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Old 04.03.2006, 04:26 PM   #1
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How to explain who are Sonic Youth and what kind of music are they playing to someone who doesn't know much about indie rock or music in general? I usually use term „koolest band in the world“ but that doesn't say much about their music so when I start talking about their work, people get confused and still don't know wtf am I talking about. So how…?
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Old 04.04.2006, 09:00 AM   #2
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just tell them it is avant garde rock and let them figure it out!

give them sister, then Daydream nation, then washing machine, then if they don;t like it roll up a copy of experimental trash jet set boring and shove it up their asses!
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Old 04.04.2006, 09:02 AM   #3
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There's not much point explaining, in my experience (perhaps I just explain badly!), just play them something not too extreme and see if they bite.
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Old 04.04.2006, 09:08 AM   #4
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it is a very hard thing to try and do. i am always met with puzzled, confused looks when i try to explain it. usually people say something about not liking that sort of thing and it not being music and i let them trail off and get on with their boring lives.
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