fucking LOVE thurston's "the diamond sea" vocal: lyrics, tone, delivery, the whole thing. the other day i listened to it while driving through low hills in a light rain w occasional sunbreaks. lonely miles, gray-green and glowing. could not help becoming one w the sound and moving out across the sky. the car looked like a tiny thing from up there, this weird metal ant driven by a sad chunk of monkey meat.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
btw Gavin thanks so much for doing the Spotify playlist. i noticed it's missing "The Wonder," you should be able to add it, it's its own track on the remastered Daydream Nation (the same one you pulled "Rain King" and "Providence" etc.) from.
― society is a lol, it makes me j/k to my friends (some dude), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
Love the passage that begins around 8:00.xpost
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
"The World Looks Red" is so nuts, classic 'how the fuck do they even get guitars to sound like that?' song
― society is a lol, it makes me j/k to my friends (some dude), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 01:01 (eleven years ago) link
Love the passage that begins around 8:00.
and the way it builds up starting around 11:00
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
all of it
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I just listened to the whole thing and it all still works for me.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
The thing that gets me about NYCG&F is Lee's vocal, during the crescendo. Kind of yelling against a gale, the switching to long, haunting sung lines. Just works really well for me.
― the so-called socialista (dowd), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/060.jpg60. Society is a HoleBad Moon Rising, 1985(115 points, 7 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 05:24 (eleven years ago) link
voted for that one, seems real
― Lamp, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 05:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/059.jpg59. Eliminator Jr.Daydream Nation, 1988(119 points, 9 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 06:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/058.jpg58. Green LightEvol, 1986(120 points, 6 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 08:02 (eleven years ago) link
Stoked "Eliminator Jr."'s showed up, great abrupt album closer. POOR BOY! RICH BOY! POOR RICH BOY COMING RIGHT THROUGH ME!
― etc, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 08:19 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, I think I added that from a different version of DN (UK Spotify has two or three listed) which must not be available on the US. I'll change it when I get in from work. 'Anagrama' is missing from Spotify altogether although the other three tracks from that EP are.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 08:46 (eleven years ago) link
'Green Light' is one of my favourite songs on my favourite album, it still didn't make my top 30. One of the many 'catchy in spite of itself' Sonic Youth songs.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/057.jpg57. The Burning SpearSonic Youth, 1982(124 points, 7 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:19 (eleven years ago) link
TOO LOW. Their best bassline?
Just trawling around YouTube looking for live performances of this, and came across this cover by Thee Oh Sees(!):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEWBZBVgkE
― etc, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, that's actually pretty good! Very faithful to the original.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:38 (eleven years ago) link
First jump of more than 10 points:http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/056.jpg56. Kool ThingGoo, 1990(135 points, 7 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 10:30 (eleven years ago) link
wow, quite low for "Kool Thing." if we only did a top 50, i'd definitely be thinking that's next the entire time.
― society is a lol, it makes me j/k to my friends (some dude), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 10:55 (eleven years ago) link
definitely happy "Eliminator Jr." made it, always my favorite part of the Trilogy. does that mean "Hyperstation" is the most popular part and still to come, or it's the least popular and missed the top 100? i really have no idea which is more likely.
― society is a lol, it makes me j/k to my friends (some dude), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:03 (eleven years ago) link
As a very low-level Sonic Youth fan I didn't vote in this but Kool Thing would have been Top 10 for a dilettante like me. First SY song I heard iirc. Sounded like the cover of Goo come to life.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:14 (eleven years ago) link
does that mean "Hyperstation" is the most popular part and still to come, or it's the least popular and missed the top 100? i really have no idea which is more likely.
The former imo.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:22 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for "Green Light". I don't buy into the romanticism as much as I used to but it's still always a pleasure to hear this: it has energy, a good hook, and a great atmosphere and the dissonant breakdown is fantastic.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/055.jpg55. Titanium ExposéGoo, 1990(136 points, 7 votes, 1 #1)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:41 (eleven years ago) link
Man, I would never do this to a guitar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAsgPdvyMAo
P cool performance though. That's the tour where I saw them do "Burning Spear", although iirc they weren't nearly this aggressive when I saw them.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:47 (eleven years ago) link
Better sound and video, though no putting down guitars and whacking them on the stage:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1YVPanmh0Q
I didn't vote for anything from the first EP but this might have made a top 50.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:53 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, I never actually saw this before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQqYarShWWA
Did Ranaldo always play that song with a baseball bat??
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
"Titanium Expose" is fantastic, props to whoever made it their #1
― society is a lol, it makes me j/k to my friends (some dude), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:01 (eleven years ago) link
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:57 AM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no, he used to play baseball with it
― society is a lol, it makes me j/k to my friends (some dude), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
Ha
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/054.jpg54. I Love You Golden BlueSonic Nurse, 2004(138 points, 9 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:23 (eleven years ago) link
awesome, i hope i'd be proven wrong by that song doing well
― society is a lol, it makes me j/k to my friends (some dude), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:24 (eleven years ago) link
it's amazing how many of these songs i can't even hum, even though i've definitely heard them all.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
that said, a few of my votes are trickling in already; Green Light, in particular, came in super high on my ballot.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
seeing titanium expose over kool thing baffles me. i've listened to the former plenty and have never been able to get into it.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
I don't get why they keep saying SY is making their network television debut on Letterman when they appeared on David Sanborn's Night Music in 88!
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:05 (eleven years ago) link
'I Love You Golden Blue' makes me cry.
― Austin, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
"Golden Blue" in my top five
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
too looooooow, i remember my first listen to it clearly, the melody snaking out of the noise was startlingly beautiful. (i was on a megabus, which may seem to ruin the profundity of the memory but tbh i have many good megabus music memories.)
― ohmigud (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/053.jpg53. HoarfrostA Thousand Leaves, 1998(139 points, 9 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
Golden blue = pretty and deserving tho I didn't vote for it
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
"Hoarfrost" another top tenner for me, and my favorite Ranaldo track.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
it is fine this morning to see "burning spear", "society is a hole", "i love you golden blue" (toldja) and "liminator jr." the last is the only one i actually voted for, but the rest definitely belong here.
"titanium" and "kool thing" are alright, but w/e. not a big fan of "hoarfrost" or "green light". flat vocals on the latter bug me, as they do on "starpower". it's a good song, don't get me wrong, but there are eight songs on evol i like better.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
love that oh sees "burning spear" cover. sounds like hungover liquid liquid.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
Fuck man, again, missed a bunch. First of all, "Burning Spear" way too low, thought this would crack the top 30 for sure. Awesome song, and a great album opener (first album no less). Thought "Society Is A Hole" would get a little more love as well, but it was a late cut for me.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:41 (eleven years ago) link
Also, let it be noted that already a post-2002 has crept in, and I am sure it won't be the last. "I Love You Golden Blue" really is beautiful, glad to see "Sonic Nurse" still showing up in the results.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.melson.nl/ILM/sypoll/052.jpg52. BecuzWashing Machine, 1995(143 points, 8 votes)
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
FUCK YEAH
This vote was close to #15 for me, I think
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
Correction, was #12
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago) link