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Not what you might be expecting
I consider myself to be a pretty huge Sonic Youth fan. I've followed the band's work for years and seen them live a number of times. This collection of videos is pretty underwhelming considering the genius and importance of the band's music. The biggest problem is that these videos come from Sonic Youth's early 90's commercial period, which wasn't something I figured out until I had the DVD home. There are no videos from Daydream Nation or any of preceding albums, which includes most of Sonic Youth's best work. <
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>Aside from the music not really being SY's best, some of the videos are downright embarassing, especially the hits from Goo and Dirty. They usually revolve around skateboard punks and stereotypical alternative kids from the early 90's, so they're dated as hell and a bit difficult to watch. I was especially disappointed with the videos from Murray Street, which was an exceptional album. The video for "The Empty Page" is just a collage of tour footage thrown together with footage of Moore lip synching in front of the mirror. "Disconnection Notice" is even worse, featuring teenaged kids arguing about something in a car. Couldn't they have found some better actors? It's worse than watching Degrassi. <
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>If youre a big fan of mid-90's SY, this collection is probably for you. If you're a fan of their early material, you might want to save your money for the upcoming independent videography that's advertised on the back of this DVD.

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Corporate Ghost Disappoints
Sonic Youth has never been a visually oriented group, and this collection of videos is a testament to that fact. As songwriters and musical artists, their craft is daring, original, and groundbreaking. It's a shame that the video images are not on par with the music. <
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>Beginning with the entirety of the album Goo and carrying through Murray Street, the videos are mostly comprised of teenagers making out, skateboarding punks, and bandmembers lipsynching their way through the material. It is decidedly middle of the road typical MTV material. The single most disturbing video is Sunday, which features gratuitous close ups of Macaulay Culkin(!) making out with a girl in slow motion. Surely a frightening image to anyone whose name isn't Michael Jackson. <
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>Had this dvd come from a lesser band I wouldn't have been so disappointed, but with Sonic Youth I expect at least originality, if not always greatness. As the title suggests, this product is a collection of corporate marketing, with little room left for artistry.

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sonic youth makes my sense of integrity hurt
sonic youth.........where to start...how about nowhere..that seems fitting...i just wrote a huge blog after watching 1991:the year punk broke for the first time in years, and i really dont feel like repeating. <
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>so basically, anybody thats gonna buy this thing is gonna be a s.y. fan anyway so whatever i say won't matter, but..... <
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>sonic youth , and thurston moore in general, suck. a lot. i've never seen someone try so hard to use as many "big" words in a sentance so hard in my life. and the band as a whole seems to follow just about every underground indie trend that comes along ( if you happen to disagree, *please* go listen to your grunge obsessed copy of dirty, look at the flannel covered back sleeve, and feel that butch vig post-nevermind production) <
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>sonic is the biggest example of "hey, i'm cool, right???" i've ever seen..if you're gonna get all nostalgic about the late eighties/early nineties, go listen to dinosaur jr. it'll make you feel good