I remember first borrowing Daydream Nation with no expectations. I'm English, and the NME were pretty snooty about SY back in the very late nineties/early noughties so I'd not really bothered exploring them before - I used to listen to stuff on the way to college, and that album was just the soundtrack to my journey for six months. As soon as I put the earphones in for the first time it was like hearing the fastest, most beautiful, most perfectly rocket-shaped plane blow by your window. The intensity of it; controlled intensity, focused into a needle point that slices right into you and scrambles your brain. Everything about it is perfectly balanced between beauty and power. It's the rock album at its most highly evolved, not a single wasted second, no flab, no filler, nothing like that, just taut, sleek music that half the time makes you want to fuck and the other half makes you want to fight. I love Sonic Youth.
There's a section on Sonic Youth's website with plenty of details about the equipment they use, and according to that, Thurston's main amp around this time was usually a Peavey Roadmaster head with a Marshall JCM900 4 x 12 cabinet. He also uses a Fender Twin sometimes.
jesus, either way he didn't deserve to be called an idiot. some people might think this song is about tigers and fruit juice. just because they're wrong doesn't mean their any less intelligent than you are. let people percieve music the way they like instead of forcing your opinion against others.
@TheSicDominator The song called for two bass parts. Just because most rock bands only ever use one bass at a time doesn't mean sonic youth only use one bass ata time.
i wish jim o'rourke had stayed, he brought something fresh to the band, murray street and sonic nurse are one of their best, markl ibold i don't knw he's ok but not stellar
Kim's voice still sounds just as great as the record from 20 years ago! Same for Lee when they did Hey Joni. can't wait to get more cds from this band.
