Sonic Youth Gossip - what are you listening to?

Loved both reviews but if anything there were twice as many people straining to be cool on Psychocandy. The difference was they actually pulled it off. [Edit: oh yeah, just noticed the 'straining' bit. You're right. Anyway, they're definitely a band that said it all on their first album and singles. By Automatic they were Sigue Sigue Sputnik without the intelligence.

gmku	02.23.2012 11:18 PM

Not true. I love to death the Automatic album. And Honey's Dead. I love Psychocandy, Darklands, Automatic, and Honey's Dead, each for different reasons. They're all great.

E. Noisefield

02.23.2012 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Cool.

I think this is one of the most under-appreciated bands of the late 80s/early 90s.

I got hooked through Automatic, one of the first CDs I bought, having finally joined the digital revolution around Christmas of 1989. I still have that CD, although I recently purchased the Plain Recordings LP reissue (which I highly recommend). This album thrills me as much today as when I first put it on that chilly winter evening back in suburban Hampton, VA, in 1989. Nothing I'd heard in a long time made me feel so good and so restless at the same time.

I'm on to Darklands now. Forgot just how good this one is.

Darklands is so great. I might even like it better than Psychocandy, even though candy is the more "definitive" album.

Still think Barbed Wire Kisses is my most listened-to JAMC album.

Pookie

02.24.2012 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Anyway, they're definitely a band that said it all on their first album and singles.

I would say on their first four singles.

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

By Automatic they were Sigue Sigue Sputnik without the intelligence.

Or the style, wit and hair.

the ikara cult

02.24.2012 06:18 PM

Im not all that big on the Sunn, but im in an oppressive mood and they do the business with headphones. Now fuck off and die like a worm.

gmku	02.24.2012 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by E. Noisefield

Darklands is so great. I might even like it better than Psychocandy, even though candy is the more "definitive" album.

Still think Barbed Wire Kisses is my most listened-to JAMC album.

I'm the same way with Darklands. I know Psychocandy is supposed to be the classic, and I like it, but I enjoy Darklands more.

I'm on the fence about Barbed Wire but I haven't listened to it in a while. May have to try it again soon.

Pelle

02.25.2012 06:21 AM

louder

02.25.2012 07:09 AM

Pelle

02.25.2012 07:37 AM

Body/Head (Kim Gordon/Bill Nace) - Cafe OTO, London, UK - 2012-02-22

keep poppin pimples

02.25.2012 08:56 AM

Pelle

02.25.2012 09:02 AM

Finally getting to know "Sonic Nurse" a bit more.
I've never got into that album really, but today I'm in a sonic mood and yeah, I have defenitly missed something by not listening to much on that album : o

gmku	02.25.2012 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

been listening to this album lately. they do this Prince thing on a lot of songs with the vocals. like on "Little Red Corvette" when he says..." a body like yours oughta be in jail, cause it's on the verge of bein obscene".

it's not synced, but it still in rhythm. you know what i'm talkin about?

No, not exactly, but I'll give it another listen and let you know.

keep poppin pimples

02.25.2012 11:17 AM

hirsute_biped

02.25.2012 01:14 PM

Oh man, how did I miss the Dirty Three release? Gonna have to go get that one!

gmku	02.25.2012 01:46 PM

Does anybody know anything about this bootleg copy of their Peel sessions? I have Complete Peel on the Strange Fruit 2xLP release but I saw this in a store recently. I really like the cover art but the song list looks exactly the same. Thoughts?