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The first time I heard Sonic Youth was around 1995 when I found Experimental Jet Set Trash And No Star from my friend's record collection. I had heart about band and it made me curious. There was some parts I liked but the noisy stuff sounded too weird and I didn't like it. Something happened in my head though, 'cause Sonic Youth stayed in my mind and in fall 1998 when I moved to another city, I found Daydream Nation from library and that album blew my mind. Library's cd was in so bad condition I couldn't listen to whole album (Silver Rocket, Candle, Total Trash & Eric's Trip did not work well) but those songs I was able to listen to, were awesome! 'Cross the Breeze sounded the greatest song I had ever heard and The Wonder, what a song! I noticed the dissonance and it sounded weird, but I kinda liked it. I got addicted those strangely tuned guitars and after few years I had to find a different tune for my own guitar too (and re-learn to play it again). Sonic Youth is a perfect mix of punk attitude, avantgarde/jazz aestethics, poetry in lyrics and progressive songwriting.
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