Vernon on 12/6/2008 at 09:41
Stitch - agreed, though in my opinion their music has always reflected the tension and despair of the lyrics. And you totally
can fuck to it, depending on the kind of person you're fucking
Anyway. This album is a joy - the best thing to happen to music since
Funeral.
Check Thom and Jonny covering 'The Rip':
(
http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?c=378)
Radiohead seem to be in awe of this album. I think this is very interesting, because both they and their fans were clearly uncomfortable with their direction and ethic on
Kid A/Amnesiac, yet here we are so many years after
Dummy and we see that perhaps Radiohead's direction earlier this decade wasn't so breathtakingly original as the general populace first thought
Muzman on 12/6/2008 at 11:52
They do cross over in interesting ways. Over two generations of people Ive known (that's a popculture generation; 5 -10 years, the length of high school) were absolutely obsessed with them. On loop every party. By and large these folks had no interest what so ever in the wider Trip Hop sphere beyond the odd Massive Attack track. These folks cared not a jot for jazz or hip-hop generally either. I'm generally the complete opposite; they didn't do much for me except in passing, generally preferred to check out anything else in trip-hop first (and they're not really very trip-hop sounding usually it's true).
Curious how they managed to hit some sweet spot with people who don't care about all the stuff they clearly do (or did). I don't know if that generalisation carries outside my little neck of the woods, but there you go.
D'Arcy on 12/6/2008 at 12:24
I absolutely love it - I'm actually listening to it at the moment. When I saw them live in April the album wasn't out yet, only 'Machine Gun'. I found the new songs relatively weird, but after the concert they were already stuck inside my head. Now I can't stop listening to them, and almost stopped listening to their older stuff, which was always a regular presence in my playlists.
polytourist97 on 13/6/2008 at 21:31
I too think it's a good album. I still don't think it can touch Live in Roseland, but that just may be one of the best ever in my opinion. Beth Gibbons is one of the only singers these days that I feel truly puts herself into what she sings, she always impresses me. Her singing on the album is what really draws me in, the music is great once I absorb it and get it in my system, but her singing is really the triumph of this particular album I think.
a flower in hell on 14/6/2008 at 06:50
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
I say "boo fucking hoo, if your music gets commercially accepted and you make a metric fuckton of money that corrupts your artistic integrity then tough fuckin titties".
What he said.
Tocky on 14/6/2008 at 14:35
Quote Posted by Vernon
their music has always reflected the tension and despair of the lyrics. And you totally
can fuck to it, depending on the kind of person you're fucking
Who wants to fuck a tense depressed chick? For that matter why reinforce tension and despair in yourself?
PigLick on 15/6/2008 at 02:21
without tension, there is no release, so yeh tension is pretty good in its way.
Scots Taffer on 15/6/2008 at 04:15
Sexual tension, sure, but sexual despair?
Well, I suppose sexual despair is perhaps appropriate when talking about this album as it was much like getting into a groove of a fuck then getting cut off midthrust.
Stitch on 15/6/2008 at 05:41
How often can you say music does that? :cool:
Album of the year.
Vernon on 15/6/2008 at 11:58
Quote Posted by Tocky
Who wants to fuck a tense depressed chick?
Hey, someone's got to do it. No seriously I am a magnet for depressed and disturbed females :sweat:
