PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
   
Originally Released on:

SISTER

also appears on:

  • Hold That Tiger (live '87)
  • Cotton Crown 7" (live '87)
  • Rockin On Paper - The Vera Club DVD (live '87)
  • 05/22/87 "LIVE AT CITY GARDENS 1987"
  • 06/21/87 "LIVE IN TORINO 1987"
  • 06/24/87 "LIVE IN YUGOSLAVIA 1985/1987"
  • 07/14/93 "BLASTIC SCENE LIVE IN LISBON 1993"
  • 11/15/95 "LIVE IN AUSTIN 1995"
  • 08/20/04 "LIVE AT THE ORANGE PEEL 2004"

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

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Come on get in the car
Let's go for a ride somewhere
I won't hurt you
As much as you've hurt me
Let me take you there
Before the sun goes down
Come on give me your love
Come on baby, all you have
I wanna take your breath away
Come on baby
Just like that, you say
You make me feel so crazy
Come on get in the car
Let's go for a drive somewhere
I won't hurt you
You make me feel so crazy

Come on get in the car
Let's go for a ride somewhere
I won't hurt you
As much as you've hurt me
Let me take you there
Before the sun goes down
Come on give me your love
Come on baby, all you have
I wanna take your breath away
Come on baby
Just like that you say
You make me feel so crazy
Come on get in the car
Let's go for a ride somewhere
You make me feel so good
You make me feel so crazy

Track length: 4:17

First Known Performance: 04/23/87
Last Known Performance:  07/28/09

NOTES:

  • While it seemed to have suffered the fate of so many Sonic Youth songs played live the year of their release and then never touched again, PCH was revived for a handful of shows from '93-'96.
  • It was finally resurrected in 2004 after 8 years of inactivity and provided yet another opportunity for Jim to play bass while Kim sang and danced -- though she played trumpet during the midsection.
  • Steve's percussion is pretty low in the mix on the LP version, but if you can find a well-mixed live version, it really adds to the song.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

  • On "Cotton Crown" 7" - LIVE - ?

    Recorded live on 6/4/87 at the Town & Country in London, England. Featured on "bootleg" 7" released thru Sonic Death fanclub (backed w/ CC also live in London).

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

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

  • On "Hold That Tiger" - LIVE - 4:59

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