I saw them in Santa Cruz in 89, I think, fIREHOSE opened - I missed D Boon too much to appreciate it... the west coast punky/hippy crowd totally didn't understand what SY were doing and they left the stage in a huff, only to come back and play ~30 minutes of Dictators covers, never got to see 'em again.
Daydream Nation was obviously and intentionally a crossover double LP... I love it for what it is/was... but began to lose interest with Goo and Washing Machine, I loved the snippet on a recent Behind the News so - esp after this - I'll get the new one.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> EVOL opened up a world for me. I had already gone from pop like the
> Cars and the Police (say what you will about their vacuousness, I
> still think Copeland's drumming was nifty) through gateway drugs like
> the Toy Dolls and Ramones, but that was all the same sort of pop-rock
> formula, just more exciting. And a good thing, that. But hearing the
> sounds they got out of guitars, and how the song arrangements were
> different from the usual formula, that was like having good coffee or
> beer for the first time, in the 80's before it became normal. It was
> just completely different, and raised expectations for everything
> that came after.
>
> I don't get the bit about referencing older work, that's indeed what
> it's about. Who doesn't?
>
>
> --
> Andy
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