05/11/86 - Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso

QUOTES

[walkman plays tape loop of chime sounds]
L: "Hey, do something with these lights! Turn em off! We'll start again! The red lights...where's the red lights? Where's the red light? Hi, we're Sonic Youth. Um, I don't know how many of you people really think that the world is gonna end on May 18th, but...I don't know, I think [?] prophecy."
- Shadow of a Doubt
- Starpower
- Death to our Friends
L: "Can you turn the lights down please?"
- Death Valley '69
- Secret Girl
K: "We're having a little, uh, string problem tonight. Just bear with us..."
[walkman starts playing SECRET GIRL tape again]
K: "A little tuning problem..."
T: "Hey, we're the last band of this festival, it has to go wrong."
K: "This next song is called 'Tom Violence'."
T: "Cool out people, just cool out! Take it easy! We've been listening to a lot of Perry Como records lately so we're really into, like, relaxation. This song is about falling in love in Waterloo Square."
- Tom Violence
T: "1 2 3 4!"
- White Kross
[walkman plays "LIVE TO TELL" by Madonna]
T: "This song is called 'Expressway'."
- Expressway
T: "Thanks a lot, seeya!"
[walkman plays "LIVE TO TELL" by Madonna]
- World Looks Red
K: "Thanks a lot! [???]"
L: "Yeah, we know, you just don't wanna go home!"
K: "Can you lower the lights a little so we can chill out?"
T: "Hey, um, this song is uh...this song is called 'Marilyn Moore'."
- Marilyn Moore
T: "Alright, keep the faith!"
[walkman plays "SOME VELVET MORNING" by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood]
L: "Thurston left his strap downstairs, so we'll have to wait."
K: "We're not afraid of Lybians, we're just afraid of Lybia Lunch."
T: "This song is for everybody here named Jesus. 1 2 3 4!"
- Shaking Hell

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