I can not seem to get enough of the song "The Diamond Sea", as it sit last (#11) on the CD "Washing Machine". It is about 20 minutes and I think it is the free form parts in the songs mid and end that really shows what Misters Lee Renaldo & Thurston Moore are capable of.
The sky is no limit for these guys. Just a launch pad...
Review of
The Destroyed Room from the Independent on Sunday (which prompted me to put it on my last Christmas wish list)...
*****
Take some "Crème Brûlée" and sprinkle with a "Pinch" (Can) of Brian Eno-like electronica. In places this album feels like it's been recorded deep in the Nevada desert, elsewhere it shakes and throngs like the best kind of next-door-neighbours' house who play their music too loud, but have enough taste that you don't mind. You bang on their door and say, "turn it up"; after all this is Sonic Youth, my friends. Packed full of B-sides and rarities, hand-picked by the band, which perhaps aficionados of the SY sound have already, but for those of you that don't I'd be hard pushed to recommend a better alternative compilation for this festive season. This is post punk rock at its best.
And yes, it's got "The Diamond Sea", and yes I think it's pretty awesome too. Although I'm not a stimmer myself. 