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Sonic Youth - The Vic 6/27/09

Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
edited July 2009 in Other Music
I just got back from Sonic Youth's show at The Vic. It was my first time at The Vic and I must say, I really liked the sound of that venue ( I decided to sit in the balcony since it was a G.A. show.) The performance by SY was very good. With the exception of a couple songs, they pretty much played all of The Eternals. This didn't leave much room to play their older stuff, which was fine with me, (they played for about an hour and a half). I really like The Eternals, so I enjoyed hearing all the new material. I am not quite sure if some in the crowd felt the same way because at one point someone yelled out, "Play some old stuff!" to which Thurston replied, "this is as old as it gets." Here is the setlist as I can remember:
Sacred Trickster
No Way
Poison Arrow
Calming the Snake
Tom Violence
Malibu Gas Station
Antenna
Leaky Lifeboat
Hey Joni
Anti-Orgasm
Massage the History
Pacific Coast Highway
What We Know
The Sprawl
Bull in the Heather
The World Looks Red
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  • TallGuyCMTallGuyCM Posts: 328
    It's "The Eternal", singular. Do you like "Vitalogies" as well?
  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    Not as much as I like No Codes.
  • Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    I love those Avocados, though.
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
    "Vinyl or not, you will need to pay someone to take RA of your hands" - Smile05
    424, xxx
  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    is there any opener ?

    If not, what time did they go on-stage ?
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    smarchee wrote:
    is there any opener ?

    If not, what time did they go on-stage ?

    The opener was The Entrance Band. They're a trio from L.A.

    Sonic Youth took the stage about 9:15.
  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    WeaponX655321 wrote:
    smarchee wrote:
    is there any opener ?

    If not, what time did they go on-stage ?

    The opener was The Entrance Band. They're a trio from L.A.

    Sonic Youth took the stage about 9:15.

    Thanks, I am seeing SY tonight at Massey Hall in Toronto

    How were the openers?
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    smarchee wrote:
    WeaponX655321 wrote:
    smarchee wrote:
    is there any opener ?

    If not, what time did they go on-stage ?

    The opener was The Entrance Band. They're a trio from L.A.

    Sonic Youth took the stage about 9:15.

    Thanks, I am seeing SY tonight at Massey Hall in Toronto

    How were the openers?

    I dug them. They were kind of a blues psychedelic combo. Very energetic, especially the bassist. After I got home I listened to some of their stuff on their myspace page and noticed a big difference in sound. There live show has a much more stripped down sound in comparison to their recorded stuff. Both are good.
  • pjfan021pjfan021 Posts: 684
    was at the show. pretty pleased with the opener but curious to see what they sound like on record. Sonic youth was awesome, never seen them before so it was a blast to see them create all those kick ass sounds on stage. Loved the setlist..just wished they would've played longer. Also didn't realize that Thurston looks like he's 25 still. Great show.
  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    pjfan021 wrote:
    was at the show. pretty pleased with the opener but curious to see what they sound like on record. Sonic youth was awesome, never seen them before so it was a blast to see them create all those kick ass sounds on stage. Loved the setlist..just wished they would've played longer. Also didn't realize that Thurston looks like he's 25 still. Great show.

    Yeah, just look up The Entrance Band on myspace. They have a couple songs loaded up on their page. As far as the length of the Sonic Youth set goes, I agree. I wish they would have played longer. With 16 albums plus all of the B-sides and rarities, they could easily do 2 hours. But, I'm willing to bet with all of the intricate tunings and whatnot it's much harder to bust into a song that was not pre-determined.
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