THE WALLS HAVE EARS
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Line-up:
Claude Bessy - voice
Spiel
I'm the emcee, um... so I'm supposed to be saying "let's hear it for Sonic Youth, all the way from the states". Except uh... actually I'd like about two minutes of your attention. Shut your fucking face, I want just two minutes of your attention, I have a very interesting little story to tell you. Two minutes, not very long, right? And it's a... it's a very instructive little story. Um... Sonic Youth, um, are a band.. shh shh shh... Uh, they're about to put out a record in this country except their record company has decided to put a no-no on the record. Because of, uh... the cover which is offending some people at Rough Trade. And now, it's not.. I mean it's not very offensive cover, it's uh, it's got a naked lady, a naked Puerto Rican lady, it's not very obscene, she's not doing anything weird. Uh... it has nothing to do with.. you know, in this day of AIDS, an uh.. and Ethiopia and all that shit, uh, you would think the major alternative record company would have better things to do than worry about the shape of our bodies. So, I thought I'd let you know, uh, so... um... next time you go and buy a record, and you think you're really alternative and groovy, and uh, everybody is in... is into the alternative charts, remember it's just like the other side except it's a bit, a bit stranger, you know... but just remember, it's not uh... there's no fucking culture there, you know. There's just as much censorship among people our age, or you know.. than anyone else.
Thurston: We'd like to thank Claude for that delightful speech. This song is called "The Green Light". It's about green love.
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NOTES:
- The track "C.B." on Walls Have Ears is a spiel by Claude Bessy, who was introducing Sonic Youth at the 10/30/85 London show. Claude goes off on a bit of a rant about Rough Trade having a problem with SY's artwork for the Flower/Halloween 12" (the topless woman also featured in the Bad Moon Rising CD liners). Part of Claude's speech ("there's no fucking culture there") is actually used as a locked groove on the Blast First compilation "Nothing Short of Total War", which Sonic Youth pretty much dominate!
