Radiohead’s In Rainbows Has Made A Ton of Money

Now normal I would say that Radiohead is a bunch of no talent hacks. But this time I will qualify that with I agree with you. I did not download this album but their last album some of the songs sounded like they just had different people play instruments(i won’t call it music) at different times and then just put them together. I can’t wait till Radiohead announces this was just a great joke on society to prove people don’t know anything about music.

Art is subjective. It’s impossible for the emperor to have no clothes when it comes music. Longevity is the only true test of artistic greatness and Radiohead are only just now entering a phase in their careers where it’s fair to say they are great. Not liking/understanding something is no reason to dismiss it as not valuable to others. True art provokes thought and debate amongst learned folks. Mission accomplished.

To NoTalent, you obviously have a very limited sample size on which you base your opinion. The album that you reference, 2000′s Kid A, was 3 records ago. It wasn’t what people were expecting and that’s exactly what the band wanted. If you want music that is instantly familiar where you can sing the chorus after one listening then Radiohead is not for you (go pick up another copy of “Who let the dogs out?”). If you want music that is textured and layered, revealing something new after 7 years of listening then listen to Radiohead.

As far as my opinion on In Rainbows goes, I didn’t think every track was an instant classic (although 4 of the 10 songs are). But I knew better than to rate them on my Ipod after only one listening. The more you listen, the more you appreciate and enjoy. Eventually, I trust that this record will be a desert island disc just like the other 6 Radiohead albums.

I won’t bother to argue with you.
Ok maybe I will…

Art is subjective so I say it stinks and can move on.

No one wins or loses this argument because there is no answer.
I could argue you don’t truely have a basis in this art to determine if it is good or bad but that isn’t worth my time.(reference 1993 pay the piper)

If you would like to argue over 1 + 1 = 2 we could do that cause at least there is a clean answer to that.

Sean

Your use of curse words is not how I raised you.

Mom

The intrawebz don’t have no fancy way for you to know who I am.

Hugs and Kisses
Mom

This is just really good comedy for a rainy day afternoon Joe, I have ordered you another great copy of “who let the dogs out” while doing my endless online shopping today.

My point wasn’t to say that I would only take 7 Radiohead albums to a desert island. What I meant to say is that depending on my mood or frame of mind, any one or more of these records could be on such a list. Just to give you a sense of where my tastes are right now here are my five DID’s:

OK Computer
Abbey Road
Siamese Dream
The Chronic
Achtung Baby

I like too much to limit it to five. What’s the Story Morning Glory could easily replace any of those on a given day. Coming up with that list, it occurs to me that there may be some concert recordings I like better than any of these but in the interest of simplicity I stuck to released LPs. What’s interesting to me is that, in the age of iPod, I rarely listen to records the way the artists intended anymore. Probably only when I get something brand new. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad. Radiohead have clearly come out against this (witness their refusal to be on iTunes) but as a consumer I like having that choice. I just feel like I’m diluting the artistic value of an album in some way. Abbey Road is a perfect example. The album as a whole is definitely more than the sum of its parts.

Listen just because the two utes don’t understand the background story to why I like “Who Let the Dogs Out” doesn’t mean it’s a bad song.

When I was vacationing in Trinidad for the Carnival season of 1998 I first heard Anslem Douglas’ original version of this song.

To my delight in 2000 while watching Rug Rats in Paris : The movie not to be confused with Rug Rats in Paris : The TV show. I heard this interesting tune that very clearly reminded me of those Trinadian nights spent having a good time and listening to great music.

So all can decide to judge me for my poor taste in music. But please appreciate the experiences that add up to what can be considered a beautiful search for a enjoyable time in someone’s life. At least just appreciate the fact that “Who let the dogs out” is a question we can all understand and does have some curious answers.

You’re right. Radiohead sucks. I can’t believe all the time I’ve wasted on them. What’s the name of the new Britney Spears track? I wanna go steal it from the intraweb. Art is dead.

On a serious tip, Joe thinks music should be disposable like the newspaper. Anyone who thinks that shouldn’t be commenting on music. Joe bought more singles than anyone I know back in the day. That kind of makes sense now that I think about it. And we’re not talking about buying U2 singles for the B-Side but Right Said Fred type singles.

Baha Men Rules!!!!

Does anyone want to discuss what 11 times 12 equals cause once again we can come up with an answer to that.

The kicker to the U2 singles is I’m 99% certain that you own all of them at this point in your life so I was just ahead of the game.

Buying singles of music that I certainly don’t want to listen to an entire album still makes sense.

I love that on the intrawebz I can change my name a million times in one comment thread.

Well played sir.