiful in this video

  • @niclawson1520
    @niclawson1520 7 років тому +3

    Didn't realize she is such a space-cadet.

  • @tonysmith5878
    @tonysmith5878 Рік тому

    COOL IS A STATE OF MIND. COOL COMES IN MANY FORMS ALSO....TOO EASY TO FIGURE OUT.

  • @britsangel
    @britsangel 13 років тому

    @VickieIsHere1 That's because she is pretty skinnny.

  • @helium396
    @helium396 12 років тому

    theu are all beautiful

  • @madsketcher
    @madsketcher 14 років тому

    LOL, Sing Sing. Awesome

  • @futuramabender2078
    @futuramabender2078 11 років тому

    @bob sakamano EXCUSE ME PUNK?! >:( YA LEAVE THE PRINCE O DARKNESS ALONE?! *SLAP*

  • @jlouis4407
    @jlouis4407 2 роки тому

    She’s a tough cookie but very sensual great combination

  • @BigDeeZiy
    @BigDeeZiy 13 років тому

    i love women and thats whats it is all about man love our woman!

  • @kuerst
    @kuerst 3 роки тому

    Sonic Youth are like an in joke. Except there's no actual joke. It's just a game of making people try and figure out what's so funny. Which is kind of funny...

    • @mime3761
      @mime3761 3 роки тому

      Oh.

    • @kuerst
      @kuerst 3 роки тому

      @@mime3761 hahaha

  • @davidfriend1919
    @davidfriend1919 Рік тому +1

    seems a little bit out to lunchy ...

  • @PotentialPaintball
    @PotentialPaintball 12 років тому

    She seems pretty cool. Would be fun to jam with her.

  • @bleached3360
    @bleached3360 5 років тому

    California accent heavy

  • @lanabarringer
    @lanabarringer 13 років тому

    @grunge6910 nah

  • @Vigilantwarrior42
    @Vigilantwarrior42 11 місяців тому +1

    1:44 big throat there

  • @Misterioso
    @Misterioso 13 років тому

    @saumonnn Next time, don't bother.

  • @helium396
    @helium396 12 років тому

    please tell me sy isn't like most of the rest of the music industry ... not in on the dark political shit... their creativity is unsurpassed..
    they can't be down with the gvt :(

  • @futuramabender2078
    @futuramabender2078 11 років тому +1

    SHE SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE MY AUNT KAREN?! O.O

  • @loljustice31
    @loljustice31 12 років тому +5

    As a female, I don't think males are to blame for female oppression,&blaming them is just going to make them think womens' rights supporters are irrational/hateful. Both males & females are to blame,for perpetuating harmful gender-based ideas w/o even meaning to.It's mothers who lovingly tell daughters their wedding day will be the greatest day of their lives,it's women who willingly quit their jobs & studies to follow a man around, then say it was 'empowering' because it was their own choice.

  • @coldacre
    @coldacre 14 років тому

    god she's hot.

  • @saganemc2
    @saganemc2 13 років тому

    @grunge6910 really? oppression is a self-imposed sense. the key to true liberation lies within each of us.

  • @MrSedbarrette
    @MrSedbarrette 13 років тому

    @placeboaremygodes huuum maybe .. on weed

  • @enterrobang
    @enterrobang 4 місяці тому

    rock chic coke skinny

  • @caio20118
    @caio20118 9 років тому +1

    I love her, Girl in a Band is one of the best biographical books I've ever read, but... she's so boring to listen to.

  • @richevans609
    @richevans609 11 місяців тому

    She on Coke?

  • @gives_bad_advice
    @gives_bad_advice 2 роки тому +1

    She seems obsessed with the differences between "girls" and "boys," like a 5th grader.

  • @scratch5191
    @scratch5191 4 роки тому

    She hates that song. She's not down with the studio industry dictating what she is going to sing. She hates lydia lunch and lydia lunch hates everyone. Cept moi. Hahahahahaha

  • @Pimp-Master
    @Pimp-Master 11 років тому +1

    "The guitar is the extension of...of...the body so I think..."
    Yeah, love that body, don't you?

  • @scratch5191
    @scratch5191 4 роки тому +2

    Her thoughts are deeply vapid with a under normal conditions, problem solving disorder or feet. The first step is a simple process of undermining her credibility. I don't think it's difficult for me to see what is happening directly in front of the store. She's not rock. She's not punk. She's all about being abusive and the punks roll with violence and she could assimilate in a community of murderers.

  • @franzkafka77
    @franzkafka77 9 років тому +2

    "Because umm bass and umm I'm a girl and all, and umm I'm an artist, and boys are sometimes really silly, and I kinda sing non-melody." This is what people idolize?

    • @franzkafka77
      @franzkafka77 9 років тому

      Genius.

    • @neonspec
      @neonspec 9 років тому +2

      +Franz Kafka Kill Yr. Idols

    • @JacksonGeary
      @JacksonGeary 7 років тому +1

      Franz Kafka people say um a lot when they talk. Its a lack of public speaking knowledge and experience. It happens to me all the time because I don't really publicly speak to others unless it's like my friends and family.

  • @jahmark9336
    @jahmark9336 6 років тому

    I didn't realise Kim was a man in drag
    Peace and love from Bristol, England

    • @Correctrix
      @Correctrix 6 років тому +6

      Adding ‘peace and love’ doesn’t make a cunt comment not a cunt comment.

    • @alexwalton593
      @alexwalton593 3 роки тому

      fuck off bitch