Sonic Youth - Poitiers - 1983

[byroncoley]

dude, who's the school teacher singing?

[joshbashkin]

terrible performance en vivo!!! no me canso nunca d escuchar esta cancion!

[RockNimbie]

Thurston looks like a possessed.

[SimoneFromPoitiers]

SY in Poitiers, this is huge.

[thepolitemansaid]

miiii they are so young!!

[evanom2]

I can see how they influenced NIrvana

[DVDKC]

shittest amateur band

[MrAleksandarize]

@DVDKC the shittiest commentator.

[DVDKC]

@MrAleksandarize You are shit from my ass.

[confidz]

@DVDKC

Long live the amateur band.

[tylerrepotter]

best one i've heard

[AZZippy]

Thurston was in Lydia's band? Seriously?

Wow.

[AZZippy]

Back in '83, there WERE a lot of band with a woman raving in front and background weirdness (think Lydia Lunch). They didn't get on the radio. What Sonic Youth was doing was different from the outset, but I think it took a while for the form to develop. I'm glad Kim starting playing bass!

[neurotic4ever]

@AZZippy

Thurston played bass for Lydia Lunch at one time. And Kim luckily kept singing. I wanted to marry her in those days :-)

[syntheticgasmasks]

this somehow reminds me of Throbbing Gristle, fuck, I wish I was born in the mid-70s

[beermacht80]

esta, yo creo, es la primera grabración de sonic youth en vivo

ultra punk

[fishbone3333]

Holy shit, this is epic. 

[TheSauvageonne]

this is not 1983...

[deniselgihwalker]

I fuckin' lovebands like this. They just make me wanna headbang/jump around and punch shit. <3

[DaftSpock]

best brain fuck ever

[StraightPunkEdge93]

sonic youth is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jacobladders]

making the nature scene, classic track sounds original today as it did back in 83

[stashews]

thank you DNA and other various no wave acts.

[ynkrock7]

I love you Kim Gordon!

[TheAnalObsession]

thanks for this video!!!!

[beermacht80]

wea punk 

[roqk]

i was born in poitiers in 1991... shit

[olaparavoce]

UHUUU!!!

[urckrecords]

do you have more from this era!!!????

[Kaneda2Tsushin]

sonic youth ages like wine

[simpsons2170]

@Kaneda2Tsushin  meh they reached their prime in 89

[snappycruise]

soniiiiiiiiiiiiiiic youuuuuuuuuth! ndeed!

[freudastaire]

love it, thank u!

[rubensalceda]

hostia puta!!kim terrorista sonikaaaaa!!!

[ripezta]

DEL PUTAS!!!!!

[CANDOKNOWHOW]

I love it, nothing beats the original.

[jeremyhillaryboobphd]

this is fucking terrible

[harnas2929]

o kurwa to lubie, caly stary sonic youth . kapela mnie rozbraja kocham ten zgielk psychodeliczny.

[arkatura]

Zajebisty klimat, ani trochę się nie zestarzała muza.

[unseenwires]

Gig or performance art installation? don't answer that

[ilovemollyringwald]

best r'nb ever.

[taspats29]

best hip-hop song ever

[J0hnD031990]

hip hop?

[taspats29]

@J0hnD031990 yes, you know, hip-hop. that they play guitars doesn't mean they cant play hip-hop. and lyrics is more social and better than other hip-hop songs have.

[J0hnD031990]

i guess thats a good way to look at it, but i wasn't tryn to disrespect, this IS my favorite band were talkin here...

[seandunx]

@taspats29 Words



[seandunx]

@taspats29 Words

Now that you mention, Kim is a hip-hop Diva. Her Collabo with Chuck D is classic

[menezllero]

fu.. awe! is that kim!? xD

[riaclub]

Come listen to our fucking music, friends!

[floorofthepinkroom]

Holy shit!

[nosecomosell]

hahaha confusion is sex is the best album

[betterwiththespray]

@nosecomosell

Y E  S

[randymarsh151]

how does one play sonic youth songs on guitar hero?

[pansatyrson]

You start by smashing that fake fucking guitar atrocity into the tv screen...

[riaclub]

.Nous sommes a la recherche de dates partout et meme la ou le vent souffle a 200km/h no problemo un chanteur breton un batteur catalan un bassiste napolitain/alsacien et un futur machiniste dans le vent c'est plus solide qu'un platane :D ....Alors si vous entendez autour de vous qu'un festival a besoin de groupes ,pensez a nous!!! Allez echarpe bonnet et vitamine C pour cet hiver,portez vous bien.

[arrisfilms]

kim looks like a stereotypical 50s houswife

[lloplop]

yeah......exactly what she looks like....(*widens and rolls eyes*)

[teemccee]

im digging thurston on bass!

[wesrush]

genial!! leur premiere fois en france??vive sonic youth!!

[MasterShifty]

This is freakin' awesome! It's so raw and beautiful.

[DeepRecon25]

here's some advice: don't ever say out loud "oh i know that band or song from guitar hero" when refering to classic music because you'll look like an idiot.

but in your case you sound like idot anyway.

[lloplop]

if someone knows the band from guitar hero....dont you think it's a kid? I mean, it's a video game and who hears of Sonic Youth from a a video game. come on dude. They sound like an idiot only from the perception of an idiot.

[teemccee]

AWESOME!

[ubmilitant]

so arty farty i love em

[TheCousin666]

sexist idiot...

[Sound4Sense]

nowadays no one wants to take any chances like they did, The groups only want to follow/copy each other like drones. Thanks for posting this very good early vid!

[suburbandrone]

it's not that nobody takes chances now, it's that real innovation lies wholly outside the concept of "music" now. this is because the industry has bought out every little thing under the sun. chances might be made now, but the average person won't know about it until the industry repackages it and sells it back to us (like what has happened to no wave)

[vanopnt]

@Sound4Sense I think you are not looking very hard. plenty of fish in the sea.

[WispierTetrahedrons]

@Sound4Sense There are plenty that do, and there always will be, they're just not as popular. Like most things, you have to dig deeper to find the good stuff!

[virusinsideus]

@Sound4Sense there are good like minded bands out there, they are just harder to find!

[gotxch]

@Sound4Sense yes you're right man, that's good to read your words!

[grasshopper818]

I can't tell, is that Bob Bert on drums?

[supertrix101]

yes it was

[zwarteraaf]

early sonic youth is awesome, now for quite some years they are just a bore to me, nothing surprising at all, you can set your clock on when the freakout part comes and catch up the song again. if you want songs better listening VU

sy vocals are their weak part, kinda of indie/collage vocals, iget tired of it very fast

[LESTATAK]

I really like the early footage of this legendary band. Wish there was more of it.

[Merzbowxnoise]

Legendary!!!

But how looks Kim??!!

With glasses?

[anagrama1x]

s-o-n-i-c y-o-u-t-h

is awesome

[jumabo08]

this is why sonic youth became a legend and posibly the best band in the world. They are unique, way above the rest.

[L3MiNiMAL]

I wish I could've hear this music when I was 5.

I got to know Sonic Youth 12 years later!

[musmetzevenpoten]

me too :)

[hlup]

абсолютно живые!

[BillysEvilCuzan]

besides this being a great song i love that at the end of the song, alough every visible seat is full only a handful clapp and the girl in the front row looks at her freind like..... "WTF did i just witness?" I LOVE THIS BAND!

[Bossk14]

This is awesome Sonic Youth.

[birdonawi]

insoportable! excepto para alguien muy sacado con la existencia misma.

[lucastrinkler]

ronaldo!

[TSOAFrules13]

holy shit this is so fucking OLD

[daje080]

RONALDO

[DanBL0N00]

was this song ever released on any of their albums?

[Starvoid7]

brilliant.

[RPS3000]

OMG

great

[sionmario]

...Amazing...

[enzio81]

il riff di school dei nirvana assomiglia molto a questo..come sempre sonici maestri :)

[zachoriento]

Pure original vintage collector video ever !!!

[musmetzevenpoten]

Is this "Making the nature scene"?

Yes it is.

It's great, the way Kim lifts herself to the tips of her toes in the beginning :)

[maxohr2]

I prefer their earlier stuff

[deadzeppelin]

ha ha ha

[mhub]

great

[yaiknowscrewme]

very nicee

[GthWWW]

Oula!!! C'est coi sèt mrd sa ressemble à r1.

C'est pa de la zic sa.

[dumigron]

Et ta façon d'écrire c'est pas du français!!

[wesrush]

oui c'est sur que si t'aimes plutot christophe maé t'a rien a faire ici trouduc...

[haigna]

boloss

[aphexpusher]

omg this is awesome!

[smio2]

thats the worst music i ever heard

[betterwiththespray]

wowow,thank you

[MisterMisanthropy]

I liked Kim at the time of this video. She turned pretty chovenistic after goo.

[aphexpusher]

agreed

[javableak]

con todos mis respetos, me parece increible que viendo esto, pueda decir que uno de mis mejores conciertos en vivo fue Sonic Youth en el Santirock!!!!!!!!

[MustBeUnearthed]

Haven't got Confusion is Sex, but Kim sounds a lot like Lydia Lunch in this video.

[musicphan1]

I know they've done things with Lydia Lunch before and SY has been influenced by Lydia Lunch and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks before.

[pucue1000]

PEACEEEEEEE

[gabeuop79]

Haha, those people in the crowd didn't know what hit 'em...

[dbhipolito]

This version is on Confusion is Sex. There is a "rap" version on the Cicconne Youth album.

[zaynzaynzayn]

this song is from ciconne youth, 1987, beautiful irony

[MisterMisanthropy]

and yet it's on Confusion is Sex. The irony that you're wrong, yes.

[patzovsky]

nooo shes an angry school female director, much hotter stuff than an ordinary teacher lollllllllllllll

[MisterMisanthropy]

Kim looks like a school teacher lol.

[ExodusPessoa]

I didn't know the band was this old wow!!!!!!!

[RainmanCT]

good god it's awful i love it.

[ExodusPessoa]

lol That's a good RainmanCT very funny.

[kalemarefrite]

i'm realy starting to like their older songs, last week when i saw them they started with the burning spear,it was so great!!

[LoriMeyers]

grunge?? proto grunge???

NOISE¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ I LOVE SY

[mmonus]

:I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth: - As I Lay Dying. Ensuing W. Faulkner's smooth-textured thread of thought, it comes as no surprise that Sonic Youth('s 1983 performance at Poiters)presents my resuscitating water drop.

[akis723]

grunge? wtf is that?

[mmckain]

who needs a bass when its rockin tha mic...

[NancyLudwigVan]

I LOVE THE FIRST SONIC YOUTH!!

[popopnits]

vaguely hip-hop?

[Geonihilist]

lol you mean rap and I'd say no: it's just that the way she sings it sounds like the Beastie Boys for the first minute.

[kozmikoblivion]

you should hear the ciccone version its even hip hop-pier.

[doctorwhonico]

Now I know why they called themselves Sonic Youth!!!!

[40yrOLDsexPERVERT]

I love that woman

[Jonnin7]

lol tout le monde en a rien a battre a la fin du morceau comme quoi il faut batailler avant d'être reconnu

[g3ud0]

She kinda sounds like a war protester or something.

*Hugs*...

[BorlandRIP7]

Ca c'est du tresor caché..merci !

C'est au Confort Moderne ?

[indetroit442]

i really love kim.

[captaintsubasa27]

who were on drums at that time?bert,sclavunos...?

[Vianney85410]

Tain Sonic Youth a Poitiers, tout pres de chez moi !! shui né trop tard...

[GrishAnnug]

LEE RENALDO!

[CREMA2MINUTOS]

no limiten deciendoles grunge , nirvana , sonic youth ,melvins ,dinosaur, bs, green river eran rock alternativo ,underground , y todos tenian su propio sonido

[BLANCOSR]

kronnan, el grunge no fue solo nirvana y kurt cobain, sonic youth tiene temas grunge, my friend goo es uno de ellos, al igual que silver rocket, drunken butterfly, etc.

[HowardIrwin]

Let's be honest, that was awful ha ha

[dachampion09]

You're right, it is pretty awful :). But hey, every band has to spend time developing their craft, and Sonic Youth sure as hell came a long ass way!

[KronnangDunn]

Hah... not as awful as most crap out there in the media today man...

[altotap]

I can understand why a lot of people wont get on with it... but I think a lot of people live in a pretty small world - i love it and know the same principle went into this as did sugar kane or something else. you've really got to listen - when you get it this kind of music inhibits you like no other can come close to touching.

[GrishAnnug]

No it wasn't awful, take into consideration what year it was, what scenes were going on, and how much intergrity, and balls SY had to do this. They were and are the most innovative and unique band.

[tmutazz]

I consider the term "Awful" a great compliment. When you look at what "Good" mainstream music was then, and is now, to sound like this is refreshing.

[dino4e]

"awful"-lee good point,oh shit! see what i did there? even included a member of the band's name, everyone give me 18 thumbs up! no but seriously, completely agree with you.

[tmutazz]

Thanks! I love this song! It just cant be played loud enough!

[sanjasany]

yeeeeaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[simonbnyc]

This is probably one of their finest moments. Daydream Nation was their last great album. After that they kind of lost the plot although solo stuff and Goodbye 20th Century put them back in the ball game.

[BLANCOSR]

Grunge como pocos.

[KronnangDunn]

That ain't Grunge...

[prankster1590]

Yeah. I call it proto-grunge :)

[MisterMisanthropy]

it's experimental. Grunge implies laziness and power chords.

[supertrix101]

you mean pre grunge

[jodali11]

Kim I love you

[whitara]

охуеть!!!!!!

[morphicresident]

confusion is sex ist rad.

its hard to pick favorites with this band though...they are all pretty good.

[MattMartinHare]

LoriMeyers - "This is Making The Nature Scene", from the classic album "Confusion is Sex", which is one of their best, and first, releases.

[mhofkp]

not the 1st LP. the burning spear/i dream i dreamed was before confusion

[individualfrog]

Interesting choice by the cameraman to not show Lee rocking the noise solo at all. Such a tease!

[LoriMeyers]

wich is the name of the song...or in wich disc can i hear the song¡¡?¿???

bye

[KronnangDunn]

Classic!!!!

[uburei]

OH CHRISSSSSSSSSSSSST

[johnoneagain]

énorme Sonic Youth au parc des expos! j'y crois pas c tro surréaliste!

[matthewcobrien]

So ahead of their time! What an amazing group for three decades!

[tsantossa]

1983...

[910913]

So fucking cool. Music will never be that good again.