What is the ideal starter CD for a SY newbie? - Page 5

03.30.2007, 01:14 PM

My first was Experimental..... when I was 14, It was like, wow, music can be different and good at the same time. Also, Rather Ripped, IMO, is the best thing they've done in years.

Dues · 03.31.2007, 05:02 AM

Keep it very very simple: Daydream Nation.
If this "SY newbie" can't see as to why this album is anything but generic and virtually legendary, this character is never going to like Sonic Youth.

Torn Curtain · 03.31.2007, 05:57 AM

Dirty

guitarpro · 04.05.2007, 01:54 PM

Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star

clever name · 04.07.2007, 01:12 PM

Funny, this very topic came up at my friend's Passover gathering the other night.

Somebody said Daydream Nation, I also heard Sonic Nurse (my first SY album), but I recommended Washing Machine to the initiate.

Washing Machine has got a good grab bag of SY styles, from brash (Panty Lies) to tranquil (Saucerlike), and of course it closes with a lengthy nod to their experimental side, as if promising ever noisier pastures. I remember this one getting a lot of play when I first got it a couple years ago.

Style · 04.07.2007, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Style

I started off with daydream nation. looking back i think it was the perfect intro to sonic youth. It prepared me for rather ripped, as well as some of their more experimental efforts.

now thinking back, i think goo is a more fitting intro to sonic youth. it has some great songs on there, and i don't think there's anything on the album that too far "out there".

_slavo_ · 08.18.2008, 04:03 AM

sonic death? adventurous choice for a newbie!

ZEROpumpkins · 08.18.2008, 04:15 AM

EJSTNS

Death & the Maiden · 08.18.2008, 04:24 AM

I started with Daydream Nation without having heard anything like it before. So either that, Sister or EVOL.

08.18.2008, 04:39 AM

i would say DDN too. its the consense record. its their essence. if you dont like it you will probably dont get that much out of the rest

mil_pl · 08.18.2008, 05:04 AM

rather ripped.

Derek · 08.18.2008, 05:07 AM

Goo or Daydream Nation

Green_mind · 08.18.2008, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Nefeli

i gave a 12 yrs old boy, completly ignorant of sy, copies of sonic death, washing machine and 1000leaves. also talked to him a little bit about the band and internet/music. it was a very short talk, because i didnt want to overflood him with info, since also we didnt have a pc in front of us.

haha that'll corrupt his young tender mind or so some would have you to believe, probably enlighten him to new/old wonders.

I don't believe that heavy music and horror movies are capable of corrupting a childs mind, didn't effect me anyway.

uhler · 08.18.2008, 12:31 PM

bad moon rising

joe11121 · 02.21.2009, 07:30 PM

Depends what type of music the person already listens to. If they like early 90s grunge/alternative then Goo or Dirty. If they like really awesome experimental stuff then maybe an SYR or NYC Ghosts & Flowers, but overall either EVOL, Sister, or DDN are great starters. My first album was EJSTNS, which I still enjoy listening to.

Schizophrenia · 02.22.2009, 12:08 PM

I started with Dirty.
I guess Daydream Nation is a fine place to start... it shows what sonic youth are and is maybe their best. If DDN doesn't work, try on Sister (for peaceful souls, lol) or Goo / Dirty (for those who like to rockin').

ihateyouth · 02.22.2009, 01:10 PM

the EP

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dasx · 02.22.2009, 03:22 PM

Like many of you here have said, it depends what kind of music you are familiar to.

I started with Daydream Nation and now I have 26 SY records.

SonicBebs · 02.22.2009, 05:05 PM

i started with dirty, then went into sonic hibernation then got murray street

RanaldoNecro · 02.22.2009, 07:20 PM

Rather Ripped is quite accessible

03.30.2007, 01:14 PM	#81
Shipper Posts: n/a	My first was Experimental..... when I was 14, It was like, wow, music can be different and good at the same time. Also, Rather Ripped, IMO, is the best thing they've done in years.
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03.31.2007, 05:02 AM	#82
Dues little trouble girl Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 80	Keep it very very simple: Daydream Nation. If this "SY newbie" can't see as to why this album is anything but generic and virtually legendary, this character is never going to like Sonic Youth. __________________ The true test, after all, is to be like everyone else. Once that happens, he no longer has to question his singularity. He is free—not only of others, but of himself.
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03.31.2007, 05:57 AM	#83
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Dirty
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04.05.2007, 01:54 PM	#84
guitarpro 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 789	Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star __________________ A hundred dollars used to be more than enough and now a hundred times a day and still it's not enough
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04.07.2007, 01:12 PM	#85
clever name bad moon rising Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 111	Funny, this very topic came up at my friend's Passover gathering the other night. Somebody said Daydream Nation, I also heard Sonic Nurse (my first SY album), but I recommended Washing Machine to the initiate. Washing Machine has got a good grab bag of SY styles, from brash (Panty Lies) to tranquil (Saucerlike), and of course it closes with a lengthy nod to their experimental side, as if promising ever noisier pastures. I remember this one getting a lot of play when I first got it a couple years ago.
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08.18.2008, 04:03 AM	#87
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,907	sonic death? adventurous choice for a newbie! __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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08.18.2008, 04:15 AM	#88
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	EJSTNS __________________
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08.18.2008, 04:24 AM	#89
Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	I started with Daydream Nation without having heard anything like it before. So either that, Sister or EVOL. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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08.18.2008, 04:39 AM	#90
al shabbray Posts: n/a	i would say DDN too. its the consense record. its their essence. if you dont like it you will probably dont get that much out of the rest
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08.18.2008, 05:04 AM	#91
mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,467	rather ripped. __________________
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08.18.2008, 05:07 AM	#92
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Goo or Daydream Nation
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08.18.2008, 12:31 PM	#94
uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	bad moon rising
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02.21.2009, 07:30 PM	#95
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	Depends what type of music the person already listens to. If they like early 90s grunge/alternative then Goo or Dirty. If they like really awesome experimental stuff then maybe an SYR or NYC Ghosts & Flowers, but overall either EVOL, Sister, or DDN are great starters. My first album was EJSTNS, which I still enjoy listening to.
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02.22.2009, 12:08 PM	#96
Schizophrenia little trouble girl Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lisbon Posts: 76	I started with Dirty. I guess Daydream Nation is a fine place to start... it shows what sonic youth are and is maybe their best. If DDN doesn't work, try on Sister (for peaceful souls, lol) or Goo / Dirty (for those who like to rockin').
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02.22.2009, 01:10 PM	#97
ihateyouth children of satan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: in dreams Posts: 322	the EP : ) __________________
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02.22.2009, 03:22 PM	#98
dasx children of satan Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 307	Like many of you here have said, it depends what kind of music you are familiar to. I started with Daydream Nation and now I have 26 SY records. __________________ www.soundcloud.com/black-spy www.soundcloud.com/haikala
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02.22.2009, 05:05 PM	#99
SonicBebs expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,680	i started with dirty, then went into sonic hibernation then got murray street
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02.22.2009, 07:20 PM	#100
RanaldoNecro expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Eye Of The Squirrel Posts: 1,481	Rather Ripped is quite accessible __________________ He is not Alone
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