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This thread is getting really Richard Simmons

ridleybradout wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote: 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.

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

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.

My Iron Lung EP FTW

matt reeder wrote: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"

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

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

LoathedVermin72 wrote: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.

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.

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

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

Bingo.

durdencommatyler wrote:

matt reeder wrote: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.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

matt reeder wrote: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.

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

durdencommatyler wrote:

Farmer John wrote: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

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

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