Before reading this article, I had never heard of Sonic
Youth, but I think that the author of this story is effective at using words to
describe the sounds that he hears while listening to the band play. I was able
to visualize the sound of a guitar strum (low F-sharp notes, etc) or the
thumping of drums without the experience of playing those instruments. However, that didn’t stop me from
researching more on Sonic Youth and checking out videos of their musical
performances in order to get a better feel of what the author was talking about
here.
Along with that, I liked that as a reader I was given a
glimpse into the dynamics and history of Sonic Youth from the author’s
perspective even though I was not familiar with the band. I also like the way
that the author weaves in song titles and lyrics to various songs that the band
has played/recorded over the years. It is so interesting to see the trajectory
of a band’s life history over the span of decades of being in the music scene.
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