Go Back   Sonic Youth Gossip > Sonic Gossip
Reload this Page Your Understanding of Teenage Riot
Register FAQ Members List Mark Forums Read

 
Thread Tools
Old 01.11.2008, 04:37 AM   #1
✌➬
invito al cielo
 
✌➬'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: ιλ
Posts: 5,754
✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses
What do you get from the lyrics? I always thought it was kind of bleak, that they are so disillusioned with the current state they are just going to do whatever they do. Or am I wrong?
__________________
We Kill Homosexuals!!!
✌➬ is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 01.11.2008, 04:54 AM   #2
sonicl
invito al cielo
 
sonicl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 9,527
sonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's asses
You're aware, I assume, that the song's working title was "J Masicis For President"?
sonicl is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 01.11.2008, 04:56 AM   #3
✌➬
invito al cielo
 
✌➬'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: ιλ
Posts: 5,754
✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses
No I was not aware of that.
__________________
We Kill Homosexuals!!!
✌➬ is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 01.11.2008, 05:04 AM   #4
sonicl
invito al cielo
 
sonicl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 9,527
sonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's asses
Ah, that'll be because I got my facts very slightly wrong:

"...the song's working title was "Rock And Roll For President"; the song was supposedly written about a fantasy world where J Mascis is president."



"Its (DDN's) opening track, Teen Age Riot, is a manifesto for the slackerdom that would reach its apotheosis with grunge's apathetic shoulder-shrug. Written as a tribute to J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr (who, along with Pixies and Sonic Youth, helped create the atmosphere that made Nirvana's success possible), it starts off with beautiful washes of guitar, before jump-starting with the most immediate riff the band had even written. It imagines a world in which Mascis, who comes "running in on platform shoes, with Marshall stacks, to at least just give us a clue", is the president. Hoping for a revolution - "it takes a teenage riot to get me out of bed right now" sang Moore - it was, in the end, instrumental in creating one."
sonicl is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 01.11.2008, 05:04 AM   #5
ZEROpumpkins
invito al cielo
 
ZEROpumpkins's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 6,157
ZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard sucka
Yes, it is about a world where J Mascis is the leader of the US. Srsly.
__________________
ZEROpumpkins is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 01.11.2008, 05:09 AM   #6
✌➬
invito al cielo
 
✌➬'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: ιλ
Posts: 5,754
✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses✌➬ kicks all y'all's asses
Ah thanks for that sonicl.
__________________
We Kill Homosexuals!!!
✌➬ is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 01.11.2008, 05:11 AM   #7
sonicl
invito al cielo
 
sonicl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 9,527
sonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's assessonicl kicks all y'all's asses
Glad to be of service. I think I'll go back to bed now.
sonicl is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 01.11.2008, 05:13 AM   #8
ZEROpumpkins
invito al cielo
 
ZEROpumpkins's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 6,157
ZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard suckaZEROpumpkins cold hard sucka
Dammit, sonicl beat me to glory. SRS look at post time.
__________________
ZEROpumpkins is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 01.11.2008, 07:07 AM   #9
screamingskull
invito al cielo
 
screamingskull's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: england
Posts: 5,580
screamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's assesscreamingskull kicks all y'all's asses
Spirit Desire, Spirit Desire, Spirit Desire, We Will Fall


I don't know what it means, but it sure is beautiful
screamingskull is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|


Thread Tools

All content ©2006 Sonic Youth