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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
It used to be Sonic Youth but that's gone now. I'll be downlaoding them all illegally 'cause there are more chances that they will be rubbish. I'd rather spend my money on other records.
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The thing for me with SY is that I stopped 'liking' what they were putting out a while ago - although Nurse and Rather Ripped were definite low points. Saying that, I'll keep buying their stuff, although from now on it'll be more out of an interest in how they see themselves at a given time. I think Rather Ripped is an awful album, but it sort of fascinates me nonetheless - in some ways more than those of theirs I like.
I have the same thing with Rolling Stones albums, which I always buy when they come out. A Different Light, for example, was never going to be a 'good' album, but what interests me is how they envisage themselves, and how they articulate that vision through their albums - however bad it may be. It's the exact same reason why I'm probably the only person in the world whose still vaguely excited about the eventual(?) release of Chinese Democracy.