Friday, July 4, 2008

Sonic Youth at Central Park, July 4, 1992


On July 4, 1992, I saw Sonic Youth at SummerStage in Central Park. Sun Ra and his Arkestra opened. I remember SY being as frenzied as I'd ever seen them as they played a Dirty-heavy set. (The record was just about to be released.) I don't remember much else, except that I loved every minute of the afternoon. (No need for all the details!)

There is a bootleg release of the show with:

Teen Age Riot
Eric's Trip
Dirty Boots
Drunken Butterfly
Theresa's Sound-world
Youth Against Facism
Swimsuit Issue
Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit
100%
Kool Thing
Sugar Kane

I couldn't find any video from this 1992 Central Park show. But I did come across Sonic Youth playing "Kool Thing" in Hultsfeld, Sweden, on June 14, 1992 (Close enough!):



By the way, as you may know, Sonic Youth plays later today with the Feelies at Battery Park.

Updated: This week's issue of Time Out New York featured the following line prominently displayed on its cover:


Yes, Sonic Youth was a free event. But you needed to get your tickets in advance. Inside the same issue, you'll see in two places that, although it was free, you weren't getting into the show. SOLD OUT.


Guess no one told this to the person writing the cover lines.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 10, 2013 at 8:23 PM

    I was at this July 4th show also and it was amazing.I was blown away by Sun Ra and Sonic Youth.I have a audio tape of the Sun Ra portion of the concert but nothing of the Sonic Youth part.There is video on yo tube of the Sonic Youth portion.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 28, 2015 at 9:25 PM

    Is there any way for this Sonic Youth concert to be reposted?Would love to have this since I was at this show.Thank you !!

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  3. Lorenzo SFebruary 23, 2017 at 9:31 AM

    Burning spear second in not erics trip

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  4. AnonymousNovember 29, 2021 at 1:25 PM

    If someone can send me an email louisbdlh@gmail.com of the SUN RA session's thanks so much <3

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