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| From | kcronin <fiatluxury@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Radiohead, and yup, i'm wrong |
| Date | Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:10:20 -0700 (PDT) |
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aha! thank you christobal and also bill for pointing
out that i'm lumping two earlier works together - i
think i knew that somewhere in the fibber's closet
that is my mental musical catalog, but the essence
does remain: owing to a bad showcase early on, i
dismissed em offhand until i was sideswiped by ok
computer. and I DO adore it, Bill, no wine-soaked
headphone session required (though that sounds nice
anyway.)
My old roomie once accused me of being a gay man in a
chick's body because i liked 1) elton john, 2) billy
joel and 3) showtunes, and this was long before either
of us knew about rufus wainwright. However un-PC and
questionable his logic, i do tend to love the epic,
sweeping drama of things like the above and also OK
Computer, because it is SO sweeping and epic and,
well, drama-queeny. I just don't think i find that
human element in the later works: my handicap is that
i'm assuming from one bad experience that the earlier
workS would prove too sophomoric for my tastes. but
perhaps i'll give em another looksee, based on your
recommendations.
also: i was just told to go check out any Procol Harum
that is NOT whiter shade of pale. Anyone care to
comment?
--kelly
the sound of my PC not doing what i want it to
--- Christobal <plattc@optonline.net> wrote:
> Re: Kelly's post, Creep is actually not from The
> Bends but rather from
> Pablo Honey (which I've never heard the entirety of
> myself).
> Unattractive cover notwithstanding, The Bends really
> rocks mightily and
> shows Radiohead at their most tuneful, even if their
> sound could be
> described as Arena Rockin' U2 (I see the similarity,
> but I think they do
> have a distinctive musical voice even at this
> point).
>
> Anyway, I gave Hail to the Thief a partial listen
> last night (until life
> interrupted), and I put a finger on part of what
> doesn't grab me about
> it: it's not until the fourth song in that there's
> actually a tune that
> has an actual harmonic progression. Tracks 1, 2,
> and 3 are all
> essentially droning, riff-based tunes without a
> really solid melody. To
> my ears, it just sets up the album to be a lot less
> structured than it
> may ultimately be in the later tunes.
>
> A few more cents, for what they're worth.
>
> Christopher
>
>
=====
oderint dum mentuant
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