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

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

xpost to self: not that it would make my top 75

Ha, actually, who knows what would happen if I actually sat down and listed 75 Sonic Youth songs?

I didn't vote for this, but I approve this placement. It's a great song

I voted for androgynous mind, it's catchy

"Waist" is another one of these tossed-off punky songs that I can enjoy.

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82. (TIE) Flower
Bad Moon Rising, 1985
(81 points, 6 votes)

That's not on the original album, right?

Nope

I don't know if I voted for "Flower"! I hope i did

everything's falling in very sensibly. "genetic", "i'm insane", "androgynous mind" and "nyc ghosts & flowers" = good tracks that tend to get overlooked in favor of the classics, but not top 50 material imo.

"flower", otoh, deserves a lot more fuck love. like, for instance, i should have voted for it.

xp That's why I wanted to do a top 100 - too many songs that would otherwise get overlooked.

"I'm Insane" way too fucking low. My number one SY tune since I first heard it in 1990.

Yeah, nothing yet has seemed "too low" to me for the most part other than maybe "(She's In A) Bad Mood" and "Flower".

Sorry EZ

"Androgynous Mind" is not a particular favorite but it's good to see some Jet Set love. For a while Eddie Vedder used to throw some lyrics from it into improv tags in Pearl Jam shows!

Last one for today...
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82. (TIE) 100%
Dirty, 1992
(81 points, 6 votes)

RECAP:

100. Secret Girl (50 points, 4 votes)
99. Saucer-Like (52 points, 3 votes)
98. Paper Cup Exit (55 points, 4 votes)
97. Computer Age (57 points, 4 votes)
96. The Neutral (58 points, 4 votes)
95. Pattern Recognition (60 points, 5 votes)
94. Little Trouble Girl (60 points, 6 votes)
93. Anagrama (60 points, 8 votes)
92. In the Kingdom #19 (62 points, 3 votes)
91. (TIE) The Wonder (63 points, 3 votes)
91. (TIE) Dude Ranch Nurse (63 points, 3 votes)
89. She's in a Bad Mood (64 points, 6 votes)
88. Reena (64 points, 7 votes)
87. (TIE) Stones (72 points, 6 votes)
87. (TIE) Genetic (72 points, 6 votes)
85. I'm Insane (74 points, 4 votes, 1 #1)
84. NYC Ghosts & Flowers (79 points, 6 votes)
83. Androgynous Mind (80 points, 4 votes)
82. (TIE) Flower (81 points, 6 votes)
82. (TIE) 100% (81 points, 6 votes)

<3<3<3 the 100% pic

very surprised that 100% does not do any better. there is so much happening in those 150 seconds, the song takes so many turns. i like my sonic youth when they come to the point and do not jam...

well Flower should be about 50 places higher, but I did my part and voted it up pretty high. I'm Insane would be in my top 40.

Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/gcwright/playlist/5n1D8eMZlFwx8Rf8xBjOWR

Yeah, "Flower" was a late cut, think I regret it a little. Seems like a single vote woulda helped out quite a bit.