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[LoathedVermin72]

This thread is getting really Richard Simmons

[epilogue]

[matt reeder]

I have never understood the praise for "The Bends."

I hear ya. Street Spirit is absolute top tier RH, and Fake Plastic Trees, Just and My Iron Lung are obviously great songs, but I think most of the rest is overrated (especially 'The Bends' the song).

In Rainbows appears to be underrated by a lot of casual fans...

I'm a huge fan of The Bends. All of it. But I can see how others would disagree, and that is what makes Radiohead such an amazing band. Likewise, In Rainbows is a phenomenal album, on par with anything they've ever done.

The best part of The Bends? The b-sides:

India Rubber
How Can You Be Sure?
Maquiladora
Talk Show Host
Bishops Robes
Killer Cars
Molasses
Banana Co.

[epilogue]

Word. Those B-Sides are just sick. Just an amazing outpouring of songs during those sessions. Unreal.

[Will]

The praise for The Bends comes from Planet Telex, The Bends, High & Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Nice Dream, Just, Bulletproof, Sulk, and Street Spirit. Killer songs all throughout on a record that was a huge step forward leading up to OK and Kid A.

[Chris_H_2]

My Iron Lung EP FTW

[epilogue]

The best part of The Bends? The b-sides:

India Rubber
How Can You Be Sure?
Maquiladora
Talk Show Host
Bishops Robes
Killer Cars
Molasses
Banana Co.

And you left off MIL EP which includes some of my favorites:

"The Trickster" – 4:40
"Lewis (Mistreated)" – 3:19
"Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong" – 4:40
"Permanent Daylight" – 2:48
"Lozenge of Love" – 2:16
"You Never Wash Up After Yourself"

[DeLima]

you never wash up up after yourself is such a sad little song. always kind of thought of it as the british take on clean up before she comes home by nirvana

[LoathedVermin72]

I won't be satisfied until at least one other person bashes IR

[Farmer John]

I won't be satisfied until at least one other person bashes IR

It won't be me. In Rainbows is my favourite Radiohead album.

[Jorge]

It's Radiohead at their most soulful, and one of the least self-consciously "difficult" albums they've done. Aside from maybe "Bodysnatchers", it's a laid-back, groovy, jazzy thing. Lovely.

[Farmer John]

I think it's the perfect mix of guitar-based Radiohead and bleep-bloopy Radiohead.

[bodysnatcher]

It's Radiohead at their most soulful, and one of the least self-consciously "difficult" albums they've done. Aside from maybe "Bodysnatchers", it's a laid-back, groovy, jazzy thing. Lovely.

[zeb]

I think it's the perfect mix of guitar-based Radiohead and bleep-bloopy Radiohead.

Bingo.

[Chris_H_2]

The best part of The Bends? The b-sides:

India Rubber
How Can You Be Sure?
Maquiladora
Talk Show Host
Bishops Robes
Killer Cars
Molasses
Banana Co.

And you left off MIL EP which includes some of my favorites:

"The Trickster" – 4:40
"Lewis (Mistreated)" – 3:19
"Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong" – 4:40
"Permanent Daylight" – 2:48
"Lozenge of Love" – 2:16
"You Never Wash Up After Yourself"

I think what really makes this post special is that you posted the length of each song except the last.

[epilogue]

The best part of The Bends? The b-sides:

India Rubber
How Can You Be Sure?
Maquiladora
Talk Show Host
Bishops Robes
Killer Cars
Molasses
Banana Co.

And you left off MIL EP which includes some of my favorites:

"The Trickster" – 4:40
"Lewis (Mistreated)" – 3:19
"Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong" – 4:40
"Permanent Daylight" – 2:48
"Lozenge of Love" – 2:16
"You Never Wash Up After Yourself"

I think what really makes this post special is that you posted the length of each song except the last.

Awesome. Didn't even notice. Just bad cut/pasting.

[epilogue]

I think it's the perfect mix of guitar-based Radiohead and bleep-bloopy Radiohead.

[bodysnatcher]

I think it's the perfect mix of guitar-based Radiohead and bleep-bloopy Radiohead.

Agreed. I love guitar-based and bleepy-bloopy-based Radiohead equally, and IR bridges the two perfectly. I didn't realize IR wasn't in everyone's top quarter of favorite RH albums

[Bob Loblaw]

IR is great, but not their best. Amnesiac is their best, no matter what Stip says.

[VinylGuy]

In Rainbows is a masterpiece. How can someone not like it?