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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
I must be the only one that saw o'rourke as DILUTING the sonic youth "sound".
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I always had mixed feelings about his involvement, so I kind of get what you mean. I loved (and still love)
SYR 3. But
NYCG&F and
Murray Street never did that much for me, and those were two consecutive albums, so I was starting to get down about their sound at that time. Some of the laptop stuff on
NYCG&F rubbed me wrong, and I especially didn't like seeing it on stage. (He did have the laptop on stage, didn't he?)
But then
Sonic Nurse kicked some serious ass, and I peed right next to Jim at a Maxwell's show, so that was all good.
When he left, I was glad. Overall, I think his involvement was good, and it added a unique chapter to SY's history, but I'm glad it was just a short phase.
I never realized until reading the post above (or maybe I forgot) that he had anything to do with
A Thousand Leaves, which is a great record. If he had significant influence on that record, then that's another plus.