Sonic Youth Gossip - what do they mean to you?

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I was 13 or so when I discovered Sonic Youth... A battered copy of Goo appeared in my brother's bag when he unpacked after a trip to Spain, and I never looked back.
I think partly why I love them so much (beyond the fact that they are fucking awesome musically) is that at the time I discovered them I was pretty insecure, I didn't really know who I was and I was total confused about what was 'cool' and how people perceived me (I was a 13 ye old girl!). Then I listened to this music and no one I knew had really heard it or cared about it, and I couldn't pin point it anywhere, so listening to it didn't make me preppy, or a skater or a goth or any of those stupid labels that teenagers have. I loved the fact that Sonic Youth were actually a band that did what they wanted and didn't give a fuck, not just a band who said they did what they wanted... and I guess that kind of made me realise that being cool is just being yourself and happy with who you are.

And then everyone started to love me :D only kidding, I guess what I just said was corny and trite but I simply mean that SY taught me how to be myself a lot longer before I would've figured it out for myself.

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Originally Posted by lucyrulesok

I listened to this music and no one I knew had really heard it or cared about it, and I couldn't pin point it anywhere, so listening to it didn't make me preppy, or a skater or a goth or any of those stupid labels that teenagers have. I loved the fact that Sonic Youth were actually a band that did what they wanted and didn't give a fuck, not just a band who said they did what they wanted... .

I second that!

I felt the same way back in 1987!@

Do whatever you want.

wow~to me sonic youth always reminds me of driving around with my old best friend (who i am no longer friends with...:() blaring them & singing along...without any other care in the world...so i guess that means that sonic youth means a lot to me, besides just being one of my favorite bands...