And they did a fine job of it. I like Pearl Jam and love Sonic Youth. I have not been keeping up with PJ and have not seen SY live since a lame dollopoflosers appearance. Better than nothing, but still...it was great to see them tonight at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and stand on its comfortable concrete while listening to drooling PJ fans dis SY and Kim Gordon: "they suck, but they rock." That take some serious evolution. My friend Paula informed the guy he was a moron and used the word "asinine". Someone said "what's that mean?". Not good.
But Eddie and the cruisers do know how to rock like good 'ol boys, and they do it pretty fucking well. After seeing guitar deities like Daniel Ash, Thurston Moore, and Lee Renaldo in the last week or day it hard to stand up to comparison. The Pearl Jam lead guitarist was a bit Sabbath-like and not nearly as annoying as Joe Satriani. Thank God. Also major points for bringing out two members of the Avengers to play American Me which had the most politically overt message of the evening. And those over-30 chicks can really rock, no?
Like Bauhaus, I want to say that Sonic Youth does Sonic Youth better than anybody. So it seems that they are almost too perfectly doing what they do. One thing I like about these bands is that they just do what they want and don't give a shit what people think...always an admirable thing. Both bands also do not suck, and they rock.
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