Sonic Youth show intensity

alexbush321 · 06.07.2006, 02:15 AM

well im going to my first SY show in Dallas this month and i know the shows gonna kick ass but do people just stand around and try to look cool or are thier people that are actually rockin out or is the whole house rockin out?? cause its no fun if u cant get into the music.

-alex

candymoan · 06.07.2006, 02:24 AM

i could only attend a SY gig once..
and it was a combination of the two..
we were in the front, and we rocked out..
people in the back had a more mellow attitude..

have fun alex..

marleypumpkin · 06.07.2006, 02:48 AM

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Very true. It depends on what is being played @ the moment. Most songs will be rockin' out, not giving a fuck about jump dancing. Then there will be the experimental parts where you just have to sit and observe everything that SY does on stage. Like when ending on "Expressway To Yr Skull". That was the last song they played @ my first SY show. & I just marveled at what I was witnessing.
Anyway, just do whatever comes natural.
Here's a pic of my first SY show...

dazedcola · 06.07.2006, 03:29 AM

hey thats a cool shot marley.

From my experience at an SY show in boston most people just stood there, not moving at all although there were the pockets of people that were jumping and reacting to the set.

silverfreepress (sdasher) · 06.07.2006, 03:51 AM

You can be reacting and interacting to live music without "jumping" around. To each their own but some people get lost in trance some boogie some sit.

krastian · 06.07.2006, 02:54 PM

I prefer to boogie.

Rob Instigator · 06.07.2006, 03:00 PM

if you see me I am ROCKIN, my body cannot stop moving to the sonic yout, myh eyes are closed most of the time. I fucking feel it frommy taint to my toes to my eyes to my ears.
most people at sonic youth shows are NOT moshing, they are standing there enjoying the sonic assualt and that is FINE!
when sonic youth go into skronk freakouts, which they do on nearly every song, the ears are there to listen, and it is not conducive for physically rocking out and shit.

I SWEAT at sonic youth shows!

FruitLoop · 06.07.2006, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by marleypumpkin

Very true. It depends on what is being played @ the moment. Most songs will be rockin' out, not giving a fuck about jump dancing. Then there will be the experimental parts where you just have to sit and observe everything that SY does on stage. Like when ending on "Expressway To Yr Skull". That was the last song they played @ my first SY show. & I just marveled at what I was witnessing.
Anyway, just do whatever comes natural.

Yeah, when I saw them on the Murray St. tour, there was a lot of crowdsurfing during Karenology, which I thought was weird

Magic Wheel Memory · 06.07.2006, 03:22 PM

I prefer to soak up the vibe without a whole lot of movement. Whatever movement I find myself doing, my feet still remain in place. Most of SY just doesn't feel like dance or mosh music to me.

sonic kid 51306 · 06.07.2006, 08:32 PM

how long do they play for?

top 40 squeeze · 06.07.2006, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by alexbush321

well im going to my first SY show in Dallas this month and i know the shows gonna kick ass but do people just stand around and try to look cool or are thier people that are actually rockin out or is the whole house rockin out?? cause its no fun if u cant get into the music.

-alex

I find it really depends on where you see them, what kind of venue, how old the people in audience, etc. Most of the times I've been to a Sonic Youth show there has been lots of standing w/ isolated pockets of movement. Never seen really obnoxious moshing, very light if any. I'm the kind of guy that wants to move but w/out slamming into people and shit, usually (although there was moshing when they played teenage riot which I enjoyed and was understandable if not a little contrived.) Every time I've seen them has been in New York, and there are a lot of boring, too-cool stare types in the audience usually. It really just depends.

val-holla-ing · 06.07.2006, 10:50 PM

when i saw them, kim danced something fierce, thurston jumped into the crowd and lee swung his guitar around while the crowd yelled "the old guy's gonna break it! rock and roll!" and "break it!!!". i think that was pretty intense.

i nodded my head and sang along.

krastian · 06.07.2006, 11:42 PM

I'm down. Drinks before hand? Pills?

HaydenAsche · 06.07.2006, 11:47 PM

I chilled in back and smoked cigarettes.

krastian · 06.07.2006, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Saturnine

how about a little of both.

Ahh-ite.

noisemachine · 06.08.2006, 01:02 AM

I go to shows nice and sober. That way I can remember them.

racehorse · 06.08.2006, 01:59 AM

i got scared a few weeks ago when booking tickets for paris...
it said there were "seats", and i thought it can't be a sit down show...
it's not, right?

trainyard bliss · 06.08.2006, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by FruitLoop

Yeah, when I saw them on the Murray St. tour, there was a lot of crowdsurfing during Karenology, which I thought was weird

holy shit . . . karenology as in both karen songs? how does that work exactly? that sounds amazing.

06.07.2006, 02:15 AM	#1
alexbush321 empty page Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6	well im going to my first SY show in Dallas this month and i know the shows gonna kick ass but do people just stand around and try to look cool or are thier people that are actually rockin out or is the whole house rockin out?? cause its no fun if u cant get into the music. -alex
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candymoan the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: istanbul Posts: 855	i could only attend a SY gig once.. and it was a combination of the two.. we were in the front, and we rocked out.. people in the back had a more mellow attitude.. have fun alex.. __________________ /* nothing here...
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06.07.2006, 02:48 AM	#3
marleypumpkin invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 3,193	^: Very true. It depends on what is being played @ the moment. Most songs will be rockin' out, not giving a fuck about jump dancing. Then there will be the experimental parts where you just have to sit and observe everything that SY does on stage. Like when ending on "Expressway To Yr Skull". That was the last song they played @ my first SY show. & I just marveled at what I was witnessing. Anyway, just do whatever comes natural. Here's a pic of my first SY show... __________________ "It takes 2 fingers to make the peace sign. Just like it takes 2 people to make love. When you go like this , you're jerking off." -George Carlin
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06.07.2006, 03:29 AM	#4
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	hey thats a cool shot marley. From my experience at an SY show in boston most people just stood there, not moving at all although there were the pockets of people that were jumping and reacting to the set. __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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06.07.2006, 03:51 AM	#5
silverfreepress (sdasher) the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 588	You can be reacting and interacting to live music without "jumping" around. To each their own but some people get lost in trance some boogie some sit.
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	I prefer to boogie. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	if you see me I am ROCKIN, my body cannot stop moving to the sonic yout, myh eyes are closed most of the time. I fucking feel it frommy taint to my toes to my eyes to my ears. most people at sonic youth shows are NOT moshing, they are standing there enjoying the sonic assualt and that is FINE! when sonic youth go into skronk freakouts, which they do on nearly every song, the ears are there to listen, and it is not conducive for physically rocking out and shit. I SWEAT at sonic youth shows! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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06.07.2006, 03:22 PM	#9
Magic Wheel Memory the end of the ugly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Nowhere, NJ Posts: 836	I prefer to soak up the vibe without a whole lot of movement. Whatever movement I find myself doing, my feet still remain in place. Most of SY just doesn't feel like dance or mosh music to me.
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sonic kid 51306 empty page Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 23	how long do they play for?
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val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	when i saw them, kim danced something fierce, thurston jumped into the crowd and lee swung his guitar around while the crowd yelled "the old guy's gonna break it! rock and roll!" and "break it!!!". i think that was pretty intense. i nodded my head and sang along. __________________ please do not misconstrue the previous statement as an invitation for same sex relations or as negative towards anyone of another sexuality. -cam'ron (formerly "no homo")
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	I'm down. Drinks before hand? Pills? __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I chilled in back and smoked cigarettes. __________________ rip
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noisemachine 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 651	I go to shows nice and sober. That way I can remember them. __________________ The best radio station ever: http://www.kcsb.org/?page_id=9
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06.08.2006, 01:59 AM	#17
racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	i got scared a few weeks ago when booking tickets for paris... it said there were "seats", and i thought it can't be a sit down show... it's not, right?
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