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favourite sonic youth album
mine is 'murray street' but i'm a relative noob to them.
i just got sonic nurse which seems to be like murray street but less concise and tuneful. what else have they done like this? presumably the other Jim O'Rourke one?
Also what's the deal with 'kim gordon and the arthur doyle hand cream' on my promo cd (cheaper) it's called 'mariah carey and the arther doyle hand cream' - did they get sued or summat?
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sister
has everything i love about sonic youth all in the one package
Hurrah
I also say Murray Street. I wanted to like A Thousand Leaves more, because it has Sunday on it (my favourite SY song).
Goo!
...but i admit it's not their best.
sister
or a thousand leaves
At the moment I think
1. Dirty
2. EVOL
3. Goo
4. Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
5. Daydream Nation
But I have yet to purchase 'Sister' or 'a thousand leaves' so all that could change soon!
Daydream Nation
i think i like Evol best at the moment
I like Daydream Nation best
I think it's their most consistent album. A classic.
Murray Street
is FABULOUS.
In order my favourites are probably.
1) Daydream Nation
2) Murray Street
3) Evol
4) Sister
I don't have all their stuff, for shame
I want to get Sonic Nurse and Rather Ripped next...I don't know if I'd be a fan of the more experimental spoken wordy stuff.
But I think EVOL is ace, and Dirty is very very good.
i really must say
there's something unattainably brilliant about Rather Ripped.
it actually sounds like something 17 year olds would release, and it's so effortlessly 'classic' sounding i can barely go a day without wanting to listen to it again.
.
sister
evol
daydream nation
nurse
murray street
goo
..
Rather Ripped is tedious - I could barely listen the whole way through without getting bored, and I only did that because I was trying to give it a chance. It's SY on autopilot.
My favorite is Daydream Nation.
thing is
there's something about their autopilot that's irresistable.
i know it's lazy, and i know it's not their best record, but there's just something about it that makes me immeasurably happy.
Another vote
for Sister - but Rather Ripped is indeed effortlessly great. Goo has some fantastique moments, but its pretty patch. Teenage Riot pretty much makes Daydream Nation!
"patchy",
not "patch". Duh, me.
mine are
Sonic Nurse, Murray Street and Bad Moon Rising
Rather Ripped
Indeed. Even my dad liked it... errr...
mine
1. Confusion Is Sex & Kill Yr Idols
2. Washing Machine
3. Sister
4. Daydream Nation
5. Sonic Nurse
those are the only albums i actually own though, i really need to get ahold of Evol and Goo
nah, confusion is sex > everything :D
sonic nurse was the first sonic youth album i ever heard too. I think i got it on the reccomendation of one mr John Brainlove :)
I love
Kill yr Idols
First one I heard was Sonic Death.
And because I have been drinking I would like to exclaim:
I was at the Kilburn National gig.
daydream nation
dirty and experimental jet set
Confusion is Sex.
SY
don't have a bad record
I've never really taken...
to Bad Moon Rising or Dirty.
someone nide
should just yousendit me the good ones so i can reasses.
Today
Sonic Nurse
Sonic Nurse
What a stinker!
1. Dirty
2. Daydream Nation
3. Rather ripped
Goo!
Dirty Boots is the best opening track to any album EVER.
In no particular order
Favourites:
- Confusion Is Sex
- Sister
- Evol
- Daydream Nation
- A Thousand Leaves
- Bad Moon Rising
- First EP
Least favourite:
- Experimental Jetset, Thrash & No Star
- Sonic Nurse
- Washing Machine
- Rather Ripped
- NYC Ghost & Flowers
confusion is sex
it sounds like the end of the world.
.
Daydream Nation, easily.
^^^
when they suddenly burst into the most savage, nihilistic cover ever of I Wanna Be Your Dog, its unbelievable.
i wish i'd seen them touring that album
Our Band Could Be Your Life describe it as being incredibly.. well, savage, and nihilistic. there's a bit where it describes a london show that came after a 6 week european tour, and thurston's hands were so ravaged he could barely play...
Whoever...
Says anything other than "Sister" or "Daydream Nation" is crazy. Both are equally astounding.
our band could be your life
makes me wish i was born 20 years ago in washington or somewhere
:(
Aye
It's a good book.
Enjoyed the Dinosaur Jr story most, I think. Will they ever make it into a tv movie like the Karen Carpenter story?
I hope so.
Sonic Nurse
is so so so good. Hooky tunes, lovely guitar interplay, Kim Gordon's vocal on 'I love you golden blue' could almost be her best vocal delivery.
I love Sonic Youth, almost the best band ever (although I don't own all their releases). I would think it strange that 'Experimental Jet Set...' has been voted as their best effort but each to their own.
I can't actually pick a favourite as all the ones I know are so good. It used to be 'Sister' for ages. But they are all amazing.
Murray Street is their best I think.
The ones that came after are a bit like it but as good.
I like Sister increasingly. I like Daydream Nation a lot. Dirty is OK.
*not as good.
I'm listening to Murray Street for the first time now
I saw them on that tour and the Sonic Nurse gig was about 500 times better.
Dunno, my mate who's a big SY fan never rated it so I never really bothered.
I think I don't have a favourite album. I've probably listened to Sonic Nurse the most all the way through but normally I just put on loads of different tracks on my MP3.
If I had to pick one album I would probably be really boring and pick Dirty because it has 100%, Swimsuit Issue and Sugar Kane on it.
only just remembered to check this thread
thanks everyone.
by the way the correct answer was 'Simon Weston'.