the first time i heard "what a waste" was on the american tv-show the gilmore girls, which is one of all time favourites. on the final episode of the sixth episode there was a number of musical acts that did guest appearances, it included sparks, yo la tengo and sonic youth. kim gordon and thurston moore along with their daughter coco performed the song with coco on bass instead of her mother.
"what a waste" is quite a simple song about sex, it's not really clever but it has that raw grimy sound and has a great groove. i think this is why i've seen kim gordon dance to it on multiple videos when sonic youth have performed the song in concert. she also did a bit a more static thing on the gilmore girls appearance but you could feel that she was about to bust out serious moves instead just somewhat spastic dancing.
i really love how the vocals are treated in the song, as if they placed it on some sort of tight echo chamber for the reverb with a distortion that has been compressed. the end result is fuzzy in a good way and in the choruses they turn up the distortion and throw on a tremolo of sorts to shift the fuzz around. i would also have to say that it makes gordon sound drunk or atleast being three beers in but since the topic of the song is just: "don't be a drag motherfucker, let's get it on", it fits.
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