I think I am the youngest SY fan ..
 

I'm 14:/
I was 13 when I heard Kool Thing for the first time.. I didn't get them at first but now, they're my fave band...
It sucks to be called a hipster by people at school because your favorite bands are Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, The velvet underground etc..
I don't understand girls my age because most of them like Justin Bieber and One Direction -.-
I tried to get my best friend into SY but she was scared by them -.-
Am I the only one who is in this situation?

You're not alone....no one is...

Congratulations.
I don't understand girls my age either.

They're stupid autotuned boybands

The only way to not be called a hipster by yer friends is hanging out with other hipsters...

I'm from the nickelcrap/bieber/swag generation... People who have good music taste are REALLY hard to find.

Good luck with finding any here.

That's hot.

It always does my heart good to see young 'uns digging the Youth

I love that band so much! It makes me sad that I will never see them live:/

Don't worry. By the time you get through all the bootlegs and live videos, they will have reunited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Eternal.

And don't worry about stupid people at school. Tell them evollove says you're right and they're wrong. They will beat you up, but wouldn't you rather be right and have a broken nose than wrong and in good health?

I hope you're right and they'll reunite one day :)

People at my school are really bitchy but I never saw people fighting to be honest...

that's so fucking cool. you have a whole world of the Sonic Youth world ahead of you to discover. all the SYR's (in case you haven't heard them all yet), all the collaborations and side projects - hell yes, it's a huge world :)

i started with them when i was 19. now i'm 31.

+ Simon Werner a disparu (haven't heard it yet)

God I hate this "just because someone is NOT mainstream s/he is a hipster",
I feel sorry for ya man, but be a punk and stop giving shit about em..you're the real deal man.

* woman but thanks hehehh:)

defo


and stop listening to advice from people on the internet. especially this board, we're fuck ups

anyway, whats your favourite sy album?

i can never decide between Washing Machine, Murray Street or A Thousand Leaves. Or NYCGAF

actually its NYCGAF.
no Murray Street.
fuck

Ummm.. Goo even though I love Daydream Nation almost as much.

Welcome. Ignore the internet dickheads, post anything you wish.

I found Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, Joy Division, the Cure and Siouxsie And the Banshees in the age of fourteen. There were two other people in my home village who like them also (they were older than I), but all my schoolmates didn´t understand me at all. Sy came few years later. It´s very great you´ve found them!

Don´t be sad you´ve never seen them. I am almost forty and I haven´t also seen them (they were in Finland last time 2003, I really feel sad because I didn´t go to see them).