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Originally Posted by mysonichaircut
though i dont like the eternal, i dont agree with the author of that stupid article as well: in my eyes, politics SHOULD NOT find a way into sy music. Political statements in music always makes the music boring and embarassing. I feel embarassed by rockmusicians "fuck bush" or "stop the bomb". What a stupid critic: "sy dont have anything to say." Well, i hope they dont, since i want them to make music and not to write intellectual monologs for socialists.
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This is dumb, but so is what the Socialist website said. First of all, Sonic Youth has always been a political band. Did you even listen to one word on Dirty? And they've always been pro-feminism. But there's a difference between being political and having something to say and being retardedly blunt about it. Sonic Youth have generally been fairly artistic when they say what they have to say.
But the criticism on the lyrics being crappy is right on. The lyrics of "Sacred Trickster" are generally pretty shitty, and the obvious and stupid rhymes tossed off as "ironic" and "funny" are one of the things I can't stand about Sonic Youth. And anyway, I think Kim was trying to say some things, it's just that none of the things she was saying haven't been said before (by her no less).
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"Their best work, found on the albums Daydream Nation (1988), Goo (1990), and more recently on Murray Street (2002) and Rather Ripped (2006)"
ok....I can agree with the first three....but RR? come on.
EDIT: ps AND I enjoy RR....a little....bit best work? Doubt it.
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Yeah, I noticed that too. And I mean, anyone who doesn't consider at least one of their Pre-daydream nation albums to be great strikes me as pretty retarded. There are good reasons for any of them to be considered one of their best, but you should at least be able to understand that about ONE of them.