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Re: (TV) Sonic Youth's "Tom Violence"



"...stunning that four people were making that kind of sound live with
day-glo amps and some duct-taped Jazzmasters. The sound coming off the
mini-stage rose like a black dust cloud throwing a very long shadow
over the audience. Mind you, it was a brilliant sunny morning only the
Bay Area can produce..."

Whew -- nice description;  puts me right there.

-A

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Micah <noahbrtn@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This was the 2nd Sonic Youth tune I ever heard (the first being "Shadow of a Doubt"). It still amazes me with it's ability to come on like a ton of bricks. I saw them do it live in the parking lot of Tower Records in SF on their tour with Nirvana back in...the Triassic era.
>
> It was a free show and they opened with it. It was stunning that four people were making that kind of sound live with  day-glo amps and some duct-taped Jazzmasters. The sound coming off the mini-stage rose like a black dust cloud throwing a very long shadow over the audience. Mind you, it was a brilliant sunny morning only the Bay Area can produce.
>
> GAWD..I love Music.
>
> M.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Phil Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com>
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 12:15:32 PM
> Subject: (TV) Sonic Youth's "Tom Violence"
>
> http://sonicology.blogspot.com/2008/07/tom-violence.html
>
> "Some people think the song is about Tom Verlaine from the New York band Television."
>
> I'm not familiar with this track. Any thoughts?
>
> --Phil
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