Sonic Youth makes a spectacular return to the Sunday Service, with one of my favorite 'tunes' - "Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg). There's lots to recommend this tune - it is one long noodle, nicely cradled between opening and closing lyrics. It runs plus 11 minutes in contrast to last week's selection, which barely clocked in at 1 minute. Is it all noodle for noodling sake, you ask? Well, put on the headphones and you will find a delightful balance of two lead guitars, one per speaker, plus a fat-ish bottom in the middle, to sustain the journey. Besides the hat tip to Mr. Ginsberg, we've got a painter with a conflicted goddess, all manner of colors, there is blues and haiku (so precipitously spaced as to hint at Sal Paradise), and all those yellow shadow girls. Yes, lots to keep the wary wondering and the curious curiouser.
Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg)
Today I said goodbye to my conflicted goddess Her lush eyes show surprise At how we could gather knowledge The painting has a dream Where shadow breaks the scene And the colors run off Blue is bashful, green is my goal Yellow girls are running backward Until the next time, with six hits of sunshine The lights will blind us with blues in haiku The shadow has a dream Where painters look to sea And colors burn out Now I know where I once saw you Stepping into muddy water John's reflection decried perfection Now you walk him through the garden Waiting in the wings Painters shade their dreams With falling colors
See me wave goodbye forever Happiness the goddess lover Hurry back remember last time The hits of sunshine, the hits of goldmine I'll see you back tonight Where painters love the light And yellow shadow girls As long as we are conjuring Allen via extra-psychic means, here is a little something from the recent full-length feature, Howl.
Here is a delightful little 10 minute interview/reading by Allen, so he may speak for himself:
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