The Daydream Nation Thead
 

This Thread is influnced by the rather interesting thead on 'Confusion is sex'. so I thought it would be interesting to hear peoples views/memories/first encounters with Daydream Nation. Or any unknown album triva for that matter. I don't think this album is discussed enough on this forum anymore probebly because the general feeling is that there is little that can be said about DDN that has already been said. Oh well here goes.....

Also...This question has probebly been asked many times before, but why hasn't SY's undisputed (critically speaking anyway) masterpiece 'Daydream Nation' had the Geffen Reissue treatment, when Goo and Dirty (2 albums that many consider ever-so-slightly flawed) have?

Really isn't as grea as everyone makes out. SY have done better album that Daydream nation. My 2p.

Well the reason DDN has always been my favourite is because it just strikes up so much imagery in my head about youth, new york/USA. Particularly 'The Sprawl'. It just has such an individual and cohesive sprirt that completely sets it apart from any other SY album. Its very much an 80's album like Dirty is very much a 90's GenX album

probably cuz daydream wasnt a geffen release. it was a blastfirst release over here anyway.... i was understanding that there is a redux daydream nation in the making or at least in the planning stages....

my 2 cents.... best sy album, 3rd best album ever

i remember first listening to it with headphones in a car going through tunnels in Pittsburgh, it fell so surreal, I was also reading You are a Spiritual Being having a Human Experience, so I conjured up this amazing imagery in my head of the metaphysical body which gave the album a dream-like quality....

Sublime? The Sprawl was influenced by Neuromancer, just as Pattern Recognition was influenced by the eponymous book. The album definitely sets a mood, from start to finish, moved along by the ever-so-punk guitars, crashing and swirling endlessly. The only respite is Providence and it's eerie, fuzzed-out dreamlike quality only adds to the album's atmosphere. At the very least, this is a very, cohesive, well-made, well thought out album.

Of course, on the other hand, maybe SY shits stuff like this... It's still good though...

daydream nation
it was my favorite SY album
but now i just cant decide which one is

i really like the mood the album sets
its a very unique album
i dont think any other sy album sounds much like it

and i think its probably the best album to come out of the 80s....

There are a million things I can say about it, but it is truly one of the most unique and wonderful records ever made. Nothing I've ever heard sounds like it.

Meh. Cross The Breeze is one of my favorite SY songs. Decent album.

definetly not one of my favorite albums. i really don't know why this album is praised so much. It has it's moments, but not their best.

It's super.

Steve shines the brightest on Daydream if you ask me....but you didn't so.......

It would be cooler if this thread was about Daycare Nation.

because there arent thousands of them on this message board....

yeah Daydream Nation & Goo are drum showcases.

Jutta Koether's liner notes from the dgc version make me feel too intimidated to offer much of a commentary (at the moment anyway)...i remember reading those & feeling lots of resonance with my own impressions of the album.

I didn't like it at first. My first SY album was Goo and a friend said "You have to get DDN! It's the best". It may have been his hype, but I was let down. Of course, I love it now but it is not my "definition" of SY at their best. That honor goes to Sister, WM, and MS for each era. Let me reiterate: amazing album but it had to grow on me.

My favorite album of all time. I love every moment on DDN. I think that it's at it's best listened all the way through.

It was the first album of theirs I've heard, the one that got me into them, and still my favourite.

great record without a doubt!

The Sprawl & Hyperstation are my all time favourites!

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who is that guy anyway?

definitely my favourite Sy record. It just blows me away. I got Sister after it, but it doesn't affect me in the same way DDN does

It's easily one of the greatest rock and roll records of all time. And certainly one of the best SY records. They haven't made a record anywhere near as important and influential as Daydream Nation. And I suspect they never will.

It's a shame that more people don't know about this record.

I love Teenage Riot, it was the 1st SY song that I heard, but I rember so much a exgirlfriend when I hear it, cause she like´s so much make love with this song.......

yeah I think its the album Sonic Youth will be remembered for. Its such a brilliant album! but i think it also helped the record having possibly the greatest cover art ever and such a brilliant name, its so eye-catching you kind of have to hear whats inside!

she's an artist who's done a bunch of installations/etc with kim.

i don't really have any coherent thoughts, but when i read the liner notes.. god. the whole "...going over awaterfall, and really liking it" is exactly how ddn makes me feel.

maybe saving sister, i've always thought of it as the ultimate steve album. goddamn he can pound.

Jutte Koethe is a female German artist who lives in New York... She has collaborated with Kim on two art projects.





Daydream Nation wasn't a real landmark album for me because when It came out I had already lived through their s/t ep, Confusion is Sex, Kill Yr Idols, Sonic Death, Bad Moon Rising, Flower, Evol, + Sister.
It's still an amazing album... but they've done better things since in my opinion.

bought it because a good bud K. Cobain reccomended it. i loved it from the very first listen. every song fuckin great

Someone needs to invent a word great enough to describe Daydream Nation. From the moment the needle hit the record til the end, I felt that my ears were not worthy of such excellence. Cross the Breeze is still my favorite song of all time from SY and any other band, for that matter. There's really not even a way I can aptly put it into words.

I first listened to DDN on one of my first visits to my mom's apartment after she cheated on (then left) my dad. I'd sit in my cold, empty room, with a stereo and a big dusty mirror. I just remember listening to it all in one sitting and thinking it was my best friend.

Daydream Nation is the single greatest album in the history of recorded music.

SONIC YOUTH is the single greatest band in the history of recorded music


is that specific enough for ya?

It is SCRUMTRALESCENT

The new official word to describe the greatness of Daydream Nation. Purely scrumtralescent. I also propose that from now on, when something is good, we refer to it as sort of Daydream Nation-ish; when something totally fucking rocks, we call it half a Daydream Nation; and when something is utterly god-like and beyond words, we call it almost Daydream Nation. Yes... Sounds good to me.

I couldn't agree more!