The Official Radiohead Thread

[Radiohead]

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]

radiohead likes radiohead.

[scottsy]

I wish he had more to say about his / her favorite band though... this board needs a fire lit under it, and I'm too lazy...

The best I have got is to ask everyone what they hope this next album will sound like...

For me personally, I am hoping for a similar flow and feel to In Rainbows, but with a few "harder" edged songs, all that wispy elegance can only go so far, ya know... also I wouldn't mind a little more electronic weirdness and experimentation to come back into the mix... that would be kinda cool. Thoughts, anyone?

[clutnuckle]

I'd like something in the essence of Kid A. Not by any means a xerox or 'dedicated to', but something that captures that unsettling, dark tone. Radiohead proved they could master it, and I'd love to see if they could throw that into a completely different medium.

For example, if they could capture that utter despair and hopeless feeling of "Kid A" or "How to Disappear Completely" into a song that sounds completely different, I'd be sold. I think it's something they could easily do, too. But I'm sure they could be well-off with something completely different...

Jesus Christ reading over my own posts makes me realize how uncomfortable my diction is.

[scottsy]

A deserted island situation would call for at least two Radiohead albums for me... Kid A with a copy of OK Computer hidden behind the removeable part of the jewel case...

[debaserr]

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.

[debaserr]

or, radiohead is music for people that love music.

[clutnuckle]

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]

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.

[FakePlasticKid]

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