The best and most unique guitar sound ever, it always gives me goosebumps

What's amazing is that to Sonic Youth a masterpiece like Schizophrenia is "just another song".

One of the best NY bands of all time.

@liltuffboi3283

5 жыл бұрын

Cut the NY out and yr still right

@kekelahlah1493

4 жыл бұрын

One of the best bands of all time.

This is why I have a youtube account. This video right here

@thicklypaintedwalls5188

5 жыл бұрын

well said.

@commondog3956

4 жыл бұрын

Here, here. 🖤

Thurston is in F#F#GGAA for the first three songs and Lee starts off in DDDDAA open tunings...To have two strings next to each other tuned to the same note will create this slight dissonance which they use to great effect:-)

@kentallard8852

4 жыл бұрын

Lee uses a 12 string guitar at one point

@AMSRMX16

2 жыл бұрын

nerd

@electromuff7870

2 жыл бұрын

@@kentallard8852 expressway to be specific

@ciroamore2546

2 жыл бұрын

It’s like a chorus effect without pedals

@drdelewded

Жыл бұрын

@@kentallard8852 Only 10 strings strung.. all doubled minus the lowest 2.. tuning E G# E G# E G#

wow, this was back when they played the Sister tracks just like the album; incredible. Thanks for the upload!!! TPW is a big SY fan

Man I never realized how much I love sister holy shit

.....thanks for sharing. Once I got over my ignorant knee jerk judging of them, this wonderful band showed me that sonic dissonance could be beautiful, ethereal noise indeed.....

1:05 Schizophrenia 6:46 Tom Violence 10:02 White Cross 13:44 Cotton Crown 17:48 Stereo Sanctity 21:18 Brother James 24:51 Pipeline 28:29 Tuff Gnarl 32:00 Hotwire my Heart 35:00 Beauty Lies In The Eye 37:58 Expressway to yr. Skull 41:54 Pacific Coast Highway 47:11 Beat on the Brat

@flowerpower7564

10 жыл бұрын

thanks

@sammaxwell8362

9 жыл бұрын

zararity Thanks.

@liltuffboi3283

5 жыл бұрын

Thx

@bl66dykiSS

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 💖

@poorpremenstrualdarling

3 жыл бұрын

Wish they played Master Dik live

The year before they drop the fucking nuke that is Daydream Nation. I was twelve; still listening to pop radio and watching actual music videos on MTV, whatever the fuck they were playing back then. Not that all or even most of that was bad, but damn, there were whole other movements in the music scene that I was oblivious to until much later into my late teens and early twenties. Daydream Nation is essentially flawless. But something about Sister that I like just a tiny bit more.

@dragmio

6 жыл бұрын

Well, with Daydream Nation you continued listening to pop radio...

@spookybaba

Жыл бұрын

@@dragmio you're spot on. 👍

@spookybaba

Жыл бұрын

Daydream Nation may as well have been a Bruce Springsteen album. A total sell out, and departure from the original sound they created.

@brianhall5377

Жыл бұрын

I saw both tours and they were Great. But seeing them on the Evol Tour was the Most Amazing thing. And the LSD 25 Didn't just to it to another Level!!!O,M,F God

@dds4585

5 ай бұрын

@@spookybabaso so dumb lol

I was at this show. Wasn't a big fan until after I seen this show. Sounds great here, was amazing live!

@fletcher99

4 ай бұрын

I was there too! Dragged along by friends what a night! So grateful

Classic SY. I got to see them 8-10 times in SF back in the mid -late 90's. Sister was the first SY I owned. So fantastic to see this tyfm.

jesus christ, i don’t know if i would have survived this set list. PERFECT. this era of sonic youth is only second to the washing machine era

@spookybaba

Жыл бұрын

This is the last year of decent Sonic Youth. World's apart from the later shite.

@kimcarsons7036

Жыл бұрын

@@spookybaba Yeah they sign to Geffen with total artistic freedom. And its a downward spiral nevertheless

@sonicmojo

8 ай бұрын

​@@kimcarsons7036dont forget Daydream Nation! That was a great album also. But yeah right after Daydream Nation they went straight to s*** after signing with Geffen!

@kimcarsons7036

8 ай бұрын

@@sonicmojo Daydream Nation i think is their peak. Its astonishing. Hey Joni a standout. but the whole record is a masterpiece. that record was released By BLAST FIRST (and au go go in Australia! which i bought mail order and it blew me the fuck away) in 1988. First geffen record was Goo, which i think has notably great stuff on it, like tunic and disappearer, but overall it's weaker than their previous 4 records which are all great!

I keep coming back to this one because it keeps melting my fucking face clean off. These guys are incredible. The band is no more but their music is forever.

Great show *.* Pipeline/Kill time must be my favorite SY song.

@themilkman3333

9 жыл бұрын

Mine too man mine too.

@Schooliday

7 жыл бұрын

It's fucking epic fuck yeah! One fo my favorite.

@vinnie4869

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely an underrated song

@CaropBec

Жыл бұрын

Me too! Lee's songs were the best

Loveless came out 4 years after this performance, not that it matters

@stronkman9157

3 жыл бұрын

I took a fat shit 33 years after the performance

@ibelieveicansoar

3 жыл бұрын

Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Achy Breaky Heart” came out 5 years after this performance

@hydrodwarf

3 жыл бұрын

Ha I thought you were referring to the album Loveless by MBV. one of the best gigs I witnessed was My Bloody Valentine in 1993 in Brisbane. Jaw dropping 🤭

@porkpad

2 жыл бұрын

You mean MBV'S first record came out 4 years after this?

@jmckenzie962

2 жыл бұрын

@@porkpad Nah their first record was Isn't Anything, which came out a year after this.

Brilliant. Thanks for the memories. 688 and Metroplex were my homes away from home. I saw them first at 688 in 85, "Death Valley 69" and was there for this. SY will forever be one of my favs.

thanks so much for uploading stuff from the pre-internet-days. peak SY for sure and amazing camera placement... thank you thank you!!

Sister Evol Bad moon rising Golden albums

@dragmio

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Finally someone gets it right.

expressway to yr. skull will always be one of my top 10 favorite tracks

Thurston missed the verse "Her light eyes are dancing. She is insane. Her brother says she's just a bitch with a golden chain." No Big Deal.

@sillypengie2052

3 жыл бұрын

This is an early version which was back when the title was Sister, rather than Schizophrenia.

I love how, even after they add it to the album, they still call Schizophrenia Sister. (Album release in june or july, but this gig is in september)

Saw them 9/30/87 in San Francisco. Absolutely one of the greatest shows I’ve seen. Thanks for posting this.

Wow, Thank YOU !!!!! Those days were so much fun, and while I am grateful for the ones who videoed the shows, posted them online and allow me to relive the days it was fun to be at small venues when we didn't think of recording them to listen to later on. I guess we figured we could just go to the next show Besides, the bootlegs couldn't recreate the distorted sound properly, or at least our memory of it.

What a set... Fookin' excellent. Thanks a mil for the share!

Their sister tour was the best, I was blown away then.

Thanks for the upload. What a set list... Sister and EVOL are insanely good

In the year thath this was realese my mom pass away the fact is that i was 6 and i didnt had a idea about sonic youth, So There like the granphaters of all the grunge noise, and much more shit.. Thank s sonic youth. from mexico....

this gives me the chills thank you so much for the UL...

So good this kind of footage exists - so sad I never saw them live. I will maintain at gunpoint that I choose Sister over Daydream, BTW. By a mile and a half. Oh - and they were always good at Ramones-stuff.

@christopherhoward672

5 жыл бұрын

Evol and Sister are my double album.

La mejor época de Sonic Youth. Gracias.

Thanks for uploading this.

Sonic Youth show ending with a cover of Beat on the Brat? Hell yes!

NICE UPLOAD!!! THANK YOU!!!

fantastic...thanks!

I was 13, living in Forest Park, GA, at this time. Had no idea who this band was... or that they would become my favorite band.

Just those first notes are enough to give you the chills jfc

killer set. love it!!

This is amazing.

it's wonderful to recognize the tittles around all the vibe.....!!!! always in tune ....TKX Mr Larsen still der dem spirit

Saw them in Houston in 1991 at numbers. Great show!

One of the best concerts I've seen from any band. These guys were at their best in the late eighties, shows like this are legendary. Wish I could have been there man.

@spookybaba

Жыл бұрын

Their early to mid eighties albums were far more original and superior.

@MadMaxBS

Жыл бұрын

@@spookybaba you're free to think that but I'm just not interested in that sort of argument. I pretty much rate everything from Confusion Is Sex thru to Washing Machine a 10/10, everything after WM I rate between a 7 and 9/10. Love em all differently.

@spookybaba

Жыл бұрын

@@MadMaxBSobviously, it's mere personal taste. But, thank you for your permission to think what I like. 😂

Lee's guitar bellowing like a dying rhino at the end of Cotton Crown. Unbelievable...

Was at this show and I think they played Athens right before or after. Saw that one too. Still blown away. Was def my favorite band at the time.

I live in Atlanta I was 10 when this show went down. I wish i was as cool at 10 as i am at 37!!!!!!!!! I would have been their!

@DrFonzo

5 жыл бұрын

jonathan young I was there. It was the shit

@s.miller2648

4 жыл бұрын

you're still not cool

It's Sister, one of the best...Rock On.

cool upload. Wish I couldve seen SY in their hayday.

Amazin band!! love it!

wish id been able to see these live during there peak times. sadly they never visited the uk very often. but youtube is a half decent substitute.

Lee and Thurston switch off solos on White Cross which is awesome.

kim gordon at 48mins is more rocknroll than i can handle at 124am right now. shes the sex

01:05 Schizophrenia 06:46 Tom Violence 10:02 White Cross 13:44 Cotton Crown 17:48 Stereo Sanctity 21:18 Brother James 24:51 Pipeline 28:29 Tuff Gnarl 32:00 Hotwire my Heart 35:00 Beauty Lies In The Eye 37:58 Expressway to yr. Skull 41:54 Pacific Coast Highway 47:11 Beat on the Brat

I love Sonic Youth.

Sonic Youth covers Ramones...NYC love all night long

Love

I like how master dik starts playing on the speakers when they get off stage haha

Saw the show in Athens GA before this one. My friend was with them when they were hassled for weed at a gas station in Lawrenceville GA way before cell phones etc...

Saw them playing in the UK in May '87. Was bored of music up to that point and went along to see what SY were like - I had no idea. Boom - bored no longer!

anyone have good tabs or another video of them playing hotwire my heart, i got the first verse down but can't seem to find a good video of them playing it to figure out the chorus and second verse.

Legend

Great soundz, I adore it!!! It's like comin to an acid wonderland!!!

The potato that filmed this sure is one lucky potato.

@basedmarlon

3 жыл бұрын

It’s really not that bad for the time it was filmed

ENFIN SONIC YOUTH EST WILD LEUR MEILLEUR CONCERT ,?

they were already the coolest band in the world by then

bad moon rising is amazing, that period's live stuff is insane! check out making a nature scene

@MirandaGown

6 жыл бұрын

yo thats my fave album next to sister

@MadMaxBS

8 ай бұрын

The Smart Bar 1985 record is fucking fantastic. Gila Monster Jamboree is also great for a concert video of that era

Totally agree. At this stage they retained that old-school punk influence of a prominent, gritty, driving bass levels, before the 90s guitar-centric alternative rock relegated bass to a background role. I miss that style...

@dragmio

6 жыл бұрын

Well, nowhere will you find better riffs with lots of bass than on Goo. Literally nowhere. Just listen to what great structure they give to Mote, for example.

I love you Vacantmoon !

Kim is looking particularly badass at this show

This is one impressive show - would've loved to see them on this tour, and the tours for Bad Moon, EVOL, and Daydream - that was their creative pinnacle, I think.

@spookybaba

Жыл бұрын

I love those early albums. When Daydream came out, I thought they were after a top 20 position. The start of them attempting to be commercial.

i wish limbo would be like this and last an eternity

That Jasper Johns amp is priceless.

the day.

interesting sound on PCH too

Yeah, i saw em when Matt Ibold played bass for em. Love seeing the faces of people react to harsh noise in the audience. lol

After watching this, I'm fairly certain that SY are time travelers.

nice how "Master Dik" comes on on the end

LOL "I GOTTA TICKET TO RIDE C'MON STEVE LET'S PLAY SOME BEATLES" goddamn it Thurston

WHAT CAN YOU DO!! WITH A BRAT LIKE THAT ALWAYS IN YOUR BACK

Hey do ya think ya can hook me up with a copy of this show?

👍

I was 6 months old, now im 300 months old. and this is still the shit.

@astracax

Жыл бұрын

Now you're 400 months old and this still continues to be the shit.

setlist???

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

what's the first song they play please?

Their best album, next to evol

Why the hell is Ron Paul the top recommended vid? DAT SHIT CRAY

it hurts to hear but yeah how do you keep something like that going it must consistently evolve. i think SY did fine at that

THURSTON JOSEPH MOORE 25 DE JULIO DE 1958 64 AÑOS

Still waiting for the next revolution. Or did it happen and I missed the boat?

@TheLaPride

4 жыл бұрын

Rappers are new rockstars

It's at 46:00, btw.

I'm not sure where I was going with that.

11:00

Sister. ;)

Lee's GONE t-shirt

kinda depressing in a way, but also awesome. true though.

'schizophrenia'

Lee gets pissed off during Express Way To Yr. Skull because Thurston sings too early before he could slide up on his guitar.

hi thursty

Narrator: The song was not in fact called Sister

Schizophrenia , Tom Violence , White Kross , Kotton Krown , Stereo Sanctity , Brother James , Pipeline , Tuff Gnarl , HotWire My Heart , Beauty Lies In The Eye , Expressway To Yr Skull , Pacific Coast Highway , Ticket To Ride , Beat On The Brat.