Radiohead

Oh, Jimmy
Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
edited October 2007 in Other Music
I am fairly new to Radiohead. I have Pablo Honey, The Bends, and OK Computer, which are all excellent. Each one improves on the previous, and Pablo Honey sets the bar pretty high.

Well, I have had a hard time gettin into the rest of their stuff. I can listen to Kid A, but nothin really floats my boat all that much, and Hail To The Thief has some pretty decent "mood" music. I don't have Amnesiac, b/c there has been somethin I want more every time I have thought about buyin it. I will eventually get it, but was wondering if its any good.
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  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    Anything post-Kid A takes a looooong time to catch on. With me, what happened was I never really like the albums until one day, when my mood is just right and all of a sudden everything clicks.

    Just be patient... eventually they'll catch on. I would listen to Kid A and HttT a little bit more before I got Amnesiac if I were you... there's nothing worse than being overloaded with a band because you tend to miss all the little details.
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  • terminal velocity
    terminal velocity Posts: 73
    It's my personal favorite of theirs. If you're more into their guitar-centered songs, there is more guitar on Amnesiac than Kid A, but they are very similar in style. I would say that it's not good for mood music; the songs are introspective, isolated, claustrophobic (moreso than typical radiohead). This album had the best b-sides though. That's where the mood music lies here, but you'll never see them in a store.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    I think Amnesiac is my second favorite Radiohead album. It and Kid A go back and forth a lot. I'm sorry but "Pablo Honey set the bar pretty high?"? I was listening to that album this morning since this is day one of 10 until In Rainbows is released, and Pablo is one turd of an album.

    Here's my agenda for the next ten days

    October 1- Pablo Honey
    October 2- The Bends
    October 3- OK Computer
    October 4- Kid A
    October 5- Amnesiac
    October 6- I Might Be Wrong
    October 7- Hail To The Thief
    October 8- Kid B Sides (my RH b-sides collection)
    October 9- Live at Bonnaroo
    October 10- IN RAINBOWS!!!!!!
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Oh, Jimmy wrote:
    I am fairly new to Radiohead. I have Pablo Honey, The Bends, and OK Computer, which are all excellent. Each one improves on the previous, and Pablo Honey sets the bar pretty high.

    Well, I have had a hard time gettin into the rest of their stuff. I can listen to Kid A, but nothin really floats my boat all that much, and Hail To The Thief has some pretty decent "mood" music. I don't have Amnesiac, b/c there has been somethin I want more every time I have thought about buyin it. I will eventually get it, but was wondering if its any good.

    no, it isn't. it took me years to warm up to kid a, but amnesiac flat out sucks. there's maybe one song on there worth hearing. the rest is just mediocre kid a b-sides. hold off for the new album.
  • Bangers_n_mash
    Bangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    soulsinging wrote:
    no, it isn't. it took me years to warm up to kid a, but amnesiac flat out sucks. there's maybe one song on there worth hearing. the rest is just mediocre kid a b-sides. hold off for the new album.
    What the hell are you talkin about?!

    Some of the best Radiohead songs (both on the album and most definitely live) are on Amnesiac.

    I Might Be Wrong
    Pyramid Song
    and Like Spinning Plates to name just a few are awesome songs!

    Maybe you don't like them, they are still great.

    Pull your finger out man. Get some bootleegs or whatever it takes and you'll see.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Bangers'n'mash wrote:
    What the hell are you talkin about?!

    Some of the best Radiohead songs (both on the album and most definitely live) are on Amnesiac.

    I Might Be Wrong
    Pyramid Song
    and Like Spinning Plates to name just a few are awesome songs!

    Maybe you don't like them, they are still great.

    Pull your finger out man. Get some bootleegs or whatever it takes and you'll see.

    if it takes hearing live versions to like the songs, the album still sucks. if they're so good live, why didn't they record them like that for the album? im not going to listen endlessly to shitty versions of songs on an album just becos supposedly the songs sound good live. knives out was the only song i enjoyed on that album. if i liked the live album, that only means they made a good live album. it doesn't make amnesiac suck any less.
  • Bangers_n_mash
    Bangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    soulsinging wrote:
    if it takes hearing live versions to like the songs, the album still sucks. if they're so good live, why didn't they record them like that for the album? im not going to listen endlessly to shitty versions of songs on an album just becos supposedly the songs sound good live. knives out was the only song i enjoyed on that album. if i liked the live album, that only means they made a good live album. it doesn't make amnesiac suck any less.
    Ok, that's nice. See ya later.
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  • fast_eddies
    fast_eddies Posts: 3
    it took me a few months to get into Kid A and the patience paid of for me as it has been my favorite album for a couple years now. remember you dont pick the music the music picks you.
  • fast_eddies
    fast_eddies Posts: 3
    soulsinging wrote:
    no, it isn't. it took me years to warm up to kid a, but amnesiac flat out sucks. there's maybe one song on there worth hearing. the rest is just mediocre kid a b-sides. hold off for the new album.

    one night you should lie down close your eyes meditate and listen to pyramid song and glass house.
  • bryanfury
    bryanfury Posts: 461
    all of their records hit me immediately. you just can't go in thinking you're goign to hear a repeat of anything youve already heard. take it for what it is.

    if you don't like kid a, you wont liek amnesiac either. 2 of the greatest discs of all time if you ask me, but to each his own :)
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  • r1vers
    r1vers Posts: 244
    haha yeah seriously. amnesiac gets some bad trash talk..and i'm not about to say i like it more or even as much as kid a...but it's got some really great tracks. life in a glass house is one of my favorites of theirs.
    "Last time I think we played that song here was like, a long time ago, and there was a bonfire in the back and people were like throwing each other into it...very exciting days but a huge fucking relief that that's not how it is tonight..." Ed Irvine Night 1 2003, after Deep
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    fast_eddies wrote:
    one night you should lie down close your eyes meditate and listen to pyramid song and glass house.


    You aren't serious.
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  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Kid A was decent, but they lost me with Amnesiac. That record was nothing more than Kid A leftovers. Hail to the Thief was a solid album, but by that point I had kinda lost interest in them, so I didn't listen to it very much. That being said, I still think they're one of the best bands of our generation and I'm hoping the new album convinces me to dive back into their music again. The Bends and Ok Computer are two of my favorite albums of all time, and it's too bad they've never been able to match the genius of those two records. Perhaps In Rainbows will be the welcome return to form I've been waiting for.
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  • Twatay
    Twatay Posts: 64
    Oh, Jimmy wrote:
    ... and Pablo Honey sets the bar pretty high...


    wtf..???
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Kid A was decent, but they lost me with Amnesiac. That record was nothing more than Kid A leftovers. Hail to the Thief was a solid album, but by that point I had kinda lost interest in them, so I didn't listen to it very much. That being said, I still think they're one of the best bands of our generation and I'm hoping the new album convinces me to dive back into their music again. The Bends and Ok Computer are two of my favorite albums of all time, and it's too bad they've never been able to match the genius of those two records. Perhaps In Rainbows will be the welcome return to form I've been waiting for.

    i'm hoping for that too. and since i ruled out buying this new bob dylan box tomorrow, i might spring for this album download and buy low. if i like it, i'll get the album later. i agree with everything you said here, minus the comments on hail to the thief. it seems to me a step in the right direction, but a very uninspired and unimpressive album on the whole.
  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    Twatay wrote:
    wtf..???

    I guess this is a pretty hated album then. Hmm, oh well. I think itsa pretty decent first album. Not the kind that is career defining(Ten, Appetite For Destruction) but without Pablo we wouldn't even be talking about them right now.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Oh, Jimmy wrote:
    I guess this is a pretty hated album then. Hmm, oh well. I think itsa pretty decent first album. Not the kind that is career defining(Ten, Appetite For Destruction) but without Pablo we wouldn't even be talking about them right now.

    i always dug pablo honey... songs like stop whispering, blow out, vegetable, and others are pretty damn good. sure, it's nothing groundbreaking, but it's a solid album. it's certainly better than their last 2 albums.
  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    soulsinging wrote:
    i always dug pablo honey... songs like stop whispering, blow out, vegetable, and others are pretty damn good. sure, it's nothing groundbreaking, but it's a solid album. it's certainly better than their last 2 albums.

    Yeah, and Anyone Can Play Guitar and Thinking About You. What's wrong with Pablo Honey? Creep was waaaaaaaaaaaay overplayed, but you can't really fault an album for that.
  • r1vers
    r1vers Posts: 244
    i think you is an awesome song...and stop whispering too. but to say better than the last two is pretty ridiculous. if i had to choose between listening to just there there for the rest of my life or pablo honey i would choose there there.
    "Last time I think we played that song here was like, a long time ago, and there was a bonfire in the back and people were like throwing each other into it...very exciting days but a huge fucking relief that that's not how it is tonight..." Ed Irvine Night 1 2003, after Deep
  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Amnesiac may just be my favorite Radiohead album

    you and whose army?
    pyramid song
    knives out
    i might be wrong
    life in a glasshouse

    are some of their best work imo
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