I love them all but I went with Thurston

He was in Konk at the same time as when he was in Sonic Youth. He chose Konk over Sonic Youth.

Oh shit yeah. I forgot about her.

kim is a kool thing

I'd do Thurdson, if given the opportunity. Aww Yeah...

Anyhow, you get the impression he'd be a bit of a tool from time to time, but he seems to be fun, so that's a plus. And, despite a few missteps I've almost always prefered his songs & voice to both Kim & Lee. Lee's voice is just so, neat, or something, I don't know. I love em' all, but you've got to make the tough choises sometimes.

I think the liner notes for the reissue of the SY ep are really funny on that point. Glen Branca uses his piece to lift up SY as the saviours of music from the scourge of dance-rock, and goes on to list a few bands that made up the core of the scene that SY were, in his eyes, standing against. Edson then lists more or less the same bands as his biggest contemporary influences.

All things to all people I suppose.

i voted for kim but can't believe how little love steve is getting. love him too!

Haha. A "kool" is a black person.

Didnt know that... suddenly brings a whole new dimension to the songs meanings...

Kim

Guess no one on this board has listened to Cross the Breeze. Steve at perfection.

Thurston,
He used to be hot back in the day.

Kool Thing is all about the view whites tend to have of black male sexual potency, as well as Kim railing against the misogyny in most rap. The Chuck D thing is meant to signify that while a lot of rap had all this rhetoric regarding a "revolution", Kim is wondering where her place, as a woman, in the upcoming new world will be. She's asking him real questions and he just spouts of mindless salvo-cliches.

No wonder all African Americans smoke nasty ass KOOL cigarettes.

I think you read into Kool thing a little too much..

newports too. Newport Thing just didn't have the same ring to it.

yeah,fiona is right,i think this thread is not about "do you love how they play?",but about the feelings you get thinking bout sy,my fav is lee coz he is the one i can relate the best to.as musicians,all of them deserve votes,steve is my second fav,big-T third,kim comes last,but only because 1st 2nd 3rd place are taken by those amazing dudes.she's great and foxy.hope my thoughts appear clearer to you than to me.i forgot how to write in english this morning.dooooooing!

bob bert was good but you suck....
steve only got 4 votes?????

dumb poll tho..
thurston/kim/lee/steve get my vote as the rest arent members of sy anymore......

yeah, dumb

i just randomly searched page one hundred something and found this poll. i voted for lee. even though if i knew steve barely got any votes i would've voted for him.