Sonic Youth new album "Rather Ripped"

Incinerate
What A Waste
Pattern Recognition
Do You Believe In Rapture
Reena
Rats
Sleepin' Around
Turquoise Boy
Jams Run Free
Lights Out
PCH
Pink Steam
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The Neutral
Shaking Hell
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Or

i too would have liked to have heard more old songs. but the new stuff rules, so i still enjoyed myself thoroughly.

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.)

They need to get a second Lee song in there, though!

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?

(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.

TROLL

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.

no one cares, TROLL

No one does. Troll. Suck it. :-P

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!

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).

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.

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! :)

But fuck, where's my Scott Walker, aquarius records?

and i'm alright with that...

no, really. it's fine.

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.

I think I'm going to have to go give Murray St. and Sonic Nurse another chance. To me, that stuff seemed boring, but I never actually gave them more than 1 impatient, disappointed listen each (if that). With A Thousand Leaves, they really lost me as a die-hard fan, and I haven't really cared again until this album.

yup. actually "a thousand leaves" is the last sy record that i've liked (despite that cheesy phaser effect they used throughout). "rather ripped" starts off pretty good but the rest seems sorta meh.

It is. Not only that, but I have impacted fecal matter which is also rotting. The only thing that seems to help is carving an X on my chest and allowing the sun's rays to penetrate my blood in the evening. Go figure.

I actually like the second half of RR better. To me, the first half is a really good warmup, and when Turquoise Boy begins, we are really rolling, Baby! Gave it spin #7 tonight, and I think it is even better than St and Nurse!

-- Q('.'Q) (ï¿...), June 17th, 2006.

if there's any word to describe sonic youth's use of guitar effects, it's anything *but* cheesy.