Sonic Youth sign to Matador (2 Viewers)

[coast to coast]

In my grumbly onion, I don't think Dirty has aged well at all. Find myself skipping most of it when ever I listen to it.

My Top 5 -

Sister
Daydream Nation
Evol
Washing Machine
Murray Street

I think they're my favourites too though I do tend to like some Sonic Youth albums when I only like half the tracks on them and other times I hold it against other albums.

For example - I think New York City Ghosts And Flowers is deadly because of three really great tracks (Free City Rhymes, title track, Small Flowers Crack Concrete) but tend to dislike Dirty cos there's so much meh on it, despite having a handful of belters.

Many of there albums are patchy. The shorter format of Murray Street really worked well. Seemed more focused and well structured than Sonic Nurse or Rather Ripped which are good in parts but often inspire a "meh."

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Nurse is a savage album. Every bit as good as Murray St. I can't believe it's getting lumped in together with Rather Ripped which is an extremely lazy record, in my opinion.

well thats told me! I do love the arthur doyle handcream one and dude ranch nurse. if it wasnt for kim it'd be useless. her singing on i love you golden blue is lovely

 

[hermie]

well thats told me! I do love the arthur doyle handcream one and dude ranch nurse. if it wasnt for kim it'd be useless. her singing on i love you golden blue is lovely

well that's told me! haha, we have this same argument everytime some mentions Sonic Youth. Do you really think Nurse is no better than Rather Ripped? Love the songs you mention, it's definitely a record for Kim fans alright. What about Pattern Recognition though? That breakdown in the middle! Best thing Jim O'Rourke did with the band imho

 

[coast to coast]

I think Sonic Nurse has a lot more character than Rather Ripped altogether. Aside from the songs mentioned above there's the Lee song (name escapes me) and Unmade Bed. Nothing that good on Rather Ripped at all if you ask me.

 

[Unicron]

I think Sonic Nurse has a lot more character than Rather Ripped altogether. Aside from the songs mentioned above there's the Lee song (name escapes me) and Unmade Bed. Nothing that good on Rather Ripped at all if you ask me.

No love for incinerate? I think it's a great pop song.

 

[rotten tropics]

find it bizarre anyone would rate any of the last 3 or so albums.buying them made me never get any sonic youth records again.










got a lend of that sonic death live/cut up cd recently though.
amazing.

 

[Jasper]

Anyone read "The Empty Page - Fiction inspired by Sonic Youth"? I tried to read it, but after two stories I gave up. It seems that only shit authors are inspired by SY.

I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. There's one about The Fall which is supposed to be equally horrific.

 

[hermie]

No love for incinerate? I think it's a great pop song.

It's good but it's too long and the middle bit is naff. Lyrically Rather Ripped must be their worst.

 

[Phil_Insane]

Where's the love for "a thousand leaves"

Thats an amazing SY record!

 

[Pantone247]

Just read that review this morning. Dave Keenan piece. Figures.

woah... Zing!

Keenan is sound

 

[Unknown Convict]

sound and fury. a din.

 

[Goodbye]

Where's the love for "a thousand leaves"

right here

 

[Mitchum]

woah... Zing!

Keenan is sound

You haven't read the piece, I'll wager.

Well, obviously.

 

[Pantone247]

*bang*

another classic Mitchum thread stopper

why do I even try?

 

[Mitchum]

Aw diddums.

Shouldn't you be slagging of JJ72?

After all they *don't* post on Thumped.

 

[sleepy]

Never really loved Evol. Some great tunes there but thought there was a lot of shite on it. It's not one I can sit all the way through.
I still think Daydream Nation, Dirty and at a stretch murray street are their most consistent albums.
Thought Sonic Nurse so very dull that i couldn't even work up the enthusiasm to listen to rather ripped.
I think there's enough good tunes on their major label output to put together one really good live album.
There's some great stuff on a thousand leaves. Hoarfrost is still one of my favourite ever songs. By any band.
bad moon rising has some great tunes on it.
and I don't think it really matters what label they're signed to, the fact is they've been playing essentially the same type of music for the last 3 decades. It's gonna be hard for them to produce anything really exciting at this stage.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Aw diddums.

Shouldn't you be slagging of JJ72?

After all they *don't* post on Thumped.

are you defending JJ72?? SHOCK EMOTICON

 

[sleepy]

no one should ever defend jj72

or concertina for constantine

 

[Lili Marlene]

JJ7Youth

 

[nlgbbbblth]

NYC Ghosts and Flowers is the one SY record I can't get into