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Death & the Maiden 05.03.2008 05:19 AM
EVOL and Sister only have one Lee track each, yet they're still considered to be brilliant.

mil_pl 05.03.2008 06:00 AM
i hate lee songs. so for me it would be better as on ejstans with no lee song on album. thurston is the best sy singer. dot.

Torn Curtain 05.03.2008 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins
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Lee's tracks save A Thousand Leaves for me, he has two tracks, more than the usual 1 on later SY albums, but I still count ATL as one of the poorest.
Agreed, ATL is an alright album, though is massively overrated by fans.

Massively underrated rather...

Torn Curtain 05.03.2008 08:19 AM
To stick to the topic Thurston, Kim and Lee all have both great songs and poor ones. Lee is indeed the more consistent though.

HECKLER SPRAY 05.03.2008 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mil_pl
i hate lee songs. so for me it would be better as on ejstans with no lee song on album. thurston is the best sy singer. dot.
How can you say that ?
I hope you're kiddin'.
As Torn said, Lee is the most consistent IMO.

sarramkrop 05.03.2008 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here
Karen Revisited is also the longest track from the album I consider to be their masterpeice. And because Murray St has so few tracks it is a large proportion of the album. Conincidence? COINCIDENCE?!!

It's a toss between ''Karen Revisited'' and ''Sympathy For The Strawberry''.

I don't get ''Rain On Tin'' at all, I think it's one of SY's worst songs ever.

sarramkrop 05.03.2008 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain
To stick to the topic Thurston, Kim and Lee all have both great songs and poor ones. Lee is indeed the more consistent though.

Yes. And Kim sings the best SY songs too.

HECKLER SPRAY 05.03.2008 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
I don't get ''Rain On Tin'' at all, I think it's one of SY's worst songs ever.
Yeah, I don't like Thurston's voice on this song. Too much high.

This Is Not Here 05.03.2008 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
I don't get ''Rain On Tin'' at all, I think it's one of SY's worst songs ever.

It totally agree, how many words of lyrics does that song actually have?

sarramkrop 05.03.2008 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by HECKLER SPRAY
Yeah, I don't like Thurston's voice on this song. Too much high.

Good point about the voice. It's also the song in itself that sounds weak in a late-REM kind of way.

HECKLER SPRAY 05.03.2008 09:59 AM
Yeah, and the transitions suck.

This Is Not Here 05.03.2008 10:02 AM
i don't know what happened to thurston's voice in the early 00's, on NYC G+F (Free City Rhymes, Renegade Princess) his voice is really high aswell. Luckily it sunk down into lower frequencies for the last few albums.

sarramkrop 05.03.2008 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here
i don't know what happened to thurston's voice in the early 00's, on NYC G+F (Free City Rhymes, Renegade Princess) his voice is really high aswell. Luckily it sunk down into lower frequencies for the last few albums.

It's odd because I tend to prefer Lee Ranaldo's songs but I prefer Thurston Moore's voice to Ranaldo's. One of his best vocal performances, and where his voice is really something else, has to be ''Hits Of Sunshine''.

HECKLER SPRAY 05.03.2008 10:12 AM
Yeah, it's very soft on this song, I love it too. Like on Snare, girl.

sarramkrop 05.03.2008 10:13 AM
Lee's voice is at times a little too nasal for my liking.

batreleaser 05.03.2008 11:22 AM
i like thurstons voice the best as well, lee's lyrics are better.

HECKLER SPRAY 05.03.2008 11:27 AM
Agree.

every day it's just another breath
every night another little death
do you scratch and itch when your head feels tight
or wave it away and just stay out all night?
(Saucer-like)

tasteinmen 05.03.2008 02:01 PM
I don't like in the kingdom 19

SonicBebs 05.03.2008 02:05 PM
Rather Ripped was saved by Kim songs (Reena, Jams run free, Turquoise Boy) so maybe it's Kims songs that save the day. and we've allready proved that Lee kicks all your butts, so maybe they should sack Thurston?

Everyneurotic 05.03.2008 02:07 PM
you do know they work on the songs together, it's just who writes the lyrics the one who sings the song; right?


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