― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― ath (ath), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:41 (eighteen years ago) link
http://img186.exs.cx/img186/4378/sonicyouthnyc2jh.jpg
although I have to admit, the way the "u" in Youth is directly below the "n" in Sonic as almost a mirror image is really striking, they should totally use that font for a logo on other stuff.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― concomn, Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:51 (eighteen years ago) link
"A Thousand Leaves" is the every defintion of "crappy Photoshop job".
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― ath (ath), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:59 (eighteen years ago) link
does surrealism own the copyright on images of the human eye or something? I think you're bringin' your own baggage to the table g
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, haven't they made a point of having different artists do the covers of the records rather than repeating the same people?
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Sister has a great cover.
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link
I actually think NYCGF was one of their better covers, not that they have many great ones. (S: Daydream Nation).
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link
ha! tis true ... again, scott makes me happier.
― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
GooDaydream NationExperimental Jet Set Trash and No StarDirtyEvolSonic NurseSisterConfusion Is SexA Thousand LeavesRather RippedNYC Ghosts and FlowersThe Whitey AlbumMurray Streetall of the SYR records in a tie, though I like the red one bestBad Moon RisingWashing MachineSonic Youth EP
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
beta--was kim gordon a total ice queen when you were eating olives with her? or was she nice to you? i got the chance to hang out with sonic youth backstage once, maybe four years ago. kim was very distant and basically ignored me, thurston was nice enough, jim o'rourke (guess he's not still in the band) was friendly, and i didn't see much of steve. the nicest person in the band was lee ranaldo, who even offered to write my wire article for me when i was feeling stressed out about it. i saw him some other time at a gallery and had a funny conversation with him about "le corbusier concrete lollipops" (i still have one somewhere, in a box!)
― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
thurston gave me an impromptu lecture on strange old improvisors when i 1st met him...but they have all been quite nice to me when i have met them. & xpst
― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
I see M. Perpetua posts here, august company indeed!
― Wrinklepaws (Wrinklepaws), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
I've never ever ever heard of any anecdote involving Lee in which he was anything less than super nice and awesome.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link
only member of the band I've met was Steve, a few times, including an interview, and he's definitely a nice, low-key bro.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
I always keep hoping that someday there's a Sonic Youth album where Lee does a full third of the singing.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan. (dan.), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
the only good ones are Daydream, Goo, Sonic Nurse, and Evol. Sister and Bad Moon were alright on vinyl but the detail is lost on CD. the other covers are all worse than this one.
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
I always thought it was sort of a funny twist, too -- usually the concert t-shirt has the cover of the album on it, whereas here the cover of the album has the concert t-shirt on it. I'm sure everyone who bought the shirt in summer '95 assumed that when the album was released a couple months later, it would just be the logo from the shirt on that solid blue background.
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah, that has been the word on the street
― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Jaymc has a really good point about the album/t-shirt reversal, and now it's making me like the cover more again.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
the Jet Set cover is debateable, but if we're talking about the whole packaging, I did like that goofy thing they did where it was a bunch of different cards instead of a booklet in the CD case with alternate covers. I used to shuffle it to a different cover all the time, usually the b&w one of Steve or the one w/ Kim over the green background with the horse.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Thursday, 30 March 2006 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Christopher Costello (CGC), Thursday, 30 March 2006 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 31 March 2006 00:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Brainwasher started a thread on this after me and it got locked, however that one included the tracklisting which I think we should do now, since we're talking about the cover...
01. Reena02. Incinerate03. Do You Believe In Rapture?04. Sleepin Around05. What A Waste06. Jams Run Free07. Rats08. Turquoise Boy09. Lights Out10. The Neutral11. Pink Steam12. Or
And I am also enthused about the "more Lee stuff" rumour. An album of songs like "Skip Tracer" or "The Bridge" would be just peachy by me.
― sleeve (sleeve), Friday, 31 March 2006 02:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― jon dale, Friday, 31 March 2006 04:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Freud Junior (Freud Junior), Friday, 31 March 2006 04:59 (eighteen years ago) link