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Tunic (Song For Karen)

Certain Songs #2354: Sonic Youth – “Tunic (Song For Karen)”

April 27, 2022 by Jim Connelly

Album: Goo
Year: 1990

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Not only is “Tunic (Song For Karen)” my favorite Sonic Youth song, I think that — with the exception of “Alex Chilton” by The Replacements — it might be my favorite tribute song any musician recorded about another one. And “Tunic” has a much higher degree of difficulty: after all, in 1987, there was a natural crossover between Replacements fans and Big Star fans.

Not so much with Sonic Youth and The Carpenters three years later.

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Goo, Sonic Youth, Tunic (Song For Karen)

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