Difficult question.

Maybe The Diamond Sea or Stones.

Schizophrenia
I consider this tune to be the best composistion of all time, counting every known work of jazz and old stuff from classical writers.

this is almost impossible but I'll throw a few out there

dirty boots
wish fulfillment
sugar kane
silver rocket
cross the breeze
diamond sea
expressway to yr skull

poop
 

incinerate. its great.

candle

and a lot more

incinerate the greatest sonic youth track EVER? Come on, did you hear 80s albums?

anything on evol. shadow of a doubt, marylin moore and expressway are deff the best.

in addition to what i've already listed..

schizophrenia
brave men run
100%
skip tracer
candle
kool thing
'cross the breeze
kissability
radical adults lick godhead style
female mechanic now on duty


wtf, do i have to list all the songs SY put out?
there is no such thing as "the most favorite sonic youth song.."

expressway to your skull

Today:
Hits of sunshine
The Sprawl

Swimsuit Issue
Washing Machine
Nevermind (What Was It Anyway?)
Cosmopolitan Girl
Tunic (Song For Karen)
Plastic Sun

Kill Yr. Idols
Pipeline/Kill Time
Entire Murray Street album...

I think their best-written song is bull in the heather, simply for how amazingly unappealing the parts sound individually -- but together, it's a pure sonic masterpiece. The way they constructed that song is BEYOND genius.

Favorites change. I've probably listened to rain on tin more than any other track, but I'd say my all time favorite is Stereo Sanctity.

my ten

kotton krown
white kross
wish fulfillment
pacific coast highway
schizophrenia
expressway
kill yr idols
on the strip
starpower
teenage riot

pipeline and 100% are on there sometimes, and diamond sea. i don't know.

atari- i agree about bull in the heather. it's a great song.

i can't really decide on favorites but i noticed slaapkamers met slagroom/ the ineffable and french tickler haven't been mentioned

I agree. Incinerate, or Kool Thing, or Sugar Kane.

Tie between 'Cross the Breeze and Diamond Sea.

It is great. You should check out the albums "EVOL" and "Confusion is Sex" and see what you think of those!

I would have to go with Improvision Ajoutee, Inhuman, or I dreamed I dream

Top 5
1.Disappearer
2.Mote
3.Star Power
4.Silver Rocket
5.Dirty Boots

Oh GOD YES. Especially live.

Yes! I was just defending Steve's drumming and you have a very good example. Sister Rules!

Wildflower Soul

It's been my favorite since I first heard it.

It's a very hard question, if I can only choose two songs, I choose:
Karen Revisited & Hits For Sunshine

i don't want to push it / JC / brave men run / the ineffable me / titanium expose

Currently between:

Fire Engine Dream
Razorblade
Into the Groove(y)
Inhuman
Improvision Ajoutee

white kross, karen revisited, 'cross the breeze, and um.. inhuman.

Good call on Karen Revisited, that's easily one of my favorites, but I really can't list them all because it would take hours

ha, i know. those were just off the top of my head. "karen" is just gorgeous.

my favorite right now is a little tune called shoot

All EVOL (specially Expressway and Shadow of a Doubt), all Bad Moon Rising (specially I'm insane), Schizophrenia, Diamond Sea, White Kross, Cinderella's Big Score (live), Wish Fulfillment. There are lots more that don't cross my mind now.

Oh and Providence, Shoot, Kissability, Bull in the Heather.

Muffles, you're back! Happy New Year!

Secret girl, Marilyn Moore (but those are included in EVOL). What the heck anyway.

Hi sonicl! Happy New Year to you too and everybody. Yes I had a little of a fall out but I'm here again. Hope everything's cool for you.

1. Shadow of a Doubt
2. Secret Girl
3. Skip Tracer
4. Kissability
5. Tom Violence
6. Wish Fulfillment
7. Schizophrenia
8. NYC Ghosts and Flowers
9. Empty Page
10. Loop Cat

I always forget to check if somebody posted right after me and commented. So that post with the songs was kept in the middle between your salutation and my answer sonicl. I'll be more careful.

They're fun threads, that's all. I don't think SY will change their live repertoire just because of our choices here. Just to get to know each other better I think.

If I was told that I had to get rid of all my music except for one burned CD, containing one track by each of my favourite bands, I guess the SY track would be Diamond Sea.

Yes that one is way far too good. Don't know though if I chose it. It's too hard, so many good songs...

Its nigh on impossible to have one favourite of all time

but I will name 3 for different reasons

*Expressway to yr skull - its the best tune to end a gig with and its the ultimate guitar song of all time

*Teenage riot - their signature tune, the one you would go off at most in a live situation, it sums the band up perfectly

*Thom Violence - my favourite studio recording of theirs. There's something about the way it was recorded, the production, Thurstons voice, its the epitome of Sonic Youth on vinyl



any of the above 3 really!!!!