I also want to say I listened to The Bends in the car today... it's 14 times greater than this new album.. reminded me of why the got the accolades they deserved in the 1st place.
'Just' came on and it it was just sublime... and Street Spirit to finish...
i'm beginning to think the new album was recorded in various nuclear places and that they just used the shitty geiger counter thing to save the drummer coming up with actual real drums...
Seriously. I played OKC yesterday - yeah, that's a real album. Sorry, this is crap. It's like something Kanye West would make with all the sampling & shit. Get in the studio and playing some fucking instruments.
Why waste Johnny's guitar skills?? and hell, why waste Thom's? Have you ever really took apart that riff in Street Spirit? Hitting every note and singing at the same time? That's tough shit!
After listening to the album 3 times, I am starting to like it. However, if it wasn't Radiohead, I don't know what I would think of it, but it's unique to say the least.
I'm not really sure what was expected. The Bends era guitars? Come on now. Of course OK Computer and The Bends are fantastic albums, but I don't want repeats of them. In Rainbows was a relatively "straight" album by Radiohead standards,I thought that it was pretty obvious that the next one was going to be much more experimental, and I'm loving it. I don't need guitars to enjoy music, I listen to other bands for that.
Some people in this thread need to upgrade their sound systems. It hasn't even been out a week and alot of people have already declared the album shit. :roll: Stop listening to this album on your car's stock speakers please.
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Some people in this thread need to upgrade their sound systems. It hasn't even been out a week and alot of people have already declared the album shit. :roll: Stop listening to this album on your car's stock speakers please.
i admit i have listened to it on my car stereo......however, it's far from stock.
Some people in this thread need to upgrade their sound systems. It hasn't even been out a week and alot of people have already declared the album shit. :roll: Stop listening to this album on your car's stock speakers please.
Some of the songs sound simply gorgeous on my Sennheiser phones.
Some people in this thread need to upgrade their sound systems. It hasn't even been out a week and alot of people have already declared the album shit. :roll: Stop listening to this album on your car's stock speakers please.
take it your car doesnt have a Bose concert system??
Some people in this thread need to upgrade their sound systems. It hasn't even been out a week and alot of people have already declared the album shit. :roll: Stop listening to this album on your car's stock speakers please.
i'm not sure anyone has said they listened to it in their car? Even if the band themselves got in my car and played it live I'd declare it a weak album in comparison to what they've produced before. In fact I'd chuck them out of my car and play In Rainbows. Loudly.
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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Whatever influences they have used to create this album, be it Autechre or whoever, it has transformed one the of the greatest rock bands there was into a trippy, ambient dance act.
I think this is the real issue. I have no issue per se with them making the kind of music they've made over the last ten years, but it's the fact that it was at the expense of making the kind of music that actually made them popular in the first place. It's almost like they admitted defeat and thought they could never top OK Computer so they just totally reinvented themselves as a completely different band.
I distinctly remember why I stopped listening to Radiohead for a long time after Kid A was released, and it wasn't really because of the music. So many people were late for the party and completely missed The Bends, and it was only after OK Computer became massive that a lot of them sat up and paid attention. Radiohead suddenly became the default band to name-drop for the kind of people who in reality didn't know much about any other music outside of the mainstream - I met so many people like that around that time, and it really put me off listening to the music. I'm not knocking Kid A, but I don't buy for a second that suddenly all these people who hadn't paid attention to Radiohead before on their infinitely more accessible records, were suddenly now sold on Radiohead after they had heard Kid A - a record that bears very little of the band's original identity. I think a lot of people grew to love their new sound, hence the high praise that is heaped on Kid A, but I highly doubt it would be topping polls for best album of the decade if it had been a debut release from a new band.
In some ways I do think the band has become kind of stagnant. Their experimentatation isn't really new anymore. Take the new record, for what it is it's not bad at all. I can enjoy listening to it, I can appreciate the various textures to the music, the subtle melodies etc. But this isn't really what I would call song-oriented music. I would imagine seeing them perform it live would be more like a concert recital than a fully engaging band performance.
I won't bemoan the fact that there aren't really any guitars to be found, I mean, plenty of NIN's songs don't feature any guitars and I still enjoy them. It's more the complete lack of energy that saddens me, because once upon a time this band knew how to kick and scream better than pretty much any other band out there.
So there it is, my tirade over I'd just love for them to come up with something totally new that allowed them to channel some of that energy from their youth, because it's all starting to feel very middle aged (I know they're knocking on a bit, but they're not 60!).
The beauty of Radiohead is in the details. The intricacies of each song are amazing. They make envelope pushing, genre-less music that incorporates all the tools of the technology age but remain organic. The King Of Limbs is not social listening. You actually have to focus and take in what's going on. If you don't you might just miss the boat. Atleast you can always listen to Just on repeat.
The beauty of Radiohead is in the details. The intricacies of each song are amazing. They make envelope pushing, genre-less music that incorporates all the tools of the technology age but remain organic. The King Of Limbs is not social listening. You actually have to focus and take in what's going on. If you don't you might just miss the boat. Atleast you can always listen to Just on repeat.
But they're two completely different things. Real genius would be incorporating the two seemingly disparate styles and coming up with something genuinely genre-bending. To me, listening to The King Of Limbs is more like listening to classical or instrumental music - plenty of good stuff to be found, and undeniably the work of a very talented bunch of musicians, but oddly lacking the energy a band normally brings to a recording. For all the talk of it being really organic, it lacks warmth and comes across as quite sterile.
The beauty of Radiohead is in the details. The intricacies of each song are amazing. They make envelope pushing, genre-less music that incorporates all the tools of the technology age but remain organic. The King Of Limbs is not social listening. You actually have to focus and take in what's going on. If you don't you might just miss the boat. Atleast you can always listen to Just on repeat.
I don't really like the album but I agree with what your saying here (except the envelope pushing thing)
Radiohead should just make whatever music they feel like making as should all musicians. What other people think shouldn't come into it until after the recording process if at all.
I have been following this thread since the OP, and I have to say that I am a bit turned off; not by the album, but by people’s reactions to it. I have been a fan of this band since I bought Pable Honey on cassette tape, and they are in my top 4: PJ, Floyd, Beatles, Radiohead
First, let me say that I have listened to the album a few times. And, let me say that I was disappointed with In Rainbows; it is a good album with a few great songs, but for me it fell short (like Riot Act, like Backspacer). When it came out I remember telling my girlfriend, “I wish they would reclaim the feelings, the angst of OK Computer.” I was looking for another monumental album, and I didn’t get it so I bitched and whined like a spoiled child. I have grown to like In Rainbows better, but for me the stretch from The Bends to Hail to the Thief was this band’s pinnacle. That is an amazing 5 album, 8 year, run. Not many bands have anything comparable to that. Nothing I can say about The Bends or OK Computer will add to that conversation. OK is one of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion. And, I love, love, love Kid A and Amnesiac. They’re amazing albums; Kid A is simply an amazing narrative, with some amazing songs.
Back to TKOL. I can see how it is a “let down”; for me it is as well. But, it is another Radiohead album and I am thankful for that (and Backspacer was a let down too, but a new PJ album). As far as I am concerned, the band can do whatever they like. If this is the album that they created to reflect the way they were feeling at the time of writing and recording, then that’s awesome. I simply do not understand the posts that use words and phrases like “utter shit,” “bull shit”, “piece of crap” and the post where someone said that he/she would kick them out of his car because of this album. This is ludicrous. Why the anger over an album that a band has released. It makes no sense. Anger? Really? The band owes you nothing. If you do not like the album, then don’t listen to it. And, if you want to express your opinions on the album, do it with some class and intelligence. Caveman is not a language.
Also, for those who like the album, good for you. There is no justification for anyone to attack anyone else for expressing their happiness with this album. Again, it is ludicrous to bash someone because of their opinions on an album.
Anyway, thanks Radiohead for releasing another album, and I look forward to the B-sides.
by Digital Twilight » 22 Feb 2011 18:31
Radiohead should just make whatever music they feel like making as should all musicians. What other people think shouldn't come into it until after the recording process if at all.
by whygohome » 22 Feb 2011 18:31
As far as I am concerned, the band can do whatever they like. If this is the album that they created to reflect the way they were feeling at the time of writing and recording, then that’s awesome. I simply do not understand the posts that use words and phrases like “utter shit,” “bull shit”, “piece of crap” and the post where someone said that he/she would kick them out of his car because of this album. This is ludicrous. Why the anger over an album that a band has released. It makes no sense. Anger? Really? The band owes you nothing.
FINALLY!!! People talking some sense.
Isnt it really about making music, and being passionate about making music?
This band is, and should be, making music for themselves, based on their love for music.
They arent here to cater to us. We are here to bask in their glory. You dont like it...I'll say it again...YOUR LOSS!!!
Just because you dont understand something doesnt mean you should jump to bash it
the instruments are there...
some of you just cant grasp the awesomeness that is Radiohead.
That being said, They need to go back to The Basement... so we can dissect this album some more
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I have been following this thread since the OP, and I have to say that I am a bit turned off; not by the album, but by people’s reactions to it. I have been a fan of this band since I bought Pable Honey on cassette tape, and they are in my top 4: PJ, Floyd, Beatles, Radiohead
First, let me say that I have listened to the album a few times. And, let me say that I was disappointed with In Rainbows; it is a good album with a few great songs, but for me it fell short (like Riot Act, like Backspacer). When it came out I remember telling my girlfriend, “I wish they would reclaim the feelings, the angst of OK Computer.” I was looking for another monumental album, and I didn’t get it so I bitched and whined like a spoiled child. I have grown to like In Rainbows better, but for me the stretch from The Bends to Hail to the Thief was this band’s pinnacle. That is an amazing 5 album, 8 year, run. Not many bands have anything comparable to that. Nothing I can say about The Bends or OK Computer will add to that conversation. OK is one of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion. And, I love, love, love Kid A and Amnesiac. They’re amazing albums; Kid A is simply an amazing narrative, with some amazing songs.
Back to TKOL. I can see how it is a “let down”; for me it is as well. But, it is another Radiohead album and I am thankful for that (and Backspacer was a let down too, but a new PJ album). As far as I am concerned, the band can do whatever they like. If this is the album that they created to reflect the way they were feeling at the time of writing and recording, then that’s awesome. I simply do not understand the posts that use words and phrases like “utter shit,” “bull shit”, “piece of crap” and the post where someone said that he/she would kick them out of his car because of this album. This is ludicrous. Why the anger over an album that a band has released. It makes no sense. Anger? Really? The band owes you nothing. If you do not like the album, then don’t listen to it. And, if you want to express your opinions on the album, do it with some class and intelligence. Caveman is not a language.
Also, for those who like the album, good for you. There is no justification for anyone to attack anyone else for expressing their happiness with this album. Again, it is ludicrous to bash someone because of their opinions on an album.
Anyway, thanks Radiohead for releasing another album, and I look forward to the B-sides.
I have every right to bitch & moan about something I spent $48 on. :roll: This is making me reconsider the $167 for the Vs/Vitalogy super boxed set - that has to be a way better value.
Maybe this album will grow on me a bit, but not even really being the slightest bit entertained the first few listens does not bode well.
I don't know how many times I have to say this, but Kid A was the first Radiohead album that I fell in love with, and I had no idea that these guys were supposed to be the gods of rock or whatever.
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Whatever influences they have used to create this album, be it Autechre or whoever, it has transformed one the of the greatest rock bands there was into a trippy, ambient dance act.
I think this is the real issue. I have no issue per se with them making the kind of music they've made over the last ten years, but it's the fact that it was at the expense of making the kind of music that actually made them popular in the first place. It's almost like they admitted defeat and thought they could never top OK Computer so they just totally reinvented themselves as a completely different band.
I distinctly remember why I stopped listening to Radiohead for a long time after Kid A was released, and it wasn't really because of the music. So many people were late for the party and completely missed The Bends, and it was only after OK Computer became massive that a lot of them sat up and paid attention. Radiohead suddenly became the default band to name-drop for the kind of people who in reality didn't know much about any other music outside of the mainstream - I met so many people like that around that time, and it really put me off listening to the music. I'm not knocking Kid A, but I don't buy for a second that suddenly all these people who hadn't paid attention to Radiohead before on their infinitely more accessible records, were suddenly now sold on Radiohead after they had heard Kid A - a record that bears very little of the band's original identity. I think a lot of people grew to love their new sound, hence the high praise that is heaped on Kid A, but I highly doubt it would be topping polls for best album of the decade if it had been a debut release from a new band.
You've made an extremely good point there. I respect that people think this album is great and that's fine, everyone is entitled to an opinion. But this album is NOT what Radiohead were about.
If you were around at the time of The Bends, you would realise how far above anything else it was at the timeI've never felt such emotion or been affected by an album before or since. OK Computer was great, but you could see it coming after The Bends. You knew what these guys were capable of producing, but there wasn't the slightest hint of that in the time between Pablo Honey and The Bends.
They were amazing. They didn't push the boundaries of music, they ripped them up and carried them far over the horizon before slamming them down into untrodden ground. The people already riding the Radiohead wave were so immersed in it all that when Kid A was released, as groundbreaking as it was, accepted it and took it to their hearts, even if behind the smiles there were slight frowns and puzzled looks. What saved that album was that the band stayed in touch, however minimally, to its roots.
There is not one iota of this album, save Thom's voice, that connects to that. This is not Radiohead being Radiohead and that's the problem.
Why the barf Face Pollution? :roll: Here's a quote from you from last year:I'm not sure how anyone could really quantify how 'important' a band has been. But in terms of a band or artist who's pushed the boundaries and had major mainstream success, I don't think there is any question that Radiohead take that crown. Atleast last year you had your shit together.
1. Nobody was forced to purchase the album before they listened to it. Maybe next time you should wait to hear it before you drop $50 on it, instead of complaining about paying for something you dont like.
2. What would everyone's response be if this band put out an album within the same genre of Ok Computer, but it sucked? Would you like it then just because it was rock and not ambience/dance music? Or would you sit here and bitch about it because it sounds too much like another album they put out but simply not as good? (This is a serious question, not intended to piss anyone off, seriously seeking an answer).
There is no need to fight about this. everyone IS entitled to their own opinion, and that is in fact the point behind message boards - to express those opinions. My main problem here is that too many people declared this album crap after just one or two listens. I think this album, and all albums, deserve more attention before being rated as great or awful.
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Why the barf Face Pollution? :roll: Here's a quote from you from last year:I'm not sure how anyone could really quantify how 'important' a band has been. But in terms of a band or artist who's pushed the boundaries and had major mainstream success, I don't think there is any question that Radiohead take that crown. Atleast last year you had your shit together.
Just the cheesy adulation.
I still stand by the quote from last year. I still find it staggering that Radiohead have managed to remain so popular whilst putting out increasingly trying music (ok In Rainbows wasn't so hard, but in general....). I'm not saying it's necessarily inaccessible to all music fans, but certainly to the mainstream. Name another band as obscure sounding as them who get number one or even top ten albums. So I totally get their relvance, and why people hold them in such high regard, and I take my hat off to them.
That, however, does not mean they are beyond criticism. Like I said, I'm ready for some enthusiasm, some energy - something new, not more of the same.
2. What would everyone's response be if this band put out an album within the same genre of Ok Computer, but it sucked? Would you like it then just because it was rock and not ambience/dance music? Or would you sit here and bitch about it because it sounds too much like another album they put out but simply not as good? (This is a serious question, not intended to piss anyone off, seriously seeking an answer).
Well firstly, I don't think they've brought out anything that has flat out sucked, so I don't think it would happen. Secondly, I think the blow would be lessened, because at least they would be trying something a bit different from what they've done for the last DECADE. I love moody moody ballads, and they do them very well, but a little more variation would be nice. I think that is one of the reasons why OK Computer stands up so well, it is incredibly varied.
1. Nobody was forced to purchase the album before they listened to it. Maybe next time you should wait to hear it before you drop $50 on it, instead of complaining about paying for something you dont like.
It's because they used their history to sell something that doesn't come close to living up to it.
Presumably (of course you can get it in other ways), if I wanted to hear it first, I'd have to spend $9 on the download and then another $48 on the package. Considering the pedigree of this band, it makes sense just to plop down the $48 to start with, since Radiohead have earned my trust over the years. I'm disappointed that I won't ever again be able to automatically say "sign me up for that new Radiohead album" because god knows what experimental stage they're in now.
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i'm really enjoying this. it is short but certainly sweet. the layers are there, very much so.
also, lulz at the person who is mad at the band because he decided to purchase something before he heard it. Blaming the bands track record for his/her poor choice
“I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
1. Nobody was forced to purchase the album before they listened to it. Maybe next time you should wait to hear it before you drop $50 on it, instead of complaining about paying for something you dont like.
It's because they used their history to sell something that doesn't come close to living up to it.
I have yet to hear the record due to tech problems, but I'm sure like all Radiohead albums it will find a niche in my head. I'm just a little surprised to see it's only 8 songs long.
i'm really enjoying this. it is short but certainly sweet. the layers are there, very much so.
also, lulz at the person who is mad at the band because he decided to purchase something before he heard it. Blaming the bands track record for his/her poor choice
It's my poor choice for preordering an album by a band that has released nothing less than great in the past 15 years? No, it's a group coasting on its reputation and making music with a computer rather than by playing fucking instruments. I know for a fact I'm not the only person who feels this way.
I'm quickly beginning to understand much of the world's disdain for smug Radiohead fans.
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Why waste Johnny's guitar skills?? and hell, why waste Thom's? Have you ever really took apart that riff in Street Spirit? Hitting every note and singing at the same time? That's tough shit!
After listening to the album 3 times, I am starting to like it. However, if it wasn't Radiohead, I don't know what I would think of it, but it's unique to say the least.
i admit i have listened to it on my car stereo......however, it's far from stock.
Some of the songs sound simply gorgeous on my Sennheiser phones.
take it your car doesnt have a Bose concert system??
i'm not sure anyone has said they listened to it in their car? Even if the band themselves got in my car and played it live I'd declare it a weak album in comparison to what they've produced before. In fact I'd chuck them out of my car and play In Rainbows. Loudly.
I think this is the real issue. I have no issue per se with them making the kind of music they've made over the last ten years, but it's the fact that it was at the expense of making the kind of music that actually made them popular in the first place. It's almost like they admitted defeat and thought they could never top OK Computer so they just totally reinvented themselves as a completely different band.
I distinctly remember why I stopped listening to Radiohead for a long time after Kid A was released, and it wasn't really because of the music. So many people were late for the party and completely missed The Bends, and it was only after OK Computer became massive that a lot of them sat up and paid attention. Radiohead suddenly became the default band to name-drop for the kind of people who in reality didn't know much about any other music outside of the mainstream - I met so many people like that around that time, and it really put me off listening to the music. I'm not knocking Kid A, but I don't buy for a second that suddenly all these people who hadn't paid attention to Radiohead before on their infinitely more accessible records, were suddenly now sold on Radiohead after they had heard Kid A - a record that bears very little of the band's original identity. I think a lot of people grew to love their new sound, hence the high praise that is heaped on Kid A, but I highly doubt it would be topping polls for best album of the decade if it had been a debut release from a new band.
In some ways I do think the band has become kind of stagnant. Their experimentatation isn't really new anymore. Take the new record, for what it is it's not bad at all. I can enjoy listening to it, I can appreciate the various textures to the music, the subtle melodies etc. But this isn't really what I would call song-oriented music. I would imagine seeing them perform it live would be more like a concert recital than a fully engaging band performance.
I won't bemoan the fact that there aren't really any guitars to be found, I mean, plenty of NIN's songs don't feature any guitars and I still enjoy them. It's more the complete lack of energy that saddens me, because once upon a time this band knew how to kick and scream better than pretty much any other band out there.
So there it is, my tirade over
But they're two completely different things. Real genius would be incorporating the two seemingly disparate styles and coming up with something genuinely genre-bending. To me, listening to The King Of Limbs is more like listening to classical or instrumental music - plenty of good stuff to be found, and undeniably the work of a very talented bunch of musicians, but oddly lacking the energy a band normally brings to a recording. For all the talk of it being really organic, it lacks warmth and comes across as quite sterile.
I don't really like the album but I agree with what your saying here (except the envelope pushing thing)
Radiohead should just make whatever music they feel like making as should all musicians. What other people think shouldn't come into it until after the recording process if at all.
Nice avatar :thumbup:
First, let me say that I have listened to the album a few times. And, let me say that I was disappointed with In Rainbows; it is a good album with a few great songs, but for me it fell short (like Riot Act, like Backspacer). When it came out I remember telling my girlfriend, “I wish they would reclaim the feelings, the angst of OK Computer.” I was looking for another monumental album, and I didn’t get it so I bitched and whined like a spoiled child. I have grown to like In Rainbows better, but for me the stretch from The Bends to Hail to the Thief was this band’s pinnacle. That is an amazing 5 album, 8 year, run. Not many bands have anything comparable to that. Nothing I can say about The Bends or OK Computer will add to that conversation. OK is one of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion. And, I love, love, love Kid A and Amnesiac. They’re amazing albums; Kid A is simply an amazing narrative, with some amazing songs.
Back to TKOL. I can see how it is a “let down”; for me it is as well. But, it is another Radiohead album and I am thankful for that (and Backspacer was a let down too, but a new PJ album). As far as I am concerned, the band can do whatever they like. If this is the album that they created to reflect the way they were feeling at the time of writing and recording, then that’s awesome. I simply do not understand the posts that use words and phrases like “utter shit,” “bull shit”, “piece of crap” and the post where someone said that he/she would kick them out of his car because of this album. This is ludicrous. Why the anger over an album that a band has released. It makes no sense. Anger? Really? The band owes you nothing. If you do not like the album, then don’t listen to it. And, if you want to express your opinions on the album, do it with some class and intelligence. Caveman is not a language.
Also, for those who like the album, good for you. There is no justification for anyone to attack anyone else for expressing their happiness with this album. Again, it is ludicrous to bash someone because of their opinions on an album.
Anyway, thanks Radiohead for releasing another album, and I look forward to the B-sides.
This is album is pure Self Indulgent Euro- Electronica bullshit.
Radiohead have lost the plot entirely.
If this is the future of rock....shoot me NOW
FINALLY!!! People talking some sense.
Isnt it really about making music, and being passionate about making music?
This band is, and should be, making music for themselves, based on their love for music.
They arent here to cater to us. We are here to bask in their glory. You dont like it...I'll say it again...YOUR LOSS!!!
Just because you dont understand something doesnt mean you should jump to bash it
the instruments are there...
some of you just cant grasp the awesomeness that is Radiohead.
That being said, They need to go back to The Basement... so we can dissect this album some more
I have every right to bitch & moan about something I spent $48 on. :roll: This is making me reconsider the $167 for the Vs/Vitalogy super boxed set - that has to be a way better value.
Maybe this album will grow on me a bit, but not even really being the slightest bit entertained the first few listens does not bode well.
I don't know how many times I have to say this, but Kid A was the first Radiohead album that I fell in love with, and I had no idea that these guys were supposed to be the gods of rock or whatever.
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You've made an extremely good point there. I respect that people think this album is great and that's fine, everyone is entitled to an opinion. But this album is NOT what Radiohead were about.
If you were around at the time of The Bends, you would realise how far above anything else it was at the timeI've never felt such emotion or been affected by an album before or since. OK Computer was great, but you could see it coming after The Bends. You knew what these guys were capable of producing, but there wasn't the slightest hint of that in the time between Pablo Honey and The Bends.
They were amazing. They didn't push the boundaries of music, they ripped them up and carried them far over the horizon before slamming them down into untrodden ground. The people already riding the Radiohead wave were so immersed in it all that when Kid A was released, as groundbreaking as it was, accepted it and took it to their hearts, even if behind the smiles there were slight frowns and puzzled looks. What saved that album was that the band stayed in touch, however minimally, to its roots.
There is not one iota of this album, save Thom's voice, that connects to that. This is not Radiohead being Radiohead and that's the problem.
2. What would everyone's response be if this band put out an album within the same genre of Ok Computer, but it sucked? Would you like it then just because it was rock and not ambience/dance music? Or would you sit here and bitch about it because it sounds too much like another album they put out but simply not as good? (This is a serious question, not intended to piss anyone off, seriously seeking an answer).
There is no need to fight about this. everyone IS entitled to their own opinion, and that is in fact the point behind message boards - to express those opinions. My main problem here is that too many people declared this album crap after just one or two listens. I think this album, and all albums, deserve more attention before being rated as great or awful.
Just the cheesy adulation.
I still stand by the quote from last year. I still find it staggering that Radiohead have managed to remain so popular whilst putting out increasingly trying music (ok In Rainbows wasn't so hard, but in general....). I'm not saying it's necessarily inaccessible to all music fans, but certainly to the mainstream. Name another band as obscure sounding as them who get number one or even top ten albums. So I totally get their relvance, and why people hold them in such high regard, and I take my hat off to them.
That, however, does not mean they are beyond criticism. Like I said, I'm ready for some enthusiasm, some energy - something new, not more of the same.
Well firstly, I don't think they've brought out anything that has flat out sucked, so I don't think it would happen. Secondly, I think the blow would be lessened, because at least they would be trying something a bit different from what they've done for the last DECADE. I love moody moody ballads, and they do them very well, but a little more variation would be nice. I think that is one of the reasons why OK Computer stands up so well, it is incredibly varied.
It's because they used their history to sell something that doesn't come close to living up to it.
Presumably (of course you can get it in other ways), if I wanted to hear it first, I'd have to spend $9 on the download and then another $48 on the package. Considering the pedigree of this band, it makes sense just to plop down the $48 to start with, since Radiohead have earned my trust over the years. I'm disappointed that I won't ever again be able to automatically say "sign me up for that new Radiohead album" because god knows what experimental stage they're in now.
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also, lulz at the person who is mad at the band because he decided to purchase something before he heard it. Blaming the bands track record for his/her poor choice
How?
It's my poor choice for preordering an album by a band that has released nothing less than great in the past 15 years? No, it's a group coasting on its reputation and making music with a computer rather than by playing fucking instruments. I know for a fact I'm not the only person who feels this way.
I'm quickly beginning to understand much of the world's disdain for smug Radiohead fans.
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This album has divided people massively...
Still not heard it and am not busting to do do.