Sonic Youth Interview 1989

[@moonrock5324]

“Maybe in 20 years time we’ll be really... mature.” the fact they were still together in 20 years is really impressive

[@FaxanaduJohn]

Shame they didn’t make it to 30.

[@m.s2912]

It's so refreshing how Kim and Thurston (especially Kim) were the epitome of rock & youth in their late 20's/early to late 30's (and beyond that, sorta). Kim reminds me of Patti Smith in that way, too. Kind of great to look at them after hearing so many dumb kids saying they feel old after turning like, 20. PLEASE DON'T.

[@kuerst]

They're both the height of pretension and so are you. Get over yourself. Your shitty drawings aren't "original" or "interesting", they're just bad.

[@m.s2912]

@@kuerst U okay bro?

[@kuerst]

@@m.s2912 Yip. Thanks for asking.... hahaha... bro.

[@kinsey333]

im 15 ill keep that in mind

[@josedealva4205]

what? gee

[@user-co4xl7wx3q]

I love their honesty and humble self reflection - There's no pretense or any bullsh¡t - they're really grounded in reality, just human and living what must have been undoubtedly a really unique experience for them - for anyone - but being a bunch of young acid heads and producing something so fkg wild like _Daydream Nation_ - which was then, and still remains such an unexplainable and iconic record - I don't think they even knew what they were channeling in that record - it is so strangely nostalgic, and also _futuristic, but also a Zeitgeist. .. Like they said, so many elements and directions... There is something so captivating about it. The 80's were such a weird and uncertain time and that particular record encapsuled the era, the memories of the past, and the uncertainty of the future. I guess that's why it's been enshrined and catalogued in the US Library of Congress. It's cool to see this snapshot in time during that period.

[@bille77]

They somehow manage to excel at walking the tightrope between pretentiousness GALORE and authenticity.

[@biocykle]

@@bille77 There's no "tightrope". There's nothing pretentious about them.

[@imnotveryfondofit2379]

kim is doing her best silent movie impersonation...while also making sure that thurston is the dominant one in the shot

[@adderon]

He's a foot taller than Kim

[@marekchoma5067]

Living legends,Bonnie&Clyde of guitar scène!!!!They make rock music great again!!!!Mucias Gracias

[@genericusername337]

He doesn't let Kim talk, seems from her face that he's always like that..lol

[@marcopervo]

Sonic Youth had a thing about being a collective unit back then, and whoever was talking spoke for the whole band.

[@genericusername337]

Marc B. She tries to open her mouth lol

[@diogopinto9462]

How do u know she wants to talk ?

[@sfdgvsdify]

@@pashadyne bahahaha love you!

[@davegann4178]

I noticed that.

[@TByronK]

SY is a truly amazing band I first heard on WUVT back in the early 90’s, I am still listening today. 🌠

[@samreilly4360]

He doesn't not let her talk. If that were the case he would interrupt her as soon as she started speaking.

[@julienvaillantcourt2036]

poor kim :( she looked like shes was held hostage

[@SagradaMascarita]

Kim Gordon was 36 here, jesus christ...

[@zakur0hako]

Daniel Saldívar gives us late 20s losers who didn't make into music some kind of a hope

[@archibaldikowski3646]

like what? :)

[@JP-fs2qx]

Daniel Saldívar Looks a little like Patti Smith........

[@moozycla6]

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[@jala1081]

Is that true?

[@rcsjr80]

let kim talk damn lol

[@thomasprice1760]

Read her book. Girl in a band.

[@sexobscura]

kim was mute

[@diogopinto9462]

She's all fuked up, here.

[@piotrmaczkowski5934]

She has nothing to say apparently. It's kind of fun and kind of horrible in the same time.

[@samnicole9803]

@@thomasprice1760 what does she say in her book about why she doesn’t Talk?

[@calamitybabs162]

I'd put Kim Gordon up there with Patti Smith & Siouxsie!

[@metalheadgamer80]

She can even resemble Patti Smith sometimes.

[@Jamie-js3qw]

or the other way round, methinks

[@thomasprice1760]

I put kim ahead of both of them ..she played A instrument, wrote songs and sang.....

[@embrosia6219]

yep !!

[@LuisFernandoSaavedra]

Larga vida a Sonic Youth

[@PhxIan-rm2oe]

I’ve always had a crush on Thurston

[@metal.meltdown04]

Same

[@sulfurcorpse4335]

@@metal.meltdown04 I've always had a crush on Kim.

[@metal.meltdown04]

@@sulfurcorpse4335 Understandable

[@deathakid]

you're pretty thirsty

[@sarahak8322]

i have a crush on thurston and kim

[@tonysalas99]

anyone notice the dinosaur jr sticker on kims bass?😜

[@cherrykoolaiddisasters]

i swear no one notices it!

[@distantyahoo]

love seeing all the projection in the comments.

[@stephopalopal]

Much Respect🦋New Orleans Louisiana StephopalOpal aka Big Mama🍃

[@alexbone98]

Man, had they hit their mainstream success...Daydream Nation forward in 2000 they would have been the biggest band in the world. Considering White Stripes, Strokes, etc were killing it and have maybe 50-60% of the talent

[@SP-se3zf]

Damn that's true

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Nah Daydream Nation is at the right place at the right time

[@erickh6587]

They were getting weak bro

[@Soundofsilver2007]

They were always going to be too punk for the billboard charts..

[@xl8751]

Those bands have a much wider pop accessibility than sonic youth. But they’d be Pitchfork darlings for sure

[@eriesaldali2763]

Thurston looks like Nicole Kidman from the nose up... he can totally be Nicole’s son but that’s not possible. But if it were, it would make sense. Like a lot of sense. Maybe they are sibs. That makes sense too.

[@caleb9352]

song at 3:30?

[@Esplaneide2104]

Silver Rocket

[@andycorkhill210]

first time I saw them they were average at best in Glasgow. but 3 subsequent gigs they were wonderful and simply a great band.

[@matteo7059]

D. Boon spotted at 5:38

[@JacksonGeary]

Woah she had brown hair?

[@sratus]

woooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[@jessicahblanchard9879]

Yep. She also had red hair early 80s.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Primer decanato de LEO: 23 de julio al 1 de agosto. El rol de líder es nato y puedes inspirar a las personas a cómo manejar un grupo. En caso de estar feliz, triste o enojado, todas las personas que están a tu alrededor deben saberlo. Por otro lado, hacen lo que sienten y son muy obstinadas.

[@tenonakin9237]

Is it Kim or Mick?

[@queenanneslace5085]

TeNoN aKoN Kim

[@tenonakin9237]

@. Exactly ;-D

[@shinobistar2550]

Sonic Youth is my spirit animal

[@martinradcliffe4798]

I have tried so hard to really like Sonic Youth, but I never quite pulled it off.

[@vvessel_]

Then maybe it simply isn't for you :) No shame

[@in3rcia218]

the same thing happens to me, i can understand brainiac, captain beefheart, spacemen 3 but not them, shit.

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Yep. Killdozer, Big Black, Mission Of Burma, countless other bands- but SY just ain't happening.

[@dangeroftime]

sonic youths more straightforward songs like schizophrenia and incinerate kinda remind me of Mission of burma. id try EVOL or Sister.

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Thanks, I may well give those a go. Come close to buying them on many occasions!

[@mikesilva5085]

At their peak here . I bought their later records and they’re ok but SY in the 80s was so revolutionary

[@zinedinezidane5218]

man, life is nothing but a yeeha

[@flamesfearfuture]

nice scarf, kim.

[@johnringoo756]

Daydream Nation is a classic

[@JeffreySykes]

Their drummer needs more props. A songwriter can't achieve all Thurston did w/o the rhythm section being in tune with what he's doing.

[@ComeJesusChrist]

That’s quite a prominent Adam’s Apple…

[@myzavellvm]

1989 , I was 9 years old

[@protocoldroid7388]

Thurston's mop is perfect

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

Thurston Moore 25/07/58 63 años (64)

[@samsquanch1996]

Thurston Weasley

[@noisemango]

kim looks like bilinda butcher

[@jasonpeng33]

Fugazi rulez

[@adderon]

They really do

[@NikoFrederiko.]

I have a crush on Chaka Kahn.

[@nahuilegorreta6572]

Best work is with Lydia Lunch

[@lindseydavis-jordan4113]

Really happening records and teenage leather.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

THURSTON JOSEPH MOORE 25 DE JULIO DE 1958 64 AÑOS KIM ALTHEA GORDON 28 DE ABRIL DE 1953 68 AÑOS

[@bob8776]

Kim made me realize how sexy women can be even if they aren’t “traditionally sexy”

[@shaunskura6275]

Kim literally doesn't get a peep in til 3:45 in....

[@scratch5191]

Woah I'm being informed this is a good metal band.

[@NicoNico-79797]

Kim is a nature masterpiece… every time she does… like anything… literally I’m ok with cloning people

[@SmokeNUFC]

They looks so depressed

[@MariSundell]

Kim always looked uncomfortable to me in interviews, never seemed to speak much but when she did it was good but I think Thurston wss a good front man for interviews, and I always loved it when he snuck his humor in because it was always a quiet slow humor but it was always good

[@earinsound]

They’re ironic New Yorkers

[@TheSason666]

Sennheiser vocal mic on stage !!!

[@AAPPPAALLOOOSSAA]

[@AAPPPAALLOOOSSAA]

and Kim

[@detroitshook]

Kim Gordon is the most beautiful woman ever to me

[@rodocornejo]

Thought she was bilinda butcher at first

[@monariver66]

Tu m’énerve KZbin avec ta connexion ! J’ai acheté le dernier IPhone 12 Pro Max et je paie pour KZbin Premium et je ne retrouve plus mes playlists???? (1.350€ for nothing ??? Shit!)

[@leonherperger4055]

were they or weren't they addicts? I mean, it might reveal a lot about their aging. Kim in particular.

[@yb32]

I read kim's book and it doesn't say anything about them being addicts. I guess they did try some stuff but not the ''heavy'' ones :)

[@taiarapeter9417]

In the book Kim says they weren't. I think maybe some pot they would smoke, maybe drink some beer, but nothing heavy for sure. I've never seen they even smoking cigarettes.

[@mrbruce4055]

They're smoking cigs in a 1983 interview thats on youtube

[@gonzostarpit2218]

Marie Antione it's called aging bud. She's 65 years old. Moronic statement

[@jasonjackson3114]

They used the hards occasionally. I don't think they became addicts. BTW Kim looks fantastic for a 65yo

[@freakazoid000]

the next up and coming being nirvana 😏😏😏

[@meg31585]

Nirvana and Sonic Youth are way different lol

[@meg31585]

@Blam Blarson I know they were friends. Their sound is still different imo

[@meg31585]

@Blam Blarson I love your profile pic!

[@holiphuc7420]

Kim wants to kill Thurston

[@effdonahue6595]

She’s thirsty for Thurston on a Thursday afternoon 🤪

[@orangerollsangelspit]

Nah. She was madly in love with him

[@johnringoo756]

Cool

[@TheSason666]

Iggie Pop !!!

[@monstergod888]

Very temporary,he said that because there was not internet yet,now music is temporary,to say the least,to say the true,music today is rubbish!

[@IanSpitia]

Music today doesn`t sucks , what really sucks are the media that only allow you to see music they want you to

[@luismedinarios9658]

Saying todays media sucks means you have no ability to find your own music or you're so stuck in the past you cant see past nostalgia goggles. Sonic youth was never as popular as the 80s synth bands and the pop/hip hop music back then. I can point to almost any genre and show you amazing artists who rival if not exceed what previous artists have done

[@moralcompass3252]

@@luismedinarios9658 give me some modern bands that are good, because i can't find any.

[@itsgonnbeok7249]

What kind of music do you like?

[@moralcompass3252]

@@itsgonnbeok7249 sonic youth

[@Wrestoktwella]

Sonic death... Blood on Brighton beach

[@atticusdavis8475]

Sonic youth is alright, find Thurston and Gordon meant for each other in how pretentious and annoying they are lol

[@-.CELESTE.-]

Thurston seems pretentious..Kim does not

[@SlowDIIV]

I don't know, Kim doesn't seem pretentious to me, Sometimes I think that the term "pretentious" is used (or abused) to criticize people who do not align with our ideas or tastes.

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

In what ways are they pretentious?

[@TheSason666]

Peavey amp !!!

[@cateliper3588]

In retrospect, Thurston carries his male privilege so offhandedly. It would've been an interview worth watching if Kim actually talked.

[@orangerollsangelspit]

Nah he’s just an exhibitionist, he loves the attention, I don’t think he’s doing that bc she’s a woman.

[@scratch5191]

God the grand pa with black hair is just a little too old for the whole world to have been able to see it all over the country in 69 strong languages.

[@mitchellhughes5180]

This is why we have Britney Spears. Boring, unkempt, disinterested grunge rockers like Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth. If you're MTV, why continue humoring obtuse indie rockers when there are pretty, perky teen stars desperate for attention by the thousands who will literally do anything you tell them to do (where to sit, where to stand, when to talk) at your command. In retrospect, I don't blame them.

[@Demention94]

But they made good sounds. Sorry you don't like their personalities

[@moralcompass3252]

Mitchell Hughes this is one of the dumbest things i've read. record companies always pushed teeny bopper singers. their music is boring, not the sonic youths of the world. i wouldn't call them grunge. when people make art, they generally want to do it their way. mtv promotes garbage, but also had shows for alternative music.

[@davidg6803]

Yes because the 13 year old girls of the 90s they were all going to rush to the mall to buy the latest indie noise rock discs if they hadn't come up with Britney Spears and boybands.

[@-.CELESTE.-]

Boring?...nah...you're just a little base that's all....and we have Britney because after nirvana ended...the world put the brakes on angry angsty youth music

[@benadams1661]

Man that first clip sounded so much like the Chills

[@Aspartamebraintumor]

that dude is like 243 cm tall