I'm sick, head cold or flu or who knows what. The official diagnosis: I feel like shit. So, I'm gonna let Mudhoney take it out, and since misery loves company, Sonic Youth covering Mudhoney.
~ NOTE: ALL MEDIA IS HOSTED BY THE BLOGS & SITES NAMED BELOW ~
Listen:Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick (LP Version) mp3 at Chewing Water
Sonic Youth - Touch Me I'm Sick mp3 at I Am Fuel, You Are Friends
3 comments:
Never really cared for Kim Gordon’s vocal contributions, but on that version of Touch Me I’m Sick, it actually seems of work. Funny how they come across - at least - as carelessly fucked up as Mudhoney, but still manage to better them by a safe distance (I think it’s mainly down to how Steve Shelley interprets the Sick riff and in turn lays down a sharper beat).
Haven't seen Sonic Youth in action. They never came through here, for one, and our paths didn't cross when I was out of town either. Interest trailed off in the mid-nineties, but in later years I've picked up some of Thurston Moore's solo stuff, which isn't bad at all (and sans Kim Gordon's off-key pipes).
Now, Gordon, Moore and Ranaldo have all been in town after S.Y. broke up - with respective projects - but I either didn’t get off my ass, or was otherwise engaged. So, when Thurston Moore Band did a gig here last year I finally went, and have to say - as concerts go, it was actually the highlight of (albeit a rather meager) 2015; a solid B+ on the report card.
Get well if you ain't already :)
ee
Typo: seems TO work. not OF work.
(Not that anyone cares, but still; I'm a stickler)
e
Oh, jeez e, I saw both bands a few times back in the day, once on a triple bill (with Gumball) in Tijuana Mexico (or TJ as it's known here). It was nuts, wrote about it a while back:
http://ladimensiondetrastos.blogspot.com/2012/03/sonic-mud-youth-honey.html
As far as typos go, I defy you to point out a post here that doesn't have at least one typo, punctuation error or just plain bad grammar. If there's one thing I'm good at, it's mistakes.
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