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

That was in my top 5 or close.

The kind of counterpoint between the guitar and bass parts on "Free City Rhymes": I can't think offhand of another rock band that has done something quite like that. Thurston's vocal melodic line is a bit more ambitious than what he usually does too.

"Death to Our Friends" and "Drunken Butterfly" are two that would probably make my top 50. "Ghost Bitch" is amazing imo. Top 10. I think I get from that what other people get from "Flower". (Not that I dislike "Flower".)

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62. Incinerate
Rather Ripped, 2006
(113 points, 10 votes)

Only thing I voted for from the last two song-based albums. Just an infectious guitar pop tune.

clearly my fave from "rather ripped". it flows so smoothly, absolutely stunning song and not very typical for sonic youth. almost too sweet.

Something about the guitars reminds me of the Stones. Not sure exactly why.

Guitars + drums?

"Incinerate" is gorgeous – and, yes, it reminds me of "Factory Girl" a bit, no?

Last one for today. Everybody's watching Eurovision anyway. Tomorrow we'll cover numbers 60-41.
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61. Unmade Bed
Sonic Nurse, 2004
(114 points, 10 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)
80. Sweet Shine (81 points, 7 votes)
79. Providence (82 points, 4 votes)
78. Rain King (82 points, 6 votes)
77. Ghost Bitch (84 points, 4 votes)
76. Death to Our Friends (85 points, 3 votes)
75. Chapel Hill (87 points, 6 votes)
74. (TIE) Into the Groove(y) (88 points, 5 votes)
74. (TIE) Cinderella's Big Score (88 points, 5 votes)
72. Macbeth (89 points, 6 votes)
71. Jams Run Free (89 points, 7 votes)
70. Free City Rhymes (94 points, 8 votes)
69. Superstar (97 points, 5 votes)
68. Tokyo Eye (100 points, 5 votes)
67. Making the Nature Scene (106 points, 7 votes)
66. Drunken Butterfly (107 points, 7 votes)
65. Kissability (108 points, 7 votes)
64. The World Looks Red (108 points, 8 votes)
63. Protect Me You (110 points, 6 votes)
62. Incinerate (113 points, 10 votes)
61. Unmade Bed (114 points, 10 votes)

Spotify playlist

Man, the Top Fifty will be fun.

Makes me a little sad that we've probably seen the last of the post-2002 records now

- 7 of my top 30 have placed.
- i don't think all the other 23 will be in te top 60. 20 would be a lot.
- my highest up till now was "into the groove(y)" which i had on #4.

Makes me a little sad that we've probably seen the last of the post-2002 records now
You sure? ;-)

btw i am just listening to syr5, the kim gordon plus that japanese chick plus dj olive album and it is pretty good, i think i have never really listened to it. i think it beats "psychic hearts" easily as best side-project. it is quite varied with lots of interesting rhythms.

I'd definitely take it over Psychic Hearts but I never really felt like KG was adding that much to it. I'd much rather listen to Mori's own work.

I would think there are quite a few post-"Murray St" songs still to place, but I guess we'll see. "100%" the only song to place so far that I would have thought was much more highly regarded for some reason (though I didn't vote for it), so it will be interesting to see when stuff I consider to be "hits" start showing up. Cool spread of songs so far for sure.

Or listen to her with Zorn or Douglas.

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xp she is adding her voice which is quite a lot. plus a little guitar.

Oh, I know. What I mean is that I don't think the music benefits that much from KG's contributions.

"100%" is the only single from the Geffen years that leave me cold.

for many years i had the poster of 100% on the door to my cellar room. i bought it after an open-door concert in 1992 or 1993 when they played the lorelei festival near the rhine. new order were there as well but compared to sonic youth were ridiculous.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/Sonic_Youth_100_percent.jpg/220px-Sonic_Youth_100_percent.jpg

open-air concert

4 of mine have placed. Don't know if that means I'm very with the majority or against. I also haven't had much to say besides "I like this song, but didn't vote for it" or (occasionally) "I voted for this song", so I've mostly been keeping mum.

(Oh, and thanks for reminding me about Eurovision)

3 of mine have placed, including my #1 ("I'm Insane") and my #4 ("Making the Nature Scene").

Only 3 of mine so far as well, curious to see what might not make the cut.

xp sonic youth & eurovision? am i the only who finds that these two go together as well as cats and water? eurovision is everything i hate about popular music. the music is annoying rubbish, the show is terrible stupidity. to me it is pure hype, nothing else. total delusion.

6 of mine have placed. Looking at my ballot, I'm thinking that most of my songs will place, I'm mostly with the majority I think, except for a couple of odd personal favorites (I don't think many sonic youth fans like "the ineffable me" or "shoot" as much as I do).

I'm wondering where my #1 is going to place. It's one of those songs that rarely seems to get mentioned among the best sy songs, but that I'm sure pretty much everybody likes, though maybe not as much as me.

Six of mine have placed so far - four of them in the last five entries! Nice run there.

Nothing from Sister, Murray Street or The Eternal has placed yet right?

Listening to 'Rain King' right now, that little chuggy riff it goes into at 3:14 is so great.

Hey, you're 'alex in mainhattan' not 'Alex in NYC'. I think I'm well past the age where I can say 'x is everything I hate about popular music' without any irony. :)

that's a strange argument. should i start loving eurovision because i am old? that doesn't makes sense to me. the older i get the more difficult i get concerning music. the percentage of the music around me which is awful rises and rises. and i don't hink it is the declining quality of the music which is surrounding me. the reason is probably that i get more and more picky with each year. the probability that eurovision will ever be my bag is close to zero. without irony. ;-)

Oh, I'm not interested in arguing the merits of Eurovision (at least not here). It's fun, I find it hard to get worked up about 'manufactured music' etc. Anyway, my highest was Unmade Bed at 25.

Six of mine have placed this far

Makes me a little sad that we've probably seen the last of the post-2002 records now

― society is a lol, it makes me j/k to my friends (some dude), Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:19 PM (1 hour ago)

would put good money on "turquoise boy" and "i love you golden blue", perhaps in the higher reaches. even odds on "rats" & "reena".

o wait, "reena" already showed. splash one

92. In the Kingdom #19
78. Rain King
72. Macbeth
68. Tokyo Eye

only four of mine so far, but i'm sure the rest are in the pipeline somewhere. i have faith in you people.

Rain on Tin is coming, I can feel it

but not tonight. i am a little biased concernng it. it is not a bad song but it is too much noodling and doesn't come to the point. it is about 4 minutes too long. definitely too repetitive and missing out in the variety department. still one of their top 60 songs i'd say

it is about 4 minutes too long.

That's half the song!

Alex that song is PERFECT length, not an ounce of fat

Finally home from my long weekend in Nashville -- looking forward to catching up on this thread and the Spotify playlist.

Rain on Tin is coming, I can feel it

― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:21 PM (36 minutes ago)

oh yeah, no doubt. perhaps "karen revisited" and "disconnection notice" too. but murray street isn't quite "post-2002".

Glad "Making The Nature Scene" placed; always got some sort of "Dhalgren"/Kathy Acker vibe off it.

Thought "Kissability" would have placed waaaaaay higher; for some reason thought it was one of the top Daydream Nation canonical picks due to how well it works as a song as well as, uh, sonically.

I don't really know grunge-era SY that well, but chucked "Drunken Butterfly" on my ballot due to how much of a live centerpiece it was the few times I saw SY perform in the 00s - Kim pulled off some amazing pogoing-meets-Stevie-Nicks-twirling kinda moves when she wasn't singing.

Oh snap

Somehow in my mind MS is 2003

But yeah, the RR and Eternal probably won't figure into further results (nor will anything post 2002)

I believe I voted for 8 tracks so far: "Secret Girl", "In the Kingdom #19", "I'm Insane", "Flower", "Into the Groove(y)", "Cinderella's Big Score", "Making the Nature Scene" & "The World Looks Red".

Most salient lesson so far: I could do with a copy of Rather Ripped round the haus.

^ good list

Voted for all of these:

100. Secret Girl (50 points, 4 votes)
89. She's in a Bad Mood (64 points, 6 votes)
77. Ghost Bitch (84 points, 4 votes)
70. Free City Rhymes (94 points, 8 votes)
63. Protect Me You (110 points, 6 votes)
62. Incinerate (113 points, 10 votes)
61. Unmade Bed (114 points, 10 votes)

I thought of something: "The Diamond Sea" obv wasn't part of AG's 80s rock poll. Could it upset "Schizophrenia"?

That was "Stairway" for fans in the 90s iirc.