Sonic Youth - I Wanna Be Your Dog (1989)

Stooges cover
Live on Night Music

[@amayalevels]

This band is the definition of “if I come up so are the homies”

[@michaelhodges7373]

Who is the Black Guy?

[@tugsailboat3487]

@@michaelhodges7373Thurston Moore

[@ChrisLawton66]

@@michaelhodges7373 Hiram Bullock

[@scharlesworth93]

@@ChrisLawton66 so it's Letterman's band

[@ChrisLawton66]

@@scharlesworth93 well, no. I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone else on that stage was on Letterman.

[@marcopervo]

It was a huge deal when Sonic Youth played on network TV. People couldn't believe their eyes and ears.

[@rexl.6323]

There can only be one

[@shatchett0]

Marc B. It was not a big deal at all

[@fuzzydunlop4513]

@@shatchett0 yeah looking this show up they had other more experimental acts (at least relative to popular music) like Pere Ubu as well. If they played this on David Letterman than yeah, I think it'd be more shocking, only it wasn't.

[@bipedofthecentury9956]

No it fucking wasn’t

[@roxannestorm2616]

Kim Gordon looks so sexy when she do Iggy Pop in fact She looks like Iggy Pop doing that.

[@aestheticaltwat]

I’m pretty sure that Sonic Youth invented the 90s.

[@bobsbigboy_]

they, the Pixies and The Stone Roses

[@yakisieras9468]

yeeess

[@aestheticaltwat]

@@bobsbigboy_, great shout!

[@PEPSIPET]

@@bobsbigboy_ REM and Husker Du too

[@dimashadiwardani]

@@bobsbigboy_ jesus and mary chain

[@jhonnycagexrage7458]

I love how absolutely everyone in that stage was having a good time and going crazy for no reason while playing punk rock, we will never see something like that on TV again

[@mungofinalfi4480]

What do you mean for no reason?

[@mamjack6134]

Every sing along on Nickelodeon.

[@dipperf]

BLACK MIDI ON MORNING NEWS

[@mungofinalfi4480]

@paul wElaborate? What was it about my question that made it feel like a millenial was asking it? What I meant was that I think there definitely was reason enough for going crazy when playing that song. : D

[@jhonnycagexrage7458]

@@mungofinalfi4480 I meant it in a good way, like, they don't have to go crazy if they don't want to, they could be there standing still giving a generic show to get paid and leave but instead their energy came out naturally because that's how they felt while playing :p

[@thestickserch4595]

Crédits in the middle of the performance make looks like the end of a sitcom

[@carlostorres656]

It is Saturday Night Live so it is actually a comedy

[@del7538]

What, you never saw this episode of Mr.Belvedere before?

[@jacksonfritts2988]

It’s hilarious to see the session musicians getting on it. Fun performance.

[@anthonyscully2998]

punk groups love this song. there are so many covers of it

[@ForARide]

Well, the first Stooges lp was so influential, produced by the great John Cale, who Sonic Youth also value so much.

[@josephhuether1184]

Yeah…and the lyrics are totally cute!

[@jaykay5580]

which is why iggy isn't impressed with this

[@halloweenjean]

@@jaykay5580 wdym?

[@mmassias]

the best preview of the 90s

[@marcopervo]

+1

[@THDLYRA]

not. it/s just punk, now matter what the year

[@ksukhia]

Hah. Thats one of the best comments on a video I have ever read. Today you+Internet=Win

[@ZeroMilesToEmpty]

Here’s another version kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYPVq2N6pdaqj5I

[@CalabazaVacia]

Yeah

[@pierremercier4724]

I am convinced that Iggy Pop must have been impressed by this more than electrifying performance of one of his great successes.

[@natesh-bootleggingthebootl8727]

Yea but no one will ever do it better then him

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Iggy just collaborated with Kim’s ex-boyfriend from high school.

[@jaykay5580]

you really think this impresses Iggy?

[@breakingthestitch2507]

@@jaykay5580 it must have if he wanted to play it with them

[@arguy_4420]

@@jaykay5580I mean they have played multiple times together, Iggy even sang it with Kim once. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGHNcq1mj913i6c

[@plan_r4005]

Sonic Youth playing the Stooges, a Keytaur, and epic flute jam. How have I never seen this? And how am I ever going to be able to watching it?

[@codyb0831]

The guy slamming the flute likes it's a guitar made this vid for me lol.

[@HeroofSomething]

^band geek up here, you got the fucking point though, right?

[@Williecisme]

@@HeroofSomething It is a piccolo

[@codyb0831]

@@Williecisme Piccolo from dragonball z

[@toastrhead2065]

It's not a piccolo That's a drumstick! Omg! The actual sound is coming from the saxophone

[@codyb0831]

@@toastrhead2065 sonic youth lead singer or one of the singers released a new single and actually was really good

[@ledaai]

fuck being the sound guy for sonic youth

[@rickmartin8873]

Night Music was a live show on Sundays at midnight hosted by David Sanborn. It was on around 1990 (?), and the house band had Hiram Bullock, Jools Holland, Omar Hakim, Marcus Miller, and David Sanborn. The show was an hour, they always had an eclectic group of guests, and at the end of the show all of the performers would jam a few songs together. This performance is Sonic Youth, the other guests that night, and the house band. Great show.

[@iluvugoldenblue]

+Rick Martin indigo girls backing up on vocals i believe?

[@Elliottcanderson]

+iluvugoldenblue Yes. And Daniel Lanois.

[@zoetropes4010]

Far back, where it was safe.

[@daftman420]

Rick Martin Hiram Bullock, Jaco Pastorius' sessionist? amazing guy...

[@gaborgalda5404]

This programme must have been sick, there should be one like this today.

[@darkesthourapparel6537]

Huge Sonic Youth fan and I have never seen this video before. LOVE this so much.

[@iluvugoldenblue]

from what i remember in a book i have, don flemming just found the flute and starting jamming on it for no reason whatsoever, and the sax player afterwards said to him "hey man, great jamming with ya, you were playing all these crazy high notes!"

[@beneathpavement1]

It's. A. Penny. Whistle.

[@notsusan]

(looks at comments first) flute guy? what the fuck, Sonic Youth didn't have a ---- oh my god I love flute guy too

[@ignatprokhoropchyuck4652]

Flute guy is awesome❤

[@kristoffmarquez8541]

Flute guy vs saxophonist

[@ignatprokhoropchyuck4652]

@@kristoffmarquez8541 i admire them both

[@elasticlimit808]

I think the Sax player is David Sanborn god help us all. What great performance! How have I never seen this before. Wow.

[@User-xw6kd]

Ayy lmao these guys took avant garde rock to the next level.

[@bigdog517]

Proto-noise rock

[@moegerms]

@@bigdog517 - this is proto-punk

[@bigdog517]

@@moegerms post punk maybe, punk wasn't exactly new in 89

[@bigdog517]

@@moegerms or 81 for that matter

[@moegerms]

@@bigdog517 - 1989? uhhhh when were you born? Because I was born in 1995 and I know this is a Stooges cover lol. This song was recorded in 1968, the year my father was born. This is proto-punk. Postpunk came in exactly a decade after with releases like Unknown Pleasures right before 1980.

[@HonkIfYouLoveHonking]

I recorded the original of this song off the radio back about 1977. It was the only time I ever heard it on the radio and I felt like I was the only person who knew about it and liked it.

[@allieboy181]

This song didn’t come out in 1977 numb nuts

[@jnunez825]

@@allieboy181 he didn't say it was released in 77, just that he recorded it off the radio then.

[@jnunez825]

PS - numb nuts

[@allieboy181]

Jose Nunez sonic youths version of this song didn’t come out in 77. So that’s impossible dumb ass

[@automatiste5017]

@@allieboy181 *the original*

[@juliusebola9389]

The precise moment the 90s started.

[@furlag2]

Sonic Youth playing in standard tuning...regular chords....end of the world...

[@tommyrosilio4491]

furlag2 that’s the only regular thing about this performance

[@popolbruh8263]

Um they have tons of great songs with standard chords

[@dynasteve]

PopolBruh826 really? I can’t think of a single one.

[@yelkhan2002]

@@dynasteve Dirty Boots is pretty standard, it's mostly octaves. The tuning is also very simple, it being EGDGCE for Thurston and EGDGBE for Lee. Also, most if not all of Confusion and their EP is in E Standard. Can't really think of anything else, though

[@Eduardo_Vinci]

@@yelkhan2002 Look this.... www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/tuning.html

[@yolazerbeam3205]

A master flutist (fluteur) delivering quite possibly the most impressive performance of all-times. His graceful deliveries and unmatched notes could only be compared to a bottle of 1787 Chateau Margaux. Notice the master at work when he bends the left ring finger whilst lifting his right leg before faking a epidemic seizure backflip (oh so magnifique). These combination of notes played effortlessly in complex form shouts that a god lived amongst us in 1989 and we were deceived. I acquired a painting of that solo hanging above my fireplace and often reflect the real beauty of life sitting in my velour chaise beside it. There is only one word to describe that performance....Merçi.

[@gonetospace5544]

So much is going on at once and I love it. I’m madly in love with Sonic Youth. They have kept me going through this pandemic🤘🏼🙌🏼💚

[@Dr.JeremyDunks]

Can't believe I got to see them live. Sonic Youth AND The Flaming Lips. Crazy show.

[@amayalevels]

I see like 3 styles of music in one band I actually dig it

[@dozer1642]

Someone should’ve been fired for playing credits over this.

[@darkesthourapparel6537]

Dozer1642 hahahahaha #True

[@ignatprokhoropchyuck4652]

Share with me your spects

[@SpongeBobbin34]

makes it look like the end of a sitcom

[@OlgaNovakauskiene]

Sonic Youth - I Wanna Be Your Dog - 1989 Thank you .

[@BubbleoniaRising]

The very last time there was anything to watch on NBC. Bravo!

[@buckykattguitar]

And now, from one American Classic to another......... I saw this program the night it was aired. I never missed Night Music.

[@robjones2408]

Hal Wilner was responsible for some brilliant avant-garde albums in the 1980s, so it came as no surprise to see SY tackling the Stooges ' classic. The Stooges were big jazz fans, so to see David Sanborn with SY would have made them smile. Kim is the best Iggy clone I've ever seen. Great stuff.

[@damiensafonte9102]

That was awesome! The "flute guy" was Don Fleming.

[@j03y__]

That is the angriest sound a flute can possibly make

[@jchis9852]

David Sanborn on sax.

[@jchis9852]

@@j03y__ It's called a recorder.

[@j03y__]

@@jchis9852 I stand corrected, That is the angriest sound a recorder can possibly make.

[@beneathpavement1]

@@jchis9852 It's a fucking penny whistle!

[@cameronrodgers3175]

I saw this when it first aired on Sanborn's show all those years ago. I wanted much more and as you see, this was the closing credits.

[@KissofEther]

I wish I could have been in that room! :D

[@ChrisReisinger]

Phenomenal. This rocks so hard. I'm guessing the extra players on horns, flute, and keys were part of the SNL house band.

[@andrenemmais]

probably the greatest thing on the television

[@Anubis.6256]

When people ask what you like about punk rock:

[@nickwebb8197]

Man, I loved Night Music. That show had more adventurous acts on it than any other show except maybe The Old Grey Whistle Test.

[@j4967p]

she is the sweetest hardest and sickest!

[@therajgreek420]

Never thought I'd see David Sanborn play with Sonic Youth - whaaaaaat a match!

[@barnichua]

Kim looks completely like Iggy.

[@ethanhill9460]

@Ilikebeaversandeaglesupyourass That's seriously an astute point . Ha Ha.

[@kaori_kanzaki]

@Ilikebeaversandeaglesupyourass 😏😏😏😏😏

[@georgeborrego5676]

Poppin

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Lee M. Ranaldo (Glen Cove, Long Island, Nueva York; 03 de febrero de 1956) es un músico estadounidense conocido por ser guitarrista, en ocasiones vocalista y cofundador de la banda Sonic Youth y la banda Text of Light. 68 AÑOS.

[@rhondadilworth544]

IT was f*cking GLORIOUS, that's what it was!!!

[@michaeldagger991]

Yup it was ..

[@isaak1748]

I love her energy so much

[@vibez998]

The koolest

[@reikocakes]

I love how muppet like she is.

[@MrWitchman1967]

Thumbs up if you saw this on TV back in the day....

[@GazmoSin1960s]

This is beyond cool.

[@cockylady2067]

Kim Gordon is amazing!!

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

But a communist

[@turnleftaticeland]

@@LarsRyeJeppesen And*

[@beatmeisterbob]

@@LarsRyeJeppesen even better

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

@@beatmeisterbob ok Comrade

[@sunkintree]

@@LarsRyeJeppesen dah

[@harryt92]

LMFAO, this is manic. I love it.

[@luciomorawetz4332]

and that was the time rock'n'roll became ridicoluos. Fuck Sonic Youth

[@lostcelts1536]

This song rocks so hard even real rocks are like “damn!” 😈

[@mattcontrino8513]

“Go play with the neighbor’s kids! They’re about your age!” (The neighbor’s kids):

[@ErikWouda]

When Puff Daddy still played guitar in Sonic Youth.

[@Flippirino]

This recommendation is very intriguing And lovely

[@MayorGoldieWilson825]

Not going lie, I spit my drink out watching homeboy get down on the flute...

[@johncoleman4182]

this is old school perfection

[@sushisioux2042]

If your band isn't this lit. Give up.

[@mejganzia5654]

sushi sioux lol no joke

[@babiesmakinbabies]

Um, that would mean 99.99% of all bands

[@user-km4bt4cu6u]

2022 Israel, awesome!!! Iggy Pop and Sonic youth!

[@revci666]

Hell yeah, Stooges noise guitar solo performed on sax and flute.

[@Omegasupreme1078]

And the guy with the strat behind Lee is Hiram Bullock, jazz guitar legend, tearing it up like a maniac..... :-D

[@2xtatic]

That's why I love Americans!!!!

[@brunovazquez1]

Regardless of time. Iggy will forever be the grandfather.

[@LeonardoMichelsen-zi6qq]

Wonderful!!!!

[@PapaSanto1973]

Sonic Youth will always be in my top five of all time right next to Fugazi, Husker Du, Minutemen and Superchunk!!

[@number7gracestreet]

ho-ly sh!t, WTF is this? am i InLove?

[@djmikio]

It's interesting how mass public perception can be steamrolled by one solid encounter with actual experience. In 97 I saw Sonic Youth share the bill at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in NYC. U2 was considered one of the biggest acts on the planet at that time but Sonic Youth just made them look like they were half asleep playing. The crowd got it and gave Sonic Youth 10 times the enthusiasm back. Everybody there including U2 knew what the score was.

[@BroodedBeast666]

Random person: are you good at playing a guitar? Me playing guitar:

[@chedchenko1]

This is what goes on in my head 24/7........ but it's cool.

[@getthefffffoffme]

and this is why I LOVE playing drums

[@BPRbuster]

Back in the day......

[@amandamears8909]

Punk jazz solo???YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😜

[@ShoeGazer]

Kim "shestoofuckingcool" Gordon.

[@kialautnerlovelautne]

Flute "hestoocool" dude

[@user-ip9yu7lp1q]

So messed up I want you here And in my room I want you here And now we're gonna be face to face And I'll lay right down in my favorite place Yeah you know what that is Now I wanna be your dog (C'mon) (I wanna be your dog you know it) Ooh give it to me Now I'm ready to close my eyes Yes now I'm ready to close my mind Now I'm ready to feel your hands Lose my heart on the burning sand Do it Yeah that's right So messed up I want you here And in my room I want you here And now we're gonna be face to face And I'll lay right down in my favorite place Yeah you know what that is Well come on I'll be your dog

[@bartholomauszeitblom8992]

the performance feeds a fantastic energy...great! ..i wish to see the whole show ....

[@tmws1]

This show - Night Music With David Sanborn - was so invigorating and expansive. Experimental with almost no boundaries. Just look at this - David Sanborn completely letting loose. We’ll never see TV like this again, even with 1000 channels.

[@st.fiacre6685]

I like this...This is punk rock meeting abstract jazz, via David Sunborn doing his John Coltrane impersonation.

[@st.fiacre6685]

correction: David Sanborn.

[@AlexTraitor]

1:14 the fuck was that

[@ferponce719]

nose pero pense que era Gonzalete

[@TheWolfPack911ER]

teen moms episodesJersey shore oh yeah forgot to write

[@TheWolfPack911ER]

teen moms episodesJersey shore oh yeah forgot the road racers

[@TheWolfPack911ER]

teen moms episodesJersey shore oh yeah forgot the road racers AJ wellKZbin free movies

[@markm2878]

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[@tonycolocks4511]

The flute guy is my spirit animal!

[@fabiendecker4936]

I'm having so much fun ! It's so ridiculous ! Thanks a lot for posting this cr.p.

[@carlachuler]

Kim Gordon is collest woman in the world

[@philyeary5562]

Carlinha Chuler ikr?

[@JT-ss6si]

I saw them live for the first time when they toured with Pearl Jam at the Jones Beach Theater here in NY. My friend couldn't stand them, so he sat there. I was impressed by "Schizophrenia" for the first time and live. I went home and downloaded the fuck out of that song. It was an old song, but still has potential, like Kool Thing. She likes to dance like she is doing aerobics. Pretty basic and neat.

[@knorkster5459]

Chtulu!

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

She dated Danny Elfman before he even knew he had musical talent.

[@number7gracestreet]

Kim is to Thurston, as 'Sid' is to 'Johnny' meaning that she supplied the Image and/but also the intimate partnership, that made everything so great!!!!!

[@erinday3840]

Literally most of the best songs are written and sung by hers fuck all the way off thinking all she was was an image. I literally never listen to any of the songs Thurston wrote and sang.

[@dy120481]

What a great way to say bye to the 80's and hello to the 99's.

[@dy120481]

*90's*

[@jujupancakes9310]

Thank You for uploading this. Thank you Thank you Thank you!

[@chrisjackson7064]

Wow, at first I was like “Thurston looks darker?”

[@brianplazatv5560]

best stage jam ever.. post noise punk great!..

[@yourutube]

Yes 90's not ready.

[@cwbassmsncom]

God I miss this show. I discovered some of the greatest pre internet artist on this show.

[@zachbutler9484]

The most intense flute player of all time ever.... Lol

[@tonyfabulous6775]

the best lead flute ever...

[@andygtmo]

Man, Kim Gordon is so cool

[@victormoreno803]

I love sonic youth and iggy pop and I never saw this till now . I’m so hypeeeee

[@GrisGris]

Ohhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiit! Superb!!!

[@washerdryer]

is that puff daddy shredding?

[@Unsubscribedd]

Will Ingram so it is!

[@ChulaVistaKIDZ]

Will Ingram 😂😂😂

[@mweimer13037]

Needs more cowbell

[@emilianoortega-guerrero2925]

the soundtrack our lives... rock n roll yeah

[@emilianoortega-guerrero2925]

POST PUNK AWESOME

[@hautewire]

love that this was published on my bday!

[@jdad6802]

I love Kim Gordon. Alot.

[@mattbothell9352]

Since when has sonic youth had a keytar player? ha ha. This is an awesome cover.

[@jerboymustdie7689]

Fuck the keytar. Watch the Flute Dude rock off!

[@davmpls]

I love that there's is so much Sonic Youth in that room that the camera gets a little out of control as he's pulling in.

[@nedsammy]

love that guy's insane, steve mackay sounding sax soloing

[@charge416]

Kim Gordon is superwoman

[@johnclark3874]

New York is alright if you like saxophones

[@tomzone7943]

The squirrel wants to be your human.😈

[@veloboy]

This sounds to me like jingle bells. Christmas must be on its way!