New Hampshire Lyrics
Trace paper fly onward
Wake, city's too high
City's too high-up
Kill us your scumbag youths
Youths
Johnny winter no-show
B.B. King just turns on
Steve and Joe
They're gonna lead on
They're doin' it for life
On my body got who has
Decimitated gone with that ?
With one hypertonic
We'll lead on
Lead on
Johnny Winter was a blues musician who performed at Woodstock but doesn't appear on the record or video.
I believe that Steve and Joe are Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, who formed Aerosmith in New Hampshire in 1970. "They're doin' it for life."
Maybe intro's mention of trace paper is talking about how one generation of artists influence the next. BB King influenced Johnny Winter who influence Aerosmith who influenced Sonic Youth who influenced...
I don't know what the fuck this song means but I'm pretty sure that Sonic Youth wasn't influenced by Aerosmith.
Here's a Thurston Moore quote from a Nude as the News interview with Thuston Moore:
"'New Hampshire' is a song I brought in, written about.. sort of a sentimental thing after reading the oral history of Aerosmith. I grew up in the early '70s in New England, and this book was the first one I'd read to really capture what life was like up there during that time. Being in bands and trying to do something and driving down to New York.. that kind of lifestyle. At the same time, I'd gone to see this blues event at Madison Square Garden that Martin Scorsese did. [Aerosmith members] Steven [Tyler] and Joe [Perry] came out. It was a really genuine thing for these guys. After all the bullshit of fame, drugs and all this stuff, it came down to them being so happy to be in the same place as B.B. King. That really struck me. The song was basically noting certain things happening at this show."
So apparently I was wrong about it referencing Woodstock.
BTW, it's a great article with a lot of insights on Sonic Nurse. When I found it it was here: http://www.nudeasthenews.com/interviews/70
inspiration and influence are two very different things
i loove this song, the guitarwork is amazing, and the lyrics are good... it wouldve never occurred to me it was about aerosmith, ever.
i always thought these were the lyrics:
Trace paper fly onward Trace paper fly onward Wake, city's skew high City's skew high-upt
Kill us your scumbag blues Kill us your scumbag blue Blues
Johnny winter Johnny winter no-show
B.B. King just turns on The New Hampshire boys Steve and Joe They're gonna lead on They're doin' it for life
I'm like Buddy Guy who has Decimitated gone with that(?) With one hypertonic Now we'll lead on Lead on
but who says "upt" anywho???
these are completely wrong
TRACE PAPER FLYING WORD TRACE PAPER FLYING WORD BREAK CITY SKOOT HI CITY SKOOT HI ALERT KILL US YR SKUM FIGHT BLOOZE KILL US YR SKUM FIGHT BLOOZE BLUES JOHNNY WINTER JOHNNY WINTER NO SHOW
BB KING JUST TURNS ON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BOYS STEVE AND JOE HAVE GONE BEYOND DOIN IT FOR LIFE
UNLIKE BUDDY GUY WHO HAS DECIMATED THE RIFF BAT WITH ONE HYPERTONIC NOTE LEAD ON LEAD ON
Instead of a chorus we have a guitar solo where it would be. I love that idea.