Sonic Youth - Kool Thing (1993 live in studio)(HQ)
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14 жыл бұрын
@karlm9302 5 жыл бұрын
So sloppy, so grungy, so punky, so alternative, so chaotic .. Spectacular performance!
@marilyn8225 5 жыл бұрын
This is the only.... ONLY way to spit it out!!! Thank you. Couldn't have said it better.
@kevanbaconofficial 4 жыл бұрын
While it’s definitely noisy and chaotic, they aren’t sloppy, every one of them hits every change.. this is what the song sounds like, they’re tight as fuck as a band..
@gazicj 4 жыл бұрын
@@kevanbaconofficial totally agree--though i think i get what karl m means...
@SvenTviking 4 жыл бұрын
So calculated. They always looked as fake as a $9 note to me.
@koenmaeyaert6876 4 жыл бұрын
So drugged! Great footage.
@csg2745 4 жыл бұрын
Toughest job in rock? Sonic Youth guitar tech.
@jerboymustdie7689 3 жыл бұрын
I watched them live. They changed guitars every song or two.
@jrakrr 3 жыл бұрын
YES. Thurston and Lee use so many different tunings that it's insane. Their sound is cacophonic, mayhem-ish, and still yet artistic and straight-to-the-point. I could never play the guitar like like they do. And they are brilliant
@stevenglansberg4448 2 жыл бұрын
@@jerboymustdie7689 Most bands do, you know that, right?
@jerboymustdie7689 2 жыл бұрын
@@stevenglansberg4448 No, I didn't. The ones I had watched would not change every song. Maybe once in a set or two. Not sure if what you're saying is the norm now but back then it wasn't. Also,. It depends on the genre, I guess. Punks wouldn't bother for example. Do you have other examples?
@SJSnc69 2 жыл бұрын
No the drummer has the toughest job keeping them in line haha
@Chrishrv 9 жыл бұрын
They really had a good drummer!
@grokness 8 жыл бұрын
+Peanut13131 Nope.
@grokness 8 жыл бұрын
+Peanut13131 Ha, I did check it out. I was trying to say that I don't think he's miming. It looks like he's hitting two 16th notes on the snare with his left hand at 1:03. And watch & listen to the cymbal action at 3:19--it would be easier to play that kind of chaos than to mime it perfectly.
@AuraSonicMobile 8 жыл бұрын
+Peanut13131 that is not true at all. I recorded, engineered and mixed that performance and they were live and LOUD! They performed live in the MTV Studios which were at National Television Studios at the time. There is no way he could have been faking that chaos so perfectly.
@AuraSonicMobile 8 жыл бұрын
+Peanut13131 you are an upstanding individual. Thank you for changing your opinion about this live performance capture! You are the best!
@AuraSonicMobile 8 жыл бұрын
+Mari “Slammer” Sundell That's very kind of you to say! Our preproduction and detailed planning keeps us on point, especially in a live-to-air television broadcast like this one. You only have one shot in getting it right, or as close to "right" as you can. ;-)
@jefflarsson8595 3 жыл бұрын
This performance is insane in every good way.
@valsbackyard3543 4 жыл бұрын
The performance may sound sloppy, but as a drummer myself, the drummer is really good. He did a good job keeping the timing of the band.
@BoxTunnel 2 жыл бұрын
People talk about Neil Peart and John Bonham (both of whom I love) being the greatest drummers ever, but I reckon only Steve Shelley could keep this band in line!
@MrGreenDayRocks 2 жыл бұрын
Steve is a fucking madman
@andreaDoubleU 7 жыл бұрын
What many people don't understand is that art does not always have to be nice or smooth or wellness at all.
@K4rt80y 6 жыл бұрын
Hell, just look at the Ramones or Iggy Pop.
@mrshanejd 5 жыл бұрын
It’s raw and dirty in all the right places and tight where it needs to be.
@666Havers 5 жыл бұрын
shit splattered on a wall can be art to some people but its still just shit splattered on a wall.
@craigroaring 5 жыл бұрын
@@666Havers Ironically, if you replaced the shit with honey, many of those people will change their minds and call it art.
@pauliefromphilly 5 жыл бұрын
I hope her lady parts are nice and smooth
@mtntime1 4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Love the feedback. The high energy drums. The snarling Kim Gordon. And the punk ending. I've got to watch it again.
@abosworth 5 жыл бұрын
Thurston was such a bad ass guitar player. Loved all their whacky tunings.
@anacosta6181 2 жыл бұрын
one of the most fascinating bands ever and totally unpretentious, love them
@speedking7224 2 жыл бұрын
They're kinda pretentious but they're pretty good
@georgecarder4695 7 ай бұрын
Gnardwar begs to differ
@isaac24 3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this. Even more than metal in some cases. Punk will ALWAYS be welcome in my home. I can't get enough of this stuff.
@Mclarenboy100 5 жыл бұрын
*EVERYTHING* about this performance is awesome, from Steve Shelley going apeshit on the drums, Kim Gordon ripping up the bass and Thurston and Ranaldo doing things with the guitar only they could do. It's manic from start to finish, and it ALWAYS pumps me up. For some reason, though, my favourite part is at 3:25. Just that moment when Kim rushes to the mic. She's been rocking out so fucking hard that it almost seems like she forgot she had to sing, but its funny how that one step forward to the mic visualized basically how crazy this performance is. Kool Thing as a song is fuckin wild, yet somehow it has its shit together. And this is one of the best performances where shit goes crazy, yet everything fkn sticks.
@gazicj 4 жыл бұрын
well said
@SomeRandomHobo44 3 жыл бұрын
I never knew this song was inspired from Kim's interview with LL cool J
@anthonypellico2235 2 жыл бұрын
Kim is hypnotic to watch
@nickcavini 2 жыл бұрын
Bro you summed this up so perfectly.
@kcevlscc 9 жыл бұрын
I Miss You Sonic Youth and The 1990s.
@kevinmelody3135 6 жыл бұрын
Van Rodrigues. Good times.
@Punttipate62 5 жыл бұрын
@a w nahhh
@shanowilliams9988 4 жыл бұрын
When music meant something
@germanui 8 жыл бұрын
Steve Shelley its a great drummer.
@ggallintedtalk 8 жыл бұрын
Is*
@germanui 8 жыл бұрын
NO.
@Badseed288 6 жыл бұрын
And a great guy also.I was lucky enough to met him three years ago.
@danzigsskullcaressit804 5 жыл бұрын
crucifucks
@swift-rk1fx 5 жыл бұрын
he also played drums for cat power
@SimAlex20000 7 жыл бұрын
this song always blows my mind. i'm not even a huge SY fan, but this song is something else.
@GermFreeAdolescents2 11 жыл бұрын
...and that's the way to play drums.
@gazicj 4 жыл бұрын
fuk yeah it is
@louiso.4325 6 жыл бұрын
Steve, in my book, is a brilliant example of a don't judge a book by its cover situation!
@dozer1642 4 жыл бұрын
Kim was nearly twice my age during this performance. I would, then and now, do anything to spend a few hours with her. Loved SY back then and I think it was because of how amazing she is.
@divein6248 9 жыл бұрын
Shelley is fucking on fire!
@AuraSonicMobile 8 жыл бұрын
+Alfonso Lael indeed he is!
@fabriccouch 8 жыл бұрын
He is the best drummer of all time
@movzx0fh 4 жыл бұрын
3:26 .. Kim just realized she is to resume singing .. :)
@patrickbonham949 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@sebastian_ghoxt 8 жыл бұрын
Thurston really was feeling it :D
@LNClubsTheaters 10 жыл бұрын
Sonic Youth Rocks this performance! Thanks for sharing!
@AuraSonicMobile 9 жыл бұрын
The actual date for this live performance (broadcast) was July, 29th, 1992 (not 1993) for a live television show called, "Hangin' w/ MTV" which was captured and broadcasted live from the MTV Studios at National Video Center, NYC, NY. I know this bit of information because I recorded, engineered and mixed this live performance video clip! They performed two songs, that day; of course, Kim sang "Kool Thing" and Thurston sang on "100%."
@raumnull 8 жыл бұрын
+Aura-Sonic Mobile nice job with her vocals cutting through the mix.
@calamitybabs162 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that correction! i used to watch something called, Thurston Moores Alley- was that a real show or was it just the acid i was taking back then? Such a powerful band!
@AuraSonicMobile 8 жыл бұрын
+Thanks, Dobrivoje! I have a certain way of approaching the vocals when the stage volume is as loud as this performance proved.
@AuraSonicMobile 8 жыл бұрын
+The pleasure is all mine, Babs! I have production notes of (pretty much) every gig I ever did since the 70s. I just pulled up my records and wah-lah... I have all sorts of information about the bands I work with from what equipment we used to observations and enlightenment that may have occurred.
@DaveLampton 7 жыл бұрын
yeah, nice work +Aura-Sonic Mobile. It sounds great! Could you elaborate for a couple sentences on your "certain approach" for the vocals? Was it something like using low board gain off the SM57 and then a healthy dose of dbx 166 compression? :-)
@Dozier133192 6 жыл бұрын
A lot of drummers don't get any credit! This guy is amazing
@MelinaBeful 9 жыл бұрын
THIS IS PURE GOLD
@joespee3666 6 жыл бұрын
The best Unique sound I have ever heard. 90´s were the best years.....
@KissofEther 8 жыл бұрын
She's so pretty and rad!
@justindean6520 7 жыл бұрын
Emily Calabrese hey gorgeous I'm looking for somebody can teach me how to play guitar on a bass and see my music under Christian music I live in Hortense Georgia 110 South give me a call give me
@Shurda2 7 жыл бұрын
Justin Dean hey fucko, go be a pervert somewhere else.
@qbsrd 6 жыл бұрын
Glen Keith It's a Firebird bass not an Explorer ;)
@DirtyStreetRecords 6 жыл бұрын
wrong
@Shovelglove545 6 жыл бұрын
ShyLesbian thunderbird*
@futura_futura 5 жыл бұрын
This is the great thing about sonic youth,love the drummer
@laris1359 6 жыл бұрын
this right here is what keeps me alive on this earth
@bobdoubter2977 4 жыл бұрын
Kim Gordon: greatest female rock star. The attitude and panache in her voice is fucking diabolical.
@bobdoubter2977 5 жыл бұрын
Kurt Cobain brought me here. He mentioned them as one of his favorite bands and that stuck in my brain for 25 years. Fucking true story. That name; Sonic Youth, stays with you.
@FeralStarRecords 10 жыл бұрын
more bands should close their jams with a guitar brawl that turns into straight up making out
@milottic1 6 жыл бұрын
lmao
@sztamgast 6 жыл бұрын
lol nope
@Gabez9 6 жыл бұрын
Goo released a year previous to that album. Sonic Youth had been forming there sound for nearly a decade before Nevermind you neanderthal
@notmyrealname-1805 6 жыл бұрын
Ahahahahahahaha
@marcobazan4187 6 жыл бұрын
BigKing Bud Nirvana and Kurt we're heavily influenced by Sonic youth...
@jeffreywalsby4878 Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Even all these years later. Iconic for ever!!!!!!!!
@Theuzin360 Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1999 and I regret never be able to see that live
@mono3026 Жыл бұрын
@kyfaydfsoab society
@bradleyferrier5118 4 жыл бұрын
Sonic Youth drummer is nuts
@tomalapevides 5 жыл бұрын
David Mitchell killing it on drums
@alanjones6622 2 жыл бұрын
🤣 brilliant 👏
@bfbryfield 6 жыл бұрын
I believe I saw them in 92 or 93 Nuremberg, was late for opener some band... nirvana but SY you put on a great show!!! Thank you!
@donmiknelli6808 5 жыл бұрын
Just... YESSSSSSS!!! And Kim is the GODDESS of COOL.- Great song, great performance! I love it!
@Maximus-hq1cz 4 жыл бұрын
Ill love this band forever... Sonic Youth!!!!
@darkness8488 2 жыл бұрын
what are their other good songs? i only liked this one so far
@schwarzblatt 2 жыл бұрын
A lesson in how to bend atonality into one the catchiest hooks ever. Slaps as hard as it did back in ‘93.
@suehite783 11 жыл бұрын
Awesome vocal vibe & band energy .... Love it!!!... No way can she be 60, I'm 59 & she looks too good to be my age!
@PaulScollon 2 жыл бұрын
So glad to have seen these guys live.. twice!
@sunseal23 6 жыл бұрын
tbt - loved it in the 90s and still i do!
@Izaak247 11 жыл бұрын
Greatest performance ever? Seriously
@kevinmelody3135 6 жыл бұрын
Saw them play this in the Ritz in Raleigh in the 90's Stereolab opened!
@wtrail17 5 жыл бұрын
goddamn i love Steve Shelley's drumming
@shawarmaboy4844 7 жыл бұрын
It makes me really sad they ended up how they did, looking at the ending. It just makes me wanna curl up and cry and play "Unwind", remember good times.
@herchelleonwood7463 Жыл бұрын
dave grohl admits the beginning to everlong is so close to a sonic youth rip off that he expected a call from thurston, which he eventually received , but it wasn't to ask for royalties , it was to congratulate him on writing such a good song,, such class, kudo's to sonic youth !
@patrickmannion4952 4 жыл бұрын
Saw them in concert with the Beastie Boys summer of 1992. Awesome!
@raindeerprojekt4119 4 жыл бұрын
Nasty Hard and Perfect the story of a youth gone SONIC
@shanowilliams9988 3 жыл бұрын
Like these guys got on billboard, Now we got ed n whatever,Im 38. Real music there💔
@panchomanygonzoman 14 жыл бұрын
thanx guitar hero for teach me good songs and great bands
@edwardlittle5575 10 жыл бұрын
That was soooo awesome!!!
@leebennett2387 11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that! love her
@ramones19790224 4 жыл бұрын
死ぬほどカッコいい❗️
@davidcross701 5 жыл бұрын
Love this track!
@claudiononato2445 9 жыл бұрын
Great band , making music is to escape the standards, whole grunge movement thanks
@chuckbr1925 5 жыл бұрын
Great song thanks brother.
@wendybone8104 4 жыл бұрын
At home in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Right now my Dad is in the Canadian care home where the first Covid-19 victim has just died, and I'm stuck in a faraway country so worried about him. For the past couple of days I've been revisiting SY and 90s music to help relieve my anxiety and take me back to better times when I was young and my family was together and safe. Stay well, everyone.
@Colonelgliz Жыл бұрын
The drummer held this performace together. Theres a fine line where cool and authentic becomes sloppy, and this is right on that edge
@nonconnahordeath 6 жыл бұрын
pictured in happier times :(
@mudchuka1 6 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite bands
@viktorkecuk8761 4 жыл бұрын
The KOOLest THING ever...I think. I LOVE SONIC YOUTH .
@shruggzdastr8-facedclown 5 жыл бұрын
Thurston and Kim in happier days!
@helixmoore7636 5 жыл бұрын
Hes gross. She can do better.
@jonathansullivan8651 9 жыл бұрын
Legends
@johnringoo756 5 жыл бұрын
saw them with Neil Young in buffalo , fantastic show.
@joescopo4655 2 жыл бұрын
Sonic youth and Neil young lol
@erincoley3226 7 жыл бұрын
love love this awesome!
@DiogenesOfCa 5 жыл бұрын
Saw them at the North Park Lions club back in the 80's, kick ass show.
@jamesmunro6437 9 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest bands ever.
@Feedurehed 6 жыл бұрын
Beyond magnificent!!!
@user-ys4su5ll8v Жыл бұрын
Sonic Youth is genuine rock band
@NOWtheband 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@erwinklawuttke5572 2 жыл бұрын
To the drummer: First class performance
@sparrowxy 10 жыл бұрын
Kim Gordon is not just a pretty face!
@nehaprasad8764 3 жыл бұрын
Duh
@nickcavini 3 жыл бұрын
I think women have every right to never be underestimated when they rock. Fuck yeah, Kim Coletta (bassist of Jawbox) and Laura Ballance (Superchunks bassist) are prime examples of two great musicians)
@shanowilliams9988 6 жыл бұрын
This Is when music was completely cool n awesome Sonic Youth Rock👍
@perrywoodfin 11 жыл бұрын
Love the energy.
@laris1359 5 жыл бұрын
this video saved my life
@miranda241 2 жыл бұрын
The day I fell in love with Hutch and this band too
@rareluck 8 жыл бұрын
Fear of a female planet
@cacacenazo 6 жыл бұрын
Female tree
@debyferreira6088 6 жыл бұрын
Fear baby
@jhonnycagexrage7458 4 жыл бұрын
I just want you to know That we can still Be friends
@duckface524 3 жыл бұрын
They shoulda brought in chuck D on stage with them
@angelforce69 11 жыл бұрын
The drummer ... holy $#@%ing @#$%. I'm gonna go change clothes now.
@mattbowen957 5 жыл бұрын
God Bless You!!!!
@valeriocarone2050 4 жыл бұрын
Pure energy
@pppatsy 11 жыл бұрын
oh thanks man! x
@spmnh 12 жыл бұрын
It was on a show called "Hangin' With MTV".
@calvincameron354 7 жыл бұрын
Drummer killing it!
@hansOrf 4 жыл бұрын
Now this is how it's done, brilliant.
@peterjones6321 5 жыл бұрын
Just awesome.
@skweekah 11 жыл бұрын
Best SY song ever.
@Watts660 7 жыл бұрын
Fucking awesome footage, a band firing on all four cylinders, amazing.
@HedyGabriel93 11 ай бұрын
crazy perfomance, good video
@kingbopit9318 5 жыл бұрын
Bassist looks great and is a great singer
@far_away_rhys 6 жыл бұрын
I think sonic youth live always looks like a bunch of teens playing with their mother.
@austinsftw 5 жыл бұрын
Cairns Chaos LOL
@MeineVideokasetten 5 жыл бұрын
But I like this MILF, uhm mother....
@HollywoodStatic 5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@jnunez825 5 жыл бұрын
And that mother could put such a beatdown on all our asses
@klebertsilva2220 5 жыл бұрын
a badass mother
@frankphillips5234 5 жыл бұрын
I love the raw intensity. Their my favorite!!! Kim? I wana. Yea!!!!!!
@hakan7873 2 жыл бұрын
the drummer fighting for his life back there
@edisonmustainethrash6662 4 жыл бұрын
*Who Misses And Listening This Is In The* *Quarentine* *Kim Gordon She's Hot* *In 2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2099,3000* *Sonic Youth, Fan Forever*
@MadHauler 4 жыл бұрын
Was this opening for Neil young in Toronto if so I seen this they were awesome
@Musicatmatts 5 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that she is singing into an SM57
@gazicj 4 жыл бұрын
right?!?!!!
@AuraSonicMobile 4 жыл бұрын
@@gazicjThat was her thing back then.
@gazicj 4 жыл бұрын
@@AuraSonicMobile gotcha--thx for the knowledge! every mic's got its sound/characteristics...i cud see y someone wanna sing into it in live setting and otherwise...
@AuraSonicMobile 4 жыл бұрын
@@gazicj That mic worked for Kim.
@nirvana609 14 жыл бұрын
Holy shit-that was awesome!
@BoxTunnel 2 жыл бұрын
Some internet tosser troll will ruin this, but at the time of writing this video has been on KZfaq for almost 12 years and has had over 1.2 million views. It has over eleven thousand likes and NOT ONE dislike. Proof that Sonic Youth are incredible. If you are the internet tosser troll who is about to drop a dislike, perhaps look up Sonic Youth and their incredible back catalogue of awesome music, listen to it, groove to it and join the community that knows Sonic Youth are the best kept secret in the entire history of music. If you got in to guitar based music after 1981 Sonic Youth influenced your favourite band. Fact! Don't be that troll, listen to Sonic Youth, you will not be dissapointed.
@ovini7905 2 жыл бұрын
youtube doesn't show number of dislikes anymore lol
@BoxTunnel 2 жыл бұрын
@@ovini7905 Didn't realise that. Must be a woke thing.
@ethanhill9460 4 жыл бұрын
Just right amount avant garde guitar sonic with dynamic drumming.
@prp3190 3 жыл бұрын
The amount of times i mimic thurston with my air guitar...
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