Sonic Youth - Goo
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Artist: Sonic YouthEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-06-15
Music Label: Geffen Records
Soundtracks:
- Dirty Boots
- Tunic (Song For Karen)
- Mary-Christ
- Kool Thing
- Mote
- My Friend Goo
- Disappearer
- Mildred Pierce
- Cinderella's Big Score
- Scooter & Jinx
- Titanium Expose
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Free Music Review: Goo: 'It was all whirlwind, heat, and flash.'
Hit: 5 Stars
"My friend Goo has a real tattoo
She always knows just what to do
She looks through her hair like she doesn't care
What she does best is stand and stare."
Sonic Youth released Goo in 1990 (the band's first album for major label, Geffen Records), a year before touring with an unknown band named Nirvana. Goo marked a turning point for Sonic Youth. While the music was more accessible and less experimental that the band's previous work, listening to Goo was nevertheless like hitting a wall of pure psychedelic noise. The album even featured a hit single, "Kool Thing," featuring vocals by Chuck D from rap group Public Enemy. ("Are you going to liberate us girls from male, white, corporate oppression," bass player Kim Gordon ponders in the song.) In "Tunic (Song for Karen)", a song about Karen Carpenter's battle with anorexia, Gordon sings: "I feel like I'm disappearing/ Getting smaller every day/ But when I open my mouth to sing/ I'm bigger in every way," and happily envisions the Carpenter jamming on her drums in heaven, playing for Dennis Wilson, Elvis Presley, and Janis Joplin. Goo is a brilliant album, a "whirlwind" of intellectual and primal energy, making it a true art-post-punk music icon. Tracks include:
1. Dirty Boots 5:28
2. Tunic (Song For Karen) 6:22
3. Mary-Christ 3:11
4. Kool Thing 4:06
5. Mote 7:37
6. My Friend Goo 2:19
7. Disappearer 5:08
8. Mildred Pierce 2:13
9. Cinderella's Big Score 5:54
10. Scooter And Jinx 1:06
11. Titanium Expose 6:27
G. Merritt
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After spending the 1980s terrorizing the underground alternative scene with their oddly tuned guitars and inventive song structure, this New York City art-punk band started the next decade with a major label deal and a determination to make rock loud and sexy for all concerned. The single "Kool Thing," which features a cameo from Public Enemy's Chuck D, immediately proved they had both the dynamic control and the range to meet such a challenge. Backed by an album of taut, riff-driven anthems ("Dirty Boots," "Titanium Expose") and moments of extended feedback bliss (Lee Ranaldo's "Mote"), Sonic Youth redefined what hard rock would sound like in the '90s. It's no wonder Nirvana respected them so. --Rob O'ConnorAlternative Rock Music CDs
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