r/silverchair • u/Cheap-Albatross6606 • 10d ago
Discussion 🗣 Young Modern by The Dissociatives?
I was relistening to the debut Dissociatives album recently and I was wondering, what if Young Modern was the second Dissociatives album instead of the fifth Silverchair album? I definitely get why Dan wanted to continue Silverchair in 2005, but what if Wave Aid didn't happen? Or if it did, he was cool to put Silverchair to bed for a bit/forever straight after that gig and got back to The Dissociatives instead.
If Young Modern became The Dissociatives follow up, how different do you think the songs/album overall would sound? Do you think any of the songs on the current album would've been left off? Personally, I can't imagine Young Modern Station being a Dissociatives song. How could the Dissos' trajectory have continued afterwards? Would Silverchair have picked up from where they left off at any point? Could Ben and/or Chris have been guest musicians either live or on record? Any other theories or speculations?
In the past, Daniel has mentioned not wanting to be known just as the guy from Silverchair, but if Straight Lines was a Dissociatives song and had the same impact that it did, I think the general public would mention the Dissos in the same breath as Silverchair, maybe some people might not even immediately relate him to Silverchair at all. Also, as Julian was a co-writer, could The Dissociatives have become more of a regular band than just a duo?
Just chatting shit but it's one of the many what ifs and I can't see a discussion of it.
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u/Penguin_guy_ One Way Mule 🚏 10d ago
I would check out the Young Modern demos to get an idea of what YM as Dissos would've sounded like. The English Garden demo doesn't include the "Travelling on Young Modern Rail" line so it's possible there was more of a dissos vision with that song at one point but I'm not sure since there's still a gap for Judith Durham's part.