Sonic Youth covered it memorably on a tribute album to the duo in 1994 called If I. In this particular case, the relationship was not that deep to begin with ( the girl might have been led on), but when Karen Carpenter starts singing the chorus, we all feel sentimental. Of all the Carpenters songs, Superstar is the raunchiest, and possibly the most melancholic, too. We hear the chorus: “don’t you remember you told me you love me you love me baby” and remember that we have had similar feelings of heartbreak. A fantastic cover of the Bonnie & Delaney song (written by Leon Russel and Bonnie Bramlett) made famous by The. Sonic Youth were an American band I was not very familiar with, but once I discovered they had written a song about the late, great Karen Carpenter I knew. “Superstar” works on a more basic level because people don’t listen to the words of the song, just the feel of the song. SONIC YOUTH - Superstar (CARPENTERS COVER) - 2007 Vinyl Juno Soundtrack LP. She hears him and his music all the time in her head…oh, no, this time it’s just him on the radio. 0:00 / 4:09 Sonic Youth Superstar (The Carpenters cover, 1994) Egon Blant 1.77K subscribers Subscribe 49 Share 3. She saw him at a show, they had a fling, and he told her he loved her.
“Superstar” is about a girl who is infatuated with a rockstar.
The Carpenter’s “Superstar” is a unique concept–the original title was “The Groupie Song”.
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