Sonic Youth - Kool Thing (Hangin' with MTV 1992)

[@rojbalc77]

Don't think the drummer has been credited enough here yet. What an absolute monster.

[@adammbowman]

Check out Colm O'Coisage from My Bloody Valentine.

[@kassandrakid9440]

Steve Shelly was the first one i noticed. I dont think I'd use the word monster but hes very special. Love his early work wioth catpower too. Everyone in SY is so unique but Steve does stand out to me, especially on more subdued songs. I can see how someone would use "monster" on the more energetic songs. I also think SY's more subdued sound is so full of energy so its hard fo me to come up with the right descriptive word. But yeah, he deserves much focus and props.

[@jeremycharbonneau5102]

I was just thinking that. Steve Shelley was such a HUGE influence on so many drummers (myself included), but hardly gets credit for it.

[@thescreamngshitter]

what are you talking about ? the drummer ? your on crack and your taste sucks. have you ever heard of John Fishman, Bill Brufard, Terry bozzio , Tim Alexander ?

[@asparagii]

He is excellent. It took me a long time to realize that the drums were the main reason I liked this band.

[@lyleclarke619]

Fantastic camera work and directing too, drummer gets good screen time, the 90s did it all right.

[@chrisconklin873]

Steve Shelly is a beast

[@sexobscura]

It's an oxymoron to say that they certainly became more 'conventional' after he joined

[@beautifullights8484]

@@sexobscura They were already moving away from no wave by the time Steve joined, the move towards an alternative sound was just a result of the band's evolving sound.

[@sexobscura]

@@beautifullights8484 Even though they 'emerged' from that milieu, I wouldn't never be so bold as to class early Sonic Youth as 'No Wave' in the purist sense. Sure, they were 'noisy' and 'unconventional' but they forged their own musical path. I just meant to highlight that Shelley helped define a more 'conventional' type of songcraft to their playing ('Sister' being a prime example)

[@charliegrs]

Hes definitely the most underrated member of the band

[@kassandrakid9440]

@@sexobscura Yeah, I dont know about thast. Steve Shelly was definitly there during some very chaotic/beautiful performances. I never saw a conventional SY performance live, myself. Started seeing live in late 90s-early 2000s and i did miss these performances. The shows i saw were pomoting albums that really disappoeared through the cracks but wee so great. They were like the polar opposite of goo or the incredibly popular 100%. I like those two songs but they're not so experimental. I associate Steve Shelly with quite expermental music. But i definitely would use monster or beast to describe really any SY member but probably especially not Steve Shelly. Graceful, weird, energetic and powerful, but not beast lol. Also, itd be weird i think if he were a particulaly beastly drummer. Wouldnt work. No monsterous/beastly drums on the SY SY album. That was Richard Edson. Starkly different drumming and overall compositions. But beastly??? I dont get thst personally. Do you not enjoy what youre calling thier more conventional Steve Shewlly involved work? Do you think its better or worse...or just different. Not tryin to actually argue about a deciptor but i am curious. Have a nice one.

[@ddw1272]

I love that Steve Shelley always looks like they roped their uncle in to playing drums in the band and monday he has to go back to his job at the bank

[@mohnstad]

He was the original drummer in the Crucifucks.

[@jefhenderson6572]

100% agree hahhahaaha

[@Tsip89]

Like Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick.

[@shorp_5572]

even tho hes younger than kim and thurston 😭

[@suburbanindie]

He's the bank teller who wears the tie with the piano keys on it.

[@RealAsaMitaka]

2:45 props to the cameraman for that sick ass shot

[@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302]

Fun fact: Steve Shelley won a radio contest to play drums, and Sonic Youth was blown away by his drum skills so much they kicked out their original drummer with a severance of chicken wings from Jimmy's Chicken Shack.

[@politicaltroll8920]

Previous drummer was the sleazy car attendant in “Ferris Bueler’s Day Off”

[@subter20001]

not

[@Xcalator35]

Not an accurate story...but funny nontheless

[@SilasTomorrow]

@@politicaltroll8920 Whoa!!! TIL

[@sonicdiablo8968]

@@politicaltroll8920 Richard Edson

[@MrHarvey1968]

I didnt think my admiration for Kim Gordon could grow much higher, then I read her book. Incredible woman. I'm a huge SY fan and have been since hearing Expressway to yr Skull on John Peel many years ago, but sometimes now I wonder if she could have done even better.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Hope these uploads continue. Powerful song and performance.

[@pazuzu3933]

LoL not really.

[@paulbernard2397]

Saw them a couple of times around this era. What an amazing band, what energy.

[@radwizard]

Was a very special time in those days! This awesome Rock, underground Raves, and Hiphop..... :) 🐄🛸

[@richevans609]

Everything!!!

[@edzejandehaan9265]

Good times, when the M in MTV still meant something (haven't watched the channel in ages).

[@wellesradio]

“Haven’t watched the channel in ages” Yeah, that’s why they changed it. Ratings started slipping. Despite what KZbin comments will have you believed, more people started watching when they switched over to reality TV. So why would they go back to playing music videos that you can watch on KZbin for free?

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Now it just means masonic

[@mrkanangra]

92 I was in the Australian Army - these bands were the thing that guided my life from 92-2000 and onwards....phuck yeah!!!!!

[@erikpeters1772]

ja 9

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Sonic Youth always deserved more devotion than I've ever had to give.

[@travisk4215]

Sounds about right

[@swaggermcjagger4266]

what

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@swaggermcjagger4266 who

[@steven1822]

bleed on me is all i ask of you.................................. shit on my head..........................

[@swaggermcjagger4266]

@@Psychol-Snooper ok

[@andreasantamaria67]

Great song, great album, great SY ❤️

[@leaedt7614]

When they released their album Goo, they were accused in the French rock magazines of having gone commercial. I remember very well the review in Rock & Folk: they're old, they're tired and they've sold their soul to a major company. According to the magazine, half of the album was to be thrown away. I wish I could find it back now.

[@cesaralbanoespinozapacheco8882]

I love you sonic youth❤ great band

[@thescreamngshitter]

do you drool most of the time ?

[@guyamado9855]

Kim Gordon = the REAL kool thing. always.

[@smartaleci]

The Koolest. 🙏

[@JET7C0]

She's also _39 here_ and two years older than my mom, who to her credit is definitely a Sonic Youth fan. One time, I remember I was playing "The Burning Spear" off their debut/first, self-titled album, and she was like "What's this? It's awesome!" lol

[@Superstacco]

The way she sings while totally the groove tight on the bass is just dazzling.

[@DukeKeatsMusic]

One of the best performances from anyone I've ever seen

[@faz0482]

You’ve seen quite a little then.

[@DukeKeatsMusic]

@@faz0482 there's always one

[@ichbins8588]

...puh...

[@niczim123]

@@ichbins8588 pshh...

[@jaimeflor4181]

Definitely 1 of my favorite bands to see live!

[@catha.j.stuart2200]

What a great band

[@icbm777]

I love how Kim last minute goes to mic for the verse.. she was totally feeling the music and snapped back to catch that verse lol

[@Fatherjohn76]

Man Steve Shelley was a fucking beast behind the kit

[@davidcross4384]

Missed this 30 years ago... finally I got to see... YAY!!!!!!!!!!

[@rexchiquine6049]

He is slappin those skins on drums,,,

[@fs9842]

This was a pure jam session. I miss this music. Wish i was there

[@airfixx_8952]

This isn't a jam....... Kool Thing is a well known SY song; very much in tune with the album version.

[@SharonDee333]

Just got goosebumps all over my body. Mmmmmeeeeeeow!!!! I love that feeling!!!!

[@dylanconnelly2188]

Meow man peace and love ✌️

[@elVeat84]

SonicYouthRules!!!!

[@christostheocharopoulos5064]

The best performance I've ever seen.

[@peterisraelfrideswidearthu1071]

What a remarkable video clip..... I guess everyone who attended the recording will never forget it.... Sonic Youth at their best!!!!!!!!! 😄😄😄

[@averyadrian1534]

The early 90’s gave us the best music ever… gen Xers - greatest generation ever

[@Drjackdempsey9644]

Got that right. 1974 in the house

[@jgcobb79]

Sonic Youth is a bunch of Boomers…

[@jasongairn]

At the end they knew they had smashed it. Look at Kim and Thurston ;like kids rolling around. Beautiful. Every member of the band running at 110% especially ...all of them. Ive only seen them live 3 times here in the uk but every time they have produced. What a band! Steve Shelly, just saying. fuck man that's awesome.

[@TheAndreseao]

Está canción me gusta desde la primera vez q la escuché 🤘🏼🇧🇴💯

[@Idk4ev]

Another amazing band that made the early 90’s such a special time for rock music. 1-2 with late 60’s. Or early 70s if you want.

[@maaags_]

And caught them live at House of blues in San Diego. It was awesome. 20 years later They shredded more than they shredded in this video.

[@horuslupercal9936]

My favorite song of 1992.

[@mauriciohermoza-suarez5166]

I was born in 1995 and I really wish I was around for this in the 90s.

[@Hollowsmith]

Steve Shelley got his gig by winning some contest at a radio station where a lucky fan gets to "play with the band for a song on drums!", but then to the band's utter shock, the contest winner was an absolute animal on drums so they fired the way cooler looking drummer and kept Steve.

[@wellesradio]

😂 wouldn’t it be funny if people actually believed you? But seriously that’s bullshit.

[@ioncewasmikey]

@@wellesradio lol like Sonic Youth would have been on the radio & involved in a contest like that back then

[@wellesradio]

@@ioncewasmikey They might have been. You never know. But the point is that is not how Steve knew them.

[@ioncewasmikey]

@@wellesradio But if you know Steve didn't get the position by being part of a radio contest, along with their history & reputation, it's a pretty safe bet Sonic Youth didn't get invited to play a radio station contest in their pre-Shelley years in particular. That'd have been prior to any mainstream level success they achieved. Point being it's obvious the whole story is bullshit just as you pointed out.

[@alexhogan1314]

Steve Shelley was the drummer for Crucifucks before this so no the story isn’t true.

[@Randy950]

Saw them open for Neil Young and Crazy Horse in 1990 with Sonic Distortion opening for them, what a fucking bill! Loudest show I have ever been to by a mile. Tremendous.

[@christophermcentee107]

One of the top triple bills of my life. Fun fact-That was the apex of Neil's renaissance, he'd been fully crowned Godfather of Grunge...and he walked away from that tour fully inspired by Sonic Youth to the point he changed his style to imitate their layered walls of fuzz and sound. That's right, he made freaking Crazy Horse rawer, rougher, and louder in response. Listen to the Weld disc of his Arc/Weld release he did from that epic ass tour for proof. You know you're a hellagood band when legends in their prime follow you instead of vice versa 🙂

[@eccentroworld3401]

That was frickin' awesome!!!

[@juanfcardona6600]

Kim eres una diosa!!!! 🥰😘

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

5:00

[@romattigk]

wow, a long time ago, I can still remember it, but still really great music, thanks for the upload, a piece of important music history

[@bluegregory6239]

How great music once was!

[@Mintcar923]

Big difference from the majority of what we see now huh👍 Sometimes I need to be reminded

[@frankmorton514]

Steve Shelly is so under appreciated.

[@dainfuentes8168]

I've always loved his playing. Daydream Nation was the first album of theirs that I owned, and it was immediately apparent how much he added to the music.

[@warnerbasement1628]

I've been drumming along to Steve Shelly a lot in recent months and this song is a beast to play. Very fun but you have to play absolutely relaxed or you vapor lock. Fantastic underappreciated drummer along with MacMcneilly of The Jesus Lizard who was another phenomenal drummer.

[@SilasTomorrow]

Insane that she was almost 40 in this performance. Kim is incredibly timeless. (eh, Kim, may i get a vial of that preservative plasma, pretty please?)

[@spacecadet622]

And incredibly beautiful at the same time 🤔

[@kristerlund8845]

Sonic Youth were underground in the 80's, when the 90's came they were suddenly on MTV.

[@planomathandscience]

Well, to be fair, MTV spotlighted a lot of underground music, starting on 120 minutes, then into mainstream if they were a hit. But you'll notice it's only the College Radio friendly SY songs, not the thrash nonsense.

[@kristerlund8845]

@@planomathandscience Yeah, but it was not only Sonic Youth, it was also The Cramps, Butthole Surfers, Nick Cave and others. Suddenly they were all hip, probably thanks to grunge.

[@orangerollsangelspit]

4:48 i’m so sad I want them back ☹️

[@aristurtle292]

perfect performance

[@13traaa]

Koolest band ever

[@MisterEnd1]

Saw them at First Avenue - October 22, 1990

[@stephaniemccord8677]

Steve is the MAN! I wonder how much difference the coated tom heads make.

[@warnerbasement1628]

More warm tones with less projection with a slightly less "bouncy" more controllable rebound than a single typical single ply clear head. Also the feel between the snare head and the tom batter heads will feel consistent and at the speed he's playing with the need to so paradiddle rolls etc. to mimic single stroke rolls across the kit that same "feel" is essential.

[@Peter-Burbank]

That was tight!

[@guillermoortega4119]

AWESOME

[@raaka2027]

Sonic Youth...Too powerful for TV!

[@abelmontalvo4052]

They call it streaming now

[@pabloyt39daniel64]

I was at the penultimate Sonic Youth show in Argentina.

[@ak2009100]

Those were days

[@simonspiers5342]

Released in 1990. I’m here 22/11/2024 and 59 years old now.

[@tomgebarowski8156]

Very punk rock sound here. Talented influential band who inspired lots of grungers & alternative bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, etc.

[@music-radar]

#MTVAlternativeNation 🎸🎹 aired 07.08.2024 📡 @MTVGermany sent me here 2:44 🥁

[@J3ampyx]

De las mejores bandss de la fucking historia

[@audieconrad8995]

It has aged well. Classic. Epic.

[@celebrityeditsproudofliam4382]

This is my first time listening to them, I started to listen to them cause my crush is a huge fan! And now I think I am kind of a fan…

[@jamesisabeastieboysfan]

Kool

[@rivers9957]

Nice

[@Xcalator35]

Nice crush! Don't let him/her go away!

[@celebrityeditsproudofliam4382]

@@Xcalator35 he started to date someone else 😭

[@WrestleGit]

Literally how I got into them, too. Good/bad times, lol.

[@displaymsg]

I think this is the best thing I've ever seen ever!

[@josejones7025]

When I drove to LA to see Sonic Youth Nirvana was the warmup band

[@SockiSkateboards]

2 amazing

[@markmanley8673]

People are pussified today .thats why this type of stuff is rare .

[@marcosribeiro2024]

Sensacional!!!

[@mojostyles1]

Hi. #MTV and #thesonicyouth #Live performances are the best & this band is too. #KoolThing off of #Goo this performance 1992. #WorldMagicMusicMaker #Makers #Independent #MusicLoversBlockchain Shout out to one of the best! #Drummers #StevenJayShelley he's freaking amazing. All connected, much respect. Preserve all music cultures, ways, of coping, doing, expressing, learning, living and all walks of life. #X community, family and friends. #Xbox #PlayStation #RockstarGames #RDR2 #SEGA_OFFICIAL #Fallout 76. #BethesdaStudios #RareLtd #SeaOfThieves #secnav76 #SecretService Thank you. #LaughterIsBest #MusicIsParallel and #KindnessIsMagical to me. #Vevo

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Lee M. Ranaldo (Glen Cove, Long Island, Nueva York; 3 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.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@ΒασιλικήΚαριπιαδου]

Sonic youth✌✌yeahh

[@georgemantzik3941]

Ωραίες εποχές!!!

[@razalisalleh1971]

when i was young... Terengganu Malaysia.

[@bleakcandour]

Shelly reminds me of Rick Colaluca from Watchtower. Great stuff!

[@luziddr33m]

Hell yeah!!!!! ❤️‍🔥🎼❤️‍🔥

[@richardshort311]

Love 💕 me some Sonic.

[@fernandomekhael1406]

Nunca vou perdoá-los por não terem tocado essa no SWU em 2011 😢

[@trroland1248]

Brilliant!!!❤

[@marceloalberto988]

Que buenos tiempos...

[@MJ-un3xt]

The early 90s were magic

[@richevans609]

I love that Bass! ❤

[@braianromero7578]

The best

[@2koP7]

I LOVE YOU SONIC YOUTH ESPECIALLY THE COOLEST WOMAN ON THE PLANET KIM MF GORDON

[@debaser7514]

When we are stars, I know that we will change everything.

[@greyklopstock7155]

Those thunderbird bass guitars are absolute boat anchors and neck dive like crazy. Low-key major domme move for Kim to pick those basses rather than a fender or something that balances better. It's the bass equivalent of choosing to hoop in chuck Taylor's when you can get Jordans

[@darylcumming7119]

Thank you.

[@franklinloll2229]

Their best album

[@jasonblackwell5456]

I notice at the end there is a guy wearing blue jean shorts with a button up shirt tucked into his shorts and a belt. He's giving a standing ovation.

[@1967lovechild]

Thurston is so 😍👏🏼💐

[@nna1u39]

As a black male that was born before my time, this is incredibly Kool

[@nna1u39]

1:33 intermission is Kool, but many people are sleeping on the drummer; he’s going insane

[@spacecadet622]

Drummer so awesome@@nna1u39

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

This got Old Fast.... I am Glad this Music had its Moment but It is nice to Move on too

[@norbertovelazquez7441]

Espectaculaaaaaar

[@kelseymariel2127]

My then boyfriend, now husband, used to blast this on loop at our neighbors whose thin wall between us always showcased their 6 year old nutty kid running up and down the stairs at 6am every morning. The kid got a nice Sonic Youth education.

[@mikevamp]

my dream of a band

[@Mslogic77]

More of this

[@darinbauer8122]

Mom was like, omg, that looks like sooo much fun! [My mom.]

[@c2938a]

i can see why dave thought the beggining of everlong sounded like sonic youth.

[@atrainofthought99]

Yeah he said the riff of Everlong sounded like their song schizophrenia

[@timothyryan8753]

Kim Gordon was 39 in this video

[@senLuno]

insane bro

[@gc4408]

What happened to the female rockers ? As a teen from the 90’s it’s sad , where did music go?

[@joniarmel7308]

It slipped away to hip hop .

[@BlackDogDenton]

There’s a few great female rockers out there, take for instance Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice, the women in Haim (bit poppier but they won my over with the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s 'Oh Well', and there’s definitely more.

[@DustyKneezz]

They're all in Japan

[@BrianShumaker-l7f]

Courtney Barnett is good

[@emkayg612]

Japan is the answer. BAND MAID is the best.

[@GenghisVern]

I remember watching this, back when MTV....

[@morbidmanmusic]

Korg guitar tuner 29$ Sonic Youth.. Priceless.

[@JeffTheNebraskaDJ]

80'S MUSIC RULES!! BUT THE EARLY 90"S WEREN"T BAD!! the dj

[@nondidju5436]

MAGNIFIQUE..!!!!