Sonic Youth gets a celebrity comp at Starbucks? Last I checked, I was in the Biggest Band in the World (still U2 baby, not those other guys). Apparently taking two steps 20 steps backward is the way into the latte crowd’s hearts.
What would a U2 celebrity comp look like? I’ve got probably the only cell phone in the world with both David Bowie’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s numbers, so you know it’ll be pure rock ‘n roll.
1. “Sunday Bloody Sunday” (Chosen by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
2. “I Will Follow” (Chosen by Condoleeza Rice)
3. “In God’s Country” (Chosen by George W. Bush)
4. “Even Better than the Real Thing” (Chosen by Steven Spielberg)
5. “Numb” (Chosen by Thom Yorke)
6. “Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World” (Chosen by Bill Gates)
7. “Vertigo” (Chosen by Kate Moss)
8. “Eye of the Tiger” (Chosen by Lindsey Lohan - I don’t think she knows we didn’t write that song, but we’ll cover it because she’s a sweet girl.)
9. “With or Without You” (Chosen by Scooter Libby)
10. “Fuck You, Anarchist” (Okay, this wasn’t a song choice, it’s what Bill O’Reilly emailed back to me. We’ll just assume he wanted “Beautiful Day”.)
11. “Bad” (Chosen by Samuel L. Jackson)
12. Thirteen minutes of feedback and Kim Gordon humming (Chosen by Thurston Moore - he’s still a nice guy)
Photo by Stig Nygaard
