Sonic Youth Aren't Dude-Core - Soft Focus - Episode 2

[@littleteethkeith]

Thurston Moore has the same sunglasses as my grandmother when she takes her Buick out for a drive.

[@humaninterface7153]

fking LOL

[@mr.cifuentes1779]

littleteethkeith lmaoo

[@jellyacc]

is this your grandmother?: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaOolJunmq-cbMk

[@nickelcitygritty3618]

I’m writing my dissertation on your grandmother and her Buick and her sunglasses.

[@BartholomewGilbertson]

he's got the willy wonka goggles

[@RKTologist]

this was the best portlandia episode ever

[@slash3503]

RKTologist man you really ruined this episode for me, this is real shit a portlandia episode

[@chriswarnecke2878]

Fred Armisen stole his bit from Ian Svenonius. Ian's been doing this since the early '80s.

[@daltonlunn1653]

Boo!

[@nickgrant6480]

Wait isn't this a portlandia parody...I don't even know anymore

[@Toy1er]

This was when VICE was still cool.

[@miedqy0]

if Kim held a cigarette they would look like Goo cover brought to life.

[@startervisions]

miedqy0 ayy lmao

[@miedqy0]

3 years ago? oh man...

[@startervisions]

wow, 2 weeks ago

[@miedqy0]

stop stalking me :D

[@startervisions]

@@miedqy0 your comment has 123 likes........lol

[@TheDritch]

thurston is very well spoken and direct with his point of view. i think the dude is genuine and not as pretentious as people think

[@brendantaylor3570]

April Chems Definitely. It’s obvious in how he interacts in other videos that he thinks he walks on (unique, alternative) water. Reminds me of many guys in bands I went to art school with. Smug is the overall vibe I get.

[@spud_grrrl]

@@brendantaylor3570 yup

[@richevans609]

You can't win.

[@alexgirardmusic]

Looks like they all woke up the morning after a party and started an interview all hungover

[@sturdeehouse]

Andy Warhol would have been proud of the three of them

[@die2no]

That's not a good thing.

[@lynnpehrson8826]

Velvet underground were sonic youth before sonic youth

[@retlaw190]

Maybe but he would of never told us

[@sunepedersen8537]

it's so sad that they're not together anymore

[@davidmurphy4310]

I just finished Kim's book,and we watching old interviews, what looked like cool detachment now comes across like seething hatred.

[@tylerodonnnell6821]

@@andrewb8235 no, I think his point is just that nobody knew what thurston and kim's relationship was like at the time

[@cactaceous]

I saw SY twice on the very last tour. The last time I saw them was at the Soho Apple Store where they played a free, invite only gig. Their body language was truly obvious. I saw them "backstage" and was close when they walked out and greeted the audience. Nobody would have said they were married and had been for decades. Nobody. They were in different wavelengths.

[@freeecountryy]

@@cactaceous Were you at the waterfront gig? I do remember noticing that at the Prospect Park free show they did in '11, Thurston trying to get Kim back on stage and her apparently not wanting to so he had the audience start chanting "Kim, Kim, Kim."

[@cactaceous]

J R Did they play Prospect Park in 2011 too?! I don’t remember that. I went to a gig they did in PP the summer before but was not able to get in so sat in the grassy hill outside and heard the gig. They did play by the East River in Brooklyn in the summer 2011 and I saw them then with Kurt Vile and that Sleater Kinney side project opening up.

[@cactaceous]

J R I texted my friend if he remembers the timeline of SY gigs in 2011 since he was able to get to the Prospect Park gig early and got in and he says that was 2010. The East River gig was in 2011 and I was completely mistaken on when they played the Apple Store because I thought it was in 2011 during their last tour but he says he is certain the Apple Store gig was before the East River and Prospect Park gigs. He says the Apple Store gig was in 2010 or it could even have been in 2009. My timelines are all scrambled.

[@binxboi7156]

Just a friendly reminder that they’re being interviewed by one of the greatest frontmen ever.

[@bifftetherton7495]

Ah, a fan of the gospel yeh-yeh!

[@chloefourte3413]

YES

[@ineedjesus7]

who? never seen him before ever

[@PappyHab]

My son 17 and daughter 21 both love Sonic Youth. So proud frankly.

[@NOWtheband]

Excellence!

[@WessexMan]

You are a very good parent!

[@PappyHab]

@@WessexMan I was at least good at one thing! Possibly a few other things.

[@JCFinlay]

Did Wes Anderson direct this interview? It's got that kind of deadpanfunny feel to it. Love it.

[@meadish]

*deadpanning silently along a cross section of several highly thematic rooms*

[@matthewgabbard6415]

There are certain people who have forgotten how to speak without a sarcastic or ironic tone. It’s a real problem

[@japhy6536]

check out lou reed interviews - they're far more awkward, funny and confrontational

[@perspii2808]

I love how comfortably uncomfortable this interview is lol. Sonic Youth are great

[@katblack7625]

That’s the Soft Focus… 😂

[@sadlantis]

I was in the audience for this. I had no idea it was on youtube so it was really cool to see again.

[@TheIvoryrocker]

as a teenager growing up in the new york suburbs now, i can assure you that their influence goes beyond the 90's daydream nation, evol, and goo are three of my favorite albums and im far from the only person my age who adores the band.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

I come from a small town in England and my big brother came back with day dream nation on vinyl we got a few joints rolled and just blew our minds. I think we ended up with about 10 cds love everything they written.

[@Toy1er]

Good for you, pal.

[@dickschlitz1360]

Wait sister sister may be the best though

[@crab-dogjones4659]

I'm surprised this didn't open some kind of hipster black hole from which no earnest sentiment can escape.

[@philyeary8809]

Save us from the Hipster Plague.

[@juanpabloyavoski7470]

thurston looks like mick jagger

[@SuperMario16bit]

Sad that they aren't a band anymore : (

[@no-rj5by]

This interview has such a weird energy lmao

[@ライラアー]

but a good weird

[@goudagalindo1790]

Gave me Jim Carrey Cable guy vibes.

[@wormskull2454]

@2:40 “It’s over!” Yikes, that was a sign of things to come….

[@shibbidydoowop]

"I like to decant my water" "These plastic bottles look awful on stage" 😆

[@qpouvtmvoelxjtu458]

I love Thurston but hey: starts off by claiming SY was predominately feminist influence for him, then proceeds to take up 95% of the the talking time. Not saying it makes him a bad person, just that maybe feminism hasn't really reached that far into his skull.

[@verymud578]

You realize he cheated on his wife right?

[@qpouvtmvoelxjtu458]

@@verymud578 That, on the other hand might make someone a not altogether good person, yes.

[@brendantaylor3570]

He always liked the sound of himself and I think Kim was comfortable to let him talk in most public things. Even though I and most people would rather hear her take.

[@qpouvtmvoelxjtu458]

@@brendantaylor3570 That's a valid point.

[@24Wynn]

Well, what do you expect? Thurston is a Leo and Kim is a Taurus. Leo Sun signs want all the attention. 😂😂😂

[@BoogWorldwide]

"I don't really, uh, ya know I don't really care if anybody buys the records in a way, I just sort of, I-I like making 'em in a way..." - Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth

[@notoriousqueenpigeon]

sonic youth is hot. kim and thurston are hot. nothing else like them. ever.

[@therollingbeachfloyd645]

Sonic Sunglasses

[@delilasloan8914]

They hand them out at evey sonic business meeting

[@Minon157]

Why all the hate in comments?

[@NOWtheband]

Maybe some folks need to express what Actually makes up their soul n' innards.

[@antohall2007]

is Thurston going welding?

[@kingofepicvlogs4666]

anto hall - hahahahahahaha!! No but “Going Welding” is the name of his next album!!

[@chuckydeblois5347]

Sure

[@Thelordofcrabs86]

Thurston is 50 something and he looks like he's 18. Da fuck yo?

[@Gorkrustisgood]

***** It's the fact that he is super tall, skinny and has frumpy skater hair. And no chin.

[@JohnDoe-yr4wc]

+Uriah Apparatus. Haven't met too many jowly 18 year olds. But yes, he's holding up alright. :p

[@RDAGAZZZ]

+Uriah Apparatus. the interview was 33 years ago lol

[@saftovooey4569]

And Kim has ALWAYS looked like she's in her 50's.

[@calmclam7638]

Yeah he's got a baby face but he's too wrinkley to think he's 18. He does look like he could be younger then 50. But it's not surprising that he is. They both look good for their age though. It helps they weren't into drugs.

[@ctbluesmanLbJ]

HOLY SHIT! Im a musician, remind me to never talk again and think ill be interesting.... jesus christ how many times can i watch and a band or actor talk about nonsense before i remember its seldom interesting and often earbeating.

[@mountainnutter]

read kim's book: girl in a band. i love her.

[@debcriveau4648]

Me too, she's brilliant. I didn't want the book to end! There has to be more!!!

[@jmgmarcus808]

She rocks my world.

[@countessratzass5408]

Read it and now dislike her.

[@TimeTraveller010]

Audiences witnessing cool people like Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, plus hundreds of other musicians are so lucky! In Australia it is very expensive to travel to the Northern hemisphere. Off season it is approximately $1,900 AUS, plus there are basic accommodation costs. And accommodation in Europe in a one star hotel is expensive too. Then we have to wait more than a year before we get to see a great band because Australia is so far away. Consider yourself lucky if you live in the Northern hemisphere, Oztralia is mainly desert and it is a 24 hour flight, even more if you there is no option but to purchase a cheap air ticket for cost saving. Australia is great if you like swimming among sharks and crocodiles. Or you could try a different Fish n Chip shop every night....

[@Warp75]

I’ve always wanted to be at the MCG on Boxing Day watching Australia v England 🏏 The northern hemisphere is fucked you probably better off where you are now.

[@nickyesparza8321]

the interviewer looks like Murdoc from Gorillaz

[@cristobalrojas5729]

Holy shit u right

[@linuxxe]

"They [the Pixies] never should have broken up. That's our problem." As Kim sits stone cold nearby.

[@samuelmorse784]

EndofMusic Around the 13 minute mark. Clearly the highlight of the interview. Sonic Youth and the Pixies are two indie rock gods who reached their peak in the late 80's. Noone can really measure up to them.

[@richardspencil]

Sonic youths albums in the 2000s were pretty good too.

[@nancynicholas9777]

EndofMusic j

[@Indonesiansurftravel]

@@samuelmorse784 and 90s Goo, Dirty even Washing Machine

[@breathingerror420]

Kim deal was in the pixies NOT Kim Gordon lol what kind of fan are you if you get them mixed up?

[@fakeis751]

They're the Goo front cover

[@danielstoddart]

When they walk in at the beginning you can tell the UK audience is blown away by how freakishly tall Thurston is

[@Protectionarchives]

I love everything about this interviewer lol

[@davide0o.o0o06]

Watch the nardwuar one

[@peteagassi]

This interviewer is a national treasure.

[@natenemetz2716]

this interview is great

[@littleteethkeith]

Nate Nemetz They probably remember Vietnam really well.

[@NosajKnows]

This is weird af

[@NOWtheband]

af = as fuck

[@tammichenard1024]

@@NOWtheband why did you write that? Who DOES NOT know that?

[@NOWtheband]

@@tammichenard1024 - I write that to help people get over the fear of using/writing the word Fuck (sadly I see it a lot but only online. In Real Life, I do not hear or see Fuck avoidance) and also for my own personal amusement. I am curious as to why you shouted "DOES NOT" at me. I am not fearful, just curious and I thank you for your own curious inquiry.

[@ShroudedInVeilz]

Ian is hilarious. Great frontman too.

[@tonebenderx]

Moore rocking the old-school Blue Blockers!

[@carlfolcojr.3497]

Yes we need to put together a few bands who make some good music and get back on track to the continuem. I appreciate the band totally interaction with the interview.

[@nickelcitygritty3618]

I’m writing my PhD dissertation exploring the relationship between this interview and the movie Bull Durham.

[@macchupicchuu]

really?

[@cheeseontoast9418]

i hope thurston is aware that december 2016 was the first month since cd's came out that record sales in the united kingdom outsold digital media

[@dbrandmill]

I feel the same way about the pixies breaking up that thurston does. I also wish his band didn’t break up

[@finlaymccarthy8414]

This guy reminds me of the boss out of the incredibles

[@m_recordz]

I started concentrating on Ian's teeth and how it looks like he's traded in his pearly whites for a mouthful of black rocks and Stonehenge replicas.

[@BayviewFinch]

The British audience probably didn't even notice, bad teeth being so normal in the U.K.

[@maximtrickett]

BayviewFinch liking that hilarious stereotyping - i assume your American?

[@maximtrickett]

BayviewFinch liking that hilarious stereotyping - i assume your American?

[@BayviewFinch]

maximtrickett No. Why? Do you think all Americans think that, and only Americans?

[@maximtrickett]

BayviewFinch no, it just tends to be Americans that slag off the British for very little reason - i don't know, you could be Canadian but it's a total misconception that Brits all have bad teeth - we seriously have no idea where that thing comes from

[@sirfizz6518]

Great conversation. Interviewer on point.

[@janmichaeljablonsky9847]

It would make a perfect SCTV episode.

[@CreateOrDestruct]

I could get all sentimental mental and all, but, fark these guys made a good backing track to my life ;)

[@JackWMS14]

"Where'd Kim go?" and he looks behind his chair haha.

[@Luke.hello.]

thanks, dude, strangely enough changing the quality works!

[@roachmondo]

It's an affected aloofness thing, People wear sunglasses inside so you cant see where they're looking or any eye movments that give away emotions

[@charlescross1500]

*bringing my pretention of Kim and Thurston so I can complain about how pretentious they are*

[@DownUFO]

what the hell kind of pretentious comment thread did i stumble upon? Sonic Youth was incredibly influential and has a rich and diverse catalogue whether or not you guys like them. sorry if you dislike SY, but they're not "pedestrian", they're solid songwriters. only bad moments being their most recent album, as well as their occasional white noise nonsense that only really intrudes maybe once per album, and is usually segregated to other albums under the SYR name.

[@henri4356]

They could be chefs. Fucking love that

[@carlfolcojr.3497]

Hi Kim you look amazing Rock you both look Great. Glad to see this interview. White Bable Metal. New band do not get lost in the noise!! Salutations..

[@charmicarmicat2981]

So if this was filmed in 2012, are Kim and Thurston divorced while this is being filmed? I’m so confused

[@iprobablylikedyourvideo2231]

Evan Drane No they got divorced in April of 2013

[@ru8enV]

Naw, but the relationship was pretty much fucked at this point. Therapy sessions won't help if you dont choose to stop cheating.

[@Huegelmann]

This interview was filmed in 2010.

[@__________e5437]

i've never seen em interviewed, thanks !

[@michaelmole5435]

Wish they still did this 😪

[@imasking1658]

Kim: You can’t download a meal… Someone heard that and invented Doordash.

[@24Wynn]

Hahaha!! I love it!

[@duchampfitz]

Where'd Kim go? Hmm...

[@incubism]

Kim Urggh ! She is a classic

[@creatorofthecobbsalad]

Ian Svenonius, formerly the singer of punk band Nation of Ulysses.

[@mickmarsbar81]

Thank you!! Noisy/Vice should’ve credited this fella.

[@diianice]

This is the most pretty thing i ever seen, infinity love

[@kiaora12]

I feel really bad for that group of kids. The British were always early pioneers of torture techniques.

[@madam_im_adam]

I like how the interviewer says "I guess people are gonna be reincarnated as web pages, what do you think about that?" And Thurston doesn't bat an eyelid and responds like he totally gets.

[@philyeary8809]

Or doesn't care.

[@bignollieshoveit]

for anyone who doesn't know Ian Svenonius, check out The Make-up. LEGENDARY!

[@xavierpaquin]

Svenonius would be a great name for a vampire... wait a minute! 🤯

[@dyr234]

Ian was a part of some great and awesome bands but god damn is he fucking funny when he interviews cool bands.

[@MsMissymelbourne]

they were funny /witty laid back and went off on odd tangents like the songs do..wots not to like

[@edwardharris53]

At first, I thought this interview was a "between two ferns"-style joke. Take off your sunglasses, you dinosaurs.

[@cruggletops8087]

Brian Liddy roar

[@plumanderson]

it is

[@iprobablylikedyourvideo2231]

Goo!

[@skarty65]

kim gordon kinda looks like kurt cobain with that hair and those glasses

[@lunarvision]

God bless sweet Ian.

[@expedientself]

Was this filmed at an ATP festival (in Minehead)?

[@sonictruth1]

not quite solo but her newest band is with guitarist Bill Nace and is called Body/Head, kind of an ambient noise project, check it out.

[@JuJuBee80]

If I'm not mistaken the host to this is Ian Svenonius from the band the Make-Up. lol thats awesome. : P

[@gregpasq]

....and Nation of Ulysses....

[@malcolmz2360]

03:52 Thurston announcing break-up

[@samuelmorse784]

Really harsh comments. Takes humility to give and submit to an interview with an audience like this. Give the people involved credit for doing it while being less than perfect at it. Maybe if it was David Letterman this would have been an A plus experience.

[@arnowillekes7979]

What a beautifully crummy and sweet interview! I'm becoming a real fan op Soft Focus, can they endorse my bands with their seemingly huge budget?

[@chrisbarry6817]

I wear my sunglasses at night

[@GuitarCoverForMyself]

when was this recorded?

[@mwinnful]

I got stuck in the same place, but just changed the video quality a few times and it just started playing the rest! Hope it works for you guys too.

[@nge1301]

What's up with all the anti-Sonic Youth comments getting thumbs up? Sonic Youth was objectively an incredibly innovative and influential band.

[@davide0o.o0o06]

Maybe because they seem like morons, from interviews ecc. Watch the nardwuar one.

[@KittenFlower66]

8:35 Thanks, Thurston.

[@PSNmemoryismisery]

2:34:00 famous last words Thurston.

[@NudeRockENT]

Watching this interview is almost like pulling teeth but it's fucking great... Ian is the figurehead for a new vanguard of entertainment hosts

[@kingofepicvlogs4666]

I don’t know who this dude is but he’s fuckin hysterical!!!

[@ntc612]

14:35 WOWWOWOWOW!!!!!

[@80thiconoclast]

Right!

[@tense99]

Come with us. Attempt to comprehend the stones under our feet... Inhale the pretension radiating from he who interviews.

[@thepyschedelicproject3033]

Ian svenonius is like an indie Patrick bateman.

[@teocalmeida]

they look like Adam and Eve from Only Lovers Left Alive with those sunnies

[@lomerd8894]

This was the beginning of the separation.

[@Minon157]

So people are angy because they are using sunglassed? It`s just a fucking glass, let them be

[@Hardbody94]

Same dude that interviewed Stephen malkmus

[@666jack]

FUCK YES Anthony Bourdain listened to punk!! Most chefs do!

[@awrogers3013]

The glasses and..make me piss my pants laughing…..

[@JohnEveryfan]

If another person says Nirvana is crap I'm going to freaking lose it!

[@moralcompass3252]

but they kind of are crap

[@jhendricks02]

the crap is the charm

[@sirdele]

@@jhendricks02 exactly

[@screamingtrees9619]

They’re not crap but they’re not the best from their time.

[@MrKGHunter]

They were a great band, perfect for their time and place....and beyond. Exactly what was needed. The “best” anything is a frivolous argument. If you dig em, just dig them. Don’t worry about what other people think.

[@joeoge9347]

He says no one buys records? Just bought a 2LP SY record this week for xmas.

[@emmaduncan2991]

could Kim be anymore cool?

[@teddydog6229]

She apparently wasn't good enough for Thurston. At the risk of sounding sexist - these days you never know - Kim Gordon is a dream woman. She's creative, she's intelligent, she's multitalented and yes she's also sexy. Good. But evidently not good enough if you're Thurston Moore. I wasn't there. It's not my place to cast judgement on anyone else's marriage. All I knew is that I thought Moore had lost his damned mind when it came our Kim was divorcing him for adultery.

[@moralcompass3252]

@@teddydog6229 she got old. men like younger women.

[@leeannasloan526]

@@moralcompass3252 maybe in their fantasies and there isn't anything wrong with that..but for a married man who has a real partner and a life and a child it doesn't matter if he likes younger women or not..it's not okay to ditch your wife of thirty years, who gave him her best years, remember he is old also and she wasn't out fucking younger men.

[@moralcompass3252]

@@leeannasloan526 most younger men don't want to fuck older women. it's biological. he doesn't owe her anything. "gave him the best years", did anyone force her to do that? he found a younger, more attractive woman and went for it. that's reality. and we don't know the full story. there could be more to it than just wanting a younger piece of ass.

[@jessicahblanchard9879]

@@moralcompass3252 Cheating is a betrayal. It lasted 6 years. Falling out of love happens, sure, but let's not act like it's an okay thing to cheat on your life partner. Kim was his life partner, mother of his child, bandmate. He betrayed her, his child, and his entire band when he began the affair. He also hurt his fans. It isn't biology to be shitty. It's just selfish.

[@unicornnsparks3780]

hahah when kim leaves, he's like goshh don't let me do this alone :p