oh happiness. oh joy. i've just blocked off the next hour on my calendar so i can sit back and soak it in.
New Radiohead album this week
i really liked Kid A…after that, all their albums sound alike
chaz wrote:
I liked Radiohead better when they played guitars.
I liked music before there was music
Got wrote:
i really liked Kid A…after that, all their albums sound alike
The Bends + OK Computer + Kid A - An amazing 3 record run…
Yeah after that, it just got tired for me. For ME.
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:chaz wrote:
I liked Radiohead better when they played guitars.
I liked music before there was music
woop dee doo
"I got very tired of watching other people listen to the band?s post-Kid A (really post-O.K. Computer, if I?m honest) releases and nod like they were really ?getting it.? Radiohead became a kind of shortcut to rock depth, the way placing a few New Yorkers on your coffee table is a shortcut to, well, lit depth. For a few dollars (or for free, if you took them up on their offer to download 2007?s In Rainbows for as much or as little as you felt like paying), anyone could pretend to have great taste."
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/02/the-king-of-limbs-radiohead-is-charging-this-timeis-it-worth-it.html
Brian
Maybe it was today's awesome weather, but The King of Limbs had me thinking of a nice mountain bike loop. Radiohead isn't really breaking new ground - it fits in with Kid A, Amnesiac, Thom Yorke's Eraser, In Rainbows - and its non-'songy', even by recent Radiohead standards. But like a good bike trail, it flows, its got ups and downs (and flats), its got some challenging parts and some sweet singletrack to look forward to (Lotus Flower) and there are some climbs but it ends with an enjoyable twisting downhill (Separator). Probably like a 6 mile loop, not overly taxing, and the terrain is fun and interesting and its easy to look forward to visiting again.
Liking the new album ;D
Much better than "In Rainbows", which is a relief. I'm digging it.
I like it, but I like In Rainbows more. However, I love In Rainbows, so liking the new album less isn't a very bad thing.
Brian_Wallace wrote:
"I got very tired of watching other people listen to the band?s post-Kid A (really post-O.K. Computer, if I?m honest) releases and nod like they were really ?getting it.? Radiohead became a kind of shortcut to rock depth, the way placing a few New Yorkers on your coffee table is a shortcut to, well, lit depth. For a few dollars (or for free, if you took them up on their offer to download 2007?s In Rainbows for as much or as little as you felt like paying), anyone could pretend to have great taste."
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/02/the-king-of-limbs-radiohead-is-charging-this-timeis-it-worth-it.html
Brian
Don't agree with this at all. When I was a kid, Karma Police was big and I liked it, but never really investigated the band more than that. I was still too young when Kid A came out to really take notice. 2004 came along as did Hail and I liked it. Wasn't blown away, but liked it. Then In Rainbows came and I fell in love with the music. Went back into their catalog and experienced their greatness to the extent it deserves. Till this day, In Rainbows is still my favorite and their best in my personal point of view. If I was one of these true typical 'hipsters' as the article likes to cite, then Id be bashing all their post Kid A work.
On another note, King of Limbs still has me mixed. The first half seems like MEH to me while i feel the second half could stand up to most of their best work. Anyone else feel the same?
"when i was a kid, karma police was big . . . ."
"i was still too young when kid a came out . . . ."
can i just kill myself now?
"i was still too young when kid a came out . . . ."
can i just kill myself now?
Brian_Wallace wrote:
"I got very tired of watching other people listen to the band?s post-Kid A (really post-O.K. Computer, if I?m honest) releases and nod like they were really ?getting it.? Radiohead became a kind of shortcut to rock depth, the way placing a few New Yorkers on your coffee table is a shortcut to, well, lit depth. For a few dollars (or for free, if you took them up on their offer to download 2007?s In Rainbows for as much or as little as you felt like paying), anyone could pretend to have great taste."
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/02/the-king-of-limbs-radiohead-is-charging-this-timeis-it-worth-it.html
Brian
the only thing worse than people who trot out post-Kid A Radiohead as kind of shortcut to rock depth: people who claim that Radiohead haven't released anything decent since The Bends (or Pablo Honey, if you're really hardcore).
Everything Radiohead has done post-Bends is certifiable bad.
sweetcell wrote:Brian_Wallace wrote:
"I got very tired of watching other people listen to the band?s post-Kid A (really post-O.K. Computer, if I?m honest) releases and nod like they were really ?getting it.? Radiohead became a kind of shortcut to rock depth, the way placing a few New Yorkers on your coffee table is a shortcut to, well, lit depth. For a few dollars (or for free, if you took them up on their offer to download 2007?s In Rainbows for as much or as little as you felt like paying), anyone could pretend to have great taste."
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/02/the-king-of-limbs-radiohead-is-charging-this-timeis-it-worth-it.html
Brian
the only thing worse than people who trot out post-Kid A Radiohead as kind of shortcut to rock depth: people who claim that Radiohead haven't released anything decent since The Bends (or Pablo Honey, if you're really hardcore).
Agreed. What is so interesting or original about "King of Limbs?" If it was some artist you never heard of, you'd dismiss it as self-indugent, navel-gazing crap. But since it's THE ALMIGHTY RADIOHEAD! (Bow down, please) it's so mind-blowingly genius, our poor, pathetic minds can't possibly grasp how great it is.
I can't believe no one's done a "Can you spot the difference?" between a "new" Radiohead song and some soundscape the guy from Owl City came up with. Where's Negativeland when you need them?
Brian
walkonby wrote:
"when i was a kid, karma police was big . . . ."
"i was still too young when kid a came out . . . ."
can i just kill myself now?
Cant speak for the board, but i have no objections.
Nicely stated Sweetcell.
IMAmoose24 wrote:
Don't agree with this at all. When I was a kid, Karma Police was big and I liked it, but never really investigated the band more than that. I was still too young when Kid A came out to really take notice. 2004 came along as did Hail and I liked it. Wasn't blown away, but liked it. Then In Rainbows came and I fell in love with the music. Went back into their catalog and experienced their greatness to the extent it deserves. Till this day, In Rainbows is still my favorite and their best in my personal point of view. If I was one of these true typical 'hipsters' as the article likes to cite, then Id be bashing all their post Kid A work.
That is the exact same story for me with Pearl Jam. Didn't really care much until I started listening to their 2000-era live stuff, when Riot Act came out I fell in love. Started really getting into their earlier shit. Riot Act
Sometimes when I'm really drunk I like to sing Riot Act songs like Cropduster, Ghost, Half Full and All or None.
Speaking of Radiohead sound alikes, its a good thing the Hollies helped them write their big hit Creep
kosmo wrote:
Speaking of Radiohead sound alikes, its a good thing the Hollies helped them write their big hit Creep
Trivia: Radiohead actually have to pay royalties to "The Air That I Breathe"'s songwriters, Mike Hazelwood and…..Albert Hammond, Sr. Father of the white-froed Strokes guitarist.
Brian