Talk:Sonic Youth
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Oh well. There was SYs shot at glory and fame, but you kind of get the impression from some things the members write, like Thurston, that when they wrestle with their souls about fame and glory, they try to not get too famous and glorified.
There was/is a great deal of pressure in America to destroy oneself, physically, spiritually, emotionally, whatever. In my humble opinion the independence, stability, and self respect of the people in Sonic Youth gave out some parcel of hope that there was another way of living life.... On the other hand, they are just a music band made of normal people with normal things on their mind like everyone else... but maybe that gave fans even more hope? Intersting sentiments but, alas, not encyclopaedic... or neutral.. sjc
hey sjc, thanks for editing it... i just wanted to see something about SY in here and hope that others would see it, get inspired, and make it better. i am no expert on them or on music.
Need an explanation for "whatever unsuccessful things their parents tried in the 1960s and 1970s"...too vague...Do you mean what "liberal" parents were doing?
I believe O'Rourke is now the bassist for SY and not a guitarist, so I've changed it, If i'm wrong feel free to adjust it. Greg Godwin
Moved from the article:
- Plus some more (i think four) syr albums that had numbers as titles (SYR1 etc)((Added by JeMoR))
Needs some fact checking. --Lexor 08:35, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Added in the SYR series, and a couple of other releases that were missing -- generica
Moved this from article, and is out of place in an article on a band, unless part of a much larger section on Generation X, at the very least it needs NPOVing, as it currently reads it's merely personal opinion. --Lexor|Talk 14:57, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Moore and Gordon's long-term marriage was seen by some members of Generation X as a model of stable family life not based on either the "family values" of adherents of Ronald Reagan, nor on whatever unsuccessful things their parents had tried in the 1960s and 1970s.
Added a picture
Hey guys I added a pic of them. I hope its good
Rene
- What is the copyright status? If you don't add it, then the picture may be deleted in the future. Sonic Mew 17:52, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
Jim O'Rourke plays bass / who plays what in general
Jim O'Rourke is not just a bassist, he plays guitar and keyboards too. I've seen them live -- Kim Gordon plays bass most of the time, but ever since 1995's "Washing Machine" she became fond of the guitar, so they sometimes play with no bass at all. Their sound is so weird anyway, that the occasional absence of a bass-line can't hurt it - if anything, it can just make it even more special. --Amire80 09:49, 2005 Mar 20 (UTC)
I think it might be helpful if someone added a list of the members of the band and their instruments in the opening paragraph. That's actually all I care to know right now and I don't want to have to hunt through the whole article to find it out. I would venture to say there are others like me.. Floorsheim 10:15, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)