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^^ yeah, pretty goddamn weird for a major label debut, even in the era when labels were willing to do anything for a dirty blonde dude in a sweater.
I don't listen to it much anymore, but there was a time when it was my favorite Beck album. I think it even had a resurgence a couple years ago. It's weird AF. Look at that cover... it's like the Eagles meets Metallica's Ride the Lightning. Unsettling image to be sure. Beck is a moment. Despite all the crap he's released, he signaled the beginning of the end of purely guitar/bass/drum-driven alternative. Everyone from Radiohead to Xiu Xiu to fuckin' MIA probably owes him a massive debt. |
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Oh hey look! Something not from 1991-1997 alt rock radio!
;) Love Kraftwerk, by the way. But who doesn't? Seriously. Does anyone here not love Kraftwerk? Like the Velvet Underground and Can, I kinda doubt that anyone who posts here and knows them doesn't love them. |
love them. I love CAN too. I really like VU, (not "love" because I get bored by some of their songs)
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I know YOU are not suggesting someone only talk about the same music all the time ;) |
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I appreciate them, but I don't like them, much less love them. The vast majority of their output either bores me or annoys me. But obviously I can appreciate their place in music history and there's some live footage I've almost been able to get into. |
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that's sort of me. Yeah. I feel like they are really interesting... to read about. But I've never really wanted to listen to one of their albums from beginning to end. I do love the Velvet Underground, though. Big big time. I like Can. So yeah. I think outside of SY, I don't think it's really a safe bet to say that everyone posting here agrees on anything. |
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This is what drew me to the board initially. This thread is beautiful. So many different genres...but the one thing that drew us all here was SY. |
Even so, I wonder how much each member loves SY. They almost always make my all-time top 5 if anyone ever asks me for my list, but I don't know if everyone else would rank them so highly.
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I 100% consider SY my favorite band. It's been that way for close to 20 years now. |
Damn. How often do you listen to them, though? Do you remember the last time you listened to an album?
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Since 1986 SY has been my favorite rock band. Recently I find myself very conflicted as to whether that is still the case or whether it is the Butthole Surfers. I listened to Evol on vinyl the other day and I turned it up so FUCKING LOUD!!!!!! |
I have been listening to early Chuck Berry records, eearly Little Richard records, early Bo Diddley records, and early Jerry Lee Lewis records.
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Funny. EVOL was the last one I listened to also. About a month ago. I think the volume was normal, however.
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fairly regularly. At least monthly. And if I listen to them it's always a full album. In the past few months I know I listened to Goo and Dirty in my car. Oh, Walls Have Ears as well. Actually come to think of it the Past & Present promo is in my car right now as we speak. Generally speaking, once a year - usually around Autumn - I'll seriously listen to every single album (including major EP's, official bootlegs, SYR's, etc) in chronological order over a period of a few months. I actually just finally got a hold of the Plato's Cave album they did w/ Mike Kelley too last week so I'll be listening to that soon as well. |
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Uh, Kanye? Kanye Kanye Kanye, Kendrick. Aphex Twin Kanye Kanye — DJ Koze Nirvana Kanye Kanye. Flaming Lips? Kanye! Unwound, Kanyendrick. Kendrickanyendrickanyephex. |
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Same. For about the same amount of time, really. Maybe, like, 17 years for me. Some other guy with a big mouth is my favorite *current* artist. But my favorite band of all time is Sonic Youth. No question. |
I only listen to SY once a month or so (at a guess) these days, but hats because I did them to death for a fucjibg decade and a half. I'm still blown away whenever I listen to BMR, Evol, Sister, Daydream Nation, Goo, Washing Mashine, ATL, Murray Street or Nurse. Just blown away. And those are just my favorites.
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Yeah it's 17, 18 yrs for me.
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#kanyendrickanyephex. ;) |
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