Owen: Yo La Tengo’s rockin songs from this period sound like Sonic Youth songs.To be fair, no disrespect to Yo La Tengo, who are pretty good, but Sonic Youth are waaaaaaaaaaayyy better. Like waaaaaaa
Me: YEAH they do! I like them better than Sonic Youth.
Owen: That’s crazy talk, but okay.
Me: I like them WAY better than Sonic Youth.
Owen: That’s cute, honey.aaa
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I’m not really interested in blanket evaluative statements! Just expressing my preference.
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i totally agree with everything imathers says, especially the sonic youth point. boring and overrated. on the target :)
oh hell yeah, +1 to all that actually. (i had a lot of words here and then realized i was wasting all those words...
a same and also an opposite i too tried very hard for a long time to really “get” sonic youth, because as a kid getting...
Quick thoughts:Both had roughly a decade of greatness, which in no way excuses all the years of serviceable mediocrity...
To be fair, 1. Yo La Tengo’s good stuff is pretty damn good 2. Sonic Youth is one of the most boring, overrated bands...
I like Yo La Tengo better than Sonic Youth. I’m with Jess in this one.