![]() ![]() The fifth track is another one from Goo the sixth, the band’s cover of the Carpenters’ “Superstar”, released in 1994. Hits Are for Squares begins squarely in this era of Sonic Youth. These are iconic songs, songs that cemented the notion of Sonic Youth as the cooler, older siblings of Nirvana and their contemporaries. The same goes for 1990’s “Kool Thing”, the fourth track here. Were “Bull in the Heather”, off 1994’s Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, and “100%”, the first single off Dirty, official MTV “buzz clips”? If not, they might as well have been. As I remember, the video for the third track, “Sugar Kane”, off 1992’s Dirty, showed up on MTV only occasionally, late at night, but the first two got a fair share of airplay. Hits Are for Squares starts off with a series of undeniable “hits,” if having a hit means getting a video on MTV during the ‘90s “alternative rock” era. Since this is more or less a “hits” album, are the Starbucks-visiting music-buyers the squares? Is this a purposely “square” album cover, a contrast to the cool-ness of the rest of their catalogue? The title, though, seems a potential jab at the target audience: Hits Are for Squares. It looks like a Starbucks advertisement, though it could just as well be one for another commodity: a suit, a cell phone, an iPod, New York City, or about any other lifestyle product, pictured or not. But it doesn’t look like a Sonic Youth cover, even with the city’s presence. It’s a photo taken by a friend of the band, photographer Stefano Giovaninni, whose photos were used for the inner sleeve of the band’s 2002 album Murray Street. The city glimmers outside the window beside him. His coffee and cell phone sit silently on the table. A young man in a suit sits in a Starbucks store listening to music through white earbuds. ![]() I'll keep this updated as long as I can.The photo on the cover looks more Starbucks than Sonic Youth. I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. (1) Daughter - Alone / With You (2) Daughter - “Doing The Right Thing” (3) Daughter - Medicine lyricsĠ - hmmm maybe Daughter? here's a few songs of theirs: Alone / With You Doing the Right Thing Medicine +1 - Opium by Marcy Playground immediately comes to mind, even starts with a soft exhale as well. +1 - She Wants Revenge maybe honestly look for a post-punk playlist, a lot of Joy Division-inspired bands try to have as monotone of vocals as possible +1 - primal scream - you're just dead skin to me ![]() Primal Scream - You're Just Dead Skin To Me (1) Glen Hansard - Philander (2) Nick Drake - Things behind the sun +1 - Best I could come up with Babygirl - Overbored Now, Now - Prehistoric LSD and the search for god - Starting over (1) Babygirl - Overbored (2) Now, Now - Prehistoric (3) LSD and the Search for God - Starting Over +1 - If you like Mazzy Star give the Cowboy Junkies a listen, too. I'll see if I can find something closer.Ĭigarettes After Sex - Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby Meanwhile, listen to some Mazzy Star if you've never heard it. I'm going to dig a bit into some more obscure stuff for something closer to what I think you mean. +4 - Superstar always reminds me of Zodiac, which reminds me of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man." Also Eliiott Smith gets kind of close to apathetic/ tired sounding, although he's really just got a very calm, sad way of singing: (1) Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man - 1968 (2) Elliott Smith: "Angeles" (3) Elliott Smith - Miss Misery Live On Piano Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO ![]()
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