Radiohead In Rainbows Discussion (dance, indie, rock, albums, tracks)

sleepy jack · 10-20-2007, 10:48 AM

>.< I have to leave in 10 minutes right-track I don't feel like opening up wmp to listen to the Bends to make sure i'm hating on the right tracks (lolrighttracks)!

sleepy jack · 10-20-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu

STILL completely disagree with you, all 3 songs you cite as mediocre are in my opinion great, Planet Telex is such a strong opening track which is aggressive whilst mellifluent, its such a robust song. The bends is indie rock at its best with really powerful lyrics. Bones is a masterfully crafted pop song with a great quiet-loud dynamic. I dont there are any duff songs on it, each one is brilliant in its own way. It isnt groundbreaking or revolutionary in any way (which is probably why its only my fourth favourite), but for what it is, its the best in its field by a mile.

Um, okay you really didn't explain why they weren't mediocre you just talked about why you loved them. The Bends, as you said was just plain indie rock Bones is too. You could find other bands do the same thing, therefore average, generic, mediocre. Planet Telex is just dull and doesn't go anywhere, minus the 13 seconds of silence in the beginning you seriously have the entire song figured out in 30 seconds. Its predictable and repetitive and doesn't go anywhere.

I should state though that I don't hate the Bends, I just don't think its special with the exception of Street Spirit. High and Dry will always hold a special place in my heart since it was the first Radiohead song I heard and the only one I really liked for awhile. In addition to that the acoustic driven tracks were what got me into OK Computer.

Sneer · 10-21-2007, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

Um, okay you really didn't explain why they weren't mediocre you just talked about why you loved them. The Bends, as you said was just plain indie rock Bones is too. You could find other bands do the same thing, therefore average, generic, mediocre. Planet Telex is just dull and doesn't go anywhere, minus the 13 seconds of silence in the beginning you seriously have the entire song figured out in 30 seconds. Its predictable and repetitive and doesn't go anywhere.

I should state though that I don't hate the Bends, I just don't think its special with the exception of Street Spirit. High and Dry will always hold a special place in my heart since it was the first Radiohead song I heard and the only one I really liked for awhile. In addition to that the acoustic driven tracks were what got me into OK Computer.

I think i explained why they werent mediocre perfectly with my opinion on the songs you class as such. Just because other bands are making similiar sounds it doesnt mean what radiohead were doing was mediocre, so what if it was plain indie rock? it doesnt have to be earth shatteringly original to be seen as above mediocre, look at nevermind, revolver, nevermind the bollocks etc for example. I happen to think they were doing what other bands were doing A WHOLE LOT BETTER, but thats a subjective viewpoint so we'll agree to disagree on that one. Plus, i dont think its even THAT similiar to other stuff around at the time if im honest.

Jonovision · 10-21-2007, 06:01 PM

1.OK Computer/Kid A
3. Amnesiac
4. In Rainbows
5. HTTT/The Bends
7. Pablo Honey

And on the note of Radiohead....Can anyone tell me the time signature the Pyramid Song is in? It's been bugging me for a long time now....

Mookie Wilson · 10-22-2007, 12:55 PM

Thought this was pretty interesting:

The new Radiohead album was on sale digitally by the band. The band asked for donations in exchange for the album and got an average of 8$ per album. They sold 1.2M albums. Sales are at about $10 million in one week, that’s more than their last three albums combined did during their respective launch weeks.
found at: Radiohead In Rainbows Album Sales at memoirs on a rainy day

i commend radiohead for taking this approach, and what better group to do it than them. i really think this is the way of the future and it's definitely much more sound from an environmental standpoint.

joyboyo53 · 10-22-2007, 03:14 PM

Unfortunately this only works for artist that are well established like Radiohead.

What makes me curious is who is donating the BIG BUCKS so that all those who donated $1 average out to $8?

Mookie Wilson · 10-24-2007, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jgd85

Unfortunately this only works for artist that are well established like Radiohead.

What makes me curious is who is donating the BIG BUCKS so that all those who donated $1 average out to $8?

yea i don't doubt that some of the reporting is a bit sketchy at this point, but i'm also pretty optimistic that there was a large cohort of hardcore radiohead/music fans who have strong principles and didn't mind paying 10-20 pounds for the download. as a student i find it hard to believe that so many did in fact pay more than 0-1 pound for it, but hey, that's just the ignorant inner-student instinct comin out

and hey, what's the deal with yous guys paying nothing for it? i can understand downloading countless cd's off torrent sites, cuz a) cd's are expensive and b) the money hardly goes to the band anyway. but in this case, virtually all the money off sales is going right to radiohead, so why not toss em a buck or two? i know theyre already rich biatches lol but it's the principle of the thing

ProggyMan · 10-24-2007, 08:28 PM

I didn't because I know Radiohead doesn't actually give a **** if they got money. And cuz I'm broke.

sleepy jack · 10-22-2007, 06:16 PM

What makes me curious is why you assume a bunch of people paid 1$, I imagine alot paid 0$. I think what balanced it out to 8$ is people, you know actually wanting to support the band in their decision to go this way.

adidasss · 10-23-2007, 02:59 AM

Did you?

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Jonovision Groupie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 42	1.OK Computer/Kid A 3. Amnesiac 4. In Rainbows 5. HTTT/The Bends 7. Pablo Honey And on the note of Radiohead....Can anyone tell me the time signature the Pyramid Song is in? It's been bugging me for a long time now....

10-22-2007, 12:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mookie Wilson Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto/Ottawa Posts: 64	Thought this was pretty interesting: The new Radiohead album was on sale digitally by the band. The band asked for donations in exchange for the album and got an average of 8$ per album. They sold 1.2M albums. Sales are at about $10 million in one week, that’s more than their last three albums combined did during their respective launch weeks. found at: Radiohead In Rainbows Album Sales at memoirs on a rainy day i commend radiohead for taking this approach, and what better group to do it than them. i really think this is the way of the future and it's definitely much more sound from an environmental standpoint.

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joyboyo53 down the rabbit hole Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: the mountain called monkey Posts: 764	Unfortunately this only works for artist that are well established like Radiohead. What makes me curious is who is donating the BIG BUCKS so that all those who donated $1 average out to $8?

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ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	I didn't because I know Radiohead doesn't actually give a **** if they got money. And cuz I'm broke.

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sleepy jack isfckingdead Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 18,789	What makes me curious is why you assume a bunch of people paid 1$, I imagine alot paid 0$. I think what balanced it out to 8$ is people, you know actually wanting to support the band in their decision to go this way.