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Sonic Youth.

Sonic Youth. Sonic Youth.

Sonic Youth.

Sonic Youth. Sonic Youth.

Sonic Youth.

Dance !

Dance to dancing

To German prancing

To fucking France and.. .

All the rest

A dance to decadence

A dance to the train that runs through my mind

Searching for the snake Running into my behind

A dance, a dance, a fairy dance

A dance that will surf into man's hole

A dance that will turn man's hole into a man's soul

A dance to all the dead people

Who say, "Hey, don't forget we are the ones

"Who create the Earth's sweat"

A dance A muthy fucky dance

A muddy track A muddy slice into the crack

Of God's Homo sapien whack

Oh, yes, the flowers, they will grow

And they will show us how to blow in the wind

Like a Dylan fug, like a fuggy wug

Like the sky will come down and rain the mud

The muddy tracks, the muddy wax

Oh, yes, a dance, a fucky whucky dance

A dance to America's plastique plastique

Plastique holes in the skies

In disguise, in Judy's eyes

In Judy's eyes, Judy in disguise

I get, oh yeah

You know I dance to the film that captures my fucking

Million ants crawling through the rocks

Of my prehistoric mind

To a dance, a dance

A dance to the teeth that are in the bucket of my head

A dance, a dance A dance to the puppet of meat

That sways its head over to its feet

And sneezes, "Hello, I love you"

"Won't you tell me your beautiful fucking name?"

You American insane chicks and dicks

Together we will click

Into the great golf ball in the sky

Dance, dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance, dance

And die!

People.. .

Of the Universe!

Tonight, tonight.. .

will be the night that the skies will open

and spray forth the divine hand with pointed finger!

And say, "Everybody, you're not just a duck.

You're human!"

You saw that lady on the bike?

You are human !

Go forth !

Go forth and thrash!

Yeah, this tour, I mean. ..

The way I see it is this tour to me is like a dare.

You know?

Because I know there's kids out there,

and they have the same-- they have the same feelings.

To me, it's like--it's like us and Nirvana

and all the other bands that we're going to be playing with,

to us, it's like, it's like a dare to our parents.

It's a dare to.. . to... to the Bush administration.

It's a dare to the KGB

who have overthrown Gorbachev this morning, as we speak.

God knows what it's going to be like in the future.

And the future, to us, is... is a dare.

So, to us.. . I mean, fuck 'em.

Fuck 'em all !

"Sonic Youth is playing tonight!"

"I wonder what festival they are playing with Nirvana tonight!"

"Yes! I will see Sonic Youth tonight!"

"Yes! Where is Sonic Youth playing tonight?!"

"Yes! Yes!"

Here we are playing with Gumball and Nirvana.

This picture represents the fact that it's a live gig.

See, this is the singer, the lead singer singing live.

It's live. You know, it's not a clone.

It's not fake.

This shit's fucking live, man !

These are grapes. I shall eat every one.

Grape.. . by grape... by grape.

Every single grape on the plate.

Then I go to the oranges. There are five oranges.

No, there are six. They're being hidden by the grapes.

Then I'll eat every grape.

Then there is the kiwis.

There is only four kiwis because they're so precious.

These are fruit you don't find everywhere.

Then I go to the brie.

The brie, there is three slices, half of which I've eaten one.

And then I go to the bread.

And the bread, this is the soft bread.

This is the melba toast.

And this is the wheat bread.

And then I shall drink every Spark canister on this table.

Not only that, but the Royal Club Light.

But I don't like Pepsi. I drink Coke.

And there's ice. Ice ! Ice for everyone !

You don't find ice in Holland. I love my ice.

Then I'll drink the beer.

But, no, I'll share the beer.

And I'll share the wine. Would you like to have a glass of wine?

I would love to have your wine.

Oh, the potato chips!

I will eat the chips. There are three flavors.

I'll eat them all, and a box of juice.

Would you like some?

Your juice is doing something for me.

I will shake the juice till it bursts!

Oh, yes! I love your juice !

I love your juice!

Thank you! Thank you ! You've been a wonderful audience!

Thank you! Thank you !

No, really. No. You've really been a wonderful audience.

Thank you. No, thank you. No, thank you very much.

Thank you...

What is your name, sir?

Achim.

What is your name, miss?

- Christine. - Christine?

- Christian. - Christian.

- Alex. - Alex!

- My name is Jens. - Jens?

Jens, what do you think of the current state of.. .

young rock and roll today?

Oh, I think it's a problem,

because rock and roll is getting older and older.

You know, for me, the '60s are the real rock and roll.

And you only can try to copy it, you know?

But also people see rock and roll as youth culture,

and when youth culture becomes monopolized by big business,

what are the youth to do?

Do you have any idea?

I think we should destroy the. ..

the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture

by mass marketing and commercial paranoia behavior control.

And the first step to do is to destroy the record companies.

Do you not agree?

This is called. ..

Hey, did you know that punk rock finally broke in '91 ?

This is called Teenage Riot.

I'm bowling in a foreign country.

You're a vegetarian?

Needs five minutes.

Yeah? Okay. Thank you.

Thank you.

- Chicken. - Chicken?

Yeah.

The festival scene is beautiful, man.

This site is a picturesque. ..

Mud field.

A picturesque field of mud.

What are you eating?

This is.. .

Oh, this is something Bob Mould pooped out of his butt.

And I'm going to slurp it up, because, to me, I need this elixir.

This elixir of...

skinhead violence.

Atom bomb!

So, sir, I want you to try this.

Tell me what kind of cigarette it is.

What do you think?

All right?

Winston Light?

Yeah, not really.

But I'd like to give you this carton of cigarettes to take home

and give to your family.

And do what thou whilst with it.

And, here, you can have these hot pink cigarette-type dealie-bobs.

Excellent!

Fucking excellent!

I'm so desperate for some fun.

What about you? Tell me what the latest gossip is.

What's been going on in Amherst?

Well, ever since Uma left, things haven't really been the same.

Everyone has their head down.

No one is smiling anymore.

The other day, some guy lit himself on fire on the common,

and no one even cared, because Uma wasn't around anymore.

But whatever happened to you and Uma?

You're not still going out with her?

- No. - You can tell me.

No, well, no.

Just... I don't know.

I can't. It's just too painful. I can't talk about it right now.

- It's a magazine? - A scootering magazine.

- Scootering? - Yeah.

You want me to sign a scootering magazine?

Well, at the moment, I'm saving to get a brand-new one.

I'm customizing it around the LP Goo.

- Really? - Putting a different cover on it.

You're going to put the front cover of Goo on your scooter?

On the side panel, yeah. And on the other side, the writing.

Find a fucking clear page.

You going to send us a photograph of that?

I will, indeed.

Flip this.

You know Murph, the drummer from Dinosaur?

Not personally.

When they come here, you should talk to him.

He's a scooter fanatic.

Scootering, too.

Peace.

Okay, I'll see you tonight.

Okay. See ya!

Peace !

This is Keith and crew.

And he's going to explain this phenomenon known as Thurston- itis.

Thurston-itis is basically when you lose all control of your mind whatsoever,

and you just walk around in a dazed state

with a baseball cap on backwards, your bangs in your eyes, and you go deaf.

Are the signs going searching for used record stores?

Is that a good indication that you are falling under the spell of Thurston-itis?

Yeah. Yeah.

I think we all are, because we're following the king of Thurston-itis now.

Yeah, looking for used record stores that don't exist

and pretending that you know where they are and then asking the locals

and then pretending you understand their language, and you don't.

And you nod a lot.

And it's usually a lot of, like--

"It's right over here, it's right over here."

Steve Shelley?

lggy!

lggy! Here, boy!

Oh, here he is. Here he comes.

Iggy! That's lggy Pop!

You fucking are-- you're outrageous.

Funhouse is my favorite LP.

Can we do lunch together sometime?

Raw power, I can feel it.

So, anyway, you guys. ..

Last night, I was going to come to the show.

Instead, I had a fight.

Oh, thank you.

Snot. Hey, what's green and flies over Germany?

What?

Snot-zis.

Are you aware that you are becoming

a kind of reference band for a generation,

a band that is hugely imitated?

Excuse-me, I need to go for a pee.

Something totally different again.

On one of the sleeves, you've got the name of Raymond Pettibon,

which actually, I don't know, the designer of this label, whatever.

Who is he exactly? It sounds like he's got a very French name.

Is he French or is he...?

Raymond Pettibon is not French.

This is another in an endless stream of interviews with foreign journalists

who don't really understand a word you're saying,

as you, in turn, understand nothing that they are trying to communicate to you.

It's Mr. Microphone ! Hey, baby!

Be here to pick you up later.

- I'll walk you to the stage. - Oh, thanks.

What are your influences?

Steve, do you have the set list?

Yes, indeed.

Sonic Youth is now going on stage,

and next to me is a tall man named Thurston Moore.

You've been here before in '87.

Yeah, a long time ago when it was raining,

and they were throwing mud at The Mission

when they were wearing their white robes and smoke machines.

Yeah, that was definitely a worthwhile concert.

How was your concert then?

It was horrible, of course.

And this one? More horrible?

This one's going to be a new Sonic.

- Yeah. - How do you mean a new Sonic?

Well, I'm going to come out,

and I'm immediately going to, like, puke onstage

and then douse the puke with lighter fluid and light it

and then kick it into the audience.

And this entire field of 1 00,000 people are going to go up in flames.

And then I'm going to get a shotgun and just do it.

Do it, baby. Because I'm just going to keep on.

I'm just going to keep on and on and on

because it's to the extreme, it's to the extreme.

Because, you know, I don't call myself

the only living white hope of the great era

of the colors in the sky

because my eye is full of beeswax.

- Okay. - Yeah, peace, baby.

Oh, man, oh!

- What's up? - That was fabulous!

It was like a fucking party onstage, man!

That was great!

Kim, you were amazing !

Have you met Kevin Costner? Kevin Costner.

Hey, it's Kim, Steve, Thurston.

Hey, it was great.

Fabulous show tonight.

You guys were really. .. neat.

Our rider sucks.

Everyone else has everything better than we do.

We have Coke. Everyone else has Pepsi.

I'd much prefer Pepsi.

There's no ice. There are no plastic cups.

There's no ice. There are no plastic cups.

An Emotional Fish have vegetables and crackers.

And we have paprika balls.

Fuck.

It's filling.

- It's filling. - It's filling up!

Smoking black hash.

You guys got a good rider, man.

You got hash in your rider?

- Yeah. - That's so fucking cool.

John! I'm mean, Freddy.

Yes?

What were all those fat dudes sitting in the front row?

You promised me there would be no industry people in the front rows.

What fat dudes, Kim?

Right.

- Right. - I don't understand what you're saying.

You mean, you don't know how they got here, right?

I don't know how those people got here at all.

What are you talking about?

Have you seen your trainer today?

You told me...

there would be no fat industry people sitting down in the front.

That's okay. I mean, look, when we figure it out

between you and Thurston and Steve and Lee,

we split up and, of course, I take my portion off the top,

you're going to be making like $2,000 a piece.

At least $200.

We sold those tickets to the front rows.

That means no percentage for Danny, right?

No, no percentage for Danny. It's all going to me.

How long can this go on?!

Safety pins!

The bondage trousers!

You still consider yourself a punk after all this?

I consider myself more fucked up than I ever could imagine myself being !

Another work of art! Yes, I must say!

And now, for some real shit, we shall play live.

Yo, yo, yo. Hello, Space Shower TV.

I am Thurston Whore of Sonic Youth.

And I want you all to get down and pray for rock, baby.

Hello, Space Shower TV.

I am Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth.

Ah, you're going to leave it up to me then, aren't you?

Hello, Space Shower TV.

I am Lee of Sonic Youth here.

Oh, my name is Matt,

and when I'm hanging out on Venice Beach pumping iron with Hank,

I like to listen to.. .

What station is it? KXRO?

KX Rl--I like to listen to that, because they play Hank.

Do you like to be here?

What do you think about a festival like this, a big festival?

It's a quite major one.

Right now, we're chowing down with the members of Sonic Youth,

one of the few American bands on the bill.

I love English food. English food is my favorite.

Thurston, I think you're being a little sarcastic there.

- No. - You do seem to be tucking into it.

Now, how do you think you're perceived in Britain?

It's starting, it's starting. Lee Ranaldo, ladies and gentlemen.

Lee Ranaldo, ladies and gentlemen.

This is Matt from Mudhoney.

Matt from Mudhoney, say hello.

Hi. Hi, Mom.

It's an evening with Sonic Youth and friends.

My mom's a poof.

You better introduce everyone.

She sleeps with me and she's a poof.

The biggest star in this room is Courtney Love.

Can we get a close-up of Courtney Love? Yes.

- Hi. - Courtney Love.

Hi!

Hello. Hi.

- Here's your chance, baby. - What do you want me to say?

I'm an American. I'm an American !

I am.

She's just, like, too much.

Far too much for any...

I'd like to thank Dave Kendall for making me a star today.

Only he could do it.

Giving me my big break.

I'm getting a few crumbs for the little budgie.

If we all keep feeding him,

the little budgie will have turned into a big ostrich after a week.

Thank you.

I see the bird is being taken good care of.

Oh, yes, we're all really concerned about him. Or her? Or it?

And walk around just like you Dooby-dooby doo

You little monkey, you'll stay here, because I want you to stay.

I'd like to be like you I'd like to walk like you

Shooby-dooby doo

We are here to explain to people the Gorge of Ghosts.

Why would I stand still?

It feels so great to enter the Gorge of Ghosts.

I can't take it anymore.

Adventure park. .. In the log flume.. .

This is from the album. It's called Pre.

This is the problem.

What the fuck is a bratwurst? What the fuck is a bockwurst?

We can't tell the difference between bratwurst, bockwurst,

currywurst, liverwurst, knockwurst, all the wursts.

We have somebody here today who's a wurst aficionado/specialist.

These smaller ones come from Franken,

which is the part of Germany around Nuremberg.

This one is a typical country-style wurst.

It's a hot dog.

Yeah, this one is from Turing,

which is a part of the country in the ex-DDR.

Now those are what? Bockwursts?

- This one is a bratwurst as well. - It's a bratwurst.

But it's coming from East Germany actually, a typical East German one.

And why is it white as opposed to...?

Yeah, it's more natural pig meat, you know.

- Pig meat. - Yeah.

I would say it's white because it's from DDR.

They never came to Spain. That's why it's so white.

They didn't see any sun before, these pigs.

And I don't know what's going on here.

So the word "brat" as in "bratwurst" just means grill?

- Grill, right. - Grilled wurst.

- But "bock" doesn't mean anything? - No, nothing.

It's just sort of like.. .

A bock actually is a male animal.

A male enema? Animal.

- Animal, male. - Male.

Well, good. So I still don't know what the hell I like best.

I kind of like the fat--the fat, you know.

Like an arm holding a baby's apple kind of wurst.

I'm hungry. I'm hungry!

And I feel like eating a pig's head.

Does anybody here know where I can find a pig's head?

Because I'm hungry, damn it!

Hungry!

Hello. Hello.

Do you like rock and roll?

Who are your favorite rock and roll bands?

I don't understand.

New Kids on the Block?

We don't understand.

Oh, no. What about Bros?

Scorpions?

Scorpions? Do you like heavy metal?

Rap?

- Funk? - Funk?

Do you like indie guitar swing?

J. Mascis? You like J. Mascis?

Is J. Mascis your boyfriend?

Tell me about your Japanese love child.

Well, there's this kid being born about, maybe tomorrow.

And they don't know if it's my love child or HR's.

Well, I think we'll know pretty soon, don't you?

I don't know. It's a tough call.

Dreadlocks and pale skin.

With lots of tangles.

Do you think you played differently when you were a skinhead

than you are now as a hair?

Yeah, well I had lice. So I had to get a skinhead.

And it was really hard playing with lice,

because you're like trying to move around shaking the lice off your head.

Do the lice, like, fall on the drum heads,

and then you would hit the drum head and they'd pop up in the air?

Yeah. Sometimes they'd just splatter into a million pieces.

What do you think about when you're playing the drums?

Usually like my room at home.

I'm thinking about, like, what I'd be doing.

What do you look at? I mean, are you.. .

Do you--I mean, it seems like your view from the drum set

is, like, J.'s rear end.

I mean, does that get kind of tiresome?

No, it's cool, you know. I look at him a lot, you know.

It's been a while.

I can keep it up.

When we first came over here, it was like

we were lucky to get 1 00 people in a club

who actually knew who we were.

And we would arrive either by a train

and get picked up at the train station in a car

and taken to a little shitty club.

And now we're spoiled brats.

In our 30s.

And is this the price we pay?

Is bratcore what it's turned into?

Come in.

Yes, I would like to ask a question.

When you guys finish today,

is it possible that you could sign two autograph cards for my kids?

No problem. Yeah, of course.

Do your kids know who we are?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Okay, thank you.

Our audience is expanding.

My mind.. .

is turning to kind of a fine, gelatinous ball of pepper.

I have to sound check.

Why?

On my knees and then to pray

Needles and pins

Okay, here we got-- look over here, bro.

We got King Kong. Here. Over here.

You got King Kong,

and next to King Kong, we got Cheetah.

Next to Cheetah, we got Judy.

Right now, in action, we got King Louis.

And here we go! Hey, monkey! Hey, monkey!

Next to monkey-- next to monkey, we got Charlie.

And what Charlie says.. .

'91 is the year that punk finally breaks through

to the mass consciousness of global society.

Modern punk as featured in Elle magazine.

Mötley Crüe singing Anarchy in the UK

in a European arena in front of 1 00,000 screaming people.

One of the most sickeningly candy-ass versions you'll ever hear of it,

but it is the song itself.

And you read an interview with John Lydon,

he just doesn't give a fuck.

To him, it's a "larf."

The Ramones. Hi, I'm Joey.

The Ramones. Hi, I'm Joey.

Have you seen Dee Dee?

Hi, we're the Ramones.

We're making our own tour movie here.

Can you wave to the camera for Sonic Youth?

Thanks, Joey.

Are you psyched to.. .

Are you psyched to see The Ramones?

Totally.

Actually, I'm with The Ramones.

I'm psyched.

We're finally playing with The Ramones.

We played with lggy.

And now we're playing with The Ramones.

And now we're playing with The Ramones.

You're in no condition to play tonight.

Yo, yo, you played yourself.

That's right.

You played yourself, boy.

I'm a player. I'm a high roller.

Player!

He's living high. He's living large.

Yeah, player!

My man's a player!

LL Hype J.

Draw your lips like. ..

It's hard putting lipstick on somebody else.

MC Screwdriver.

The Rabbi Doctor Hilal Broder.

Close your mouth.

Is it legible, Krist?

- Sure. - It's in your handwriting.

One.

God !

Do I have to go like... or anything?

You're looking good.

Let me see you, Dave. Let me see you.

Oh, and how! Dilute!

Dilute. Dilute. Dilute.

- I want a dress! - I want a dress.

Okay.

We could turn these coats into miniskirts.

Wait, wait. You need a little mascara.

Yeah, I think so, too.

There's something on the back.

I didn't know there was something on the back.

Oh, big Search and Destroy.

This is the last show of our tour.

Two-week tour with Nirvana. Sonic Youth, Nirvana.

Some Gumball action. Some Dinosaur action.

Some Black Francis action. Some Ramones action.

Etcetera, etcetera, and not discounting lggy Pop and Agnostic Front.

It's the end. It feels like we haven't even begun.

It's so short. It's sweet. It's to the point.

Tonight, I am going to defecate onstage,

because I think that is the only way

to express the nature of my soul according to rock and roll.

That of waste and that of especially good taste.

Wouldn't you say so, sir?

More clever than good taste.

Yes.

There's a fine line between clever and...