Sonic Youth - Antenna (2009/10/27)

Recorded live at Canal+ Studio 104 in Paris, FR on October 27, 2009 for "L'Album de la Semaine" programme.

[@Just2Rusty]

I own the Lee Ranaldo signature Jazzmaster and it makes me feel so happy.

[@sammywarren3070]

I I’m sad me sad I will never had one and I totally had the chance to get one too 🤦🏻‍♂️🥲

[@existentialdraintest]

the sound engineer did a perfect job, it must be hard to manage a band like sonic youth.

[@zeviter]

u did a perfect job, it must be hard to imagine comments like this 😝

[@tylerrwatson]

This song packs an oddly powerful punch. I'm not sure what it is about it that really captures my attention. They're one of the greatest bands of all time, that's for damn sure.

[@GrumpyMustard]

What a perfect performance. Everyone is playing flawlessly, the audio mix is so precise it is insane, every section of this song flows into one another so well and it captures so many feelings in the sound.

[@oscar_ramirez_117]

No matter how many years go by, this song will always move something inside my heart.

[@seaside882000]

cool...they're actually playing their signature model guitars.

[@atarirob]

Thurston's already has deep cuts in his! hahaa

[@HiVizCamo]

Looks like Kim's is the J Mascis sparkly purple job.

[@geronimo546]

yes but no, the one thurston´s using is a custom warmoth build, which became the basis for the actual fender signature

[@OmnipotentShroom]

He had a special delay pedal made for him by Matt Zivich, it's called the "Antenna Box", you can guess where the name came from :)

[@mgalin1]

After all these years still on my list of best bands every. Period!

[@paulocosta4043]

No doubt

[@QuarantineThePast]

Good to see Mark Ibold still busting out the old Pavement two step

[@thc_freebaser]

Man this sounds extremely clean, almost as good as studio, no harshness or muddy signals anywhere from what I can tell, props to whoever was in the booth for this.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

one of my favorite freaky drone rock pop songs

[@NorthWriter]

One of my faves by them. That part where they all come in at 4:51 after the massive breakdown is sooooooo satisfying to me.

[@gailal]

Great sound balance. Kudos to the engineer.

[@BandFishHead]

Kim rocking the j mascis sig. Jazzmaster

[@tenso9534]

"Paint it purple." - J. Mascis, probably.

[@junggunkim414]

I am a big fan of Sonic Youth

[@mickael35w]

Planant et bruitiste à la fois, la marque des sonic youth!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

My darling cruises the streets for pleasure Skyscrapers in the dead love dawn Throbbing blood mind selfless creature Forever your's and then she's gone Radios play nothing, when she's far away TV antenna nothing gone to waste Radio transmitting nowhere falls away, She's far away Every corner a creeping panic Freak lighting in her abstract mind Rubber stamps and dreams of cash flow Wild blood, ecstatic crime Radio's play nothing when she's far away TV antenna rusting, gone to waste Radio transmitting nowhere it falls away, She's far away Every day I feel more like her Street magic in the burning dawn Out for blood my selfless lover Forever your's and then she's gone Radio's play nothing when she's far away TV antenna nothing gone to waste Radio transmitting nowhere it falls away, She's far away It falls away She's far away Traducir al español Fuente: LyricFind

[@atarirob]

R.I.P SONIC YOUTH :(

[@tesdancem]

This song is one of my favourite

[@travisreininger]

Apparently, he had one custom made. But if you're looking for a similar effect, I'm sure there's other pedals, but I do know that the Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo pedal is capable of an oscillating effect like heard in the intro of this song by setting the pedal to "echo" and it's 'repeat' setting to 10 and then manipulating the "delay time" setting.

[@mktmktmkt]

阪神タイガース on his pickguard.

[@Afelixsantos]

amazing, sometimes it's hard to believe in what they can do in terms of noise...

[@yourejovian]

This live take goes particularly hard. Wish this was the version on the the record.

[@Brian-qg8dg]

well, at least you have both

[@junggunkim414]

It's making me crazy, this guitar

[@nogre6]

Precioso!

[@tenso9534]

Got to see this album tour live! I feel lucky.

[@killbillforever]

One of the best performances I've ever seen, everything sounds so good

[@Pauloyouth]

issso é muito bom essa banda é do caralho

[@marcosmarques982]

tinha q ser MARCOS!!!!!!!!!

[@paulocosta4043]

É bom ver feedbacks em português,sigo estes caras desde 1988, um caso emocional diz a minha companheira!

[@guitashamilele]

nice to see they still got it

[@Sumphikt]

I want Thurston and Lee to talk me to sleep.

[@68redneck67]

Kickass tune

[@atarirob]

@Taylor Northern I believe he uses a Turbo Rat by ProCo (Just a fuzzier version of their standard Rat pedal) and A Sovtek Big Muff (Russian made Soviet Big Muff actually constructed during the Cold War!)

[@joaobarreiromoreira]

Cool info mate, thanks

[@uggles_mcfuggles]

In her book Kim talked about realizing Thurston didn’t wanna play certain songs live anymore after she found out about the other woman because they were about her. I always thought this had to be one of them.

[@existentialmisery8216]

Obout kim or the other women?

[@uggles_mcfuggles]

@@existentialmisery8216 about the mistress

[@ezoshikadance]

なぜギターに阪神タイガースのシールが・・・

[@Revitandgo]

Thanks man.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

THURSTON JOSEPH MOORE 25 DE JULIO DE 1958 65 AÑOS. (66) 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬

[@ShoeGazer]

they're the greatest

[@MykhayloMusic]

is it pavement`s bassist?

[@wwecats]

Yep! he played with them for their last few tours.

[@judesavage123]

AWESOME

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

Thurston Moore 25/07/1958 63 años (64)

[@castro2337]

@Picsie Its a special designed delay called antenna box,but i think that its a parametric filter and a delay together in one box =)

[@tidepoolbay]

Nice! WooF!

[@lookingatcrap]

Yes it is

[@Phobia017]

Does thurston actually age? or is he a timelord

[@olderebelam-o]

7 years later and this comment is still valid. So yeah, timelord confirmed!

[@jamesogilvie1649]

It's because he spends so much time off of the planet dreaming up wonderful noises.. I heard he wrote the breakdown to this song whilst sat on the rings of Neptune!

[@sgg17003]

Nine years later and he looks like my grandfather's older neighbor.

[@junggunkim414]

Sonic Youth is my idol. You guys do not have a relative

[@Rambo29]

during the 4:00-4:30 when they're doing the feedbacked out guitars, what kind of pedal is Thurston using for his freakout? It sounds like Ranaldos using the delays, any ideas on recreating Thurston's freak out sounds in Antenna?

[@Rambo29]

I see he's picking under the bridge, but there's this high pitched robotic frequency that comes in the right audio channel at 4:12 what is that?

[@electromuff7870]

@@Rambo29 might be a fuzz pedal

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Nope not all of them, Thurston is playing a Warmoth guitar that his crew built for him, the fact that it has a short pickguard (Warmoth pickguards don't extend under the bridge like a Fender's does) and no Fender logo are giveaways. But all the same, Thurston's signature Jazzmaster was based on that Warmoth guitar.

[@C-Stanz]

GOT ENUFF JAZZMASTERS?

[@lookingatcrap]

It's favorite guitar I did the same replacing the white pick up covers with black ones

[@joacocampins]

Does anybody know wich is the pedal lee uses here?

[@cmfishburn]

Sic live version!!!!!!!!

[@leandroricardodealmeida8067]

❤Ribeirão Pires.

[@eddieglavin5783]

Anyone know what kind of Sound box Lee is using in the beginning?

[@watkinscopicat]

analog delay

[@kokoloism]

kim is beautiful

[@pete_kane]

What’s the deal with Kim playing guitar and having a separate bass player on stage? I feel like I’ve seen this a few times but not sure what the story is there.

[@Revitandgo]

Anyone know what Delay Pedal Lee is using?

[@Phobia017]

Some better than others

[@pete_kane]

No. None of them are better than the others.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

Lee Ranaldo 03/02/1956 66 años

[@skateHEAVEN1212]

@Just2Rusty how much did that cost you?

[@cristianomora9689]

4:14 please someone tell me how thurston makes that noise

[@thekemlo477]

Very late but I think he has a metal muff on and is kind of pick scraping the bottom three strings, it's not too hard to get the sound of that with a lot of distortion but fuzz works best.

[@scottvalk]

That guitar tone is def picking behind the bridge in conjunction with the ProCo Turbo Rat, that's my guess. Maybe with that Dunlop Hendrix Octave Fuzz too but I have that pedal and its typically got a more intense and gated tone. Also maybe his Sovtek Big Muff is active at this point as well...???

[@atarirob]

Thurston tends to only use the Octave Fuzz for 'solos'. The part where he's going mental outside the stage he uses it. BTW, I wish I had one!

[@scottvalk]

I have had that octave fuzz for years its quite intense and loud and hard to be subtle with. its get such spikey attack and cuts hard into a band mix, great for doing noise with.

[@platinumdynamite]

It sounds like a fuzz pedal of some sort. The Zvex Fuzz Factory can produce a self-oscillating fuzz sound like that.

[@platinumdynamite]

It could also just be a delay with full feedback and the time moved.

[@tedmoesby3884]

What pedal use Lee, to make that crazy sound and the beginning? sorry for my english :3

[@djakkuukkajd2507]

Delay pedal, don't know which he is using though.

[@tedmoesby3884]

Delay/Octave/Feedback ??? xD

[@scottvalk]

Its a handmade delay pedal built by one of their techs (its on the gear page of their website) but not much details shown on its specifics, however from the sound/tone I reckon its likely an analog type delay and not a digital delay... you can but typically don't get those nice sounding feedback oscillating tones with a digital delay. My guess is that its modeled after an Ibanez AD-9 (which Lee uses in his "floor" effects rig)

[@artakha14]

You can get a very similar type of delay with MXR Carbon copy

[@claudiasanmartin2380]

Scott Valkwitch

[@frygon9910]

阪神タイガース！？

[@josealcatraz4635]

Por que kim gordon no está tocando el bajo?

[@NiCk_THe_B0sS]

Because she was suffering from arthritis during the record of The Eternal, they enlisted help from Pavement bassist Mark Ibold during the Rather Ripped tour he took bass duties in the new album

[@oscarjulianlagunahernandez3419]

Cual es el pedal que usa lee ranaldo en el intro?

[@electromuff7870]

Some delay

[@CemetarysNeighbor]

is that the masonna sticker on thurstons git?

[@sisterray4490]

阪神タイガース…！？

[@martipin12]

what does it say the japanese text in Moore's guitar?

[@samyarabi9033]

it says : Martin Gonzalez

[@blowbackderelict]

it's a japanese baseball team's name if i remember correctly

[@edu9401]

the bass player looks like pavement's bassist. Coulda be??

[@daveronhertpark7134]

it is him, mark ibold

[@pipomaggi]

she knew

[@liammcooper]

i just wish for one night steve and kim would switch outfits

[@existentialmisery8216]

Wtf

[@kasiaknn]

阪神タイガース!?

[@shtiri]

who knows what kind of delay it's that?

[@fenix478]

i think that leo fender called the band to use the "right" instruments...

[@jorgediaz6508]

2:03 🤯

[@jbthelefty]

Seriously, how do you do those delay pedal sounds like Lee?

[@Skiptracer1981]

His pedals are all custom for the most part. Only him and his guitar tech know what's in them.

[@THLGMSTR]

Really late but just crank feedback/repeats past a certain point and manipulate pitch with time knob can get a somewhat similar effect

[@junggunkim414]

K pop is Not a Music, this is a Real Music and Invention.

[@ifelllikeit]

it still looks like kim is playing bass

[@ホワイト-x1l]

このディレイの機種がしりたい

[@JJ22LR]

阪神タイガース

[@JoskoDU]

Dinamo Zagreb football club T shirt on Mark Ibold at 03:28 :) LOL

[@luvall00]

阪神タイガースwww

[@rsnh1031]

なんでや阪神関係ないやろ

[@fardingandpooping4005]

what effect pedal is lee playing with at the start

[@vadim_ilyin]

www.effectsbay.com/2010/12/sonic-youths-lee-ranaldo-pedalboard/

[@THLGMSTR]

Custom made delay but most analog and some digital delays can when you crank feedback/repeats past a certain point and the pitch can be changed by the time knob

[@ARedSeasonShade]

@kasiaknn Hanshin Tigers ;) japanese baseball team, supposedly cursed...

[@jbthelefty]

Custom made, but you can get the same noises with an MXR Carbon Copy, or generally any other analog delay.

[@gregorybiersack5435]

Nah pretty sure he's a timelord

[@Aphelion_Music]

@FuckingStanz NO!!!!!! NEVER ENOUGH!!!! :)

[@tulala_extreme]

まてw阪神タイガース()

[@SnazzyGoodTimes]

@ifelllikeit no it doesn't

[@TheAsaBay123]

3.28 bassist nosi majcu od dinama...

[@kokoloism]

ha, to sam i ja primjetio upravo

[@Matt_Fender]

i see the jazzmaster john masci this is a great guitar i love sonic youth

[@frogspawn_johnson37]

til the world's tallest lesbian is also pretty good on the guitar

[@muromisu]

阪神タイガースって？　意味分かってないだろ。

[@ALEXIOFORMOMA]

saquen al canoso!!!!

[@paolaschmidt7983]

einer zuviel auf der bühne, sieht irgendwie doof aus...kim sollte lieber bass spielen, man hört den bass eh nicht

[@LazyBastard69]

Du solltest zum HNO-Arzt gehen

[@richardwellend3806]

Shit noise

[@user-xf3gh1kz6c]

阪神タイガース！？