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I think its crazy that Crash (who I haven't seen around here in years) started this thread almost 4 years ago and its lasted this long. Of all of the thousands of threads that have come and gone through the years this one has endured. I love it that new members join and find this thread and reply to tell Crash how wrong he is as if he's still around. I guess it speaks to the awesomness of Sonic Youth and the ridiculousness of the original claim that leads posters to defend them.
 
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I don't care for Sonic Youth. On Daydream Nation, Teen Age Riot really is the only song worth listening to. I realize that they were original and groundbreaking for their time, and I respect that, but they do nothing for me.


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And like several of us have said, just because p4k jerks off to Daydream Nation doesn't make it their best album in their discog... they have many sounds and many many albums.
 
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Well, sites and sources other than Pitchfork have held it on a pedastal.

But I will check out their other albums.


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edited... this was trolling, I admit.

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I'm really not a fan of Daydream. I think it's kinda boring.... but I love Sonic Youth.
 
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I'm really not a fan of Daydream. I think it's kinda boring.... but I love Sonic Youth.


What albums of theirs do you love? Sorry, I'm finding it amazing that anyone can think Daydream Nation's boring (especially if you've listened to it in headphones), yet still enjoy the Youth. I'm not saying it's their best, but boring??


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Interesting. I thought "Daydream Nation" was fantastic. I loved it on first listen and it only gets better with time. I'm definitely a Sonic Youth fan, however, I do agree that they are massively overrated lol. They are sort of a novelty band to some degree. Their lyrics consist of really bad high school poetry, and they may be so popular purely because they pioneered noise rock. But still "Daydream Nation", "Sister", and "Evol" can't help but absorb me. I thought their newest one, "Rather Ripped", was quite good, specifically "Reena", one of my favorite SY songs. Anyhow Sonic Youth are definitely overrated, but certainly not of all time, they were far too important for that. I can think of plenty of bands more overrated, Modest Mouse, to name one.
 
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I can think of plenty of bands more overrated, Modest Mouse, to name one.


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This is the kind of thread I like. Not that I completely agree - I've heard plenty of nice little angular pop songs and interesting guitar playing from the Youth over the years. But I've kinda always hated Daydream Nation. I've revisited it so many times to attempt to figure out what it was I'd missed, with no luck. I also can't help wishing Kim Gordon the worst in life whenever she's on the mic. Brings to mind the most cringe-worthy and pretentious New York City Artist personalities. However, the INFLUENCE of DN can scarcely be denied. One of the finest moments in my humble music nerd career was predicting both the number one and number two albums on Pitchfork's best of the 80's list, sight unseen. I thought them to be somewhat cynical predictions, but there were Remain in Light and Daydream Nation at 2 and 1. So it stands to reason that although I might not like them, they do make sense. (I like Remain in Light)

Anyway, I applaud this dude for his boldness.

Overrated definitely, but probably not THE most overrated. I'd have to think for a while for a better example, though. Arrested Development isn't a band, but that fucking show's overratedness makes anything else in existence look like a forgotten treasure.



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