Nee Lewman
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You act like I care... lol
The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)
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Nee Lewman
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Now I am thinking of the missed opportunity for a much better version of prophets of rage.
TenderLovingKiller®
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You a Simpsons guy? That Homerpalooza episode is one of my faves.
avecigrec
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A true classic.
Whiteout75
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A one/two punch with two of my favorite albums! Haven't listen to either Marquee Moon or Daydream Nation in quite a while though, so it will be interesting to see if they're still the solid 5s I remembered.
Nee Lewman
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not really, I haven't seen an episode in ages.
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Not only did Neil book Sonic Youth and Social Distortion to open on his 1991 'Ragged Glory' tour, he looked after them like that really weird yet cool as fuck uncle...
TenderLovingKiller®
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Right, Neil gets attached to Pearl Jam a lot (for obvious reasons) but I always felt like while NY’s music was very influential on PJ, he seemed more of a kindred spirit with Sonic Youth.
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Agreed. I feel Neil was trying to elevate the music of Pearl Jam. He was trying to promote the music of Sonic Youth.
I saw that '91 tour and it was one of the most glorious nights of my life.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Yeah, I can’t believe theyre still making new episodes. I don’t watch the newer episodes very often but those first 12 season I’ve seen dozens and dozens of times.
Whiteout75
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I discovered Sonic Youth by accident when I was like 15 years old and mostly listened to metal and some punk. I friend of mine taped a Metallica bootleg on a C90, and on the b-side he had taped over "Goo" by Sonic Youth (he didn't like it), so when the Metallica boot ended about fifteen minutes into side B on the tape, this weird noise appeared (as it turned out, the second half of "Mote"). I hated it at first and just turned off the tape and then rewinded side A again. But after a while I just let the tape roll and I kinda started to dig the following songs. Shortly after this, Nirvana exploded with "Teen Spirit" and I remember finally picking up (the complete) Goo on CD on the same day I also bought Nevermind. So they're a gateway band for me, in that they opened up my taste in new directions. I do have a weak spot for their early 90s albums, but Daydream Nation is probably still their most accomplished effort. A friend of mine once said that Sonic Youth ain't that different to a band like AC/DC or Rolling Stones, in that they have a formula that they follow through on every album, and while I'm not really that sure I agree with her, I guess this is the album where they perfected that formula. Still a solid 5 stars!
I discovered Marquee Moon a couple of years later when I read about it in a music magazine that wrote it up as this huge influence on 90s alternative rock. I bought it on CD and was blown away by it. Listening to it today was just as rewarding as when I first heard it. This is a timeless classic, and an album that continues to shape how rock music sounds. Score: 5 stars.
I discovered Marquee Moon a couple of years later when I read about it in a music magazine that wrote it up as this huge influence on 90s alternative rock. I bought it on CD and was blown away by it. Listening to it today was just as rewarding as when I first heard it. This is a timeless classic, and an album that continues to shape how rock music sounds. Score: 5 stars.
jt4527
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4/11/23
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Allmusic Review:
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth | Album | AllMusic
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth released in 1988. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.www.allmusic.com
RIYL:
Not as good as Sister.
4 / 5 stars.
avecigrec
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4/11/23
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Allmusic Review:
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth | Album | AllMusic
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth released in 1988. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
RIYL:
Really digging this so far, and it fits in very well after a morning full of Sun Ra and King Crimson.
"The Sprawl" is my favourite of the first three so far.
Joe Mac
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I like sonic youth and I appreciate what they did but lots of their stuff doesn’t so much leave me cold as much as I don’t really feel the need to listen to it all that often
This album is the exception. Could listen to it on a loop. Sprawling magnificent masterpiece.
4/5
This album is the exception. Could listen to it on a loop. Sprawling magnificent masterpiece.
4/5
Hemotep
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4/11/23
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Allmusic Review:
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth | Album | AllMusic
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth released in 1988. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
RIYL:
Been a few years since I listened to this one too. Nothing I've ever disliked from the band, just seem to be one I go on hard kicks with for a while then don't listen to for a couple years. Rinse and repeat. I'm about due and this might kick it off for me again. 4/5
avecigrec
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Gonna throw another 4/5 into the pool.
I *think* that was my first time listening to a full Sonic Youth album, but I'm not 100% certain. Either way, I really dug that and can see myself digging in further, finally. Upon completion "The Sprawl" is still my favourite song on the album
WhiteDahlias
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I haven't gotten a chance to listen yet today but I have this one on vinyl so I'll spin it later tonight. This is probably my favorite Sonic Youth album (although it's also the one I'm most familiar with).
Theboyandantb
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It is very undefinable and “all over the place”. It gets lumped in with punk but it isn’t that. Marquee Moon is arranged and structured like classical music, a symphony, with that famous crescendo at 8:42 when it goes from the amps might blow to birds tweeting. Television is so just itself that there are no labels for it and I think that’s why it has never dated. Tom sometimes takes on characters and one of his favorite is a southern accent, he liked Glen Campbell and Johnny Cash so a touch of twang isn’t far off base either.
Theboyandantb
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Even Nels Cline who wrote a huge tribute to Tom Verlaine and Marquee Moon said he heard it many times and one day it “stopped me in my tracks”. It’s complicated and Marquee Moon is long, it’s not catchy and every time you hear it it sounds new again. That’s its beauty and the reason it sounds forever modern but also its problem. I think of it like something like Pappy Van Winkle bourbon or great espresso. It’s great but it might take a while to get it. Verlaine’s voice especially takes some getting used to but like Dylan it couldn’t be anything different, it’s very expressive almost like an actor and so out of time. It’s the complete package, lyrics that stand alone as poetry with deep but elusive meaning, song writing around them, songs just not like anyone else’s, each member doing exactly what they are supposed to, great bass and drums and among the best guitar duos in history, arranging that makes it feel like not one extra note, singing that is like no one yet has influenced generations, perfectly planned but spontaneous- Marquee Moon was recorded in one take. So it’s still possible that one day it will hit you. To listen to 1 famous instrumental minute try Marquee Moon’s 7:50-8:50. at 8:42 it has built to a crescendo that feels like it’s about to blow up and then it breaks and sounds like falling fireworks or birds singing, Tom V’s guitar.