Trilogy: A) The Wonder B) Hyperstation Z) Eliminator Jr. (track) by Sonic Youth

Possibly rock music's greatest ever album title namedrop? It's certainly the one I found most effective.

From DeusExMackia 04/10/2018 22:13

I'm not the type to post double comments on songs but I need to expand on what I said previously. This is more than just a tumultuous, wondrous ending.

By this final point in the album, Daydream Nation has built up so much momentum and energy that the only way to dispel it and close the record is to frame it in this 14 minute long epic that drags every single thought, feeling and sound of the whole thing out of the murky depths of apathy and despair that define it and utterly, utterly thrash the life out of it.

The sheer force of The Wonder is astonishing. Everything aspect of it is in motion. The riffs spiral out and upwards, the drums barely ever cease, and Thurston Moore's voice is thoroughly electrifying. The middle section in particular has so much motion that the fear of where it's all going to end up creates palpable and terrifying tension. There's also this very brief pause at 2:11 where the short relief from the drums that preceded it suddenly brings all of that chaos and uncertainty back into focus, only with even more power and more speed. It's some of the most insane energy I've ever felt in a song.

Hyperstation really is the crux of the whole album, not just for 'that' line. Everything falls into place in its mere 4 verses; it's what every character on the record has been doing, it's what everything the lyrcis have described has been related to. Everyone and everything is daydreaming in this nation that has seen major social, political and economic upheaval over the past 8 years, leaving so many lost in its wake. It's what so many songs previously on the record have hinted at, but at least here the resolution is delivered. Profound brilliance is the only way to describe it.

And, in all honesty, they could have left it all there. But that's exactly what makes Eliminator Jr. so brilliant; it's the palate cleanser. It snaps you back out with some of the dirtiest guitar playing ever - and some equally dirty lyrics. I also love that guitar thrashing at the end, with that one note just having every last decibel irked out of it. It's like the whole album being bashed to death with a sledgehammer. As rough and as quickly it began, Daydream Nation is killed off in a flurry of noise and violence.

What more is to say other than Trilogy is hands down my favourite album closer ever. Closer's are meant to deliver that final punch of a record and finalise the product, but this really takes it to a new level. It's a finale that has to carry the weight of so much incredible music that came before it and somehow stand out on its own, and yet that's exactly what it does. It's the summary, the death and undoubtedly one of the stand out tracks from one of the single greatest records ever made.

The Wonder perfectly sets the tone for Hyperstation (which is the centerpiece section of this song). The Wonder's awesome intense vocals and guitar play slowly fade out and segues into Hyperstation, which is a murky drug -drug infused awesome composition. Eliminator Jr is a reference to ZZ Top and Dinosaur Jr, and it's a pretty fun song, a good way to close the album.

From DeusExMackia 10/10/2016 13:28

Feels like the summary of Daydream Nation. The murky, rough and raw sound that defines the album is at its strongest here, and it is dragged into a tumultuous, wondrous ending.

Epic ending to Daydream Nation!

From Jasonconfused 01/22/2013 10:40

I like that the trilogy was made parts A, B, and Z, because Z is so very different than the first two parts. My favorite part was A.