Stereo Sanctity Lyrics

Lyric discussion by fenderjazz1 

Cover art for Stereo Sanctity lyrics by Sonic Youth

after reading this 3 times and wondering if it just meant nothing i came to the conclusion it has to be drug-realated and recording-related. Stereo Sanctity-has to do with their love for stereo recording (as opposed to using mono) sanctity=holiness the beginning where they yell "seven" has to do with the fact that they would yell the take number for the song when recording. "two speakers dream the same and skies turn red" refers to the left and right speakers and it is my belief that thurston is referencing the apocalypse when the speakers emit the same sounds (blandness) "hey! gold connections analog soul waving in your hair" gold is the best conductor for cords b/c it doesn't cause any buzzing and analog is what style of recording musicians had to use in the 80's until CD's were introduced "hey! hylozoic directions she's talking blue streaks everywhere" hylzoic has to do with the philosophy that all matter has life (maybe suggesting that lsd is a living substance?) and blue streaks is most def an lsd reference as people can usually see sounds as colors (they must have done so much in this period) my last thought is that this song is being recorded and thurston is using his lyrics to communicate to the sound engineer, but hey how can you derive any meaning from a song that was only supposed to only be understood by the arist on acid ~Nick

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