SISTER

also appears on:

• Hold That Tiger (live '87)
• MIX TAPE #2 (live '87)
• MIX TAPE #7 (live '87)
• 05/22/87 "LIVE AT CITY GARDENS 1987"
• 06/21/87 "LIVE IN TORINO 1987"
• 06/24/87 "LIVE IN YUGOSLAVIA 1985/1987"
• 07/14/93 "BLASTIC SCENE (LIVE IN LISBON 1993)"
• 10/21/09 "LIVE IN BERLIN 2009"

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar/vocals
Kim - bass
Lee - guitar
Steve - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

I'm keeping my commission
To faith's transmission
Two speakers dream the same
And skies turn red
Satellites flashing down Orchard and Delancey
I can't get laid cuz everyone is dead

Hey - gold connections
Analog soul waving in your hair
Hey - hylozoic directions
She's talking blue streaks everywhere

Your spirit is time-reversed to your body
Stereographic mix-up field on field
It started growing up the day your body dies
Only apparently real to irreal

Hey - stereo stations
Perfect image, kneel down
Hey - hypostatic information
Come on let's hear you turn it around

NOTES:

• Lyrical inspiration courtesy of Philip K. Dick.
• A music video for this song appeared on an SST video compilation in the 80s, but the band doesn't seem to recall creating it...?
• A live version from the 06/04/87 Town & Country gig in London was included on the 2nd installment of SY's web-only 'Mix Tapes.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• On "Hold That Tiger" - LIVE - 3:27

  Recorded live on 10/14/87 at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago, Illinois.

• On "Mix Tape #2" - LIVE - 3:07

  Recorded live on 06/04/87 at the Town & Country in London, England.

• On "Mix Tape #7" - LIVE - 3:07

  Recorded live on 06/14/87 at the Effenaar in Eindhoven, Holland.