so, it was protooled ? is that confirm ? to be honest, rather ripped is ok, but the sound of it somehow doesn't satisfied me.

i saw Sonic Youth last night, for the first time in over ten years. it was a hell of a lot of fun. i got to watch Kim do cute little dances from the side of the stage. Steve Shelley is one hard-hitting drummer.

Sonic Youth are legends for good reason.

Not Crap

I bought the destroyed room: b-sides and rarities yesterday, which also is Not Crap. I like their more "experimental/noise" material, but I also like their more "mainstream" stuff as well. I need a copy of Sonic Death, does anyone know if it has been released on CD/vinyl? To my knowledge it's cassette only.

Glenn W. Turner wrote:Not Crap

I bought the destroyed room: b-sides and rarities yesterday, which also is Not Crap. I like their more "experimental/noise" material, but I also like their more "mainstream" stuff as well. I need a copy of Sonic Death, does anyone know if it has been released on CD/vinyl? To my knowledge it's cassette only.

it's out of print, you could probably find a rip of the rough trade CD that was out for a while, but 75% of the songs compiled on it are uncut and on the Sonic Youth EP reissue.

AAAAAAAARGH wrote:

Glenn W. Turner wrote:Not Crap

I bought the destroyed room: b-sides and rarities yesterday, which also is Not Crap. I like their more "experimental/noise" material, but I also like their more "mainstream" stuff as well. I need a copy of Sonic Death, does anyone know if it has been released on CD/vinyl? To my knowledge it's cassette only.

it's out of print, you could probably find a rip of the rough trade CD that was out for a while, but 75% of the songs compiled on it are uncut and on the Sonic Youth EP reissue.

Thanks!

I got a one-side 12 inch from them (1981) with Yamatsuka Eye, Mark Arm , and some folks from Youth Brigade , I guess.
It's not precisely "mainstream" , nevertheless it's one of the crappiest record I've heard.
Not crap for almost all their other stuff.

edit: I used to have Sonic Death , which was recorded live in France ,
and at some point , a girl screams : " j' en ai marre , cassez voouuuuuuus" .
That means : "I'm fed up , get the fuck off".

tommydski wrote:good contribution sir.

i was determined to hate 'rather ripped' but i just can't.
i swear it's pro-tooled to fuck and it's a goddamn overload of 'hot licks' etc. it's still getting a shitload of airtime. what is it about this band huh?

jazzmasters.

I abruptly stopped liking them at some point in the last 6 months. I own two of their records, which are good records but not to my taste. Don't really like their brand of NYC noise-pop. Give me Swell Maps any day.

Soulless/Contrived/Uninteresting. I won't tell someone to turn them off, but I'm not gonna put them on.

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atlgerm wrote:
NOT CRAP.

Even though playing "Rather Ripped" as practically your entire setlist is.

actually this is something i like about this band. i saw them in 2002 and they have performed all the songs from the murray street. if somebody had asked before the show if those songs should make about half of their set-list, i'd have said "fuck no". but they've perfomred those tunes with real... uh.. power. they fucking rocked live, and played an incredibly good gig (as i believe) because they were perforimg songs fresh to them. their gigs wouldn't be anywhere as good as they are with "the best of + 3 new ones" as set-lists, even if this is what people (myself included) want to hear.

I think I first started liking them after hearing Bedroom, awesome song.

Not Crap.

And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Suck so bad.