Sonic Youth - Crap/Not Crap?

[Cid]

I think you mean

Nope I can safely say I don't... Good, yes, great, yep - the best? Nah.


edit: Ah^^

 

[poului]

erdtrw4er3

Just as a matter of interest, do you think the Velvet Underground were crap?


A lot of their stuff was "unlistenable noise" too.

 

[Cid]

Just as a matter of interest, do you think the Velvet Underground were crap?


A lot of their stuff was "unlistenable noise" too.

No, but radiohead were.

 

[akirajoel]

Just as a matter of interest, do you think the Velvet Underground were crap?

I've only got their first album........

 

[poului]

No, but radiohead were.

hehe, Radiohead are "noise"?


You wuss!!

 

[Idaho]

I got into them relatively late - when Sister came out. Never really got round to dipping into much of their earlier stuff aside from Teenage Riot.

What was that arty experiemental album that even their most ardent fans considered to be unlistenable?

 

[tangerinedream]

shots ring out from the center of an empty field
Joni's in the tall grass
she's a beautiful mental jukebox
a sailboat explosion
a snap of electric whipcrack

she's not thinking about the future
She's not spinning her wheels
she doesn't think at all about the past
she thinking long and hard
about that high wild sound
and wondering will it last?

Kick it

Sonic youth - soaring

 

[Cid]

hehe, Radiohead are "noise"?


You wuss!!

No, shitmat is 'noise'... I was just pointing out radiohead were a big pile of shit.

 

[poului]

Sonic youth - soaring

Right on!

It's got so much more edge than any of your Lithium's and Paranoid Android's any day!


In fact, fuck it, I'm going to stick it on right now!

 

[akirajoel]

There was an article about Sonic Youth in the defunt (and much loved by me) BANG Magazine that summed up my feelings...

And I quote:

"Sonic Youth made and still make dreadful music for all those vile, emotionally crippled snobs who both loathe rock and despise pop.... So here it is: Sonic Youth are shit. For deaf snobs. And pretentious idiots. End of story."

 

[poului]

No, shitmat is 'noise'... I was just pointing out radiohead were a big pile of shit.

No, MERZBOW is proper 100% noise you philistine!

 

[akirajoel]

No, MERZBOW is proper 100% noise you philistine!

He's shit too.

 

[poului]

"Sonic Youth made and still make dreadful music for all those vile, emotionally crippled snobs who both loathe rock and despise pop.... So here it is: Sonic Youth are shit. For deaf snobs. And pretentious idiots. End of story."

God bless those humble music journos.

 

[akirajoel]

Indeed.

The good ones are the ones that put into words everything i've always wanted to say...

 

[maomao]

What was that arty experiemental album that even their most ardent fans considered to be unlistenable?

Ciccone Youthe - The Whitey Album

Daydream Nation is in the top ten albums ever created.

 

[poului]

Indeed.

The good ones are the ones that put into words everything i've always wanted to say...

You've actually come across a journalist whose always voiced the exact same opinion as on every occasion?


That's not a good sign!

 

[akirajoel]

You've actually come across a journalist whose always voiced the exact same opinion as on every occasion?


That's not a good sign!

No. Of course not. Don't be daft.

But sometimes one of them will get lucky.


In terms of cool music journs thou - Nick Southall is damn fucking cool. He's like the best writer - like - ever. Ever.

 

[e-fluent]

gh

 

[pilchardman]

They've done some excellent stuff, and broken some boundaries. Strangely, the two haven't always coincided.

I rank them amongst my favourite bands, despite the misses.

 

[siarc]

this thread is SO fucking indie kid

 

[lizzieloo]

Kid? 32 me

 

[MysteryGuest]

Never saw what all the fuss was about.

 

[poului]

Never saw what all the fuss was about.

damn it MG, you've ruined everything!

 

[pilchardman]

this thread is SO fucking indie kid

Young people these days!

 

[corporate whore]

because when they get it right, they fucking SOAR

Fucking right. SY were by far the best thing I saw at V this year - a 40 minute set in front of about 50 people, and it was incredible. So much lovely, lovely noise...

 

[bluestreak]

because when they get it right, they fucking SOAR

first answer. best answer. next.

 

[Firky]

I think you mean

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(although there ain't much in it)

Combined with Coltrane Jones' shit on Moon... but Moon was fucking barking.

 

[Firky]

No, but radiohead were.

*hiss*

I want some of those Thom Yorke pillow cases like Akira's got

 

[Firky]

No, shitmat is 'noise'... I was just pointing out radiohead were a big pile of shit.

Shitmat is fuckin' great

 

[akirajoel]

this thread is SO fucking indie kid

*ahem!*

From: So you wanna fake being Indie?

If you look cool enough, eventually someone is going to talk to you and expect you to talk back; and if you open your mouth and say something like, "David Cassidy is really cool," you are liable to get the foo kicked out of you. And that would be really embarrassing because the indie rock world is populated largely by wussies.

So start somewhere safe: Sonic Youth. You cannot go wrong if you like Sonic Youth. Everybody in indie rock likes Sonic Youth, and those who don't are afraid to admit it. So you can talk all night long about what a genius frontman-guitarist Thurston Moore is, and nobody will ever think you are an idiot or don't know what you are talking about.

Thank you Google.