Death Valley '69
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| Single by Sonic Youth from the album Bad Moon Rising |
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| B-side | "Brave Men Run (In My Family)" | ||||
| Released | December 1984, June 1985 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | July 1984 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Label | Iridescence Records, Homestead Records / Blast First Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Lydia Lunch and Thurston Moore | ||||
| Producer | Sonic Youth and Clint Ruin | ||||
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"Death Valley '69" is a song by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth and is the eighth and final track on their 1985 album Bad Moon Rising. The song was written and sung by guitarist Thurston Moore and fellow New York City musician Lydia Lunch, and recorded and produced by Wharton Tiers in July 1984. A demo version of the song was released in December 1984 on Iridescence Records, and it was released again in single format with different artwork in June 1985. Also, the Flaming Lips did a cover of Death Valley '69 in one of their compilation albums as a live track.
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[edit] Music video
The video for "Death Valley '69" was filmed in 1985 was the first music video by Sonic Youth and was directed by Richard Kern. The video features the majority of the band in various states of bloody dismemberment interlaced with live footage of the band. The video is the only one to feature both the recently departed drummer Bob Bert, and then new member Steve Shelley.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] December 1984 single
- "Death Valley '69" - 5:32
- "Brave Men Run (In My Family)" - 3:48
[edit] July 1985 single
- "Death Valley '69"
- "I Dream I Dreamed"
- "Inhuman"
- "Brother James"
- "Satan Is Boring"
[edit] References
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