Radiohead

nathan · #1 05-21-2008, 04:50 PM

What do you think of them?

I used to hate them but now I think they're amazing.

Jared Lash · #2 05-21-2008, 05:40 PM

This belongs in Miscellaneous (or Recordings) but to answer the question, Radiohead is one of my favorite bands.

BbbyBld · #3 05-21-2008, 06:18 PM

They are my favorite band of all time.

Spector_Ray · #4 05-21-2008, 06:37 PM

Meh

I've heard better.

sarcastro83 · #5 05-21-2008, 07:36 PM

Hate em real good... I'll admit, I liked OK Computer when I heard it. But then, Easy Star All Stars recorded a reggae cover called "Radiodread" which I liked about a million times more.

Jared Lash · #6 05-21-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sarcastro83

Hate em real good... I'll admit, I liked OK Computer when I heard it. But then, Easy Star All Stars recorded a reggae cover called "Radiodread" which I liked about a million times more.

I love Radiodread too, especially Toots & the Maytals doing Let Down. It's a great cut-for-cut cover album, but I think the source material (OK Computer) is one of the best albums of the 90's.

For me, I always liked Radiohead, but it was Kid A that really made me rank them among my very favorite bands. It's still my favorite of their albums.

ric1312 · #7 05-21-2008, 08:18 PM

I like a coulple of their songs. Overall though weak singer and very emo band. I've noticed that some hardcore radio head fans I've met act very elitist.

Can't say I've listened to all there stuff, so maybe I'm missing somthing.

Jared Lash · #8 05-21-2008, 08:44 PM

Emo?

[rant]I think that word has now reached the same status as "alternative" in that it has lost all descriptive meaning if it is being applied to Radiohead. I was ok when it was used to describe Sunny Day Real Estate, Fugazi (debatable) or Rites of Spring but now I think people just use it to describe any music they don't like.[/rant]

Though I agree that you see a much higher percentage of music snobs among Radiohead fans than fans of other bands. Still, I am a big fan and I think they're fantastic live.

Some of my favorite songs:

National Anthem

Climbing the Walls
My Iron Lung
Bodysnatchers

TheSpook · #9 05-22-2008, 01:30 AM

Radiohead is a band I easily call a favorite, but yet, they're not my most favorite. That said, I will always LOVE the following songs by them...

"Paranoid Android"
"Subterranean Homesick Alien"
"Karma Police"
"Street Spirit"
"Just"

and

"Creep"...no matter how overplayed it tends to be.

BTW, if you think the emo comparison is weird (personally, I can understand Radiohead being labelled as 'emo' because Thom Yorke's singing does have that tendency to be classified as 'whiny' by some), try the "Radiohead is the Pink Floyd of the 90's/2000's!!" crowd on for size. Ever since my high school days, when I first read such stuff, I have yet to grasp how, exactly, Radiohead is like the Floyd...

littlezak · #10 05-22-2008, 04:18 AM

I respect Radiohead but , I have never listened to a song of their's without yawning or falling asleep.

Mon Rominee · #11 05-22-2008, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBigO

Emo?

[rant]I think that word has now reached the same status as "alternative" in that it has lost all descriptive meaning if it is being applied to Radiohead. I was ok when it was used to describe Sunny Day Real Estate, Fugazi (debatable) or Rites of Spring but now I think people just use it to describe any music they don't like.[/rant]

Yeah, I'ma gonna have to agree here. If Radiohead is emo, then Tiny Tim was metal.

Spector_Ray · #12 05-22-2008, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBigO

Emo?

[rant]I think that word has now reached the same status as "alternative" in that it has lost all descriptive meaning if it is being applied to Radiohead. I was ok when it was used to describe Sunny Day Real Estate, Fugazi (debatable) or Rites of Spring but now I think people just use it to describe any music they don't like.[/rant]

Though I agree that you see a much higher percentage of music snobs among Radiohead fans than fans of other bands. Still, I am a big fan and I think they're fantastic live.

Some of my favorite songs:

National Anthem

Climbing the Walls
My Iron Lung
Bodysnatchers

They were the original emo band before people started tagging the Pete Wentz's of the world with that title.

noelbmar · #13 05-22-2008, 05:36 AM

They are a great band but on some songs the singer sounds like Herbert from Family Guy.

Mon Rominee · #14 05-22-2008, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Spector_Ray

They were the original emo band before people started tagging the Pete Wentz's of the world with that title.

Wrong. EMO = "emotional hardcore" to which Radiohead can be considered the former at times but decidedly not even close to the latter.

Mon

Alan Vorse · #15 05-22-2008, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBigO

Emo?

[rant]I think that word has now reached the same status as "alternative" in that it has lost all descriptive meaning if it is being applied to Radiohead. I was ok when it was used to describe Sunny Day Real Estate, Fugazi (debatable) or Rites of Spring but now I think people just use it to describe any music they don't like.[/rant]

Though I agree that you see a much higher percentage of music snobs among Radiohead fans than fans of other bands. Still, I am a big fan and I think they're fantastic live.

Some of my favorite songs:

National Anthem

Climbing the Walls
My Iron Lung
Bodysnatchers

I think you're on the right track. I think when people say "emo" nowadays, they actually mean "whiney" or "not a big tough macho man type" which I guess you could say about Thom Yorke. Whatever, they are a very creative and talented band...with a snobby fanbase.

UnderwaterGuy · #16 05-22-2008, 09:03 AM

Radiohead is not emo by any means, emo is a genre and Radiohead just is not a part of it.

OT: I think Thom Yorke's voice is great for the music they play, it may not be a sound people are used to but Radiohead is really a band that sounds how it does because of each members contributions and Thom makes great use of his voice.

All of their albums are among my favorites but IMO Amnesiac and OKC are the most listenable (Kid A is beatiful but I am rarely in the mood to listen to it)

sarcastro83 · #17 05-22-2008, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBigO

I love Radiodread too, especially Toots & the Maytals doing Let Down.

Dude, I completely aggree about the Toots track. I think he gave that song the sense of hope that's missing from the original version, but that's just me.

Jared Lash · #18 05-22-2008, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sarcastro83

Dude, I completely aggree about the Toots track. I think he gave that song the sense of hope that's missing from the original version, but that's just me.

I remember reading a review of the album where the producer said something along the lines of reggae always bringing a sense of hope to the sometimes dark subject matter tackled by reggae songs and that Radiohead does the same thing.

I've largely found that to be the case. A song like "Street Spirit (Fade Out) is more the exception than the rule as I always view Radiohead stuff as optimistic despite the darkness of the material. I think Toots did a great job of pushing that dynamic more to the forefront.