i remember being 13 and confused as to whether i should be impressed or disgusted by what i heard. like, "this is COOL? this sounds kinda bad."
oh to be able to recover that teenaged feeling
― j., Thursday, 4 January 2018 02:31 (six years ago) link
30 years old today, was it ever polled?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 26 June 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
My favorite Sonic Youth album.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 27 June 2020 03:13 (three years ago) link
Just listened to and half-watched the videos from the Corporate Ghost DVD. What stands out rn is that the sound of it is really good: naturalistic but really clear and full, with a satisfying crunch in the guitars. There's almost a lightness in the way the songs zip along tunefully and groovily. I don't entirely disagree with some of the criticisms of the lyrics of "Tunic" upthread.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Saturday, 27 June 2020 04:19 (three years ago) link
https://www.spin.com/2020/06/dont-give-me-your-soul-the-oral-history-of-sonic-youths-goo/
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 June 2020 09:39 (three years ago) link
First album of theirs that I ever listened to and loved as a 14-year-old crusty hardcore punk kid. Totally changed my life...
but when I listen to it now, there are only a few really good tracks on it...though I will say that it contains Lee's finest moment in the band, afaic, with "Mote."
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 27 June 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
It's the weakest of their mainstream trilogy
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 June 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2176/9085/products/Steely_Dan_2048x2048.jpg?v=1569111560
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Saturday, 27 June 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
Listening for the first time in ages, and I think this might be as good as "Daydream Nation." The songs and arrangements are really strong imo and the hooks bigger, and underscoring both it starts with "Dirty Boots." And then goes right into "Tunic (Song for Karen)." And there are so many great twists and turns, like that brief major key(ish) break in "Cinderella's Big Score" or the megaphone-mic in "Mote" or the total shriek-and-noise explosion at the end of "Mildred Pierce" (which may be as abrasive as they get), or "Mary-Christ," which reminds me of "Tony's Theme" by the Pixies ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 August 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
Good and strong on tonight’s listen.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 22 July 2022 22:24 (one year ago) link
Seriously, I don’t know why this record hasn’t gotten as much play as others of theirs with me.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 22 July 2022 22:25 (one year ago) link
I think that when they come back in on the main riff sped up on "Titanium Expose" is a really exciting. I love that part.
― earlnash, Saturday, 23 July 2022 23:31 (one year ago) link
I bought this CD when it came out. I doubt I listened to it a half dozen times.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 23 July 2022 23:33 (one year ago) link
Something about "Mildred Pierce" is like a perfectly tuned engine to me (and weirdly it's their only song in standard tuning). I think "Disappearer" is my overall favourite, followed closely by "Tunic".
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 24 July 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link