True.

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=3716

^ If that little game lasted and more board members contributed, that could have been a pretty accurate analysis of some of the tunes.

sarcasm detected. Anyway, yr right. Oh and you should replace "Tokyo Eye" with "Kool Thing." Or "Superstar."

catholic block
mote
small flowers crack concrete
lightning

In detail:
-Quest for the Cup (Man, this song has such a weird atmosphere, it really appeals to me though. I love the dissonance in this song too)
-Cinderella's Big Score (The break is wonderful. Really pumps me up!)
-Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit (I used to have "Dirty" ripped on my Xbox, so I listened to it constantly. This song is one of the few on the album that stuck in my head)
-Shaking Hell (Eerie lyrics. I'll shake off your flesh! Fuck!)
-Beauty Lies in the Eye (So soothing and energetic at the same time. A true hidden gem on "Sister".)

Some songs that just didn't make the list: Dripping Dream, The Burning Spear and Hey Joni. Oh, and Mildred Pierce. Kudos to anyone who mentioned it.

Very impressive. Was that info from polls?

wow. Really good. Very interesting. Really.

Um...

1. Swimsuit Issue
2. Bone
3. On The Strip
4. Saucer-Like
5. some track on 1000 Leaves that I forgot about that's really good. Have a hard time remembering that album.

I'm going to do this for real. Not "5 songs that I love that not everybody does as much" but 5 that I'd bet a lot of people that post here don't even know of. One exception to that off of Bad Moon Rising, but still obscure in the total canon.

Early American
Audience
I Am Right (Sacharine Trust cover!)
Ca Plane Pour Moi (Plastic Bertrand cover)
I'm Insane

I'm Insane
Rain King
Karen Koltrane
Free City Rhymes
I Dreamed I Dream

Rain King
Bone
I'm Insane
Eric's Trip
Stereo Sanctity

total trash
kill yr idols
stereo sanctity
diamond sea
rain on tin

Half of the songs mentioned in this thread are among my favorites

Overlooked as in forgetting how amazing they are and from personal account.

Terry's Carrot
Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope
My Arena
Broken Eye
That's All I Know Right Now

My Arena

I think New Hampshire is one of their "forgotten" gems; The guitar parts are beautiful and the melody is one of Thurston's best (I'd say Hits of Sunshine is in the same boat). Unfortunately (This is something that upsets me about Sonic Youth), a good chunk of their songs are forgotten about by the next record. I mean, Washing Machine for example has had how many songs be played live post the original tour for the album? Wasn't NYC Ghosts and Flowers (The song) voted the best SY song back in the day (Last played live late 2001)? Every record they do have great songs; Most of them though are left behind when it comes time for their next record. I realize this is fairly standard practice, but unfortunately I doubt they are one day going to all of a sudden start throwing more surprises in the sets.

Of course, there are exceptions to that. Songs from DDN, Sister, Evol, etc (Mainly their 80s run and some of their "hits") are consistently in the set lists.

~Jeremy~

Catholic Block
NYC Ghosts & Flowers
Female Mechanic on Duty
Theresa Sound World
I love You Golden Blue

Overlooked songs



GENETIC
Teresa's Sound World
Disappearer
Pattern Recognition
Macbeth

^ I;ll take Genetic.


to add to lee songs.

Skip tracer. took me like 2 years to realize this is probably one of Lee's best songs. I fuckin' love it.

skip tracer is a fucking awesome song. took me a few years to get it tooooo