13 Sonic Youth Riffs
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2024
- I did a Sonic Youth 'riffs' video a few years ago, but I wanted to try it again with just the one guitar part (rather than layering the different parts like last time) Also, it's always fun exploring these weird tunings!
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TRACKS
0:01 Drunken Butterfly
0:34 Kool Thing
1:04 Titanium Expose
1:35 Silver Rocket
2:09 Sunday
2:40 The Diamond Sea
3:06 (I Got A) Catholic Block
3:28 Purr
3:51 Total Trash
4:18 Youth Against Fascism
4:51 Dirty Boots
5:24 Teenage Riot
5:55 100% 
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This dude deserves a like for tuning the guitar that many times alone.
I thought the same
Такое дерьмо как Sonic Yuoth можно слушать только на при американском менталитете, или человеком, у которого вкус - говно. Nirvana - вот, где красота и международность.
@@PYRUHIN нирвана?? серьезно? ты выбираешь самую простую и переигранную группу в мире, а не Sonic Youth, одну из лучших групп 80-х?? с таким скучным и обычным вкусом, я бы никогда не хотел, чтобы ты выбирал песни на моих вечеринках. слушай настоящую музыку, ¨My Bloody Valentine¨, ¨Cocteau Twins¨, ¨Mazzy Star¨ а не скучую нирвану, которую слышишь повсюду. нирвана - это хорошо, но не самое лучшее.
@@PYRUHIN Хоть я и сам топлю за нирвану и она любимая, но ты капец какой глупый чел. Даже сам Курт восхищался Sonic Youth
Ive been playing the guitar for decades… always standard tuning. Every time I try a different tuning I feel like Ive never held a guitar in my life. This is awesome… so is Sonic Youth
Thanks! I know what you mean. The alt. tunings force you into thinking different for sure.
That's what makes them good, because the biggest inspiration comes when you don't have a fucking clue what you are doing and when you are in unknown territory and mentally sets you like you are a child that is drawing and doing it for the joy of it without being stressed that you need to paint like Rembrandt.
Every single time I tried a new tuning I made 5 songs in a day or created a bunch of ideas because it's impossible to play those things in standard tuning.
Sonic Youth is not the best example of using effectively alt. tunings because they were not abusing them for harmonically rich music because they would create simple riffs and melodies and doubling them with vocals in numerous songs and you can play tons of their songs on standard tuning without missing a thing.
But, if you start strumming 4, 5, 6 strings and play chords not riffs, but chords, then it becomes IMPOSSIBLE to play that same thing on standard tuning because it's THEN when you actually start abusing that tuning, the same way you use standard tuning.
@@roljavi Well said!
@@roljavi cool! You’ ve inspired me to try it out! Im also a songwriter
With that many alternate tunings I can't imagine these guys get covered too often by too many. It's such a struggle to keep a Les Paul in standard tuning, I can't imagine going to the effort.
there's no way they're perfectly in tune so why should you be?
Try keeping a floating bridge in tune with alternate tunings 😊 Keeping a LP in tune is easier. Worse is thebstring tension.
Sonic Youth can communicatebwell with Soundgardennwith tunings 😂
Joe Walsh put out an excellent video on how to set up a Les Paul and keep it in tune. I thought for sure I was going to have to put lockers on my Studio, and ever since I followed his tips, it will stay in tune for days at a time.
Do you mean the band or RUclips covers?
I@@TheOfficialCaseMade I've seen that myself! And it was entertaining as well and I also recommend anyone interested to check it out. But if I had one tuning tip that I have only in recent years seen made note of more regularly is stretching the strings. Especially when a new set is on any guitar and don't settle for one and done. Up around the 7th fret stretch them well, tune up, stretch again. I do it over and over until the tuning is hardly affected by the stretching anymore. It might take a dozen stretches or so at that. Even worn strings still get a good stretch during tuning and seem to benefit. Greasing the nut slots with graphite from a pencil lead also seems to help in the process.
"Which tuning do you use in your songs?"
Sonic Youth: "Yes"
Check out the tunings used on the first Third Eye Blind album. No matter how you feel about the band, the guitarist was doing some really inventive stuff.
This makes zero sense.
original.
@@whothennow24the joke is they use every tuning
One of the best bands of all time
i love sonic youth but i think i will never learn a song cause of this tunings......... omg
Some are easier to tune into than others
I remember pre-internet and having no idea how the songs were tuned, it made working them out almost impossible! 😂
This website is very good has all the tunings and tabs www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/
I swear man, Teenage Riot has some of the best riffs ever recorded in that one song alone. Props for going through the effort of tuning up for all these songs too
Thanks!
Sonic Youth changed me as a person and my approach to music. I remember doing the tunings for all these songs back when i was 17. So many broken strings haha. But it was worth it. You absolutely nailed the tone on Silver Rocket.
Purr is literally one of their best songs ever, nicely played man
When I saw sonic youth.. there was a tea chest of guitars to the side of the stage. All different tunings not all 6 string
Yeah it's crazy how many they had. I think Thurston just uses one guitar and tuning now with his new band. Also that's awesome you got to see them!
Yeah, I think I read that they used to travel with 25 guitars and basses in various tunings.
The way it should be. One guitar for every tuning
@@bloxsy_i saw him last year and he played one guitar, except for two or three songs he used a 12 string. Him and the other guitarist played a 12 string for those songs.
Someone should make a pedal that allows you to set the tuning of your guitar through a pedal, string by string. Not a tuner but a modeler just for different tunings. It would allow a lot of liberty to try the alt tuning bands
My brain is completely rotted, tell me why i kept seeing thinking the tuning for Titanium Expose and Diamond Sea said EDGED
Me too 😭
I have never loved a band more than sonic youth
bro i rlly need a spotify playlist with all these songs, im obseessed
They’re the best
Mildred Pierce is my favorite one
Miiildreeeeed pieeerce
TRACKS
0:01 Drunken Butterfly
0:34 Kool Thing
1:04 Titanium Expose
1:35 Silver Rocket
2:09 Sunday
2:40 The Diamond Sea
3:06 (I Got A) Catholic Block
3:28 Purr
3:51 Total Trash
4:18 Youth Against Fascism
4:51 Dirty Boots
5:24 Teenage Riot
5:55 100%
(Thanks, @Bloxsy_ for more videos of riffs ❤🔥)
So good to see Catholic Block and Total Trash getting some attention. I wish you could have done the latter's riff until the end though!
SY has got several great guitar parts and I think a part 2 would be very welcome
Yeah. They have such a huge body of work, might be fun to try some more obscure stuff.
Diamond sea is my favorite one, hope to see a whole cover here someday :D
That would be cool to do.
It's weird, never got into Sonic Youth, but loved Mary Timony & Helium.
Now, i can hear where she got a lot of her ideas from.
Well played! Dirty Boots made my day totally. You could literally drop entire vids on Daydream Nation, Goo, Dirty etc... Love me some Lee and Thurston
Thank you. Yeah those are great albums for sure.
The guitar track scholar
F-ing BRAVO. You deserve a 🏆 for the tunings alone.
Thank you
always love seeing a new video from you
wish Z) Eliminator jr was on this, the riff is super simple but i love it
Amazing as always. I discovered Sonic Youth through your channel, so thank you for this.
You're welcome. I appreciate you watching the vids!
Glad people still know who this band is. Thanks for this. Great job!
I'm really glad you did another Sonic Youth Riffs video! I love them and their tunings are so weird! I am so amazed how they can come up with so many songs with these tunings!
Awesome stuff, thanks for putting the tunings on too
Amazing! Great covers! Hearing guitar isolated really makes you realize how much of the sound and composition of each song is centered around the different tunings. Good job!
Thank you. Yeah each tuning has it's own character.
TE AMO BLOXSY GRACIAS POR SUBIR MAS CICCONE YOUTH
Outstanding work, sir. Thanks. 🙌🏻
Great job! So many awesome SY songs!
Killer video. Love SY and this hit the spot.
Nice, some of my faves in there, fun to watch! Was hoping for 'the sprawl', maybe next time? 😂
Thanks for doing what I'd never take the time to. 🎉🎉
Superb playing of legendary tracks
Thank you for watching.
You are the man ! I love Sonic YouTh and you do it perfectly 🎉
Thank you!
Great job! Excellent video! I'm really impressed. Sonic Youth and Pavement are my two favorite bands but I never play them because of the alternate tunings. It's a real pleasure to see you and listen to you play these songs.
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it :)
Cool video, lifted my mood, I love Sonic Youth :)
That was sick🤘🏻
So good. Thank you for this
Thank you for watching.
Thank you for this!
Your videos always come out at the right time. I got into Sonic Youth recently and I think this channel may be to blame for that 😂
That "Silver Rocket" riff never gets old for me. It's so punk and I love it.
The "Titanium Expose" riff sounds twistedly melodic in an almost Beatles-y sort of way. That one sticks out for sure.
The riff from "Sunday" kind of reminds me of "Coffee and TV" by Blur, except much darker. Am I weird for thinking that?
Nah i can totally see the comparison between sunday and coffee & tv, similar strumming patterns
@@RealAsaMitaka Yeah, that and the chord progression gives off a similar vibe. Pretty cool considering it's in a weird tuning. I call it "Black Coffee and TV" 😂
Absolutely great!!!❤
Purr! Love that riff
fantastic!!!
Clean paying and thank you for the tunings! I'm practicing to tune by ear between songs (caution: strings have broken on me from the random tension they get) my favorite to play is Tunic, that resonance is unparalleled✨ Now interested in Purr...
Amazing!
Top job man!!
Thanks dude
One of the bands from my 20s, saw them so many times back in the day. Thurston was always really nice
those tunings are wild
Awesome. You're an aficionado for sure 😁
Thank you!
100% excellent video.
subscribed as soon as i saw how many times this man changed the tunings
Thank you!
Glad to see some titanium expose love!
Nice work. I've seen all the alternate tunings they use but have never seen information on chord positions or where to play on the neck.
All great. Teenage Riot especially !
Awesome dude, well done. Sonic Youth rules.
Thanks dude. Yeah, love Sonic Youth
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Thanks!
Thank you.
Sounds good
For anyone curious to know more about Sonic Youth tunings, tabs and what gauge strings they used, this website is really good www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/ Though I didn't change any strings for this video.
So good.
Thank you for this.
Sonic youth is still great.
love that song diamond sea..
My favorite band ❤
Now I know what will be my tunes on the car tomorrow morning on my way to work.
Nice cover and nice cyclone 😎🎸👍
Thank you!
Thank you!
If ever I need an excuse town a few more guitars, I can just say “Sonic Youth” tunings!
Absolutely!
Awesome!
Thanks!
Killed it again.. and purr.....
Muito bom !!!!!!
Aguardando sempre
From brazil
Obrigado!
just EGDGED to this video
Sonic Youth are one of the only bands that make me afraid to tune my guitar for their songs
How many strings were broken making this video?
Actually none!
You bet me to it! Some of those tunings are savage!
I'm partial to "Incinerate." I think it's in open D# Maj 7 or something like that.
Yeah that's a nice one to play.
100% riff is so bizzarre, that Just seing you play scares me.
no cavity protection here just total tooth melting sweetness.
You played some of my favorite SY songs. Total trash sounded amazing. Wasn’t expecting youth against fascism. But that was cool.
Thank you. Yeah Total Trash is one of my favourites.
I love Teenage Riot. Incinerate is another good one. Well done!
Thanks dude
Would be so nice if you do a Babes in Toyland riffs video.
GREAT!!!!!
Great job! Try with de song called Under th Tilo's Tree by a.uruguayan band called Buenos Muchachos
I thoroughly enjoyed that!
What year is that Mustang? It's a beauty.
Thanks! It's a '98 Fender Cyclone.
@@bloxsy_ Cyclones don’t get enough love, they’re incredibly cool guitars!!
TM or LR rlly liked that EGDGED tuning
This shows my frustration, for all those years, trying to play guitar to these songs while being in good ol EADGBE
this was RAD!!! also E#E#E#E#FTW haha
"Deleted" black square is my favorite
Guitar techs nightmare
Amazing! Sonic Youth is the greatest
You rock, bro
Thanks bro
Dirty boots is my favorite, I would love to see a full video with riffs from Goo, best SY album imho.
That's a good idea. There's such much to explore from this band.
You are a Sonic Unicorn!!!!!
Thuston toured with a different guitar for every song at one point almost 2 dozen from the stories
4:52 Dirty Boots🔥🔥🎸
You should do Manic Street preachers. Their early albums were really heavily punk and alternative influenced.
Would be interested to take a look at their punk/alternative stuff. Any recommendations?
@@bloxsy_ first two albums
What about shadow of a doubt tuning? Amazing song
What pedal are you using? Great tone!
Dude I just can’t with the tunings my guitar will fuckin break
Fun fact: Ian MacKaye of Minor threat, Embrace, Fugazi and more plays guitar on Youth against fascism
Really? I didn't know that!
Cool Thing is one of the baddest riffs ever
Lovely work ! Would like to see "Wasted" from "Experimental Jet Set ,," and the incredible beautiful "Unwind" from " Washing Machine" .
Also "Brother James" from "Confusing Is sex" or "Chapell Hill" from "Dirty" such a fierce , emotional song, also "Mote" from "Goo" .... so many timeless piece of art in sound and composition.
Sorry, so many favss cant get enough
Congrats and thanks for your vid.
For real.