The Official Radiohead Thread

debaserr · 09-26-2010, 12:51 PM

if i knew i was gonna be stuck on an island i'd bring an ipod and try to find some hand crank generator or something.

Radiohead · 09-26-2010, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by FaSho

Cool username, bro.

I'm surprised it was available. Even if it wasn't a great band it would be a great moniker.

Radiohead is special because they don't pander to musical trends, they help to forge new ones. The best bands always do that. Their music is hard to put in a box, and is certainly an acquired taste for many. I brought in a self-made CD of some Radiohead stuff to play at work....and got the standard "what are we listening to" from two of the girls who prefers bland diva pop. Radiohead is not for the unadventurous of ear. Some prefer safe-as-milk, doctor's office background music (which is fine, if that rocks your boat). But others want their mind taken on a journey of virgin territory, with aural twists and turns along the way. With Radiohead, you get that. And perhaps the best thing about Radiohead is it opens your mind (and ears) to all other kinds of adventurous music out there.

Now if only any of that ever got played on the radio.

debaserr · 09-26-2010, 06:00 PM

or, radiohead is music for people that love music.

clutnuckle · 09-29-2010, 02:23 PM

The funny thing is that most people who dislike Radiohead proclaim them to be pretty safe, boiler-plate musicians and that "Band X" is much more adventurous.

I'll admit some Radiohead albums are like that though. And the fact that there are some Radiohead fans who actually think OK Computer is avant-garde in any sense of the word are really reading a lot into nothing... But I'd much rather see Radiohead garner the whole 'they're so unique!' status than any other band of their stature.

Paedantic Basterd · 09-30-2010, 04:19 PM

Most of the people I know who dislike Radiohead find them boring. I'm not going to start a fight with anyone who accuses them of writing pop music, they do. To me, Radiohead is fantastic because they do so much so well for so many.

Jonny Redshirt · 10-01-2010, 12:04 PM

My pick for best Radiohead album is definitely Kid A. The frightening and disturbing atmosphere that they're able to conjure up is definitely something special. A close second is Ok Computer.

FakePlasticKid · 10-04-2010, 05:41 PM

radiohead is my favorite band so a single album is rough for me but The Bends is most definitely my favorite with In Rainbows as a second (but believe me I love all of it beyond every other type of music out thre

DevonWilliams · 10-04-2010, 05:43 PM

They seem to make a lot of different music. This can be very good, yet bad at the same time. I like some of their stuff, but can't say I like all of it.

FakePlasticKid · 10-04-2010, 06:33 PM

well ol Thom and Johnny normally are the writers and honestly they dun give a crap about the music industry and make whatever they feel like making. like I dun care what anyone says, Kid-A and Amnesiac were TOTALLY johnny greenwood whereas the bends and OK computer was more Thoms work. In Rainbows is the only album i can think of where it was about everyone in the band

(I base this off of johnny and thoms solo work, thoms sounds closer to the bends and ok computer johnny's is really psychedelic and electronic like Kid-A and its purely my own opinion)

but of course lyrics are just about always just thom (you can REALLY tell it in The Bends because he goes through all his hatred for Pablo Honey and the one-hit wonder success radiohead originally had)

debaserr · 10-04-2010, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by FakePlasticKid

well ol Thom and Johnny normally are the writers and honestly they dun give a crap about the music industry and make whatever they feel like making. like I dun care what anyone says, Kid-A and Amnesiac were TOTALLY johnny greenwood whereas the bends and OK computer was more Thoms work. In Rainbows is the only album i can think of where it was about everyone in the band

(I base this off of johnny and thoms solo work, thoms sounds closer to the bends and ok computer johnny's is really psychedelic and electronic like Kid-A and its purely my own opinion)

but of course lyrics are just about always just thom (you can REALLY tell it in The Bends because he goes through all his hatred for Pablo Honey and the one-hit wonder success radiohead originally had)

i'd say most of the bands output is collaborative. and have you heard the eraser? it sounds pretty damn electronic to me.

View Poll Results: Favorite Radiohead Album?
Pablo Honey	17	2.80%
The Bends	97	15.95%
OK Computer	218	35.86%
Kid A	129	21.22%
Amnesiac	30	4.93%
Hail to the Thief	30	4.93%
In Rainbows	85	13.98%
The King of Limbs	2	0.33%
Voters: 608. You may not vote on this poll

09-26-2010, 12:51 PM	#3081 (permalink)
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09-26-2010, 06:00 PM	#3083 (permalink)
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10-01-2010, 12:04 PM	#3086 (permalink)
Jonny Redshirt Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 64	My pick for best Radiohead album is definitely Kid A. The frightening and disturbing atmosphere that they're able to conjure up is definitely something special. A close second is Ok Computer. __________________ "Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges." Last.FM

10-04-2010, 05:43 PM	#3088 (permalink)
DevonWilliams Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 110	They seem to make a lot of different music. This can be very good, yet bad at the same time. I like some of their stuff, but can't say I like all of it. __________________ The hood is a lie

09-29-2010, 02:23 PM	#3084 (permalink)
clutnuckle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: -_-_-_-_~__~-~_-`_`-~_-`-~-~ Posts: 1,276	The funny thing is that most people who dislike Radiohead proclaim them to be pretty safe, boiler-plate musicians and that "Band X" is much more adventurous. I'll admit some Radiohead albums are like that though. And the fact that there are some Radiohead fans who actually think OK Computer is avant-garde in any sense of the word are really reading a lot into nothing... But I'd much rather see Radiohead garner the whole 'they're so unique!' status than any other band of their stature.

09-30-2010, 04:19 PM	#3085 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Most of the people I know who dislike Radiohead find them boring. I'm not going to start a fight with anyone who accuses them of writing pop music, they do. To me, Radiohead is fantastic because they do so much so well for so many.

10-04-2010, 05:41 PM	#3087 (permalink)
FakePlasticKid Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: KY Posts: 60	radiohead is my favorite band so a single album is rough for me but The Bends is most definitely my favorite with In Rainbows as a second (but believe me I love all of it beyond every other type of music out thre

10-04-2010, 06:33 PM	#3089 (permalink)
FakePlasticKid Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: KY Posts: 60	well ol Thom and Johnny normally are the writers and honestly they dun give a crap about the music industry and make whatever they feel like making. like I dun care what anyone says, Kid-A and Amnesiac were TOTALLY johnny greenwood whereas the bends and OK computer was more Thoms work. In Rainbows is the only album i can think of where it was about everyone in the band (I base this off of johnny and thoms solo work, thoms sounds closer to the bends and ok computer johnny's is really psychedelic and electronic like Kid-A and its purely my own opinion) but of course lyrics are just about always just thom (you can REALLY tell it in The Bends because he goes through all his hatred for Pablo Honey and the one-hit wonder success radiohead originally had)