Kim Gordon 'Girl in a Band' full interview

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There are few artists who inspire such reverence as Kim Gordon. In Girl in a Band she tells with complete openness the story of her family, her work in the visual arts, her move to New York City, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music and her band. It is a rich and beautifully written memoir, taking us back to the lost New York of the 1980s and '90s that gave birth to and nurtured Sonic Youth and the alternative revolution in popular music they spearheaded. But at its core, Girl in a Band is an examination of what partnership means - and what happens when it dissolves.
Evocative and edgy, filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a remarkable life, Girl in a Band is the moving chronicle of an extraordinary artist.
Published by Faber Social, February 2015.
Buy the book direct from the Faber website: www.faber.co.uk/9780571313839-...

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  • @jenandjuice99
    @jenandjuice993 жыл бұрын

    It’s so hard to believe that she is 63 years old in this interview. She looks amazing

  • @souljubilant12
    @souljubilant126 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes I think the book is her closure of sonic youth and Thurston. She is doing good at her art and body/head. still Kim. ❤️

  • @sonicpainter2329
    @sonicpainter23298 жыл бұрын

    She's a super girl. RESPECT

  • @paulelliott3220
    @paulelliott32206 жыл бұрын

    It's a great book - nailed it in a day as it was so damn interesting and well written She comes across like a very intelligent, artistic and honest person I came out of it with a greater respect for her as an artist Fascinating

  • @waxandwayne
    @waxandwayneАй бұрын

    She's 70 now, more gorgeous, glamorous and stylish than ever. She's timeless.... Thank you Kim!! My youth in NYC was so much better with you and Sonic Youth in it.

  • @BTsMusicChannel
    @BTsMusicChannel4 жыл бұрын

    I think that the saddest part of the book is when she mentions that we are just as conservative today as we were in the past. It makes you wonder, can music change the world? I believe it certainly can have an influence because it can spread ideas, but I don't think it can do it alone.

  • @tudormiller8898

    @tudormiller8898

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well you can see that with the likes of Trump being elected. We've definitely become more conservative in the last few years.

  • @Jimmy_Widders_Hunt

    @Jimmy_Widders_Hunt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ebbs and flows... One thing for sure things will always change. Hopefully we keep progressing 🤞🤞

  • @brucifer0

    @brucifer0

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Jimmy_Widders_Hunt what really scares me is that the Liberal Left side (which at one time I considered myself) are now the ones censoring and cheering on authoritarian rule.

  • @Tyger20

    @Tyger20

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@brucifer0 Yep. A few years back I considered myself firmly planted in the left. But the outrage over every little thing, ultra biased media and push for censorship has been a wake up call. Remember when it was the ultra conservative religious nutters that pulled that shit? What happened? I don't consider myself right or left these days. And as a gay man I've found that both sides are looking to fuck you over in one way or another.

  • @MountainBlade

    @MountainBlade

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brucifer0 that’s right. Right vs Left is an illusion. It’s up vs down, the “elites” (parasites really) vs everybody else. Once the people wake up and realize this it will be a new era.

  • @voodoochile3201
    @voodoochile32014 жыл бұрын

    It's a great book, SHE puts in work and she is nice on the Bass.....ALSO GOOD looking babe !😘🎸

  • @Univox68
    @Univox686 жыл бұрын

    She's great, I'd love to hear more from Kim Gordon in the years to come.

  • @jamiemartinez8674
    @jamiemartinez86747 жыл бұрын

    I have alot of love and respect for Kim plus she is georgous!

  • @snitchardthethird7329

    @snitchardthethird7329

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also her voice

  • @ivanmedina6071

    @ivanmedina6071

    Жыл бұрын

    She's a he

  • @brisbanemontage9333
    @brisbanemontage93338 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait to see her speak when she comes to Brisbane!

  • @myroncope5
    @myroncope56 жыл бұрын

    best rock n roll book i've ever read. i wasn't as stoked about reading a rock history as i've been since i read "hammer of the gods" - which is probably a crap book but i didn't have pubes yet when i read it. kim is great, always thought she was cool, after i read the book i love her

  • @annasloan2349

    @annasloan2349

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same here. When I heard she wrote a book I went to the library and they actually had it!! I read the whole thing in about 3 days. I felt like she held back on the bullshit that she went through with Thurston and his affair. I went through an affair with my spouse and I understand the pain that comes with infidelity and the horror that you watch unfold as your family falls apart before your eyes... And the hate that you feel toward the "other woman". With that being said I think Kim handled it with class and let the reader make up their minds about Thurston. What I remember most was her writing about laying in bed when the affair was out in the open and Thurston sleeping next to her and they did not touch. They both knew. That part was so touching in a painful way. She was brutally honest about her brother and the things she endured because of him. Sonic youth was the first c.d I ever owned, white trash and no star. Given to me at a neighbors house. It changed my life. It changed the way I listened to music and how I dressed and led me to grunge and the 90s. I was 13...so thank you Kim. ...and Thurston will always be an assailed in my book...

  • @beaverclubrecords3687
    @beaverclubrecords36879 жыл бұрын

    What the fuck is up with the sound panning?

  • @bridgethurd1737
    @bridgethurd17375 жыл бұрын

    Love you, Kim!

  • @suicidalpepsi
    @suicidalpepsi7 жыл бұрын

    Just started reading the book.

  • @leeannasloan526

    @leeannasloan526

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's a great read..

  • @furiouslysad5807
    @furiouslysad58074 жыл бұрын

    I just love this woman!

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales41
    @felixthelmocevallosmorales414 ай бұрын

    Kim Althea Gordon (Rochester, Nueva York; 28 de abril de 1953) es una cantante, guitarrista, bajista y escritora estadounidense, miembro fundador del grupo de rock alternativo Sonic Youth. 70 AÑOS. (71) ♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉♉

  • @brancothiel1025
    @brancothiel102527 күн бұрын

    Read it. Liked it. Recommend it,.

  • @TreyLives
    @TreyLives Жыл бұрын

    There’s something about her that makes her very attractive to me.

  • @dagothkid6372
    @dagothkid63728 жыл бұрын

    She looks ten years younger

  • @rustinpieces
    @rustinpieces5 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't an easy read; although I read English usually without even realizing it's not my mother tongue (Dutch here). She's just not a very affluent/engaging writer. I don't regret reading it though, it gave great insight. And it did make me realize I won't ever go to a Thurston Moore Band-concert.

  • @Joy-gx8fq
    @Joy-gx8fq2 жыл бұрын

    Kim’ssocool

  • @TheIkaraCult
    @TheIkaraCult Жыл бұрын

    Kim is a fucking legend.

  • @spaceengineer1452
    @spaceengineer1452 Жыл бұрын

    Elephant in the room THURSTON.

  • @TheTaxburden
    @TheTaxburden4 жыл бұрын

    Did she just say "brand"?

  • @roccobenevento4675
    @roccobenevento46752 ай бұрын

    Interesting cartoonlike eyes

  • @NathanHiggers-mp2eo
    @NathanHiggers-mp2eo2 жыл бұрын

    There is nothing that distinguishes Americans from Brits so much as your unquestioning belief in the power of therapy through talking or writing. That belief has in recent times unfortunately infected my culture as well and I see little evidence that it has any real long term positive benefit.

  • @scratch5191
    @scratch51914 жыл бұрын

    I saw her promoting her ego through media platforms that were taken from a personal friend and cut and spliced into her particular art therapist approach to a palatable alternative lifestyle that you can find in a new England village of yore. I think it's why I work for her.

  • @justintaylor3569

    @justintaylor3569

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lmao youve got issues

  • @scratch5191
    @scratch51913 жыл бұрын

    I think candice Bergman is missing a black scarf

  • @MountainBlade

    @MountainBlade

    Жыл бұрын

    Wooowww canadian politics deep cut! Yeah the older gals like the neck scarfs quite a bit eh

  • @scratch5191
    @scratch51913 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know her age She was neil Younger than I It wasn't really bebe le strange I had just turned 21 In the prime of my sonic youth Punk rock Mrs. Robinson Came at me Clawing and pawing Vampiric post menopausing If age is just a number Then she's just wicked old To be t

  • @stagedivezhighfivez
    @stagedivezhighfivez7 жыл бұрын

    i thought this book was terrible. it seemed like every sentence was name-dropping and trying to seem so "cool". did anyone else feel like this? i had such high hopes

  • @GolgariHamza008

    @GolgariHamza008

    7 жыл бұрын

    Taylor maybe that "high hopes" were the trouble

  • @stagedivezhighfivez

    @stagedivezhighfivez

    7 жыл бұрын

    Amado Mendoza maybe they were :(

  • @chrisuresti3898

    @chrisuresti3898

    7 жыл бұрын

    Taylor maybe she was really that cool and authentic .

  • @GolgariHamza008

    @GolgariHamza008

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jaja I agree

  • @TR33T0P03

    @TR33T0P03

    6 жыл бұрын

    ? what were you even expecting

  • @unfluster
    @unfluster7 жыл бұрын

    (Zzzzz...)

  • @thefullfatboogieband7300
    @thefullfatboogieband73008 жыл бұрын

    how dull is she?

  • @sophiecharlotte4728

    @sophiecharlotte4728

    8 жыл бұрын

    +The Full Fat Boogie Band omg yeah but how exciting is drew barrymore lolz

  • @kevinkaiser2501

    @kevinkaiser2501

    7 жыл бұрын

    She's not. She's shy. She doesn't like interviews.

  • @JohnDoe-gx2ii

    @JohnDoe-gx2ii

    6 жыл бұрын

    The Full Fat Boogie Band she’s entertained people for years. So I’d say She’s pretty fucking amazing

  • @BTsMusicChannel

    @BTsMusicChannel

    4 жыл бұрын

    @metube Have you ever thought about not being an asshole for once? Just because you leap to judgment without trying to understand doesn't justify your sexist viewpoint.

  • @leeannasloan526

    @leeannasloan526

    4 жыл бұрын

    @metube I agree with you. Kim is intelligent and creative...if people think she is boring it is probably because she doesn't show her ass or scandalize her life purposefully.

  • @SkeeterNYC
    @SkeeterNYC6 жыл бұрын

    I've always loved Sonic Youth but to this day I find Kim Gordon rather talentless and uninteresting.

  • @RobertScythe

    @RobertScythe

    6 жыл бұрын

    So, you loved Sonic Youth why? She has always been an integral part of the band and their sound would not have evolved the way it did without her. Did you just like Thurston's and Lee's guitar playing and pretended the bass wasn't necessary? Don't quite get your point, but I feel her "talentless and uninteresting" contributions probably formed your 'loving' opinions about this band. Sorry her vocals and instrumentation, as well as performance, wasn't to your liking, but at least your 'love' went there.?!!?

  • @BTsMusicChannel

    @BTsMusicChannel

    4 жыл бұрын

    You sound like an artless and elitist dilettante that doesn't really think too much.

  • @itsgonnbeok7249

    @itsgonnbeok7249

    4 жыл бұрын

    @CBS67 You are a fucken loser, guy. lol.

  • @jessicahblanchard9879

    @jessicahblanchard9879

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kim always was the heart of SY. You can't love them without loving her. What's funny is she is the only one of them post breakup who is still making interesting music.

  • @ikesours6558

    @ikesours6558

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dammit, Skeeter. That's a preposterous thought.

  • @snottybarge5355
    @snottybarge53555 жыл бұрын

    Just a pretentious, boring old snooze.

  • @jessicahblanchard9879

    @jessicahblanchard9879

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol calling kim Gordon pretentious is hilarious

  • @leeannasloan526

    @leeannasloan526

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jessicahblanchard9879 oh yeah she's known for that! What a joke for anyone to talk shit about Kim. This woman is a fucking legend.

  • @dag320

    @dag320

    4 жыл бұрын

    the cluttered, cliched mind of the simpleton cannot hear the whispers and silence of genius

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