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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Emaline on 14 Feb 2009, 22:32
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I just don't see it. So many people have so many boners for them. I don't. I just don't see why people think they are so amazing. They're ok, but seriously. Why does everyone act like they are even near the same league as a group like.... The Beatles, for example? I can't stand to listen to them for much more than one song. I like a few singles, but I find their albums generally lacking. Is there something I am missing? Why does everybody worship them so much? I mean, I like weird, arty shit. I like mopey bastards. I like the idea of Radiohead, just not the music. I don't know. Someone care to explain it to me? Anyone else want to join me in my dislike of them?
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Emaline you know better than to make this thread. Are we supposed to produce reasons for you to like them? Or commiserate about how bad they are?
It just plain lacks a sense of purpose.
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Having read the entirety of you post, I guess I was right, you did want both. But I maintain this isn't going to go anywhere on its own.
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No. What I am looking for is for somebody to give me a reason why people love them so much. I have never thought they were that original, or that different from anything out there. Maybe it's because I live in a small town, but everybody out here seems to think they are so much different from anything ever, and I just don't see it. They seem like just another generic rock band out there. Nothing too different from anything else on the radio. Maybe I'm missing something that does make them different. Am I mistaken in believing that they aren't very original? Are they doing something different?
If no one can provide me with that, I'd at least like to know I'm not alone. I mean, I guess I'd like to think that I listen to some pretty good music. I can be kind of a snob, admittedly. I always thought I had good taste, but it seems my dislike for Radiohead is contrary to that. I work at a record store. Everyone there loves them. I don't see it. Every music snob I know likes them. I almost feel dumb for not liking them, you know? I feel like I should like them. Does that make sense? It's like people expect me to. Like because of my taste, I should like them. I feel like people just expect me to like them because everyone everywhere does. Like white bread. Everyone loves white bread. They eat that shit up. But I don't. I don't like white bread. It tastes like bleach, or has no taste at all. It's bland. It's boring. I prefer wheat bread. And I want to know that I'm not alone in that.
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Listen Emaline...ima tell you what one of my fashion blogger friends told me.
"Fashion is temporary, but style is forever." Make your own niche if you don't feel like you fit in any. Must you always do what others do?
Anyways I'm not sure if I fit in as a groupie, but I they are enjoyable when I want to listen to relaxing tracks. Or just look up their lyrics and see if you can find any subtleties that you might've missed whilst listening to them.
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I don't care that much about Radiohead, really I find them a little meh.
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Must you always do what others do?
Wait. What? I'm not sure what you mean by this. I'm not looking to find them enjoyable myself, just to understand why people love them so much.
As for relaxing music, some overly emotional dude whining at me is not very relaxing. I can't stand Thom Yorke's voice. It's just so ...annoying. It's not relaxing. If I want something seriously relaxing and completely calm, I'd go for some mogwai, Tortoise, Explosions In The Sky, or some Joanna Newsom, Iron and Wine, or M. Ward. I mean, post rock is hella calming, harp is all kinds of nap time, and soothing voices soothe.
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Ahh. I misunderstood. Apologies.
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Plenty of people don't like Radiohead.
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Eh. They have a couple good songs.
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I have listened to Radiohead.
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Plenty of people don't like Radiohead.
I want to proved this, seriously.
I'm serious, guys. I feel bad for not liking them. I want to know I'm not alone.
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I think Radiohead are boring as heck.
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do you feel better yet?
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I'd feel better if you weren't going out of your way to be a dick, honestly.
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What? You posted that you want people to post if they don't like Radiohead so you can feel good about yourself or something. People posted.
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No. I want to know I'm not weird for disliking them. I want others to agree with me. I don't want to feel like a fucking douchebag for dislike a pretty boring band.
I do not want some dude to be a prick and repeatedly post the same shit to only aggitate me. Seriously, why do it? What's the point? I mean, honestly, I really can't see a reasoning. If this thread isn't to your standards, move on.
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Personal opinions combined with mob mentality. Its uncool not to worship them, or in situations like this, to not profess your dislike, because we disliked them all along, right?
It's topic I like to rage about every once in a while because this Forum is notorious for this way of thinking.
If you don't like Radiohead, it's an opinion, and its yours. Other peoples feelings on the subject should be irrelevant, so build a bridge and get over it. There are far more people who like, oh, say, Nickelback than Radiohead, so why not replace every instance of one for the other in your original post.
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Because I can't name a single person I know how likes Nickelback, actually.
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I have listened to Radiohead.
REALLY.
WELL THEN.
I listen to Radiohead high, accompagnied by Tool, APC and whatever dark `electro`/rock I find. But it has to have a voice to keep me company.
You know why people like Radiohead? Because it appeals to them, possibly on an emotional level or to their eardrums, or to their spliff. Lawl that was hard!
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Because I can't name a single person I know how likes Nickelback, actually.
Ok, Guns 'N Roses, or Jimmy Eat World, or David Bowie, or Kanye West, or Mozart, or Bob Dylan, or Broken Social Scene, or Thursday, or Death Cab for Cutie, or... See what Im getting at?
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Thanks, guys.
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No. I want to know I'm not weird for disliking them. I want others to agree with me. I don't want to feel like a fucking douchebag for dislike a pretty boring band.
I do not want some dude to be a prick and repeatedly post the same shit to only aggitate me. Seriously, why do it? What's the point? I mean, honestly, I really can't see a reasoning. If this thread isn't to your standards, move on.
Perhaps you should be a little less defensive. I dislike Radiohead. Lots of people dislike Radiohead. Me posting this doesn't have some kind of hidden motive - I am not posting this to agitate you, make you feel like a douchebag, steal your job, overthrow your government, cause mass suicides, anything but state that I, and others, aren't fond of Radiohead.
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I think I like Nickelback b/c I haven't found anything better in that category (help guys)
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I think I like Nickelback b/c I haven't found anything better in that category (help guys)
What? In hard rock? Breaking Benjamin, Creed, Seether. I don`t really like these types of bands for long, they get old pretty fast, and I`m usually looking for something harder or more original sounding after listening to them...
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I think I like Nickelback b/c I haven't found anything better in that category (help guys)
Flipper
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Hi, don't mean to jump in here.
But seriously, what's the big deal about her starting this thread?
It may lack the potential for riveting debate, but so what?
Don't read it or reply to it.
No need to have a go at her.
In response to the original post, I'm not overly keen on Radiohead either.
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I don't want to feel like a fucking douchebag for dislike a pretty boring band.
Well, you shouldn't. I love loads of stuff that a lot of people on here - and in some cases everybody in the known universe - think is awful. So just don't feel bad. Why care what people think? Plough your own furrow. If you're feeling like a douchebag for disliking a band everyone else likes, you probably are a douchebag.
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I liked The Bends and Pablo Honey. I thought OK Computer was alright. I have pretty much hated everything by Radiohead since then. You are not alone or weird or anything, Emaline.
RE: Nickelback, their first album or two were actually kinda ok? I mean, very derivative, not amazing, but not vomit-inducing terrible.
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I think the only Radiohead songs I've ever enjoyed were Knives Out and Paranoid Android.
Otherwise (and this seems a bit hypocritical coming from a dude that digs drone metal and the Japanese ambient scene), they're boring as all hell. Jens, can you believe we're agreeing on something in the music forums?
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Radiohead are so popular for the same reason as all the other popular bands. Big money is spent on getting their names out there and getting the music heard. The quality of the product has nothing to do with it. Similar bands to radiohead and been and gone, tried and failed. Not because they were any worse, but because they didn't have the financial backing to make people like them.
Yes, there are better bands than Radiohead. But that's tough to say if you've never heard of them.
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I like Kid A. The rest of Radiohead has gotten boring for me. I used to idolize Radiohead because I was a teenager and a Pitchfork junkie, but I've since encountered much better bands.
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Wow I'm really glad to hear that I'm not the only person who doesnt dig radiohead. Now if i could just get my post-rock friends to understand why I don't like Godspeed, life would be swell.
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i think The Bends is a solid album, little if any filler to be found on that. but i bought OK computer, and aside from a couple of tracks, it bored me half to death. i like a few of their other singles i've heard, but generally, i think they're pretty overrated.
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Radiohead are so popular for the same reason as all the other popular bands. Big money is spent on getting their names out there and getting the music heard. The quality of the product has nothing to do with it.
But equally, the quality is not necessarily shit because of it.
When I lived in Hackney, I heard a concert in Victoria Park behind my house, while walking the dogs. I liked what I heard enough to take the trouble to find out who was playing - it was Radiohead. But I don't like all their stuff equally; for some reason I don't enjoy OK Computer.
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Nobody cares that you don't like Radiohead. This statement serves two purposes:
1. Stop feeling bad for not liking Radiohead, that is terrible.
2. This thread is a horrible idea. "Hey guys, let's wallow around about not liking a band that some people like." This is just as bad as the overrated bands thread.
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Thanks, Jens.
This thread was actually good, and serving the purpose I wanted it to when people stopped taking bitch pills.
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I know this is a bit late but i agree with Emaline. Especially in the UK there seems to be a fawning over Radiohead and everything that they do but i just don't get it. Its not awful music but its nothing special either so why this hero worship?
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It's threads like this that make me look forward to the inevitable dissolution of the QC forums.
Plenty of people don't like Radiohead.
I want to proved this, seriously.
There's seven pages of proofed already. (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,20752.300.html) If you wanted a gold star you could've at least started a thread that isn't represented on the first page of the forum.
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I've never encountered an overbearing Radiohead fan. In fact I don't think I know if anyone I know likes Radiohead. Maybe I'm hanging out in the wrong circles or something.
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Its not awful music but its nothing special either
Actually, nearly all music fits this description...
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True, but thats why we all have our own opinions.
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I actually like Radiohead. I simply find their music enjoyable. But there are a plethora of bands I would listen to before Radiohead.
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Radiohead was my first favorite band so I'm just used to loving them. I find the main problem with them is this:
It's not the band I hate, it's their faaaans
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Yeah, I agree with the above poster.
I'm not a huge fan of Radiohead, but gawd, do I hate the kids who obsess over them.
Band obsession in general freaks me out.
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Actually, hate is too strong of a word for me. I get pretty irritated sometimes with the kids who obsess over them.
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dont ever ask a hardcore radiohead fan for reasons, they'd never stop bothering you. you mentioned you think their songs are generic, can you tell us honestly how much you've listened to a radiohead album in full? which albums would they be? not liking radiohead is okay, but saying they sound like every other band out there is a bit perplexing, at least
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Radiohead are so popular for the same reason as all the other popular bands. Big money is spent on getting their names out there and getting the music heard. The quality of the product has nothing to do with it. Similar bands to radiohead and been and gone, tried and failed. Not because they were any worse, but because they didn't have the financial backing to make people like them.
Yes, there are better bands than Radiohead. But that's tough to say if you've never heard of them.
I'm not sure about this promotion thing. Kid A was a huge succes but had no singles or videos or anything besides those blip thingies that floated around the internet for a bit (or maybe those were more popular than I think *shrug*) The fact that it leaked early was probably the biggest factor.
The fact that it was also a hugely polarizing album because of it's sound kinda defeats the whole "similar bands" being around. I think they're pretty... eccentric for a mainstream rock band.
The band is not as huge as some people think tho. Nothing they ever did ever got even close to... say... U2's worst albums (sales wise)
On another note. It seems to be popular not to like Radiohead lately. This is like the fourth forum I've seen a thread like this on this year? For some reason Muse fans have a problem with the band :-D (i personally like both)
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On another note. It seems to be popular not to like Radiohead lately.
Its called hipster backlash, its when unimaginative and weak people change their opinions with the tide. It kind of disgusts me as it makes the whole community look irrelevant and weak.
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I like (some) Radiohead but I can't stand Animal Collective.
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First off, every band is overrated by fanboys, and underrated by people who hate them. It's a fact of life. That's why, at least for me, I don't pay attention to what pretty much anyone says about bands until I've heard them myself. There's good and bad in all music, and you're just supposed to listen to what appeals to you and not listen to everything else. Is it really that complicated?
No, you're not alone in not liking Radiohead, a lot of people don't. But why the hell does it matter? That's the case for every band, and the only reason this is an issue at all is because they're "popular" and people "like them". If you don't, you don't, you shouldn't feel like you need to justify that. I think the Rolling Stones (aside from a few songs) were shit, I can't listen to most black metal (or most other kinds of metal, for that matter, especially of Nordic origin) because it ALL SOUNDS THE SAME, most "ambient music" isn't really music, and I think that most indie is awful, and just like any other genre, you have to dig through fifty albums of crap to find one good record. A lot of people would crucify me for those statements, but I couldn't care less.
If you're really looking for reasons people like them, I'm hesitant to say any because people who don't like a band always find a way to contradict anything you have to say. But I'll put myself out there anyway. I like Radiohead because they're interesting. The progression of different styles and new directions from their early stuff 'til now is awesome. I'm proud of the guys for not "finding a sound and sticking to it," because that's the way most creative decay comes about. I think most of their tunes are catchy and easy to listen to, but with enough musical and lyrical depth to hold my interest after a number of hearings. They're pop-y, but not TOO much so. Kid A and Amnesiac (both of which I'm still in love with after years of listening) are especially cool because they compliment and respond to each other so much. They make concept albums and push their own creative boundaries, but aren't too high and mighty to think they write the best stuff ever to come out of your speaker box. But the most important thing is, it just agrees with me.
There, that enough for you?
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No. I want to know I'm not weird for disliking them. I want others to agree with me. I don't want to feel like a fucking douchebag for dislike a pretty boring band.
I do not want some dude to be a prick and repeatedly post the same shit to only aggitate me. Seriously, why do it? What's the point? I mean, honestly, I really can't see a reasoning. If this thread isn't to your standards, move on.
Maybe you shouldn't be that concerned with other people's opinions of your taste, perhaps?
Hell, I thought Hail to the Chief was some boring and on the tail of two 'experimental' albums that really didn't cover as much new ground as the music press said, so I just didn't listen to them for three or four years. Now I'm listening to them again.
De gustibus non disputandam, kay?
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I have never liked Radiohead. And personally, I just don't care enough to talk about it any more than in this post here.
The end.
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i like some radiohead songs you guys
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:-D
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Holy moly Jeph posted in the music forum and it wasn't about guitars!
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Holy moly Jeph posted
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never really got into Radiohead stuff but liked Thom Yorke's solo album... :| :roll: :-P
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On another note. It seems to be popular not to like Radiohead lately. This is like the fourth forum I've seen a thread like this on this year? For some reason Muse fans have a problem with the band :-D (i personally like both)
I've noticed that (both things) too. All my friends who are into music either like Radiohead or Muse, and not both. I like them both too, although they've both released material I don't like that much at all.
(And holy crap, jeph posted!)
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Jeph :-D<3
And yeah, I have lots of boners for Radiohead, so I can't really help you out, Ema. It's fine that you don't like them though. If everyone had the same taste in music life would be pretty terrible. Maybe his voice is too whiny, or you just don't like their vibe. I remember introducing my father to Radiohead. He thought they were alright but didn't care for them because they didn't sound enough like Led Zeppelin or Deep Purple or Muddy Waters.
*shrugs*
Yeah, even if you think they suck, you can't think they suck as much as Zep! :-P
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does mr. jacques rarely post up his opinions on things other than guitars?
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Basically. Most of the old guard doesnt really take part in the forums with the except of Est
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Jeph :-D<3
If everyone had the same taste in music life would be pretty terrible.
Pretty much.
I'm really not much of a radiohead fan (and I definitely haven't hear all their albums) but I'm cool with most RH fans. There are worse fanboys/girls out there.
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They're usually not something I'd change if I heard them on the radio or on a shuffle or something, but not something I'd ever put on. I liked the bends basically, and I like playing Creep on Rock Band, but they in my eyes a bit overrated.
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Jeph :-D<3
That just looks like T-Rex is vomiting an arse.
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Radiohead were a crappy one-hit wonder band and that one hit "creep" was so whiny my balls fell off.
practicing my trolling. I've actually seen posts with something along this line of thinking. I just hoped those were trolls too.
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Radiohead were a crappy one-hit wonder band and that one hit "creep" was so whiny my balls fell off.
practicing my trolling. I've actually seen posts with something along this line of thinking. I just hoped those were trolls too.
Well, it's not very good. Maybe this would have cut it up until they won the Grammy for OKC, but now you've really got to say that they 'descended into arty farty wankery' or something to really troll effectively.
Or maybe just curse more! :-P
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Didn't read the thread, assumed it was mostly snarky people with inferiority complexes defining themselves by what they don't like, and oversensitive Radiohead fans getting upset about it. Prove me wrong!
I think it is funny that as I get older I really enjoy Radiohead's more downtempo and less rocking songs a lot more. High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Exit Music (For a Film) etc as opposed to the songs I really liked as a teenager like Just and Electioneering.
I'm getting old :( And the best part is that those slower songs will be on easy listening radio in 20 years and that is hilarious because People will call songs that Thom Yorke sings on "easy listening"
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what's that thom yorke solo album like then? i've heard harrowdon hill and it was pretty good. is the rest of it in a similar vein?
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I vaguely remember it being the most aurally offensive thing I had ever heard at the time when I tried to listen to the album in one go, but have since then heard individual songs and not minded them, I think it is just listening to an entire album full of that sort of music that sets me off.
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what's that thom yorke solo album like then? i've heard harrowdon hill and it was pretty good. is the rest of it in a similar vein?
It's like a more organic Kid A. Kind of... acoustic electronica, as twattish as that sounds. Lots of beats and loops, but still quite a warm sound to it and with some acoustic instruments mixed in.
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what's that thom yorke solo album like then? i've heard harrowdon hill and it was pretty good. is the rest of it in a similar vein?
It's like a more organic Kid A. Kind of... acoustic electronica, as twattish as that sounds. Lots of beats and loops, but still quite a warm sound to it and with some acoustic instruments mixed in.
i've not heard much radiohead stuff post-okcomputer, other than the odd single, but that still kinda sounds intriguing...
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I really dig Radiohead, but I try not to tell people too much. I'm waiting until enough hipsters have declared their dislike for Radiohead and then I'm going to go shouting my affection for Radiohead from the rooftops, declaring that all these people who don't like Radiohead "just don't get it" because they're too mainstream.
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i've not heard much radiohead stuff post-okcomputer, other than the odd single, but that still kinda sounds intriguing...
Basically, take away Jonny Greenwood's arsey guitar (which I love, I'm just sayng) and almost all real percussion, and you're close.
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I think it is funny that as I get older I really enjoy Radiohead's more downtempo and less rocking songs a lot more. High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Exit Music (For a Film) etc as opposed to the songs I really liked as a teenager like Just and Electioneering.
I honestly never much cared for their rocking stuff and I actively dislike Creep, mostly due to Yorke's voice; it has always felt to me like a round hole, square peg situation. Still, I've never regretted my purchase of the Bends, and two of the songs you've mentioned are big reasons why.
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I used to really dislike Radiohead but I sat down and listened to The Bends,OK Computer and Kid A the other week and enjoyed them all.
It's not the best music I've ever heard in my life but it was fine.
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Just thought I'd chime in and offer up a reason as to why people (including myself) like Radiohead. I'm just quoting someone else who phrased it far more succinctly than I could:
"I'd say that that they [Radiohead] appeal to a minority of the rock/pop audience in general. Their songs tend to be idiosyncratic and feature atypical arrangements and fairly unusual songwriting quirks and structures (as far as pop music goes). They obviously put a lot of care into their end product, seem to value their fervent fanbase, put on an elaborate live show and play a marathon every single night for the people who have traveled or paid scalper's significant amounts of money. i.e... they give a fuck. They try to make their fans happy. And for people with an artistic bent, it's easy to appreciate them flaunting their growing artistry over what surely would have been better choices career wise. Certainly the choices the labels and their management would have preferred."
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It's not the best music I've ever heard in my life but it was fine.
Ding ding ding
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I just don't see it. So many people have so many boners for them. I don't. I just don't see why people think they are so amazing. They're ok, but seriously. Why does everyone act like they are even near the same league as a group like.... The Beatles, for example? I can't stand to listen to them for much more than one song. I like a few singles, but I find their albums generally lacking. Is there something I am missing? Why does everybody worship them so much? I mean, I like weird, arty shit. I like mopey bastards. I like the idea of Radiohead, just not the music. I don't know. Someone care to explain it to me? Anyone else want to join me in my dislike of them?
You want me to explain why people like Linkin Park?
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Holy moly Jeph posted
OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
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I love Radiohead
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I don't like 'em.
Honestly, I have the feeling that every couple of years the british music press decide that such-and-such band is the new Beatles and they get hyped accordingly. So ... Radiohead, Blurr, Oasis, Pulp, Coldplay ... all overhyped because of Beatle-envy.
Of course, I grew up on Metallica and CoF. So what the hell do I know about pop music?
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I am so getting fucked with
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I think I've only heard two songs by Radiohead, Creep and whatever song it is on a cd that's from In Rainbows. I like both, but I do not like both enough to actively seek them out. That and the whole "Muse and Coldplay ripped off Radiohead" shit got too old too fast, which is another reason I never went out of my way to listen to anything by them, because if people were that stupid to think they all sounded the same, then they are not really worth listening to.
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Hey, don't worry about it. Basically, I used to hate Radiohead, mainly due to their fervent fanbase. Then, one winter a while back, I listened to every single album and started to like them. So, yeah, I've become what I used to hate, but at least not to the same degree as other RH fans. Still, I hate talking to motherfuckers who think Thom Yorke is Jesus Christ in the flesh, and that think that the band's views are unquestionable (i.e. the Grammy performance vs. their stance on pollution, etc.).
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They have a stance on pollution?
Is it different from: pollution is bad?
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It's not the best music I've ever heard in my life; in fact it's utterly awful.
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I detest Radiohead. It was originally one of those "hate the fans & therefore the band" type deals, but during a brief Open MindedTM phase a year or so I got OK Computer and The Bends and gave each of them a huge amount of listens. The end result was me knowing that I really, really hate Radiohead.
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I really dig Radiohead, but I try not to tell people too much. I'm waiting until enough hipsters have declared their dislike for Radiohead and then I'm going to go shouting my affection for Radiohead from the rooftops, declaring that all these people who don't like Radiohead "just don't get it" because they're too mainstream.
My thoughts exactly :lol: .
Just thought I'd chime in and offer up a reason as to why people (including myself) like Radiohead. I'm just quoting someone else who phrased it far more succinctly than I could:
"I'd say that that they [Radiohead] appeal to a minority of the rock/pop audience in general. Their songs tend to be idiosyncratic and feature atypical arrangements and fairly unusual songwriting quirks and structures (as far as pop music goes). They obviously put a lot of care into their end product, seem to value their fervent fanbase, put on an elaborate live show and play a marathon every single night for the people who have traveled or paid scalper's significant amounts of money. i.e... they give a fuck. They try to make their fans happy. And for people with an artistic bent, it's easy to appreciate them flaunting their growing artistry over what surely would have been better choices career wise. Certainly the choices the labels and their management would have preferred."
Those are excellent reasons, indeed. And they all play a role in my affection for this band. But in the end, all it boils down to is the fact, that again and again their music seems to be able to push the right buttons, appealing to my gut feeling - rather than just intellect. That's what makes people love a band, as opposed to generating "just" appreciation. There are limits to our "understanding" of why someone really likes something (or someone, for that matter). You may look for patterns in music, style, behaviour a.s.o., but none will ever fully explain human affections. You don't feel it - you don't get it (and most of all: there's no need to "get it").
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I think Radiohead are partly to blame for Coldplay, Keane and Snow patrol which is enough reason to have them all lined up against the wall and shot.
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As far as Coldplay goes, about a year and a half after Yellow came out, Hipsters were shouting their affection from rooftops, then they got famous because a bunch of lame people liked them and now they are a favour target of Hipster hater *sigh*
Anyway, like them or hate them, they are good at composing music and writing songs, if you dont like them, or dont like their fans, shut up about it. Otherwise there is nothing to discern you from the band of ignorant douchbags who currently enjoy hating on them for the wrong reasons. Because, lets face it, you dont want to be one of those people.
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I think I've only heard two songs by Radiohead, Creep and whatever song it is on a cd that's from In Rainbows. I like both, but I do not like both enough to actively seek them out. That and the whole "Muse and Coldplay ripped off Radiohead" shit got too old too fast, which is another reason I never went out of my way to listen to anything by them, because if people were that stupid to think they all sounded the same, then they are not really worth listening to.
Just because someone sees a pale shadow of Radiohead in Coldplay does not mean that cold play are in any way an accurate reflection of Radiohead, hth
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I think Radiohead are partly to blame for Coldplay, Keane and Snow patrol which is enough reason to have them all lined up against the wall and shot.
I reckon Jeff Buckley can shoulder some of the blame there.
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I think Radiohead are partly to blame for Coldplay, Keane and Snow patrol which is enough reason to have them all lined up against the wall and shot.
I reckon Jeff Buckley can shoulder some of the blame there.
Yep. Radiohead themselves had Jeff as an influence. I recall something about them saying he kickstarted them out of writers-block for The Bends. Writing Fake Plastic Trees the night after a Buckley show or something. :-o
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The dude is already dead and he was hardly without influences of his own. There's no call for blaming Snow Patrol on the poor guy.
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Is Snow Patrol such really more than just a blip on the radar? I mean, what have they done lately
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Is Snow Patrol such really more than just a blip on the radar? I mean, what have they done lately
i don't get the hate for them tbqh. i'm not a huge fan or anything, but having ripped my mum's snow patrol albums to my laptop a while ago, i occasionally find myself giving them a listen. they're not bad at all tbh.
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I like Chasing Cars or whatever its called, but I mean have they even released an album since like '05
And that goes for Keane too
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Yes to both. Just because a record's not out in America - or it's not impacted the charts - doesn't mean there's not one out.
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I love Radiohead because I think it's good music.
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or it's not impacted the charts
Then who the fuck cares?
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Who the fuck are Radiohead I'll take my 10 credibility points now time to buy some cheap cocaine with that shit
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Is Snow Patrol such really more than just a blip on the radar? I mean, what have they done lately
Well there's that "Such Great Heights" cove- oh, lately.
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Keane just released a new album. It wasn't that special, but they did release it.
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or it's not impacted the charts
Then who the fuck cares?
You call yourself a hipster :P Chart whore!
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Keane just released a new album. It wasn't that special, but they did release it.
Spirals was an enjoyable single on the radio.
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People like Radiohead because people like Radiohead. You do not like Radiohead because you do not like Radiohead. That's about all you can say. I'm sorry you felt like the only nay in a sea of yays. I had the same experience with Modest Mouse.
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You call yourself a hipster :P Chart whore!
Its not hipster to hate something that isn't popular
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I saw Thom Yorke on the street today (he lives down my road). Had to restrain myself so hard from not approaching him and thanking him for everything.
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You're a better man than I am. I would've approached him, but knowing what I do about Thom Yorke he'd have hated me for that!
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I saw Thom Yorke on the street today (he lives down my road). Had to restrain myself so hard from not approaching him and thanking him for everything.
Eye contact and a nod would communicate everything that needs to be communicated between you, with maximum respek and minimum interference.
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you'd be doing well to get eye contact from both of his though.
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Also needs to be noted that I was coincidentally wearing a Radiohead t-shirt at the time. You can understand why I was apprehensive.
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you'd be doing well to get eye contact from both of his though.
man i made an effort not to make that joke and you had to go ahead and ruin it for me
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you'd be doing well to get eye contact from both of his though.
man i made an effort not to make that joke and you had to go ahead and ruin it for me
what can i say? you're a man with a whole lot more restraint than i!