What's playing on the stereo?

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by dhamsaic
OK Computer is a great album, don't get me wrong. But I don't see it as genius, really. I like listening to it, but it doesn't fascinate me, like The Downward Spiral or The Fragile do. Maybe that's just me, but I don't really see it. Anyway, what is musical genius? I see it in Bach. His music inspires awe in me, just like Trent's does. I guess my description for Radiohead would be "exceptionally talented musically". That's my question - what is musical genius?

In the end, I think a lot of it has to do with how a person "feels" about the music...what that music does to the person. Also, how it is composed or put together. Sure, I think Chopin and Beethoven and Gershwin are geniuses. I think many would agree on that...but there are probably some out there who could give a fuck less about classical music. I think Radiohead are musical geniuses as well, even though some would simply call their music "noise."