Sonic Youth on RAGE

[Rick]

It's no wonder I never got into their songs before, coz after having heard
their "rendition" (in BIG quotation marks) of Robert Palmer's Addicted To
Love, I felt like I was watching Red Faces all over again. I don't know how
anyone finds these no-hopers appealing, but I felt like crying out "Gong
'em, Red!" about twenty seconds into the song. She couldn't carry a note in
a wheelbarrow and (I suppose purposely) was out of sync with the original
lyrics. And before you fans of S.Y start flaming me and say "let's see if
you can do better" ... trust me, I can.

[Larry]

In article <40e6eab2@news.comindico.com.au>, Rick
<deNOBULLlorean@dodo.com.au> wrote:

> It's no wonder I never got into their songs before, coz after having heard
> their "rendition" (in BIG quotation marks) of Robert Palmer's Addicted To
> Love, I felt like I was watching Red Faces all over again. I don't know how
> anyone finds these no-hopers appealing, but I felt like crying out "Gong
> 'em, Red!" about twenty seconds into the song. She couldn't carry a note in
> a wheelbarrow and (I suppose purposely) was out of sync with the original
> lyrics. And before you fans of S.Y start flaming me and say "let's see if
> you can do better" ... trust me, I can.
>
>
No, that was Ciccone Youth :-)
And it was shitful, but you get that.

They have a fair amount of indulgent "experimental" material, but when
they get it it right they are awesome.

[TeeBee]

"Larry" <larry@none.com> wrote in message
news:040720040427032242%larry@none.com...
> In article <40e6eab2@news.comindico.com.au>, Rick
> <deNOBULLlorean@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>
> > It's no wonder I never got into their songs before, coz after having
heard
> > their "rendition" (in BIG quotation marks) of Robert Palmer's Addicted
To
> > Love, I felt like I was watching Red Faces all over again. I don't know
how
> > anyone finds these no-hopers appealing, but I felt like crying out "Gong
> > 'em, Red!" about twenty seconds into the song. She couldn't carry a
note in
> > a wheelbarrow and (I suppose purposely) was out of sync with the
original
> > lyrics. And before you fans of S.Y start flaming me and say "let's see
if
> > you can do better" ... trust me, I can.
> >
> >
> No, that was Ciccone Youth :-)
> And it was shitful, but you get that.
>
> They have a fair amount of indulgent "experimental" material, but when
> they get it it right they are awesome.

Agreed. I admit they are an acquired taste. (the palmer song I believe was a
tongue in cheek rendition and yes, complete shitful btw).

Took me a while to appreciate SY, but IMHO they are brilliant.

TeeBee


"Oh well, he's very popular Ed..........the
sporto's, the motorheads, geeks, sluts,
bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads....
they all adore him......they think he's a
righteous dude."

[Ian Galbraith]

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:27:03 +0930, Larry <larry@none.com> wrote:

>In article <40e6eab2@news.comindico.com.au>, Rick
><deNOBULLlorean@dodo.com.au> wrote:

>> It's no wonder I never got into their songs before, coz after having heard
>> their "rendition" (in BIG quotation marks) of Robert Palmer's Addicted To
>> Love, I felt like I was watching Red Faces all over again. I don't know how
>> anyone finds these no-hopers appealing, but I felt like crying out "Gong
>> 'em, Red!" about twenty seconds into the song. She couldn't carry a note in
>> a wheelbarrow and (I suppose purposely) was out of sync with the original
>> lyrics. And before you fans of S.Y start flaming me and say "let's see if
>> you can do better" ... trust me, I can.

>No, that was Ciccone Youth :-)
>And it was shitful, but you get that.

No I don't think he does, at least not the reasons why.

>They have a fair amount of indulgent "experimental" material, but when
>they get it it right they are awesome.

Yup in the early to mid 90s they were a great band, Daydream Nation in
particular is a masterpiece.