How are Sonic Youth mainstream?

And greatest hits are generally different than best of compilations, I don't like either but best of compilations come in handy sometimes.

I think we're talking two mainstreams here. I'm referring to something like being reviewed in Rolling Stone, not Mtv or whatever.

before you start insulting me in your kindergarden way, learn how to post pictures properly.

Yeah but Sonic Youth are lucky if they even enter the charts nowadays.

Though I'm not from America.

charts are like the hyper-mainstream, TRL type mainstream. Though Rather Ripped 71 in the Billboard which is still pretty damn successful to be in the top 100.

pbradley, Ear-Bleeding Country only had one song from Dinosaur's first album on it. NOT COOL!

But ok, here's my personal list of 'hits'.

I Don't Want To Push It
Shaking Hell
Brother James
Intro / Brave Men Run
In The Kingdom #19
Marilyn Moore
Tuff Gnarl
Total Trash
Mote
Disappearer
Sugar Kane
Bone
Sweet Shine
Washing Machine
Heather Angel
streamXsonic subway
Rain On Tin
Unmade Bed
Peace Attack
Rats

their friest album wasn't that great though. at least i don't think so.

i like some greatest hits. like throbbing gristle's greatest hits. the meat puppers one isn't bad. it even has their hardcore stuff on it.

i'll do my sy greatest hits later.

i think it should be a boxed set. with 20 different versions of kool thing.. and a new song

19 of those will be remixes of kool thing.

dj keoki would remix 18 of them and then there would be a happy hardcore version of the 19th one.

and each version would have its own cd.

http://f3c.yahoofs.com/shopping/3065..._____DsCtmxu84

all the covers will look like that but with kool thing pasted on the cover. no mention of sonic youth either.

My ideal best of:
Burning Spear
I Dreamed I Dream
(She's In A) Bad Mood
Protect Me You
Inhuman
World Looks Red
Kill Yr Idols
Intro + Brave Men Run (In My Family)
I Love Her All The Time
Death Valley '69
Hallowe'en
Tom Violence
Shadow Of A Doubt
Expressway To Yr Skull
Schizophrenia
Stereo Sanctity
Kotton Krown
Teen Age Riot
'Cross The Breeze
The Sprawl
Eric's Trip
Hey Joni
Candle
Trilogy
Kool Thing
Titanium Expose
100%
Swimsuit Issue
Theresa's Sound World
Sugar Kane
Bull In The Heather
Washing Machine
Diamond Sea
Rain On Tin
Karen Revisited
Pattern Recognition
Dripping Dream

Nothing from A Thousand Leaves, NYC Ghosts + Flowers and Rather Ripped, because I still don't have those albums. This would have to be a triple album or a boxset.

1. The Good and the Bad
2. Shaking Hell
3. I Love Her All The Time
4. Tom Violence
5. Pipeline/Kill Time
6. The Sprawl
7. Mote
8. JC
9. Bull in the Heather
10. Skip Tracer
11. Female Mechanic Now On Duty
12. NYC Ghosts & Flowers
13. Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
14. Pattern Recognition
15. Jams Run Free

Ok, here we go !
I don't like greatest hits/best of, but mine could be :
I dreamed I dream
Bad Mood
The world Looks Red
Death Valley 69
Star Power
Expressway to your Skull
Schizophrenia
Catholic Block
Tuff Gnarl
Teenage Riot
The Sprawl
Mote
Mildred Pierce
Titanium Expose
Drunken butterfly
Chapell Hill
Screamingskull
Becuz
Saucer Like
Sunday
Wildflower Soul
Free City rhytmes
NYC Ghosts
Karen revisited
Pattern Recognition
Stones
and... well, I don't know, Pink Steam.
and I'd like to end it with the Diamond Sea.
But greatest hist/best of bore me...

Disc 1
1. The Burning Spear
2. Shaking Hell
3. Protect Me/You
4. Death Valley '69
5. Ghost Bitch
6. I Love Her All the Time
7. Brave Men Run (in My Family)
8. Tom Violence
9. Shadow of a Doubt
10. Starpower
11. Expressway to Yr Skull
12. Schizophrenia
13. White Kross
14. Stereo Sanctity
15. Cotton Crown
16. 'Cross the Breeze
17. Teenage Riot
18. The Sprawl

Disc 2
1. Mildred Pierce
2. Mote
3. Shoot
4. Bull in the Heather
5. The Diamond Sea (full version of course)
6. Contre Le Sexisme
7. Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg)
8. NYC Ghosts and Flowers
9. Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
10. Karenology
11. Pattern Recognition
12. Jams Run Free

The good and the bad
Lee is free
death valley 69
shadow of a doubt
shcizofrenia
teenage riot
silver rocket
dirty boots
kool thing
mote
100%
jc
sugar kane
sunday
hits of sunshine
bull in the heather
th diamond sea
little trouble girl
nevermind (what was it anyway)
the empty page
reena incinerate
pink steam
expressway to yr. skull/maddona sean and me
Stereo Sanctity

terry's carrot
all of silver sessions
last 15 minutes of diamond sea

considering the fact that they've never had a hit, none.

Here's something I came up with:

1 Malibu Gas Station
2 Pink Steam
3 Paper Cut Exit
4 The Empty Page
5 Nevermind (What Was It Anyway?)
6 Sunday
7 Becuz
8 Self-Obsessed and Sexee
9 Chapel Hill
10 Disappearer
11 The Sprawl
12 (I Got a) Catholic Block
13 Shadow of a Doubt
14 Death Valley '69
15 Kill Yr Idols
16 I Don't Want to Push It

doesn't itunes have a greatest sy playlist thing? it's on itunes essentials.