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this really bugs me, every time i mention to someone i like sonic youth, it brings this kind of square conversation:
(ill be person A)
A "i really like sonic youth"
B "oh yeah, daydream nation is so good, sister as well"
A "well you know, im not really keen on early sonic youth, i prefer a thousand leaves, sonic nurse, NYC ghosts & flowers and their SY series.."
B "really? i havent heard any of those. are they good?"
A "well.. different, VERY different"
B "ok, ill check them out"
(it goes without saying, person B is never going to check them out, because for person B, sonic youth were a great noisy alternative rock band from the eighties, but sonic youth are not making music anymore, and they are simply irrelevant today)
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so if we divide SY career in
EARLY SY (up to 1990)
and
LATE SY (1998 onwards)
(intentionally leaving out period in the middle, to make this difference even more extreme)
i would really like to find out how many of you on this forum actually love SY for their late period, rather than the early days?
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