Sonic Youth

Shaking Hell

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She's finally discovered she's a...
He told her so
She's finally discovered she's a...
He told her so
She's finally discovered she's a...
He told her so

Come closer and I'll tell you
Come closer and I'll tell you
Come closer and I'll take off your dress

I'll take off your dress
I'll shake off your flesh
I'll shake off your flesh
I'll shake off your flesh

Shake off your flesh
[repeat two times]

Turn around
Turn around
Turn around

Shake
[repeat nine times]

Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh

Shake shake
[repeat eighteen times]

Shake

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shut On Dec 23, 2001

Tunic (Song for Karen)

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2001-12-23 23:05:49

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by dax9

15y ago

Hmm "Shake of your flesh" doesn't quite sound like to rape to me. I think the feminist skew to this one is to be a woman and to narrate the story trough the eyes of a sexually driven (typically male) serial killer. "I'll shake of your dress, I'll shake of your flesh" means rape and kill, or at least, undress and then kill. All with Kim telling the story as the protagonist. Scary indeed, but also turning the tables, taking over power, if you will. Women do have power, but also (non-feminists, libertarian point) women are also capable of violence.

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by rimiska

19y ago

Rape, obviously.

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by bamvolstone

22y ago

this is definitely one of my favorite early SY songs. definitely sounds like a rape type song to me, just like alot of kim's songs.

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by ZEROpumpkins

21y ago

Kim is a feminest idol so quite right there bamvolstone.

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by Cynothoglys

19y ago

A sex-as-death thing, perhaps. Rape is an obvious possibility.

Awesome, scary song.

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