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top 5 sonic youth songs?

23 votes
? by ithica

sunday
chapel hill
candle
dripping dream
mote

for me... maybe

ithica | 06 Mar '08, 12:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

This is tough

but I will go for:
1. Teenage Riot
2. Dissappearer
3. Panty Lies
4. Titanium Expose
5. Tunic (Song For Karen)

WirelessEnthusiast | 6 Mar '08, 12:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

3 off....

Goo ?

i did consider Tunic. but the production is poo only marginally better than daydream nation!!

the deluxe versh' however is a whole lot better....

wilde-thang | 6 Mar '08, 12:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Goo was the first SY I heard

so I have a massive soft spot for it :-)

WirelessEnthusiast | 6 Mar '08, 12:32 | Send note | Report this | Reply

...

entirely understandable. Sister was mine. and still think its brilliant.

wilde-thang | 6 Mar '08, 12:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Likewise with

dirty

thewarn | 6 Mar '08, 12:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

....ftw

cotten crown
cross the breeze
rain on tin
chapel hill
self obsessed and sexxee

wilde-thang | 6 Mar '08, 12:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

argh!

In the Kingdom #19
Schizophrenia
Erics Trip
100%
Death Valley 69

TheSoundofBastards | 6 Mar '08, 12:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Top 5

1. Shaking Hell (live)
2. Cinderella's Big Score (Dirty Boots EP version)
3. Death Valley '69
4. Catch the Breeze
5. Reena

ErgoSpacePig | 6 Mar '08, 12:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Cross the Breeze

Sorry

ErgoSpacePig | 6 Mar '08, 12:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i only like two and a half

'tunic'
'hey joni'
and thurston's half of 'teenage riot'

poptimusgrime | 6 Mar '08, 12:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Hmmmm. Tough

Diamond Sea
Making the nature scene
Teenage Riot
Death Valley '69
Expressway to yr skull

thewarn | 6 Mar '08, 12:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

d

1 candle
2 teenage riot
3 schizophrenia
4 rain on tin
5 6hits of sunshine for alan ginsberg

but candle and teenage are by faaaaaaaar the best!

explosionsunderwater | 6 Mar '08, 12:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Hmmm... let's see...

1. Teenage Riot
2. 100%
3. Drunken Butterfly
4. I Love You Golden Blue
5. Disconnection Notice

Sonic_James_Doom | 6 Mar '08, 12:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

no love for

Kool Thing?
Bull in the Heather?

starlitewalker | 6 Mar '08, 12:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

They've done a lot of good songs!

Alternative top 5:

Mary Christ
Washing Machine
Total Trash
Theresa's Sound World
Halloween (when performed by Mudhoney)

thewarn | 6 Mar '08, 12:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

- - -

Sunday
Teen Age Riot
Diamond Sea
Chapel Hill
Total Trash

colonol_k | 6 Mar '08, 12:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i love you golden blue

sunday
teenage riot
wish fulfillment
the diamond sea

...maybe.

OceanStorm | 6 Mar '08, 12:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Tough, but:

1. Expressway To Yr Skull
2. (I Got A) Catholic Block
3. Theresa's Sound World
4. Shadow Of A Doubt
5. I Dreamed I Dream

'yr' really irritates me. It has a lot to answer for.

usa_nails | 6 Mar '08, 12:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

blimey loads

and no Lee songs mentioned :(

Skip Tracer
JC
Make The Nature Scene (Live vsn)
100%
Within You Without You (beatles cover)

except Diamond Sea IS my fave song of theirs really...

amyblue | 6 Mar '08, 13:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

1) Expressway...

2)Skip Tracer
3)JC
4)In the Kingdom #19
5)Beauty Lies In The Eye

I much prefer the 'epic' ones to the 'tunes'. Probably why the last couple of albums don't work for me.

remittanceman | 6 Mar '08, 13:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Incinerate

is pretty.

tom_edwards | 6 Mar '08, 13:10 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Hmm

1: The Diamond Sea
2: Incinerate
3: New Hampshire
4: The Empty Page
5: Schizophrenia

TomViolence | 6 Mar '08, 13:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

5

JC
Tunic(song for Karen)
Teenage Riot
Hey Joni
Mary Christ

Mr_Bump | 6 Mar '08, 13:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Oh how about:

1) 'Cross the Breeze

2) Sugar Kane (YES IT IS FUCKING AMAZING DESPITE BEING OVERPLAYED, ETC.)

3) Catholic Block (I'm tempted to have this for the next three places too)

4) Sunday

5) Bull in the Heather

TheoGB | 6 Mar '08, 13:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

tough one. i'll try not to do 2 off the same album

Tom Violence
Schizophrenia
Diamond Sea
Unmade Bed
Teenage Riot

in no particular order

stwerewolf | 6 Mar '08, 14:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

In no particular order heh

Wish Fulfillment
Tunic (Song For Karen)
Incinerate
I Dreamed I Dreamed
Schizophrenia

PyramidFace | 6 Mar '08, 14:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

self obsessedand sexxee!

other than that...

wish fulfillment
tom violence
schizophrenia
teenage riot

how great is this!=>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdP6UuNNHqA&feature=related

youngsensation | 6 Mar '08, 14:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

my tuppeneth...

Tuff Gnarl
Pacific Coast Highway
Hot Wire My Heart
Kotton Krown
White Cross

auntie_gigolo | 6 Mar '08, 14:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

no

but side 2 >>>> side 1

if you take out Catholic Block then side 1 < pretty much anything else they did in the 80's

auntie_gigolo | 6 Mar '08, 15:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

..

Shadow Of A Doubt
Teenage Riot
100%
Silver Rocket
Sunday

fridgeinthegarden | 6 Mar '08, 14:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

...

Wish fulfilment
Skip Tracer
Do you believe in rapture
Drunken Butterfly
Dirty Boots (Rock and Roll Heaven version)

Teepee_uk | 6 Mar '08, 15:15 | Send note | Report this | Reply

in no order

mote
silver rocket
karen revisited
death valley 69
mildred pierce

james_tomassi | 6 Mar '08, 15:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply