The Official Radiohead Thread

Forward To Death · 03-22-2012, 08:48 PM

When you make an album and it flows cohesively. Listening to the single tracks isn't the same with Radiohead. Nirvana makes albums but their albums were a collection of singles basically.

I would say Pink Floyd and other more progressive/artsy/complex are usually what I would consider album rock.

Sneer · 03-22-2012, 11:59 PM

Album Rock simply does not exist, unless you're talking about American radio... I assume this is your way of describing a particular band's appeal?

Radiohead are certainly a band that's measured on the strength of their albums, but that isn't to say that individually their songs don't stand up. They're great on both fronts, they just aren't marketed in a single format.

Forward To Death · 03-23-2012, 12:21 AM

Album rock is just a generic term applied to bands that make albums rather than collections of singles. It exists to whoever wants to use the term. I could just as easily substantiate an argument that music or any of it's genres don't exist, so let's not get into a hair-splitting war.

debaserr · 03-23-2012, 12:26 AM

I don't like the name. Don't non rock bands make albums too?

Forward To Death · 03-23-2012, 12:33 AM

Everyone who releases an album makes an album. It's a broad term that a lot of people use. It's not really the point. Why do you insist on fixating on a term, whether you like it or not? Just talk about Radiohead. This isn't the "Petty semantics thread for boring circular logic arguments".

Last I will comment on the subject, because it will just go in circles and cause headaches for people who, you know, want to talk about Radiohead.

Howard the Duck · 03-23-2012, 01:19 AM

i just got Glastonbury Festival 2003 two days

it's good, though i wasn't really in the mood for it yesterday and switched it off after "Go to Sleep" (2/3rds of the way in)

Zer0 · 03-23-2012, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Forward To Death

They're not that heavy since after OK Computer. They're amazing album rock/art rock, but heavy they are not.

Well yes obviously... looks like my joke on jayshredz got lost on some.

duga · 03-23-2012, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zer0

Well yes obviously... looks like my joke on jayshredz got lost on some.

Hahaha...well, damn, we may have had a Radiohead convert otherwise.

Zer0 · 03-23-2012, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Hahaha...well, damn, we may have had a Radiohead convert otherwise.

I wonder if he did go and listen to Kid A. Maybe the quiet minimalism of the album and its electronic beats made his brain combust.

It must have been about a year now since I last listened to The King Of Limbs. My opinion of it at the time was of indifference and disappointment and I just stopped listening to it. I'm going to give it a spin now and see what difference a year makes.

jayshreddz · 03-23-2012, 08:17 PM

i listened to it and i have to say that i may have a new favorite band.

i mean there were like no killer guitar riffs or sing along choruses but i feel like i really have a feel for electronic music now.

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%
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03-22-2012, 11:59 PM	#3672 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	Album Rock simply does not exist, unless you're talking about American radio... I assume this is your way of describing a particular band's appeal? Radiohead are certainly a band that's measured on the strength of their albums, but that isn't to say that individually their songs don't stand up. They're great on both fronts, they just aren't marketed in a single format. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

03-23-2012, 12:26 AM	#3674 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	I don't like the name. Don't non rock bands make albums too? __________________ Last.FM

03-22-2012, 08:48 PM	#3671 (permalink)
Forward To Death Trolier Than Thou Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,336	When you make an album and it flows cohesively. Listening to the single tracks isn't the same with Radiohead. Nirvana makes albums but their albums were a collection of singles basically. I would say Pink Floyd and other more progressive/artsy/complex are usually what I would consider album rock.

03-23-2012, 12:21 AM	#3673 (permalink)
Forward To Death Trolier Than Thou Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,336	Album rock is just a generic term applied to bands that make albums rather than collections of singles. It exists to whoever wants to use the term. I could just as easily substantiate an argument that music or any of it's genres don't exist, so let's not get into a hair-splitting war.

03-23-2012, 12:33 AM	#3675 (permalink)
Forward To Death Trolier Than Thou Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,336	Everyone who releases an album makes an album. It's a broad term that a lot of people use. It's not really the point. Why do you insist on fixating on a term, whether you like it or not? Just talk about Radiohead. This isn't the "Petty semantics thread for boring circular logic arguments". Last I will comment on the subject, because it will just go in circles and cause headaches for people who, you know, want to talk about Radiohead.

03-23-2012, 08:17 PM	#3680 (permalink)
jayshreddz Groupie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: somewhere awesome Posts: 112	i listened to it and i have to say that i may have a new favorite band. i mean there were like no killer guitar riffs or sing along choruses but i feel like i really have a feel for electronic music now.