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Jesus. New Hampshire is the fucking lamest song of all times.

Paper Cut Exit is the only Lee song on the album.

BTW, why hasn't Daycare posted "RATHER RIPPED RULEZ" on this thread.

Need I do it for him?

RATHER RIPPED RULEZZZZ MAAAAN!

I loved it. I was expecting a good album after Murray Street, but it really blew me away when I heard it. I think the lyrics are notably good on this LP too.

Absolutely fabulous! Great album. My girlfirend started with nurse and now she worships sy, of course (every does, and everyone will, just matter of time), and she says the patter recog. is the best song ever written. Can't complaint there...

I agree, dude. Sonic Nurse would have been one hell of a Swan Song. But instead of visiting the great song structures of Nurse for inspiration on Rather Ripped they had had to go and release this weak, thin sounding record.

I also want the next record to be more adventurous with feedback and noise. They should play around more with pedals. Maybe some tremolo, envelope filters, flanger and phasing, and some cool delay and loop effects. Im surprised SY hasn't done more of this. They are such a smart band and such a pioneering and adventurous one at that. They inspired a lot of other musicians to flirt with noise. But the thing is, many other bands in the same vein as SY get noise from pedals where as SY create noise from their guitar tunings, volume and beating the shit out of their equipment. It's just a little something I hope for on the next record.

Noooooo....swan song? Don't do this to me.

cantank got me, I mistyped new hampshire. I meant Paper Cup Exit.

Lee rules.

Sorry, but I've been hearing that SY are at their end days. I hope it isn't true, but it's possible.

Yes, Lee does in fact "rule".

It's been scientifically proven.

hey coffee, on the rather ripped vinyl, side A, the label is a pic of some dude with a fro, and the words SONIC GOODBYE

me no like the implications!!!!!

oh what would i do without the Youth????

Yeah, this doesn't sound too good. I really don't know what I would do without SY being around. I think the band could still continue. I mean the Rolling Stones have been around since the early 60's. Sy can still keep going strong.

Hey what about the next Lee record. Any news ??

I personally haven't heard anything new about Lee's next album. Hopefully it will be better than some of his past material. I think it's strange how Lee is the most consistantly great songwriter in Sonic Youth, but when it comes to his solo records and side projects it can be wildly inconsistant. It can be genius or it can be terrible. From Here --> Infinity was interesting sonically, but not really listenable where as East Jesus, Scriptures of the Golden Eternity and Amarillo Ramp (for Robert Smithson) were far more interesting. His collaborations have been pretty successful, too. Oasis of Whispers and Four Guitars Live were pretty cool.

Now that I think of it, this is a bad album; still better than Ghosts. Unmade Bed is the only standout track and it's the only thing that helps the album stand together. Rather Ripped is totally better in every way.

No way in Hell is this true. Nurse is a wonderful album. Rather Ripped paels in every way compared to Nurse.