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Originally Posted by Dead-Air
Oh, I don't think they entirely were. Sonic Youth were into the Beatles and the Carpenters were definitely directly descended, particularly in terms of song arrangement and production. Still, I think the SY cover of "Superstar" reeks of irony, and the lyrics to "Tunic" even moreso. I don't think there is anything wrong with that though - you can still get into something in part out of irony and really enjoy it.
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i don't think so, i think they were being honest, from interviews and stuff. it's not like SONIC YOUTH needed to score indie points by being ironic; to me, it seems like the press couldn't handle the "coolest band in the world" being into something so square like the carpenters and their only reasoning for printing their interviews like that was by saying "maybe they're being ironic".
same deal with pavement, never seen how they are ironic, they were mostly joking around when trying to explain themselves.