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post #46 of 56
2/26/11 at 6:52pm
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Originally Posted by il_colonnello View Post
When I first saw the title of this thread, I thought, Do even Radiohead fans care any more?

Judging from this thread, apparently not.

Funny how even the most overhyped band of all time is unable to hold the attention beyond a certain time.
That is a ridiculous statement. Judging by this thread apparently more than a just a few people care about this release.
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post #47 of 56
2/26/11 at 6:54pm
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Originally Posted by amstokesdb9 View Post
That is a ridiculous statement. Judging by this thread apparently more than a just a few people care about this release.
Beat me to it. I'm not sure where his comment is going.
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post #48 of 56
2/26/11 at 7:08pm
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Originally Posted by jrd617 View Post
Pablo Honey: 3 stars
The Bends: 4.5 stars
OK Computer: 5 stars
Kid A: 5 stars
Amnesiac: 5 stars
Hail to the Thief: 4 stars
In Rainbows: 5 stars
King of Limbs: 3 or 3.5 stars

You have infiltrated my mind.
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post #49 of 56
2/27/11 at 2:51am
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Originally Posted by il_colonnello View Post
When I first saw the title of this thread, I thought, Do even Radiohead fans care any more? Judging from this thread, apparently not. Funny how even the most overhyped band of all time is unable to hold the attention beyond a certain time.
i'm the biggest radiohead fanboy evar... but i wait a year or even longer to get into an album. lol... seriously... the only reason I got into InRainbows quick because it was such a good album to run miles to.
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post #50 of 56
2/27/11 at 4:20am
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Originally Posted by amstokesdb9 View Post
That is a ridiculous statement.
Judging by this thread apparently more than a just a few people care about this release.

My impression is, judging by this thread apparently more than a few people are disappointed by it. That's how I should have phrased it.

I never liked Kid A much, but I give it points for being the last RH release that wasn't a dull re-hash of previous styles and material (Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief being the worst offenders so far by that yardstick).

I'll speak only for myself now. No matter how much you once liked a band - and circa OKC I worshipped RH like the next person - a band can make only so many trite albums before you stop caring.
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post #51 of 56
2/27/11 at 1:57pm
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Originally Posted by il_colonnello View Post
My impression is, judging by this thread apparently more than a few people are disappointed by it. That's how I should have phrased it.

I never liked Kid A much, but I give it points for being the last RH release that wasn't a dull re-hash of previous styles and material (Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief being the worst offenders so far by that yardstick).

I'll speak only for myself now. No matter how much you once liked a band - and circa OKC I worshipped RH like the next person - a band can make only so many trite albums before you stop caring.

I don't think I understand what you mean when you call their later records trite and re-hashes of previous styles. Like any other band, Radiohead has a basic, signature aesthetic which you can recognize from record to record. They work within certain stylistic limits, which are actually pretty broad for a band making popular music. If they made a new record full of klezmer music or big band standards, that would avoid the rehashing problem, but who wants to hear that?
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post #52 of 56
2/28/11 at 8:36pm
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Originally Posted by L'Incandescent View Post
I don't think I understand what you mean when you call their later records trite and re-hashes of previous styles. Like any other band, Radiohead has a basic, signature aesthetic which you can recognize from record to record. They work within certain stylistic limits, which are actually pretty broad for a band making popular music. If they made a new record full of klezmer music or big band standards, that would avoid the rehashing problem, but who wants to hear that?

Nobody expects them to take it to that kind of extreme. There was undisputed progression from Pablo Honey to Bends to OKC to Kid A without making klezmer or big band music.

I've just read the Pitchforkmedia review and while I have doubts I will agree with the 7.9 rating once I have heard the album, I think the last sentence in that review summarises how I (and a lot of others) have felt about Radiohead's output since after Kid A:

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This is well-worn terrain for Radiohead, and while it continues to yield rewarding results, the band's signature game-changing ambition is missed.
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post #53 of 56
2/28/11 at 8:55pm
The video for "Lotus Flower" is pretentious trash.
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post #54 of 56
2/28/11 at 9:05pm
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Originally Posted by mordecai View Post
OH WHATEVER YOUVE PROBABLY NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THEM

Please....I loved their old stuff, their new albums, like _____, _____, and _____ have just been sell-out pieces of crap.
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post #55 of 56
2/28/11 at 9:16pm
One of the common tactics in the advancement of intellectual cred is purposely making stuff that people won't really like without finding an intellectual reason to. Radiohead is pretty good at this. The fact that 80% of people don't give a shit when Thom Yorke pretends to have a seizure on stage reinforces his impetus to do it. The other 20% of people eat that shit up so hard. They're a really talented band but they're not really making interesting music anymore. I can imagine this same phenomenon permeates the NYU poetry department, where free association poems scribbled with menstrual blood on cardboard scraps are still believed to be cutting to the core of the human condition.
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post #56 of 56
2/28/11 at 9:20pm
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Originally Posted by il_colonnello View Post
Nobody expects them to take it to that kind of extreme. There was undisputed progression from Pablo Honey to Bends to OKC to Kid A without making klezmer or big band music.

I've just read the Pitchforkmedia review and while I have doubts I will agree with the 7.9 rating once I have heard the album, I think the last sentence in that review summarises how I (and a lot of others) have felt about Radiohead's output since after Kid A:

I guess what I'm saying is that the progression from pre-OKC to OKC is really a quantum leap. It's recognizably Radiohead throughout, but it's a huge leap forward. I think it's asking a lot of any band to keep making that quantum leap with every record. I think the records after Kid A have explored different sides of what has become their signature sound. For example, In Rainbows is an especially tuneful, melodic variation. IMO, the songs are consistently compelling, and that's good enough for me.
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