SYR4: Goodbye 20th century piece of genius or utter crap? - Page 3

cagedbird · 11.14.2009, 07:31 PM

I have never had a WTF moment with Sonic Youth. One of my earliest purchases was Please Just Leave Me My Paul Desmond by Thurston. That prepared me for anything. Just the way he lets the tape run while he's chilling in the studio is classic. I can't theorize it beyond that.

HomelessArtist · 11.14.2009, 11:41 PM

I LOVE that record... and this one... and this one...

But I think I was already turned on to possibilities by that Legend of the Blood Yeti cd.. Maybe you need to learn to listen before being able to appreciate it?

Perfume-V · 11.14.2009, 11:50 PM

I guess I'll be the first in this thread to say that I didn't enjoy the album. It's too experimental for me and doesn't capture what I love about Sonic Youth. Yes, yes SY is experimental, but SYR4 is not my ish. I understand if I were to research the significance of the artists that the album is tributing I would have a founder appreciation for it, but it doesn't compel me to do such a thing so that is where the album fails.

Skuj · 11.15.2009, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kingcoffee

You can't hear the music, you have to listen to it.

John Cage might say something very different to this. Or perhaps not, idk, haha. All I know is, I loved most of the artists covered on SYR4 even before SYR4 came out. And when SYR4 did come out, I came.

To the store.

To buy it.

Quickly.

PAULYBEE2656 · 11.15.2009, 12:11 PM

its an amazing record...why is there an argument about that?

magnetmag · 11.18.2009, 12:17 PM

Neither. Just a good record.

cagedbird · 12.10.2009, 12:56 PM

John Cage said somewhere (I heard it at ubu.com) that he really dislikes/disliked Glenn Branca. For that reason I compared the slow indeterminacy of Cage with the slow passion (for lack of a better word) of Branca. The two are really different. Which leads me to wonder why or how SY picked up on both of them, especially Cage, since the Branca aesthetic is in their genes (pretty much). I suppose they don't hate on Branca like Cage did. It boggles the mind that the two composers could share the affections of the same group.

samuel · Today, 02:31 PM

I've never listened to this all the way through... until today. "Edges" is awesome.

What are your favorite moments from this record? Pretty cool reading posts from 2006-2009.

Genteel Death 2 · Today, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by samuel

I've never listened to this all the way through...

I did a few times and managed to find a copy of it in a record shop just yesterday. I think it's a great record. It won't sound like a Sonic Youth 'conventional' record unless you enjoy the mantra of 'Having Never Written a Note for Percussion'. Most of it seems to me like referring to composers like Pauline Oliveros, Arnold Dreyblatt and the mid-to-late 60s group of people making experimental music back then. Obviously, I could be wrong.

11.14.2009, 07:31 PM	#41
cagedbird the destroyed room Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mid-Manhattan Library Posts: 567	I have never had a WTF moment with Sonic Youth. One of my earliest purchases was Please Just Leave Me My Paul Desmond by Thurston. That prepared me for anything. Just the way he lets the tape run while he's chilling in the studio is classic. I can't theorize it beyond that.
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11.14.2009, 11:41 PM	#42
HomelessArtist little trouble girl Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MInneapolis Posts: 49	I LOVE that record... and this one... and this one... But I think I was already turned on to possibilities by that Legend of the Blood Yeti cd.. Maybe you need to learn to listen before being able to appreciate it? __________________
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11.14.2009, 11:50 PM	#43
Perfume-V empty page Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 11	I guess I'll be the first in this thread to say that I didn't enjoy the album. It's too experimental for me and doesn't capture what I love about Sonic Youth. Yes, yes SY is experimental, but SYR4 is not my ish. I understand if I were to research the significance of the artists that the album is tributing I would have a founder appreciation for it, but it doesn't compel me to do such a thing so that is where the album fails.
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	its an amazing record...why is there an argument about that? __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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11.18.2009, 12:17 PM	#46
magnetmag empty page Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 8	Neither. Just a good record.
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12.10.2009, 12:56 PM	#47
cagedbird the destroyed room Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mid-Manhattan Library Posts: 567	John Cage said somewhere (I heard it at ubu.com) that he really dislikes/disliked Glenn Branca. For that reason I compared the slow indeterminacy of Cage with the slow passion (for lack of a better word) of Branca. The two are really different. Which leads me to wonder why or how SY picked up on both of them, especially Cage, since the Branca aesthetic is in their genes (pretty much). I suppose they don't hate on Branca like Cage did. It boggles the mind that the two composers could share the affections of the same group.
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samuel the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 1,175	I've never listened to this all the way through... until today. "Edges" is awesome. What are your favorite moments from this record? Pretty cool reading posts from 2006-2009.
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