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Originally Posted by atari 2600
...Let me get this straight. Everyneurotic is very knowledgeable about music & displays such taste most of the time, but on the other hand, the guy defends Avril Lavigne & Silverchair like I would defend, say, The Beatles & Led Zeppelin. Everyneurotic, just for the record, do you really not like Sonic Youth except for Thurston's Pyschic Hearts? I ask because of the Daydream Nation vs. Sister thread where you remarked that both albums suck.
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actually, sonic youth is one of the only bands i love every single thing they have released equally, it's also my ideal band, i think everything they do is genius and even their side stuff ranges from great to out of this world. i do love all of sonic youth's output, i just don't like dumbed down popularity contests (the ddn vs sis poll) and i was just pointing out the stupidity of the thread.
about avril lavigne, i might be one of the few people in here who actually enjoys to listen to (good) pop music, i don't have a problem with that kind of music at all and i'm surprised you don't like some of that stuff atari. i admit that imagewise, most pop music is horrible and the marketing behind it is pretty disgusting, but if you take that out of the picture (as i pointed out on the avril thread) i do like the songs, i like both the craft behind a song and the melodic treatments throughout. i'm certainly not into the whole mascara, faux-skater goth aspect of avril and her fans, but i count it as if i just listen to a cd-r without any notes or anything and popped it into a player, i would like the songs a lot (unlike, say, a lindsay lohan album, because the songs are not as well done).
about silverchair, most people fell for the image when they started, the whole "sassy teen nirvana", which is sad because they are a great band, especially their last two albums, neon ballroom and diorama, in which they started to expand their sound to include orchestral elements and electronica to their music, and diorama in particular, favors strange arrangements and different influences in each song. van dyke parks did most of the string arrangements in that one. they are very talented songwriters; i do like their first couple of albums even, which i find them to sound more like helmet meets black sabbath with a very melodic singing voice on top. again, it's not something everybody would like, but i find their music to be very creative and inspired, also very envelope-pushing.
that's a very sweet afri boot, just repaying some of what you've shared.