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30 day music meme #24
Aug. 10th, 2020 06:37 pm24. A song by a band you wish were still together
Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea
By the time they broke up (goddamnit, Thurston) Sonic Youth had probably done all the world-changing they were going to do. Still, I miss them. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I know, going from one of the most straightforward shoulda-been-a-hits SY ever did, to something more disturbing in the solo, then back to the hummable song again, and then into that 10-minute coda where the glittering peaceful ocean stretches out as far as the eye can see, gradually gets stormier and stormier until all hell breaks loose... and then as the waves drag you down, the calm returns as it fades out and keeps going forever.
Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea
By the time they broke up (goddamnit, Thurston) Sonic Youth had probably done all the world-changing they were going to do. Still, I miss them. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I know, going from one of the most straightforward shoulda-been-a-hits SY ever did, to something more disturbing in the solo, then back to the hummable song again, and then into that 10-minute coda where the glittering peaceful ocean stretches out as far as the eye can see, gradually gets stormier and stormier until all hell breaks loose... and then as the waves drag you down, the calm returns as it fades out and keeps going forever.
