Best Decade Tournament - 90s - Numbers wins!

[Kaius]

I enjoyed Laments MSP song. Especially for a first time listen while at work. It gave me a no holds barred feeling.

I'm excited to give Heathens song a dedicated listen on my lunch break.

[Jorge]

cool, thanks

It's the first release. We only count first release.

[Jorge]

In any form.

[Jorge]

Just so you know.

[Jorge]

This is a first-release type tournament.

[Jorge]

First releases are the only releases that matter.

[Heathen]

THANKS I GOT IT

[ABNorman]

Releasing first isn't necessarily a good thing.

[Heathen]

What about rodleases?

[ABNorman]

What about rodleases?

I thought that was simply an agreement about how long you may keep your rod?

[ABNorman]

In fact, I'd better call the bank and extend my rod lease.

[stip]

I enjoyed Laments MSP song. Especially for a first time listen while at work. It gave me a no holds barred feeling.

I'm excited to give Heathens song a dedicated listen on my lunch break.

there is a pretty cool bit in the middle.

[Brett]

That's a bit vague. Which song are you referring to?

[Jorge]

I've used that exact same emperor's new clothes line

Of course you have. So have I. Not about Radiohead, though. This is the line of choice for the habitually hubristic to describe every widely-acclaimed thing they can't wrap their head around. It doesn't actually mean anything. I use it for Bruce Springsteen, and calzones.

THEY'RE JUST ROLLED-UP PIZZAS, PEOPLE. OPEN YOUR EYES

[William Bloke]

Did dct just post spenno's pick and then forget to post his own?

[ABNorman]

THEY'RE JUST ROLLED-UP PIZZAS, PEOPLE. OPEN YOUR EYES

I did. But that just made it easier to see the calzone. And thus, to consume it.

[numbers]

Did dct just post spenno's pick and then forget to post his own?

It appears that way.

[Norah]

Radiohead on the other hand - it wasn't till around 2000 when Kid A came out that I really started paying attention to them.

I'm gonna get blasted for this I'm sure, but I was beyond disappointed with Kid A when it came out. I found it to be a really boring retread of what artists like Massive Attack and Tricky and Portishead had spent most of the 90s doing. But because it was from "ROCK'S GREAT HOPE" everybody acted like it was the greatest thing ever. I found the whole Kid A "experience" to be really off-putting. Thom Yorke was in every fucking major music magazine giving promotional interviews about how he wasn't promoting anything. "We're not doing videos but here are mini-videos for every single song!" "No tours. Just two VIP/Celebrity/Press packed megashows in LA and NY that will be reported on like the second coming of Christ."

It just all seemed so fake and hypocritical, especially since at the time my line of thought was "Y'know, you can always just stop doing promo and press. I mean, Pearl Jam did just that a few years ago, and they were in a position of far more power and popularity." But whereas Ed got criticized back then for being whiny and ungrateful, Thom was praised for all of the "statements" he was making about the industry.

And then the album came out. And there was nothing exciting or groundbreaking or even all that interesting about it. But the world at large had decided it was a classic before it even came out, so there was no point in having a dissenting opinion. It was the same month Stankonia and Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea came out, so Kid A was out of my rotation pretty fast. When Amnesiac came out I gave Kid A a second chance, and found I liked a few songs, as I did with Amnesiac as well. But I just didn't care anymore. When Hail to the Thief came out, I thought it was terrible. I'll still give their new albums a listen, but again and again I just don't give a fuck. I still love the first three records though, and a lot of the non-album stuff from those eras as well.


99% of people here will disagree with me, but I don't really care. In my mind Radiohead has been running a smoke and mirrors scam for almost fifteen years now. It's like some kind of amazing "Emperor's New Clothes" act that I've just stopped trying to understand.

Kid A is fucking brilliant, and was probably THE defining album of my adolescence. You've made a powerful enemy today, Lament.

Spoiler: show

Just kidding I still love you.

[epilogue]

#1



Nirvana - Sliver

[Jorge]

Very interesting choice.