Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
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Sonic Youth
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In her autobiography Girl in a Band, Kim says the song is about Joe Cole. A friend of theirs who was murdered during a robbery in Venice, Los Angeles in front of his friend and roomate Henry Rollins.
She says:
When Henry called to tell me about Joe. I burst into tears. I didn’t get over it for a c...
[Verse 1]
I can never forget you
The way you rock the girls
They rule the world and love you
A blast in the underworld
I stick a knife in my head
A-thinking 'bout your eyes
But now that you been shot dead
I got a new surprise
[Chorus]
But I've been waiting for you just to say
The zoftig chick is mine
But all I know is you got no money
But that's got nothing to do with a good time
[Verse 2]
But can you forgive the boy who
Shot you in the head?
Or should you get a gun and
Go and get revenge?
A hundred percent of my love
U-up to you, true star
It's hard to believe you took off
I always thought you'd go far
[Chorus]
But I've been around the world a million times
And all you men are slime
A gun to my head, goodbye, I am dead
Wastewood rockers, it's time for crime, hey
[Instrumental Outro]
100% was written by Steve Shelley & Lee Ranaldo & Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore.
100% was produced by Sonic Youth & Butch Vig.
Sonic Youth released 100% on Tue Jul 21 1992.
Thurston and Lee both use F#F#F#F#EB, though they claim that any tuning will do. Thurston also uses a slide.