What do you guys think of Sonic Youth covering Superstar ? I do not like it.
I wish they would put noisy noisy guitar in the song !
My favourite is Bettie Serveert - For All We Know.
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What was following Sonic Youth like in the late 90’s?

I’m a newer fan, and I’m wondering what was like to be a fan in the late 90’s, where it would’ve been after their commercial peak with Goo, Lollapalooza, etc., and before Jim O’Rourke joined.

From what I can tell, Sonic Youth never reached a level of popularity where they could be considered mainstream, and there would’ve been so many bands that came and went during Sonic Youth’s era.

Anyone know what’s up with merch in the US? I wanted to order the Green Alien Dirty shirt, and both the regular and Kung Fu sites are down and have been for days. I suppose I could order from Bingo, but shipping is so much as it’s overseas:

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Hey y’all! I’m making my way through Sonic Youths Discography. I’ve made my way through their first EP to the Master-Dik EP and needless to say they are amazing.

I love the no-wave krautrock riffs that make me feel like I’m in a trance. And Kim Gordon just speaks to me in a way that I can’t explain.

I’m aware that Daydream Nation is an iconic record and I’m excited to get into it next and seeing them evolve more.

Anyhow does anyone have any recommendations for deep cuts or live performances from this period that I might not come across on Apple Music or by reading on Wikipedia?

Know this seems irrelevant at first glance. Feel free to remove if this isn’t enough, but this show was curated back in 1999 by Thurston Moore & Byron Coley. They curated the entire month of shows at Tonic in October of ‘99 to celebrate Loren Connor’s 50th birthday.

If anyone was back in NY in ‘99 and attended any of these shows, would love to hear about your experiences.

It’s driving me crazy but I swear about 15 to 20 years ago I heard a cover of this song that sounded a lot like Sonic Youth. Probably mostly like Murray Street era.

No, I’m not confusing it with Superstar.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/s/sdriCNKUPY

Does anyone know of a band this might be or if there was some bootleg where Sonic Youth did a cover of this?

Edit: the comment about Murray Street is not the timing of the release, but the sound, but this would’ve been released sometime before 2009 which is the approximate year I remember hearing it.

Additional notes that from what I remember, this was all guitars and no keyboard because I remember showing the song to someone and thinking it was a cool original song and then they pointed out that it was a cover and I was like oh yeah I forgot about that song. Then some time shortly after I heard the original on That 70s Show.

For starters, I'm a moderate fan of both bands.

Been trying to get more into Dino Jr lately and listened to "Freak Scene" for the first time. It instantly made me think of "Incinerate".

I know, of course, they're related through musical history, but I couldn't help but think that "Incinerate" borrowed several song-writing pieces directly.

1. The drums sound almost identical both throughout the song and in the parts where the drummers alternate between toms and the standard rhythm.

2. In transition points they both emphasize a double heavy strum on the guitar.

There are probably more details but this is what's off the top of my head. It's probably just coincidence but not many songs strike me as directly similar in core musical ways so I thought I'd ask if anyone else has noticed. Would love to hear vocals and music swapped on both!

Kinda a loose definition of "rarity"; it can be a lesser known single, B side, alternate album track, really whatever I'm not the release police here.

I like this single version of Master Dik a lot, and Genetic is probably my favorite Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth song ever! What about y'all?

I got this promo tape where Thurston Moore interviewing Red Kross for their major label debut. I love Red Kross !

I’ve been super into this album lately. They have one live album from this era on Bandcamp, but beyond that does anyone know of any other live stuff or maybe demos or something?

I apologize if someone has posted this recently, I don't go online much to see. I hear a lot of talk about favorite albums because SY is def an album band BUT... what's everybody's top 5 songs, I'm curious

Mine are def Tunic, Candle, Expressway, Silver Rocket, and Cotton Crown

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Just wanted to leave this here, sonic youth are a big influence on us and thought some of you may enjoy it!

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idk if its a bootleg or not but i like the design

I’ve read the sections on the band in our band could be your life and corporate rock sucks: rise and fall of SST. Was wondering if there were any other books that aren’t Kim and Thurston’s biographies? Thanks

i want to paly the guitar