tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2407033726909571110.post6674438011379481678..comments2009-01-04T18:34:12.545+05:30Comments on Music Is My Eiderdown: JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544406500208399638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2407033726909571110.post-82165532808362258942007-04-24T23:52:00.000+05:302007-04-24T23:52:00.000+05:30While I really like Bad Moon Rising, I can see tha...While I really like Bad Moon Rising, I can see that it's more a personal preference than an objective opinion. Daydream Nation really is probably their best album. I like your point about the holding pattern, because I think there's truth to that. It's not that everything since has been bad so much as it's been insignificant compared to Daydream Nation and Sister (and I'd argue Evol and Bad Moon Rising). Sonic Youth was an influence on a lot of 90s rock, but I sometimes think that's overstated, because even here, on their best record, they were fairly inaccessible. I had a hard time appreciating Sonic Youth until I saw them (I saw them with Ray, actually). That was the best show I'd seen until Mars Volta in 2005. they were a strange mix of being surreal and down-to-earth, just as their music was a strange mix of structure and noise.bob_vinylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414008312753058491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2407033726909571110.post-262989330016364822007-04-18T08:17:00.000+05:302007-04-18T08:17:00.000+05:30It's good to see this album crop up! Those first ...It's good to see this album crop up! Those first two albums are just plain noise, and I think there's a whole subculture of experimental artists out there dedicated strictly to those albums, but this one's a gem. I saw Sonic Youth headline the '95 Lollapalooza, and though most of the dumb kids left after Hole, they missed a real spectacle. Only Priest and Sonic Youth left me with my mouth hanging open during their performance. Astonishing.Ray Van Horn, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13614522170335864253noreply@blogger.com