Ciccone Youth's The Whitey Album: C or D?

more than none.

haha. me too. Loved Watt's singing on 'Burnin Up'

my copy was usurped by an old girlfriend of sorts, so i may have to go buy one.

I didn't know watt sang on burnin up.... killer track

Macbeth... tune.

Weird Al status. Burnt.

I've had my grade 6 class designing album covers for art the past couple of weeks. The Whitey Album is taped to my board right now, along with Daydream Nation and Bad Moon Rising.

Someone I know OWNS the GRichter "kandel" (sp?) that was borrowed for DDN artwork and these people always have insane artwork rotating through their office but when I saw it in person it was really impressive.

holy shit, i should have said "OWNED": http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/painting-that-adorned-classic-album-to-be-sold-783539.html

damn!

Macbeth remix just barely wins over the non-remix

I interviewed Sonic Youth around the time of Sonic Nurse and I said to Thurston Moore: "Yeah, thanks for inventing trip hop with Macbeth man."

He got really excited and said, that when they'd first recorded it, he'd looked at putting out some white label 12"s out of it under some DJ name.

At this point in the interview Kim raised and eyebrow and started shaking her head.

He said, "But other members of the band weren't so keen so I shelved that idea."

hahaha sneaky motherfucker

for some reason i never got into this record, despite loving everything else sonic youth did from that timeframe. still doesn't really do much for me.

otoh, this record totally holds up for me, sounding even better now than it did then (and i liked it a LOT at the time). representative to me of the way that certain artists occasionally hit this ferocious creative peak where they seemingly can't help but bleed out brilliant work at an overwhelming pace. for sonic youth, to me, that seems like 87-88, sister, the whitey album and daydream nation coming (seemingly) all at once. plus a bunch of cool-ass singles, bootlegs and curiosities spilling out from the margins. great time to be a fan.

like the record now because of how expansive and imaginative it is. and drugged the fuck out. "macbeth", of course, but also "g-force" into "platoon II" (speaking of inventing trip-hop), "children of satan" (so ominous!), beatwise rethink of "making the nature scene". on top of that you get watt's "burnin' up", kim's "addicted to love" and fucking "into the groovey". i honestly think it's one of their best and most interesting albums. dig how they're approaching the sounds and vibes of their earliest stuff from a very different vantage point, and love the very evident hip hop influence - something i was sad to see them shed so completely after experimental jet set.

This I think is actually my favorite SY album

I was obsessed with this band and I don't think even I've heard this. If it's actually that good, I'll go find it.

Speaking of SY stuff never heard before, I'm still kicking myself for not ever getting around to picking up Made In USA when it was all over Champaign back in the mid-90s. I've yet to come across a copy used anywhere.

You're not missing much.

yeah, made in the usa is mostly a wash

its been a long time since i listened to it but isn't it just demos that got fleshed out on one of their lesser LPs?

Most definitely not.

Made In USA is a B movie score they were asked to do after EVOL, contains "Secret Girl" and a few alternate versions of it but is mostly a bunch of weird riff rock instrumental jams (and I think 1 or 2 songs with Thurston vocals), some acoustic guitar and harmonica, totally doesn't work as an 'album' but is an interesting little look at something different from the better known stuff they were doing at the time.

Most definitely not.

Oh wait, I thought you were referring to the Whitey Album, not Made in USA.

made in the usa isn't like a lost classic or anything, but if you are a big fan of SY in the 80s, you'll want to hear it.

Sounds like I should keep digging for it then!

I'm listening to this for the first time in years, and I still love it. Though I'm with the "better than Evol ?" folks.

I wonder if Madonna ever listened to this. Better yet, I wonder if there is any footage of her being asked about it.