Red Mosquito

stip wrote:

Lament wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote: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.

I've used that exact same emperor's new clothes line to describe Kid A on this very board. As you can imagine, it meant with wide agreement.

numbers wrote:

Kaius wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:I'm in firm agreement with Lament's general point but, yes, I think Kid A was Radiohead's first really good album.

How does it go....oh yeah!

You spelled OK Computer wrong.

And Hail to the Thief would be runner up.

I like In Rainbows more than Kid A

numbers wrote:I'm starting to worry that all the good pearl jam songs will be gone soon. I thought I'd be able to grab corduroy in like the 6th round because of how RM is.

durdencommatyler wrote:

numbers wrote:

Kaius wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:I'm in firm agreement with Lament's general point but, yes, I think Kid A was Radiohead's first really good album.

How does it go....oh yeah!

You spelled OK Computer wrong.

And Hail to the Thief would be runner up.

I like In Rainbows more than Kid A

Absolutely.

But I'm also one of the few that like Amnesiac more than Kid A, too. In Rainbows and Ok Computer fluctuate in the top spots for my Radiohead favorite. Amnesiac is a solid #3 and The Bends is just behind it at #4.

I don't really listen to any of the others.

numbers wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

numbers wrote:

Kaius wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:I'm in firm agreement with Lament's general point but, yes, I think Kid A was Radiohead's first really good album.

How does it go....oh yeah!

You spelled OK Computer wrong.

And Hail to the Thief would be runner up.

I like In Rainbows more than Kid A

Absolutely.

But I'm also one of the few that like Amnesiac more than Kid A, too. In Rainbows and Ok Computer fluctuate in the top spots for my Radiohead favorite. Amnesiac is a solid #3 and The Bends is just behind it at #4.

I don't really listen to any of the others.

That's my top 4 as well if you switch the bends and amnesiac.

koopee27 wrote:

beastie boys - sabotage


kp

durdencommatyler wrote:

koopee27 wrote:

beastie boys - sabotage


kp

koopee, you ignorant slut.

numbers wrote:

Kaius wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:I'm in firm agreement with Lament's general point but, yes, I think Kid A was Radiohead's first really good album.

How does it go....oh yeah!

You spelled OK Computer wrong.

And Hail to the Thief would be runner up.

I like In Rainbows more than Kid A

Lament wrote:Their first (real) single. I still want to run through walls and start fires and blow up cars and wipe out the human race in general every time I hear it...



Manic Street Preachers - Motown Junk


(This is sadly the only video with the studio version on youtube)

theplatypus wrote:Oh shit. Sorry. Why the hell didn't anyone PM me?

Heathen wrote:This wasn't gonna be my first pick but with Brett getting to pick twice after my 2nd pick I figured I'd better secure it now.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - East Hastings

theplatypus wrote:Also, In Rainbows is a stunner of an album on just about every respect. For my money, it blows away every other Radiohead album.