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Radiohead - The Bends

facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
edited August 2010 in Other Music
Now there's a record, not a shit a song on there. The title track alone blows me away:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fu6dABbfMg

I know a lot of people think Ok Computer is their masterpiece but I still prefer The Bends, there's just something so perfect about it, the songs fit together seamlessly.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,953
    burnt myself out on this album 10 years ago....still cant listen to it
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    mookeywrench wrote:
    burnt myself out on this album 10 years ago....still cant listen to it

    shame.....I've played the shit out of it from time to time, but I've probably not listened to it in maybe a year.
  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    it's certainly a masterpiece.
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  • markin ballmarkin ball Posts: 1,075
    facepollution wrote:
    Now there's a record, not a shit a song on there. The title track alone blows me away:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fu6dABbfMg

    I know a lot of people think Ok Computer is their masterpiece but I still prefer The Bends, there's just something so perfect about it, the songs fit together seamlessly.

    Agreed.
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  • Nittany1bnNittany1bn Near Philadelphia Posts: 214
    i'm more of a Pablo Honey fan but you can't go wrong with any one of the first three Radiohead albums. all three are pretty much perfect. I wonder why they turned to such shit after 2000...must have benn the Y2K bug
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    This album is what got me into them. Similar to what they said above, and similar to what I've heard with "VS".... with such a great album, burn out is possible and I did that to myself with The Bends and VS, but I've been listening to it recently for the first time in years. Brilliant, straight forward album!
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  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    Definitely agree with you on the whole "OK Computer/Bends" question, I have always prefered the Bends there are some great tunes off this album that puts it over the top for me especially "Fake Plastic Trees"
  • EZ1221CEZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    I could never get into OK Computer as much as Pablo Honey, the Bends and, to an extent, Kid A. I think those are all better than OK Computer
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  • swany24swany24 Posts: 52
    It's Radiohead's best, IMO.
  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    Nittany1bn wrote:
    i'm more of a Pablo Honey fan but you can't go wrong with any one of the first three Radiohead albums. all three are pretty much perfect. I wonder why they turned to such shit after 2000...must have benn the Y2K bug

    Kid A - 2000
    Amnesiac - 2001
    Hail to the Thief - 2003
    In Rainbows - 2008

    Although In Rainbows is their Riot Act (meaning both are a let down for me), they are far from shit. They're one of the most respected bands of the last 20 years.
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    whygohome wrote:
    Nittany1bn wrote:
    i'm more of a Pablo Honey fan but you can't go wrong with any one of the first three Radiohead albums. all three are pretty much perfect. I wonder why they turned to such shit after 2000...must have benn the Y2K bug

    Kid A - 2000
    Amnesiac - 2001
    Hail to the Thief - 2003
    In Rainbows - 2008

    Although In Rainbows is their Riot Act (meaning both are a let down for me), they are far from shit. They're one of the most respected bands of the last 20 years.


    In Rainbows is their best album since Ok Computer.
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  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    CJMST3K wrote:
    whygohome wrote:
    Nittany1bn wrote:
    i'm more of a Pablo Honey fan but you can't go wrong with any one of the first three Radiohead albums. all three are pretty much perfect. I wonder why they turned to such shit after 2000...must have benn the Y2K bug

    Kid A - 2000
    Amnesiac - 2001
    Hail to the Thief - 2003
    In Rainbows - 2008

    Although In Rainbows is their Riot Act (meaning both are a let down for me), they are far from shit. They're one of the most respected bands of the last 20 years.


    In Rainbows is their best album since Ok Computer.

    I'll agree with that. In Rainbows grew on me a lot.
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Those who haven't liked In Rainbows, but liked Ok Computer and The Bends... find on YouTube (or elsewhere) the Live From The Basement performance of In Rainbows.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    how can radiohead fans not like in rainbows?
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    CJMST3K wrote:
    whygohome wrote:
    Nittany1bn wrote:
    i'm more of a Pablo Honey fan but you can't go wrong with any one of the first three Radiohead albums. all three are pretty much perfect. I wonder why they turned to such shit after 2000...must have benn the Y2K bug

    Kid A - 2000
    Amnesiac - 2001
    Hail to the Thief - 2003
    In Rainbows - 2008

    Although In Rainbows is their Riot Act (meaning both are a let down for me), they are far from shit. They're one of the most respected bands of the last 20 years.


    In Rainbows is their best album since Ok Computer.

    agree 100%. i'd rank their albums like this:

    1.) OK Computer
    2.) The Bends
    3.) In Rainbows
    4.) Hail To The Thief
    5.) Kid A
    6.) Amnesiac
    7.) Pablo Honey

    but every album is amazing in their own right. just like pj.

    anyone know when a new radiohead album is coming!? isn't it supposed to be soon-ish?
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  • Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    Nittany1bn wrote:
    i'm more of a Pablo Honey fan but you can't go wrong with any one of the first three Radiohead albums. all three are pretty much perfect. I wonder why they turned to such shit after 2000...must have benn the Y2K bug
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    Sorry, I just can't agree with that at all. I don't think Pablo Honey is better than anything they've done post-2000, or even The Bends. The Bends shows a bit more diversity than Pablo Honey, in my opinion, and has more character. PH feels a bit like they were jumping on the whole alterna-rock thing.
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    catefrances wrote:
    how can radiohead fans not like in rainbows?

    Agreed, it's a great record.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    facepollution wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    how can radiohead fans not like in rainbows?

    Agreed, it's a great record.

    yup. one of their best!
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    facepollution wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    burnt myself out on this album 10 years ago....still cant listen to it

    shame.....I've played the shit out of it from time to time, but I've probably not listened to it in maybe a year.
    Me too. Must dig it out again. Still my favourite of all their albums.
  • twisted thoughtstwisted thoughts Posts: 4,377
    I love Radiohead!!

    and im an amnesiac addict...
    i know...its probly their least liked album...but i think its a masterpiece
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    twisted thoughts wrote:
    and im an amnesiac addict...
    i know...its probly their least liked album...but i think its a masterpiece
    Wow! Tell me your secret. I've tried very hard but just can't get on with it. :lol:
  • twisted thoughtstwisted thoughts Posts: 4,377
    nuffingman wrote:
    twisted thoughts wrote:
    and im an amnesiac addict...
    i know...its probly their least liked album...but i think its a masterpiece
    Wow! Tell me your secret. I've tried very hard but just can't get on with it. :lol:


    when it first came out, i hated it....
    i was real big into Kid A when it came out, and amnesiac just seemed too slow for me
    but i kept listening....
    i always had a soft spot for pyramid song...thom yorke's voice is amazing....
    i like to think i sound as good as he when i sing that song in my car
    (im surprised i havent broken the windows on that one :lol: )
    the drums on that cd are nutz...if i didnt know any better, i would think it were a drum machine...idk how he keeps those times....like an earlier post said - watch radiohead in the basement to get a glimpse of what i mean about the drummer....the in rainbows songs are kinda similar in terms of the wierd drumming
    packt like sardines...you and whose army...i might be wrong?!?!?
    c'mon...give it another try!!!

    for me, the music that takes me longer to get into, is the music that keeps its value over time for me
    except for PJ....they can do no wrong
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    twisted thoughts wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    twisted thoughts wrote:
    and im an amnesiac addict...
    i know...its probly their least liked album...but i think its a masterpiece
    Wow! Tell me your secret. I've tried very hard but just can't get on with it. :lol:


    when it first came out, i hated it....
    i was real big into Kid A when it came out, and amnesiac just seemed too slow for me
    but i kept listening....
    i always had a soft spot for pyramid song...thom yorke's voice is amazing....
    i like to think i sound as good as he when i sing that song in my car
    (im surprised i havent broken the windows on that one :lol: )
    the drums on that cd are nutz...if i didnt know any better, i would think it were a drum machine...idk how he keeps those times....like an earlier post said - watch radiohead in the basement to get a glimpse of what i mean about the drummer....the in rainbows songs are kinda similar in terms of the wierd drumming
    packt like sardines...you and whose army...i might be wrong?!?!?
    c'mon...give it another try!!!

    for me, the music that takes me longer to get into, is the music that keeps its value over time for me
    except for PJ....they can do no wrong
    OK I'll give it another go but I'm not promising anything. :)
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    I'll take Hail To The Thief and Kid A over In Rainbows, but they'll never top The Bends or OkC.
  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    DewieCox wrote:
    I'll take Hail To The Thief and Kid A over In Rainbows, but they'll never top The Bends or OkC.

    +1
  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    twisted thoughts wrote:
    I love Radiohead!!

    and im an amnesiac addict...
    i know...its probly their least liked album...but i think its a masterpiece

    Masterpiece!
  • jbmulder9jbmulder9 Posts: 228
    behind pj i would have to say radiohead is the one band i've had the most connection to in my life. in rainbows and ok computer you could argue are better albums, but the emotions that stir up whenever i hear songs like black star, sulk, bones and high and dry they still leave me in pieces to this day.

    an absolute masterpiece of an album.
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    Bought this last night;

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    Not bad :D
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,630
    Radiohead's best album by far. I didn't mind In Rainbows but I pretty much hated everything from Kid A onwards.

    This is still one of my all time favourite songs:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APLOFNMIabM
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    This is a the record that made me fall in love with Radiohead too. I heard it in the car one day while we were driving to Vermont and I think I must have made everyone listen to it four or five times through that first day. :? :D
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