SONIC YOUTH - Incinerate (Live Letterman 2006)

Sonic Youth - Incinerate (Live Letterman 2006)

[@drago6769]

Letterman prob had the best taste in music out of any tv talk show host

[@sissyfist]

D Rago not probably he did. Conan is the only one who comes close.

[@michaelk3078]

Colbert has some indie gems on from time to time, but definitely agree Dave #1 and Conan as #2.

[@kjk1422]

all about Paul Shaffer - Late Show Music Director

[@sharkfin2033]

Ed Sullivan lol

[@clementeabyss8953]

yes

[@Mff21]

i really like how there's no established lead and rhythm guitarist, it's as if they're playing dual-leads, forming like a double helix

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

Nobody told them how to make music.

[@vanillacult]

Whenever I see this band play live, I feel like I can do it too. I'm sure they've learned a lot, including improvisation, but these guys give me the courage to explore the freedom of music and guitars. I guess that's what punk is all about, getting and giving the will to express. Sophisticated but very wild.

[@packersfan1905]

they are so complex with tuning its crazy. i tried tuning it to their tunings and it makes no sense and is so unconventional. but when you try its awesome

[@th-sw2bd]

think it may be tuned in fifths sort of on the 5th - 2nd strings. Like a mandolin. ( D#, D#, A#, D#, G, G ) Two hours of learning and the song makes you seem like you're doing way more than you think!Allows you too!

[@NorthWriter]

I'm so glad you feel that way, because so do I. I really appreciate bands like this. I love Wilco, but their sound is so refined that I feel like it's a lofty goal that will take me a long time to reach. I hear Sonic Youth and (sometimes) Spoon, or I listen to some of Television's lyrics and stuff, and I'm like, "Yeah, I could do that now, with what I have."

[@cellphone96]

Gay

[@HairballPictures]

boss comment

[@thedogoffaleash]

Sonic Youth is the coolest band ever.

[@kozue___777]

Definitely

[@davidcamino713]

Interpol too

[@chrisattigliato6800]

love how this has the 90's sound quality and how thurston looks like hes 12 lmfao

[@sftcre]

a really tall 12 yo boi

[@narutokiba10]

Thurston is rockin the Johnny Ramone hair

[@Skiptracer1981]

I listen to just about every music style and have been playing guitar for 20 years and at the end of the day I still have to say Sonic Youth has given me more inspiration and enjoyment than any other band. Their song structures and guitar techniques always give me something to think about. Too bad they broke up.. I loved sitting down with a new SY record and hearing how they would constantly evolve, but never lose their feel.

[@maxtema9372]

I hope they get back together when Thurston and Kim sort things out

[@dylanhunter6065]

+Judson L Skynar except when they tread water!

[@JoseLeal1403]

this band is so great =) Gordon never gets old!

[@selwonkmada]

She got old

[@hnc098]

@@selwonkmada agree. Kim’s chords are great but young trim is undefeated. Thurston can attest to that.

[@jamesalan3450]

In any debate or conversation or battle about greatest song of All-Time, this song could go toe-to-toe with any other song.

[@MrAndydudeta]

I wonder what it's like to hear Sonic Youth for the first time on Letterman. My first time was at the Moore Theater in Seattle. Mind=blown.

[@63Ktrain]

Best live version of this song hands down.

[@pitufin67]

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[@Finjodb]

@@pitufin67 yes that performance is very nice

[@christianberthiaumeccb]

Steve Shelley deserves more acknowledgement for his exceptionnal drumming. He is so tight.

[@drifter8164]

Hard to believe Thurston was 48 in this

[@firesinheaven]

hair and clothes makes him look 19

[@quiquevazquez7166]

Harder to believe Lee is using a Les Paul

[@standinsilence]

@@quiquevazquez7166 Not just any Les Paul its an original Silverburst Custom. Must be late 70s or early to mid 80s. They look so damned cool.

[@mrkrinkle699]

Sonic Youth is like a fine wine Better with Age! This Album Rather Ripped was amazing. I can say the whole album was good every song!

[@fiendfilms]

one of my favorite sonic youth songs ever, Incredible song =)

[@megamattlolz]

Amen :) jazzmaster+sonic youth = Musical heaven!

[@ccraines]

i would die for them

[@Romany1111]

Lee, you owe me .50 from Oyster Bay H.S. lunch room. I would rather have the money than another free album. Thank you. Mitch.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

David Michael Letterman 12/04/1947 74 años (75)

[@cauthoncrazy]

Probably my favorite song from SY, so accessible and so unique.

[@Jeremyramone]

i was thinking the same thing, this performance is one of the best ive ever really seen. when thurston breaks down the solo, it s perfectly spectacular. great band, amazing live performance, take care.

[@checkersf]

I love this song!!!

[@piadox]

now that's a band that can still rock and put quality work after so many years around

[@vuhonero]

el momento mas intenso alrededor de la mitad del video, lo maximo !

[@3third3eye3]

Beautiful...

[@aidanday]

Wow - they're still SO GOOD!

[@asylumnitejohn9300]

Rather Ripped is in my opinion one of Sonic Youth's best albums right up there with Daydream Nation, Sister, Goo, and Dirty.

[@NorthWriter]

I agree. I was in high school in the early-mid 90s and never really got into them then ("Bull in the Heather" was the big hit). But now in my late 30s with more of an appreciation for nuance and stuff like that, I got into them, and this album was really the one that I keep going back to.

[@sissyfist]

probably the best song about sexual frustration ever.

[@bobbles30]

great tune! one of there best

[@lostandwounded]

just amazing music from an unique and nice band

[@nooneisusingthisname]

it's such a beautiful song

[@TelepathicSurgery]

yes! steve rocks, he's the unsung hero of SY... great performance, they remain amazing

[@orangerollsangelspit]

thurst is the prettiest man EVER

[@FablesJonny]

sweet vid man!!!!!!!

[@LOOZR182]

Sonic Youth has been on Letterman like 5 times

[@dannylorean8825]

Carl! If you're out there buddy, this one reminds me of Western Art Dept. Circa 2008. Stay up brotha! -Dirty D

[@kilimonian]

this is all I need tonight

[@agamedes]

brilliant!!

[@mpoulampaki]

my favourite...

[@ragnatoad]

This could go on for hours. I think I like you.

[@Mff21]

their name goes well with their image, it looks like none of them aged (especially thurston), and they don't act old on stage

[@steviep76]

Classic song

[@ShackNastyVideos]

Thurston = prototype of Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke. later test showed that most people would not believe a man could have so much to offer to music, so they decided to split him into two. therefore, the main vein of Radiohead

[@Tamadrums1985]

Que prolijidad!!!!! Exellente!!!

[@TkrakenT]

daaaaaamn i really want a jazzmaster guitar, that sweet tone.

[@aliek87]

Sonic Youth é mara!!!

[@michaelclyburn5858]

Super!

[@nsjxoj]

awsome

[@menswear2112]

Kim Gordon, Bill Wyman and Jack Bruce made me buy an Eb-3. No regrets.

[@lui505]

ahuevo pinche rola bien vergas!!!

[@lostandwounded]

god to see this

[@patblackwell1]

Sensational

[@rindulib2157]

els são únicos, grande banda.

[@moonburst9434]

JOHNNY RAMONE PLAYING A JAZZMASTER

[@martyisokay]

You got that right!

[@vortura2039]

Big tune

[@voodoohuru]

BRAVO

[@CariveProductions]

luv this FUKEN SONG!

[@lawrencejohn8541]

I see what you did there....nice :)

[@lucarocho]

You doused my soul with gasoline You flicked a match into my brain

[@pstrokeslibsarctic]

they're young forever.

[@SunshineMorrison2009]

GReeeeeeeeeeat love this song(L) SOniC Youth Go!

[@23lFrench]

yeah man, they should totally have a tour together!

[@Malverde888]

he does

[@pumpkinbrains101]

I've never seen Lee play such an expensive guitar

[@user-ro9lu7uo1j]

I'm going to tell my kids that this is Linus & Lucy.

[@darkshiningstar3]

damn thurston will never get old

[@Scott_Silver]

Letterman even somehow got “The Strokes” to play at Ball State in Muncie, Indiana

[@deftonespg]

@maydecember513 SONIC "YOUTH" will never get old!

[@liamgallagherrr]

Thurston Moore is 50 years old...he looks 25 here

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

THURSTON JOSEPH MOORE 25 DE JULIO DE 1958 64 AÑOS (65) STEVE JAY SHELLEY 23 DE JUNIO DE 1963 59 AÑOS (60)

[@GlennJimenez]

@darkshiningstar3 Thurston? LEE will never get old!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

LEE MARK RANALDO 03 DE FEBRERO DE 1956 66 AÑOS SIGNO ZODIACAL: ACUARIO.

[@chegroovera]

siiiiigh.. fortunately Sonic Youth's style will never change (-;

[@MrZachgonz]

The singer looks like he's gotten younger over the years.

[@martimnb]

But why they don't sing the middle part? You dosed my soul with gasoline You flicked a match into my brain Incinerate The firefighters are so nice I remember you so cold as ice Now flames are licking at yr feet Sirens come to put me out of misery

[@PartyLikeRobots]

probs short on time

[@PantheonLincoln]

@@PartyLikeRobots yeah, this is clearly a shortened version for tv. So they left stuff out.

[@watkinscopicat]

they usually shortened their songs slightly when playing “live” tv shows like this, Sunday was shortened also

[@linoleum665]

sonic youth has been together since 1980... i'm surprised you hadn't heard of them either haha.

[@PantheonLincoln]

It's a real old jazzmaster, from 1964, I believe. Not a reissue.

[@willybuitenwerf]

hey and the music, it's painting with sounds, i like painters and anarchists:-) always be yourself and create

[@NigerianSeafood]

damn i love that "solo" so much!

[@tr1ckydr1v3r]

ok. *heads back to watch video*

[@gombis666]

Sonic Youth - quintisential NYC

[@lunis6898]

This is better than the album version... which has always been my problem with Sonic Youth. Sometimes they just can't let a song be great, they have to make it more idiosyncratic to give it that "indie" feeling.

[@liamgallagherrr]

that was a rather ripping performance, souded super good

[@mradamcooley]

is there anything better than a jazzmaster?

[@matsheep1999]

@johnw840 you are right men

[@redsox1024]

just cos she's 56 doesnt mean she's bad tho i mean...i know the bassist from my bloody valentine and she's still awesome

[@madeku]

sucks how they cut the song short for tv.. ah well

[@lebastar]

this came before he got on board

[@angelloro]

I can't believe Thurston it's almost my mom's age. He looks so young..

[@ckhanson81]

beck style: hell yeah

[@J3ampyx]

Belleza del punk

[@EnterTheMold]

Sonic Youth = young @ heart

[@ibowonar141]

my mom didn't sign me up for this feels trip

[@ludlow555]

What guitar amps are the guys using? I love the sprawling music the band released in the mid-late 90s, but Rather Ripped is such a great Rock album.

[@desmondteague2441]

I'm pretty sure Thurston used a Princeton Reverb on Rather Ripped. Old Sonic Youth stuff was done on Marshall stacks for the most part.

[@cancerparty]

Thurston goes all Pete Townshend at 2.15!

[@paoloantoniocuervo3735]

plays like his fingers stuck in an electric socket. cool.

[@sayspain]

@simmad0wnn0w Yeah, and his gonna be starring in the next twilight movie...

[@johnr2630]

Love the j mascis jazzmaster

[@tr1ckydr1v3r]

Aah, Sonic YOuth. Glad this track is in GH5, should be fun for vocalists and bassists. Would've preferred Teen Age Riot, but hey, that's what i have RB2 for :).