Mmm. Radiohead.
 

Radiohead. What genius.
who else likes em'?

ugh.

there are 2 types of people in this world. those that love radiohead passionately and those that despise radiohead venomously. my wife loves radiohead. i think shes insane. :)

~james

Count me pro.

i suspect im in the minority. but then, i think the crash test dummies were one of the finest bands of the 90's, so what do i know?

~james

I love Radiohead. I would say my favorite album is still The Bends.

and youre insane. not just because of radiohead. mostly because of those 80s mixes you make.

~james

Now, you go too far.

I think Radiohead make some fabulous music, but I'm not going to be like the critic types and jizz my pants over them. I thought Amnesiac was pure genius.

There are two types of people in the world:

Those who love Radiohead ...

Hey, you gonna pass that blunt?

Mmm, cheeze doodles.

Anyone want some Tortillas with Magic Shell?

Play Track 1 again. Now watch what happens when you start this Sailor Moon video at the same time.

What ever happened to that one guy who used to play in that other band?

I think Radiohead should do a record with The Clash

They're all dead, dumbass.

Oh yeah. Pass that thing around again.

-sm

I've not heard enough Radiohead to form an opinion on their music as a collective whole, but I like the vast majority (if not entirety) of what I have heard. Maybe I'll get around to snagging some off of iTMS or whatever it's called. This "P2P" thing has taken too much effort since Napster died.

I like Radiohead, but I wouldn't say they're genius. They're very good, no doubt - but comparing them to real musical geniuses, such as Bowie, Bach, Reznor... I don't think they're really even in the ballpark.

But don't get me wrong! I like Radiohead a lot. I'm going to be trendy and say that OK Computer is still my favorite, but I haven't listened to Kid A much and Amnesiac at all (whereas OK Computer and the previous two have received extensive play on my personal systems).

I'm going to go against the grain and say that no one over the age of, say, 25 finds Radiohead to be pure, unbridled genius. I've met a lot of people who grow out of them, and I suspect the same will happen with you. I doubt they'll have the same impact on you in ten years, and while you'll probably think they're still very good, I doubt you'll be saying the same things about them.

They whine too much to be considered music. Oh yea -- and their instruments always sound out of tune.

I think if you like the Cure, you like Radiohead.

I suppose I can agree with you on that, as I don't like them as much now as I did when I was 20. I still like their music, though, and am always interested when they release a new album.

Let me clarify my initial post...

I didn't really get into Radiohead until after The Bends came out (early '95). I personally think Amnesiac is their best record...the songs are fantastic. Now, are they the greatest thing since sliced bread? Nah. I don't drool over them like the critics do...I don't think I've seen a band get such critical praise since REM. It's almost scary. But I would say that Radiohead are one of the best bands to come out in the past 25 years.

Seeing Dave's post made me think of something that parallels what he said. I used to think Trent Reznor was the greatest thing ever...I would listen to Broken so much during high school that it bordered ridiculous. I still like NIN...love 'em...but not like I did then (10 years ago).

Radiohead's new album, Hail to the Thief, comes out June 10th. The same day as new releases by Metallica and Dave Gahan.

Sweet!

Radiohead's new album came out about 4 weeks ago on Gnutella. Which was about 3 days after the mix engineer handed them back the test mixes. It was a helluva shit storm here in town.

Actually, as is usually the case, the ripped version that's available online is not the final. Several of the tunes were remixed, and the mastering session will set different leadin/leadout points, even rearrange some of the verse/chorus structures for some of the tunes.

-sm

Are those changes truly for artistic merit, or is it a slick way of making pirated copies easier to track down?

It usually goes something like this:

1) Band makes a great record
2) Engineer who tracked record makes a great mix (19 yr. old 3rd Assistant Coffee Making Engineer leaks mix to Kazza)
3) In the 3 months since their last label meeting, a new style of music has become "hot"
4) A&R guy for the label insist on taking "Tracking Engineer" guy's mixes to the "Mix Engineer" guy who mixed the last 20 #1 hits, have him make it sound like every other song on radio
5) Band says "that doesn't sound like our record"
6) A&R guy insists sends mixes to "Mastering Engineer", who slices and dices the tunes, compresses the hell out of the sound, and makes it ready for radio
7) Band says "that sounds even less like our record"
8) Record comes out, sound nothing like the mixes leaked in step 2
9) Band develops massive "chip on shoulder" complex, tours to promote record they hate, cashes checks, but with just enough disdain for the money to protect their artistic integrity

[note: this is for demonstration purposes only. Your results may vary]

-sm

In that case it sounds almost moral to download the early mixes.

UT, what would be very hip is to allow artists to put pre-release mixes up on their subscriber-side website, so that the hardcore fans can track the process of creating the record, and yet vigorously prosecute to keep the final mixes off the web, so that there is still a financial incentive to make records.

-sm

Radiohead, good.
Crash Test Dummies, grows on you.
NIN, too angry for me now. I'm not 21 anymore. Ow! *creak!* I have my NIN folder in my Mp3 folder just in case I get nostalgic.

I love Radiohead for their cerebral - K-hole like sound.

I love Missy Elliot for her sheer creativy - I mean wtf kind of song is that "gossip folks" song? I think she is probably one of the most creative - if not the most creative - artists in the Rap world.

I love the "White Stripes" and "QOSA" for their power and energy.

I still listen to Nirvana and lament my lost youth. I listen to Beck when I want to drive my wife out of the room. I listen to David Alan Cole when I feel a little country. I listen to The P funk when I want to get my pimp on. And I listen to Rage Against the Machine when I read Noam Chomsky.

I love Crash Test Dummies, too. The "mmmmmmmm" song really does grow on you.

hrm. thats really one of their lamest songs, i think. :) pick up their first cd, "the ghosts that haunt me" if you dont have it already. good stuff.

~james