When someone from Sonic Youth goes onstage looking like that, I'll leave.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 15 April 2006 02:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― willem -- (willem), Saturday, 15 April 2006 09:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 15 April 2006 11:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Saturday, 15 April 2006 12:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― observer server, Saturday, 15 April 2006 13:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― xonics, Saturday, 15 April 2006 16:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleeve (sleeve), Saturday, 15 April 2006 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― xonics, Saturday, 15 April 2006 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link
There are about 20 of them on the last couple SY albums.
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Saturday, 15 April 2006 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link
"Reena" is terrific. This all sounds very late 80s/early 90s SY, a good thing. It's not surprising or risky or difficult or groundbreaking at all, but I like it so much that I don't care. It also sounds like late-70s rock & pop FM radio.
― xero (xero), Saturday, 15 April 2006 19:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Monday, 17 April 2006 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Freud Junior (Freud Junior), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eppy (Eppy), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
is that the d00d from Psychotica?!!
had the weekend w/ this album- definitely laid back! not in a bad way. the most agreeable kim songs in a LONG while. i really wish they'd just let Thurston sing everything. his voice's just too perfect. otherwise this album's really seeming like a continuation from the last 2. not bad, not earthshattering. i'd like to see em play it live.
― eedd, Monday, 17 April 2006 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 17 April 2006 19:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Now that I've had 5 or so days to chew on this album pretty well, I've convinced myself they haven't made one this wholly appealing (to my senses, anyway) since Goo. Murray Street came the closest I guess.
I'm almost embarassed to admit I've never seen them live, but I think this year will be the year. I absolutely must see these songs performed.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 17 April 2006 21:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 17 April 2006 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link
One can interpret this in a number of ways.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 17 April 2006 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
some changes that sonic youth should do but never will of course:-change the drummer! those drumming schticks are cliche's and boring.steve shelly is not a good drummer, face it.-get a new producer, but not an obvious one, that will break them new grounds, (like phil spector with the ramones or something)-play guitar as they used to in the 80's - is this really thurston moore and lee renaldo - 2 of the greatest guitarist ever playing here?or maybe they just got older...
but i guess im in the minority - lots of people will buy the record, and everyone will be happy, and earn more money.sorry to ruin the party.
― my life with the, Monday, 17 April 2006 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 17 April 2006 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eppy (Eppy), Monday, 17 April 2006 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 17 April 2006 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― foody, Monday, 17 April 2006 22:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 17 April 2006 22:21 (eighteen years ago) link
'cause i mean no one's ever heard of phil spector! ah, anonymous posts, i ruv thee.
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 17 April 2006 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link
do you listen to the record or do you use it to wipe your ass? if you listen closely all the noisy bits are constructed out of the strumming they picked up with branca and whatnot. the full on noise freakouts are awesome, i agree, but it takes a lot of wizardry to constrain them into a more standard song structure.
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 17 April 2006 22:25 (eighteen years ago) link
after listening to it, i would, but metal is bad to my ass.
i don't care if they are wizards, genious or gods, the result is not so good,thats it."wizardry to constrain them into a more standard song structure" is a theoretical,technical stuff, that doesnt concern or impress me as a listener of the final result.i mean they could invest, for example, a million dollars in the production, and even som it might sound like shit , so what?
― my life with the, Monday, 17 April 2006 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
truer words etc. etc.
I actually like Shelley's style a lot. Deceptive simplicity. Not every situation calls for effing Neil Peart.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― ks, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 06:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― stew!, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 07:26 (eighteen years ago) link
might be true, but they done it a lot before, and "rather ripped" doesnt add changes to the formula.it has just become repetetive and banal.what once sounded revolutionery, now sound basic.as always..
― going through c, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 07:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Darren Skuja, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 07:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― going through c, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 07:43 (eighteen years ago) link
I always thought Thousand Leaves was totally tops, and very under-appreciated. Very arty. Kim was especially magnificent on that one. The first song has always played in my head, and sent shivers down my spine.
Agree about the REM thing. I HATE to admit that they somehow lost the plot, unlike Sonic Youth.
― Darren Skuja, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 07:52 (eighteen years ago) link
OK I'll shut up now. (I'm new here.)
― Darren Skuja, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 07:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Shelley's sense of time is very identifiable, he clearly has a "signature gallop" as Matthew says, and he has carved out his own style by blending both punk and industrial sensibilities with the cyclical approach of Liebezeit. Unfortunately he has often been shoved into the background on record, though Dirty and Thousand Leaves (among others) tell another story. Shelley also takes a beautiful approach to the noise sections, which requires musicality and a well-developed ear, not testosterone-fuelled drum chops (though he has chops, certainly).
Perhaps the most tantalizing bootleg of SY that I ever saw was just after Shelley joined the band, at a time when they were playing mostly Bad Moon Rising tracks. To hear that industrial, damaged-guitar caterwaul underpinned by Shelley's groove and rhythmic fragments was truly thrilling.
― tate (Tate), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:08 (eighteen years ago) link
but, i really think that (and i loathe to say it) SY have seemingly toned down. not that it's a bad thing, to me at least.
there's only so long you can do the squealie dealie and not get A.bored B. annoyed with it. you gotta keep changing, which i think is what they've done to varying degree of success.
as far as different production- what Butch Vig again? Steve Albini?
80's gtr sounds- can they even do that anymore? didn't they get all their gear heisted a few years back??? including THE gtrs used on those 80's albums?
shelley's solid. no need for that sorta change.now, kim g. on the other hand, less=more for her.
― eedd, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 13:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― stew!, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link
i hadn't heard that they recovered some of the gtrs! that's cool!! someone had told me they found some posted on Ebay or something to that affect...
so long as they got back the ones they played Schizophrenia+Catholic Block, i'll be pleased.
― eedd, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 16:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Tim, I expect you to acquire a t-shirt that says this sometime in the near future.
― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link