Starpower
By: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore
Original Performance: Sonic Youth
Written by: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore
Lyrics:Starpower [Live version (a)]:
[from Sonic Youth's original]
Spinning dreams with angel wings
Torn blue jeans, a foolish grin
Burning down in the night
So cool, so right
Starpower
Starpower
Starpower over me
She knows how to make love to me
She knows how to make love
Close my eyes and think of you
Everything turns black to blue
Starpower
Starpower
Starpower over me
Burning down in the night
Super cool, it's alright
She knows how to make love to me
She knows how to make love
Close my mind when I think of you
Everything turns black to blue
Starpower
Starpower
Starpower over me
The Song:This is a Sonic Youth song, on their album
Evol.
Beck reportedly covered all of
Evol for some sort of Sonic Youth box set, but it never was released. (One song, "Green Light," did end up on a single.)
And after recording it, Beck did play "Starpower" live twice.