apparently SY played 'rather ripped' in order from start to finish at CBGB's last night!
― rajeev (rajeev), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link
Except Lee's songs get worse instead of better ("Rats" is easily the weakest song on RR). I think the last song of his I loved was 1998's "Hoarfrost."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 15:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chris Bee (Cee Bee), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― strom (strom), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
Soto done gone loco.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 16:58 (seventeen years ago) link
There are albums that sound awesome in the record store, and then sound alright at home.. which is most of SY's albums, but this is an exception. Rather Ripped sounded a bit weak when I heard the advance in the record store, but now that I'm playing it at home, alone, at high summer dusk, it sounds incredibly intimate, warm, and gentle.
It's a cool-out album.. a couple of tracks rock a little bit more than the rest, but nothing rocks more than even the more "poppy" songs on Daydream Nation, which some consider "mellow".
But, not as much as Wild Honey, it's a zone-into album as well.. not a play-at-a-party-or-in-public album. "Do You Believe In Rapture?" is really nice. "Sleepin' Around"... "Reena"... "Or" as well. Hell, pretty much the whole album. The rest is neither incredible, nor really bad... just really nice.
It's a cruise control album. Why not? :)
― aDOring NUTbians (donut), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:10 (seventeen years ago) link
I'll rephrase this: not a play-at-a-nightclub album
― aDOring NUTbians (donut), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― aDOring NUTbians (donut), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chris Bee (Cee Bee), Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― blackmail (blackmail.is.my.life), Thursday, 15 June 2006 04:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 15 June 2006 12:56 (seventeen years ago) link
IncinerateWhat A WastePattern RecognitionDo You Believe In RaptureReenaRatsSleepin' AroundTurquoise BoyJams Run FreeLights OutPCHPink Steam------The NeutralShaking Hell------Or
i too would have liked to have heard more old songs. but the new stuff rules, so i still enjoyed myself thoroughly.
― spastic heritage (spastic heritage), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 June 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link
short answer = yes. could he learn a few choice cuts though? it made me really miss jim o'rourke's performances with them (aside from nyc ghosts & flowers tour.)
― blackmail (blackmail.is.my.life), Thursday, 15 June 2006 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link
They need to get a second Lee song in there, though!
― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Thursday, 15 June 2006 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― New Media Intern (New Media Intern), Thursday, 15 June 2006 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 19:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 15 June 2006 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link
So, if I already own the damn thing, it's perfectly legal to download it on Limewire, right?
Actually, isn't it "legal" to download anything, anyway? It's only illegal to upload stuff / share stuff, right?
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 21:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
(for example) Reena from the 1:56 - 2:12 mark. This is the same fuckin' guitar noise SY has made for years. It pops up on other songs on this new album, too.
There's nothing wrong with having a style. Hell, even I have a style and I don't mean to. It's just natural given anyone's limitations, etc., but it's kind of annoying to hear that same thing. I guess a similar comparison would be the rumbling muted E of speed metal.
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
TROLL
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
But seriously! That's like saying "let's build a house with no walls." A lot of bands can make all the noise they want and I can't tell them from Adam. When SY makes that noise, I know exactly who I'm hearing.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
no one cares, TROLL
No one does. Troll. Suck it. :-P
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Haha, okay, I guess I'll buy that. Did you really go check out which noise I was talking about? I don't see why SY has to refer back to it so often. I have a feeling it is not really intentional; it sounds like the same sort of vague repetition all guitarists are guilty of, but that pitch and everything! I've heard it!
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― held tony (held tony), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, actually I've heard the song so many times I already knew exactly what you were speaking of. It's a SY songwriting crutch, sure, but it always works for me (not that it's actual "noise" we're speaking of here... just a strumming/chording technique).
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Uri Frendimein (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― held tony (held tony), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― held tony (held tony), Thursday, 15 June 2006 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link
SY aren't exactly strangers to synths, but honestly, I think that they've stayed more consistent than a lot of indie journeymen pricesely because they haven't fallen into that trap of staying up to date as keyboards and drum machines have become de rigeur, honing in even more on the guitar interplay. and what little bleeding edge production fuckery they/O'Rourke have indulged in, particularly on NYC Ghosts, didn't really do them any favors. in this world of dilettantes and dabblers, I'm happy that even if the members of SY go off and try different instruments and setups for side projects, they keep coming back every couple years to give you a Sonic Youth album, nothing more, nothing less.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 16 June 2006 01:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― held tony (held tony), Friday, 16 June 2006 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― blackmail (blackmail.is.my.life), Friday, 16 June 2006 01:56 (seventeen years ago) link
You have missed the point entirely. Kim, and Bob (Dylan) never cared or tried to "hit the notes right" and anyone who sees this as a bad thing should listen to Bryan Adams instead! :)
― Darren Skuja (Darren Skuja), Friday, 16 June 2006 05:59 (seventeen years ago) link
But fuck, where's my Scott Walker, aquarius records?
― Darren Skuja (Darren Skuja), Friday, 16 June 2006 06:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 16 June 2006 06:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 16 June 2006 11:42 (seventeen years ago) link
and i'm alright with that...
no, really. it's fine.
― edde (edde), Friday, 16 June 2006 13:31 (seventeen years ago) link
Mmmm. Lord Alfred, it is rather similar to recent works. They didn't pull a KidA. Hence my "holding pattern" thoughts. And in addition to the recent style, the songwriting and playing and lyrics are also on the same high level, or maybe better once I spin it 10x. Or something like that. Dude.
― Darren Skuja (Darren Skuja), Friday, 16 June 2006 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link