beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
A band for whom the word "meh" was invented.
I just don't get Radiohead at all.
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Reno said:Most popular music in the mid-80 was so shit, I lost interest and got into classical music for a decade. Then I heard The Bends and it got me back into rock music. I didn't much care for Amnesiac and Hail the Thief but In Rainbows is fab.
I struggled hugely with Amnesiac. Gave up for the time being! Kid A not massively floating my boat either, but I should try again I reckon.
I have what I think is Hail to the Thief under a different title ('Nein, No, Non' or v. similar)
was just the other day giving it a try again. Will repay giving it space to be a grower I think.The earlier albums up to OK Computer are (in my book) excellent. I'm hearing great things of In Rainbows as well and will definitely give it a go once I get my shit together. I've run out of disc space for downlads though, my shite old PC (admittedly twas free as well
) is on its last legs 
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
beesonthewhatnow said:
I'm stealing this.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Oi!Chairman Meow said:I'm stealing this.
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
You're quite right. Some of their fans teach some of the other humanities, or look after books.William of Walworth said:stop stereotype-mongering!
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I find a bottle of cheap wiskey does the job far better.Iemanja said:
beesonthewhatnow said:
There really are pro and anti reactions and few inbetweens with Radiohead aren't there?
danny la rouge said:You're quite right. Some of their fans teach some of the other humanities, or look after books.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
It's quite simple. If you don't like Radiohead you're only saying it to be cool.
*runs away giggling*
*runs away giggling*
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
You're bloody Paul McCartney, you are! Numbers said:I've downloaded some of the albums as voted on the Urban album of the year thread, including In Rainbows, but as with their previous releases, I just don't get them, at all.
I never have got them, I actually think they make rather miserable music which just doesn't cut the mustard with me.
What is it about them? I like quite a broad spectrum of music, but this lot I just cannot listen to.
Yet they seem to be the 'best band in the world'
Good job you didn't pay for them, then, isn't it?
(Don't suppose the band care what you think if you don't pay for music)
Hail to the thief and all that
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
That's just it, for me it's neither, just a huge steaming pile of "meh". They don't stir anything in me, good or bad.William of Walworth said:
Which in my mind is about as bad as it can get in music tbh - music should create a reaction in you, stir the soul, make you angry, make you sad, whatever.
With Radiohead all I get is a wave of indifference.
The Unseen
Boy Done Gun
Never been a great fan but always enjoy a listen when there on.
Was at a mates house the other day, watching MTV2 and it seemed to be a Radiohead appreciation day.
I enjoy there video's immensely and can accept there status easily. The pyramid song is my fave.
Was at a mates house the other day, watching MTV2 and it seemed to be a Radiohead appreciation day.
I enjoy there video's immensely and can accept there status easily. The pyramid song is my fave.
It's Thom Yorke howling angsty lyrics over some prog rock guitar - either you like that kind of thing or you don't.
I was never a huge fan but I spent a big chunk of the '90s liking some of Radiohead's music - haven't paid much attention to them since though and when I was doing a clearout they were among the first on the pile.
I was never a huge fan but I spent a big chunk of the '90s liking some of Radiohead's music - haven't paid much attention to them since though and when I was doing a clearout they were among the first on the pile.
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
You like Radiohead, don't you?
The Bends is simply one of the greatest albums ever recorded, IMO
I've always really liked them. although Kid A through HTTT didn't engage me that much (although there were some outstanding tracks on them - e.g National Anthem )
But I've been blown away by In Rainbows - there's some seriously good music on it.
I've always really liked them. although Kid A through HTTT didn't engage me that much (although there were some outstanding tracks on them - e.g National Anthem )
But I've been blown away by In Rainbows - there's some seriously good music on it.
Juice Terry
rama lama fa fa fa
due to spending most of the late 90's with my head in the bass bin at techno parties i never listened to radiohead til about 2001 and then after an unfortunate late night video mishap on telly mistook chris martin for thom yorke and thought coldplay were radiohead and just filed them under utter shite.
finally realised my mistake in about 05 and now think they're the best band ever, radiohead that is not fucking coldplay.
thief's their best, love all that bingy bongy synth stuff.
rainbows is good but only feels like half an album is there extra songs coming on the cd?
...and it turns out i used to hang around with the same crowd as thom in abingdon in 86/87, he gave me a lift to a party once in his beetle, never even knew he was in a band then.
finally realised my mistake in about 05 and now think they're the best band ever, radiohead that is not fucking coldplay.
thief's their best, love all that bingy bongy synth stuff.
rainbows is good but only feels like half an album is there extra songs coming on the cd?
...and it turns out i used to hang around with the same crowd as thom in abingdon in 86/87, he gave me a lift to a party once in his beetle, never even knew he was in a band then.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
I reckon Kid A and Amnesiac should have been a single record, with all the filler chucked out. That'd be a killer record:
Everything in Its Right Place
Idioteque
Pyramid Song
You and Whose Army?
I Might Be Wrong
Knives Out
Morning Bell
Like Spinning Plates
Motion Picture Soundtrack
I reckon
Everything in Its Right Place
Idioteque
Pyramid Song
You and Whose Army?
I Might Be Wrong
Knives Out
Morning Bell
Like Spinning Plates
Motion Picture Soundtrack
I reckon
cliche guevara
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Crispy said:I reckon Kid A and Amnesiac should have been a single record, with all the filler chucked out. That'd be a killer record:
Everything in Its Right Place
Idioteque
Pyramid Song
You and Whose Army?
I Might Be Wrong
Knives Out
Morning Bell
Like Spinning Plates
Motion Picture Soundtrack
I reckon
Yup. It's pretty much one album anyway, "Kid Amnesiac", in the way that they are the only two of Radioheads albums that follow the same structure and patterns. The rest of the albums are all vastly different from each other.
