Reply #12: I 'll never get why SY is SO criticized by SO many... [View All]

[Westegg]

...I'm not saying that you haven't made a valid point here, but for me, at least, SY is such a great fucking band, and have been so for more than 20 years and remain so to this day. Yeah, you could argue that they haven't recently achieved the glorious mind-bending heights of "Sister" and "Daydream Nation" with their last several albums---and you'd be right. But here's a band that has never compromised on integrity, and I disagree with those who say it was a tragedy/whatever when they signed with Geffen back in the '90s. Good Christ, if that ain't Jesuitical nit-picking, what is? Has the band sold out for commercial reasons? No. Would they like a hit some day? Probably. What's wrong with that?

Sounds to me, vi5, that their experimental stuff bores you and their "straightforward" stuff bores you too. Do you really think the band has lost all relevance in the last 15 years? Sounds like that's what you're saying. I respect your opinion, but I respectfully disagree.

I remember seeing SY at Lallapolooza in '95 (I think), and SO many 19/20-year-olds in the crowd couldn't have cared less about what they were doing. They dissed the band big-time. That was tough to witness. I couldn't believe that these idiots had NO appreciation for what SY had done for music in America.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing them again. Last time was in Central Park. They're old, yeah, but they've still got it.