DO YOU LIKE SONIC YOUTH?
I’ve been trying to get to them too
I saw Lee Ranaldo
At Kino Kimino
So I figured I’d ask you
Where should I start?
‘Cause I only know Superstar
Is there someone I gotta prove?
And so I wanted to ask you

DO YOU LIKE SONIC YOUTH?
I got Kim Gordon’s memoir
Haven’t read it yet
But it’s spent sunsets way back in the armoire
Next to a copy of M Train lying on my bedside
And my Mike Kelly MoMA PS1 Exhibition Guide
If I buy five of your zines, can I be a part of your scene
and DO THEY LIKE SONIC YOUTH?

Hey, you in the Guided By Voices t-shirt, you know, every time I try to ask someone where I should start listening to that band, they give you, like, SIX albums. And, you know what? I don't have the time or energy to listen to, like, SIX. I mean, I got bills, I got thrills – I'm just tryna listen to music that my friends believe in so maybe I could understand them a little better, y'know? But it's people like you and your gatekeeping crew, with your BIG record collections that are just bringing me down, man.

DO YOU LIKE SONIC YOUTH?
They’ve been hounding me all my life!
They’ve influenced every band I like since
They blew up in marital strife
I’ve heard Thurston’s a bad guy
And I know all punk’s not white
But I think context is vital
So I’ll be sure not to idolize

See no evil
Speak no evil
Hear no evil [repeat ‘till end]