I had been on a Classic Rock kick for a while this morning I needed to hear something different.
I guess these guys could be considered classic rock now since their first EP came out in 1981, but I started listening to them more in the 90s.
This was my first song of the day and what I woke my kids up with.
The video is a bit out there but the music is a kick in the face!
This was the first Sonic Youth song I remember hearing. It was on the Pump Up the Volume soundtrack (which was epic) and it introduced me to a completely different style of music than I was aware of.
I followed it up with some of my other all time Sonic Youth Favorites. All off different albums coincidentally:
This one caused teenage HipHopp to fall completely in love with Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill.
This one ended up on the Guitar Hero 5 song list, which was pretty awesome to play. Still one of my all time favorite SY songs.
And this one is a cover of a Carpenters song from a tribute compilation album. It was also on the Juno soundtrack later on. The video is a full on trip.
And finally, one of their bigger hit singles and one I found later on because it came out when I was 9.