The Bends or OK Computer?

Anon

I know it is like comparing apples to oranges,but which one do you like more? They are both so different from one another. "The Bends" is this anthemic rock masterpiece that keeps getting better and better as the years pass by. Then to follow up that record with OK Computer. Was that the same band? As great as the prior recording was,Radiohead thuroughly outdid themselves with "OK". The record plays like a dream or this past,present,and future nightmare on the horizon.

So, again which one is better to you?

aspoonfulweighsaton

The Bends

No contest
Hands down
Not even close
Are you serious?

Blind Melon

Honestly, OK Computer is amazing lyrically and instrumentally. And when those songs are performed live, I'm talking Exit Music, Paranoid Android, Karma Police, and No Surprises... the songs get even more life to them. There's so much more passion that goes into them than on the album.

Now, that's not discarding Street Spirit played live... but I just would have to say OK Computer is better just on the principle of it having better lyrics/instrumental-wise.

kdpjam

ooh. this is a tough question. i gotta go with ok if forced..

Bremerton

Bends!!!

Pearl Jam and toast

Ok Computer is written so much better I really find it hard to believe that people can pick the Bends over it.

Love them both though...

mrwalkerb

the Bends is more of a straightahead rock record, at first it's easier to like more but OK Computer grows on you and in time proves to be the better record. I think most people who like the Bends better like their music to be staighforward or simply haven't given the other record enough time

catefrances

the bends. but the more i listen to OK computer the more i like it.

reeferchief

mrwalkerb wrote:

the Bends is more of a straightahead rock record, at first it's easier to like more but OK Computer grows on you and in time proves to be the better record. I think most people who like the Bends better like their music to be staighforward or simply haven't given the other record enough time

Believe me Walker I love both these albums, I love the depth and complexity of OK Comp.,but for me The Bends wins by an iron lung.

parel jam

Definitely OK Computer

catefrances

reeferchief wrote:

Believe me Walker I love both these albums, I love the depth and complexity of OK Comp.,but for me The Bends wins by an iron lung.

oh you're funny................... not

reeferchief

catefrances wrote:

oh you're funny................... not

Maybe Just a little bit.;)

catefrances

reeferchief wrote:

Maybe Just a little bit.;)

maybe.

UKDave

bends... fake plastic trees... nuff said...

facepollution

The Bends. Ok computer is good, but doesn't have the energy that The Bends has.

Klumpie

The Bends, easy victory.

whitemosquito

OK computer

gleemonex

I'm going to have to go with OK Computer, but it's a very difficult decision. Both records completely blow away anything they did before or after them.

soulsinging

my initial inclination is to vote for the bends. however, listening to them recently i feel like ok computer in some ways holds up better. the bends has some of their best songs, but it is, at heart, a straight ahead alternative rock album. it's probably the best and most consistent alternative rock album ever created, but still nothing all that terribly unique. ok computer still sounds as fresh as it did when it first came out.

Anon

gleemonex wrote:

I'm going to have to go with OK Computer, but it's a very difficult decision. Both records completely blow away anything they did before or after them.

Almost a "word up",but "kid a" & "hail to the theif" are pretty good. Not great,but good.

who's_pearljam?

Ha ha! I JUST posted in the Jazz thread about the Sun Ra influence in later Radiohead.

I like OK Computer the best, but I'm kind of out there as far as my musical taste goes. I liked it the first time I heard it, whereas The Bends had to grow on me.

I also think Kid A is brilliant, and one of my favorites.

haha, fortunately, I don't have to choose, though, because I'm NOT on a desert island and I have them whenever I want to hear them.

meme

I like the Bends better

grace6697

it's a classic case of apples vs. oranges.

Corduroy8

I think OK computer is a better album IMO but I enjoy listening to The Bends more usually. (if that makes any sense)

Pearl Jam and toast

soulsinging wrote:

my initial inclination is to vote for the bends. however, listening to them recently i feel like ok computer in some ways holds up better. the bends has some of their best songs, but it is, at heart, a straight ahead alternative rock album. it's probably the best and most consistent alternative rock album ever created, but still nothing all that terribly unique. ok computer still sounds as fresh as it did when it first came out.

Perfectly said.

Pearl Jam and toast

G-Man23 wrote:

Almost a "word up",but "kid a" & "hail to the theif" are pretty good. Not great,but good.

Actually I'd say they're great.

Anon

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

Actually I'd say they're great.

agreed. sorry,my bad.

stu gee

I prefer ok computer to the bends but only just i think. Listened to all the radiohead albums one after the other last night while working, forgot how much i loved the bends and also pablo honey.

Some of their albums get kinda panned but i like all of them very much, probably my second fav band after PJ.

ruberry

They're both great, but I personally prefer the bends.

bryanfury

that's like asking pizza or chicken wings!

if i had to choose, it would be OK. that would have to be the greatest album of all time for me, so i can;t not go with it

karma defect

Oh that is a hard choice. I like both of them, but I think I would go with OK computer.