Sonic Youth 04-07-96 Germany 1. Teenage Riot

[Wasteland1000]

How such a soft opening rift maks an entire crowd go dead silent in an instant before they attempt to cheer but are awestruck by greatness

[ChengLi1979]

i taped that on vhs. the cassette is broken. FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!! this festival was so cool. smashing pumpkins, sonic youth, garbage, cypress hill and much more. it never coming back like that.

[GrockJake]

"Now we have Nickelback" Wow, seriously? What planet are you on? Because I don't think you're on Earth. I haven't heard a thing from Nickelback in what seems like 4 years. On top of that, you think in the 90's Sonic Youth was playing on the mainstream radio? No. You had to seek them out. And guess what? Plenty of great band in 2011. Japandroids, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Tears Run Rings, Giant Drag, Sorry Kisses, Warpaint. Stop your fucking bitching.

[theproletariates]

"Spirit desire, spirit desire...we will fall!" Take a fucking laxative woman! ahahahhaa Instigation at its greatest!

[XSidRapedMyCatX]

Now we have Nickelback....

How far we have fallen...

[CheRevolution76]

@XSidRapedMyCatX

Exactly!

[redadaireohyeah]

fuck me. last real band on this planet

[21dandandan12]

This video was taken in 1996 so he's 38 in this video. He will be 52 this year and he still looks great!!

@ znicacz, way way waaaay better than aerosmith

[jthomas666]

that's what happens when you live life without heroin & coke

[leobeckert]

na bateria, boça

[spiderpoman]

I love the song

[spiderpoman]

great

[FestusTravincal]

suprisingly not that bad

[znikacz]

Not as good as Aerosmith though, right?

[piinus]

The music sounds a bit like Joy Division

[marisolex119]

they're unaddicted.neither to the sounds.

[icu812a]

So many awesome songs from Sonic Youth, but this will always be their best.

[ohefdubs]

there so cool

[hpsfl]

The scary part is, Thurston is 37 years old in this video..

[goal2004]

Alternative Rock has this weird effect of making bands that play it look and sound 20 years younger :)

[AndaleyAndaley]

didnt stop beeing dreamers^^

[coryjim1]

i get to see them in Atlanta this july, I woder how old he looks at 50?

[mattkova]

im going see them in atlanta too

[Grunge00125]

i dont think hes 50. he looks way too young to be 50

[minnieme01]

I saw them. Thurston's almost 51. He just doesn't look like it.

[Grunge00125]

oh. holy shit. he looks like hes 30 something. damn.......lucky bastard

[FWoord]

Actually, he's 51 or something, but I agree, he looks seventeen

[elpipa2g]

doing graet music has keeped em young

[kalemarefrite]

saw sonic youth 3 times so far

and 2 years ago at pukkelpop saw dinosaur jr soic youth smashing pumpkins iggy pop and chriss cornell all at the same festival

[FestusTravincal]

what an amazing fucking drummer

[ofz2222]

not only the drummer, everyone

[kcscene0]

thurston is fuckin' dope

[cvrenna]

I love Sonic Youth, as much as they get shit from everyone for no real reason, I love them.

[grobber13]

i love this song

[lucastrinkler]

Sonic Youth = oneofThe best band ever (2)

[mimiscuel]

Friggin amazing

[iwantafuckinggoodone]

haha I'm trying to learn this on guitar, such a stress. I've already snapped a string trying to get the tuning.

[kalemarefrite]

i'm gonna see them tomorow!!!!!!!!!

can't wait

[LovingPunkRock]

you lucky!!

[benpilsener]

Greatest rock song ever !

[benpilsener]

One of the best rock song ever !

[migmuff]

Sonic Youth = The best band ever

[casamesadoof]

damn I wish I could've seen them last summer in Chicago

[pv6]

Ha, you too? I'm still bitter about not going to Pitchfork last year.

[corporateGH0ST]

OMG! PITCHFORK! AHH I wanted to kill myself everyday up until like last week. I was so pissed I didn't go. My friend went and he is lightly into SY and he said it was amazing.

[pv6]

This year's lineup was great too (Dinosaur Jr, Mission Of Burma, Animal Collective, etc) and I STILL couldn't go. Goddamn...

[cvrenna]

damn i would kill to see dinosaur jr

[binstig]

I've seen Dinosaur Jr live :D Not bad going for a 17 year old! Would love to see Sonic Youth though.

[Pavaso]

along with the pixies, I think both of them are two of the most underrated, but most influential bands of all time

[WetNoodle49]

Totally agree.

[jimiMCP]

This is my anthem. Love Sonic Youth to death!! I agree with Miriaminthehouse 100%

[bropey]

Loved sonic youth for a long time now, but never seen them live, oddly enough. Just as good as i expected.

[devonyoung15]

the voice of

the generation

i should have

grown up in..

[yitzchak13]

Why does the bassist always have to be a chick?

[Gumbyrearygood]

They only are chicks if they have vaginas. If you had a vagina and played bass, you would be a chick bass player. The ones with penises aren't the chick bass players.

[wherehopesleeps]

Oh Kim.........Oh Yeah....

[miriaminthehouse]

this video speaks for a generation

hands down the most influential band of the 80s-90s.

[snarkywonton]

Anyone who says SY sucks or should retire should return to their Milli Vanilli.

[sonicochi]

in love with Sonic Youth for eternity

kudos chout!

[prasiddha]

Christgau's favorite rock band...although they used to be enemies at first. Now, Christgau gives most of the SY albums, A's.

[theleo2004]

Apparently "Kill Yr Idols" was temporarly renamed "I Killed Christgau With My Big Fucking Dick" back then. Lawl

[iAmAsteroid]

wwxoxww, I almost agree with you with the exception of their latest album. "Sonic Nurse" and "Murray Street" were really shitty albums, but I really like "Rather Ripped."

[balohna]

Weird, I actually like Sonic Nurse the most of the three.

[kalemarefrite]

cm'on dude empty page sympathy for the strawberry radical adults on murray street and stones golden blue peace attack etc on sonic nurse

[wwxoxww]

they should have retired at that time. now they're crap

[sexymexijesse]

I love Sonic Youth There amazing...

[bloc47]

Perfect

[echoflanger]

Where can I found the whole thing together, like a torrent site? Please guys, 50 virgins will wait you in heaven!!

[sonicochi]

I second that

[bogotacity]

Search for Stones on Rock am ring!

[burnjim]

Wow, simply amazing, real hairs on back of the neck stuff this. Many thanks for uploading.

[fjallman90]

best band there is, period!

[Squalla1]

Best performance of the song I've seen here.

[nikeangus]

best experimental band in the world!

[nikeangus]

best exper

[rayolacer]

fuck me man

[Tronk3]

un grup genial.

[waynewaynewaynes]

: )

[mandibula79]

en mi opinion una de las mejores bandas me gustan todas sus canciones estos tios son geniales :)

[andymanberge]

This is a masterpiece...

[graphiteplacenta]

god this song has beautiful melodies

[TallFastLoud]

It randomly gets louder around 1:40, but other than that this is an amazing video. Where did it come from?

[jothakape]

German national TV

[Superlang]

Recorded in Philipshalle in Düsseldorf/Germany

[cinepesadilla]

far best of the bands of the generation of the 90 parents of grunge of the alternative scene rock ...... when we this way have them in Chile?

i love KIM

[soniclife88]

best live version of this song ever,not counting when i saw it lol

[guttapostrock]

rock national anthem!!! classic tune!!!