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| From | DanAbnrml9@aol.com |
| Subject | Radiohead: Influential? |
| Date | Wed, 16 Jul 2003 21:18:49 EDT |
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In a message dated 7/16/03 8:01:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
> Someone said they thought it was the most influential album of the
> last ten year. I dunno, but then I don't listen to a lot of their
> contemporaries.
I didn't note who it was who said it, but I definitely concur, especially
from my experience in seeing how buying patterns have shifted in record stores.
But the greatest evidence may well be in an unlikely source--Phantom Planet's
"The Guest", from last year. IMHO, that is the quintessential post-Radiohead
power-pop disc (the band are huge fans) in that it does utilize very Bends-y
bursts of guitar and synth washes, as well as mixes a certain *type* of moodiness
in with the sunny pop songs. This doesn't mean "the guest" was anything more
than a 'good' record (its often lyrically atrocious), but it does mean that it
symbolizes just how much of an influence Radiohead have had. And for those
who didn't *get* "The Guest", it's quite possible you just didn't get this
development. --J
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