02/12/99 - Athens, Greece @ Rodon Club

Date: Saturday, February 12th, 1999
City: Athens, Greece
Venue: Rodon Club
SET LIST NOTES
Sunday 
Bull in the Heather 
Mote 
The Ineffable Me 
Schizophrenia 
Teenage Riot 
Hoarfrost 
French Tickler 
Karen Koltrane 
Female Mechanic Now On Duty 
Sugar Kane 
Wildflower Soul
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Shadow of a Doubt 
Tom Violence 
Death Valley '69 
  • None.

    QUOTES

    K: "Hello."
    T: "Good evening everybody, we are called The Sonic Youth, and we come from New York City. It's nice to be back here in Athens. This is a song called 'Sunday'."
    - Sunday
    T: "[??] ladies and gentlemen."
    - Bull in the Heather
    L: "Hey thanks a lot everybody. It was uh, just about ten years ago, the first time we came to Athens. [???] It's good to be back."
    T: "Hey this is a song called 'Mote'."
    - Mote
    T: "This is a song called 'The Ineffable Me'."
    - The Ineffable Me
    T: "Oh thank you very much, I appreciate that. We'd like to dedicate this song to all of you, this is called 'Schizophrenia'."
    - Schizophrenia
    - Teen Age Riot
    - Hoarfrost [w. noise intro]
    - French Tickler
    K: "[???]"
    T: "[??] It's a little song called 'Karen Koltrane'."
    - Karen Koltrane
    K: "Okay, this is another new song, and it's called 'Female Mechanic Now On Duty'. This is all the girls who... for all the girls in the front."
    - Female Mechanic Now On Duty
    T: "Alright alright, keep it in your pants. This is a song called 'Sugar Kane'. 1 2 3 4"
    - Sugar Kane
    T: "Thanks a lot everybody. We'd like to thank [??] for playing tonight before us, it was great. Very happy [??]. Uh, we're gonna come back tomorrow night, we're gonna play a bunch of these same songs, but in slightly different order. But also a lot of new songs too. And, oh, we're gonna [???] I can hear you, you don't have to yell at me. This is a song called 'Wildflower'."
    - Wildflower Soul
    T: "Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, goodnight. Thank you."
    [encore break]
    T: "Ssshhh. Cool out. Way out. This is an early heavy metal number we wrote in the 'Shadow of a Doubt'."
    - Shadow of a Doubt
    T: "'Tom Violence'."
    - Tom Violence
    K: "Thanks so much. Thanks for coming to see us."
    - Death Valley '69 [w. extended noise outro - tape cuts a few minutes in]

    OTHER PERFORMERS

  • Floros Floridis

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