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The ninth track on the 1986 Sonic Youth album, Evol, following “Marilyn Moore”.
The original EVOL LP had a locked groove at the end of “Expressway,” so the song played infinitely (on the label of the LP, the track’s time is indicated with an infinity symbol).
[The song is] titled “Madonna, Sean and...
[Verse 1]
We're gonna kill the California girls
We're gonna fire the exploding load
In the milkmaid maidenhead
We're gonna find the meaning of feeling good
And we're going to stay there
As long as we think we should
[Chorus]
Mystery train
Three way plane
Expressway to your skull
Mystery train
Three way plane
Expressway to your skull
Mystery train
Three way plane
Expressway to your skull
[Instrumental Outro]
Madonna, Sean, and Me was written by Kim Gordon & Steve Shelley & Lee Ranaldo & Thurston Moore.
Madonna, Sean, and Me was produced by Martin Bisi & Sonic Youth.
Sonic Youth’s website lists EG#EG#EG# as the tuning used by both Thurston and Lee, but an early lyric sheet shows that F#AAF#F#F# might also have been used. Lee uses a slide.
I wanted to kill the California Girls, too. I wanted to fire the exploding load! I wanted to find the meaning of feeling good. This song is, I believe, about getting really, really close to someone – almost inside them. Then I think these really close people in the song went out and did bad things,...