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I've only been listening to Sonic Youth since Goo came out...so I'm a relative newbie only digging rock music since I first saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan as a 7 year old !! Through the years...all the rock and pop and blues and jazz....the utter garbage of top 40 pop....all the various changes within this time and....
I first heard Rather Ripped and was blown away from the first few seconds. I immediately thought..'This is one of the most perfect POP/ROCK records I've ever heard. My opinion may be a bit overblown perhaps...but I was just so thrilled and renewed hearing it after so much mediocre POP lately. I'm one of those old timers...HA..who feels so much has been recycled and copied...but for some reason this one just hooked me from the get go.
The more I listen, the sbumerged subtleties reveal themselves.....Overall it may sound fairly simple at first but geez...the interplay of guitars is just so....so...nice. There are pretty parts too...and I never really associated SY with 'pretty'......I think they've become my favorite ROCK group now...especially after going to their Denver show....I just felt so rejuvenated. I really do....
Thank you Thurston, Kim, Lee and Steve for floatin' my boat. I'm rather ripped with your new record.....and almost as ripped from the negative posts about this new one I've been reading here. I love the dissonant too....the blend on this record is superb.....sweet vocals over grinding guitars and pretty chords too....
Oh well....
I just ordered the Deluxe editions of GOO and DIRTY from deepdiscountcd.com and eagerly await them. I dig that SY are in their 40s and appeal to kids 12 to 60 ! Not many do that nowadays....and I'm an ardent fan....diggin' em more than ever..and catching up with some records or re-releases I don't have yet. It's great...lots of stuff to get. I only have 4 of their cd's now...but will collect the others within a year or so....YAY !!!
I'm just a punk !
I'm listening to Daydream Nation right now.....excellence and outstanding !! I love their variety....
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