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Sonic Youth opening..how are they?

thunder_ballsthunder_balls Posts: 117
edited July 2006 in Given To Fly (live)
I understand that Sonic Youth has been opening for Pearl Jam. I like them alot, and want to see what some of you guys think? How do they perform, and what songs do they play? They're gettin' pretty old, as in, age. I mean..23 yrs is a VERY long time. So, how are these guys?
7/10/06
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    eddiesavedmeeddiesavedme Posts: 2
    Sonic Youth was very cool, they played for 45 minutes.
    They don't look old.

    Eric was using surfaces to play his guitar, he jumped off the stage and played it on a security guards head.
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    stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Not impressed.....very talented...just not my bag.....
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    thunder_ballsthunder_balls Posts: 117
    eddiesavedme wrote:
    Sonic Youth was very cool, they played for 45 minutes.
    They don't look old.

    Eric was using surfaces to play his guitar, he jumped off the stage and played it on a security guards head.

    That's awesome!
    7/10/06
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    teskeincteskeinc Posts: 836
    good when they are playing a structured song , otherwise its just loud noise
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    faceinthecloudsfaceintheclouds Posts: 1,739
    way wish i could have seen them over mmj. seen them in 2000 4 times. way better.
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    patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    I always enjoy when they open 4 pj. I dont know there music that well, but its always good live. Vegas was fun seeing them.
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    Synapses FlashingSynapses Flashing Ventura, CA Posts: 86
    teskeinc wrote:
    good when they are playing a structured song , otherwise its just loud noise

    I agree with this. I enjoyed maybe half of their songs. The other half was a lot of feedback and screeching, sometimes for 3 or 4 minutes at a time. It was entertaining seeing the one guy rub the guitar strings on someones head, but it didn't make for good sounding music. If it weren't for the potential Ed preset I doubt I would make the effort to show up for the whole SY set, especially for all 6 shows I'm going to this tour.
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    MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    Sonic Youth, I have seen them live about twice on their own and they ALWAYS seem to amaze me. Thurston's guitar playing is OUT of this world!! Yeah,he does a lot of crazy shit w/his guitar, involving drum sticks, playing w/pedals, and going ape shit on the guitar. I love it!! I am glad that they are opening up for PJ!

    I know SY is NOT for everyone. But you can't deny that they have been a band for 25 years already!! :D Plus, they are a very talented bunch!! :)
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