Kim Gordon in conversation with Aimee Mann

[@misstreebird]

Gordon's said of NYC in the 80's “That city I know doesn’t exist anymore, and it’s more alive in my head than it is when I’m there.” That applies to every happening place in the 80's.

[@Allen-rv5dd]

+misstreebird Being from Huntsville in the 80s, it happened to all the non-happening places too...although now, damn! Was I in a happening place??

[@misstreebird]

+Alexander Delarche As they said in the 80's, L A's THE PLACE....although anythen was better when, I imagine... to quote my fave power trio "anywhere but here, anytime but now"...

[@misstreebird]

+misstreebird & I hear Neil Peart announced no more touring. So glad I caught last tour, followed their shows over 3 decades! Longer than the Dead. So yes, everywhere we went was happening then :)

[@blobcity3591]

have you watched nelson sullivan's videos?

[@owlytimbre9103]

Dunno... did you happen there?

[@marymyers4751]

Kim Gordon opened the door to many women artists. This is never an easy position to be in but refreshing and encouraging in a world dead to original thought. Thanks Kim you literally rock!

[@4evergogo]

yaaa

[@katwashere194]

Two of the coolest people. I love their vibes and they are both so interesting and just damn cool

[@emiliojoseguimaraes7617]

Aimee Mann is the most beautiful and intelligent artist ever! Her voice is enchanting and her music is like a caress in our soul that helps to heal the deepest inner wounds .

[@GrogMindwhip]

She is supreme. Although she might be lacking a toe. 😁

[@KingCalabasas]

This is a great interview. Aimee should get a talk show. Something like this would really appeal to a lot of viewers who tire of seeing the same thing over and over again.

[@MCAndyT]

@5:09 Said very simply, but very exacting with how art can change people's lives by affirming their life...

[@davidellis5141]

Both ladies look incredible !! Sonic Youth & Til Tuesday very different but very good bands. 🔊 masters !

[@LaughingStock_]

Forget Til Tuesday, that was kid's stuff. Aimee was only ever destined to be a solo artiste.

[@seanohalloran384]

Kim Gordon and Aimee Mann having a chat. Too cool. PS I watched Kim headline Lollapalooza 95' right after Hole played and half the crowd left. Hole was great but those people missed out because Sonic Youth were incredible.

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

Saw Sonic Youth live back in 05.. Front up against the stage. Kim was to my left and Thurston was to my right. She was electric! I could have litteraly reached out and touched the guitar pedals.. that is how close. Greatest experience ever, and I got to meet her and Lee after the show. She was very sweet, and Lee was cool asf.

[@frankvazquez5974]

Totally. Got to meet them after a show a long time ago. Probably the only semi-famous band that actually did that which I ever experienced. Lee autographed my knuckles.

[@scratch5191]

These two titans of the bass square off for a epic battle for the punkrock crown. The possibilities are endless.

[@BHAKTIBROPHY]

Great interview. Thank you.

[@jake105]

Kim Gordon seems to be a no BS kind if person. I like her. Sonic Youth was way off my radar screen.

[@escherita]

Good interview. Karen O would also be a good choice for a conversation with Kim Gordon.

[@MiaowMcDonald]

i um…. and um... ‘girl in a band’. the audiobook was interesting. i enjoyed hearing her read her own life aloud. i recommend. it’s here, on youtube.

[@j.gregmorrison1953]

Are they talking about Thurston around the 13:30 mark or someone else?

[@Tophergr8]

Two of my favorites here, but who is the 'that person' they are talking about at 12:59?

[@Tophergr8]

+Christopher Garay never mind. power of the Interwebs and all that mucky muck

[@IrnBruNYC]

I'm guessing "that person" is Courtney Love?

[@cloudx8972]

she’s talking abt courtney at 15:00 right?

[@NOWtheband]

Fascinatingly, Aimee Mann's voice reminds me of Caitlin Doughty's.

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

she's not name dropping. she actually met and befriended these people long before fame. artists are not poor people. they are usually lower/middle upper class. even the bohemians. Ginsberg's father was a school teacher.

[@youiti2nz]

oI. JUST Looking for summer and Antonio net I can not find itS.I CANT

[@dud4064]

AWESOME TALK

[@domsawyer8953]

I love that neither Kim nor Aimee feel like they were the subject of sexism......I mean, they're really having to struggle to come up with examples.

[@kevinmcgrane3014]

Kim Gordon is my Favorite long live sonic youth

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

Is Mann really so bridge and tunnel or is she putting it on? “Jeepers, you really moved to NY and lived in a sublet? Golly.”

[@EbenezarGold]

i like single Kim.

[@artbylarry]

How sad are Franz Kafka comments here - oh dear !!! poor thing

[@johannesbols57]

You don't have to agree with them, but they're erudite.

[@scratch5191]

I love how she's trying to imply that she was a guest at the snl thing. She was a cater waiter serving the guests not a guest, who fronted her own advant guardian rock noise funk band advent tuesdaydream nationals. It evolved from this in time and again.

[@tertommy]

I was searching slant 6 Dodge Darts and this vid was in results.

[@HisAssholiness]

well done

[@deadbird1229]

Lol oh dear god they're totally talking about Courtney Love haha

[@johannesbols57]

15:13 is that who they're talking about without mentioning a name. "I thought that information was in the public domain..."

[@davidhahnbirds]

👂 💚

[@scratch5191]

Aimee O'Manson was famous way before Kimberly Dash was born out of wedlocks down to his knee caps and the impressionist style of a luxury brand.

[@KatManDude]

How do you complain about being asked about what it's like to be a woman in rock but then immediately launch into a discussion about what it's like to be a woman in rock? It's like: let's celebrate women in rock without talking about them being women in rock. Because that would be offensive (somehow). Also, this is like a completely different person than the one who was interviewed by Carrie Brownstein (also on KZbin). She couldn't even put a thought or two sentences together in that one.

[@thomasswan7442]

same things as politics overly prepped,that,s what your here for to express yourself. Kim did it great with the music poor in interviews and wasted her time with Courtney love

[@NorthWriter]

Kim looks like my friend's mom.

[@Jason-bg7jc]

your friend's mom is hot

[@reneperez2126]

Jason yeah a milf

[@davidellis5141]

@@Jason-bg7jc Kim has amazing ( ) 😝

[@NOWtheband]

@NorthWriter - Well ok then.

[@donniebobb74]

she looks like MY mom!

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

as a man i just don't get it with these 2....... i'd rather just listen to the songs

[@cynthiacorcoran9389]

?? I'm opraetta

[@jankoegl]

If I could create the perfect woman, she‘d definitely have the voice of Kim fucking Gordon!

[@filipecoutinho5706]

Jesus ,ladies, get a room

[@studleylee]

(whois?)Kim Goron is such a dynamo...NOT interview Aimee she's the interesting one!

[@marcofalzone6469]

Aimee is everything I loathe about interviewers. That patchwork way of asking questions. Very spatial not direct.

[@johannesbols57]

Have you tried interviewing a taciturn subject who seems to take pleasure in passive aggressive answers making the interviewer unconfortable and feeling guilty for asking questions? And in front of a live audience?

[@marcofalzone6469]

@@johannesbols57 she should've known her Subject goin in and perhaps asked different questions.

[@josepbergesse7830]

Kim reminds me Aubrey Plaza

[@scratch5191]

She should make peace with it. Before it get out of hand. All Tomorrow's parties have dirty invitations. Come over to my street. Don't you care who and what i don't like? Don't please, answer me. The burden of dreams will be lost in a daydream. Did you sleep? I know that you sleep around. It's not a secret it's none of my business but, be aware of what reflects your personal style by the end of the day. Style section is teenage jesus resurrection, he's coming, he has risen, feel his resurrection, don't need a cure, just a final solution, how quaint dancing elevation astrology will have, Tomorrow's parties are today all day. Bring a friend, bring it, let's get down Tonight tonight alright let's go, gabba gabba unacceptable gabba gabba unexceptional we can't go.

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

Aimee doesnt seem to interview well (not with kim anyway).. and kim seemed reluctant and getting bored of her

[@johannesbols57]

I sensed something not exactly jelling between the two. Aimee Mann is very approachable, I can tell you that. She'll meet you more than halfway.

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

@@johannesbols57 OK if you say so.. what she looks as nervous as a deer in headlights

[@franzkafka77]

Lost girl grows up middle class, basically pleasant looking, marginally talented "artist" becomes marginally successful musician without an outstanding voice or instrumental ability, (insult to all actual bassists- this woman claims she had a problem breaking her bass strings- wtf?), makes mediocre rock music that evolves to 6-aspirin "noise rock", writes confessional, name-dropping memoir of vague self importance to excoriate disinterested husband and claim victory. Oh, and she had a clothing line of ironic t-shirts that were modeled by herself and her famous friends, let's not forget that. Her slender book is, as she says herself- "Kind of a weird journey". Yeah, a woman wronged is always right, that explains everything. Ah, the crimes committed in the name of "Art". Enjoy your worshipped "elder-stateswoman" book tour, followed by a life of monied art making, Ms. Gordon, this should be the finale. You're not a girl anymore. You're not in a band. You're a grandma in a black leather jacket, and you know everybody wants to see that. If I was Thurston I'd move to the desert.

[@misstreebird]

Franz Kafka Well I guess many fans of hers sonic youth - yoko ono - courtney/hole may disagree. I just came to hear Aimee. I'd like to hear her answer her own questions, enjoyed her thoughts & sentiments shared. Ms. Gordon's words are also telling to me - she didn't write her own lines, but picked them out of books - nice to give credit where it's due! Honest I don't really know what all you're on about, sounds like much interest vested in Ms. Gordon, whatever. Actually even Aimee's lost me here, so, hope you have a great day anyway peace

[@franzkafka77]

My issue with her is about lowered expectations. I read her book and was struck by the number of right time right place aspects of her life. There are far better instrumentalists, much better vocalists, a million better artists, and so how does this woman wander reluctantly into such worshipped stardom? The book title says it all. It's gender pioneer status and nothing more really. Imagine if she had actually been really talented, could write melodies or was a virtuoso musician. Would Thurston Moore have left her or would it have been the other way around? And please, now that one is aging cover up at least a little.

[@misstreebird]

Franz Kafka Some are born lucky, others not so much, some may take for granted what others yearn to touch. She'd not be the first to have rid on others' coat-tails, & some make time in some places. Well she obviously got the looks at one time, who knows? Maybe she doesn't notice, or care, who does? We all lose our charms in the end; of course men aren't judged so harshly as they mature. Except the weight. & then not *as* harshly, but yes, especially men who may be desired somewhat for their looks, when they get heavy become subject to ridicule, albeit not so much as women. I'm not sure who left/would have left who, obviously wasn't built to last anyway & lacking sufficient impetus to maintain a relationship, left I'm guessing only an impression of graceless disrespect. Sad but then if it was too challenging to love eachother, I'm not surprised it'd be beyond them to realize an end amicably. I'm guessing ~ How would you dress her?

[@franzkafka77]

Not like the rock and roll 20 something she used to be, that's for sure. Modesty is still a virtue I hope. She seems desperate. Sad.

[@franzkafka77]

When one takes a stage one invites criticism, and all kinds of comments. Kim Gordon says this in her book. It is actually one of the few salient moments where what she writes is fairly authentic and original. Maybe you should read it.