Gateways to Geekery: Sonic Youth

halgreen · 11.14.2013, 03:37 PM

http://www.avclub.com/articles/where...-youth,105572/

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Where not to start: NYC Ghosts & Flowers (2000)

Rob Instigator · 11.14.2013, 03:56 PM

Thanks for the link halgreen. cool stuff.

Rob Instigator · 11.14.2013, 03:58 PM

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1991-...a-major-label/

halgreen · 11.14.2013, 04:02 PM

Thanks. I'll have to listen to this "Go" album...

tesla69 · 11.14.2013, 05:31 PM

I find this "geek" bullshit offensive. lazy writing. lazier thinker. lots of code words strung together.

logcabinrecluse · 11.15.2013, 09:28 PM

I rarely post on these things, but that was crap. Writer might want to at least spell a band member's name correctly. Reads as if the writer did a google search and then had an article thirty minutes later.

logcabinrecluse · 11.15.2013, 09:33 PM

Perhaps I'm just getting older and am disollusioned.

Rob Instigator · 11.18.2013, 09:29 AM

yeah, get a grip. Just a piece for people who obviously need an intro of sorts to SY.

Screaming Skull · 11.18.2013, 12:52 PM

Pretty lame, but NYCG&F advice is spot on.

diskaholic-anonymous · 11.18.2013, 05:21 PM

where to start on sonic youth :

sorry but that was the first sonic album i bought...and i liked.

Toilet & Bowels · 11.18.2013, 06:34 PM

Renaldo?

Aaaadrpk · 11.19.2013, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

Renaldo?

could be worse

like

Ronaldo.

-- not means that i don't like Ronaldo name, nothing against, just funny and strange, Lee Ranaldo to Lee Ronaldo, or Renaldo, or Runaldo, Rimaldo, ...whatever

-- and totally agree with hear NYC Ghost and Flowers on vinyl format. I really like this album.

[one of] the most annoying thing about a s.y. ''fan'' it's hear: Oh I really love S.Y.! It's a cool band! Goo it's my fav. album and that one... Dirty? right? I love. - End -

Toilet & Bowels · 11.20.2013, 02:32 AM

Goo is a bad place to start because half of that record is crap

!@#$%! · 11.20.2013, 06:57 AM

RENALDO MOON

Screaming Skull · 11.20.2013, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

NYC Ghost and Flowers is a great place to start. if you don't like that album then maybe you shouldn't be listening to SY.

Yeah, that's it. Because I think NYCG&F is a steaming coil I shouldn't be listening to SY. Face it, NYCG&F is - by far - the worst of their "proper" albums.

Rob Instigator · 11.20.2013, 09:41 AM

NYCG&F is a good sidetrip in SY's life and catalog, but it is in no way definitive of what SY sound like, or how they rock or the rest of their catalog sounds like.

Rob Instigator · 11.20.2013, 09:42 AM

I would start with Sister real loud, and then DDN REAL FUCKING LOUD

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 11.20.2013, 11:11 PM

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The name Sonic Youth comes from Fred “Sonic” Smith of the MC5 and reggae artist Big Youth—and those seemingly incongruous influences coalesced around a moniker that signified an undying effort to search for new sounds.

Wait, they made that up right? Funny thing. Anytime I mention sonic youth to my rastafari bredren and sistren, such as when by coincidence, and I say, "something something Sonic Youth," they always reply and nod and say, "Yeah man, I love them, saw them back in such and such.."

The thing is, THEY ARE ALWAYS THINKING I'M TALKING ABOUT BIG YOUTH

Screaming Skull · 11.21.2013, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I would start with Sister real loud, and then DDN REAL FUCKING LOUD

Exactly right!!

Sonic Youth - 6/10
Confusion Is Sex + Kill Your Idols - 8/10
Bad Moon Rising - 7/10
Evol - 9/10
Sister - 10/10
Daydream Nation - 10/10
Goo - 8/10
Dirty - 9/10
Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star - 7/10
Washing Machine - 9/10
A Thousand Leaves - 6/10
New York City Ghosts & Flowers - 5/10
Murray Street - 9/10
Sonic Nurse - 8/10
Rather Ripped - 7/10
The Eternal - 7/10

The Whitey Album - 7/10

themawt71 · 11.21.2013, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Wait, they made that up right? Funny thing. Anytime I mention sonic youth to my rastafari bredren and sistren, such as when by coincidence, and I say, "something something Sonic Youth," they always reply and nod and say, "Yeah man, I love them, saw them back in such and such.."

The thing is, THEY ARE ALWAYS THINKING I'M TALKING ABOUT BIG YOUTH

I'm pretty sure it's true. can't remember where i heard/read this but.....

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tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	I find this "geek" bullshit offensive. lazy writing. lazier thinker. lots of code words strung together.
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11.15.2013, 09:28 PM	#6
logcabinrecluse bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 94	I rarely post on these things, but that was crap. Writer might want to at least spell a band member's name correctly. Reads as if the writer did a google search and then had an article thirty minutes later. __________________ "play your phonograph, it still makes baby laugh"
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11.15.2013, 09:33 PM	#7
logcabinrecluse bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 94	Perhaps I'm just getting older and am disollusioned. __________________ "play your phonograph, it still makes baby laugh"
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11.18.2013, 09:29 AM	#8
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	yeah, get a grip. Just a piece for people who obviously need an intro of sorts to SY. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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11.18.2013, 12:52 PM	#9
Screaming Skull children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 393	Pretty lame, but NYCG&F advice is spot on.
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11.18.2013, 05:21 PM	#10
diskaholic-anonymous stalker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: experimental sonic fields of lisbon Posts: 403	where to start on sonic youth : sorry but that was the first sonic album i bought...and i liked.
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11.18.2013, 06:34 PM	#11
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	Renaldo?
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	Goo is a bad place to start because half of that record is crap
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	RENALDO MOON
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11.20.2013, 09:41 AM	#16
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	NYCG&F is a good sidetrip in SY's life and catalog, but it is in no way definitive of what SY sound like, or how they rock or the rest of their catalog sounds like. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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11.20.2013, 09:42 AM	#17
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I would start with Sister real loud, and then DDN REAL FUCKING LOUD __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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