Radiohead songs you can't stand - Page 3

alyasa · 10.24.2007, 07:46 PM

This is so, Thom-Yorke-esque...

tearaway spine · 10.24.2007, 07:54 PM

everything off ok computer

atari 2600 · 10.24.2007, 08:16 PM

daaaaamn

did you get burned out on it
or
just never like it
?>

Torn Curtain · 10.25.2007, 05:39 AM

Regarding Thom's voice he's sometimes been singing nasally on purpose since Kid A, especially live. I agree that can be annoying (but that won't detract me from listening to them and I still think he has a great voice).

Torn Curtain · 10.25.2007, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by _slavo_

There's a couple of them that I really really can't stand. Let me see:

Dollars&Cents
Life in a Glass House
I Will
We Suck Young Blood (this one especially...oh GOD, it's horrible!)
The Amazing Songs of Orgy
Like Spinning Plates (album version)
I Might be Wrong (a good tune, but awful production)
Electioneering
Mellatonin
You And Whose Army?
Reckoner
Morning Bell (Amnesiac Version)

Well, as I see, pretty much all of Amnesiac got on the list.

I love Life in a glasshouse, I will, We suck young blood (after many listens though

) and You and whose army.

I agree that I might be wrong is ruined by the production.

val-holla-ing · 10.28.2007, 09:17 PM

there are only about 5 radiohead songs i CAN stand. they get touted for being so "weird" and "revolutionary" and amazing songwriters, but for my tastes, they're incredibly boring and rehash the same midtempo songs on every album. and the songwriting is mediocre at best. what's weird to me is that a band like tv on the radio is obviously very radiohead influenced, but ends up being better than radiohead because they actually have dynamic. radiohead seem to still be riding their anti-gimmick thing, which has ended up being their little gimmick...kinda like tool.

alyasa · 10.28.2007, 10:03 PM

Radiohead (and Tool for that matter) require a certain level of investment and deep listening to enjoy. You have to come in with an open mind and a particular mindset. There are countless bands out there of course, that are more imaginative and innovative, (Isis, Boredoms, just to name two) but in the mainstream media, Radiohead and Tool are popular music's innovators.

pbradley · 10.28.2007, 10:09 PM

ah, I hate Tool

alyasa · 10.28.2007, 10:11 PM

^That's funny, I have a friend who detests A Perfect Circle, but is OK with Tool...

pbradley · 10.28.2007, 10:13 PM

I dig Aenima but it isn't great or anything. Everything else they've done it lame.

Everyneurotic · 10.28.2007, 10:20 PM

i can't think of any of their songs i don't like, some are a bit meh, but for the most parts, i really don't skip tracks, i still don't have pablo honey though.

the regular version of creep is the closest to a song of theirs i can't stand, just because it's the song everyone everywhere play.

some of the songs mentioned are some of their best, weird even as many are them at their most experimental.

but anyhoo, i'm actually surprised many people don't like his voice, i rather have thom's castratti chords over, say, björk who i find unbareable.

alyasa · 10.28.2007, 10:21 PM

They probably only appeal to a dedicated core of fans who can appreciate their musicality. Kind of like Sonic Youth, but in a mainstream sense...

Everyneurotic · 10.28.2007, 10:27 PM

unfortunately, a lot of radiohead appeal is based on poserism, same with björk and millions others (including, in a lesser extent, sy).

as in that people tend to like these bands in order to seem educated and with good taste in music. which also generates a bunch of backlash from people rejecting them altogether as fads.

alyasa · 10.28.2007, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

but anyhoo, i'm actually surprised many people don't like his voice, i rather have thom's castratti chors over, say, björk who i find unbareable.

That's really weird, I would think that if you appreciate one, you would appreciate the other...

There's not much of a difference between their voices, they both have an almost child-like quality...

Everyneurotic · 10.28.2007, 10:32 PM

what? are you kidding? that conceited "i'm so cutesy but weird and excentric yet i'm a bland yoko ono rip off" shriek? it really pains me, it's a voice like shakira that really bothers me.

besides, a lot of thom's shit is emotive, sometimes over emotive, whether björk has no emotion at all.

val-holla-ing · 10.28.2007, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alyasa

Radiohead (and Tool for that matter) require a certain level of investment and deep listening to enjoy. You have to come in with an open mind and a particular mindset. There are countless bands out there of course, that are more imaginative and innovative, (Isis, Boredoms, just to name two) but in the mainstream media, Radiohead and Tool are popular music's innovators.

i don't see how radiohead requires any sort of "deep listening" when their music is anything but deep. maybe on a superficial level it is, because there's an occasional non-traditional texture thrown in there, but it really is just as uninteresting as the majority of everything else on the radio. maybe that's my problem biggest problem with radiohead, that they COULD do much more to push the envelope and bring new listeners to experience new things in sound and music, but they get deterred by the all-ruling piano jam.

val-holla-ing · 10.28.2007, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

unfortunately, a lot of radiohead appeal is based on poserism.

truer words have never been spoken.

Everyneurotic · 10.28.2007, 10:48 PM

well, in a lot of cases, there's certainly people like me who truly appreciate them for what they are.

alyasa · 10.28.2007, 10:48 PM

Bjork has no emotion? Haha, that actually made me smile... She does tend to get a bit clinical though, but I don't think she's emotionless... She does has some range, in her earlier work especially. Bachelorette and It's Oh So Quiet are good examples. Her music admittedly helps her voice a bit, but I don't see how that is much different than almost any singer, other than Jeff Buckley. On a side note, I find all her recent work to be very detached and more intellectual...

Everyneurotic · 10.28.2007, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alyasa

...It's Oh So Quiet...

that piece of shit gives me the urge to jump out the window, not to mention giving me the biggest toothache saccharine can give.

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10.25.2007, 05:39 AM	#44
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Regarding Thom's voice he's sometimes been singing nasally on purpose since Kid A, especially live. I agree that can be annoying (but that won't detract me from listening to them and I still think he has a great voice).
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10.28.2007, 09:17 PM	#46
val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	there are only about 5 radiohead songs i CAN stand. they get touted for being so "weird" and "revolutionary" and amazing songwriters, but for my tastes, they're incredibly boring and rehash the same midtempo songs on every album. and the songwriting is mediocre at best. what's weird to me is that a band like tv on the radio is obviously very radiohead influenced, but ends up being better than radiohead because they actually have dynamic. radiohead seem to still be riding their anti-gimmick thing, which has ended up being their little gimmick...kinda like tool. __________________ please do not misconstrue the previous statement as an invitation for same sex relations or as negative towards anyone of another sexuality. -cam'ron (formerly "no homo")
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10.28.2007, 10:03 PM	#47
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	Radiohead (and Tool for that matter) require a certain level of investment and deep listening to enjoy. You have to come in with an open mind and a particular mindset. There are countless bands out there of course, that are more imaginative and innovative, (Isis, Boredoms, just to name two) but in the mainstream media, Radiohead and Tool are popular music's innovators. __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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10.28.2007, 10:09 PM	#48
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alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	^That's funny, I have a friend who detests A Perfect Circle, but is OK with Tool... __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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10.28.2007, 10:13 PM	#50
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I dig Aenima but it isn't great or anything. Everything else they've done it lame.
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10.28.2007, 10:20 PM	#51
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i can't think of any of their songs i don't like, some are a bit meh, but for the most parts, i really don't skip tracks, i still don't have pablo honey though. the regular version of creep is the closest to a song of theirs i can't stand, just because it's the song everyone everywhere play. some of the songs mentioned are some of their best, weird even as many are them at their most experimental. but anyhoo, i'm actually surprised many people don't like his voice, i rather have thom's castratti chords over, say, björk who i find unbareable. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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10.28.2007, 10:21 PM	#52
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	They probably only appeal to a dedicated core of fans who can appreciate their musicality. Kind of like Sonic Youth, but in a mainstream sense... __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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10.28.2007, 10:27 PM	#53
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	unfortunately, a lot of radiohead appeal is based on poserism, same with björk and millions others (including, in a lesser extent, sy). as in that people tend to like these bands in order to seem educated and with good taste in music. which also generates a bunch of backlash from people rejecting them altogether as fads. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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10.28.2007, 10:32 PM	#55
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	what? are you kidding? that conceited "i'm so cutesy but weird and excentric yet i'm a bland yoko ono rip off" shriek? it really pains me, it's a voice like shakira that really bothers me. besides, a lot of thom's shit is emotive, sometimes over emotive, whether björk has no emotion at all. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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10.28.2007, 10:48 PM	#58
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	well, in a lot of cases, there's certainly people like me who truly appreciate them for what they are. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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