Goo Interview

[Thurston Moore]
Sonic Youth
Goo
The album
Worldwide
June 26
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Dirty boots, yeah I got some dirty boots
"Dirty Boots" is a song about being on the road
With a band in a van, caught in the land
Every song is a dirty boot, a no wave suit, electric scoot
Yeah, it's proletary laughter
The song is about touring, about scoring the clubs
Promoters and voters
Thinking about Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters
"Paint It, Black" kinda riff
Dancing with Mr. D, Rock 'n' Roll circus
Where's the elephants?
Where's the damn elephants?
"Dirty Boots" is a song about Mike Watt
The candle is the club, the theme, the space
Herе we go to another candle I know
Thе jelly roll, the common bond of goo
After the singin', the dreamin'
And TV land

"Disappearer", "Disappearer"
"Disappearer" is a song about 1975
Patti Smith walkin' with a Tom
New York City, the Bowery
And a UFO flyin', whippin' over and takin' off
Disappearer be coming, going at the same time
The jack move is visitation, possessed by a spirit that is only loneliness
Your ghost is a host to the mostest
Get back to New York City
Stir it up, get in the car, look in your mirror
Be careful of hitchhikers
Goin' out west where you long to belong to believe in ghosts
And it's another toast to Izzy
52 Street to Avenue A, it's everyday
I'm learning to say "Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey"
Oh, 'ey

Karen
Karen

[Kim Gordon]
Karen Carpenter
She was so skinny when she died that her clothes hung on her like a tunic
She wanted to be perfect for us
A thoughtless journalist called her a hippie
Making her obsessed with her weight
She was ahead of her time
There was no Cher or Madonna for her to have as role models
Aerobics could've saved Karen's life
As it is, she died
Very young

Hey, Kool Thing, come here
Lying on my bed, staring at the tapestry on the wall
There are two scantily dressed white girls
One has a dagger in her hand
They're looking at this black panther up in the tree hissing at them
What is the meaning of this picture?
Is it about Patty Hearst and the SLA?
What did she fantasize about in that closet?
Did she become a member of the SLA because women being outside of the male structured world do make for more natural anarchists?
The conclusion
Girls invented punk rock, not England, not the United States
Girls

Goo
Who is Goo?
Goo is you
She could be the 18 year old who's hanging out with nothing to do
Or she could have the Machiavellian plan to start out as the drummer
And become a multi-million dollar superstar
I hope it becomes a popular name for expecting parents in the '90s
Goo, goo, goo

Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
No
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
Why?
Mildred Pierce
Ah