{"id":8840,"date":"2011-12-08T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=8840"},"modified":"2011-12-08T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T09:00:25","slug":"in-memoriam-sonic-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2011\/12\/08\/in-memoriam-sonic-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Sonic Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, seminal 80s alt-rock noise band Sonic Youth<\/strong> announced their ‘indefinite hiatus’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not much of a surprise, following the announcement that Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, the couple at the heart of the group, were splitting up<\/a> after a 20-year marriage. And, given the quality of the last two albums, perhaps not all that regrettable, really.1<\/a><\/sup> But still, the end of an era. So, as a SY fan since I first chewed my way through Goo<\/strong><\/a> at the age of 16, I thought I might take a look back at some seminal right-on classics.<\/p>\n

Into the Groove(y) – Ciccone Youth<\/h3>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n </p> <p> One of my favourite things about SY (and side project <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ciccone_Youth\">Ciccone Youth<\/a>) is their steadfast refusal to change the pronouns, ever. ‘Boy, you gotta prove your love to me’. Yeah you do, Thurston. Cf. also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2_b1zDh625Y\"><strong >Bubblegum<\/strong><\/a>, the cover on the end of 1986’s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evol\"><strong >EVOL<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n <h3> Swimsuit Issue<\/h3>\n <p> <iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SYBSKVxMSQQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n </p> <p>Kim Gordon don’t take no shit.<\/p>\n</p> <p>Amazing video, too.<\/p>\n</p> <h3> Protect Me You\u00a0<\/h3>\n <p> <iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4aOdNA4Ivuk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \ />\n<em ><br \ />\nProtect me from starving<br \ />\nI am eighteen<br \ />\nProtect me you<br \ />\nI don’t know what you do<br \ />\nProtect me demons<br \ />\nThat come at night<\/em><\/p>\n <p> You just know something horrible is about to happen. Not sure what, but you know. She’s asking for help, but she’s not the one that’s gonna need it. One of the many ‘WOAH Kim Gordon is kinda scary’ hot moments (cf. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EQJCyhqSZeM&ob=av2e\"><strong >Shadow of a Doubt<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bpH-LVah8Sk\"><strong >Hallowe’en<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n <h3> Tunic (Song For Karen)\u00a0<\/h3>\n <p> <iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/reSOp1domrU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n </p> <p> An ode to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karen_Carpenter\">Karen Carpenter<\/a>, who famously died following years of anorexia (and one of many instances of the name ‘Karen’ in a SY song – a weird shadowy character who keeps popping up). This is the flipside of <strong >that <\/strong>cover of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y21VecIIdBI&ob=av2e\"><strong >Superstar<\/strong><\/a> that every <strong >Juno<\/strong> fan knows all about.<\/p>\n <h3> Sugar Kane<\/h3>\n <p> <iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xyZ0W4OLXjk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n </p> <p> Not the official video, but it’s kind of amazing.<\/p>\n </p> <h3> Mildred Pierce \/ Blowjob?\u00a0<\/h3>\n <p> <iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3-jp4hk7VIU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n </p> <p> The moment when SY sold out and went to major label Geffen! Although the conditions of their contract allowed them to sign bands they discovered (hi, Nirvana), for about five minutes they were being all ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT and going to name the new album ‘Blowjob’. That didn’t happen, so it’s the alt-title of this track instead, so named because apparently Joan Crawford pouts her way through <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mildred_Pierce_%28film%29\"><strong >Mildred Pierce<\/strong><\/a> looking like… yeah, you get it. Also, gotta love Joan. And Mildred.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"footnotes\"><li id=\"footnote_0_8840\" class=\"footnote\"> Let’s not, shall we? 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