Sonic Youth: The Beatles of Our Generation - Page 2

Cantankerous · 03.09.2008, 08:49 PM

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You know I have never heard any Captain Beefheart songs.

shame on you

k-krack · 03.09.2008, 08:53 PM

No fucking way Thurston is McCartney. McCartney was such a pussy, he always wrote the boring songs. He'd be Lennon, for sure. Switch that, and the rest are fine.
I think for the influence on the group, Lee might even be Lennon, because he seems to be the more... weird, experimental and artsy kind of guy, you knwo what I mean?

Cantankerous · 03.09.2008, 08:58 PM

no, lee would be george harrison then
george harrison is the man behind within you without you

Lurker · 03.09.2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by k-krack

No fucking way Thurston is McCartney. McCartney was such a pussy, he always wrote the boring songs. He'd be Lennon, for sure. Switch that, and the rest are fine.
I think for the influence on the group, Lee might even be Lennon, because he seems to be the more... weird, experimental and artsy kind of guy, you knwo what I mean?

McCartney wrote the boring songs!? What about Helter Skelter!?

Jakebert · 03.09.2008, 09:22 PM

He got to the bottom of the slide.

Lurker · 03.09.2008, 10:53 PM

Haha yeah

Both bands named albums after the roads where their recording studios were
Abbey Road
Murray Street

ZEROpumpkins · 03.09.2008, 11:10 PM

I wouldn't agree. There were bands that sound like the Beatles, but I've never heard a band that sounds like Sonic Youth.

uhler · 03.09.2008, 11:24 PM

husker du is the beatles of our generation. even though they came from a generation before me, but whatever.

Style · 03.10.2008, 01:12 AM

Are we talking personalities or status? I feel that SY is underrated compared to the Beatles, so therefore they cannot be the Beatles of our generation.

pbradley · 03.10.2008, 01:40 AM

The Beatles went from catchy pop to experimental psychedelic stuff.

Sonic Youth began with nightmarish psychedelic stuff to catchy pop.

ZEROpumpkins · 03.10.2008, 02:48 AM

IMO Guided by Voices are the Beatles of our generation. Just listen to Game of Pricks - it even sounds like it was recorded in the '60's!

Rob Instigator · 03.10.2008, 09:24 AM

the beatles were a ROCK band people, just because our ears are suffused with insanity and harsh noise does not mean that the "gentle" sounds of the beatles rock are POP music.
pop is celine dion, people singing standards, people making disposable mass market msuic. adults HATED the beatles, they rocked fOR the YOUTH

SONIC YOUTH

sonic truth

I ahve always thought of sonic youth as my Beatles, opening up their fan's ears and letting them see a wide spectrum of musical language.

sonic youth and beatles are the two greatest musical influences in my sonic life.

Rob Instigator · 03.10.2008, 09:25 AM

the statemen t the beatles of our generation" has less to do with the sound of their music than with their influence and wide ranging compositions. dumbasses.

barnaclelapse · 03.10.2008, 09:28 AM

I keep meaning to get a Captain Beefheart record...

johnnywinternoshow · 03.10.2008, 10:37 AM

I always think Ween sound a lot like a modern Beatles

Lurker · 03.10.2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

the statemen t the beatles of our generation" has less to do with the sound of their music than with their influence and wide ranging compositions. dumbasses.

Yes! Thank you! And with your previous post too.

Rob Instigator · 03.10.2008, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

I wouldn't agree. There were bands that sound like the Beatles, but I've never heard a band that sounds like Sonic Youth.

polvo, early unwound, blonde redhead, etc?

LittlePuppetBoy · 03.10.2008, 03:58 PM

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The Beatles were really experimental for their day too.

You mean in comparison to Red Krayola, Velvet Underground, the Monks, Beefheart......?

Lurker · 03.10.2008, 04:29 PM

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You mean in comparison to Red Krayola, Velvet Underground, the Monks, Beefheart......?

You're saying that assuming that Sonic Youth are experimental for their day so the comparison is incorrect right? But Sonic Youth are hardly experimental in comparison to loads of other rock bands, and then there's all that Noise Music, and there's loads of Jazz that's a lot more experimental than Sonic Youth, and none of these genres compare to the experimentation done and still being done in the Classical world.

So I think the comparison is fair especially if you take into account Sonic Youths popularity compared to all those more experimental groups and The Beatles similar relative popularity. The beatles were way more experimental than a lot of stuff being produced at the time. No one else did so much for recording techniques. Revolution 9? Tomorrow Never Knows?

Lurker · 03.10.2008, 04:30 PM

Remember also the huge variety of the Beatles music compared to those other bands.

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Style stalker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Califronia Posts: 418	Are we talking personalities or status? I feel that SY is underrated compared to the Beatles, so therefore they cannot be the Beatles of our generation.
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	The Beatles went from catchy pop to experimental psychedelic stuff. Sonic Youth began with nightmarish psychedelic stuff to catchy pop.
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ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	IMO Guided by Voices are the Beatles of our generation. Just listen to Game of Pricks - it even sounds like it was recorded in the '60's! __________________
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	the beatles were a ROCK band people, just because our ears are suffused with insanity and harsh noise does not mean that the "gentle" sounds of the beatles rock are POP music. pop is celine dion, people singing standards, people making disposable mass market msuic. adults HATED the beatles, they rocked fOR the YOUTH SONIC YOUTH sonic truth I ahve always thought of sonic youth as my Beatles, opening up their fan's ears and letting them see a wide spectrum of musical language. sonic youth and beatles are the two greatest musical influences in my sonic life. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	the statemen t the beatles of our generation" has less to do with the sound of their music than with their influence and wide ranging compositions. dumbasses. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Remember also the huge variety of the Beatles music compared to those other bands.
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