Sonic Youth - Dirty
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Release date: 30 November 1995
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- 100%
- Swimsuit Issue
- Theresa's Sound-World
- Drunken Butterfly
- Shoot
- Wish Fulfillment
- Sugar Kane
- Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit
- Youth Against Fascism
- Nic Fit
- On The Strip
- Chapel Hill
- JC
- Purr
- Creme Brulee
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Sonic Youth - Dirty: Wikipedia Album Entry
Dirty is an album by Sonic Youth that was originally released on July 21, 1992. It was deemed best album of 1992 by Entertainment Weekly magazine. On March 25, 2003, a double-CD deluxe edition of the album was released. It comprised the original album with additional B-sides, demos and rehearsal recordings.
Miscellanea
* Ian MacKaye got credit for the "xtra guitar" on "Youth Against Fascism"
* As noted above, "Nic Fit" is a song originally by the DC band Untouchables. In that band is Ian's brother Alec MacKaye.
* Under the tray of the first pressing of the Dirty CD (and later in the booklet of the deluxe edition CD and LP) is a controversial photograph of performance artist Bob Flanagan. It was removed from all other pressings.
* The track "Sugar Kane" includes a possible reference to fellow indie rock band Half Japanese. The lyric "kiss me like a frog" may refer to the Half Japanese song of the same name.
* In the movie The 40 Year Old Virgin, the character Cal played by Seth Rogen is seen in one part of the movie wearing a t-shirt of the album cover.
* Sonic Youth's "JC" was inspired by Joe Cole's murder, and the Sonic Youth song "100%" was dedicated to him. Joe Cole was also a director for their music video "My Friend Goo".
* The song "Créme Brûlèe" is (intentionally?) misspelled; it should be written crème brûlée, as a reference for the french dessert.
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Sonic Youth - Dirty Lyrics
Sonic Youth - Purr Lyrics
I love you baby 'cause you're back in time
I love you today
Your eyes are flashin' like a magic sign
The sun comes out to play
Sonic Youth - The Destroyed Room Lyrics
You're not telling what you feel
You just say you can't deal
You're just lying in an [Incomprehensible]
You're just saying, it ain't real
Sonic Youth - Swimsuit Issue Lyrics
I'm just here for dictation
I don't wanna be a sensation
Bein' on Sixty Minutes
Was it worth your fifteen minutes?
Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane Lyrics
You're perfect in the way, a perfect end today
You're burning out their lights, and burning in their eyes
I love you Sugar Kane, a-comin' from the rain
Oh kiss me like a frog, and turn me into flame
Sonic Youth - Stalker Lyrics
Got me prowlin' like a police car
I'm stalkin' and walkin', you're my movie star
I know your trailer it glows in the dark
You got that certain somethin', that special spark
Sonic Youth - Shoot Lyrics
Can I have some money?
I wanna go to the store
Can I have some money?
I can't tell you what it's for
Sonic Youth - Personality Crisis Lyrics
Wa wa wa wa wa wa wa
No no no no no no no no no
Na na na
Sonic Youth - On The Strip Lyrics
Everytime you look my way
Shine a light in what you say
Everytime you look my way
You talk a rhyme called purple haze
Sonic Youth - Nic Fit Lyrics
[nic fit]
Get it up, get it in
Sonic tooth, sonic truth
Nic fit, nic fit, nic fit, nic fit
Sonic Youth - Jc Lyrics
Always cost a pair of hose
Spaces pressed together rose
Arms around each others' back
You know that I liked you Jack
Sonic Youth - Is It My Body Lyrics
What have I got that makes you want to love me
Is it my body or someone I might be or something aside me?
Tell me, tell me, it's really up to you
Sonic Youth - Hendrix Necro Lyrics
You think 'cuz I'm a girl
You think you can't ignore
You think I'm just a girl
Girl, who knows the score
Sonic Youth - Genetic Lyrics
Let me tell you every thought that I've come to
When I think of all the things that you do
I can't see if you're the only one, it's hard to say
And I think it's all the same to me today
Sonic Youth - Drunken Butterfly Lyrics
Smile like a sun
Back over time
Crazy for you
Pleasure is mine
Sonic Youth - Creme Brulee Lyrics
Aoo, woo, haa, haa
Ridin' down the road it nearly struck me blind
You and me are burnin' in the summertime
Sonic Youth - Chapel Hill Lyrics
Back in the days when the battles raged
And we thought it was nothin'
A bookstore man meets the CIA and we know
Throw me a cord and plug it in, get the cradle rockin'
Sonic Youth - 100% Lyrics
Well, I can never forget you, the way you rock the girls
They move a world and love you, a blast in the underworld
I stick a knife in my head, but thinking 'bout your eyes
But now that you been shot dead, I've got a new surprise
Sonic Youth - Wish Fulfillment Lyrics
I see your wishes on the wall
And that's all right with me
I see you run to make a call
Hoping that there's someone free
