Sonic Yawn

Flea had the best pick.

hey, i know those songs.

flaming lips had the best pick.

right, flaming lips had the best pick -- but only in the sense of picking the best song of the bunch.

mike watt had the best pick in the sense of picking the best *non-obvious* song.

and although no one gives a shit nor ought to, here my SY Top 5:

schizophrenia
xpressway
tunic
diamond sea
cotton crown

This could very well be the best selling album of their career, and at this point, I think they deserve it!

i give a shit 11:39!
i give a shit

it's funny to imagine actual "Squares" at Starbucks buying this album.

TUFF GNARL

Geffen and Starbucks are the same thing? That sounds like the type of simplified justification that comes from the far right wing in this country. If they want to sell more records they should stop writing self-indulgent, pretentious torture music.

7:46 - Please stop stuffing cucumbers up your ass, God is watching.

Sad twat.

My mom will probably buy this, then call me to ask if I've heard of them. I'm not kidding.

i would've gone for titanium expose.

mary-christ by david cross is a cool pick. that song is triple weird. certainly not a sonic "hit."

how about chloe's unending credibility even though she does nothing to warrant it?

brother james!
world looks red is a good one.

Starbucks hey, didn't see this coming. so it's gonna be sitting there on the counter next to Simon And Garfunkel and Joni Mitchell-that's going to be an interesting ride home on the car cd player!

Well if Chloe Sevigny selected a song, then I just have to absolutely buy this compilation, because mediocre actresses have alot of musical clout...Starbucks coffee sucks, so I'll happily avoid this audio-mess.

Best picks were Beck and Mike D because let's face it, DIRTY was the best album!

I would have included Trilogy, or at very least Eliminator Jr. on there. Every time I think of them doing that song at McCarren pool last year I get chills going down my spine.

shoot me, i still adore the obvious "teenage riot." if an alien (or someone from long island) asked me to play them a song that would explain to them the whole indie rock thing, i would pick that one. (or maybe pavement's "silence kit.")

i knew it wouldn't be included in this comp (or any comp), but "winner's blues" is a tiny gem of a song that deserves a shout out...

I'll take a vente latte, this crappy comp, and some cultural hegemony. Thank you.

starbucks is officially legit. they got indie street cred now! i guess i can finally start chillin there with my hipster homies. fo realz.

The first three songs are a rough start--as "pop" songs they're ones that nonfans might get into but not Sonic Youth classics in my book--it's smooth sailing. A very nice mix of tunes. Very glad to see "Disappearer" on there.

I'm just hoping they play SY videos on the flat screens on their walls so I can watch them while i'm in line waiting and waiting for my state approved stimulants..

I like Catherine Keener's choice if only because I'd like to put my Bull in her Heather.

A pretty good selection all in all, me thinks. Good Goo tracks. Would have been nice to see more Nurse tracks, though. Unmade Bed, muthafukahzzz!

candle

Dirty Boots!

Mildred Pierce!

(fr. "Goo")

i can just imagine the phone call where a representative from starbucks called up radiohead and said "hey, what sonic youth song would you like to pick for this compilation?". i'm shocked thom, jonny and co. didn't just laugh in their faces and tell them to put 'my friend goo' on it.

"Tunic" is the only Sonic Youth song that's worth a shit. Oh, and Catherine Keener is the aesthetic equivalent of fart cancer. Gah.

Big ups to Titanium & Schizo. Plus all the underrated Washing Machine.

1-2-1-2-1-2 titty!

I would have picked Kissability or maybe Stereo Sanctity, but otherwise a very decent list.

Man, that Portia De Rossi chick is full of surprises isn't she?

providence

I can't believe no one has actually stepped up to defend Chloe Sevigny's cred on this. Her first break was starring in SY's "Sugar Kane" video and modeling for X-girl for chrissakes.

that's a great photoshop image

people, can the hate. a sonic youth comp is still sonic youth music. that joy division best of that just came out was unnecessary, but it still contains great music. ditto here.

starbucks is anti-union

http://www.starbucksunion.org/

brlliant graphic, BV! no "Cotton Crown" is wacky, but it's even wackier that there's no Lee songs, "Rain King," "Hoarfrost," "Karen Koltrane" or "Eric's Trip." Everybody knows Lee songs are the best.

Hey 1:53, you have way too much time on your hands if you're spending time defending Chloe Sevigny. Jesus who cares about her or Thurston Moore for that matter? This band has always been wildly over-rated, seriously. Mildred Pierce however, is a good song. That much I'll admit.

Who says unions are automatically a good thing? Whole Foods doesn't have union workers either--and they probably don't need them!

oh, and Cross the Breeze!

"Who says unions are automatically a good thing?"

no one says it's automatically good, dumbfuck. it's just good in the vast majority of cases. certainly would be good in starbucks's case.

why does chloe have a say? because she fucks/ed vincent gallo? and i hate the ads i see with her and some asian guy promoting a shirt. i really wanted her to die in american psycho...wait did she die? no, i don't think so.

chloe savigny would have to work very hard to offset the positive points she got for Trees Lounge.

i'd "offset" some of her "positive points"

say what you will about her movie career, chloe sevigny essentially became famous for being cool. she's like the kyra sedgwick of the 90s, or do i mean edie sedgwick???

memory disease across united states

"famous for being cool"! lol, thanks.

hey 1102-

this is anon1029. i have nothing better to do at work today than sit here and read this post. if i sound ridiculous, i'd like to know why.

so why scoff at "famous for being cool"? or did you not have a reason...

oh hi 11:17, im 11:02 had to do some work but now im back. Im the same guy who lol'd at dj's being called "opening bands", i just like to lol a lot. and i dont let the door hit me on the ass on the way out, either.

"brlliant graphic, BV!"

Is that a doctored photo? I heard a DJ on Sirius say that there are Starbucks aprons like this. Maybe he or she based that statement only on this photo, though.

Yeah, that's doctored. It's the kid on the right from the album cover.

Ca.
Plane.
Pour.
Moi.

Good call on the Lee shaft, Anonymous | May 22, 2008 2:38 PM. Give me some "Mote" or his spoken word thing on 'Washing Machine.' Or "Wish Fulfillment."

I read this cool interview with Portia de Rossi for Blender magazine, that was done in 2005. She impressed me with her choices for fav music, and SY was right at the top of the list. Check out the interview: http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1827

I love how much we all sadly think we like sonic youth for our own special reasons, and therefor act like pretensious hoes

Lauren....

Who knew? Dinosaur Jr. AND Sebadoh.... very impressive indeed.