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The Bends

1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,948
edited December 2007 in Other Music
It's been said a million times, but I'll say it again........this album rocks! Dug it out after a while not listening to it. 'Black Star' is epic- a classic. Glad to see that if they're not going to play Creep and some really early stuff on tour, that they'll at least give this album its due in their shows.
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    I don't care what the masses say about Ok Computer, or Kid A or whatever.

    THE BENDS is where it is fucking at.

    The whole albums is a mindfuck of a riot of good music.

    And BONES is one of the best songs ever recorded!

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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    there's certainly much more love for radiohead on tenclub than there is love for pj on greenplastic. lol

    the bends is good.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I love The Bends!!!!!
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  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    The Bends was a great record. Absolutely solid from start to finish.
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    my favorite radiohead album. it's perfect.
  • jackrabbit slimjackrabbit slim Posts: 564
    I keep hoping they will get back to the bends style. but its just more of the artsy style. the bends is right up there on my all time favs list.
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    The Bends was the album that first got me into Radiohead, and it's easily one of my favorite albums of all time. I was lucky enough to see them live on the Bends tour at the University of Calgary in '95. They played the MacEwan Hall Ballroom, which holds about 600 people. Amazing show!
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Way better than OK Computer, the only Radiohead album I can really say that I love
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  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    I don't care what the masses say about Ok Computer, or Kid A or whatever.

    THE BENDS is where it is fucking at.

    The whole albums is a mindfuck of a riot of good music.

    And BONES is one of the best songs ever recorded!

    :D:D:D
    +1
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    I caught onto the Radiohead bandwagon late in the game.

    While I've only gone through just 5 of their albums completely, The Bends is easily my favorite...In Rainbows is a very close second.

    To be fair, I haven't listen to Hail to the Thief or Amnesiac yet.

    Like it or not, they are constantly evolving.

    Hope to see them in the States soon.

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  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    This album is probably in my top 10 of all time. Absolutely perfect. And then the new stuff just got weirder and weirder.
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  • mobbermobber Posts: 14
    my favorite radiohead album.

    ok computer was great, but most of the work was in the production. 'the bends' was just awesome...

    i get soooo mad when the band says, "this next album will be more guitars" which is what they've been quoted on saying about the last 2 albums. thi is not true.
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  • My3rdEyeMy3rdEye Posts: 927
    The Bends is awesome!! Fuck Kid A in the ass.

    I haven't tried In Rainbows yet. Is it like Kid A cause I'm just not into to that shit. No offense to those that like it... I just don't get it.
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,948
    My3rdEye wrote:
    The Bends is awesome!! Fuck Kid A in the ass.

    I haven't tried In Rainbows yet. Is it like Kid A cause I'm just not into to that shit. No offense to those that like it... I just don't get it.

    Mostly quiet (save for Bodysnatchers), but a very straightforward album. nothing like kid a. right behind the bends for me....check it out!
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  • Mike_Muse_RageMike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    Not a big fan of this album. Too commercial, which, in my opinion, is something that Radiohead don't do particularly well.
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:
    Too commercial

    When you say "Too Commercial", what do you mean.

    I'm not trying to be a smart-aleck, but I listened to The Bends for the first time a few months ago and I'm trying to gauge your meaning.

    Do you mean that it's too polished? Do you mean that they didn't take as many chances as some of their other records?

    I wasn't really into Radiohead when this album was commercial released, so I'm trying to see how this one differs from the others.

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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    i adore this album, but very seldom do i feel like revisiting it

    street spirit remains one of the greatest album closers imo though
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Hmmm, its always The Bends Vs Kid A...like you cant like both...?!?!


    The Bends is a solid guitar album, but there's countless amounts of those in the world.....

    Kid A and In Rainbows just have something a little more...

    Fake Plastic Trees and Street Spirit are still two of my all time favourite songs however...
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  • Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    I love Fake Plastic Trees and do enjoy The Bends very much but, Pablo Honey is my favorite Radiohead album--start to finish, they just kill it! :)
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  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Being Enlightened wrote:
    I love Fake Plastic Trees and do enjoy The Bends very much but, Pablo Honey is my favorite Radiohead album--start to finish, they just kill it! :)

    you are the first person I have ever heard say Pablo Honey is their favourite Radiohead album. Though I do like some tracks, especially Stop Whispering, you are certainly in the minority with that revelation.

    The Bends is my favourite Radiohead album as well, as well as Street Spirit and Fake Plastic Trees, songs like My Iron Lung, Black Star, Sulk and The Bends itself are stellar
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    smarchee wrote:
    The Bends is my favourite Radiohead album as well, as well as Street Spirit and Fake Plastic Trees, songs like My Iron Lung, Black Star, Sulk and The Bends itself are stellar

    ...uh ...

    ... and BONES!

    You forgot BONES!

    :D:D:D
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  • reznors edgereznors edge Posts: 136
    This is the album that got me into Radiohead. It's hard for me to revisit, though. But it has some of my favorate songs from them. I don't think they'll ever recapture its magic.
    Black Star still touches me. "i get on the train and i just stand about now that i don't think of you.
    i keep falling over i keep passing out when i see a face like you.
    what am i coming to?
    i'm gonna melt down"
  • Mike_Muse_RageMike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    When you say "Too Commercial", what do you mean.

    I'm not trying to be a smart-aleck, but I listened to The Bends for the first time a few months ago and I'm trying to gauge your meaning.

    Do you mean that it's too polished? Do you mean that they didn't take as many chances as some of their other records?

    I wasn't really into Radiohead when this album was commercial released, so I'm trying to see how this one differs from the others.

    PBM
    This, along with Pablo Honey, is very different to what we'd hear from Kid A onwards. OK Computer was like a blend between the two directions. Personally, I don't like the early poppy guitar stuff. The songs sound like top 40 hits, that's how I gauge "commercial".
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