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Originally Posted by Genteel Death
Because the songs sound weak, songwriting on the album isn't what they got me used to up to Murray St., and sonically it's the most conventional Sonic Youth album that I can think of, and one that I would never remotely think of playing to someone who doesn't know who they are if I were to show them what they're capable of and why they got the reputation they have as a band. Also, together with Sonic Nurse this record has some of the weakest vocal deliveries by T. Moore. Lyrics range from ok (Reena, Rats) to plain awful (Do You Believe in Rapture). To me it seems that you're the one who's feeling more than a little insecure about your taste in SY albums to the extent you assume all their fans dislike it because that's the right thing to do, which made me wonder if you actually like it that much yourself and have a penchant for being a contrarian. After all, guess what, on these two threads you're presenting wishy-washy explanations as to why I should love this record as much as you do. Clear proof of that is that you're failing to accept the fact that some people simply dislike this record and you feel interfered
with by that. It's ok, relax, nobody is going to burn down your house if you enjoy RR.
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Thanx for your answer, now I know you donīt follow the mass.
About my method of music, I try not analyse it much. The feelings I get the music is the most important. Somehow I like the most extremely beatiful and also raw and odd feelings music bring to me.
There is no insecure about my taste of Sonic Albums. I have listened SY about twenty years. I love every Sonic album, although I was disappointed to experimental and NYC ghosts at first. I loved and listened Rather Ripped many years before I even joined this forum. And of course, nobody have to like RR if they just doesnīt like it. I just have been wondering why so many people hate it. There are many albums I donīt like, but I donīt hate them. And even the four years after that record there are still quite many who wants to mention now and then, how lousy record it is. To me itīs quite same what Sonic Youth does, if they want to make a Rock`aībilly-album, itīs ok to me. Maybe they donīt succeed in that, maybe they do. I think many people thinks that Sonic Youth betrayed them when they made RR. And if some artist is so important to them, I suggest that they have to look in the mirror very carefully.