It really depends upon my mood with Radiohead. Sometimes I really get into it and think they are great....other times I think its pretentious bullshit. Still Not Crap....by a mile.

gio wrote:It's that swelling keyboard-esque sound, as well as the lo-fi computer blip sound that starts the song. It wasn't made on a keyboard; it was synthesized on an IBM 360 mainfraime in 1973; one of the first computer synthesized compositions, supposedly. I'm not surprised you're having trouble reproducing it; it's a unique piece of music.

y'know, I always thought I should get a couple of IBM mainframes for my rig...

Yes... the worst of Radiohead are their fans. The tipical Radiohead "freak" fans like Depeche mode, Björk, Muse and Smashing pumpinks too... OH YEAH!

For me, the things to love from Radiohead are the same to hate them. They have some great songs, so, Not Crap.

Not a fan. Not a fan at all.

Can't stand it, dreary pap.

I like them, and I love a couple of their albums (Kid A especially). that's all.

Thom Yorke is a poofter. Obsessive Radiohead fans are awful, terrible people. However, I do like Radiohead, Not Crap for 'Kid A' alone, but they are nowhere near the greatest musical act of all time.

I like Sigur Ros as well (since they were also mentioned and toured with Radiohead)... but not nearly as much as I used to. Their first album has a charming grittiness to it that was lost on most of their other full-legnths.. it also contains awesome ambience and DISTORTION. Distortion didn't hurt this band at all.

Even though both of these bands are pretentious as hell... they still make good music.

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pdc_heavy wrote:Do any of you even know what "pretentious" means?

Your post indicates that you don't.

I give this band a N/C only because some of their stuff didn't make me flush it down in a toilet.

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