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 ...like wading around in a pool of slow, simmering brains..., April 19, 2002
A very bizarre, unconvential, punkish, release from Sonic Youth which is both one of their most trippy but in a different way from previous releases...rather than combining gritty alternatvie rock, left-of-center lyrics, and extened guitar dissonace for deep cosmos psychadelic tripping..this is something all the while different, like they'd stopped midway on their trip and spent a couple lightyears landing on a planet, and a cople galaxies exploring it..what I mean is the album is a collage of various artists playing random instruments for however long they want, which can either annoy you or trance you deep into the world they are exploring...Hard to pick certain tracks for they seem to fit in the same category of punkish ambience...I listened to this entire thing twice over while writing stream-of-conciousness passages for a novella. This is very good for that, and even if you don't want to write down whatever passes by yr. purty little head, then just see it...let the music warp you in like a good drug, it let's your mind wander thru a series of complex and complicated dreams (or nightmares)...there are some speaking parts. Kim does her own interpretation of Goldilocks & THe Three Bears in the first track, Renaldo narrates another track with scarce freeform poetry. Can't remember names, in this case why should it matter? Anyway, you'll either love or hate this cd. If you want to expereince SY at their most popworthy get Washing Machine or Goo or Dirty... these are easily their more accessible, then get artier with Daydream Nation and anything beforehand and A THousnad Leaves and NYC Ghosts & Flowers...then this cd will be able to entertain you. If you are are already into highly experimental music such as Mr. Bungle or Pixies, then get their whole collection or atleast half of it...yadayadayada...Enjoy the clashing sounds of xylophones, guitar dissnonace, cartoonish noise, vocal mumbling, violins, spacecraft sounds from above, and any other ambient zigzags that can't be formed via this record 54 50 50 40-3- =22= 2=2= 2=2= P.S.: Even Goo, WM, and Dirty aren't all that popworthy...Washing Machine would actually fit in the artier section, it's very complex beautiful most jo average music jerks wouldn't be able to withstand a 2o minute Diamond Sea.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
"Keep it new", April 2, 2005
I came across this CD at my local library while searching for the works of Cornelius Cardew. My only criticism is that liner notes were not included. Liner notes would have been appreciated not only as explanations of this admittedly esoteric music, but as an opportunity for the performers to respond to potential criticism and explain their intentions. They are to be commended for taking the risk of alienating their commercial base with this collection of recent aleatoric compositions and performance art. The other reviews merely prove the point that despite their posturing, many fans of popular music are as conservative and hidebound as their great-grandparents, uncomfortable in their day with any composers after Brahms. A scan of the FM dial reveals little change in popular music over the past 50 years - lots of 3-minute songs in 4/4 time. Witness the proliferation of stations endlessly broadcasting the same 1960s to 1980s standards.
For this audience, this CD is just what was needed - a slap in the face of convention. If this sparks in anyone an interest in searching for "what else is out there," the exercise will have been well worth the effort.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Classical avant-garde experimentalism from.....a rock band?, November 20, 2004
It's hard to believe, but it's true.
The 4th CD in the SYR experimental series (titled Goodbye 20th Century, appropriatly) of Sonic Youth Records, is a fantastic double album soundscape of the finest kind. The CD has reinterpretations of post 50's era classical pieces (by such illustrious names as John Cage, Steve Reich, Christian Wolff), and they sound great for the most part. But Sonic Youth was not alone in recording this double album. They enlisted the help of many people, like Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon's daughter Coco Hayley Gordon Moore (who screams out Yoko Ono's Voice Piece for Soprano), and...surprisingly...Christian Wolff collaborates on his pieces with the band. There are many other contributors, but I can't recall them at the moment.
Judging from all the other tracks, the one that stands out the most (to me, anyway) is Pauline Oliveros' Six For New Time (composed specifically for this project). Thurston intones lyrics over rising and falling drone guitars. Genius. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of other tracks that are as great, such as Steve Reich's Pendulum Music (swinging microphones over amps, creating a pendulum effect of feedback), and George Maciunas' Piano Piece #13 (hammering down the keys of a piano till they no longer produce sound).
The centerpiece of the album, though, is John Cage's Four6. There are 2 other John Cage songs on the album (Six, performed twice) but this one stands out the most. It may seem like random banging and aimless instrumental wandering, but give it a chance, and it will slowly reveal its beauty.
Overall, this album is a fantastic piece of avant-garde, and will certainly entertain the artier person in you.
If you enjoy this record, why not try other CD's in the SYR series, Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, or seek out the works of the composers on this album?
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Can you guess what it is yet?, June 11, 2004
Well this is one Sonic Youth's more experimental releases ( if you hadn't gathered by now ) and it's fair to say that this is a challenging listen. You'll need to keep your wits about you and a sense of humour to contain this on first listen. It's quite possibly one of those " gets on your nerves " sort of album at first albums. But give it time and you appreciate the album that it sets out to be. You're not going to absolutely love this but you can enjoy it for what it is or yank it out of your stereo system and criticize Sonic Youth as bulls**t poseurs. It all means the same thing - nothing!
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1 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
 lost me as a fan, March 10, 2003
i used to love sy. during the washing machine tour they played the academy friday night, saturday afternoon for matinee and saturday night. i was at all three shows. i saw them a lollapalooze twice. the thousand leaves show at irving plaza? i was front row. those days are gone.
i had the first syr disc and liked it. not great but it was ok. after that this band died. maybe my tastes change and i mourning this whole thing because i truly was proud to be an sy fan. i felt they were alive here and now and i got to enjoy them now. not like beatles fans or zepplin fans who can no longer see them live. i mourn the loss of the smashing pumpkins, the death of kurdt cobain, the death of mia zappata, death of layne staley, breakup of soundgarden, as well as many other bands i adore so for me to love sy and they are still here and making vibrant music meant alot.
then they came out with the syr discs. i liked the first a little but after that, this disc, the 4th in this series, i was forced to leave my fanship behind. this dics is long, boring, to long, uninterseting and way too long. 30 minutes for one song which interests me not at all is too much to ask.
i see their new direction and like it not. it is pretentious in the worst way. aimless, drifting, and uninteresting. like i said, someone email me and explain me what is so good about thismilkboydanny@hotmail.com
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Far above anything else of Sonic Youth, March 9, 2002
This is a brilliant tribute to some of the most important musicians of the last century, made in a way that only a successful pop outfit could manage. The most important meeting of "real" art and pop since John Lennon's brush with Fluxus.I especially like the cheeky adaption of Reich's "Pendulum Music" - so different from Reich's own versions with soft, consonant feedback sounds, Sonic Youth embrace harsh, screeching feedback to describe the fractal harmonic rhythms and make an utterly beautiful work, full of fascinating depth of sound. Christian Wolff's "Burdocks" is reinterpreted for a new generation, giving it new life and making it as fresh as today.Congratulations to Sonic Youth and their illustrious collaborators (ie O'Rourke and Willie Winant) for putting integrity before profit and bringing some of the most inventive minds of the last century to a wider audience. This album will still be relevant long after their "normal" albums have slidden into mere nostalgia.
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