EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR

also appears on:

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

Lyrics   status: confirmed

SST
Superstore
Society
Screaming Skull
Lemonheads
Superstore
Society
SST

I'd go there, but I don't care
I'll go there, it's just to stare
Let's go there, it's just it's fair
I'll go there
Pat Smear

Superchunk
Society
Sunset Strip
Screaming Skull
Society
Husker Du
Lemonheads
SST

I'd go there, but I don't care
I'll go there, it's just to stare
Let's go there, Sister's there
I'll go there
Pat Fear

Society
Superstore
SST
Lemonheads
Sunset Strip
Society
Screaming Skull
Husker Du

I'd go there, but I don't care
I'll go there, it's just to stare
Let's go there, it's just it's fair
I'll go there
Pat Smear

Pat Smear

Oh yeah... shit is fucked up.

NOTES:

• Dave Markey gets a co-writing credit for this song (probably lyrical). Thurston wrote it on an acoustic guitar on Dave's couch, after a visit to the SST Superstore.
• Lyrical references to the SST Superstore on Sunset Strip (SST were SY's former label). "I'll go there - Sister's there" refers to SY's Sister LP. "Husker Du" are another SST band. Pat Smear, former Germs/Nirvana/Foo Fighters guitarist happened to be working there at the time.
• Thurston recorded 2 tracks of vocals for this song. Towards the end, you can hear him say "Shit is fucked up".
• No known Sonic Youth performances of this song exist, but Thurston played this song solo while opening for Free Kitten and Mosquito on a brief Japan tour in early 1993. He played it again on 8/10/93.
• An unreleased alternate vocal take features an improvised rap courtesy of Thurston where he jokingly accuses SST of "sucking on the big D", according to Confusion is Next.
• Early rough mixes of Jet Set songs surfaced on the internet in 2003. An early mix of "Skull" as well as the fabled 'Rap Damage' version are included. The non-rap version still features additional Thurston rap damage during the intro of the song: "SST - at the fuckin' superstore - better roll this biatch - y'all ready to go down to SST superstore? -- that's right motherfuckers! yo! fuckin' click it!". The rough mix features the same vocal take as on the album. See below for details on the 'Rap Damage' version.

• "Rap Damage" version from unreleased Jet Set demos - ALT VERSION - 3:58

  Thurston's 'rap' version, recorded as a joke during the Jet Set sessions.