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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here
I'm not necessarily decided on this, but its something I've been wondering about for some time. There are a few tracks of pre-DDN Sonic Youth which have always struck me to be quite 'satanic', namely "Satan is Boring":
"SATAN FLIRTS - IM PREPARED
ITS NOTHING TO CONQUER - THE FIGHT IS GOOD
YOUR FLESH HAS A LIMIT OF TOO MANY YEARS
ITS A SHOCK ABSORBER OF YOUR STINGING TEARS"
and, particularly Protect Me You:
"PROTECT ME DEMONS
THAT COME AT NIGHT
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
THEIR WHISPERING
SENDS THE NIGHT AIR AWAY
AND MAKES ME FORGET
I HOPE THEY COME
AGAIN AND AGAIN"
What do you guys think? I do think theres probably a better case for labelling early SY as just 'nihilistic' (Death Too Our Friends, Society is a Hole, Confusion is Next). A Black Metal connisuer freind has always told me what satanism and nihilism are as good as the same thing, so maybe that explains some of this content, I dunno...
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I've always thought that they used some of the satanic imagery as a generic way of representing strong feelings about the subject of certain songs. To even think of them as a satanic band is the work of the devil, though. People, please do take the time to make sure that you understand what a full time satanic band is and what plain references in a song actually mean.