http://pocketsymphony.com/2010/01/14/youth-recaptured-or-sonic-youth-at-the-wiltern/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:21:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://pocketsymphony.com/2010/01/14/youth-recaptured-or-sonic-youth-at-the-wiltern/comment-page-1/#comment-34 divaraven Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:21:39 +0000 http://pocketsymphony.com/?p=46#comment-34 When I lived in Paris, I remember trying to get someone to go with me to See SY in 1987. They weren't big yet; this was before their breakthrough. I had cassette tapes (remember those) of Evol and Confusion is Sex and Bad Moon Rising (plus some stuff Thurston did with Lydia Lunch), and I remember lending them to a bunch of different classmates at the American School of Paris, in the hope that someone would want to see SY in concert with me. I got a bunch of no's (finally a total stoner went, but I think simply because I promised her some pot). But my favorite "no" response came from my friend Chrissie, who said, "So I put the tape in my player, and it sounded all fucked up and I thought, 'Shit, my tape player's broken!' Then I put in one of my tapes, and it played fine, and I thought, 'Shit, I broke Raven's tape! She's going to kill me.' Then I listed to it again and realize that was how the music was *supposed* to sound. So how can I put this...no I won't go with you.'" 23 (oy!) years later, Chrissie loves them. Time changes everything. When I lived in Paris, I remember trying to get someone to go with me to See SY in 1987. They weren’t big yet; this was before their breakthrough. I had cassette tapes (remember those) of Evol and Confusion is Sex and Bad Moon Rising (plus some stuff Thurston did with Lydia Lunch), and I remember lending them to a bunch of different classmates at the American School of Paris, in the hope that someone would want to see SY in concert with me. I got a bunch of no’s (finally a total stoner went, but I think simply because I promised her some pot). But my favorite “no” response came from my friend Chrissie, who said, “So I put the tape in my player, and it sounded all fucked up and I thought, ‘Shit, my tape player’s broken!’ Then I put in one of my tapes, and it played fine, and I thought, ‘Shit, I broke Raven’s tape! She’s going to kill me.’ Then I listed to it again and realize that was how the music was *supposed* to sound. So how can I put this…no I won’t go with you.’” 23 (oy!) years later, Chrissie loves them. Time changes everything.

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