Green Light
Sonic Youth * Track #5 On EVOL
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Album EVOL
Green Light by Sonic Youth
Performed by
Sonic YouthWrited by
Kim Gordon & Lee Ranaldo & Steve Shelley & Thurston MooreAbout
The fifth track on the 1986 Sonic Youth album, Evol.
“[Green Light was] one of the first songs composed with Steve Shelley, and one of the first songs written for EVOL. [It is] listed as "Green Love” on The Walls Have Ears."
— Official Sonic Youth Archive
Green Light Lyrics
[Verse]
I kneel before the green light
Of her singing crayon eyes
And then I kiss her stomach
And it's then I realize
Her light is the night
I'm not blind, I believe in you
[Refrain]
I see a green light
I see a green light
I see a green light
Green Light Q&A
Who wrote Green Light's ?
Green Light was written by Kim Gordon & Lee Ranaldo & Steve Shelley & Thurston Moore.
Who produced Green Light's ?
Green Light was produced by Sonic Youth & Martin Bisi.
What guitar tunings are used for this song?
Both Lee and Thurston use GGDDD#D#.
What do the EVOL CD liner notes say about this song?
This song and “Star Power” taught me about love. Before hearing these three songs, I thought love had to be on moors and everyone had to be mad like beasts and then die. But love can have a beautiful, hazy-green light. Green means go ahead.
– Lisa Crystal Carver, 1993