SONIC YOUTH // 1987 Tour Statistics

Main Statistics

  • Number of shows played: 73
  • Number of radio sessions: 2

    Number of Appearances in 52 Partial or Complete Set Lists:

    Beauty Lies in the Eye	       45
Beat on the Brat	       15
Brother James		       28
Burning Spear			1	07/12/87 London, UK
Catholic Block		       43
Confusion is Next		1	07/12/87 London, UK
Cotton Crown		       46
Death Valley '69		6
Expressway		       40
Green Light			8
Hotwire My Heart	       32
I Don't Wanna Walk Around..    12
I Wanna Be Yr Dog	       10
Kill Yr Idols			3
Loudmouth		       12
PCH			       44
Pipeline/Kill Time	       45
The Red and the Black		1	06/12/87 Gent, BE
Schizophrenia		       47
Stereo Sanctity		       48
Today Yr Love, Tomorrow..      12
Tom Violence		       44
Tuff Gnarl		       44
White Kross		       47
World Looks Red			5

RADIO SESSION STATS:

06/10/87 - VPRO
06/18/87 - Geneva Radio

Beauty Lies in the Eye		1	
Cotton Crown			2
Pipeline			1	
Stereo Sanctity			2
Ticket to Ride > Master=Dik	1


    Current Release: Sister
    
Songs from albums:

Sister		       10
Evol			3
Bad Moon Rising		1
Kill Yr Idols EP	2
Confusion is Sex	3
Sonic Youth EP		1

    Other Statistics

    Unreleased at time: 0

    Number of different songs played: 25

    Non-LP songs performed: 5

  • Beat on the Brat -- Ramones cover (released on Hold That Tiger / Master Dik)
  • I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You -- Ramones cover (released on Hold That Tiger)
  • Loudmouth -- Ramones cover (released on Hold That Tiger)
  • The Red and the Black -- Blue Oyster Cult cover
  • Today Yr Love, Tomorrow the World -- Ramones cover (released on Hold That Tiger)

    Noteworthy jams:

    At several shows, the band would loosely jam on a variety of covers during the encore - but I mean VERY loosely in most cases, rarely with everyone joining in at once, and usually just Thurston shouting a few lines of a song...

  • "Mom, I Gave The Cat Some Acid" - 09/14/87 Richmond - Happy Flowers song loosely interpreted twice during their encore - 10/24/87 Naugatuck - briefly revisited during a series of quick jams
  • "Ticket To Ride" - 09/16/87 Atlanta - Beatles "cover" similar to "Master-Dik" EP version - Thurston-vocal/Steve-beat - 10/06/87 Bozeman - part of a series of very brief jams (aka Thurston singing one line from the song) - 10/15/87 Pontiac - Thurston revisits a classic
  • "Kerosene" - 10/06/87 Bozeman - Big Black song very briefly loosely jammed during encore
  • "Orphans" - 10/06/87 Bozeman - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks song very briefly loosely jammed during encore
  • "All This And More" - 10/06/87 Bozeman - Dead Boys song very briefly loosely jammed during encore
  • "You Trip Me Up" - 10/06/87 Bozeman - Jesus and Mary Chain song very loosely interpreted during encore
  • "Jumpin' Jack Flash" & "Brown Sugar" - 10/24/87 Naugatuck - Rolling Stones songs very briefly loosely jammed during encore
  • "Cunt Tease" - 10/24/87 Naugatuck - Pussy Galore song very briefly loosely jammed during encore
  • "Just Like Honey" - 10/24/87 Naugatuck - Jesus and Mary Chain song very briefly loosely jammed during encore

    Note: The statistics above only reflect the information available on this site in the form of gig dates, set lists, and tour schedules. Since many set lists are either missing or incomplete, and not all concert dates are available, it's impossible to offer 100% accuracy, but this is as close as the site can come w/ the information available. Your help to make the site more complete would be greatly appreciated. Contact Chris Lawrence with any info you have.

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