10/30/83 - Berlin, Germany @ Loft

Date: Sunday, October 30th, 1983
City: Berlin, Germany
Venue: Loft
SET LIST NOTES 
Early American 
The Burning Spear 
Confusion is Next 
She's in a Bad Mood 
Brother James 
Kill Yr Idols 
Making the Nature Scene 
Shaking Hell 
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The World Looks Red
  • "Making the Nature Scene" and "Kill Yr Idols" (retitled "I Killed Christgau With My Big Fuckin' Dick") appeared on a 1985 Forced Exposure 7" titled (OVER)KILL YR IDOLS.
  • This same version of "Nature Scene" appeared on the Stick Me Donna Majick Momma 7".
  • A recording of the crowd's applause was manipulated in the studio circa 2001 and released on as "Audience" on a compilation called "An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music".
  • "Confusion is Next" "She's in a Bad Mood" "Brother James" "Kill Yr Idols" and "The Burning Spear" appear on a bootleg called THE SOCIAL POWER PERFORMANCE.
  • Photos by Petra Gall.

    QUOTES

    - Early American
    The "Scream Tape" is played to segue between "Early American" and "The Burning Spear".
    - The Burning Spear
    T: "That was "The Burning Spear". We're Sonic Youth. We're the Sonic Death Marching Band. This next song is called "Confusion is Next". "Confusion is Next". ["Confusion is Next" starts, T continues over intro] "Sex is for people..people who have metal in their mouth. You just have to know that confusion is next. NEXT. NEXT..."
    - Confusion is Next
    T: "When you tell nothing but the truth, you'll be alright. You'll be perfectly..alright."
    - She's in a Bad Mood [no guitar intro]
    K: "This next song is called "Brother James"."
    T: "1 2 3 4!"
    - Brother James
    K: "Sorry, I have to apologize for that song. The guitars are not working well."
    T: "This next song is called "Kill Yr Idols". It goes like this."
    - Kill Yr Idols
    K: "Check."
    - Making the Nature Scene
    L: "Thanks for sticking around, this next one is called "Shaking Hell". Can you turn the lights off? Hello? Spreken zie English? Can you turn the lights off?"
    T: "1 2 3 4!"
    - Shaking Hell
    [encore break]
    T: "We're gonna do... This song is called 'The World Looks Red.'"
    L: "They danced to this one last night!"
    - The World Looks Red
    T: "Thanks a lot, see you next year!"

    OTHER PERFORMERS

  • Laughing Clowns
  • Carbon feat. Elliot Sharp

    MEMORABILIA


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