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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
Perhaps you weren't blessed to see some of the stageshows from that first Nurse tour, but they were epic. THAT was the concept, what vehicles that music could be for improvisation, and in that explorative process live on stage find that syncretic blend between improvised chaos and structured music.
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This comment really resonates with me, and is in large part why I worded mine the way I did. Seeing live material from both Washing Machine and Sonic Nurse before hearing the recorded versions, those albums will ALWAYS be near the top of my list. Memories of my SY life that I will always cherish and feel grateful for. There is something nice about having material blow your mind live before hearing the recorded tracks.
But to elaborate on that comment a little further, I do feel there are certain albums that seem to be more "live philosophies captured in recording" vs. "let's record some songs, then see how they translate live." Sonic Nurse is VERY much a varied representation of what SY do best live, imo, as opposed to the vice versa. That album, to me, just feels more a culmination of everything good about that era (the O'rourke era) of SY. While I love 1,000 Leaves, Ghosts and Flowers, and Murray St....(and I adored much of that material live as well)...they just seem a little more "record then perform" vs. Sonic Nurse's energetic feel of "captured live elements"...if that makes sense. At least it's my take on it. Meh, it's hard to explain, and I may be totally off based of the "concept" he is discussing...but it's truly the feelings I get.
And granted, that may also just be a biased view of the album on my part from seeing it live first. That is totally understood on my part.
But either way, just thought I would share this vid. One of my favs on Youtube. I think it exemplifies that "concept" quite well. Seeing the noise breakdown of Mote morphing into the steady vibe of New Hampshire...just fucking beautiful, imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi_1krnCvRE