Nardwuar vs. Sonic Youth (1991) Pt 1 of 2

Pt 1 of 2 of Nardwuar's interview with Sonic Youth outside the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, BC, Canada. April 17 1991. For the transcript and other Nardwuar Sonic Youth encounters check out http://nardwuar.com/vs/sonic_youth/

Postscript: Nardwuar sez "The record that got broken was "Charlie Browning" by The Young Men from Seattle Washington, released in 1963 on the Bolo Record Label. (Bolo 742) I had brought it to the interview because I had heard (incorrecty) that Sonic Youth had recorded a version of The Coasters hit "Charlie Brown" ---t hey really recorded Alice Cooper's "Is It My Body" --- I hypothesized that perhaps that they would be interested in seeing a Northwest take on "Charlie Brown". When I say "Northwest take" I mean that The Young Men took "Charlie Brown" and changed the words slightly to "Charlie Browning" in honour of a local football player. I personally love when songs get "regionalized" and that damn 45 was dear to my heart! Luckily I was able to find another copy a few years later in a Bellingham ,Washington Value Village. Furthermore to my amazement,, I was told, that while opening for REM at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver in 1995, Sonic Youth dedicated a song to me: "Schizophrenia" ! "

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[zippywaite]

they're trying to be assholes to be funny but nardwuar is such a good interviewer that they can't help but answer his questions seriiusly haha

[rosss888]

sonic youth is awesome..

but they dont have to act like rockstar assholes..

[slayerrules114]

It's funny how interviews with all of these guys now are mellow and they're all nice and stuff cause they're old (Henry Rollins for one). I wonder if they ever look back and feel sorry about how shitty they are towards people who are just interested in them. Honestly, it's so pointless to be douchebags.

[emptiestskies]

I guess it was cool to be an asshole in the nineties.

[thekillers1stfan]

@rosss888 Thurston got it back when he interviewed Beck

[friendsofbrookpark]

look up The Vancouver Five..., they did a fundrasiser, respect

[dahliasha]

'that means we're interested in thing of a botanical nature' lmao

[tubbythug92]

Some butthurt Nardwuar fans down in the comments. haha!

[vacuumnoise]

I think Sonic Youth is the only band to make Nardwuar nervous.

[CerpinTaxt37]

@sebadrum16

All I will say is that this is the only interview that I've ever seen Nardwuar legitimately pissed off. We just see things differently here.

[sebadrum16]

@CerpinTaxt37 God why do you get so mad over this dude, Sonic Youth were being funny, and everyone (except for Kim Gordon) was having a blast torturing Nardwuar. Besides, remember Thurston Moore later on said he "recognized the genious of Nardwuar and the genius of the broken record" if you want to get literal. Sonic Youth were being sarcastic the entire interview. Besides, how can you compare this kind of "mean" to the Blur kind of mean?

[CerpinTaxt37]

@sebadrum16

If it was part of their shtick why does Thurston try to backpedal and say he had nothing to do with the bullshit when Nardwuar interviewed him again years later? If you think what they did here was funny than you need to grow up.