Sonic Youth - I Know There's An Answer (Beach Boys Cover)

[trumpetchump]

Sorry guys, you cant improve perfection.

[Atempoespacio]

Wow, Good cover!!!!!!!!

[adanielcome]

GOO

[ripaburikku]

lee is freeeeeee

[foosonic]

I love sonic youth!!

[sonictrasher]

Wow I never knew they covered The Beach Boys. Thanks for the upload!

[M3town3]

A car crashed in the studio.

[denniswilsonfan]

I like their version, they are doing this in tribute to Brian and the Beach Boys. It isn't fair to compare the greatness of the original with the tribute. stop being haters enjoy the music or gtfo

[M3town3]

@denniswilsonfan They deserver "BETtER" covers than this freaky. Besides Dennis Wilson is just a clubber. He's not an... artist. Brian's own words.

[denniswilsonfan]

@M3town3 well if we are going to quote brian, you should check out dennis's video a time to live in dreams, where Brian calls him a genius. clubber perhaps at the start but he got better.

[M3town3]

@denniswilsonfan Phil Spector already taught me how to see which people who are talented... Nobody in the Beach Boys except Brian are very alented at all.

[Clanhelius]

@M3town3 You're just one dumb ass is all.

[M3town3]

@Clanhelius Spector said recently that Brian never was on the same level as him and that the Beach Boys best record Good Vibrations is a edit record with some weird instrument. "It's not a great record, it's an edit record" he said.

[Clanhelius]

@M3town3 My senile grandfather once went on record as saying that Phil Spector dreamed of being as talented as him.

[M3town3]

@Clanhelius Really? Show me.

[lucaslmgv]

@denniswilsonfan

Both are great. I can't tell which one is better.

[000PetSounds000]

@lucaslmgv tell me about it.

[ActionRadar886]

The original is a masterpiece of epic proportions. The lead vocals here are horrible.

[M3town3]

@ActionRadar886 It isn't it's simple simple music! freaky

[lastertower]

I don't think its possible to make a better version of a Beach Boys song, and 100% of artists know this is true when covering a Brian Wilson classic. So what you have to do is put your own twist or take on the song and do the best you can.

[bill291212]

ugly sound. i prefer the beach boys voices and the wrecking crew rocking out.

[sushilll111]

Great cover. Love the sound of the guitar at the beginning. Obviously it isn't as definitive as the Pet Sounds/Beach Boys version but it isn't trying to be, it's a great band paying tribute to a great band.

[dumbangel75]

Interesting interpretation, Sonic Youth also do a cover of The Beatles Within You Without You.

[TaylorConrad8098]

i think this is a somewhat successful update of the song, i mean it's sonic youth can you really expect sonic perfectionism from what is a basically a noise rock band

[mykerush333]

fuck that's good

[amused2deathh]

sounds like a car accident

[M3town3]

@amused2deathh No, it's a radioactive accident.

[ohsaree]

i like this. thank you for putting this up

[mariechristine100]

They didn't understand the harmonic subtilities of the original. And the vocal/instrumental performance is poor. This song is a precious, fragile, light, thin crystal, finely embroidered, you must use carefully !

An example of the way you can take a masterpiece and turn it to banality. When you do a cover, even if you want to change the original material completely, you have to deeply understand the source, and then bring your interpretation. This is obviously not the case here.

[spojmonkey]

Nobody cares.

[mariechristine100]

Well, I do, at least.

[Arquenemeh]

@mariechristine100 Me too, actually. I like this cover; but it's nowhere as good as the Beach Boys's version.

[runnersdialzero33]

I love the Beach Boys, I checked this out because I love them and am much less familiar with Sonic Youth.

But even I can tell they were going for something different, here. They weren't just trying to re-record the original. I think they did a pretty nice job.

[ArtD42]

@mariechristine100 I'd have to strongly disagree here. I think Sonic Youth DID understand the tenderness of the song, and I think their arrangement very much retained the "fragility" of the original. It could definitely have done without the background vocals, and it could be a little more polished, but frankly I was amazed at how seemingly easy the transition is to quite a beautiful rock song.

[spooky29]

Black Francis did a nice cover of this as "Hang on to your Ego" With original BW lyrics. He is a genius, you know, Brian Wilson is.

[subsamadhi]

this is just another reason that sonic youth is the shit.

[vampirellangel]

yeees! Sonic Youth IS the shit!

[stumptacular]

WOW. rarely do i enjoy beach boys cover songs... especially when played by Mike Love and bruce Johnston... but THIS IS AWESOME! thanks for sharing

[famousashtray]

"especially when played by Mike Love and bruce Johnston... "

LMAO!!

[chuckdee121]

FAN froggin TASTIC!

[pizzariadofelix]

LOKO D+, NÓISXXXXXX

[felipemj]

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