Red Mosquito

durdencommatyler wrote:

koopee27 wrote:

beastie boys - sabotage


kp

koopee, you ignorant slut.

theplatypus wrote:Very interesting choice.

cutuphalfdead 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.

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.

Birds in Hell wrote:2. Nirvana - 'Dive'



Cheers!

Kaius wrote:

theplatypus wrote:Very interesting choice.

That's a nice way of saying he thinks you made a stupid choice.

durdencommatyler wrote:
PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

durdencommatyler wrote:

Kaius wrote:

theplatypus wrote:Very interesting choice.

That's a nice way of saying he thinks you made a stupid choice.

Listen, I'm not here for Jorge's approval, guy.

Kaius wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:
PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

Beast mode

Kaius wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Kaius wrote:

theplatypus wrote:Very interesting choice.

That's a nice way of saying he thinks you made a stupid choice.

Listen, I'm not here for Jorge's approval, guy.

And nor should you be!

I thought it was a good pick myself.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Kaius wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:
PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

Beast mode

These first few picks are gonna make up for the soupy emo-shit I'll be picking later.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Kaius wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:
PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

Beast mode

These first few picks are gonna make up for the soupy emo-shit I'll be picking later.

If you pick some early The Get Up Kids, I won't know what to do with myself.