Sonic Youth on film doesn't come across so well, does it?

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actually at this point all I really need off it is tracks 4-6.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link

that's funny, Kevin. I like 'Sunday' and 'six hits of sunshine.' but some of the other songs -- ouch.

― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link

You can't actually like track 1, can you?

― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:26 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, I can understand why some people hate it, but for me it has this strange, dreamy journey to it - I think it's probably because I was taking lots of drugs when it came out.

Oh, yeah, I do. I know, I know "just a kitten" - but besides that...

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:27 (nineteen years ago) link

first bit about album, second about contre le sexisme.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:28 (nineteen years ago) link

SHE's JUST A KITTEN!!!

― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:29 (nineteen years ago) link

If you ignore the 'kitten' lyric - which is an Alice in Wonderland reference anyway, so I let it off - the lyrics are good. The note Kim sings on the "and..." is haunting, and there's all that great mechanical clunking in the background. It's a good track.

describe the touch, no it's the thought
it's warm and yellow and has a ruffle
it's warm and yellow and...
he's so quiet i forgot he's there
and i think here i am.
oh alice, come back he's just a kitten...
he's just a kitten
a thousand leaves for your disguise fall on
the sky and looking up from down is a sea to
realize the leaves are falling up and down
up and round.
and this is from my heart to you
a crazy wind will stir me too and contre de la
sexisme
i am with you.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:35 (nineteen years ago) link

The Video for "Sunday" is fucking great.

― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Is it just the voice on "Contre le Sexisme" that people hate? Because I could see that being a problem but the music's actually pretty cool (going by memory), kind of hearkening back to their earlier 'early industrial'-influenced sound.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Vocals are usually 80% of the problem with any SY song.

Wait. Ninety.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:13 (nineteen years ago) link

bullshit. i wouldn't count any of them among my favorite singers or lyricists but what they do is a big part of the band's overall charm.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:20 (nineteen years ago) link

eh...not for me (of course this is IF I have a problem with an SY song, there are songs I just like without qualm).

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:36 (nineteen years ago) link

well, now that you put it that way, yeah, i kind of agree.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:37 (nineteen years ago) link

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