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View Poll Results: Which SYR floats your boat the most?
SYR1 21 30.00%
SYR2 11 15.71%
SYR3 13 18.57%
SYR4 5 7.14%
SYR5 4 5.71%
SYR6 4 5.71%
Haven't heard them all so I can't say 12 17.14%
What the fuck is an SYR? 0 0%
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Old 03.22.2006, 10:25 AM   #1
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Ok this is my first poll ever...

Partly inspired by Hip Priest's marvelous poll usage and some chit chat about the SYR's.

Also as far as I know there hasn't been a poll about them before so this should be interesting.

Go for it.
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Old 03.22.2006, 10:30 AM   #2
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I say. You only let us choose one.
I like multiples. As far as getting my juices flowing, I've only fucked to 1-3.
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Old 03.22.2006, 10:35 AM   #3
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Thanks, toxic. I've had practice on the Fall forum though, so I'm an old hand really!

I think SYR6 is a stupendous piece od work. It's certainly equal to if npot better than the best improvised work by other artists. At times it feels almost scored, but I suspect this is because the group were performing along to a selection of Stan Brakhage films and therefore had something to guide them.

Marvellous.
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Old 03.22.2006, 10:39 AM   #4
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Anagrama is the best instrumental ever made by SY imo
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Old 03.22.2006, 10:48 AM   #5
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I haven't heard them all, but some of my favorite Sonic Youth songs are on SYR 5.
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Old 03.22.2006, 04:50 PM   #6
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haven't got a hold of syr6 yet. anyone care to review?
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Old 03.22.2006, 04:54 PM   #7
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Voted....1-3 are my favorite. SYR 6 is better than I expected it to be.
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Old 03.22.2006, 04:58 PM   #8
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I've only heard 1-4. So far SYR 1 is my favorite.
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Old 03.22.2006, 05:01 PM   #9
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I only have SYR4...not a fan. I want to try some of the other ones though. I'll probably get whatever one wins this poll...so vote wisely.
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Old 03.23.2006, 01:18 PM   #10
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Old 03.23.2006, 01:24 PM   #11
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GOD, i dont have any of the SYR series yet. ive thought about buying then a few times before but havent because they are so expensive everywhere.
guess ive gotta save up some money.
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Old 03.23.2006, 02:31 PM   #12
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I like SYR 1 the best.
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Old 03.23.2006, 02:48 PM   #13
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Old 03.23.2006, 02:56 PM   #14
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I've only got the first SYR so I can't be sure. Heard parts of all of them though. Maybe SYR5 because its more noisey, Kim's SYR I call it.
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Old 03.23.2006, 03:53 PM   #15
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Invito al Cielo is my favorite one...

I'd say:

1) SYR3: Invito al Cielo
2) SYR1: Anagrama
3) SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui
4) SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century
5) SYR5
6) SYR2: Slaapkamers met Slagroom

But they are all great (I gave them all 18/20 in my reviews)
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Old 03.23.2006, 04:37 PM   #16
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Anagrama is the best instrumental ever made by SY imo

thats deffinetly not true imo.
anagrama is one of sy's finest for sure but there are soooo many other good instrumentals - tremens for example on the same ep.
that tune makes me wet.
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Old 03.23.2006, 06:27 PM   #17
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SYR 1 the first one i heard and still my fav

(but ive only heard 1-3)
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Old 03.23.2006, 06:28 PM   #18
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Never heard them. I'd probably like them.
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Old 03.23.2006, 06:52 PM   #19
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the last time i was asked this on the old board, i chose syr3... now i don't know, i would have to listen to them again.
alas, the majority of my record collection - including all syrs but one - are far away from me at the moment... so i just cannot vote right now...

plus i still haven't managed to listen to syr6 because i could not find it in a shop... (and i don't want to order it, because i still assume i should be able to find it in a "real" record store)
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Old 03.24.2006, 12:35 PM   #20
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