How You Listen

Latham · 05.19.2009, 06:09 PM

How do you listen to music, specifically Sonic Youth? SY is one of the few bands that make me feel as if Im not really "appreciating" the music if there are any distractions (Radiohead and The National being the other two, off the top of my head.) Anyway, this means that most of the time I listen to SY I lie in bed and go all the way through an album. Is this silly?

summer · 05.19.2009, 06:11 PM

I typically listen to music with speakers or headphones and then the vibrations through the air travel all the way to my ears. I more often than not listen to music passively than actively, which is why music like Autechre kicks ass for when you're not doing much of anything important.

cagedbird · 05.19.2009, 07:53 PM

i treat sy (and maybe others, but i am pretty sy-centric) as i would classic literature. by that i mean that i let my imagination run rampant in order to interpret what they mean. just listened to "the eternal" twice and for most of it i was lying down letting my imagination develop images or theories that explain the lyrics and music...

atsonicpark · 05.19.2009, 09:22 PM

I've found that the best way to listen to music, for me, is while driving. When I sit and listen while lying down, I might feel asleep.. or might feel the urge to skip a track that sucks... my car's cd player is on the floor of my passenger seat because it won't fit in the part of the car it should fit into so I have to reach all the way down and over while driving to skip a track, which I don't do. Also, I drive an hour a day, most days, and most of it is country roads, so it's quiet and nice and there isn't a lot of distractions and ... right now, with the summer breeze ... it's great. Yeah.

[Sandbag] · 05.19.2009, 09:40 PM

with the dvds/home theather's audio system. 5 speakers well-located in my room and it feels like the bands playing there.

Better_Than_You · 05.19.2009, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I've found that the best way to listen to music, for me, is while driving.

same.

Dead-Air · 05.19.2009, 09:45 PM

The best way for me to listen to Sonic Youth is when they are standing right in front of me playing. However, since that doesn't happen all of the time, I also listen to recordings in any number of devices and at every possible location. Waiting for perfection gets to be a tad dull.

Death & the Maiden · 05.19.2009, 09:51 PM

Most of the new albums I buy are listened to for the first time when I'm in bed, so usually I fall asleep before an album ends.

EVOLghost · 05.19.2009, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I've found that the best way to listen to music, for me, is while driving. When I sit and listen while lying down, I might feel asleep.. or might feel the urge to skip a track that sucks... my car's cd player is on the floor of my passenger seat because it won't fit in the part of the car it should fit into so I have to reach all the way down and over while driving to skip a track, which I don't do. Also, I drive an hour a day, most days, and most of it is country roads, so it's quiet and nice and there isn't a lot of distractions and ... right now, with the summer breeze ... it's great. Yeah.

Yes listening to music while driving is my favorite! I hate driving with friends cause A. They're constantly switching songs and shit and B. They suck.

automatic bzooty · 05.19.2009, 10:53 PM

rockin' out stuff (dirty, goo, etc.) - hangin' out, walking somewhere, in the morning when i'm getting ready for the day and need a swift kick in the bzooty.

more experimental stuff - in bed, quiet time, relaxing.

though anything goes in the car.

EVOLghost · 05.19.2009, 11:25 PM

How do you pronounce bzooty.

summer · 05.19.2009, 11:46 PM

buh-zooty?
It's from a Beck song, Hollywood Freaks.

SonikJesus · 05.20.2009, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Also, I drive an hour a day, most days, and most of it is country roads, so it's quiet and nice and there isn't a lot of distractions and ... right now, with the summer breeze ... it's great. Yeah.

Wow, that sounds awesome. The biggest reason I go to work is just to listen to music while driving there.

LifeDistortion · 05.20.2009, 01:01 AM

The first time I listen to an album I listen to it on my discman, with my speakers either sitting up or lying down. I don't even use random to listen to music anymore. I use to think it was cool to put a CD on random just to see the order the songs would be played in. Anyways, after I've heard the CD for the first time on my discman, then I can put it in my DVD player and do other things while its playing like type on the computer or read a magazine. Sometimes I like to play certain CDs lying in bed, putting it on my DVD player with the surround sound speakers and the lights in my room turned off.

05.20.2009, 02:13 AM

With my ears.

diskaholic-anonymous · 05.20.2009, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

With my ears.

and my body.

afterthefact · 05.21.2009, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

it depends on the album....

the first EP, dirty, goo, even parts of sonic nurse/etc...the more "rocking" stuff, i love to listen to while driving around. or just when im chillin' about having a beer w/ friends/chatting/whatever....

a thousand leaves, NYCG+F, silver sessions, the syr stuff, etc etc...i not always, but typically enjoy more listening to during my alone time. just sitting back/relaxing/soakin' in all that sonic mayhem.

yeah.

im groggy.

same.

SonicBebs · 05.21.2009, 02:20 PM

i tend to listen to sy on headphones on the bus or walking around during my lunch break. I've had no joy breaking my friends in (one thought wilco was too noisey!) so it tends to be when i'm alone. which works best for me anyway, it let's my thoughts wander, or concentrate on the parts, depending on my mood.
sometimes when i'm cooking, which irritates my wife. although she does sing along to Murray Street these days

Derek · 05.21.2009, 02:45 PM

I usually listen with big headphones or just through any speaker possible aha. I find that most music bores me when it's my main focus so I'm usually just sitting online or playing videogames and such when I listen to music.

Danny Himself · 05.21.2009, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by summer

buh-zooty?
It's from a Beck song, Hollywood Freaks.

automatic bzooty
zero to tutti fruity
sex in the halls
niagra falls local shopping malls
receive anonymous calls
hot like a cheetah
neon mamacity
eat at tacoria
pop lockin beats from korea
lookin like jailbait
sellin lots of real estate
lookin like a hot date
bangin like an 808

05.19.2009, 06:09 PM	#1
Latham empty page Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 20	How do you listen to music, specifically Sonic Youth? SY is one of the few bands that make me feel as if Im not really "appreciating" the music if there are any distractions (Radiohead and The National being the other two, off the top of my head.) Anyway, this means that most of the time I listen to SY I lie in bed and go all the way through an album. Is this silly?
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05.19.2009, 06:11 PM	#2
summer stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 540	I typically listen to music with speakers or headphones and then the vibrations through the air travel all the way to my ears. I more often than not listen to music passively than actively, which is why music like Autechre kicks ass for when you're not doing much of anything important. __________________
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05.19.2009, 07:53 PM	#3
cagedbird the destroyed room Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mid-Manhattan Library Posts: 567	i treat sy (and maybe others, but i am pretty sy-centric) as i would classic literature. by that i mean that i let my imagination run rampant in order to interpret what they mean. just listened to "the eternal" twice and for most of it i was lying down letting my imagination develop images or theories that explain the lyrics and music...
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05.19.2009, 09:22 PM	#4
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I've found that the best way to listen to music, for me, is while driving. When I sit and listen while lying down, I might feel asleep.. or might feel the urge to skip a track that sucks... my car's cd player is on the floor of my passenger seat because it won't fit in the part of the car it should fit into so I have to reach all the way down and over while driving to skip a track, which I don't do. Also, I drive an hour a day, most days, and most of it is country roads, so it's quiet and nice and there isn't a lot of distractions and ... right now, with the summer breeze ... it's great. Yeah. __________________
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[Sandbag] 100% Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 820	with the dvds/home theather's audio system. 5 speakers well-located in my room and it feels like the bands playing there. __________________ My new facebook page for my new mainstream noise band
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Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	The best way for me to listen to Sonic Youth is when they are standing right in front of me playing. However, since that doesn't happen all of the time, I also listen to recordings in any number of devices and at every possible location. Waiting for perfection gets to be a tad dull. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	Most of the new albums I buy are listened to for the first time when I'm in bed, so usually I fall asleep before an album ends. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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05.19.2009, 10:53 PM	#10
automatic bzooty invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,859	rockin' out stuff (dirty, goo, etc.) - hangin' out, walking somewhere, in the morning when i'm getting ready for the day and need a swift kick in the bzooty. more experimental stuff - in bed, quiet time, relaxing. though anything goes in the car.
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05.19.2009, 11:25 PM	#11
EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	How do you pronounce bzooty.
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05.19.2009, 11:46 PM	#12
summer stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 540	buh-zooty? It's from a Beck song, Hollywood Freaks. __________________
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05.20.2009, 01:01 AM	#14
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	The first time I listen to an album I listen to it on my discman, with my speakers either sitting up or lying down. I don't even use random to listen to music anymore. I use to think it was cool to put a CD on random just to see the order the songs would be played in. Anyways, after I've heard the CD for the first time on my discman, then I can put it in my DVD player and do other things while its playing like type on the computer or read a magazine. Sometimes I like to play certain CDs lying in bed, putting it on my DVD player with the surround sound speakers and the lights in my room turned off.
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05.20.2009, 02:13 AM	#15
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	With my ears.
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05.21.2009, 02:20 PM	#18
SonicBebs expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,680	i tend to listen to sy on headphones on the bus or walking around during my lunch break. I've had no joy breaking my friends in (one thought wilco was too noisey!) so it tends to be when i'm alone. which works best for me anyway, it let's my thoughts wander, or concentrate on the parts, depending on my mood. sometimes when i'm cooking, which irritates my wife. although she does sing along to Murray Street these days
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05.21.2009, 02:45 PM	#19
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I usually listen with big headphones or just through any speaker possible aha. I find that most music bores me when it's my main focus so I'm usually just sitting online or playing videogames and such when I listen to music.
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