Sonic Youth - Little Trouble Girl

[@jeravincer]

Found an old diary from the 1990s yesterday and I sound like a stranger, reading my own words from 25 years ago. Found the entry where I say I've just bought this CD! Like a golden thread from now to my former self ... head spin and beautiful memories.

[@MarilynRB]

Funny. I had a similar experience recently. I still have the Washing Machine shirt!

[@jason-xp9wf]

So cute I bought that album recently

[@jeravincer]

@@jason-xp9wf cute isn’t a word that comes to mind but ok

[@TerryODowd]

Your name makes me want to make a lame joke related to 90's music, but my hatred of puns is preventing me from doing so. Anyway, it's a great song from a great album.

[@MyCatInABox]

​@@MarilynRBme too 👍

[@JSHRXaos_Realm]

Kids will never know what it was like to come across music like this accidentally on TV back then. No way to search for it and save it: it was destiny.

[@tweetiethebird]

Triple j Australia similulcast on radio. This blew my mind as a 20 yr old

[@imthegrk]

@@tweetiethebirdthis was part of the soundtrack of my early 20’s. Sonic Youth’s shows were so good back then.

[@waysasunder2434]

RAAAAAGGGE!

[@71calex]

Yeah we had a show called No Disco here in Ireland that played indie/alt stuff at 11pm on a Thursday night and that is where I saw this and many other gems played back in the day.

[@vickywilliams3648]

❤

[@creekandseminole]

Man I remember watching this on MTV super late on school nights and just melting into my futon bed dazed and barely awake. Those sorts of things when it came to music always left me with traces of stuff that I never forgot.

[@genx8889]

Mee too. Miss the nineties.

[@eramosat]

life is funny how it parcels out those little packages.

[@bishonen2pm]

💎

[@oscaralvarez2571]

120 minutes.. best program on the dead mtv channel

[@devon_darko]

The little girl walking around looking and feeling like an alien is so haunting paired with these lyrics. A troubled girl who never felt she belonged and couldn't find her balance in the world. Blown away by every aspect of this piece of art.

[@powrxplor69]

Perfect harmonizing by the Kims here... such a perfect spacey dreamy track

[@RobertScythe]

Well, the only real harmonizing is in the "chorus" which is Kim Deal double tracked. I love Kim Gordon's voice but she cannot really sing that way.

[@powrxplor69]

@@RobertScythe true that Kim Gordon can't vocally hold a candle to Kim deal but her sort of of spoken singing is perfect for this track. Pure genius

[@Luvclown]

@@RobertScythe just spoke to Steve Shelley..he sez the “chorus” also includes Lorette Velvette and Melissa Dunn, a couple of Memphians who were hangin’ out during the recording of the album. Share the love!

[@smartaleci]

@@LuvclownThanks for sharing all the names! They were amazing! 🥰

[@smartaleci]

Lorette Velvette is an incredible name!

[@peterpeterson7665]

First time i got stoned, must of been around '96'. I was 14 then. One bucket bong of sydneys finest lime green hydro and I was annihilated...plastererd to the couch unable to do anything except barely get starburst out of the pack and into my mouth. Someone put this album on and for months after the melody was stuck in my head but i couldnt remember any of thr lyrics and ddint know who the artist was. Now years later ive stumblef across it on youtube and its all come flooding back. Amazing 🤩🤩

[@rachelcunningham491]

Love the nod to the Shangri-Las with the 'Close, very, very close' bit. Both Kims are total heroes!

[@garagerockermadrid]

I never noticed until today, so I scrolled down the comments and… I wasn’t alone in thinking that 😊

[@itchybrother21]

Best two female voices anywhere. No argument.

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

A truly beautiful observation ... they clash and harmonise in a dissonant heaven!

[@yoelcapoful]

what about karina carpenter

[@kray2sick]

Bjork?

[@Ballztodawall]

*Cough, Cough* Abba. But this is cool too

[@Polveria]

@@kray2sickNah

[@kzimnock]

''romance is a ticket to paradise...''

[@susuka620]

This is not a song but a sensory experience.

[@xoen6]

Same thought, Sueli, exactly. This is so precious piece of music...

[@mylonwagner9296]

Just discovered this song like 2 days ago. I can't get enough of it.

[@bishonen2pm]

awww better late than never. 💋

[@slave2thedetailz]

Beautiful, yet melancholic vocals by both Kim’s paired with haunting melodies reminiscent of 50’s style and topped off with an amazing music video… this song is everything to me.

[@cobb_thedrummer]

Kim Gordon & Kim Deal in the same music video?!? What is this a crossover episode!?

[@adammorrow5501]

Billy Corgan is so good in this

[@Kravis63]

Adam Morrow 🤣🤣🤣

[@uzumaki6759]

He's gonna get depressed reading this comment and preceeds to make shitty album for his dead band

[@indragumelarr.7604]

awokawoakwo

[@welcometocattown2036]

he looks so confused walking around the mall looking for friends

[@squidbeak5408]

..LOL jeez

[@Raitor33]

KIM and KIM

[@skord176]

Bass and Bass

[@BrassNukes11]

every song off this album is pretty, but also very creepy at the same time... I think Washing Machine definitely shows creativity

[@atree88]

+no love sad fish Sister and Washing Machine are a in peak creativity from the same band from their two defining decades, humble opinion

[@BrassNukes11]

Luke Anthony agreed.

[@yashasvi8984]

no love sad fish goo is great too.

[@nodrogdivad]

If I recall, the last song is.... pretty much pure noise.

[@negativeRick]

@@nodrogdivad 25 min

[@ontheoutside6304]

this is just like the best collaboration in music history. for me.

[@tdegrddeehjgd]

For some reason this song has popped into my head for the first time in about 20 years. Hauntingly beautiful.

[@beloved-child]

From this to sunday.....bull in the heather to the diamond sea.....the musical talent and dual vocal range between the 2 singers are what made this group one of rock n rolls greatest

[@gaiko1982]

Heard this song yesterday, the last time probably was easily 15 years ago. Strange thing, I remembered all the lyrics

[@grimatongueworm]

Love the juxtaposition of the 1950's doo wop style with the high tech alien girl trying to fit in. Brilliant. And the two Kims...goddesses.

[@theslaphappychap]

This track has always bummed me out. Brings me down hard. So beautiful.

[@falsecrab]

2 beautiful talented ladies, great band. Pixies plus S.Youth = cool

[@Lelem2]

'Cross my heart, hope to die, I cannot tell a lie.' Written words cannot express such beauty.

[@pandap4ntz]

okay, so that was my first time watching the video, after listening to the song many, many times... i feel as if the video fits the lyrics so well, and helps to amplify the meaning of the song, i've always felt such a close connection with this song, it sums up so many overwhelming feelings in a sharp yet subtle way. it's smart and beautiful, both song and video. it's good stuff!

[@skinheadsoulbhoy2858]

Perfection from the queen's of alternative rock, untouchable and bloody beautiful the two of them.

[@Caniballe]

I read Kim's book. She wrote that she had to call another Kim to do that, because she couldn't do that alone... It's like a 2-kim job, u know what i mean? And when Kim accepted to do that, Kim said: "we have a deal!"

[@GrogMindwhip]

At the time, she could have called Kim Jong-il, but then again...

[@the2ndcoming135]

Damn. That’s crazy👀

[@robkidd5214]

Pixies..

[@RFC-3514]

@@GrogMindwhip - He was still too jong. Also, he was feeling il.

[@sonicmbv8330]

yeah i saw her book,its a history of the music about 80s.

[@jitterysquirrel76]

This might be the most beautiful song of all time.

[@pkitty2219]

I needed this song about 20 yrs ago-when i was a little troubled girl. Kim Deal and Kim Gordan?! WTF?! where the hell have i been?- This is amazingly haunting and beautiful.

[@ryfighter]

This song is from over 20 years ago. It's on the Sonic Youth album Washing Machine (1995).

[@agentbob4562]

No shit! You're joking right?I'm pretty sure you can distinguish 'when' somebody needs a song from it's release date... I mean I still relate to songs produced in the 50's.. but hey, go you, champ.

[@chilenapromedioRU]

I was about 14 when this album came out. I bought it on CD with an "special edition", that had an extra CD with some live songs. I LOVE Kim Deal and when this video was released, I couldn't believe it! The band Sonic Youth was formed a little earlier before I was even born and I'm from a third world country. So I really can't understand these comments. Maybe because English is not my native language and I'm self-taught.

[@lalunaelsolyvos7444]

Ready? go, one, two, three, four If you want me to I will be the one That is always good And you'll love me too But you'll never know What I feel inside That I'm really bad Little trouble girl Remember mother? We were close Very, very close Sha la la you taught me how to fit it good Sha la la flow down life you understood Sha la la curl my hair and eye lash Sha la la hitch my cheeks and do my lips Sha la la swing my hips just like you Sha la la smile and behave Sha la la a circle of perfection, it's what you gave Sha la la then one day I met a guy He stole my heart, no alibi Sha la la he said: "Romance is a ticket to paradise" Sha la la momma, I'm not too young to try Sha la la we kissed, we hugged, we were close Very, very close Sha la la we danced in the sand And the water rose - higher and higher Sha la la until I found myself floating - in the sky I'm sorry mother, I'd rather fight Than have to lie If you want me to I will be the one That is always good And you'll love me too But you'll never know What I feel inside That I'm really bad Little trouble girl Little trouble girl (what you doin'?) Little trouble girl cross my heart and hope to die, Little trouble girl I can not tell a lie Little trouble girl ah-hu Little trouble girl ah-hu Little trouble girl ah-hu Little trouble girl ah-hu Little trouble girl ah-hu Little trouble girl ah-hu Little trouble girl ah-hu Little trouble girl ah-hu ♥♥♥♥

[@powrxplor69]

*pinch my cheeks

[@Invidente7]

Back in the 90's I was ...

[@lanimal.nokturn]

Thx

[@davidsonramos7874]

This is beautiful it looks like two angels singing i cried listening to it

[@Thecharliejay1]

This video clip is so creepy and so amazing at the same time. Love this song so much

[@lindajuarezespinosa6951]

Esta canción me recuerda la relación que tenía con mi mamá cuando tenía 15 años y todo lo que tuvo que aguantar cuando conocí a quien fue el primer hombre en mi vida. Me da nostalgia.

[@pauldsheppard126]

First sonic youth record I ever bought was this single with this, my arena and the edited version of diamond sea. It blew my little 16 year old mind! Vintage art 💖

[@angelahe1047]

I think about Mulholland Drive so much when I watch this.

[@biancachristie]

Angela He wow! Yeah-never saw that before but now it’s unseeable. Thanks gal

[@hasanabir115]

Specifically that scene where Betty goes for the movie interview... which ends up being weird and full of false hope

[@Jack_nnn_]

Best album best movie... good choices

[@bttp011]

Or Twin Peaks! 😉

[@nodrogdivad]

what is with synchronicity? For... whatever reason... I feel asleep reading about Mulholland drive on IMDB because I had watched a george romero 1973 movie on Tubi and the next up was "Tank Girl", co-staring the co-star of Mul. drive, and I was like, where do I know THAT name from, Naomi... FF to today, for the last few days I've been on a Deftones kick, finding all sorts of rare gems. I find the song "Smile" off the never-released album "Eros" on some rando channel on YT, it also has a Mike Patton song called "Day in the Life of a SchoolGirl" which reminded me of this song, so here I am reading the comments and here I go, full circle back to Mul Drive. Hmmm, guess it's gonna be THAT movie tonight. Why fight it? Oh and DO read everything you can on IMDB about MUl. Drive, it's VERY fascinating! Talk about synchronicity and serendipity!

[@adamclark52]

Songs like this and Tunic (Song for Karen) where Kim is just talking rather than singing are her best work with Sonic Youth.

[@FA6_6T]

i like "g-force" they did as ciccone youth.album "the whitey album"

[@deadheaders86]

A circle of perfection, it's what you gave..

[@precog80]

The Shangri-Las....their influence is vast.

[@wormskull2454]

“Close..... very, very, close.”

[@marsr9057]

i thought i had heard that somewhere! two of my favorite bands

[@iseladuarte4742]

My favorite song ever.

[@floraidhvondrak9631]

+Isela Duarte I agree with you! I have dad a friend, and every time I hear this one I remeber her. RIP Wikky!

[@iseladuarte4742]

LoBo von Drak Wikky 4Ever ❤

[@ninnananna7307]

yes...

[@marcobenneti9664]

Another visual jewel by Mark Romanek, realmente bellisimo. Canción y video, sublime.

[@kakolykia]

the video is stunning

[@mottopanukeiku7406]

Both Kims look so stunning and ethereal in this video. Peak 90s.

[@andrewccoiccaflores6884]

Washing Machine es sin duda uno de los mejores álbumes de la historia.

[@sarahthebanshee]

im sorry mother, id rather fight than have to lie i love that line

[@chilenapromedioRU]

Me too. I gave my mum a lot of trouble but that line was my motto. I was 13-14 when this album came out and I bought it, a special edition, I love Kim Deal, but it was at 17, when I "meet a guy, no alabi", that things started to get troublesome, my elder brother had freedom but I was the "little trouble girl". I survived DV at a young age and other nasty issues like most young women and I still have a very close relationship with my mother, being her now an elderly lady. I will never regret being honest, but some hurtful things, I told her years later, when I was already over that. I love my mum so much.

[@omied23]

This album means sooo much to me, it was first experience w/ Sonic Youth back in 1995!

[@jblondon1327]

Washing Machine is my favorite sonic youth album. I still remember where I bought it 30 years ago. It's so original and unique like nothing you ever heard before, it's not even similar to any other albums by SY

[@yohualliyolotl]

Una delicia escucharla! Regresiones a mi dulce y tormentosa adolescencia... 🎶✨

[@hernanbruno4178]

me encantan las integrantes de Sonic Youth. muy buena banda. este video no me lo perdia. saludos desde San Juan Argentina.

[@sophiatrude9000]

Watching this on a really long and really bad trip and it always brings me comfort

[@mickeymouse4285]

nobody can compete with kim deal.....natural born rock godess and so much charm and presence....

[@xoen6]

This is most beautiful/painful song made by Sonic Youth...this is just my opinion...but.. still...this is the best one.

[@apachevigilante666]

Gawd I forgot about this song. So beautiful. If you've never seen them in concert, please do.

[@jeravincer]

"I'd rather fight, than have to lie" ... nice.

[@hey_filipe]

Esse clipe é uma obra de arte, a música então nem se fala

[@bishonen2pm]

se le queda a uno en la memoria.

[@wasantube]

this song is so ahead of its time...

[@ERIC-65]

Beautiful piece of ART !

[@wagnersilva7918]

Happy birthday Kim. You´re amazing.

[@JacksonGeary]

Wagner Silva which one lol

[@mano1971music]

Kim Deal and Kim Gordon just played the Ohana Festival 2024 in Dana Point, California in their own respective sets….how cool it would have been if they performed this song together!!

[@corpsecat5892]

Sometimes i do wish i was born in a era where i could listen to these songs when they arrived, but im happy i find these songs anyway

[@TheSpellShell]

Oh I just cannot listen to this song (and most there Kim is on vocal) without shivers down my spine

[@ninnananna7307]

It always makes me cry

[@quinnharley6784]

totally awesome

[@Scrimmer08]

I like the 'We were very, very... Close' part.

[@Aramanth]

Love the mid-century polish of this video. Reel to Reel Computer bank, minimalist leather sofa, aluminum trash bins, rotary phone, phonebooth... *is this in the U.N.?* Still interesting video after all these years! Thanks for posting!

[@chb3676]

i believe it's the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power building

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

The Ultimate super group... i want more ... call your band THE kims

[@mccake552]

Kimly perfect

[@kokoloism]

just beautiful

[@xoen6]

This is something..very..special..(imho)...

[@Palikroked87]

This song and video are haunting and beautiful in a very creepy way

[@PolygoneNative]

Haunting, abstract, strange, interesting. Impersonal but personal.. Well done to kim G. & Kim D. Piece of art worthy or Lynch.

[@MrMuramaru]

This song is PERFECTION. And the video is perfect, too

[@Thr333_Sugar_Skulls]

Damn, Kim Deal had magical vocals. Well, both Kims actually. This album made me fall in love with Sonic Youth--like 1996. Washing Machine was like a sacred album to me at 16. I'm damn near 50 now and Sonic Yourh is and always will be one of a beautiful kinds

[@colectivonmc4909]

This one was played heavily on MTV back in the day.

[@otavioresendepacheco1178]

Gosh, such dreamcore vibes

[@hell4207]

no

[@Jerkcurb1]

i love this video

[@HNWRobertPaulsonHNW]

u aint too bad either

[@sergiocabezuela9713]

Mark Romanek directed this video. Perfect as always.

[@waldenwonders]

he said romance.... is the key to paradise.... :(

[@Kcolnaj]

I've dreamed about this place and I'm not kidding. It's the first time I see this video.. daaaam

[@geoffreystuck75]

my fav vidio and one of my fav bands from the 90's

[@peterisraelfrideswidearthu1071]

What a beautiful song.... timeless melodies..."romance is a ticket to paradise".... crazily meaningful and ever-relevant words....especially in this crazy 21st century thus far!

[@AlexanderBogdanow]

I've gotta thank my momma... Even from the bad & troublesome moments we grew & learned... LOVE YA MOM!

[@antunivanovic]

Beautiful and to an extent a gorgeous reminder of Dome's "Cruel When Complete".

[@davo171]

The ladies and song are stunning.

[@MonkellD]

may the 30 people who disliked this video find their souls someday.

[@nightdemon5615]

nope this honestly isnt even a song

[@famousfriend2472]

@@nightdemon5615 you're right. it's a whole experience, ginger.

[@amiltonmorais2106]

203... 07/11/3021

[@ericksonbfs]

@@nightdemon5615 yeah it's a book

[@hawkrolla]

Kim Deal has such a beautiful voice.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

Is this crazy AND great or just great AND crazy? I can never tell which!

[@pedroooooooooooooooh]

esse videoclipe é tudo pra mim

[@fernandobocadillos]

I love the architechture of the film site. Does anybody know where it was shot the video?

[@chb3676]

i believe it's the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power building

[@basicinfo1640]

My two musical inspirations on one song and im dying!

[@nachasdemandril]

Es una canción Hermosa!

[@MrMicalo]

Kim's singing here always reminds me of "Past, Present & Future" by The Shangri-Las

[@arianrhodhyde7482]

the whole song is a homage to the shangri-las. the repetition of "very...very... close" (a line from Give Him A Great Big Kiss), the use of a nursery rhyme (like Past Present and Future), the references to "mother" like in You Can Never Go Home Anymore....

[@kevveg5785]

Para mi, esta banda ha sido enigmática

[@jasonbastian9901]

I've seen this 100s x but never realized that it's Kim Deal.. heard the album 1000sx.. always thought 2nd vocal was Hannah from bikini Kill Kim Deal is my favorite living musician .. I feel so stooopid

[@PhilInsane]

This is why Washing Machine is one of my fav records ever

[@marcuscollinge5515]

Love thus tune! Two of music so BEST women, a fav!

[@Bob12345678910423]

Kind of reminds me of Talking heads spoken word style in some of their songs. Really great stuff.

[@alegaitan9696]

las amo!!!!!❤😘

[@rosario508]

Where did they find such a creepy, sterile office building?

[@gbowles]

Ross Cicero almost everywhere

[@3DSuperWaffle]

It's just one of those generic ones they rent out to multiple small companies.

[@Chaoszest]

they probably built it for the video

[@alcastle8480]

Is supposed to represent the male corporate environment very cold and the little female child is a alien in this environment. Maturity vs innocence.

[@solongsuicide9]

I searched the internet but couldn't find it. Apparently it's quite an iconic location or an important building? Not sure if others shot music videos there. I remember recognising it one time from something on tv... or something... :/ apologies for the vagueness. I thought the internet would be a more reliable source of info *sad bald alien face*

[@danielscissorhands]

I forgot about this song until the algorithm shared it with me. Never knew there was a video for it.

[@mer7389]

this is such a beautiful song...

[@hernanbruno4178]

epoca en que grupos de este estilo dominaban la escena musical de los 90's.