Radiohead - The new Pink Floyd?

Labeling a band as the next anything is unfair both for the band and the anything .

But if you're talking qualitywise then I think Radiohead may be on their way to creating some of the best records from this and the past decade.

One question, I bought Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer years ago. And I just bought Kid A, amazing stuff.

My question: are Amnesiac and the new live album worth buying???


Thanks

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who are you and who am I
to say we know the reasons why
some are born and some men die
beneath some infinite sky...
so all things time will mend
so this song will end

Gilmour in 'Childhood's End'

I personally enjoyed Amnesiac and I Might Be Wrong. Amnesiac is even more experimental than Kid A, so it sounds a bit weirder. I liked that, but I've heard others who did not, so it's up to you. As for I Might Be Wrong, it's a very interesting sort of live concert. It has the rougher sound of Mr. Waters' In the Flesh, but it works FAR better than ITF. You can actually hear Thom Yorke mess up once in awhile on vocals, and so on. It really does give the feeling of being at the concert.

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WrightSatellite #1

the good thing about the live one is to see how they do some of the songs differently. i also just really like live albums.

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last orders please.

Yeah. One of these days I'm going to have to get that.

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WrightSatellite #2

Is it any good?

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WrightSatellite #2

I think it is, anyway. If I recall, my reasons are given earlier in this thread...

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

Oh. Sorry.

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WrightSatellite #2

cluster one were you talking about the live one? cause i also gave some reasons too.

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last orders please.

Yeah. I just posted that without reading above. How stupid of me.

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WrightSatellite #2

i see. they do a really good version of "spinning plates" on that. i just wish it had "how to disappear completely and never be found"

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last orders please.

Awww, don't be sorry, ClusterOne. Everyone gets lost in a thread one time or another.

I also liked that version of "Like Spinning Plates". I think I would like to find some chords for that so I can learn to play it on the piano.

But yes...HOW could they ignore "How to Disappear Completely"? That is EASILY the most powerful non-Floyd song I have ever heard. Tremendous music...sweeping and powerful. I almost wonder how it would sound performed with a full orchestra. Most rock songs, if performed with singing AND an orchestra, sound cheesy (I point to that awful Orchestral Maneuvers thing as an example). But I think that one would be powerful enough that it would really work.

I'll leave you with the little Amnesiac guy (sort of)...

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

While Radiohead is the topic, let me tell everyone that I bought OK Computer today and listened to it once.
It was very good.
I found that little section, "Electioneering" I believe it's called, to be amusing. I couldn't help but smile when I heard the phrase "like a cat tied to a stick" being said by that computer voice. It's very... amusing!

"Fitter Happier"? Yeah...that's pretty funny.

BTW, watch the banner ad at the top of this site...sometimes it shows a Radiohead poster with those lyrics.

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

I just noticed that, having read those words there. They also have another Radiohead banner, too, with some odd guy on it.