1988 Kim Gordon Interview (Part 1)

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  • An interview with Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon recorded on a roof in New York in September 1988.
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  • @GoldenHairErik
    @GoldenHairErik 7 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    The irony that all these comments are a bunch of horndogs and that's the exact kind of thing Kim would probably scoff at.

    • @rdwrdw3672
      @rdwrdw3672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She's a good looking chick. I'm sure dudes bought her music because of her looks...and she didn't care.

    • @moralcompass3252
      @moralcompass3252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@rdwrdw3672 i agree, she's very attrractive, but that wasn't why i bought the sonic youth albums as a teen.

    • @rdwrdw3672
      @rdwrdw3672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@moralcompass3252there's always an exception to the rule.
      Bon Jovi knew he was good looking and had no problem catering to the pocketbooks of his female fans. George Michaels and Ricky Martin were gay to begin with and had no problem convincing women they were writing love songs to them ....as long as the checks were cashing.

    • @moralcompass3252
      @moralcompass3252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@rdwrdw3672 i don't recall anyone talking about how hot kim gordon was back in the late 80's like say, madonna or samantha fox. i was one of maybe 3 people i knew who liked sonic youth when i was growing up, and we all thought kim was attractive, but it was the music that got us to buy the albums.

    • @rdwrdw3672
      @rdwrdw3672 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@moralcompass3252 two different genres. Madoona/ Sam Fox were pop stars....not genre - wise, the same as Sonic Youth in popularity

  • @tungtobak
    @tungtobak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Practicing bass over her talking sounds like a Sonic Youth intro, try it, it's fun.

    • @d_walsh
      @d_walsh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      music over her voice would sound like her new album. Lol

  • @OasisFan4Life94
    @OasisFan4Life94 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I could listen to her all day.

  • @jryuwah
    @jryuwah 10 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    sounds like she's gonna go into "Kool Thing" at any given time during this interview lol

    • @flaccidego9468
      @flaccidego9468 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMFAO!

    • @JacksonGeary
      @JacksonGeary 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jryuwah lol nice but the song wasn't even out yet at that time

  • @Maialeen
    @Maialeen 9 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I aspire to be like her. But she seems so much cooler than I could ever be.

    • @TheFishingfreak12
      @TheFishingfreak12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's true

    • @vronica84
      @vronica84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That’s not true. Just be yourself and you’ll be as cool.

    • @sirfizz6518
      @sirfizz6518 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's the look of self actualization. it takes some guts to get there but anyone with the commitment to be their full self has the potential to be an absolute badass.

  • @RastaSaiyaman
    @RastaSaiyaman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I once admitted to a then girlfriend that Kim Gordon was one of my weird crushes, she wasn't familiar with Sonic Youth so I had to look up a picture. After which she went "SERIOUSLY?"
    I explained to her that what made Kim Gordon attractive is her whole being, completely at ease with who she is and taking shit from nobody.
    Kim Gordon is the queen of alternative rock.

    • @flaccidego9468
      @flaccidego9468 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dude. Had a crush on her since grade school.(back in mid 80's)
      Still do. That's why I'm TH-cam stalkin'
      :D

  • @sirfizz6518
    @sirfizz6518 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love everything about this. an indie media interview with a great indie artist, the recognizable blurs of NYC... still in great quality for us to see. it's a low-key miracle that we get to see this here, now. thanks so much for sharing!
    was this originally for some independent documentary or for a public access show or what?

  • @uugabuuga3086
    @uugabuuga3086 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    She has an adorable voice

  • @robertbodle2354
    @robertbodle2354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    really thoughtful and interesting interview - happy to find this. i'm reading the bio - girl in a band, which is also really good.

  • @cupcake.claudia
    @cupcake.claudia 10 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    kim is a fucking goddess sent from punk rock heaven.

  • @JeffreySykes
    @JeffreySykes 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Her lyrics are enough to make up for whatever perceived shortcomings you see in her interview skillz.

  • @victormoreno803
    @victormoreno803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Kim Gordon was always an artist

  • @samsquanch1996
    @samsquanch1996 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    She's so cool.

  • @ZeldaFoxEars
    @ZeldaFoxEars 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    wow nice place to set an interview.

  • @seramarie76
    @seramarie76 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    she is beautiful-

  • @godwhyisthistaken
    @godwhyisthistaken 14 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    she is so smart and cute! Thurston and Kim made a great band, and the other two guys.

  • @carlacruz893
    @carlacruz893 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    omg she´s the definition of cool, that´s a real IT girl

  • @brookcastillo3609
    @brookcastillo3609 11 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    i love her laugh after saying boys are silly

  • @cherrykoolaiddisasters
    @cherrykoolaiddisasters ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Was this interview happening with Kim while the other one was happening with Thurston at the apartment?

  • @nuke97
    @nuke97 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video.

  • @Overlorddz
    @Overlorddz 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    to think that she is just 3 years younger than my dad. When I saw Sonic Youth perform 5 years ago she was dancing like a young girl, really like a young girl, not like an old lady trying to forget her age

    • @thedddemon
      @thedddemon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      who gives a shit about you or your dad?

  • @ninestraycats
    @ninestraycats 13 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i was gonna say, damn kim is awesome,
    and that she's always the singer on my favorite SY songs,
    but now i think i'll point out instead,
    how over half of these comments
    deal with how she looks.
    :(:(:(

  • @coldacre
    @coldacre 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    such a sexy woman. but anyone can be sexy. she is talented and completely unique. I worship the bass playing on EVOL & Sister. serving the song and not the instrument. bless you Kim G!

    • @AtacamaHumanoid
      @AtacamaHumanoid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mike Watt and Thurston did the best bass parts of both albums. If you listen to the isolated bass track of "Goo" here on TH-cam, you can really hear how absolutely shitty her bass playing really is. It's kind of amazing really how well it works, though, underneath Lee and Thurston's layers of noise. But, it's amazing how bad she really is at bass and I'm not a bass player or musico dork. She's off time, doesn't pick consistently hard at all, both of which are pretty much the most important aspects of what a bass player is supposed to do, but worst of all, you can hear on that isolated "Goo" bass track that she often accidentally doesn't even hit the right note. So, like, her finger lands on the fret next to where she meant to land and it's off-key, but I guess they're like, "oh well, she's not getting any better, I guess that will have to do..." The bass slides are comical to listen to because you hear her get halfway to where she's supposed to slide to but for whatever reason she didn't make it and so she has to jump back to the next part or miss it. It honestly sounds like a kid who's been practicing a couple months at best. WEIRD.

    • @spud_grrrl
      @spud_grrrl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AtacamaHumanoid you say you aren’t a music nerd then go on to analyze her bass playing, get a life instead of trying to find reasons to knock her playing. Also if you don’t play then don’t have an opinion on it loser

    • @dds4585
      @dds4585 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AtacamaHumanoid good thing she doesn’t consider herself a musician!

    • @devon_darko
      @devon_darko 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@AtacamaHumanoidLol she is seriously not this bad.

  • @GIj349
    @GIj349 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Damn! She got something alluring in her rough and gentle beauty.

  • @Jacob-lo3hw
    @Jacob-lo3hw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i just love her.

  • @XxxkenzaxxX
    @XxxkenzaxxX 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ninestraycats Yeah I know right, it's always like that with talented people. Their looks are always inevitably brought up at some point...

  • @heathermcdowellmusic
    @heathermcdowellmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ugh shes sooo cooool

  • @ShatteredDiscoBall
    @ShatteredDiscoBall 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I get ya. Thanks!

  • @jas22
    @jas22 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @godwhyisthistaken haha! "and the other two guys". lee renaldo wrote some of my favorite SY songs.

  • @andreadelmerico2983
    @andreadelmerico2983 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    she's so cool

  • @tonysmith5878
    @tonysmith5878 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AND NO DISRESPECT TO THE PERSON WHO MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT KIM BEING COOLER THAN HER. JUST DON'T SELL URSELF SHORT, THAT'S ALL. DO YOU, THAT'S COOL!

  • @conojosdevideotape
    @conojosdevideotape 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    with that camera was filmed this?

  • @paolaschmidt7983
    @paolaschmidt7983 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    She looks great here, simply beautiful, there's something androgynous about which makes her even more attractive, and her voice is sexy, too.

  • @studebakergrimes9263
    @studebakergrimes9263 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who wrote that book she's reading?

  • @erlinhld8745
    @erlinhld8745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful woman with a sexy voice...so very special! a kind of female David Bowie....those days NYC was really something and they are gone forever.

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales41
    @felixthelmocevallosmorales41 ปีที่แล้ว

    KIM ALTHEA GORDON
    28 DE ABRIL DE 1953
    69 AÑOS (70)

  • @fickifickmaster
    @fickifickmaster 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @noobenstein she's just quoting a lyric in "Kool Thing"

  • @pnoplyr14
    @pnoplyr14 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can I use portions of this interview for a video? I'd like to set it to music of my own composition.

  • @kayleelanzas4576
    @kayleelanzas4576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love that she’s a Taurus makes so much sense

  • @tryfishin9
    @tryfishin9 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    in love.

  • @mattalese
    @mattalese 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    John Frusciante is a fucking urban legend fir his drug use. I don't think anybody ever was as hardcore as him and lived

  • @volumesofrelativeobscurity
    @volumesofrelativeobscurity ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everything Cobain ripped off. Completely respect and adore her

  • @sexobscura
    @sexobscura 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *Looks like it was interviewed on the World Trade Centre building*

  • @wpopopolo
    @wpopopolo 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    pretty sure I'm in love with this girl

  • @startervisions
    @startervisions 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine a Martin Scorsese or Tarantino movie of Kim and Kurt, meeting in the 1980s

  • @Misterioso
    @Misterioso 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was this part of a film or TV series?

  • @andrewtrujillo1050
    @andrewtrujillo1050 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    She's such a babe

  • @Zappldappl
    @Zappldappl 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @grunge6910: We're not THAT bad, are we (I'm not corporate, though)?

  • @billbollins
    @billbollins 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a cool chick and such a great smile

  • @alanortega9509
    @alanortega9509 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kim Gordon 🖤🖤🖤🖤

  • @lebastar
    @lebastar 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kim looks gorgeous in this video

  • @Neuroneos
    @Neuroneos 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    At times she reminds me of Mrs. Patti Smith.

    • @JacksonGeary
      @JacksonGeary 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Neuroneos well she mentions in more recent interviews that she was one of her inspirations

  • @helium396
    @helium396 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    theu are all beautiful

  • @d_walsh
    @d_walsh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:34

  • @Vigilantwarrior42
    @Vigilantwarrior42 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:44 big throat there

  • @madsketcher
    @madsketcher 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL, Sing Sing. Awesome

  • @ZeldaFoxEars
    @ZeldaFoxEars 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I shouldn't say this cause I really like her. But I can kind of tell by the way she acts.

  • @gybp
    @gybp 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    whats she reading? at 4:40

  • @BigDeeZiy
    @BigDeeZiy 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love women and thats whats it is all about man love our woman!

  • @Laylaontop
    @Laylaontop 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Am I the only one who thinks Kim sounds like Katey Sagal (voice of Leela)?? probably

  • @ShatteredDiscoBall
    @ShatteredDiscoBall 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's Junkie's Promise about then?

  • @miss.m10
    @miss.m10 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What about the book she mentioned??

  • @britsangel
    @britsangel 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @VickieIsHere1 That's because she is pretty skinnny.

  • @tonysmith5878
    @tonysmith5878 ปีที่แล้ว

    COOL IS A STATE OF MIND. COOL COMES IN MANY FORMS ALSO....TOO EASY TO FIGURE OUT.

  • @jlouis4407
    @jlouis4407 ปีที่แล้ว

    She’s a tough cookie but very sensual great combination

  • @corben80
    @corben80 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not really. Please...elaborate.

  • @PotentialPaintball
    @PotentialPaintball 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    She seems pretty cool. Would be fun to jam with her.

  • @FarfilicusStarship
    @FarfilicusStarship 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you sure? Where did you hear that?

  • @futuramabender2078
    @futuramabender2078 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    @bob sakamano EXCUSE ME PUNK?! >:( YA LEAVE THE PRINCE O DARKNESS ALONE?! *SLAP*

  • @janotosinnumeros
    @janotosinnumeros 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Kim looks so fucking beautiful in this video

  • @niclawson1520
    @niclawson1520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Didn't realize she is such a space-cadet.

  • @Misterioso
    @Misterioso 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @saumonnn Next time, don't bother.

  • @bleached3360
    @bleached3360 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    California accent heavy

  • @cycy31460
    @cycy31460 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i don t think so

  • @Walamonga1313
    @Walamonga1313 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    like John Frusciante ?

  • @re-animator7868
    @re-animator7868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Am I the only one who thinks she's tripping in this interview?

    • @filipecoutinho5706
      @filipecoutinho5706 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tripping on heroine

    • @dds4585
      @dds4585 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@filipecoutinho5706 they didn’t do heroin

    • @filipecoutinho5706
      @filipecoutinho5706 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dds4585 yeaaa .. how would you know ..

  • @lanabarringer
    @lanabarringer 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @grunge6910 nah

  • @user-cz4pv7gy1u
    @user-cz4pv7gy1u 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    LSD much, Kim? Um. . .LOL!

  • @fakeis751
    @fakeis751 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really? I had no idea

  • @futuramabender2078
    @futuramabender2078 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    SHE SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE MY AUNT KAREN?! O.O

  • @coldacre
    @coldacre 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    god she's hot.

  • @ShatteredDiscoBall
    @ShatteredDiscoBall 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Drugs much", does that mean they were slightly into drugs? Just been wondering.

  • @kuerst
    @kuerst 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sonic Youth are like an in joke. Except there's no actual joke. It's just a game of making people try and figure out what's so funny. Which is kind of funny...

    • @mime3761
      @mime3761 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh.

    • @kuerst
      @kuerst 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mime3761 hahaha

  • @MrSedbarrette
    @MrSedbarrette 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @placeboaremygodes huuum maybe .. on weed

  • @CarlosFromPhilly
    @CarlosFromPhilly 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is not 1988.

  • @Astizor
    @Astizor 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    So, she thinks she isn't an artist as a musician?

  • @saganemc2
    @saganemc2 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @grunge6910 really? oppression is a self-imposed sense. the key to true liberation lies within each of us.

  • @fickifickmaster
    @fickifickmaster 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @noobenstein you're the one spouting off against women! I was defending the above post "when are you gonna free us women..." as a lyric from a song and then you go on about how Kim Gordon is evil! Why is she evil? She plays and sings in a band who I happen to like a lot! And my dating life is just fine, thanks ;)

  • @fickifickmaster
    @fickifickmaster 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @noobenstein hey you're the one who's upset about something. I'm just offering a logical solution to what is clearly your anger about your droll dating life. Why else would you lash our so harshly against women and especially Kim Gordon? Is this considered trolling? I though we were just having a discussion.

  • @helium396
    @helium396 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    please tell me sy isn't like most of the rest of the music industry ... not in on the dark political shit... their creativity is unsurpassed..
    they can't be down with the gvt :(

  • @davidfriend1919
    @davidfriend1919 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    seems a little bit out to lunchy ...

  • @richevans609
    @richevans609 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She on Coke?

  • @scratch5191
    @scratch5191 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    She hates that song. She's not down with the studio industry dictating what she is going to sing. She hates lydia lunch and lydia lunch hates everyone. Cept moi. Hahahahahaha

  • @Pimp-Master
    @Pimp-Master 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "The guitar is the extension of...of...the body so I think..."
    Yeah, love that body, don't you?

  • @caio20118
    @caio20118 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love her, Girl in a Band is one of the best biographical books I've ever read, but... she's so boring to listen to.

  • @loljustice31
    @loljustice31 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a female, I don't think males are to blame for female oppression,&blaming them is just going to make them think womens' rights supporters are irrational/hateful. Both males & females are to blame,for perpetuating harmful gender-based ideas w/o even meaning to.It's mothers who lovingly tell daughters their wedding day will be the greatest day of their lives,it's women who willingly quit their jobs & studies to follow a man around, then say it was 'empowering' because it was their own choice.

  • @scratch5191
    @scratch5191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Her thoughts are deeply vapid with a under normal conditions, problem solving disorder or feet. The first step is a simple process of undermining her credibility. I don't think it's difficult for me to see what is happening directly in front of the store. She's not rock. She's not punk. She's all about being abusive and the punks roll with violence and she could assimilate in a community of murderers.

  • @gives_bad_advice
    @gives_bad_advice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She seems obsessed with the differences between "girls" and "boys," like a 5th grader.

  • @jahmark9336
    @jahmark9336 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't realise Kim was a man in drag
    Peace and love from Bristol, England

    • @Correctrix
      @Correctrix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Adding ‘peace and love’ doesn’t make a cunt comment not a cunt comment.

    • @alexwalton593
      @alexwalton593 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      fuck off bitch

  • @franzkafka77
    @franzkafka77 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Because umm bass and umm I'm a girl and all, and umm I'm an artist, and boys are sometimes really silly, and I kinda sing non-melody." This is what people idolize?

    • @franzkafka77
      @franzkafka77 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Genius.

    • @neonspec
      @neonspec 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Franz Kafka Kill Yr. Idols

    • @JacksonGeary
      @JacksonGeary 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Franz Kafka people say um a lot when they talk. Its a lack of public speaking knowledge and experience. It happens to me all the time because I don't really publicly speak to others unless it's like my friends and family.