RAIN ON TIN
   
Originally Released on:

MURRAY STREET

also appears on:

  • Hits Are For Squares
  • Rarities 1 (live 2004)
  • 08/05/00 "PERSPECTIVE MUSICALES - LIVE AT CAT'S CRADLE 2000" (Thurston solo)
  • 10/07/01 "WORLD TRADE CENTER BENEFIT 2001"
  • 08/17/02 "LIVE AT CABARET METRO CHICAGO, IL 2002"

  • THE BRIDGE SCHOOL CONCERTS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar/vocals
Kim - bass
Lee - guitar
Steve - drums
Jim O'Rourke - guitar

Lyrics   status: confirmed

We all hope
To signal kin
Rays of gold
Now rain on tin
Gather round
Gather friends
Never fear
Never again

 Track length: 7:55

First Known Performance: 10/07/01
Last Known Performance:  10/26/05

NOTES:

  • Working title: "Celtic Frost"
  • The third of five new compositions debuted by Sonic Youth in 2001.
  • Thurston's solo acoustic piece "Altar Boy, Church Basement", recorded on 9/16/99 and released on the Hurricane Floyd CD, contains one riff that later appeared in "Rain On Tin".
  • Official lyric sheet + live versions: "Days of gold..."

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

  • On "Bridge School Concerts" - LIVE - ?

    Recorded live 10/24/04 at Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, CA. Acoustic version!