Sonic Youth: Classic or Dud/S&D?

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yeah they really wouldn't though

some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 20:46 (eleven years ago) link

yeah they wouldn't.

whatever they do, i'm very skeptical of another really GREAT sy-related record in the future

nostormo, Monday, 22 April 2013 20:50 (eleven years ago) link

her interest in Karen Carpenter, Madonna, and, more recently, Britney Spears lent them depth)

Her interest in them -- her rethinking of them -- has nothing to do with lending them depth.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link

something sort of melancholic about the fact that this iconic avant garde/feminist couple broke up in this cliched midlife crisis kind of way

huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 22 April 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link

yeah it would be more awesome if they split over a fight about the importance of Britney Spears or something

nostormo, Monday, 22 April 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link

would be more awesome if Britney wrote a song called "Kim Gordon and the Future of Rock Marriage"

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link

something sort of melancholic about the fact that this iconic avant garde/feminist couple broke up in this cliched midlife crisis kind of way

― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, April 22, 2013 4:56 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. fucking hate it, tbh.

some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link

guess it wasn't just his gutiar playing that was meandery.

huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link

but jokes aside, yeah it's one of those things that just makes me feel like the world is fucked up, like the end of crimes and misdemeanors.

huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link

oh yeah, i completely agree that they won't use the name. not initially. but after a few years, especially if their other ventures aren't well received...

i don't know, obviously. anyway, re alfred: i thought the author's point was that kim's interest in those figures lent sonic youth depth, but perhaps i misunderstood.

the end of crimes and misdemeanors otm

I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link

what a surprise. Kim and Thurston are regular human beings after all.

nostormo, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:04 (eleven years ago) link

Poor Kim, all having to sneak a peak at Thurston's phone. The momentous weight of the confirmed suspicion.:(

how's life, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link

my friend Kim
says "no not him"

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link

would much rather see them carry on without thurston than without kim.

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link

de facto professor of modern feminist pop mystique (her interest in Karen Carpenter, Madonna, and, more recently, Britney Spears lent them depth).

Author does appear to be saying that Gordon's interest lent depth to the pop stars.

how's life, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link

The momentous weight of the confirmed suspicion.

i can't help but read this in lee's poetry voice

da croupier, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:09 (eleven years ago) link

Lol

how's life, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link

hehe

some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link

notice the article never referenced their post-separation yoko collabo

da croupier, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link

so what

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link

sorry, i meant to write "noticed" - didn't mean it make it sound like a smoking gun

da croupier, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link

YOKO IS THE OTHER WOMAN

da croupier, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link

xp to how's life (and alfred): yeah, i did misread/misremember that bit. and yeah, it's a dumb thing to say - in an otherwise solid piece.

I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link

Chelsea Light Moving totally sounds like sonic youth without a kim!

scott seward, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link

and without a lee, I guess. can live with that.

scott seward, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link

a sy record without lee, thurston, kim and steve would be a classic

nostormo, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:23 (eleven years ago) link

bob bert's bongo hour

some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:23 (eleven years ago) link

every time i try to listen to that chelsea light moving album i get embarrassed and have to turn it off. there are some really bad "punk" songs on there.

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link

mainly the one where he just yells "TOO FUCKING BAD! TOO FUCKING BAD!" over and over

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link

the guitars sound pretty good. should have been instrumental. the lyrics are sub-thurston. which is saying something.

scott seward, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link

Thurston unchecked is entirely embarrassing.

I've never been a huge fan of his, either in or out of SY, but now I can hate on him for additional reasons.

Johnny Fever, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link

Thurston's got a good amount of enjoyable non-SY stuff, song-based and not, but yeah i cannot dig the CLM album

some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link

You guys really need to grab the Body/Head/Gate LP stat

Raymond Cummings, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link

Thurston's NOISE is usually choice, song based stuff is hit/miss (ditto for Lee)

Raymond Cummings, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link

I liked Trees Outside the Academy a lot more than the last couple of SY albums, never heard any of his more avant solo stuff though.

Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link

didn't mind Demolished Thoughts.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:52 (eleven years ago) link

i guess thurston can go on double dates with wayne coyne now

shit tie (Jordan), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link

Thurston should return to Coral Gables. We got gastropubs now!

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link

gastro pubs & their $15 hamburgers are the greatest scam ever visited on the american ppl

ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link

with Kim out of the band who's left to write that stinging indictment

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link

i feel like NY Ghosts & Flowers would have been the album most ready for a gastropub diss

ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link

this article makes Thurston sound unbelievably lame

four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:24 (eleven years ago) link

like, just garden-variety rich middle aged man banging my new "assistant" lame

four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:24 (eleven years ago) link

the psychic heart wants what it wants

da croupier, Monday, 22 April 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link

what Jordan said

The Great Natterer (dandydonweiner), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link

while this is definitely an unromantic bummer, I must admit I'd rather be dating a hot young sycophant than married to Kim Gordon. And I can also see preferring juggling successful suitors to being with Thurston Moore. So maybe everyone's better off.

da croupier, Monday, 22 April 2013 22:36 (eleven years ago) link

Kim Gordon is better off because she was publicly humiliated and dumped for a hotter piece of ass?

The Great Natterer (dandydonweiner), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link

except the folks pining for that "plays Goo" tour, I guess

xpost that's not what i wrote, dandydonweiner

da croupier, Monday, 22 April 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link

preferring juggling successful suitors

ugh are you kidding dating in your 50s/60s sounds like a total nightmare. double for anyone as famous/infamous as Gordon

four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link


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