Sonic Starbucks
Daydream Nation is 20 years old and to celebrate Sonic Youth is releasing a greatest hits album via your local Starbucks.
I haven't been a big fan of SY since Goo. Signing with Geffen didn't do anything for their music or creativity. I think Geffen owed them big though after Kim turned them on to a little band named Nirvana. Maybe staying with a major label through the crumbling of the "record industry" was a master plan of theirs climaxing with the ultimate cashing in and cashing out. I don't know if that's a bad thing. More money for more creative freedom in the future is a good thing, that much I know. Here's where I get all Andy Rooney... Is this what happened to indie rock? art rock? subculture?
It gets married, buys a house and has lattes- I mean babies. I don't expect bands to not want bigger audiences and nicer stuff but when it seems like Starbucks is the final destination for SY, I feel silly about starting the journey with them. I don't drink Starbucks and I don't really listen to SY anymore so I guess one of us has moved on to broader pastures.
But here's little taste of what was brewing 20 years ago:
4 comments:
I loved the logo but like you hate the Sonic Youth starbucks thing. I once read that David Hammons who is one of my favorite artists said that he loved starbucks because it globalized the idea of cafe culture. I'm still not down with Starbucks mostly because of its coffee though.
i do like that logo, it is more creative than the original.
i am not listening SY or that genre for a long time...how they do right now..?
The coffee always has a burnt taste to me. Was too acidic.
There is another good thing about Starbucks though. They spend most of their profit on health insurance for their employees.
Even part-time employees get health insurance.
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