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verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Fri December 25, 2020 5:48 am

And your mouth, mouth, mouth, mouth
Mouth, mouth, mouth, mouth
Mouth, mouth, mouth, mouth
Mouth, mouth, mouth

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Fri December 25, 2020 5:58 am

washing machine wrote:

Is it weird that Razorblade Suitcase is the album that made Steve Albini's work known to me? I was 13.

Not at all. But it is weird how he is often quick to abandon his indie cred to mount a vigorous defense of Bush.

verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Fri December 25, 2020 6:05 am

tragabigzanda wrote:

washing machine wrote:

Is it weird that Razorblade Suitcase is the album that made Steve Albini's work known to me? I was 13.

Not at all. But it is weird how he is often quick to abandon his indie cred to mount a vigorous defense of Bush.

It's far and away Bush's best work. The production is good.

verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Fri December 25, 2020 6:07 am

My touchstone Albini record was 24 Hour Revenge Therapy by Jawbreaker

verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Fri December 25, 2020 6:10 am

Jawbreaker is Kiss the Bottle btw

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47208

Cold contagious is good too, Reid, but I'm sticking with Greedy Fly

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11833

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11833

Or is it Midlife Crisis? Caffeine?

It has to be from Angel Dust or King for a Day IMO.

LetMeSleep · **Posted:** Fri December 25, 2020 9:21 pm

Be Aggressive

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11833

The cheerleader chorus put it out of contention for me initially, but you might be onto something.

Peeps · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 12:41 pm **Posts:** 5813

Ello Sailor wrote:

Or is it Midlife Crisis? Caffeine?

It has to be from Angel Dust or King for a Day IMO.

there are so many that you could say and id agree

for me its ashes to ashes
tomorrow it could be midlife crisis
next day mother fucker
yesterday it was land of sunshine

Chris_H_2 · **Posted:** Sat December 26, 2020 2:23 am

Was thinking more about this. What about Talk Show Host for Radiohead?

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47208

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Was thinking more about this. What about Talk Show Host for Radiohead?

Yeah but what's your pick for Bush

verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Sat December 26, 2020 4:52 am

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Was thinking more about this. What about Talk Show Host for Radiohead?

Yeah but what's your pick for Bush

ALL YOUR MENTAL ARMOR
ALL YOUR MENTAL ARMOR
And your mouth, mouth, mouth, mouth
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bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Sat December 26, 2020 5:33 am

verb_to_trust wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Was thinking more about this. What about Talk Show Host for Radiohead?

Yeah but what's your pick for Bush

ALL YOUR MENTAL ARMOR
ALL YOUR MENTAL ARMOR
And your mouth, mouth, mouth, mouth
Mouth, mouth, mouth, mouth
Mouth, mouth, mouth, mouth
Mouth, mouth, mouth
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My buddy and I have an ongoing joke about this song for the last 17-18 years. And it’s exactly this.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11833

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washing machine · **Posted:** Mon January 04, 2021 8:44 pm

Back on the SY topic in this thread.

I'm willing to leave Schizophrenia entirely and take KD's "The Diamond Sea" suggestion even further and say the definitive Sonic Youth song is indeed...Washing Machine.

I've been listening to WM (the album) quite a bit lately, and I think this track fits both me and KD's criteria nicely, thus making it a truly definitive song. What it has that The Diamond Sea doesn't is that fast and punky energy that made up so much of SY's career. I think that's what I was honing in on most when trying to figure out exactly what The Diamond Sea was missing. Everything after Kim's spoken word part taps into that drone-y no wave ambient thing that The Diamond Sea's outro does so well, but it's just...more layered. If you listen close enough, you can hear Steve Shelley not missing a beat underneath that high feedback mix. It's one of my favorite moments in a SY song and any fan wondering about this band's sound needs to hear it.

What a great song.

Norris · **Posted:** Mon January 04, 2021 9:08 pm

well i'm convinced

verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Mon January 04, 2021 9:37 pm

The Mats is Alex Chilton

Kevin Davis · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm **Posts:** 8524

washing machine wrote:

Back on the SY topic in this thread.

I'm willing to leave Schizophrenia entirely and take KD's "The Diamond Sea" suggestion even further and say the definitive Sonic Youth song is indeed...Washing Machine.

I've been listening to WM (the album) quite a bit lately, and I think this track fits both me and KD's criteria nicely, thus making it a truly definitive song. What it has that The Diamond Sea doesn't is that fast and punky energy that made up so much of SY's career. I think that's what I was honing in on most when trying to figure out exactly what The Diamond Sea was missing. Everything after Kim's spoken word part taps into that drone-y no wave ambient thing that The Diamond Sea's outro does so well, but it's just...more layered. If you listen close enough, you can hear Steve Shelley not missing a beat underneath that high feedback mix. It's one of my favorite moments in a SY song and any fan wondering about this band's sound needs to hear it.

What a great song.

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