A thousand leaves, again - Page 2

marleypumpkin · 04.30.2006, 06:11 PM

I liked "Heatehr Angel" from the moment I heard it. It's one of the greatest closing tracks ever.

nomadicfollower · 04.30.2006, 06:54 PM

I like it alot. I'm surprised it doesn't get that much love.
Hits of Sunshine is a masterpiece.

Daycare Nation · 04.30.2006, 07:18 PM

This album is very important to me. One of my all-time favorites.

selkcip · 05.01.2006, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

I like it alot. I'm surprised it doesn't get that much love.
Hits of Sunshine is a masterpiece.

hits of sunshine gets boring in the middle. otherwise i love a thousand leaves. sunday is kinda meh. i like the suburbia version more

SonikJesus · 05.01.2006, 12:46 AM

I still haven't gotten this album. I need A Thousand Leaves and Experimental to have all the major albums.

youthoftomorrow · 05.01.2006, 12:47 AM

perhaps i should purchase this album. is it at all similar to NYCG&F? i got that a few weeks ago (great music but the lyrics kinda suck).

marleypumpkin · 05.01.2006, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by selkcip

hits of sunshine gets boring in the middle. otherwise i love a thousand leaves. sunday is kinda meh. i like the suburbia version more

"Suburbia" is a great movie, w/ a decent soundtrack as well. Wasn't a track from "Psychic Hearts" in that movie?

whorefrost · 05.01.2006, 06:49 AM

kim's vocals are amazing... i love ineffable me and female mechanic now on duty... oh, and contre le sexisme of course....

toxic johnny · 05.01.2006, 07:22 AM

At last a fellow Contre le sexisme lover... I've felt like I've been ploughing a lonely furrow since it was first released.

selkcip · 05.01.2006, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by marleypumpkin

"Suburbia" is a great movie, w/ a decent soundtrack as well. Wasn't a track from "Psychic Hearts" in that movie?

yeah there are also a couple sy instrumentals, along with a longer, jammed-out version of sunday

marleypumpkin · 05.01.2006, 08:45 AM

I'll have to get the soundtrack for this movie. BTW, "A Thousand Leaves" is an excellent record, w/ amazing lyrics. Some of Thurston's best work. (IMO)

diamondsea · 05.01.2006, 11:29 AM

Sing yr love child
Love is on
Sing yr child lights
Lights are gold
Sing yr child life
Wildflower soul

hey alex · 05.01.2006, 01:47 PM

This was actually one of the last SY records I got, tho sunday was my frist favorite sy song. I don't listen to it all too much because it's sooooo long. But When I do it's great. I remember once I was listening to it really baked and this one kim song was far too intense, I had to throw off my headphones and skip the song. Same deal with wildflower soul's loud intro/outro.

What's the kim song that goes "free time free time' I really like that one

trainyard bliss · 05.01.2006, 05:45 PM

this was my first sonic youth album along with dirty. it was the first sonic youth album i ever loved. strangely, i don't listen to it all that often either. don't even know why. it's still one of my favorites.

jean-nicolas · 05.02.2006, 12:33 PM

A thousand leaves is one of my two favorite records. The other one is SYR1

greenlight · 05.02.2006, 01:43 PM

i heard it back in the day when it came out. like this album very much. grew on me slowly tho. some very good memories connected with this album. best summer ever - hot summer days and nights, girl of my dreams and listening to thousand leaves for like whole summer.

atari 2600 · 07.30.2008, 09:59 PM

I met someone today who only owns one Sonic Youth album.
That album is (of course, per the thread) A Thousand Leaves.

He told me that he bought it because he liked the Rolling Stone review. (My theory is he bought it on the heels of the initial SYR excitement).
And he told me that he burned a cd-r from it purposely excluding the tracks that the Rolling Stone review described as filler.

Sonic brethren, I implore you to be as appalled as I am.
Now I realize that this sort of thinking is unfortunately all too commonplace, but yet I still find it disturbing nonetheless.

Furthermore, I looked up the RS ATL review and it makes no mention of which songs the reviewer considers filler material. There is a shot taken at a lyric in "Contre Le Sexisme," however.
The album is given three-and-a-half stars which is a fairly good rating, but the write-up itself is hardly glowing either.

Spin magazine doesn't have an online review for the album, so I can't check that one in case the guy is just mixed-up.

Anyway, just thought this little slice of SY-themed demographic research might be interesting to someone out there reading.

atsonicpark · 07.30.2008, 10:05 PM

always been in my top 5 favorites.

atari 2600 · 07.30.2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by westernquinoxrocks

it'z 2 nois e

Here's an idea:
Avoid water for three days.
Go out in the Texas heat in the afternoon and do jumping jacks
or some other aerobic exercise for several hours.
Listen to the album and write a review.

atsonicpark · 07.30.2008, 10:23 PM

You have given out too much Reputation in the last 2600 hours, try again later.

04.30.2006, 06:11 PM	#21
marleypumpkin invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 3,193	I liked "Heatehr Angel" from the moment I heard it. It's one of the greatest closing tracks ever. __________________ "It takes 2 fingers to make the peace sign. Just like it takes 2 people to make love. When you go like this , you're jerking off." -George Carlin
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04.30.2006, 06:54 PM	#22
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	I like it alot. I'm surprised it doesn't get that much love. Hits of Sunshine is a masterpiece.
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04.30.2006, 07:18 PM	#23
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	This album is very important to me. One of my all-time favorites. __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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05.01.2006, 12:46 AM	#25
SonikJesus the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 998	I still haven't gotten this album. I need A Thousand Leaves and Experimental to have all the major albums.
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05.01.2006, 12:47 AM	#26
youthoftomorrow expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Idaho. Posts: 1,418	perhaps i should purchase this album. is it at all similar to NYCG&F? i got that a few weeks ago (great music but the lyrics kinda suck). __________________ avalanche.
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05.01.2006, 06:49 AM	#28
whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,569	kim's vocals are amazing... i love ineffable me and female mechanic now on duty... oh, and contre le sexisme of course....
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05.01.2006, 07:22 AM	#29
toxic johnny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,657	At last a fellow Contre le sexisme lover... I've felt like I've been ploughing a lonely furrow since it was first released. __________________ Built Toxic J Tough Optic Disc
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05.01.2006, 08:45 AM	#31
marleypumpkin invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 3,193	I'll have to get the soundtrack for this movie. BTW, "A Thousand Leaves" is an excellent record, w/ amazing lyrics. Some of Thurston's best work. (IMO) __________________ "It takes 2 fingers to make the peace sign. Just like it takes 2 people to make love. When you go like this , you're jerking off." -George Carlin
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05.01.2006, 11:29 AM	#32
diamondsea little trouble girl Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 57	Sing yr love child Love is on Sing yr child lights Lights are gold Sing yr child life Wildflower soul
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05.01.2006, 01:47 PM	#33
hey alex the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 791	This was actually one of the last SY records I got, tho sunday was my frist favorite sy song. I don't listen to it all too much because it's sooooo long. But When I do it's great. I remember once I was listening to it really baked and this one kim song was far too intense, I had to throw off my headphones and skip the song. Same deal with wildflower soul's loud intro/outro. What's the kim song that goes "free time free time' I really like that one __________________ Duran Duran's 1995 covers album Thank You was recently voted the worst album of all time by a Q magazine poll. Although we respectfully disagree (Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts & Flowers is clearly the worst album of all time) -Pitchfork (hahahah!) Here's a myspace of my music and 4-track ramblings the electric kites--the jamz of me n my friends
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05.01.2006, 05:45 PM	#34
trainyard bliss little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: berkeley, california Posts: 76	this was my first sonic youth album along with dirty. it was the first sonic youth album i ever loved. strangely, i don't listen to it all that often either. don't even know why. it's still one of my favorites.
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05.02.2006, 12:33 PM	#35
jean-nicolas little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 51	A thousand leaves is one of my two favorite records. The other one is SYR1
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05.02.2006, 01:43 PM	#36
greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,131	i heard it back in the day when it came out. like this album very much. grew on me slowly tho. some very good memories connected with this album. best summer ever - hot summer days and nights, girl of my dreams and listening to thousand leaves for like whole summer.
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07.30.2008, 09:59 PM	#37
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	I met someone today who only owns one Sonic Youth album. That album is (of course, per the thread) A Thousand Leaves. He told me that he bought it because he liked the Rolling Stone review. (My theory is he bought it on the heels of the initial SYR excitement). And he told me that he burned a cd-r from it purposely excluding the tracks that the Rolling Stone review described as filler. Sonic brethren, I implore you to be as appalled as I am. Now I realize that this sort of thinking is unfortunately all too commonplace, but yet I still find it disturbing nonetheless. Furthermore, I looked up the RS ATL review and it makes no mention of which songs the reviewer considers filler material. There is a shot taken at a lyric in "Contre Le Sexisme," however. The album is given three-and-a-half stars which is a fairly good rating, but the write-up itself is hardly glowing either. Spin magazine doesn't have an online review for the album, so I can't check that one in case the guy is just mixed-up. Anyway, just thought this little slice of SY-themed demographic research might be interesting to someone out there reading.
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07.30.2008, 10:05 PM	#38
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	always been in my top 5 favorites. __________________
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07.30.2008, 10:23 PM	#40
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	You have given out too much Reputation in the last 2600 hours, try again later. __________________
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