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i have listened to it 20+ times and it gets better each time.

murray street got less better each time....

and you know how I feel about the stooges albums. half great, half disposable garage ca ca

their personalities really come through on The Eternal. Quasi-religious Thurston, introspective Lee, daring Kim, and bad-ass Steve keeping it all together.

I have been disappointed by SY before, like all of you I am sure, but th Eternal doesn't disapoint me.

Maybe you need to see what's changd about the world. That always helps m when figuring out new SY records. I mean, noise has fallen away and now is a time of a folk resurgence (I don't really know what I am talking obout here...) SY n The Eternal is tight, focused, zany and fun.

wassup? \, I saw your pics on wayn or wayn ....I forget which one but I remember adding you cause you were cute! Hit me back on msn messenger sandra86feels@live.com so we can talk ttys

Eternal is a solid album, but probably my least favourite in a while. I liked Rapper Ripped for the catchy poppy melodies, Sonic Nurse for the intricate guitar work, Washing Machine and 1000 Leaves and NYC for the amazing experimentation. This one just seems to be a bit bland - perhaps the first album in their career where they are just resting??

bland? Murray street was fucking BLAND. the eternal ROCKS.

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

bland? Murray street was fucking BLAND. the eternal ROCKS.

I actually agree, Murray St was pretty bland, Nurse was far superior

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

i like murray street. it just, i dont know, has an "incomplete" vibe when i listen to it. the album feels like it should have been longer.

for real, could have prob used one more long track. But will Karenology, Radical Adults and Strawberry are rad.

I loved Murray Street a long time ago. I find a lot of it a bit bland now. Still has precisely 2 of my favorite SY songs ever ("Strawberry" and "Rain on Tin").

I LOVE The Eternal, it's my favourite LP of 2009 so far. But it's not as good as Sonic Nurse. That is a classic SYLP, make no mistake. It might end up beating Murray Street. Maybe. I fucking love it, mind (The Eternal & Battery Park LPs). Antenna is an ace tune, I can't wait to hear it live....

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to atsonicpark again.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Rob Instigator again.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to noisereductions again.

and..

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to swa(y) again.

"walkin blue"
i mean come on. such an unbelivable song, and WAY better than "rats."

best lee song since "karenology"

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Originally Posted by o'connor

ya know how alot of people on here hated rather ripped... well i think i hate the eternal even more. i personally liked rather ripped, but the eternal just seems like a great disappointment to me. it just doesn't sound like sonic youth to me, which i usually welcome, but the eternal just sounds, for lack of a better word, goofy to me. there's the obvious stooges influence on it, but it just comes off wrong to me. i dunno, i only like the lee and kim songs on it (and not all of teh kim songs either), but the thurston songs just sound horrible to me. i don't like the new singing style he's using. i really felt let down by this cd, i'd been looking forward to a new SY cd for a long time, and then i get it and it wasn't up to par in my opinion. oh well, i'm sure the next album will be killer (keeping my fingers crossed on that one though). i even pre-ordered it, and that live LP sounded like shit, it was all muddy. the cover was cool though. anybody wanna buy my copy of the live LP?

Nice to meet someone with ears. Its true, its the most stupid thing they ever did. I remember, when i first listened to sy and someone entered my room, i felt embaressed caus i knew he/she/it would be pertubed about the noise. Now i feel the same, but because of the stupid melodies - as if someone would see me dancing to Christina Aguilera. But i like to see how they enjoy playing it. And i DO like almost 1 Minute of Walkin Blue, 30 Seconds of Malibu Gas Stations, 10 Seconds of No Way - and some of Massage the History too.

i feel like i'm in a rep lockdown.

gonna put on some stunna shutter shades and sing a heavily auto-tuned song about it [via kanye]

I'm stunned... I mean other than daydream they don't really have an ablum that's genuinely great the whole way through, with no tracks you really wanto to skip.
Opinions are opinions but in this case, I think you're just wrong.

and the noise part in what we know is cool too.

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Originally Posted by viewtiful_alan

are you serious?

I know I'll catch hate, but DDN isn't even in my Top 10 SY albums dude. There's so many others that I think are so beyond perfection... namely the one in my avatar.

I meant after ddn. All the other albums after ddn have definite trash on them. They are all msotly great albums, just not without their trash. How is ddn not in your top ten?

It's just not. I don't know. I know I'm a minority, but I think DDN is (gasp) a bit over-rated in the SY cannon.

MURRAY STREET is easily in my Top 10 though. THE DESTROYED ROOM may be as well. Probably.

Just being straight up based on my own personal listening habits.

WEll destroyed room is a compilation, and while it doesn't really have any weak points, it just doesn't stack up as classic to me.
Yeah... I guess I didn't think about Murray Street. Murray Street is incredible, but I find the Eternal alot more enjoyable.