Massage The History (track)
by Sonic Youth
Year: 2009
From the album The Eternal (track #12)
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Massage The History appears on the following album(s) by Sonic Youth:
- The Eternal (track #12) (this album) (2009)
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| ! | 06/19/2026 03:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,554 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2025 01:30 |  ExTeaSea | 13,135 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2024 05:43 | martintho | 68,759 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2024 21:18 | phmusic | 73,429 | 100/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2019 16:56 |  eric_005 | 22,046 | 76/100 |
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Without doubt one of Sonic Youth's best and most unique songs. This song is quite possibly the most touching moment in their catalog, it tells the story of Kim and Thurston's marriage and its inevitable end (2 years later). Musically this song is perfect too, I believe what is happening is Lee is playing a melody by playing harmonics with a slide on, while Thurston plays a beautiful acoustic riff, and Kim collaborates with Lee with a second electric, making for a couple great jam sessions.
This is one of the most beautiful swan songs of all time, it signifies the end of one of the greatest bands the world has ever seen, and the end of a marriage. I'm astonished more people on this site haven't given this song any attention, truly underrated.
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