Whatever happened to Sonic Youth?
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 5:38 pm
I curse the day they broke up.
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FormerLurker wrote:Nothing happened. They've always been horrible.
JGJR wrote:FormerLurker wrote:Nothing happened. They've always been horrible.
I have promised myself that I should be nicer to the deaf community, so I'll refrain from commenting here.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:I curse the day they broke up.
drew wrote:xxxMidgexxx wrote:I curse the day they broke up.
It was your fault and you know it!
patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
JGJR wrote:patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
I can honestly say that I don't dislike any of it from the SYR stuff to their most commercially accessible stuff and everything in between. I thought the run between Murray Street and The Eternal (especially the 1st 3 of those) was excellent, almost the equal of their best work (EVOL to Goo imo).
gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
I can honestly say that I don't dislike any of it from the SYR stuff to their most commercially accessible stuff and everything in between. I thought the run between Murray Street and The Eternal (especially the 1st 3 of those) was excellent, almost the equal of their best work (EVOL to Goo imo).
THIS. Those later albums are rad. They ended on a high note as well with "The Eternal" if that really ends up being their last.
lewdd wrote:gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
I can honestly say that I don't dislike any of it from the SYR stuff to their most commercially accessible stuff and everything in between. I thought the run between Murray Street and The Eternal (especially the 1st 3 of those) was excellent, almost the equal of their best work (EVOL to Goo imo).
THIS. Those later albums are rad. They ended on a high note as well with "The Eternal" if that really ends up being their last.
Don't worry, they will be headlining Riot Fest one of these years.
lewdd wrote:gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
I can honestly say that I don't dislike any of it from the SYR stuff to their most commercially accessible stuff and everything in between. I thought the run between Murray Street and The Eternal (especially the 1st 3 of those) was excellent, almost the equal of their best work (EVOL to Goo imo).
THIS. Those later albums are rad. They ended on a high note as well with "The Eternal" if that really ends up being their last.
Don't worry, they will be headlining Riot Fest one of these years.
JGJR wrote:lewdd wrote:gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
I can honestly say that I don't dislike any of it from the SYR stuff to their most commercially accessible stuff and everything in between. I thought the run between Murray Street and The Eternal (especially the 1st 3 of those) was excellent, almost the equal of their best work (EVOL to Goo imo).
THIS. Those later albums are rad. They ended on a high note as well with "The Eternal" if that really ends up being their last.
Don't worry, they will be headlining Riot Fest one of these years.
I think that's about as likely as the same Riot Fest having The Smiths, DKs with Jello, and The Jam as co-headliners. Then again, never say never, especially given the highly improbable reunions that have already happened.
SamDBL wrote:JGJR wrote:lewdd wrote:gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
I can honestly say that I don't dislike any of it from the SYR stuff to their most commercially accessible stuff and everything in between. I thought the run between Murray Street and The Eternal (especially the 1st 3 of those) was excellent, almost the equal of their best work (EVOL to Goo imo).
THIS. Those later albums are rad. They ended on a high note as well with "The Eternal" if that really ends up being their last.
Don't worry, they will be headlining Riot Fest one of these years.
I think that's about as likely as the same Riot Fest having The Smiths, DKs with Jello, and The Jam as co-headliners. Then again, never say never, especially given the highly improbable reunions that have already happened.
I keep waiting for the Smiths to be announced for Coachella. They have the unlimited funds to offer a band like that. They just need to catch them after they've all had a few bad years, financially.
jaybird wrote:Two or three good songs, tops.
SamDBL wrote:I keep waiting for the Smiths to be announced for Coachella. They have the unlimited funds to offer a band like that. They just need to catch them after they've all had a few bad years, financially.
JGJR wrote:SamDBL wrote:I keep waiting for the Smiths to be announced for Coachella. They have the unlimited funds to offer a band like that. They just need to catch them after they've all had a few bad years, financially.
Given that there have been some high-profile lawsuits surrounding their publishing catalog (specifically, with Mike Joyce suing Morrissey and Marr) that were settled in Moz's favor, I can't imagine that he or Marr would ever need to do it, though the other 2 members might. But w/out Moz and Marr... Also, given the sentiments towards The Smiths in Moz's book, I just don't see it happening. I've been wrong before, though.
lewdd wrote: As Ted DiBiase used to say, "Everybody has a price."
JGJR wrote:patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
I can honestly say that I don't dislike any of it from the SYR stuff
xxxMidgexxx wrote:JGJR wrote:patient_ot wrote:Can't tell if this is serious or not. If serious, it was likely to do with the drama surrounding Kim and Thurston's breakup.
RE: the band's music, I would say the best stuff they made was in the 80s, and after that things get pretty patchy. Some of the later stuff can be awful, IMHO.
I can honestly say that I don't dislike any of it from the SYR stuff
Those albums are a mixed bag for sure. I paid for the downloads but only listened to them a few times.
Pretty sure that Geffen allowed them to function as SYR on the agreement that they stayed away from the 'main' SY sound; whatever that might be.
JGJR wrote:xxxMidgexxx wrote:
It's actually quite remarkable that Geffen kept them around for as long as they did and basically let them do whatever they want. It's such a contrast from when majors would sign bands in the '80s and their sound completely got sanitized, etc.
patient_ot wrote:JGJR wrote:xxxMidgexxx wrote:
It's actually quite remarkable that Geffen kept them around for as long as they did and basically let them do whatever they want. It's such a contrast from when majors would sign bands in the '80s and their sound completely got sanitized, etc.
Yeah, but plenty of that was happening in the 90s still as well. With SY, the only 90s album I really like is Washing Machine. I thought Jet Set was godawful and nearly turned me off the band entirely.
I should revisit Goo and Dirty sometime, maybe my opinion will change on those.
I can't see myself ever liking Jet Set though. And by the time they hit Sonic Nurse or whatever it was, a lot of people were hyping the band again but it just sounded like a stale retread to me.
My 2 cents.
JGJR wrote:It's actually quite remarkable that Geffen kept them around for as long as they did and basically let them do whatever they want. It's such a contrast from when majors would sign bands in the '80s and their sound completely got sanitized, etc.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:patient_ot wrote:JGJR wrote:xxxMidgexxx wrote:
It's actually quite remarkable that Geffen kept them around for as long as they did and basically let them do whatever they want. It's such a contrast from when majors would sign bands in the '80s and their sound completely got sanitized, etc.
Yeah, but plenty of that was happening in the 90s still as well. With SY, the only 90s album I really like is Washing Machine. I thought Jet Set was godawful and nearly turned me off the band entirely.
I should revisit Goo and Dirty sometime, maybe my opinion will change on those.
I can't see myself ever liking Jet Set though. And by the time they hit Sonic Nurse or whatever it was, a lot of people were hyping the band again but it just sounded like a stale retread to me.
My 2 cents.
Jet Set is an abomination. Unlistenable. Tom Lyle is the only one I know that thinks its on course with their other material. 'Bull in the Heather' is an OK song. Not great. And it makes a terrible single.
I will never forget playing a show with Jawbox at UConn. J Robbins and I were discussing 'Jet Set' and we both agreed that we were starting to wonder if this was the tipping point and possibly the end of Sonic Youth being a great band. BUT we'd also agreed that when 'Diamond Sea' was released off of 'Washing Machine', we'd ran out to buy the new album and they'd made a fairly good comeback.
Even Sonic Youth hate 'Jet Set'. I don't remember where I'd heard that they don't even remember the names of the songs on that album.
But I do REALLY like or love all of the other albums from Washing Machine forward as well.JGJR wrote:It's actually quite remarkable that Geffen kept them around for as long as they did and basically let them do whatever they want. It's such a contrast from when majors would sign bands in the '80s and their sound completely got sanitized, etc.
They probably took the Firehose route in the sense that they didn't take big advances in recording...and wound up being a 'profitable band with street cred'.
And I saw them 4 years in a row at McCarren Park in Brooklyn. They were drawing THOUSANDS of people. 4? 5? Thousand. And the year they did the anniversary of 'Daydream Nation'. it was a HUGE HUGE epic event. Cookouts, beer, beachballs, etc...They were the new Grateful Dead.
JGJR wrote:It's actually quite remarkable that Geffen kept them around for as long as they did and basically let them do whatever they want. It's such a contrast from when majors would sign bands in the '80s and their sound completely got sanitized, etc.
the mean wrote:JGJR wrote:It's actually quite remarkable that Geffen kept them around for as long as they did and basically let them do whatever they want. It's such a contrast from when majors would sign bands in the '80s and their sound completely got sanitized, etc.
Sonic Youth was "cool." So even if they weren't making Geffen a ton of money, they helped bring other 90s alternative bands to Geffen.
gregpolard wrote:I know a few people who swear "Jet Set" is their favorite. Not me though. It's ok.
gregpolard wrote:the mean wrote:JGJR wrote:It's actually quite remarkable that Geffen kept them around for as long as they did and basically let them do whatever they want. It's such a contrast from when majors would sign bands in the '80s and their sound completely got sanitized, etc.
Sonic Youth was "cool." So even if they weren't making Geffen a ton of money, they helped bring other 90s alternative bands to Geffen.
They brought Nirvana. Case closed
At that point, Geffen owed them for life.
drew wrote:Sonic Youth were a big band that sold a lot of records. A couple of hundred-thousand albums from a working band is what a label wants. They def turned a profit on their deal with Geffen. David Bowie and Frank Zappa were similar types of major-label artists in the 70's IMO
There aren't that many Million-sellers out there.
lewdd wrote:JGJR wrote:SamDBL wrote:I keep waiting for the Smiths to be announced for Coachella. They have the unlimited funds to offer a band like that. They just need to catch them after they've all had a few bad years, financially.
Given that there have been some high-profile lawsuits surrounding their publishing catalog (specifically, with Mike Joyce suing Morrissey and Marr) that were settled in Moz's favor, I can't imagine that he or Marr would ever need to do it, though the other 2 members might. But w/out Moz and Marr... Also, given the sentiments towards The Smiths in Moz's book, I just don't see it happening. I've been wrong before, though.
I don't think a lot of people thought the Misfits would get back together either. As Ted DiBiase used to say, "Everybody has a price."