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my favorite, together with Goo (yeah, I know). very interesting music wise with unusual riffs, the whole sounding of record. Becuz, Saucer Like, Washing Machine, No Queen Blues, Panty Lies, Skip Tracer, Diamond Sea are amazing. such a pity I haven't seen non of it live....
the fact that they didn't record it in NY has to do a lot with how the record turned out. |
It's a great record full of inventive, creative guitar lines and song structures...
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It has always been one of my least favorites, don't really know why though. Most songs are great and some, like Skip Tracer and The Diamond Sea, are fantastic. On the other hand I've always thought that some of the songs are rather annoying with annoying vocals and maybe that's why I haven't really liked the album as a whole.
It's been a while since I listened to the whole album though, maybe it's time to give it another go. |
I find that, here, among sonic youth loyalists, Washing Machine is OVERrated.
There are some good tunes,a nd diamond sea is KILLER BIZNASS but overall it is a hit or miss album, and not worthy of inclusion in top ten of sonic youth LP's. |
I agree completely with Rob Instigator.
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The only reason people like Diamond Sea is the little effect on the guitar going wah wah wah wah.
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Agreed, but Ive been trolling for a long time and its almost always an 8 or lower in peoples "score this albums" threads and nobody has it in their top three. Or at least, this was what it seemed like before I started this thread. Glad to see I'm not crazy in my total love for this album. |
I alwasy thought the beggining sounded like Martin Prince from the Simpsons going "owie, owie, owie, owie, owie"
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If it makes you any happier I love me some Confusion is Sex/Kill Yr Idols. And the debut LP. Oh, and Scriptures of the Golden Eternity. And I buy vinyl. So I hope this cheers you up. On another note, a shocking amount of America lives in rural areas where the only store is Wal Mart, or some similar shit. So, even though its not really hip and indie, people buy music from big, chain stores out of necessity. And I think that anyone who listens to ANY Sonic Youth at all is way cooler than pretty much 95% of all people. So don't be hating. |
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totally underrated. easily in my top three.
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I utterly adore it. I consider Washing Machine and A Thousand Leaves to be the last two truly great Sonic Youth albums. Both are very textured, lots of chiming and washed out soundscapes, achingly gorgeous. Whilst A Thousand Leaves is more beatific, Washing Machine has more of a sinister gleam. I imagine listening to it in a South American city at dusk. ATL I imagine listening to at the end of autumn on the outskirts of an elegant, stately city.
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It's a great record, it deserve all the overrating that it gets. Rob, remember: They Might Be Giants.
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meh.. everytime i hear 'overrated' or 'underrated' it sounds like people need to know what the general concensus is to form an opinion on what they like and how much they like it..
you can find one hundred people who consider something over rated and a hundred more who think its really really underrated. pure dust in the air..nothing to do with music.. we all know what we like..and washing machine rocks. :) :D |
it may rock, but it is still not top ten SY albums in my book. I think it gets discussed more than it deserves. the middle half of that LP lags a LOT.
sister evol bad moon rising confusion daydream nation sonic nurse eternal Dirty 1000 leaves self-titled goo all rank better than washing muchine. |
skip tracer rules though
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Skip Tracer is incredible, but I think Saucer-Like is one of the more overrated Lee songs out there, along with Genetic. Not to say it's bad; I don't know if Lee's capable of actually writing a clunker. =P
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it's been my fgavorite for the last ten years for sure. but i have others that come and go |
[quote=swa(y)]i find theres a lot of apparent "die-hard" sonic youth fans that have heard only the following albums:
sister goo dirty EJST+NS daydream nation nurse the eternal rather ripped. i know a lot of "fans" that have never heard BMR, CIS, EVOL, self titled, NYCG+F, yadda yadda yadda. most of these people always swear by washing machine, daydream, or dirty. EVOL one of my favorites! I'm looking at BMR sitting on my desk right now. I love that cover! |
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Nah, I'm not kidding. Personally I thought "Becuz" along with the other W.M. openers was pretty generic and half assed sounding, especially by SY standards. Not so much by sound and the mix with are pretty tasting but by the writting: du-nu, da-du-nu, da-du-nu, da-du-nu.... over and over. Felt kinda digressed and high-school band'ish. I have respect for them now, but just saying at the time, and first impression was oh boy..... I saw it as further getting away from their capabilities to write such deep and epic songs as they pulled off on Goo and Dirty. |
Washing Machine I think might be the most underrated SY record. It has some great songs on it, and while some records are much more consistent with songs, Washing Machine to me is their best sounding album production wise. I love it! I could listen to it all day because of just how great it sounds. Any record ever done there sounds wonderful.
Uhmmm.... Oh but no, the record is really strong. When I first got it I was disappointed, but over time it grew, to the point where it's one of my most listened to Sonic Youth records. ~Jeremy~ |
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The Eternal only gets discussed more because it's been out recently. How does A Thousand Leaves get more discussed than Washing Machine, or NYCGAF is beyond me. What are you going on about? |
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Yeah, going by iTunes, the Eternal is the most popular SY album.... this based off of sales I assume. Ya' know it's not their most successful album, but ya' gotta figure it's due to the accessibility of it (via iTunes) at the time of it's release, opposed to the old'en days when the older albums came out. In all though, I doubt it's sales have exceeded say, Dirty. I did notice that they put a decent marketing campaign behind the Eternal though.... which was good, and helped (like MySpace and iTunes ads)! |
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Sounds fucking No-Wave-ish to me, which I'd bet $100 is the point. A brilliant album that curiously contains the single worst song by any band ever played on any record. You know which one I mean. |
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junkie's promise? |
little trouble girl?
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You guys really think "Pantie Lies" (the answer; well, my answer) is better than "Junkie's" or "Little Trouble?"
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I enjoy panty lies like a mug
I enjoy little trouble more than I do washing machine the song I think the lyrics are stupid as fuck and suck the big turd. |
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yes. well i do anyway! |
I really love WM. It holds a special place in my heart because it was the first record in my vinyl collection. I bought it after hearing 'Unwind' on a free cassette in the NME. 'Unwind' is still one of my favourite SY songs. It's so bloody good!!
WM was the first CD I played in my new car recently. Sounded awesome :p |
this album is a riff monster.
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Well, I started listening to SY because I heard Washing Machine. At least it was one of the first albums I heard from them.
It is incredible, but there are a few boring tracks, but I mean, all albums got em. ;) btw, if anyone have a LP-version for sale, let me know! |
not in my book.
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Agree, it's a strong album all the way through, except that Kim one about underwear. |
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Plus the amazing otherworldly structure of the song. |
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