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Post by Chrille on Feb 4, 2006 16:47:46 GMT 1
started to listen to them when "dirty" came out. at the time it was a commercial record for them. it was produced by butch wig who just produced "nevermind". sonic youth's influence on mogwai is undeniable. you notice that on the fender jaguar guitars mogwai have and the sheer pure noise mogwai have produced throughout the years. sonic youth played on the atp festival 2000 when mogwai was the curators. did anyone see them then? i'm sure there's plenty of fans here who've seen a gig or two. please share your memories here. i bet rob and iain have seen them a couple of times.
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Post by iain egg on Feb 4, 2006 17:59:31 GMT 1
i have seen them a few times - never been an enormous fan. fave album would be sister i think. generally prefer them when they are doing their 'pop' stuff - the wierd stuff just leaves me cold i'm afraid. nothing in it imo.
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Post by noise is a friend on Feb 4, 2006 18:05:37 GMT 1
my 1st Sonic Youth record was Daydream Nation, which was a revelation I've got all SY albums before and since - even the avant-garde stuff -- haven't had the balls to go for too many of the side-projects and collaborations (too much time, not enough money) the band do like their modern composers and avant-garde jazz
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Post by noise is a friend on Feb 4, 2006 18:06:53 GMT 1
wasn't their 2000 ATP show completely improvised?
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Post by iain egg on Feb 4, 2006 18:11:24 GMT 1
and a screaming bag of shite
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Post by noise is a friend on Feb 5, 2006 10:58:02 GMT 1
I'm rather partial to their experimental stuff, when the mood takes me, although "Goodbye 20th Century" is tough going.
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Post by rob strong on Feb 5, 2006 14:26:59 GMT 1
wasn't their 2000 ATP show completely improvised? Their ATP 2000 show was dire. People were leaving in droves. I lasted about half an hour. I've seen them maybe four times? They've been uniformly boring to terrible. I quite like some of their early records, and obviously the likes of Daydream Nation. They have been rapidly heading up their own arses for years though, and the process was hastened by the arrival of Jim O'Rourke, surely the most narcissistic man in rock? I wonder if his departure will have any effect. I really don't understand how their stock remains so high.
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Post by noise is a friend on Feb 5, 2006 14:38:23 GMT 1
so an acquired taste these days, then -- I can understand that
Jim O'Rourke narcissistc? - not sure about that - I believe he can be difficult to work with, being a perfectionist etc. (I recall Main's Robert Hampson saying they almost came to blows when they were making the Indicate album). then again, I suppose it depends on the kind of Jim O'Rourke you prefer - the recent song-based records like "Eureka" and his work with Gastr Del Sol and Sonic Youth, or the vast amount of experimental music he's done
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Post by Chrille on Feb 5, 2006 16:05:17 GMT 1
thurston moore remixed blur's "essex dogs" (from the 'blur' album). it's weirder than the original version. what are your thoughts on thurston as a remixer? didn't he remix a mogwai song?
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Post by noise is a friend on Feb 5, 2006 16:16:48 GMT 1
I've only got their remix of Can's "Spoon", but haven't heard it in a long while. My guess it's nothing like the original. The SY version of the Simpsons theme tune is quite silly, too.
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Post by rob strong on Feb 5, 2006 19:40:16 GMT 1
so an acquired taste these days, then -- I can understand that Jim O'Rourke narcissistc? - not sure about that - I believe he can be difficult to work with, being a perfectionist etc. (I recall Main's Robert Hampson saying they almost came to blows when they were making the Indicate album). then again, I suppose it depends on the kind of Jim O'Rourke you prefer - the recent song-based records like "Eureka" and his work with Gastr Del Sol and Sonic Youth, or the vast amount of experimental music he's done He may have churned out music by the bucket-load for years, but I've yet to find any of it I'd want to listen to twice. The song-based records are over-clever to beyond the point of death (remember that band Plush on Domino? Same problem). Zero quality control. An all-too-common problem. And narcissistic? Did you read that interview with him in The Wire a couple of years back? Sounds like he knows the exact chemical composition of his own navel fluff. Twat.
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Post by noise is a friend on Feb 5, 2006 20:40:32 GMT 1
we'll agree to disagree, then horses for courses, and all that
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Post by megatron on Feb 6, 2006 22:49:40 GMT 1
I've seen them maybe four times? They've been uniformly boring to terrible. I quite like some of their early records, and obviously the likes of Daydream Nation. They have been rapidly heading up their own arses for years though, and the process was hastened by the arrival of Jim O'Rourke, surely the most narcissistic man in rock? I wonder if his departure will have any effect.
I really couldn't disagree more. I don't have all of the albums but grew up on Sister and Daydream Nation. I lost interest after Dirty, and then a friend started playing the last two albums to me - the ones with O'Rourke on, Murray Street and Sonic Nurse.
I think these two albums are as good as the band have ever created. They meander like Daydream Nation - this is not an insult - and have a pop sensibility like Sugar Kane, both are wonderful but Murray Street really, really stands out. I saw them tour Sonic Nurse also, and had a thoroughly enjoyable and fun evening. I was very disappointed to hear that O'Rourke had left.
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Post by Chrille on Jun 29, 2007 22:50:48 GMT 1
Sonic Youth set to release compilation via Starbucks
Indie legends are coming to the coffee-drinking masses
Sonic Youth are readying a compilation album, which will be sold at Starbucks coffee shops across the US.
Speaking to Pitchfork recently, Thurston Moore revealed that plans were afoot to record a new song for the release, and recently confirmed the news to Billboard.
The album entitled 'Hits Are For Squares' will be sold early 2008 in just eight US cities, and will be available online at hearmusic.com.
The release will be made up of songs chosen by celebrity fans of Sonic Youth including Dave Eggers and actresses Chloe Sevigny and Michelle Williams. They will also contribute to the sleeve notes on the album, explaining their choice of song.
Speaking to Billboard, Moore defended the band's decision to release the album through Starbucks/Universal saying:
"I guess, for some, Sonic Youth represents something that they don't really equate with Starbucks. But I kind of like the absurdity of it. Sonic Youth has always, in a way, made itself available to the super mainstream."
nme.com
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