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* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: They are called ''Sonic Youth'' even though many band members are in their mid to late fifties.
* [[One of Us]]: At least if the references to [[William Gibson]] are any indication, this trope fits at least some of the band members.
* [[One -Woman Song]]: "Reena", "Helen Lundeberg", "Marilyn Moore", "Mary Christ", "Sugar Kane"
* [[Perishing Alt Rock Voice]]: Every. Single. Song.
* [[Piss -Take Rap]]: "Master-Dik", "Into the Groovey".
* [[Self-Titled Album]]
* [[Shout -Out]]: Frequent in their songs, both in titles and lyrics - "Hey Joni", "Marilyn Moore", "Expressway to Yr. Skull"'s alternate title "Madonna, Sean and Me", "Master-Dik", "Teenage Riot" (a humorous jab at J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr's reputation for laziness), "Tunic (Song for Karen)", "My Friend Goo", "Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg)", "Karen Koltrane", "Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" (it had its title changed to "Kim Gordon and..." for legal purposes), "New Hampshire" (the Steve and Joe mentioned are the guys from [[Aerosmith (Music)|Aerosmith]]), "Leaky Lifeboat (for Gregory Corso)", "Thunderclap (for Bobby Pyn)".
* [[Signature Song]]: "Kool Thing" is probably the only song the average music listener knows from Sonic Youth.
** "Teenage Riot", which they have played on nearly every tour since 1988.
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* [[Something Blues]]: "Winner's Blues" and "No Queen Blues."
* [[Subdued Section]]
* [[Take That]]: "Youth Against Fascism" is 3 and a half minutes of Thurston insulting [[George HW Bush]] (''Yeah, the president sucks/He's a war pig fuck/His shit's out of luck'' etc. etc.), "Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" lampoons [[Mariah Carey]], "Peace Attack" is a mellower but still pretty ripshit pissed indictment of [[George W. Bush]]. "I Killed Christgau With My Big Fucking Dick" is self-explanatory.
** "Youth Against Fascism" is more of a [[Take That]] to political rock songs that were so prevalent at the time with most of the bands not even knowing what they're protesting.
*** Those not recognizing it as a piss take: either they didn't pay attention to the refrain, or over-applied [[Wild Mass Guessing|WMG]] to make it mean whatever they hoped it meant. Self-explanatory, though:
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