Sonic Youth - Superstar

Thursday, time for a cover.

"Superstar" is a 1969 song written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell with a songwriting credit also given to Delaney Bramlett that has been a hit for many artists in different genres and interpretations in the years since; the best-known versions are by the CARPENTERS in 1971, and by Luther Vandross in 1983.

The band SONIC YOUTH, which had always found inspiration from the CARPENTERS, recorded a version of the selection for the 1994 tribute album "If I Were a Carpenter". This version was also later included on the soundtrack for the 2007 film "Juno". It was also featured in the film "The Frighteners" and in the theatrical trailer for "High Tension". It likewise appeared in professional skateboarder Jerry Hsu's part in "Bag Of Suck". On a November 28, 2009 transmission of the National Public Radio program "Fresh Air", Richard Carpenter expressed his distaste for this version.

SONIC YOUTH was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, rounding out the core line-up. Jim O'Rourke (bass, keyboards, guitar) was also a member of the band from 1999 to 2005, and Mark Ibold (guitar, bass) was a member from 2006 to 2011.

SONIC YOUTH emerged from the experimental no wave art and music scene in New York before evolving into a more conventional rock band and becoming a prominent member of the American noise rock scene. Sonic Youth have been praised for having "redefined what rock guitar could do" using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings while preparing guitars with objects like drum sticks and screwdrivers to alter the instruments' timbre. The band was a pivotal influence on the alternative and indie rock movements.

After gaining a large underground following and critical praise through releases with SST Records in the late 1980s, the band experienced mainstream success throughout the 1990s and 2000s after signing to major label DGC in 1990 and headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza festival. In 2011, following the separation and subsequent divorce of Gordon and Moore, the band played their final shows in Brazil.[2][3] Since the split, the members have said the band is finished and would not reunite.

Today's tune "Superstar" by SONIC YOUTH, enjoy!



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