The Top 30 Sonic Youth Songs

jennthebenn · 04.13.2007, 10:22 AM

Yeah, it's my opinion, here at my blog: http://www.trapperjennmd.org.

I apologize for the morphing font, copy/paste fun will do that. If I thought
it fucked up the reading too much, I would have changed it, but it actually
reflects my current state quite well, as I have been typing it up since 1 in
the morning and am a solid hour late for work.

Hope you dig it, fan-to-fan, and of course supply your own lists of varying
number if you desire.

fluxequalsrad · 04.13.2007, 10:24 AM

this is cool! thanks

ahhaah you really like kim eh?

Everyneurotic · 04.13.2007, 10:31 AM

orange rolls, angel spit; i like this choice.

pantophobia · 04.13.2007, 10:34 AM

hold the phone mabel, are you asking greatest or favorite? i forgot to ask that, you know how i differentiate them

jennthebenn · 04.13.2007, 10:37 AM

favorite, my love.

jennthebenn · 04.13.2007, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fluxequalsrad

this is cool! thanks

ahhaah you really like kim eh?

it actually surprised me that she comprised half
of the list...not sure why, though.

pantophobia · 04.13.2007, 10:41 AM

whew, i figured so, my list would be a bit different if that were the case

a future topic of discussion indeed

Danny Himself · 04.13.2007, 10:42 AM

Thanks, interesting read. Nice to see EJSTNS getting the love it deserves.

pantophobia · 04.13.2007, 10:45 AM

and if any missed it, there are subtle youtube links to some of the songs listed, just scroll over the titles

fluxequalsrad · 04.13.2007, 10:47 AM

I loved the analysis of Sweet Shine, very cool... this stuff goes under my radar all the time.
:

"Cowboys are languishin'/Little girls are bees/Is it really a green stagecoach/Crawlin' up to me?"

Lines so memorable Thurston quoted them at the beginning of his Alabama Wildman book; in response to an interviewers query, he would claim to have chosen them for their quintessential Kim-ness. I think they made an impression worth regurgitating for a different reason. The cowboys are the boys in the band, in moments of relaxation, say pre- or post-concert. The buzzing girls are as close as any band on SY's level can get to "groupies". The green stagecoach--genius fucking use of Wild West imagery throughout; note also the "Marlboro belt buckle baby" line in the first verse--is jealousy, visiting the wife of the guitar hero.

PAULYBEE2656 · 04.13.2007, 11:04 AM

put number 1 at number 4 and we have agreement!!!!!

screamingskull · 04.13.2007, 11:09 AM

i can't even begin to think top 30 as that would be really hard, but my top five would be

1) Cotton Crown
2) Sweet Shine
3) Theresa's Sound World
4) Washing Machine
5) Candle

neptuneg · 04.13.2007, 11:34 AM

'cross the breeze is pretty much my #1. it gets fuzzy after that.

pantophobia · 04.13.2007, 12:13 PM

my full list is in the comments page on it, feel free to add on there

but i can't add some html tags for my top five so i will do it here

1. Schizophrenia
from Year Punk Broke, the quintessential version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz_bCyirfn8

2. The Diamond Sea
from Letterman, the most compressed bombastic version i have heard of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lb1bPQSNWk

3. Kool Thing
live in 2002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l6hpV4NrR0

4. Mote
live in 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enOQyECrQMY

5. Incinerate
Letterman again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytADXZFzwH8

krastian · 04.13.2007, 11:36 PM

Cool....I'll check it out in more detail a little later.

nomowish · 04.14.2007, 02:16 AM

"Star Power" is king as far as SY melodies go.

youthoftomorrow · 04.14.2007, 03:15 AM

Funny you should mention F. Scott Fitzgerald: there are two SY songs about The Great Gatsby (neither of which you included on your list, "I Love Her All The Time," and "Green Light").

Washing Machine · 04.14.2007, 07:25 AM

That was an amazingly written piece Jennthebenn! I really Liked the bit about I Love You Golden Blue. Thats kinda how I felt when I first heard it!

whorefrost · 04.14.2007, 01:42 PM

Whoa. Only had time to skim that but will need to revisit and study. Excellent analysis coupled with personal emotional interpretation. A+

fluxequalsrad · 04.14.2007, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by screamingskull

i can't even begin to think top 30 as that would be really hard, but my top five would be

1) Cotton Crown
2) Sweet Shine
3) Theresa's Sound World
4) Washing Machine
5) Candle

Yeah this sounds like my list... almost bang on, probably throw in a Murray Street track instead of Cotton Crown, I don't like tthe studio version so much.

Am I the only person who didn't notice Starfield Road was about butt sex?

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pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	and if any missed it, there are subtle youtube links to some of the songs listed, just scroll over the titles
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04.13.2007, 10:47 AM	#10
fluxequalsrad stalker Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 442	I loved the analysis of Sweet Shine, very cool... this stuff goes under my radar all the time. : "Cowboys are languishin'/Little girls are bees/Is it really a green stagecoach/Crawlin' up to me?" Lines so memorable Thurston quoted them at the beginning of his Alabama Wildman book; in response to an interviewers query, he would claim to have chosen them for their quintessential Kim-ness. I think they made an impression worth regurgitating for a different reason. The cowboys are the boys in the band, in moments of relaxation, say pre- or post-concert. The buzzing girls are as close as any band on SY's level can get to "groupies". The green stagecoach--genius fucking use of Wild West imagery throughout; note also the "Marlboro belt buckle baby" line in the first verse--is jealousy, visiting the wife of the guitar hero.
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	put number 1 at number 4 and we have agreement!!!!! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	i can't even begin to think top 30 as that would be really hard, but my top five would be 1) Cotton Crown 2) Sweet Shine 3) Theresa's Sound World 4) Washing Machine 5) Candle
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neptuneg 100% Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NY Posts: 764	'cross the breeze is pretty much my #1. it gets fuzzy after that.
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04.13.2007, 12:13 PM	#14
pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	my full list is in the comments page on it, feel free to add on there but i can't add some html tags for my top five so i will do it here 1. Schizophrenia from Year Punk Broke, the quintessential version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz_bCyirfn8 2. The Diamond Sea from Letterman, the most compressed bombastic version i have heard of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lb1bPQSNWk 3. Kool Thing live in 2002 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l6hpV4NrR0 4. Mote live in 2005 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enOQyECrQMY 5. Incinerate Letterman again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytADXZFzwH8
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Cool....I'll check it out in more detail a little later. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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nomowish children of satan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Miami Posts: 373	"Star Power" is king as far as SY melodies go.
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youthoftomorrow expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Idaho. Posts: 1,418	Funny you should mention F. Scott Fitzgerald: there are two SY songs about The Great Gatsby (neither of which you included on your list, "I Love Her All The Time," and "Green Light"). __________________ avalanche.
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Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	That was an amazingly written piece Jennthebenn! I really Liked the bit about I Love You Golden Blue. Thats kinda how I felt when I first heard it! __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,569	Whoa. Only had time to skim that but will need to revisit and study. Excellent analysis coupled with personal emotional interpretation. A+ __________________ hehehe
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