Radiohead

I like them, I even like Amnesiac and that album sucks.

I like Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer and a bit of Kid A. Everything else is not enjoyable to listen to. It seems like now they just try to make artsy music for no point in particular, they just like saying they are better than everyone else because their music doesn't conform to social standards. Thom Yorke can be too pretentious and pompous sometimes.

I am very fond of this band. I completely respect them for being alot like Pearl Jam or Tool or The Mars Volta etc...

I think its pretty interesting and shows they have tremendous integrity that after Pablo Honey, basically a grunge influenced generic rock record, that they did the unthinkable especially starting with OK Computer, and made wierd, experimental, odd sounding music.

They dont seem to be driven by record sales, videos, exposure, fame and greed, instead are one of the rare bands who get their kicks pushing musical boundaries and making art for arts sake. They are a band who could care less if the fans like their music, its all about the art and the music.

I mean, its odd music. just odd stuff.

I also like how they seem to explore, alot like Modest Mouse does, the alienation and breakdown apparent in modern society due to progress or modernity, or civilization. Its deep stuff, usually bands write about surface stuff, or superficial stuff, and radiohead doesnt seem to be about that. Its about what living in modern society can do to the individual and the meaninglessness of commercialism and progress.

I like the insistence on being musically experimental, and I like the insistence on maintaining integrity. They dont seem to be bothered by the latest pop fad or the latest musical trend, they make their latest musical project, just that, their own musical project.

I enjoy the fact they seem to promote awareness of political issues and bigger ideas in their music. This is carried into their solo work at Thom Yorke's solo album The Eraser, is almost solely, every song, devoted to the state of the world and the environment. I like bands that encourage their fans to get active and start the revolution

They seem to be fiercely anticapitalist, which is another plus in my book. Making music, that sells millions of copies and is critical of capitalism is important, the message is getting out it seems.

The music is about finding the way, finding your goals, finding your life, finding yourself, in a society that is gross, disturbing and rapidly killing itself.

They seem to be the modern day equivilent of Pink Floyd via Animals.

I saw them in San Diego this past summer, they played a rather short set compared to Pearl Jam, but they blew me away.

I look forward to the seventh album, hopefully on its way soon

I love this band...all thier records are incredible, specially the evolution or the changes that they do and done through them. My favourite is Kid A

soulsinging wrote:

this is why i hate radiohead fans.

Because?

soulsinging wrote:

this is why i hate radiohead fans.

U R A Cheeeeeeezeball !

soulsinging wrote:

you say the albums sucks, but still claim to like it. it's like the mindless pearl jam apologists who insist riot act is a fantastic album.

amnesiac sucked, plain and simple. bremerton nailed it when he pointed out that there are about 3 good songs to an album post-ok computer. they're a pale shadow of what they once were. and that'd be fine if their idiot fans didn't insist that thom yorke's shit doesn't stink.

isn't some of what you said just a matter of opinion though? i mean, it's ok to have your own feelings about something. granted, saying the album sucks and still claiming to like it is a bit weird and ridiculous. but what you're saying is just your opinion. riot act is my favorite pearl jam album. i do think it's fantastic. and i think kid a blows ok computer out of the water. but i think HTTT tried too hard and amnesiac was a b-sides accompaniment to kid a. i certainly don't think i'd write off radiohead as a shadow of what they once were though.

i like all of radioheads albums but i do have favorites!

personally i like OK computer but i would prefer to listen to Kid A and Hail to the Thief before it.

its just an opinion. i can express mine without calling someone else an idiot though

I think they're incredible and have already proven themselves to be some of the best writers in rock music history. Thom and Johnny are genious calibre writers/musicians.