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Reactions to Goo these days seem mixed. Some really love it. Some pick out it's perceived failures. Others fault it's old-fashioned production.
As for me, I like it by virtue of its relation to Dirty. This relation is a revelation for someone who never saw it before.
Outside the super-fan commentary, Goo must seem a good representative album of Sonic Youth. It has the loose jams, the pop culture references and even the old-school hardcore throb of Mildred Pierce and others.
What can you say? I guess everyone has their personal reaons for loving it or finding it a clunker.
But I like the historical strand that runs through this thread. That's how I approach Goo, as a historical musical object. And lots of people commented on how it fits in the historical trajectory of Sonic Youth.
Maybe the amazement of seeing SY on a major has faded and we can see Goo as a bridge from the 80's to the 90's.
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