Thom Yorke

[Ed209]

Radiohead may evolve but the music that got them where they are today by the people that bought the music back then should still be played.

Edited January 8, 2013 by Ed209

[russycarps]

Radiohead may evolve but the music that got them where they are today by the people that bought the music back then should still be played.

As for the Foo Fighters,there is a band who know what a crowd want and know how to please them,Radiohead as a festival headliner should be banned they just send most people to sleep.

[neilloggie]

Under what law? People who bought the old material "and got them where they are" are the ones who were going to the gigs ages ago. If they don't like their material now and aren't supporting the band in the present time then why the fuck should radiohead cater to them now?

Radiohead are playing the music for the people who are currently buying their records and keeping them at the top.

[fatyeti24]

That was back then when record sales were higher any idiot can get to number 1 with absolutely anything,nowadays you get a platinum disc for selling 250k.

[Messy]

So a fan who has bought every album from the start is wrong to expect a better selection of songs? instead of a self indulgent up their own arses set list?

Edited January 8, 2013 by Messy

[FloorFiller]

So a fan who has bought every album from the start is wrong to expect a better selection of songs? instead of a self indulgent up their own arses set list?

Edited January 8, 2013 by FloorFiller

[Ed209]

So a fan who has bought every album from the start is wrong to expect a better selection of songs? instead of a self indulgent up their own arses set list?

Edited January 8, 2013 by Ed209

[russycarps]

their gigs always have songs from OK Computer and the bends anyway, I dont know what this guy is in tears about.

Problem is, as was mentioned earlier, fans of bands like the foo fighters always get the same set list, plus a couple of new ones. They are well out of their comfort zone when confronted with a band who can play 2 vastly different sets in 2 consecutive nights.

It's another reason why a band like radiohead is ace and a band like foo fighters is gash

[FloorFiller]

i think it really says a lot about a band when you can go to see several shows of the same tour, even consecutive shows over a few nights, and see a different setlist every night - a different show opener, songs that weren't played at previous shows etc. that's what you get with Radiohead

if you did that with Foo Fighters (i don't hate Foo Fighters - they're just a classic example of a standard as f*ck band) you'd get the same songs every single night, in the same order, with the same gimmicks surrounding them

[Ed209]

right. I've seen the head around 8 times now and from their last 7 albums (80 tracks or so) I can only think of a couple of songs of theirs that I haven't seen live.

Current tour has been about 10 new songs (album tracks and extras), 4 or 5 from In Rainbows, 4 or 5 from HTTT, Amnesiac and KidA, and 4 or 5 from OK and The Bends. Given that OK was released 16 years ago and The Bends released 19 years ago, and they're released 5 hugely successful albums in the mean time, the moaning really isn't justified.

[Guest]

their gigs always have songs from OK Computer and the bends anyway, I dont know what this guy is in tears about.

Problem is, as was mentioned earlier, fans of bands like the foo fighters always get the same set list, plus a couple of new ones. They are well out of their comfort zone when confronted with a band who can play 2 vastly different sets in 2 consecutive nights.

It's another reason why a band like radiohead is ace and a band like foo fighters is gash

[FloorFiller]

Foo Fighters only have one song, they've just added slightly different lyrics to it 11 times over every time a new album is due.

[cdm22]

Foo Fighters only have one song, they've just added slightly different lyrics to it 11 times over every time a new album is due.

[Essex_George]

What floorfiller said. Your argument is completely flawed. Any fan who has bought every record obviously doesn't think a setlist made up of newer songs is self-indulgent and up their own arses, as they must like their newer stuff.

Radiohead sell out world tours in minutes. I don't think they need lessons on setlists.

[FloorFiller]

But at a festival the crowd wouldn't be made up of complete Radiohead fans.

[Guest]

i swear when playing live Dave Grohl shouts 'ALLRIGGHHTTT' during every single song. that man sure does love to shout

gotta say, i still highly regard their first three albums. but everything after went more and more downhill. new'un had a few good songs as well

[russycarps]

But at a festival the crowd wouldn't be made up of complete Radiohead fans.

[Purple aki squat]

Thom Yorke didn't know what to say when asked about Glastonbury so we can all assume they are there as backup when Stones/Fleetwood mac drop out. Hopefully they will play, but why is there all this animosity to Foo fighters and Dave Grohl on this thread? There are much worse things to go at. Only a few weeks ago Mumfords were nailed on and they didn't get half the stick you lot are giving poor old Dave.

Leave it out.

[TheSeventhOne]

Foo Fighters are at least affable if not spectacular. They're the sort of band who'd elicit a nod of acknowledgement rather than a cry of joy. I can't imagine myself ever being excited to see them, but they have a handful of enjoyable tunes.

[mrtourette]

I guess you arent a big radiohead fan? What do you consider to be the "hits" that would please the random festival punter?

Creep

Karma Police

Fake Plastic Trees?

Genuine question here. I see them as an album band, I really am not sure what their biggest hits are considered to be.

[russycarps]

For someone who isn't sure you seem to have nailed it fairly easily.

[mrtourette]

so if they'd played those 3 at Leeds everyone would have gone home happy?

[russycarps]

Why would you assume that? I doubt everyone was just there for the hits.

[TheSeventhOne]

Generally speaking, Radiohead tend not to make excellent festival headliners because they're a very introverted band who (quite rightly) tend towards pleasing themselves than their listeners, which is often a surefire way to alienate any casual fans in attendance.

I can't say it bothers me, I enjoy all of their work (bar Pablo Honey, and TKOL which I found to be quite dull).

[Guest]

Generally speaking, Radiohead tend not to make excellent festival headliners because they're a very introverted band who (quite rightly) tend towards pleasing themselves than their listeners, which is often a surefire way to alienate any casual fans in attendance.