Radiohead

Radiohead is alright. I enjoy OK Computer, however I didn't care for Kid A. I liked one song off of it but didn't care for the rest.

As for the Muse/Radiohead comparisons I can see it, since on some songs the singer from Muse has a similarity to Tom Thorke and if one didn't know better they'd probably think they were listening to Radiohead.

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On the subject of albums - I think the problem is that with this band, and others, just any band in general - people just look for singles. They don't listen to an album in it's entirity, and they don't get a true picture of its genious...or failure, lol. Some bands are just good singles bands, some bands are good album bands - some are both. You gotta try both styles of listening to figure out where any band truly shines.

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I think it also depends on how you hear the band. If you pick it up from the radio then more than likely you'll enjoy what they have on the radio more than what's not being played. If you heard them from another source, then perhaps you'll enjoy more of their albums.

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Usually when I listen to an album, I latch onto one or two tracks, really love and obsess over them, and then gloss over the rest of the album. Then days, weeks, or months later, I listen to the rest of the album again and latch onto one or two more. Depending on how much I like the band, this may keep happening until I like the entire album, or just the one time and I move on. I don't tend to be an album listener because I get too attached to a couple songs to listen to the disc the whole way through, but I also tend to pick songs that weren't the radio singles as my favorites.

I'm still not done doing this with Radiohead, there are a lot of songs I've only listened to once or twice.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by El Ray Fernando

In my honest opinion these guys have made some fantastic songs there is no doubt; but they peaked far too early into their career.

I agree 100%. Pablo Honey was a great first album, but then the Bends was a masterpiece compared to it, and in and of itself. OK Computer is one of the great masterpieces of rock, and will be remembered as such 100 years from now, assuredly. However, if you put Kid A and Amnesiac together, you still get... half an album. I have listened to "The Bends" at least 400 times, and "OK Computer" at least 700 times, but I will not even bother to buy Hail to the Thief at this point. Just sad... Although, "Morning Bell" is pure genius.

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Originally Posted by speculative

I have listened to "The Bends" at least 400 times, and "OK Computer" at least 700 times, but I will not even bother to buy Hail to the Thief at this point. Just sad... Although, "Morning Bell" is pure genius.

I liked Hail To The Thief better than Kid A or Amnesiac. This might just be me though.

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As much as I love OK Computer, my personal favorite out of all their albums is Amnesiac. While there are a few duds on the album, (Morning Bell/Amnesiac and Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors come to mind) it has amazing tracks like "You and Whose Army?", "Like Spinning Plates" and "Pyramid Song". The B-Sides are all top-notch, too bad they're only found scattered among singles. I really wish that they would release a B-Sides collection from all their albums, they would make a killing off it.

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When's their next album coming out? They're due out with something new here pretty soon I'd imagine.

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The album was originally due sometime this year, but it's been delayed to next year. They're currently touring and playing some of their new songs during their shows. Right now, they don't even have a deal with a company for their new LP since their contract with EMI ended recently.

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I am a fan of metal and usually listens to music which I would term as direct. Radiohead is probably the only band I enjoy which I wouldn't say was direct. I can't pinpoint exactly what it is I like about them, but I do like their songs.

My favourite Radiohead album is probably Kid A. I find it unorthodox and uneasy. Love Idioteque. My CD is screwed up for some reason though, it keeps skipping on that track. Never really touched Pablo Honey though.

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The first time I heard Radiohead was back in the summer of '97, when Paranoid Android was played sporadically on the radio. I just loved it that song. In the end I just had to ride my bike to the nearest music shop about 10 miles from where I lived to buy the single. Couldn't find it, so I bought the entire album, which I grew to love. Good times.

Fave songs: Lucky, Paranoid Android, Pyramid Song, Knives Out, You, Kinetik, The Trickster, Talk Show Host, Optimistic, I Might Be Wrong, Sail to the Moon, Where I End And You Begin, A Wolf At The Door, Idioteque (especially the live version on the I Might Be Wrong-album)
Hm, it was hard to narrow them down.

It annoys me that so many people connect Radiohead only with 'Creep' and 'Karma Police'. I guess 'Karma Police' is ok, but 'Creep' is just...bad. No wonder people don't like Radiohead if those are the only two songs people think of when they hear the name 'Radiohead'.

Originally Posted by Yamamanama

I listened to those Muse albums in the MEC and another song I grabbed off of someone's FTP, and they sounded nothing like each other. I actually thought Mars Volta when I heard them.

Really? I don't really find those two bands very similar, apart from the singing style of the vocalists, perhaps.

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Ah yes, I had forgotten the b-sides! Good stuff. I have a mix of them I'll have to dig out. Exit Music (for a film), Talk Show Host, Pearly, Killer Cars... there's a lot of nice tunes there.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Nuh

It annoys me that so many people connect Radiohead only with 'Creep' and 'Karma Police'. I guess 'Karma Police' is ok, but 'Creep' is just...bad. No wonder people don't like Radiohead if those are the only two songs people think of when they hear the name 'Radiohead'.

Really? I don't really find those two bands very similar, apart from the singing style of the vocalists, perhaps.

I like the song 'Creep', but it did become a bit of a curse to them because people who turned up to listen to the band back then were always expecting to hear this song.

I can only draw similarities between the voices of the singers of Muse and Radiohead. Their styles are different. I find the music Radiohead to be unorthodox, even uncompromising at times whereas Muse was overblown (in a good way) at least for the first two albums...

Also, 'Exit Music (for a film)' was not a b-side. It was on the OK Computer album.

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Originally Posted by electric_eye

I can only draw similarities between the voices of the singers of Muse and Radiohead. Their styles are different. I find the music Radiohead to be unorthodox, even uncompromising at times whereas Muse was overblown (in a good way) at least for the first two albums...
album.

I meant the singers in Mars Volta and Muse, not Radiohead and Muse.

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Radiohead oh shit son.

As Amara said, I'm a gigantic Radiohead nut. I don't know anyone who knows significantly more about them than me. :P

I'm eagerly awaiting Thom's solo album, The Eraser (July 11th). I'm literally counting down the days, I can't fucking wait.

Has anyone else been listening to the bootlegs coming off the current tour? My favorite songs are Down Is The New Up and Videotape. When Thom posted the lyrics to Videotape on Dead Air Space I tried imagining what it would sound like. I actually ended up being pretty close.

Their new album is coming out next year, supposedly. They haven't really even selected a producer. Originally they were self-producing, and then they were working with Spike Stent, and now they are on tour road-testing some of the new material, trying to get their act together. They are not going to be working with Nigel Godrich (who incidentally produced Thom's solo album). They want to explore new sonic territory. I expect to hear some dub influences in their new album, as they've been listening to a lot of it. In fact, Jonny recently listened to nothing but Dub for 6 months. He posted about that on the official message board.

Yeah :nerd:city for me right here.

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Good article here on The Eraser and Radiohead's new albumymymy and tour.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/ar...ic/02pare.html

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Originally Posted by Admiral Amara

Changing the topic. I see you're a big Muse fan. What do you think of the Radiohead/Muse comparisons? Any credibility to them, or just a load of bunk?

I seem to recall that Muse once gave Radiohead as an influence during an iterview and I think to a certain extent, Matt Belamy (who is GOD btw) used a similar vocal style to Thom Yorke on the first Muse album, but just like Radiohead do, Muse constantly change their sound and this is probably the only real similarity between the two bands.

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But yeah, The Eraser, Thom Yorke's solo album comes out on July 11th. Everyone should go buy it.

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I've already been listening to it. It's pretty good, but none of the tracks really grab me. A solid release, but nothing mind-blowing or overly spectacular. It's somewhat of an unfair critique though cause most every radiohead album has blown me away. Just because this one doesn't do quite the same, doesn't mean that still isn't better than 90% of the crap out there. Of course, you may find it to suit your tastes.

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