Whenever I see this band play live, I feel like I can do it too. I'm sure they've learned a lot, including improvisation, but these guys give me the courage to explore the freedom of music and guitars. I guess that's what punk is all about, getting and giving the will to express. Sophisticated but very wild.
they are so complex with tuning its crazy. i tried tuning it to their tunings and it makes no sense and is so unconventional. but when you try its awesome
think it may be tuned in fifths sort of on the 5th - 2nd strings. Like a mandolin. ( D#, D#, A#, D#, G, G ) Two hours of learning and the song makes you seem like you're doing way more than you think!Allows you too!
I'm so glad you feel that way, because so do I. I really appreciate bands like this. I love Wilco, but their sound is so refined that I feel like it's a lofty goal that will take me a long time to reach. I hear Sonic Youth and (sometimes) Spoon, or I listen to some of Television's lyrics and stuff, and I'm like, "Yeah, I could do that now, with what I have."
I listen to just about every music style and have been playing guitar for 20 years and at the end of the day I still have to say Sonic Youth has given me more inspiration and enjoyment than any other band. Their song structures and guitar techniques always give me something to think about. Too bad they broke up.. I loved sitting down with a new SY record and hearing how they would constantly evolve, but never lose their feel.
I agree. I was in high school in the early-mid 90s and never really got into them then ("Bull in the Heather" was the big hit). But now in my late 30s with more of an appreciation for nuance and stuff like that, I got into them, and this album was really the one that I keep going back to.
i was thinking the same thing, this performance is one of the best ive ever really seen. when thurston breaks down the solo, it s perfectly spectacular. great band, amazing live performance, take care.
But why they don't sing the middle part? You dosed my soul with gasoline You flicked a match into my brain Incinerate The firefighters are so nice I remember you so cold as ice Now flames are licking at yr feet Sirens come to put me out of misery
Thurston = prototype of Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke. later test showed that most people would not believe a man could have so much to offer to music, so they decided to split him into two. therefore, the main vein of Radiohead
This is better than the album version... which has always been my problem with Sonic Youth. Sometimes they just can't let a song be great, they have to make it more idiosyncratic to give it that "indie" feeling.
Aah, Sonic YOuth. Glad this track is in GH5, should be fun for vocalists and bassists. Would've preferred Teen Age Riot, but hey, that's what i have RB2 for :).
@soaddict228 It's Sonic Youth, I don't think they give a shit how old or young they look. I don't think they are proud of how long they have been doing this, I would think they are happy they've been able to get away with it for this long.
that's the very reason they have such a big fan base... lots of stupid people think 'i should like this band because it means i know alot about good music'... it's like the emperor's new clothes ... not saying they aren't good just there are alot of people who only like them because of their cult status
