i actually kind of like rather ripped
 

i listened to rr a few nights ago for the first time since it came out. i actually sort of liked it. its still not my favorite by any means but i dont hate it as much. the way they use major chords and the classic rock moves didnt seem to irk me so much.

anyone notice on i think it was the neutral kim's bass goes on too long into the next section then she changes to the next part a few beats too late. not that i care so much ive just never noticed them leaving a blatant mistake on a record.

i was also thinking that in some ways rather ripped is kind of like GOO. both are sort of stripped down rock cds. to me it sounded like Goo filtered through their last 15 years of work. goo was their first cd for geffen while rr is their last. guess that was on my mind too.

i like rather ripped, but kims songs sucks..

I've been listening to RR alot the last few nights while writing. The only
songs I skip really are T-bone tracks: "Sleepin' Around" and "Lights Out."

its a good summer album for me

I liked a lot Reena, I know it's a commercial sound but it's still a great song!

I love rather ripped, What a Waste and Pink Steam are my favourites.

i love that album, but i skip a few tracks on it. i hate do you believe in rapture... he sounds so gay singing it.

it was the first sy album i got...so i kind of like it too

It's "OK" it just doesn't compare favoribly with the previous masterpiece that is Sonic Nurse.

good point, high five man ::cool:

yeah, those songs are terrible. but reena and pink stema are great. and i love the jams run free. i think ill listen to RR tomorrow.
i remember when i saw SY in boston two years ago and they started the intro to pink steam and i got real excited, so i started clapping, and no one else did, but eventually people joined me. it was way cool
(then i met the band after the show)

i don't like how lee is wearing a tie with jeans in the photos.

Lee is Freeee.

Haha that bothered me too... a horrible look.

reena is amazing. the album is good.

i think incinerate is immensley better than reena.

if that look is so lame then why is this black guy wearing it



everybody knows black guys are cool

No way, Akon for example is not cool.

co-sign.

well i still despise every song on that album

except pink steam is okay sort of

and i respect your musical opinions
whether i agree
or think your all fucktards or what

My feelings exactly. I've always "kind of liked" RR, it's just that "kind of like" is a big let down where Sonic Youth is concerned. I've felt that way about 3-4 albums and SYR 5, otherwise it's always been LOVE.

rather ripped is awful.

rather ripped is.....
a decent LP that i like
i listen to it relativeley often and i think it is sort of fresh-sounding
still it is well inferior to any other SY LP
this we all agree on



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Rather Ripped is cool, crystal clean guitars. I agree that 'Sleepin' Around' and 'Lights Out' are terrible, but its definitely has its merits.

Same here, I got it the day it came out, but I don't remember why.
It was my first exposure to them.

Is it bad that those were some of my favorites on the album when I first got it XD?

Sleepin' Around is still my favourite, after Rats..

deadair... i dont consider syr5 "a sonic youth album."

sometimes i like the 'clean crisp' guitar sound, sometimes it sounds fresh.

sometimes i think its the begining of the end

fucking awful album title though

Well, it's the only Sy album I stopped listening to regularly after a month.

no, it still sucks.

thank goodness they are doing syrs again; 7 is very awesome, can't wait for 8.

Well you shouldn't, it isn't Sonic Youth. However, it's the only SYR that isn't them, so it's worth noting.

RR is my least favorite Sonic Youth album. That said, there's a couple songs on there that I can dig. But mostly I avoid this album like the plague.

Aside from Thurston hopping around when they play Incinerate live and "Or", this album is just shy of meh.

took the words right out of my mouth

does helen lundeberg count? i love that song.

I like Rather Ripped. It took me a year to get into it because it wasn't what I expected from them, but it's a good album. But I agree, Lights Out is terrible.

I listened to it only about 15 times whatsoever. And have no intention to do that again. No good.

there's a decent bass line in one section of one song for about one nanosecond.