What is the setlist like these days?
 

Can anyone enlighten me?

what?

It's generally printed in Comic Sans MS, hmm maybe size 14, in black. The paper is white. It contains the tracks Sonic Youth plays, and who plays what

Too answer you sensibly, it centres heavily around Daydream Nation tracks, they've also ressurected alot of really old classics, She is Not Alone, World looks Red etc...

hi ecfan, welcome to the board

theres info about everygig SY have ever played in the Sonicology section in the Archives page up there ^^^ check it out its pretty good

Nothing awesome that they haven't played in forever or anything.....pretty disappointing really.

I wish they would revert back to the old trebuchet ms material

and which guitar is used, with color .

Oh, font-based jokes. This forum's absolute high point.

Wingdings@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't make me go Tahoma on your asses.

Nice to see a couple people answered this guy without trying to make him look stupid for asking a question about Sonic Youth on their board.

Nonetheless, the Sonicology chronology is not anywhere near up to date. The last shows listed on it in 2008 are in February, and I'm sure their set is quite different from then by now. Chris Lawrence must have a life or something. ;)

So ecfan's question is completely valid and mostly unanswered.

I'm guessing your best bet is to compare it to the July 4th setlist, you're likely to see similar songs played with some possible variations.

July 4th:

She is not Alone
Bull in the Heather
Silver Rocket
Skip Tracer
The Sprawl
World Looks Red
Cross the Breeze
Hey Joni
Jams Run Free
The Wonder/Hyperstation
Drunken Butterfly
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Making the Nature Scene
Pink Steam
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Schizophrenia
100%

It seems that they have also brought back The Burning Spear

all they do now is play bananarama covers.


... which is pretty likely for sonic youth to do to be honest.

I don't mind that they play a couple things from Rather Ripped, it's their last album and all, but it's sure a shame they don't play anything else after Dirty (except for "Bull in the Heather", which always comes back too). I wish they'd play stuff off of Washing Machine again.

you and me both

that would be artsy

washing machine stuff and a1k leaves that would be a asskickin gig

skip tracer is off Washing Machine

Well the set-list for the recent Daydream Nation shows were:

Teen Age Riot
Silver Rocket
The Sprawl
Cross the Breeze
Eric's Trip
Total Trash
Hey Joni
Providence
Candle
Rain King
Kissability
The Wonder
Hyperstation
Eliminator Jr.
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Rather Ripped Blah Blah Blah
Who the Fuck Cares
More Rather Ripped
Yeah Whatever

Something like that. Totally off the top of my head, but that was the gist of it.

Bangers bangers bangers--none of that opening with a ten-minute Golden Blue drone shit.

Bring back the NYC G&F songs you motherfucks!

2 different torrents from tape sources for this one out there.
It's the most recent that I know about...

Sonic Youth 8/09/08
Location: Port
Les Escales Festival
St. Nazaire, France

Setlist:
01 The Burning Spear
02 Bull in the Heather
03 The Sprawl
04 'Cross the Breeze
05 Eric's Trip
06 The Wonder > Hyperstation
07 Drunken Butterfly
08 Schizophrenia
09 Hey Joni
10 Jams Run Free
11 Pink Steam
12 Shaking Hell

thats wierd, i'd have thought if you liked NYCGAF you'd like Golden Blue?

Don't get me wrong, Nurse is what turned me onto em, but that doesn't really set the tone for a wildass show. Renegade Princess on the other hand...