BEAUTY LIES IN THE EYE
   
Originally Released on:

SISTER

also appears on:

  • Hold That Tiger (live '87)
  • Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
  • Screaming Fields of Sonic Love video (music video)
  • Rockin On Paper - The Vera Club DVD (live '87)
  • 05/22/87 "LIVE AT CITY GARDENS 1987"
  • 06/21/87 "LIVE IN TORINO 1987"

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

Lyrics   status: confirmed

There's something in the air here
Makes you go insane
Brings you back to me
It's been so long
Alls I have to do is live along
It's coming, coming down over me
Do you want to see the explosions in my eye?
Do you want to see
The reflection of how it used to be
Beauty lies in the eyes of another's dream
Beauty lies lost in another's dream
It's coming, coming down over me
Do you want to see the explosions in my eye?
Do you want to see
The reflection of how it used to be
Hey baby
Hey sweetheart
Hey fox, come here
Hey beautiful
Come here sugar

Track length: 2:19

First Known Performance: 04/23/87
Last Known Performance:  10/24/87

NOTES:

  • Sonic Youth's 3rd music video was for this song, and again was directed by Kevin Kerslake.
  • There's at least 3 or 4 guitars (including another acoustic) on there, in addition to the bass... compare to the Hold That Tiger version with just one guitar, a slightly different bassline and more involved drums.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

  • On "Rockin on Paper" - LIVE VIDEO - ?

    Recorded live on 06/11/87 at the VERA in Groningen, Holland.

  • On "Hold That Tiger" - LIVE - 2:40

    Recorded live on 10/14/87 at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago, Illinois.