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The problem with applying the logic of a football team with that of a band is that people don't usually support a football team because they think they're the best (although in the case of Man U that's admittedly debatable). My point is that when I got into Sonic youth I did so because I thought they were the greatest band I'd ever heard. I started supporting West Ham for very different reasons. I was brought up in that area and the fact that they were (and remain) a fairly average team was never a consideration in my choosing them as 'my' team.
I've given SY plenty of second chances over the years but I can honestly say that my interest in them now doesn't stretch much beyond that of curiosity. I'll buy the new album and I hope I like it. But I feel no actual loyalty towards them - as they should feel none towards me. I don't resent Sonic Youth for no longer making music I particularly like. After all my taste has changed just as their's has. I just don't think they're a particularly good band any more. Few bands are after more than 30 years.
They'll always remain an important band for me, but more for what they were doing in the 80s than for anything they've done since.
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