Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Eternal by Sonic Youth

56, 51, 53, and 47. You can't really blame Sonic Youth for putting out a largely forgettable album after almost 30 years of being together. I mean, at their age most bands just stop writing new music and fall back on their catalog of hits (oh, right). It's decent enough, but it doesn't do anything new. Sorry Sonic Youth, major deduction for not altering the stale formula of rock in a radical and original way for the billiontieth time in your career you old fogeys.

RATING: 65%

8 comments:

I. John said...

Sonic Youth.

Heh heh heh.

Chris said...

I've got to disagree that they're not memorable. I'm stuck on "Walkin' Blue" right now. That's one of Lee's best songs in a few albums. Feel free to disagree.

I'll concede the second half is more forgettable, because I understand if you can't get into lyrics like, "Who shot the poison arrow?"

Viking Andrew said...

Also, Ed McMahon died.

Chris said...

Yeah, what the fuck?

That was pretty sad.

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

was he the homophone from the telethons

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

o wait that was this guy

Jacqui said...

Oh the downside of rock music. Sonic Youth had a pretty good run, though. We'll all always have Goo and Daydream Nation.

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

yeah goo goo dolls are awsome