EVOL appreciation thread - Page 3

lovesonicevol · 09.04.2006, 05:09 PM

It's easily one of my favorites.

finding nobody · 09.04.2006, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

you don't actually have to pull the arm up, you can just press the stop button.

still, you have to get up and make it stop

Nevermind · 11.21.2008, 09:48 PM

Star Power, Green Light, Shadow of a Doubt and Death to our Friends are probably my favorite EVOL songs at the moment.

cagedbird · 11.21.2008, 11:01 PM

Can we talk about the title? It is very literary. Everyone knows the backward/forward relationship = EVOL/LOVE. It is obviously a little subversive to spell a word backwards. But the fact is they did and the title we are given is not even a word. I unconsciously get screwed up by this fact. EVOL, EVOL, EVOL. Say it all you want it is still not a word. Maybe I am betraying my ignorance.

A certain high-school student was inspired unconsciously by this word to think of evolution.

P.S. Tony Oursler apparently made up the name for a film he had made. That's where Sonic Youth got it.

GeneticKiss · 11.22.2008, 12:56 AM

EVOL is LOVE backwards, but it could also mean evolution...this was, after all, SY's first album with Steve behind the kit, and I think he's a better drummer for them than Bob Bert or Jim Sclavunos. EVOLving towards a more cohesive sound, you know?

guitarpro · 12.16.2008, 03:52 PM

I give it 2 thumbs up.

greedrex · 12.16.2008, 04:01 PM

amazing
mindblowing

greedrex · 12.16.2008, 04:01 PM

amazing
mindblowing

joe11121 · 01.20.2009, 09:51 PM

Tom Violence - 8
Shadow of a Doubt - 10
Star Power - 9
In The Kindom #19 - 10
Green Light - 9
Death To Our Friends - 8
Secret Girl - 8
Marilyn Moore - 10
Expressway To Yr Skull - 9
Bubblegum - 9 -> i actually like bubblegum haha

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GravitySlips · 01.21.2009, 02:20 AM

tom violence - 10
shadow of a doubt - 10
star power - 8
in the kingdom - 10
green light - 9
death to our friends - 8
secret girl - 8
marilyn moore -10
expressway to yr skull - 10
bubblegum -3

ihateyouth · 01.21.2009, 06:44 AM

it's my favorite sonic LP
every song makes me feel something different; happiness, sadness, anxiety, self-destruction...
I don't think it's an album you can listen with friends at a party, but I like walking or cycling to it.

01.21.2009, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Lurker

I kinda agree with you kinda don't.

When I was in college I went through a period of coming home absolutely knackered, so I would always lie on my bed and listen to either this album or washing machine. As I lay there I would drift off into a kind of half sleep, very much helped by the outro of Expressway and then bubblegum would suddenly burst in and I would be shocked awake. That happened so many times, it's a great album to fall alseep to.

I burned myself a cd version without bubblegum for this exact reason.
too much near-heartattacks while falling asleep

pbradley · 01.21.2009, 06:56 AM

Though Daydream Nation was the first album I enjoyed by the Youth, I wasn't very receptive to the rest of the discography until I got Evol which lead the way to everything else. Because of that, I feel like I have a closer connection to Evol (as I'm sure many feel) to that of Daydream though I wouldn't suggest that the songs are quantitatively better.

"Shadow of a Doubt" is still one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[Sandbag] · 01.22.2009, 11:10 AM

since i find all of the songs above eight points in a 1-10 scale.. it'd be quite ridiculous to rate them in a 1-10 scale ;p

so i will just put them in order..

#1 Death To Our Friends
#2 Marilyn Moore
#3 Secret Girl
#4 Expressway To Yr Skull
#5 Star Power
#6 In The Kingdom #19
#7 Green Light
#8 Tom Violence
#9 Shadow Of A Doubt
#10 Bubblegum

er... when i listen to this album i always think of the same things... killing your parents. nightmares. smoking pot. satan. serial killers. domestic violence. woods. cementery. the movie 'flatliners'. halloween. powercuts. being a teenager. headaches. and 'the gloaming' or twilight.. the time when trees and things in general start turning into shadows.

hm
good stuff..

Kanamori Happy · 01.25.2009, 10:53 PM

Evol is a teeny bopper album. I loved it when I was in my late teens. Not so much the last time I listened to it. But it's a great record nonetheless.

Everyneurotic · 01.25.2009, 11:29 PM

"marilyn moore" makes me happy.

joe11121 · 01.25.2009, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [Sandbag]

#9 Shadow Of A Doubt

Why so low? I love this song!

[Sandbag] · 01.26.2009, 09:59 AM

yeh i love it too, but i like all of the above better... ;P

joe11121 · 01.31.2009, 01:30 AM

Oh hhahahaa.

joe11121 · 04.04.2009, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by joe11121

Tom Violence - 8
Shadow of a Doubt - 10
Star Power - 9
In The Kindom #19 - 10
Green Light - 9
Death To Our Friends - 8
Secret Girl - 8
Marilyn Moore - 10
Expressway To Yr Skull - 9
Bubblegum - 9 -> i actually like bubblegum haha

Re-listened, let me redo this...

Tom Violence - 9
Shadow of a Doubt - 10
Star Power - 8
In The Kindom #19 - 10
Green Light - 10
Death To Our Friends - 8
Secret Girl - 9
Marilyn Moore - 10
Expressway To Yr Skull - 10
Bubblegum - 4

09.04.2006, 05:09 PM	#41
lovesonicevol children of satan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Midwestern Pangs. Posts: 272	It's easily one of my favorites. __________________ I LEFT HOME FOR XPERIENCE CARVED 'SUK FOR HONESTY' ON MY CHEST
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11.21.2008, 09:48 PM	#43
Nevermind little trouble girl Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 64	Star Power, Green Light, Shadow of a Doubt and Death to our Friends are probably my favorite EVOL songs at the moment.
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11.21.2008, 11:01 PM	#44
cagedbird the destroyed room Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mid-Manhattan Library Posts: 567	Can we talk about the title? It is very literary. Everyone knows the backward/forward relationship = EVOL/LOVE. It is obviously a little subversive to spell a word backwards. But the fact is they did and the title we are given is not even a word. I unconsciously get screwed up by this fact. EVOL, EVOL, EVOL. Say it all you want it is still not a word. Maybe I am betraying my ignorance. A certain high-school student was inspired unconsciously by this word to think of evolution. P.S. Tony Oursler apparently made up the name for a film he had made. That's where Sonic Youth got it.
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11.22.2008, 12:56 AM	#45
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	EVOL is LOVE backwards, but it could also mean evolution...this was, after all, SY's first album with Steve behind the kit, and I think he's a better drummer for them than Bob Bert or Jim Sclavunos. EVOLving towards a more cohesive sound, you know? __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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12.16.2008, 03:52 PM	#46
guitarpro 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 789	I give it 2 thumbs up. __________________ A hundred dollars used to be more than enough and now a hundred times a day and still it's not enough
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12.16.2008, 04:01 PM	#47
greedrex invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in yr fotobukit Posts: 6,588	amazing mindblowing __________________ Greed Recordings bandcamp ~The Rex~, stalkin' yr shit since 2008.
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01.20.2009, 09:51 PM	#49
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	Tom Violence - 8 Shadow of a Doubt - 10 Star Power - 9 In The Kindom #19 - 10 Green Light - 9 Death To Our Friends - 8 Secret Girl - 8 Marilyn Moore - 10 Expressway To Yr Skull - 9 Bubblegum - 9 -> i actually like bubblegum haha __________________
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01.21.2009, 02:20 AM	#50
GravitySlips children of satan Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 373	tom violence - 10 shadow of a doubt - 10 star power - 8 in the kingdom - 10 green light - 9 death to our friends - 8 secret girl - 8 marilyn moore -10 expressway to yr skull - 10 bubblegum -3
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01.21.2009, 06:44 AM	#51
ihateyouth children of satan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: in dreams Posts: 322	it's my favorite sonic LP every song makes me feel something different; happiness, sadness, anxiety, self-destruction... I don't think it's an album you can listen with friends at a party, but I like walking or cycling to it. __________________
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01.21.2009, 06:56 AM	#53
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Though Daydream Nation was the first album I enjoyed by the Youth, I wasn't very receptive to the rest of the discography until I got Evol which lead the way to everything else. Because of that, I feel like I have a closer connection to Evol (as I'm sure many feel) to that of Daydream though I wouldn't suggest that the songs are quantitatively better. "Shadow of a Doubt" is still one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
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01.22.2009, 11:10 AM	#54
[Sandbag] 100% Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 820	since i find all of the songs above eight points in a 1-10 scale.. it'd be quite ridiculous to rate them in a 1-10 scale ;p so i will just put them in order.. #1 Death To Our Friends #2 Marilyn Moore #3 Secret Girl #4 Expressway To Yr Skull #5 Star Power #6 In The Kingdom #19 #7 Green Light #8 Tom Violence #9 Shadow Of A Doubt #10 Bubblegum er... when i listen to this album i always think of the same things... killing your parents. nightmares. smoking pot. satan. serial killers. domestic violence. woods. cementery. the movie 'flatliners'. halloween. powercuts. being a teenager. headaches. and 'the gloaming' or twilight.. the time when trees and things in general start turning into shadows. hm good stuff.. __________________ My new facebook page for my new mainstream noise band
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01.25.2009, 10:53 PM	#55
Kanamori Happy little trouble girl Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Rotselaar, Belgium Posts: 75	Evol is a teeny bopper album. I loved it when I was in my late teens. Not so much the last time I listened to it. But it's a great record nonetheless. __________________ mooi, mooier, moist
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01.25.2009, 11:29 PM	#56
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	"marilyn moore" makes me happy. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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01.26.2009, 09:59 AM	#58
[Sandbag] 100% Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 820	yeh i love it too, but i like all of the above better... ;P __________________ My new facebook page for my new mainstream noise band
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01.31.2009, 01:30 AM	#59
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	Oh hhahahaa.
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