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Herr Tubthumper

Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
59,566
The Fatherland
I have been listening to Radiohead a lot this week.

So, have they got better with time or disappeared up their own hipster arses? Important electronic rock band or pretentious musos? Do you hark back to the days when they wrote proper songs? Or do you like the more experimental stuff? Can a middle aged man wear a Bjorn Borg headband with credibility?
 




Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,845
Brighton
If you're in the right mood, In Rainbows is a ruddy LOVELY album. It's a band accepting that they are growing middle aged and becoming dads, not pretending to still be awkward and edgy. The production is really lush and warm.
 


Herr Tubthumper

Herr Tubthumper

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Mellotron said:
If you're in the right mood, In Rainbows is a ruddy LOVELY album. It's a band accepting that they are growing middle aged and becoming dads, not pretending to still be awkward and edgy. The production is really lush and warm.
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That was quick. And I have this album on right now...and you are correct. Nick Kent said this is their best album, and that all the others have minor flaws but In Rainbows does not. You could argue that their latter day output is awkward and edgy when compared to their early stuff.
 


Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,845
Brighton
Herr Tubthumper said:
That was quick. And I have this album on right now...and you are correct. Nick Kent said this is their best album, and that all the others have minor flaws but In Rainbows does not. You could argue that their latter day output is awkward and edgy when compared to their early stuff.
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After the first 2 tracks, you can pretty much fall asleep and float away to the rest of the album. It's good. Not sure it's their best, it's certainly not their most "important", but it's good.
 






Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,845
Brighton
questier said:
Nothing beats 'The Bends' for me...
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Couple of tracks on there date it horribly for me. Bones and Sulk. For that reason OK Comp and Kid A are a bit ahead of it for me.
 


tinycowboy

tinycowboy

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Aug 9, 2008
4,002
Canterbury
I like a mixture - they couldn't have churned out albums like 'The Bends' over and over without becoming less and less relevant and more and more predictable. Their changing styles have lost them a lot of fans, but have possibly led a good number of people into buying the kind of music they previously would not have considered. I also suspect that Radiohead would have called it a day long ago if they'd stuck with their original template. I think Kid A was amazingly brave, and it's probably my favourite.
 


bluenitsuj

bluenitsuj

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Feb 26, 2011
4,358
Willingdon
The bends for me. Superb album and reminds me of things going on in my life at that time.
 






Grombleton

Grombleton

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Dec 31, 2011
7,356
It'll always be The Bends for me, as that was the first i'd heard of them. I did really enjoy In Rainbows though; i like the analogy of them accepting their age and for Radiohead, it's one of their more accessible albums.

Nothing quite beats 'Let Down' though, it's a beautiful song.
 


Tricky Dicky

Tricky Dicky

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Jul 27, 2004
13,558
Sunny Shoreham
Just couldn't get on with thm at all. Bought 4 albums at once, after being recommended by a friend, assumed I'd like them, gave one a listen several times and it wa just nothing to me. I found absolutely nohing of interest. However many time through, I never recognised any song from a previous run through.

Couldn't see the point but each to their own.
 












El Presidente

El Presidente

The ONLY Gay in Brighton
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Jul 5, 2003
39,709
Pattknull med Haksprut
Loved them, loathed Kid A at first, but eventually realised that it was them, not me, who had got it right.

Too many brilliant songs to choose from, but (and it not simply because I have an extensive pornography collection from the 1970's) VIDEOTAPE just about shades the rest.
 




CorgiRegisteredFriend

CorgiRegisteredFriend

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May 29, 2011
8,317
Boring By Sea
Amnesiac and Kid A for me. I also like In Rainbows remix album and some of the Four Tet remixes. Other albums are good but I just prefer the more experimental stuff.
 


spring hall convert

spring hall convert

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Nov 3, 2009
9,608
Brighton
Herr Tubthumper said:
I have been listening to Radiohead a lot this week.

So, have they got better with time or disappeared up their own hipster arses? Important electronic rock band or pretentious musos? Do you hark back to the days when they wrote proper songs? Or do you like the more experimental stuff? Can a middle aged man wear a Bjorn Borg headband with credibility?
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If anyone makes that twottish comment "they're so depressing" I just have to steer the conversation away from music.

In Rainbows > Ok Computer > Kid A > The Bends > Amnesiac > The King of Limbs > Hail To The Thief > Pablo Honey
 




CorgiRegisteredFriend

CorgiRegisteredFriend

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May 29, 2011
8,317
Boring By Sea
spring hall convert said:
If anyone makes that twottish comment "they're so depressing" I just have to steer the conversation away from music.

In Rainbows > Ok Computer > Kid A > The Bends > Amnesiac > The King of Limbs > Hail To The Thief > Pablo Honey
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This is a terrible generalisation to make but in my experience it tends to be females that find them depressing.
 


B

big nuts

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Jan 15, 2011
4,866
Hove
Love the early indie/rock sound of the early nineties but prefer the more experimental albums with In Rainbows being their finest and my favourite album of all-time.
 


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