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Title: Sonic Youth on Leno....
Post by: ggw on June 10, 2004, 10:04:00 am
last night?
 
 Did anybody see it?
 
 How come Big Yawn dropped the ball on this?
Title: Re: Sonic Youth on Leno....
Post by: poorlulu on June 10, 2004, 10:54:00 am
i saw it.........
 
 they were very wanky.............
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Post by: thirsty moore on June 10, 2004, 11:28:00 am
How eloquent.
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Post by: Shiverintheshadows on June 10, 2004, 12:09:00 pm
Perhaps it was the bangs-over-the-eye thing but Thurston looked royally messed up (pupils all willy-nilly in their sockets).  The most humorous part was when Catherine Velveeta-Jones went over to shake hands with a smirking Kim Gordon afterwards. I would have loved to have known what she was thinking at that moment.
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Post by: poorlulu on June 10, 2004, 12:41:00 pm
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
  How eloquent.
yes i am both eloquent and classy.......
 
 just like sonic youth are pretentious and wanky............
Title: Re: Sonic Youth on Leno....
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 10, 2004, 12:43:00 pm
did someone mention gomez?
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Post by: markie on June 10, 2004, 01:44:00 pm
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  did someone mention gomez?
No.
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Post by: ratioci nation on June 10, 2004, 01:47:00 pm
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
  No.
Actually I did in the pitchfork thread, but then joz started flirting.
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 10, 2004, 01:51:00 pm
Exhibit A
 
 The Coral are the anti-Gomez, likewise rummaging in ancient record collections for diamonds they can pinch. But while Gomez sat around in their student digs getting high and wanking blues licks on each othersā?? faces for 6 minutes at a time, The Coral are joyously caught up in their love of the gonzo three-minute pop song, aware that hooks and shouting and unexpected sudden turns and dashes down mad alleys are both more instantaneous and more satisfying than the self-satisfied muso wank-wank that comes so easily to other guitar-toting retro-heads.
 
  Wank alert (http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=253)
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Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on June 10, 2004, 01:51:00 pm
Probably thinking "Too bad this hot babe has to fuck Michael Douglas."
 
 
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Originally posted by Shiverintheshadows:
  Perhaps it was the bangs-over-the-eye thing but Thurston looked royally messed up (pupils all willy-nilly in their sockets).  The most humorous part was when Catherine Velveeta-Jones went over to shake hands with a smirking Kim Gordon afterwards. I would have loved to have known what she was thinking at that moment.
Title: Re: Sonic Youth on Leno....
Post by: markie on June 10, 2004, 02:00:00 pm
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
 [QB] Exhibit A
 
 The Coral are the anti-Gomez, likewise rummaging in ancient record collections for diamonds they can pinch.
 
That might be a good criticism of the new Gomez, but it is wrong about the old Gommez, they did mine a series of different styles and were considered eclectic in their influences. Go and read some review of their first two albums. I have never seen Gomez play a guitar by throwing a tennis ball at it.
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Post by: thirsty moore on June 10, 2004, 02:08:00 pm
This argument is sad and tired.  It is like an old crutch that you rely upon to enable you to "critique" a band.  
 
 
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
 I have never seen Gomez play a guitar by throwing a tennis ball at it.
Title: Re: Sonic Youth on Leno....
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 10, 2004, 02:11:00 pm
well i'll continue to disregard Gomez based on a horrid show i saw in 1999 that included a bit of "Not Fade Away" a long time Grateful Dead concert staple.
Title: Re: Sonic Youth on Leno....
Post by: markie on June 10, 2004, 02:11:00 pm
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
  This argument is sad and tired.  It is like an old crutch that you rely upon to enable you to "critique" a band.  
 
But it is so comfortable and it helps me get around. Do you really want me to get a new crutch?
Title: Re: Sonic Youth on Leno....
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on June 10, 2004, 02:22:00 pm
Sonic Youth is wanking, I mean playing live on www.kcrw.org (http://www.kcrw.org) right now.
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Post by: ggw on June 10, 2004, 02:23:00 pm
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  well i'll continue to disregard Gomez based on a horrid show i saw in 1999 that included a bit of "Not Fade Away" a long time Grateful Dead concert staple.
It's also one ofLemmy's (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004RJ2U/qid=1086891746/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-8688879-6591100?v=glance&s=music) favorites.
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Post by: thirsty moore on June 10, 2004, 02:23:00 pm
I'll have to catch 'em at Lollapalooza as I don't have computer speakers.  I'll also be sure to bring a tennis racquet as I'm positive there will be more tennis balls then Wimbledon.
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Post by: ggw on June 10, 2004, 02:29:00 pm
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Sonic Youth is wanking, I mean playing live on www.kcrw.org (http://www.kcrw.org) right now.
Sounds like they're using the Penn 4s with the Extra Duty Felt.
Title: Re: Sonic Youth on Leno....
Post by: bearman🐻 on June 10, 2004, 02:41:00 pm
I know that some people hate that Sonic Youth are darlings of rock critics, I still think they are an incredible band. "Murray Street" was a superb record, and I've heard their new record still shows they have some vitality left. I for one am glad they're around. I saw them in Rome in 2002 and it was one of the best concerts I've ever seen, and I had almost written them off after a mediocre performance I saw in 1998. I'm excited to see them again.
Title: Re: Sonic Youth on Leno....
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 10, 2004, 06:33:00 pm
must be a irrational fear of tennis balls...
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Post by: Bags on June 10, 2004, 09:43:00 pm
Sonic Youth just doesn't do it for me.  I didn't watch them last night, but I listened to them on Leno as I did other things and the song was boring to me.  Nothing to grab me at all but some bad vocals and drone drone drone....
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Post by: jardison on June 10, 2004, 11:39:00 pm
I've seen Sonic Youth four or five times.  They are definitely hit or miss with their performances.  I saw them open up for the Beasties "Check Your Head" tour and they were amazing.  However, I saw them play a Lollapolloza years back and they were terrible.  I have heard that their new album is very good.