Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex/Kill Yr. Idols

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Media Type: CD
Artist: SONIC YOUTH
Title: CONFUSION IS SEX
Street Release Date: 02/28/1995
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP Product Description

THIS is the Sonic Youth you keep hearing about

I have heard Daydream Nation, Goo, Dirty, Sister, EVOL and there were moments on all of them that I liked. Still, I never felt any of those albums went into the territory of pure noise that I had heard Sonic Youth would go into and would be such an inspiration for Cobain. Then I hear "(She's In A) Bad Mood" and can see that Cobain stole the ending of the song for his own "Aneurysm".

This is not a pretty album, this is not for everyone by any means. But it's pure noise and I love it. "Kill Yr Idols" the song definitely achieves the menace the Sex Pistols were going for, blowing away any sign of melody with a vengeance. It's awesome.

Sometimes you hear music that's so absorbing you can't think about anything else, and on that note I don't think this album will ever be background music, ever. There is no real structure to most of these songs, they're just songs, and after hearing enough verse chorus songs (which I do love by the way) to make my head explode, this album is a great change.

If I had just heard of this band and this was the first music of theirs I had heard, and you told me that millions of people loved them. Well, I would be surprised, but I would also think that was really great. September 30, 2008

Beautiful Mess

I don't like to give albums 5 stars unless they truly are a fave of mine. CiS comes close, but not quite. I wouldv'e given 4 1/2 if it was an option.

So this album is a mess. A brilliant mess of untuned guitars, stunning yet detached bass playing, and dissonant drumming (strange for a noise album). In My opinon this is Kims best album. Her vocals, while abrasive and completly out of tune (how i like it) are intense and grab u by the ears and won't let go untill the end of the song (in some cases longer). Also her Bass playing is pronounced more than usual, especially in her creepy droner Protect Me You. Her tracks are my fave ones on the album (Shaking hell, live Stooges cover I Wanna be Your Dog, and Protect Me You). In fact, I have never heard anything like PMY.

Thurston and Lee are crazy good. If you think the noise songs on Sister and EVOL are too much, hear this. They are not tuneless, they are positively Horrifying. Im scared to turn my volume up to loud, (as much as I want to), as I fear for the safty of my speakers (and my ears). They seem to try as hard as possiby to make the riffs sound bad, and as Bad as they are, it still sound euphoriuc. Although in my opinion their more structured than Evol and BMR, just in a different way. I prefer this to their later noise rock of plain guitar screeches. Here its just scary. Nightmarish as other reviewers say.

The drumming, is not Steve Shelley. I love him to death, but i think for the sake of this album it is a good thing. There doesn't seem to be much of a rhythem, probably because you can barely hear the drumming in parts, even though thy're not exactly quite. I wouldn't be suprised if the drummer (names escaped me) didn't even use a drum kit half the time. He might well have been smashing a bamboo stick on a dinner table. Theres absolutly NO structure to his drumming. And its perfect.

The added KYI EP is excellent. Dont buy the album without it. Shaking Hell live is awesome, and of course Kill Your Idols...

Buy it, but beware, it'll freak the hell out of you, and may find yourself regretting the purchase. Actually don't buy it if u found albums like Daydream Nation hard to get through, cos you won't have a chance. May 10, 2007

Good times with the Youth...

I don't know why everyone keeps saying this album is simply "artistic" chaotic noise. Sure it's loud, and often harsh, but it's also very dance-worthy. Songs like 'Nature Scene' and 'Inhuman' have a pretty solid rhythm flowing throughout. Buy this one to play loud in the car or on Halloween!

This reviewer's favorite songs: 'Making the Nature Scene', 'The World Looks Red' and 'Early American'.

(Brother James is better live!) March 22, 2007

Got no idols...

At first I was reluctant to buy this CD because everyone claims its such a huge dpeature from their other work. This is what started it all. This album is not such a huge stretch from alot of Sonic Youth's work, yeah it's a bit more tense, but there's alot of the same qualities that make this a must own of an SY or indie rock fan. 'Daydream Nation' is a much louder album. It's not pop but believe me if you like their other albums you will like this. Everyone acts like 'Goo' and 'Dirty' were so mainstream, they are good records but this is better by far.

Anyways buy this and Bad Moon Rising, two albums that perfectly accompany one another. November 21, 2006

No Wave Masterpiece... All Hail The Old School

Basically this album gave birth to the Art-Noise scene in NYC. Frankly, if you do not like this album you are ignorant. You do not get art or music-as-art. October 4, 2006

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