IT'S THE SONIC YOUTH EPICS POLL

i'm voting in terms of best (my opinion: "Rain On Tin"), not most epic (which would be, I guess, "Trilogy" or "Diamond Sea"). "'Cross The Breeze" and "Wildflower Soul" and "Free City Rhymes" are pretty awesome, too.

Great poll idea!

"Total Trash" would once have been my pick, but, wow, "I Love You, Golden Blue" is blue-blue-electric blue, certainly my favorite Kim moment of the last decade.

expressway for me.

"I Love Her All The Time" is my favorite SY song, period ("Shadow Of A Doubt" is #2).

karen revisited

though the actual "song" part isnt 7 minutes

no Confusion is Sex = no vote

mote.. probably one of my top three SY tracks

I still dig that riff in Stones.

DIAMOND SEA, SUCKERS.

Diamond Sea IS most epic/most..err.. best.

Mote, though in fairness I tend to skip to the next track after the long freakout bit kicks in.

(So for epicness, Expressway would get my vote)

ts: sonic youth epics vs. yes epics

I love "The Diamond Sea" so so so so so much.

I Love You Golden Blue is prettay. But not very epique.

Either "Diamond Sea" or "Cross the Breeze" for me.

The Sprawl.

I've now made an Itunes playlist of these and will study before voting. But it'll probably be "Cross the Breeze".

neat idea!

Went with Karen Koltrane.

CROSS DA BREEZ

if "Teenage Riot" were two seconds longer it would make the cut. and it definitely feels more epic than the tracks from that album that actually do make it (albeit in a totally different way)

'sympathy for the strawberry' just over 'diamond sea' for me.

Wildflower Soul. Would have fit right in on Daydream Nation.

easy. "i love her all the time".

Can the Sonic Death tape be considered one continuous epic?

if "Teenage Riot" were two seconds longer it would make the cut. and it definitely feels more epic than the tracks from that album that actually do make it (albeit in a totally different way)

-- bernard snowy, Monday, November 26, 2007 8:55 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

haha part of the reason I used 7 minutes as the cutoff is because I totally didn't want "Teenage Riot" in consideration (both because I don't think of it as very epic, and because it would be an easy answer for a lot of people).

"Karen Revisited", when Ranaldo starts yelling "Karen" after the "tell me why I care" trails off, with the screaming guitar in the background, it's my favorite Sonic Youth moment of them all.

xpost: I dunno... like I said, "Teenage Riot" isn't really epic in the same way as those other tracks, but every time I listen to it, it definitely feels like something's happening. but then, maybe it's just a great opener that playfully hints at the epic-ness that lies ahead.

Daydream Nation is the worst of their indie era.

keep yr shirt on, dude

The Diamond Sea

Didn't they play super-extendo versions of it live too? 40+ minutes of glorious guitar wankery. Wonderful. Makes me think I should track down some live bootlegs...

Hmmm. When is the Bob Dylan epics poll?

I think of Teenage Riot as pretty epic! It takes ages to get going (in a good way)

Trilogy doesn't count for me; it's three different songs, after all. That being the case, "Karen Koltrane" remains my fave SY gal.

Well, the "Hyperstation" section of Trilogy alone is over 7 minutes long, so you can think of it that way if you want to.

Yep, Hyperstation for me

Expressway, esp. on vinyl w/lock groove

what euler said - karen revisited
expressway, diamond sea, hyperstation and sympathy are all fucking awesome too

I've never been comfortable with "Trilogy" as one track. So "The Sprawl" it is.

expressway uh duhr

Sympathy For The Strawberry

how I'd rank these:

Rain on Tin
Wildflower Soul
'Cross the Breeze
Expressway to Yr. Skull
Mote
Free City Rhymes
Karen Revisited
Washing Machine
Dripping Dream
The Sprawl
Stones
Karen Koltrane
I Love Her All the Time
NYC Ghosts & Flowers
Trilogy
The Diamond Sea
I Love You Golden Blue
Female Mechanic Now on Duty
Total Trash
Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg)
Sympathy for the Strawberry

although that's just based on studio recordings, some of my least favorites (Hits Of Sunshine, I Love Her, Female Mechanic, NYC Ghosts) are way better live. most my favorites are also better live mostly, too.

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mystery train

three way plane

expressway

to your skull

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voted for expressway, but i can get behind these results

That seemed the obvious winner.

Yes but I didn't think those two would be that alone at the top.

Methinks we should revisit this poll without the top two choices.

And adding "Massage the History".

haha yeah, if you want you should do it

Pink Steam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXksSXFMA2U