![]() |
#1 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,019
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I think this is a question to Chris, but if someone else could explain, I will be glad. Of course this is not very important, but I am just person who is interested about details. So is it just that unlogical world of Sonic Youth that I like a lot or is there some reason? Is it just because SYR 1 is about 20 minutes, so almost all the rests are e.p:s (SYR 2 is already almost half an hour and the rest are at least 40 minutes long). Or is it the number of songs (there is two to three "songs" in the rest of the SYR`s but more in the SYR9). Or is the reason price (maybe some retailers wouldnīt have been selling them so cheap, if they were named lp:s)? If somebody knows, tell me please.
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#2 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,680
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
i think it's a typo
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#3 |
children of satan
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 399
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I consider only one (SYR1)--two at most (i.e., SYR2)--of the SYR titles to be EPs.
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#4 |
Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: southwest canada
Posts: 1,888
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Where is the distinction you're referring to being made? I know on my site, I classified 9 in the soundtrack section* - the rest, I guess it was just the amount of tracks qualified them as "EPs" in my mind, though I guess I didn't put the 2-track "Sonic Death" under EPs, so who needs consistency?
*Huh, just checked my site - it's indeed under albums, which seems kind of stupid. Then again, "Made in USA" is under albums too, so I guess my train of thought was that as a sole Sonic Youth release, it belonged more under albums than soundtracks, where-as something like Demonlover is not entirely SY? Consistency...
__________________
http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang // original folk blues ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i'm the boy that can enjoy invisibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#5 | |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,019
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
I donīt think itīs just in your mind, because when I ordered SYR 1, 3 and 7, my retailer said theyīre e.p:s. And he also said SYR 5 is double-e.p! And he got his information from his wholesale. I also remembered thereīs some review in your sites from SYR3 where somebody is wondering why SYRS are still calling EP:s. So I think this comes also from SY-members. Well, I donīt need consistency, I am just curious. |
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#6 |
Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: southwest canada
Posts: 1,888
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
As far as I'm concerned, discographical consistency with their catalog went out the window when they tried to pass the first EP off as a "mini-LP"...it pains me to no end to list it under "ALBUMS" on the site.
__________________
http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang // original folk blues ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i'm the boy that can enjoy invisibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#7 | |
children of satan
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 399
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
I can see where you're coming from. The idea of calling something like SYR3--which clocks in at over 50 minutes, I believe--an EP seems ludicrous in light of the fact that many old LPs by The Who, The Electric Prunes, MC5, The Misfits, etc only clocked in at 25 to 30 minutes. |
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#8 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: cybatraz!
Posts: 11,537
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |