Red Mosquito

The Eternal is one of the few Sonic Youth albums that I just didn't really dig -- everything on there felt like a retread of stuff they did better on previous records, but without any added wisdom of years or sharper melodic senses or anything like that. It was a bit like REM's Collapse Into Now in that regard. I like the songs on that one better, but with both bands it was like they hit a point where they exhausted what they could say with the language they had, and just decided that was it.

I think it was the first time i bought a SY album and it felt weirdly normal and common. The magic was gone, it felt safe and yes, boring. Of course, now know why, and i agree with Trag that it translated live too.

Kevin Davis wrote:The local museum had a free day over the weekend so I went with the family. Was pleasantly surprised to see one of Richard Prince’s nurse paintings on display — not the one used for SY’s album cover, but another unmistakably from the same series:

Man, “Stones” came on one of my shuffle playlists last week and I rocked out so hard.

Kevin Davis wrote:it was like they hit a point where they exhausted what they could say with the language they had, and just decided that was it.

Spot on, KD.

Simple Torture wrote:Man, “Stones” came on one of my shuffle playlists last week and I rocked out so hard.

That's a top ten SY tune in my book.

music by people who cant play music and only liked by posers

Well, folks, dime is wrong again.

My favorite Sonic Youth fact is that the guy who took the car for a joyride in Ferris Bueller (also one of the pizza shop guys in Do The Right Thing) was the band’s original drummer.

Hahaha really? That's awesome!

dimejinky99 wrote:music by people who cant play music and only liked by posers

Obviously terrible take.

tragabigzanda wrote:unpopular opinion: Dirty sucks too.

Omg

dimejinky99 wrote:music by people who cant play music and only liked by posers

Omg x2

tragabigzanda wrote:unpopular opinion: Dirty sucks too.

I wouldn’t say sucks, but it’s definitely inconsistent. I really love “Theresa’s Sound World,” “Wish Fulfillment,” and “On the Strip.”

Man, I am due for a SY binge!

Simple Torture wrote:Well, folks, dime is wrong again.

My favorite Sonic Youth fact is that the guy who took the car for a joyride in Ferris Bueller (also one of the pizza shop guys in Do The Right Thing) was the band’s original drummer.

Richard Edson, he plays on the really great Sonic Youth EP.

Kevin Davis wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:unpopular opinion: Dirty sucks too.

I wouldn’t say sucks, but it’s definitely inconsistent. I really love “Theresa’s Sound World,” “Wish Fulfillment,” and “On the Strip.”

Man, I am due for a SY binge!

100%, Sugar Kane and Wish Fulfillment are absolutely bulletproof in my view.

100% might be the song that really got me into them back in the day. Teenage Riot also and I could say The Diamond Sea locked the deal maybe

Bout to dive into Gastr Del Sol, first time since the last rarities album came out.

I might listen to a Jim solo album afterwards.

yeah, my favs are Insignificance, Bad Timing and Simple Songs.

The Gastr last collection is wonderful. But i wanna dive into the old stuff, specially Camoufleur.

My favorite might be Upgrade & Afterlife, maybe because i got it really cheap back in the day in cd and was my first Gastr album