POLL YR. IDOLS: The official SONIC YOUTH RESULTS thread!

Well, not really "new" ways, but they seemed to be stringing the vocabulary together pretty effortlessly in a good way, for me it makes the record flow really well and not drag at all.

Yeah Kingdom deserved better, was pretty high on my ballot

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89. She's in a Bad Mood
Confusion Is Sex, 1983
(64 points, 6 votes)

Think this was a casualty of a hasty ballot for me. Glad it placed, but maybe too low?

I remember cutting this one because I already had 4 other songs from this era, I agree that it is probably too low.

Amazing track. The dissonance is almost terrifying. According to Chris Lawrence's page, the prepared guitar is actually Thurston, not Lee. My mistake there.

good, but not a full-on favorite. okay w the placing, as long as the early stuff gets decent representation in the higher rungs.

So this is the Thurston/Lee rhythm/lead division I tend to expect when I can distinguish them at all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N0jNLvd7Ds

I spent so much time on the later records that I completely forgot about tracks like 'Bad Mood'. It's too bad, because it's awesome - in the literal sense of the word.

Cheers to the other 5 voters who had their wits about them to help place 'Bad Mood' in the Top Ninety

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88. Reena
Rather Ripped, 2006
(64 points, 7 votes)

I voted for Dude Ranch Nurse and Reena. Kim seems to get all the best songs on the recent albums.

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87. (TIE) Stones
Sonic Nurse, 2004
(72 points, 6 votes)

Wow, four songs off of Sonic Nurse already placed, with at least a couple of more to show I am sure.

really nice range of tracks so far

Mark my words - "Rain on Tin" in the top 25

lol listening to Stones right now, one of three Sonic Nurse tracks I wish I wouldve voted for

I'm already starting to worry that The Eternal got the shaft :(

Nah

One of you is right :)

Lol

Feel like Rather Ripped and The Eternal were getting a fair amount of love in nominations thread, but I guess a whole lot of stuff was getting love. Not that surprising to see a lot of the later stuff show up at this point, wonder how much will crack the top 25 though.

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87. (TIE) Genetic
'100%' B-side, 1992
(72 points, 6 votes)

TOO LOW!!!

Thought "Genetic" was going to be a sleeper hit ....

Sorry Lee, did not vote for it (above the other songs of yours I voted for).

When they moved more towards a traditional rhythm/lead setup in their later days, I sometimes hoped they'd go whole hog and actually play more 'real' guitar solos. I think "Stones" could work interestingly with a Verlaine/Lloyd-style solo instead of that repeated melodic phrase.

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85. I'm Insane
Bad Moon Rising, 1985
(74 points, 4 votes, 1 #1)

Kudos to whoever #1ed this song.

Listening to "Stones", I'm rethinking that, actually.

I didn't vote for "I'm Insane" but it's awesome, yeah.

Hah cool!

Kudos indeed!

EZ Snappin to thread!

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84. NYC Ghosts & Flowers
NYC Ghosts & Flowers, 2000
(79 points, 6 votes)

Lol

They kinda fucked up when recording that, lotta instruments falling out of sync in a bad way. Cool epic Lee jam though.

Honestly I'd have dug NYCGF way more if there'd been little to
no singing

The album not the song

I voted for it! Love it, partly from live performances I saw of it I guess, but I always liked that record fine.

They kinda fucked up when recording that, lotta instruments falling out of sync in a bad way.

OTM. Was pretty grand live.

I never noticed that, and I love that song. It was my number 5.

I mean, with something like this, it can be hard to tell if it's intentional so it may be best to give the benefit of the doubt.

I had it pretty high, mid-ballot somewhere. Partly love it cause of just how miserable the reception of this record was as well. A defiant fan boy's enthusiasm or something like that.

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83. Androgynous Mind
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, 1994
(80 points, 4 votes)

Really? This?

On my ballot!

That's actually one of the tracks I kind of enjoy from that album.

If one of the voters (not Alfred) hadn't put it at 2(!!), it would have barely made the top 100.

These tunelets MAKE the album imo