GOO

also appears on:

• Goo Demos (demo)
• Goo video (music video)
• Goo deluxe reissue 2CD/4LP
• Corporate Ghost DVD

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

Lyrics

AaaaaAaAaaAAAAAAAAAaaaAAaaahhh...

NOTES:

• Working title: "Blow Job?"
• One of the first songs Sonic Youth ever wrote. In fact, it's in standard tuning. Lee mentions it in a 1984 Forced Exposure interview: "We've got other songs, like 'Mildred Pierce,' that could be strictly commercial."
• Thurston's scream on the LP version is actually lifted directly from the original demo (released on the "Goo Demos" CD).
• Name taken from the Joan Crawford film "Mildred Pierce".
• Performed live in August 1990 specifically for the Dave Markey directed video. Sophia Coppola also appears.
• Ignored for the next 11 years, Mildred Pierce randomly made its third known appearance on 4/23/01.
• The demo version, "Blow Job?", is over 8 minutes long.
• On the Corporate Ghost DVD commentary, Dave Markey talks about a one-off band he threw together with Thurston to do covers, and one of the songs Thurston suggested was a very early Sonic Youth tune called "Mildred Pierce", and that they did play it live. Following this, Sonic Youth brought the song back for the Goo sessions.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• "Blow Job?" (demo)