Sonic Youth - Karen Revisited

[@JayGibson72]

Heard your name the other day It's been a long, long time Ancient history, some would say Another state of mind You smell of memory Felt-tipped electric child She takes a plastic pill She played the weatherman She screams "Religion kills More than it saves you, man" She painted filigrees She was the acid queen She claims society Is just a fever dream Now you live in the trees and salty seas Tripping out in the blue skies You shut the door on everything Too busy getting high And me, just another dream theory Lost inside your eyes She's not in your history books Lost her mind and kept her looks Down beneath the radar screen She's lit up like gasoline Been through a million kicks Looking for the one that sticks Never would've known it then I might not see her again Top hat and tails for thrills Red lips and famous hands Sidelong and glancing still In Tiny Dancer land We kissed Time slipped Hard-edged Tight-lipped See you Some time Ask. me. if. I. care! Karen Miscommunication Karen. Karen...

[@MariiMaggessi]

their poetry always in point

[@danlewis-leaver8247]

In my top 5 fave Youth songs

[@marian7514]

Top 3 for me

[@GB-dv4it]

Nothing more beautiful than this song

[@saftovooey4569]

Lee Ranaldo songs are always the best.

[@jordanspittydom1185]

I agreed

[@connorhough1393]

He’s my favorite lyricist besides Elliot smith

[@davislyth9111]

@@connorhough1393 Same bruh

[@gevvy6]

Lee

[@kantaria1]

this song makes me personality disorder. so many noise and movement in the track, ya, this is personality disorder in musical language. five stars song

[@OneWhoLivesThere]

Thanks for trimming the sonic fat. All that fuzz after the edit mark takes away from what a great song this is. I love the sound of the guitar.

[@mikeymara411]

sonic fat lol, its a thing

[@GrowingCubster]

You have no respect

[@corncake4677]

It ain’t sonic youth without the droney endings tho

[@rebelgal1197]

I really love this song!!!

[@dannyc5509]

So fucking good.

[@nicolassiraut4318]

Weirdly sounds like (good) R.E.M :)

[@timnicktion9744]

oh i've met a few

[@jellyacc]

and look at you now!

[@dimsum9994]

Lost her mind but kept her looks

[@heartbrokenstardust]

shes not in your history books.

[@elyybarajas]

i relate to this song so much. it's crazy.

[@fruitypeebils]

i seriously wonder how they came up with the idea for this album cover, and also how they ended up executing it

[@thebreakfastcowboy]

It's a picture of Kim and Thurston's kids picking strawberries under the mesh netting some people use to protect the fruit from birds. I bet they had the photo, thought it was cool, and then the "Sympathy for the Strawberry" song sealed the deal. I dunno.

[@fruitypeebils]

@@thebreakfastcowboy damn i didnt expect to get an actual answer lol. thank you!

[@parismonique5197]

Genius

[@Sonic182a]

My best favorite song in Guatemala ❤️🥰

[@mtr801]

Where's the rest?

[@moquit0]

:(

[@jellyacc]

damn who hurt you, lee?? oh right, karen lmao. seems like its about someone he was sprung on, who didnt live up to his fantasies because she was just living her own life, not worrying about enriching his

[@brockginther7149]

@@tenebraedawn Actually, the Karen being revisited here is the one from "Karen Koltrane". Two Karens in the Sonic Youthiverse!