lamstonite's Blog

I dont say it to be contrary, but I really think after the bends they became so really bad. Tunes disappeared and to me at the very least it was like a droning blippety-blip ness wrapped up in avant garde pullovers. There is a song by ballboy that's called avant garde music....

The girl who works in the record shop

She says that I am not avant garde enough

Well so what

She only works in a record shop

She only works in a record shop

And I don’t give a f**k what she says or she thinks about me

Essentially he is saying, you are retail, dont lecture me. You ONLY work in a record shop.

I think that goes some way to expressing what I feel about radiohead, they released a debut that was a pretty ok indie rock album, they released a follow up that was stunning, and then it seemed as if they actively went out of their way to alienate fans, but they didnt, they wrote albums that are hailed as critical masterpieces and have sold bucketloads, they just alienated me.

They only write pop songs is how I view them.

I am not adverse to challenging music, I have sonic youth albums, I have yo la tengo doing sun ra , I have more american analog set than a normal person should have, but I guess I just dont get kid a, ok computer, in rainbows or hail to the thief. The odd thing is, lisa doesnt like them or my music loving buddies either.

seemed as if they actively went out of their way to alienate fans, but they didnt, they wrote albums that are hailed as critical masterpieces and have sold bucketloads, they just alienated me.

i think they activley went out of their way to move forward with their music, and not go over old ground. It was bound to alienate some people but for them as a band they needed to do it.

I'm sure you rather they did that than release The Bends.2 and.3 and.4 etc

but i'm sure we could argue Radiohead all day long