Best show I've ever been to....


Thurston also mentioned a noise gig? Where is that?

What a great show that was! It was classic SY all the way.
I think they sound better as a 4pc. That shit was tight!

*drools*

first post here although I've been visiting for years...I think this was my 8th show or something like that...
I was compelled to register to post songs you missed:

brother james
the sprawl
shaking hell(!)

Candle
Brother James
Catholic Block
Stereo Sanctity
Hey Joni
Sprawl>
Cross The Breeze
The Wonder>
Hyperstation
White Cross
Mote
Shaking Hell

Encore: Shadow of a Doubt
Silver Rocket
Express way to your Skull

http://twitpic.com/2aiwlk

Amazing show, although it went by quickly. The songs sort of flowed into one another--there was very little chat with the crowd. Kim forgot about Expressway!

somewhere in bushwick. i guess we already missed it. :7P

great great show. loved the old school setlist. highlights for me were hearing "mote" and "expressway..." for the first time. my brain melted during the latter.

also cool seeing jenn again. her dedication is beyond admirable. i now have fifty more SY shows before i reach 55.

that's a killer set list!

wow!

lucky people

Or she had to "take care of business." heh heh.

I took a few pics, a few vids. Will post when I wake up.

Aaron, Annie, Kurt, George...a pleasure as always.

Derek, Amy, Greg...missed y'all!

My first time seeing SY as a full-set 4 piece since '98...fantastic. They were
digging every minute of it, and so was I. Even when Thurston fucked up on "Candle" and
Lee decided to take his time coming in on "Shaking Hell." It was like getting served a meal where the appetizer, main course, and dessert were actually all dessert. "Brother James" and "Cross the Breeze" shared top prize.

"I took a few pics, a few vids. Will post when I wake up." - Awesome, can't wait to see these!! I'm still glowing from that show.
The Wonder>Hyperstation still blows me away everytime I see it. Mote was extra special for me since I was up close Lee Side. Raged!

Awesome glad they kicked ass for you all. I'll see them again sometime as they always seem to play somewhere in Massachusetts their adopted home. Shaking Hell and Cross the Breeze are definitely a couple of my favorites live along with Inhuman. Glad to hear they threw in Mote one of my all time favs. I didn't get my kid's car out of the shop until 4:00 and 800 bucks later.

This was one of the tightest shows I've seen them do. Kim was really on fire with the bass and I prefer them as a four-piece if they can keep up that kind of intensity.

I am really burning my ass that I am not going to Montreal today.

That was truly an amazing show I think one of the reasons may have been that they weren't as loud as usual and you could hear the inter play more clearly. Great job by the sound guy. It was an all around great place for a show. I met a lot of great people throughout the evening.There was a police presence but they seemed to be relaxed and just there in case they were needed. Hope everyone else has as good a time as i did. Thanks to one and all. Next stop ATP

The sound was great imo also. You could define each guitar and the bass distinctively. And, Steve......well he is the man! One minute he's a rock solid metronome, next minute he's thrashing out like no tomorrow.
The energy was great in there too. I was right behind the last row of seats, Lee Side, and people were really into it around me. One of my favorite shows since i've been seeing them in '98. Hope to find a recording.

haha, I was like wtf this was on tv??! looking at that vid for the first few seconds...

a little better picture of the set list here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/95359145@N00/4849592517/

Talk Normal was playing with Richard Hoffman (Sightings).

yeah shoulda went to Montreal....

Found this via @celebratebklyn on twitter:

http://bigasslens.com/home/2010/8/1/...31-videos.html

just as last shows in Barcelona and Madrid!!!
coool!!

yeah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6fPXZlsDJU

Fun set list!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nga4lXyuOSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsuwCp5yWg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik1eyMNbg8Y

i need to move back to the east coast :(

jenn, awesome videos

how awesome was this moment? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxNIgLIwGPg

Sonic sounded really damn good on Saturday. Awesome set list! Sorry to be a downer, but didn't the chairs and VIP section kinda bum anybody else out? I can only imagine how rockin' the crowd would have been if the chairs were nixed and the VIP section was nixed. I was fixin' to rock the fuck out, and there really was little room for that.

4 piece SY is always refreshing.

I want a tape of this, like, now.

Damn I wish I had gone to this, especially seeing that setlist. Was going to roadtrip from Massachusetts (this would've been my first SY show) and then decided against it for some reason. Then my girlfriend broke up with me Saturday night. I hate this week.

I'll second the request for a recording if it's out there.

That was beyond Awesome!!! Great angle on the video!

"I want a tape of this, like, now."

ME TOO!! NYC taper could not get to the show......anyone else know of a copy out there???

More pics and Gothamist review here :

http://gothamist.com/2010/08/02/we_were_there_sonic_youth_at_celebr.php?gallery0Pi c=1#gallery

Looks like the Gothamist writer used my Setlist posting. I feel honored!

Excellent videos It's really amazing how they have taken their live shows to another level. Certainly seems as though they have a better sound man at the boards but even more than that it's them. Lee is more aggressive with his playing and stage presence and Kim is Kim Gordon member of Sonic Youth not just Thurston's wife. Steve is as cool as ever and Thurston has step back just a bit and let the rest of them come out front. I grew up with all the big bands of the sixties and the seventies and I'll take Sonic Youth over all of them. If I could only see one more concert in my life or I was stuck on an island with only one record I'd want it to be them.

I'm really sorry you weren't able to catch the show man.

Damn NYTaper didn't record the show? Damn, that's disappointing to put mildly. Does anyone else know if there is a recording of the show around?

Nice Expressway video from Big Ass Lens

http://vimeo.com/13802390

The bridge in Mote (where Lee sings "I'm down in the daytime...) is one of the most beautiful, dreamy SY moments of all. The glistening guitars perfectly compliment his vocals.

Jenn, Annie and everyone, I'm sorry I missed you guys. I looked around, but it was a crowded show!