Sonic Youth - Hey Joni (Live From The Basement)

[mshumaker84]

so sick... love sy

[ThoseSleezyKids]

I love Lee because unlike Thurston and Kim, he puts his all into singing his songs live.

[Tyger2393]

I told my girlfriend she was a sailboat explosion. She's not my girlfriend anymore...

[rssnowblind0]

Hey isn't that the bassist from Pavement?

[kanye2west2was2right]

@rssnowblind0 yeah mark ibold only recently became the bassist of sonic youth but he has always been the bassist of pavement. gotta love a man like that

[cactaceous]

@kanye2west2was2right I've met Mark Ibold twice, the first at a Battles show in Central Park during Summerstage series when he told me Pavement would never get back together again because Malkmus didn't need them, liar, and the second after I saw Sonic Youth play the Apple Store where we just happened to be on the same subway car riding uptown on the 6 train. It was cool to see a musician ride the subway with his bass. He probably thought we had followed him when we approached him.

[fenix478]

kim's wearing some nice clothes...

[CaptainRoody]

I saw them live last night (New Year @ Hammersmith Apollo) - just brilliant, this was probably the highlight

[shoekstra1419]

I play this song in my basement too when I jam!!!

[bettedd]

It's 1963, it's 1957, it's 1962, 2006

[deathwish959]

i cant beleive im just now getting into this band. they are amazing.

[6determitnavn]

"Put it all behind you" .. very wise words.

[RaoulDuke0924]

put it all behind you

now its all behind you

[TheJdfuentes]

KI KI KICK IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[EltomeiroJackson]

"...Joni's in the tall grass

She's a beautiful mental jukebox

A sailboat explosion

A snap of electric whipcrack

Forget the future

These times are such a mess

Tune out the past, and just say yes..."

[TheSicDominator]

i like the tache

[TheIkaraCult]

Lee Ranaldo is the business

[Gumbyrearygood]

A song to a seagull that hides in a cactus

[Zatzzo]

hey thats pavement's bass player!

[RAAAAIIIIN]

one of their best

[bigxcityxdreams]

my name is joni. :3

[aalexcp]

@bigxcityxdreams im glad

[ragnatoad]

Is that a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe/DeVille Thurston is using?

[CristoffandFriends]

it's 1963... it's 1964... it's 1957... it's 1962... put it all behind you.

[BloodOrange0000]

I just saw them at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston. They played Hey Joni as their first encore song (Yes, we urged them out again ;D). I almost pooped my pants. They proceeded to go for the double encore. I did poop my pants. It was nothign short of pure awesomeness.

[frunkus88]

@BloodOrange0000 they played 3 encores when we saw them

[revl74]

I love the bass guitar on this song is technical.

[benciano]

its joni....LOL (=

[teobass82]

no gino!

[mattisprettycool]

hey gino put it all behind you

[forkv]

I wonder why they have two basses?

[jakke90210]

its so that kim can concentrate on just singing on some songs and so that she can play guitar on others. alot of their newer songs actually have 3 guitars on them

[RolexTharsus]

It's so you can have Yoof with added Pavement :)

[teobass82]

who is joni o gino? mmm

[KatieRoss72]

according the her fan site it's Joni Mitchell!

[subsamadhi]

actually the song is about someone they knew. they took the Jimi Hendrix song "hey joe" and added "joni" to get the title. At least that's what I remember reading about it. One of my favorite Youth songs.

[x1soundgarden1x]

I love the original version from Daydream Nation. Don't like this remixed version as much. And what the heck is Kim playing here? It just looked like she was strumming harmonics at the 12th fret the whole song.

[ragnatoad]

remixed?

And I really like this version.

It's recorded really well.

Still Daydream Nation is one of their best albums.

peace

[thesuikerlounge]

without the picture i am shure you wouldn't here any difference. too many people seem to know sy too good. the "good" sound quality makes it absolutely irreal to here what she is doing different then on the album and the ex-pavement guy plays definitly the same as kim on dn in 1988.

go ahead and form a band... with your knowledge and hearing you should be a true master.

[KaraokeSUBstar]

yep.. wierd but still cool :D

[bigxcityxdreams]

O.o my name is joni.

[spncrgrn]

(clicks favorite)

[Unadapted]

i love lee, man. lee is freeeee

[masataka986]

BELLA LEE!

[kozmikoblivion]

on the next record they should consider a dual bassline. It would be a beast.

[Sickboy636]

i saw this like one month ago, this is a show called "Basement Session"

[cooperray1]

where is this "basement"

[HystericalAndUseless]

somewhere british is the best I can give you.

The producer Nigel Godrich runs them, hence the fantastic sound.

[blk309]

NIGEL??

he helps radiohead doesn't he?

[ssugarpluscreamm]

Yeah he does...he is amazing whatever he touches becomes gold

[AaronRes]

Radiohead did a live from the basement too :O

it's amazing - search it.

[jrnls80s]

Abbey Road Studios

[recordingsoftheflesh]

the audio quality is KILLER... impressive sound...! thanx for putting this up!

[nathanidiothend]

Good fucking lord yes!!. I bet Mark would be surprised back in Pavement if he was ever told he'd end up in Sonic Youth.

[ssugarpluscreamm]

Haha..he would

But they make a pretty good team'