Sonic Youth love songs

GeneticKiss · 12.20.2010, 12:35 AM

OK, I want to make a mix CD of love songs/songs that make me think of her for my girlfriend, and I really want to introduce her to Sonic Youth, but the 3 songs I have in mind (Sugar Kane, Cotton Crown, or Shadow of a Doubt) may not actually be love songs...I mean, they could be INTERPRETED as such, but I'd feel weird including a song on mix CD of love songs that isn't intended as a love song.

If I go with any of them, it'll probably be Sugar Kane, as it's the most accessible of the 3. She's fairly casual about listening to music; she doesn't have any real favorite artists and takes pretty much everybody on a song-by-song basis.

Chris Lawrence · 12.20.2010, 02:02 AM

why not...Genetic? different kind of love, I suppose.

TheMadcapLaughs · 12.20.2010, 02:35 AM

i love her all the time, hoarfrost, what we know

viewtiful alan redux · 12.20.2010, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMadcapLaughs

i love her all the time, hoarfrost, what we know

These are not the droids he's looking for.

Honestly Sugar Kane is probably your best bet... Sonic Youth are such a hard band to introduce people to, especially people who dont devotedly listen to music.

candymoan · 12.20.2010, 03:41 AM

wish fulfillment

you can't have love without a broken heart...

GeneticKiss · 12.20.2010, 04:16 AM

@ Chris Lawrence: Genetic is my personal anthem (especially the second verse), but the song itself seems more about being in love with someone in a relationship with someone else, so I don't think it's appropriate in this context.

@ Nefeli: PCH and Shaking Hell are about rape, which is the exact polar opposite of love. Karen Koltrane's an OK song, but it seems to be about a lost love, rather than a current love. According to Lee, we'll never know who Karen Koltrane was or is supposed to represent, but my guess is she is/was a former lover of his that he might still be involved with had she not died or gone insane from drugs...

greenlight · 12.20.2010, 05:12 AM

shadow of a doubt?

sonic youth love songs....what a name of thread! nice 1!

greenlight · 12.20.2010, 05:16 AM

oh yeah i forgot my personal favorite love song by SY and that is Green Light....it doesnt sound like a love song, but lyricaly? i think it is beautiful lyric.

nicfit · 12.20.2010, 05:32 AM

I love you, golden blue?

greenlight · 12.20.2010, 05:33 AM

Unmade Bed?

EVOLghost · 12.20.2010, 05:47 AM

PInk Steam.

EVOLghost · 12.20.2010, 06:02 AM

green light.

SonicBebs · 12.20.2010, 04:19 PM

snare girl.
hoarfroast

mil_pl · 12.20.2010, 05:13 PM

Tuck n Dar, I Love Her all the Time and I guess Superstar and also Incinerate.

krastian · 12.20.2010, 08:48 PM

Purr, ffs.

donnie · 12.20.2010, 09:52 PM

sweet shine

neptuneg · 12.21.2010, 12:15 AM

Also:

Diamond Sea,
Unwind,
Unmade Bed

Fairly romantic songs.

SonicBebs · 12.21.2010, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by donnie

sweet shine

yep!

easyrazors · 12.21.2010, 03:04 AM

I think Beauty Lies In The Eye is the most romantic song I have heard.

_slavo_ · 12.21.2010, 03:25 AM

Green Light is definitely the ultimate SY love song.

12.20.2010, 12:35 AM	#1
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	OK, I want to make a mix CD of love songs/songs that make me think of her for my girlfriend, and I really want to introduce her to Sonic Youth, but the 3 songs I have in mind (Sugar Kane, Cotton Crown, or Shadow of a Doubt) may not actually be love songs...I mean, they could be INTERPRETED as such, but I'd feel weird including a song on mix CD of love songs that isn't intended as a love song. If I go with any of them, it'll probably be Sugar Kane, as it's the most accessible of the 3. She's fairly casual about listening to music; she doesn't have any real favorite artists and takes pretty much everybody on a song-by-song basis. __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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Chris Lawrence Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: southwest canada Posts: 1,882	why not...Genetic? different kind of love, I suppose. __________________ http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang // original folk blues ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i'm the boy that can enjoy invisibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TheMadcapLaughs 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SF, CA Posts: 818	i love her all the time, hoarfrost, what we know
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candymoan the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: istanbul Posts: 855	wish fulfillment you can't have love without a broken heart... __________________ /* nothing here...
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12.20.2010, 04:16 AM	#6
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	@ Chris Lawrence: Genetic is my personal anthem (especially the second verse), but the song itself seems more about being in love with someone in a relationship with someone else, so I don't think it's appropriate in this context. @ Nefeli: PCH and Shaking Hell are about rape, which is the exact polar opposite of love. Karen Koltrane's an OK song, but it seems to be about a lost love, rather than a current love. According to Lee, we'll never know who Karen Koltrane was or is supposed to represent, but my guess is she is/was a former lover of his that he might still be involved with had she not died or gone insane from drugs... __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,131	shadow of a doubt? sonic youth love songs....what a name of thread! nice 1! __________________
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greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,131	oh yeah i forgot my personal favorite love song by SY and that is Green Light....it doesnt sound like a love song, but lyricaly? i think it is beautiful lyric. __________________
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	I love you, golden blue? __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,131	Unmade Bed? __________________
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EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	PInk Steam.
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EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	green light.
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SonicBebs expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,680	snare girl. hoarfroast __________________ https://soundcloud.com/lamstonite http://lamstonite.bandcamp.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lamstonite
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mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,460	Tuck n Dar, I Love Her all the Time and I guess Superstar and also Incinerate. __________________
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Purr, ffs. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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donnie little trouble girl Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: salt lake city Posts: 74	sweet shine
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12.21.2010, 12:15 AM	#17
neptuneg 100% Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NY Posts: 764	Also: Diamond Sea, Unwind, Unmade Bed Fairly romantic songs.
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12.21.2010, 03:04 AM	#19
easyrazors little trouble girl Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 81	I think Beauty Lies In The Eye is the most romantic song I have heard.
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	Green Light is definitely the ultimate SY love song. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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