i thought we established its not a covers album?

I wonder if courtney love selected a track, does anybody know if Kim is friends with her? i was under the impression she was from an interview i watched.

Hm... since we all own the albums anyways, I don't see what the big fuss is about. It'd be one thing if the band picked the songs, but they didn't.
I'll pick this up for superstar and the unreleased song, since those are the only ones I don't have on cd.

no eric's trip? what the hell is the point of this stupid cd anyway?

just give me the new song

viewtiful_alan: they'll be COVERS! ! !

prove it.

That seems pretty unfounded....

do you think the new track will end up being a bonus track on the UK edition of their next album?

I'm sure Courtney didn't pick a track, and I don't think anybody is friends with her anymore at this point. Way back when she was on friendly terms with Sonic Youth, but she knew how to wear that mightily thin, and if you read the Lollapalooza '95 tour diaries, it's pretty clear they'd had it with her.

howdy,not too long ago,the wonderful MOSHE had a post on the board about starbucks giving up on music and cd's.so i'm posting here to ask if the "hits are for squares" cd will still be released..i recall hearing it was coming out in june..i went to the starbucks/hearmusic site and they have releases listed until june 10th...no sonic youth...if u type them in the search on starbucks nothing comes up either.if anyone knows i'd love to hear about it.i wrote starbucks when i first heard about the sy cd..and to my suprise they wrote back...but didn't have any info on the sonic youth cd...i might drop em a line again and see if they know now.....if they reply i'll let y'all know

The tracklist looks a bit strange to me.

That's definitely weird.

its silent about hits are for squares, and that its the one fact for now.

Now that would be ingenious marketing! If there was no album, and they just paid Sonic Youth to agree to say there was, and all 150 Sonic Youth fans globally who don't already go to Starbucks, but who really want a celebrity picked compilation, started going in there every day to see if it came in... Smells like some inevitable frapucino purchases!

to me this is a cd for serious noobs... i guess there's nothing wrong with that and i don't necessarily have a problem with it... one new track and a bunch of stuff from previous albums with celebrity choices and liner notes, not enough for me to go out of my way to go to starbucks (i prefer tim horton's anyway) and pick this up, and if its at a standard price for a cd? especially not worth it (again) for me... maybe if the new track was 30-40 minutes long...

so let me get this straight

Its a picture 'pop up' book where celebs have done pictorial interpretations of SY tracks? And they did it Live, and a recording of the sessions is going on the Starbucks site? Cool.

That's pretty much completely correct, yes.

you forgot "strawberry-flavored pop-up book".

wait! this will be the live version of sy songs?!

it will be a all cover album, each song interpreted by Scarlett Johnansen

in her husky, cock-throat voice

I can't wait for this record! The Diamond Sea will sound perfect with Dave Mustaine's growling vocals and Ian Anderson's flute.

Moby is doing Rain On Tin!!!

ironic or not, that cover sucks balls

that cover had to be chosen by starbucks wankers

wait so do we know anything about Slow Revolution yet?

it's kim voc on it.

ah cool thanks

Huh, except for that new song this album is pointless.

? ___

could smoebody tell me that:

hits are for squares are covers by the other artists
/
or they only piced up the songs that they like, and these will be grestest hits by sonic youth
?

it is NOT covers.

for fuck's sake, this is a greatest hits with songs picked up by various artists writing liner notes about what they think about the said songs starbucks picked up for them + a new song.
Now this has been said at least a thousand times.

so the celebs are singing along to the band?

er...

NO

it will be a cacophony of sonic youth's celebrity fans, each taking turns making Liv Tyler cum over and over again, while sonic youth tracks play in the background.

fuck fresh hit are for squares thread, write here :D:D:D

hafs now available http://www.hearmusic.com/#PRODUCT384

FLEA!

FRUSCIANTE!

Looks like there's a limited 2LP version of Hits Are For Squares getting released for Record Store Day 2010:


Asteriods Galaxy Tour - Fruit [LP]
Bird And The Bee - Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates [LP]
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball / The Ghost Of Tom Joad [10” vinyl]
Buddy Guy - A Man And The Blues [LP]
Cage The Elephant - Live at Grimey's [CD]
Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension/ Long Island B [7'' vinyl]
Coheed and Cambria - Guns Of Summer / Pearl Of The Stars (demo) [7'' picture disc]
Cypress Hill - Rise Up [2 LP] (includes CD)
Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds - Squirm / Lying In The Hands Of God [7'' vinyl]
Doc Watson - Doc Watson [LP]
Drive By Truckers - Your Woman Is A Living Thing [7'' vinyl]
Elvis Costello - Live At Hollywood High EP [7'' Vinyl] (3 unreleased tracks in numbered sleeve)
Elvis Presley - That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky [7'' vinyl] (repro of Sun Records debut, includes mp3 download card)
Fear Factory - 91 Demo [7'' vinyl] (Clear Vinyl) (** this release is not yet confirmed)
fun. - Aim and Ignite [LP] (Limited Edition Deluxe Embossed Metallic Gatefold Etched Picture Disc - Full CD Included)
Godsmack - Cryin' Like A Bitch! / Whiskey Hangover [7'' vinyl] (Orange Vinyl)
Gogol Bordello - We Comin' Rougher / Transcontinental Hustle [7'' vinyl] (Green Vinyl)
Goldfrapp - Head First [LP] (contains CD of album and exclusive poster)
Great Lake Swimmers - The Legion Sessions [CD]
Infected Mushroom - Killing Time Remix [LP]
Jacob Jazz Fred Odyssey - The Sensation of See [7'' vinyl]
Jakob Dylan/Courtyard Hounds - See You In The Spring / Everybody’s Hurting (feat. Neko Case) [Split 7'']
Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion [LP] (new 2010 release feats. Joss Stone)
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Clark University Worcester MA, 3/15/1968 [12'' colored vinyl]
Joan Baez - Joan Baez [LP]
John Fahey - The Yellow Princess [LP]
John Lennon - Singles Bag [3x7''] (LIMITED EDITION, in numbered Kraftpak envelope with custom plastic adapator, poster and postcards)
Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension / Long Island Blues [7'' vinyl]
Fela Kuti - Fela Kuti [10” vinyl EP]
La Roux - Bulletproof Live & Remixed [7'' Vinyl]
Lacuna Coil - Shallow LIVE: Acoustic At Criminal Records [7'' vinyl EP]
Let's Wrestle/The Love Language - Split 7'' [7'' vinyl]
Manchester Orchestra - Live at Park Ave [CD EP]
Mary Onettes, The - The Night Before The Funeral / The Benefits of Being Young [7'' vinyl]
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (Deluxe) [2 LP] (45RPM 180 Gram Vinyl)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain [LP]
MGMT - Siberian Breaks [12''] (Blue Marble Colored Vinyl with one etched side)
Mississippi John Hurt - Today [LP]
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica [2 LP] (re-issue of 2000 release)
Nirvana - Insesticide [LP] (Blue & White Colored Audiophile Vinyl)
Owl City - Fireflies / Vanilla Twilight [7'' vinyl] (Clear Vinyl)
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell [2 LP]
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven [2 LP]
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power [2 LP]
Passion Pit - Little Secrets [7'' vinyl] (Red Vinyl, includes remix by Felix Da Housecat)
Peter Gabriel / Stephin Merritt - The Book Of Love / Not One Of Us [7'' AA SIDE] (Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields)
Phoenix - Fences [12” single] (Pink Vinyl, includes remix, LIMITED TO 3500 pieces)
Plants & Animals - La La Land [LP]
Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer EP [10'' Picture Disc in numbered sleeve]
R.E.M. - Chronic Town EP [12'' Blue Vinyl in numbered sleeve of their debut release]
Rodriguez - Inner City Blues / I'm Gonna Live Till I Die [7'' vinyl] (Both tracks are live, limited hand-numbered gatefold jacket, LITA CD sampler, fanzine)
Royce Da 5'9'' - Street Hop [LP] (prod. by DJ Premier)
Sick Puppies - Live and Unplugged [CD EP]
Sex Pistols - The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle [2 LP] (LIMITED EDITION 180 Gram, 24 tracks, in Gatefold)
Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex [LP] (White Colored 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl)
Sonic Youth - EVOL [LP] (Pink Colored 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl, includes 'Bubblegum')
Sonic Youth - Hits Are For Squares [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl in numbered gatefold, 15 track collection plus one new exclusive song)
Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders - Red Light Fever [LP] (Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters)
Telekinesis - Dirty Thing [7'' vinyl]
Them Crooked Vultures - Mind Eraser, No Chaser [10'' Picture Disc]
TV On The Radio - Dear Science [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl, includes download card with bonus Hot Chip Remix)
Various Artists - B-Music: Bird Songs [10'']
Various Artists - B-Music: Radio Galaxia [LP]
Various Artists - RSD High School Battle Of The Bands [LP]
Velvet Underground - Live with Lou Reed Vol.1 [LP] (180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl)
Velvet Underground - Live with Lou Reed Vol.2 [LP] (180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl)
Weezer - Raditude Happy RSD [CD]
White Rabbits & Antlers - Live From Daytrotter [7'' vinyl]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons [7'' Vinyl]