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Old 09.11.2008, 03:45 PM   #21
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i think free city rhymes is a pretty good one actually... its longer and more discordant, but its catchy in parts too...
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Old 09.11.2008, 03:47 PM   #22
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don't put reena on it, it's not representative of their music at all.
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Old 09.11.2008, 03:49 PM   #23
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^^and that track is one of the worst they ever did
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:00 PM   #24
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don't put reena on it, it's not representative of their music at all.
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^^and that track is one of the worst they ever did

hell no. reena is good, and it's representative too, tricky with their style on brake. so don't say this. and for beginner it's good.
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:08 PM   #25
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:14 PM   #26
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hell no. reena is good, and it's representative too, tricky with their style on brake. so don't say this. and for beginner it's good.

but it puts sy in the wrong light. that song is so damn alt-rockish...
please and especially not as the opener
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:17 PM   #27
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The love for "Superstar" should be obvious. It's an amazing cover.

I mean, if it's association with JUNO rubs you the wrong way or something, then that's one thing. But I dont think you can deny that it's an especially great rendition of a song that could have easily been an embarrassing mess of an attempt.

I've never seen Juno, but I don't know... Superstar wouldn't even be in my top 200 of Sonic Youth songs. Thurston's sort of whispery voice rubs me the wrong way. He sounds great on Tokyo Eye, but in this cover, he sounds all too pretentious. I do enjoy the Carpenters version though. It's one of my mom's favorite songs.
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:25 PM   #29
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It really depends on his musical tastes.

this looks like a more accurate representation of sonic youth.
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:33 PM   #30
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Yeah, but I think their "easy-listening" songs (Rather Ripped...) are not their best.
And I think SY is not a kind of band you could get into immediatly, for a lot of poeple.
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:33 PM   #31
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To be honest, if I wanted to truely represent what Sonic Youth to means to me, I'd just shove Andre Sidre Af Sonic Youth on a CD-R and give it to her. But it'll put her off the band for life, all I want to do is provide her with some catchy tunes at act as that initial springboard into her discovering that shit for herself, maybe... one day. I mean, I started off with Dirty, and now I love Silver Session more than anything...
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:36 PM   #32
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just put on it what feels best for you and her. you know her best, what might will catch her attention. the backkatalog of sy is just to big and different in its whole to give a 100% sure shot tracklist
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:41 PM   #33
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Exactly, when you get a CD like this from someone, besides enjoying the music, by the end of it you want to feel you've learnt something about their style and their music. If I put Invito Al Cielo, Bull In The Heather and Lightnin' on there it'd just confuse the hell out of her, and she'd be back to square one in terms of understanding what the band are about. I'd rather just give her as thorough as I can introduction to one element of SY's music, and she can explore the others in time.
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:44 PM   #35
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Yes I know, and I'm starting to feel I should take at least one of Kim's Rather Ripped tracks off and replace it with Schitzophrenia. I don't know why that didn't occur to me before, it was, afterall, the first SY track I truely loved. Probably cos I havn't listened to Sister or Washing Machine in some time...
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:44 PM   #36
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Exactly, when you get a CD like this from someone, besides enjoying the music, by the end of it you want to feel you've learnt something about their style and their music. If I put Invito Al Cielo, Bull In The Heather and Lightnin' on there it'd just confuse the hell out of her, and she'd be back to square one in terms of understanding what the band are about. I'd rather just give her as thorough as I can introduction to one element of SY's music, and she can explore the others in time.

sure you dont want to scare her. and like its with all good artists you shouldnt start with the most advanced groundbreakin stuff. cause it can be hard to understand for someone thrwon in the cold water.
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Old 09.11.2008, 04:47 PM   #37
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one thing maybe...
put on some longer tracks which evolve to the more abstract sonic youth after starting more pop like.
something like diamond sea or karen koltrane/revisited
so she can maybe start to follow the Idea of SY aestetics
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Old 09.11.2008, 05:03 PM   #38
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Hmmm, I listened to the Residents and Can before I even went near Sonic Youth, and I still don't think I'd have had much patience with these tracks if I'd heard them first. Sonic Youth back then, even to a fan of long-winded experimental music, were just a band I didn't really give a shit about, not gods like now. You tend not to have much patience with bands you don't know, is what I'm trying to say. And just because this girl like Pink Floyd shant make her much different I feel.
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Old 09.11.2008, 05:07 PM   #39
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yes you are right maybe. but maybe put some of these tracks as the closer or something. for me some of their best songs are the long ones. I just would not leave them completely off
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I dunno why exactly you're making this comp for her with only their most fun pop songs. That doesn't reflect them at all and she'll never be truely into the band if she can't handle say, Daydream Nation.
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