Kinky Melinky
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Possibly one of the greatest bands that have ever existed?
Radiohead? Average?Average stuff.
This post has literally given me brain damage.Average stuff.
Prick, stealing my thunder.I'm bored of them these days, like my music to have some balls and they haven't had any for a good while
Agree with everything except Pablo Honey's being very good. I think it's a very underwhelming album, something that makes the leap in quality that was The Bends all the more stunning.Their story is amazing too.
First album is very punk, and was very good.
Then they express themselves a little more with the Bends and blow everyone away with conventional rock with some progressive rock mixed in.
Then they blend conventional rock with some crazy sounds and produce an exceptional album in OK Computer.
They become media darlings and are hailed as the best band around and OK Computer is considered one of the greatest albums of all time.
After all of that, they throw away all their instruments and create 2 albums that mind feck the shit out of the listeners but still has progressive brilliance.
Then they stop making music for their record label, produce their own shit and sell it online for whatever people want to pay and still make 6 million odd dollars.
That's rock and roll.
Without doubt my man! Favourite ever band, pretty confident I won't grow out of that belief as I have with other bandsThe Smiths are in the same category
Somebody woke up sucking a lemon yesterday..They somehow seem to inspire raging mindless fanboyism in usually sane people through unremarkable music. I suppose that's a feat to be impressed by.
'Raging' is hardly a word I'd associate with Radiohead fans, and 'fanboy' is just a convenient expression to use when you don't agree with somebody's tastes.They somehow seem to inspire raging mindless fanboyism in usually sane people through unremarkable music. I suppose that's a feat to be impressed by.
The Smiths are good, but I do feel they are ever-so-slightly overrated. I feel the same way about The Stone Roses and I can't stand Oasis, so perhaps I have an anti-Manchester band agenda (or I'm not a 'fanboy' if you like...)Radiohead yes, The Smiths, no.
Thus said the Chief.
Nah he's right, Radiohead fans are notoriously very fanboyish. In the sense that they get very arrogant about how great Radiohead and are quite dismissive to those who don't agree. I've been e-fighting them on the internet for years.'Raging' is hardly a word I'd associate with Radiohead fans, and 'fanboy' is just a convenient expression to use when you don't agree with somebody's tastes.
Manc bands like the Roses & The Smiths get very overrated by people of a certain age. Their comparative nationwide/global appeal, though by no means definitive of their quality, does point towards this somewhat.The Smiths are good, but I do feel they are ever-so-slightly overrated. I feel the same way about The Stone Roses and I can't stand Oasis, so perhaps I have an anti-Manchester band agenda (or I'm not a 'fanboy' if you like...)
Maybe that's an England thing. Here in Canada, pretty are pretty chilled about that sort of thing, unless you're a Nickelback fan, in which case all bets are off.Nah he's right, Radiohead fans are notoriously very fanboyish. In the sense that they get very arrogant about how great Radiohead and are quite dismissive to those who don't agree. I've been e-fighting them on the internet for years.
In my opinion, The Stone Roses have a handful of great songs (This is The One, I am The Resurrection, I Wanna Be Adored,) taken from a very good debut album. The rest of pretty good, but not deserving of the adulation it receives. However, I do recognize that for people who shared the same time and place (ie. Manchester in the late 80s,) the music likely takes on an added layer of meaning.Yeah but Leroy thinks Radiohead rip off Muse. Despite being about 10 years their senior. Somehow.
Manc bands like the Roses & The Smiths get very overrated by people of a certain age. Their comparative nationwide/global appeal, though by no means definitive of their quality, does point towards this somewhat.
I like NickelbackMaybe that's an England thing. Here in Canada, pretty are pretty chilled about that sort of thing, unless you're a Nickelback fan, in which case all bets are off.
Really, you like Nickelback? I daresay they are the worst band in the world. Check this out:I don't. I can acknowledge that Muse actually "borrowed" from them, but really only with their first album, they then developed their own, better sound.
I like Nickelback
They certainly keep you guessing with each album. I do think Thom Yorke is a bit limited as a lyricist. He tends to latch onto a phrase and repeat it over and over again, but it sounds so good that you can forgive him for it (kind of a musical version of Antonio Valencia - well last season's version at least. This year Valencia has become a bit Pablo Honey.)Leroy admitting he likes Nickleback obviously renders his opinion moot on any matters, music, football or otherwise. I think we can all agree on that.
I love Radiohead, but I hate quite a lot of their output. That's their appeal. If that makes any sense. Their disparity is a plus, not a minus.
In Rainbows is the shit.
It really was a startling admission to make (a bit like SAF admitting to having never seen Bebe play.) I actually admire Leroy for having the guts to admit that. It can't have been easy.Leroy admitting liking Nickleback makes me want to become a Radiohead fanboy just so I'm not on the same side of any issue as him.
I'd try these ones. If you don't like them, then Radiohead just isn't for you:There's bound to be a Radiohead song you like Eboue. As I said, their disparity is their genius.
All three of those would make great Sunday night entertainment at Guantanamo Bay.Look, I know, I know. They love a power ballad. But they're just so good at not being very good that it makes them awesome, somehow. The songs are all about the same thing, sex and drugs but they just deliver these brilliant sing-a-long type songs. I don't know what it is. Nickelback are to music what Michael Bay is to movies what Stoke are to Football, that's the best way I can put it.
https://www.redcafe.net/f27/nickelback-worst-band-ever-285936/Look, I know, I know. They love a power ballad. But they're just so good at not being very good that it makes them awesome, somehow. The songs are all about the same thing, sex and drugs but they just deliver these brilliant sing-a-long type songs. I don't know what it is. Nickelback are to music what Michael Bay is to movies what Stoke are to Football, that's the best way I can put it.
Jem, as a Canadian, you should be proud of them. They've done really well.
It is a touch blasphemous (I reckon it's their best album,) but I can see why some may not dig it.There's bound to be A Radiohead song you like Eboue. As I said, their disparity is their genius. You can't acuse them of complacency.
I openly hate Kid A for example, which is blasphemous amongst most Radiohead fans.
I'd add Nude, 15 Step, Talk Show Host, You and Whose Army, Reckoner, Street Spirit & Exit Music to a Film to that.I'd try these ones. If you don't like them, then Radiohead just isn't for you:
Paranoid Android
Karma Police
Just
Faust Arp
Separator
I Might Be Wrong
A lot of Radiohead is pretentious bollocks, but that is just too far for me. I grew out of the beret wearing, political t-shirts, "oh my god just listen to the ambience in this" student cuntery when I was 23.It is a touch blasphemous (I reckon it's their best album,) but I can see why some may not dig it.
Yeah I saw that, didn't wanna be the guy who defended Nickelback so I stood clear. But oh well, it's out now.