Radioheah:Kid A and amnesiac
Posted by: Nuno Baptista on 24 January 2003
After listened Kid A I´m disppointed with the last albuns Radiohead.I Prefer OK Computer and the first ones I really don´t know what Radiohead pretend with their last albuns.Anyone has the same opinion?
MY system : Naim Nait 5 amplifier,Naim CD 5,B&W 601 speakers,Naca5
MY system : Naim Nait 5 amplifier,Naim CD 5,B&W 601 speakers,Naca5
Posted on: 24 January 2003 by seagull
Lots of people raved about the new ones but its a case of Emporer's new clothes I think.
The Bends and OK Computer are both excellent albums. The last two have their moments but aren't as good. Why have two different versions of 'Morning Bell' which isn't a very good song anyway?
p.s. Is the CD5 run in yet?
The Bends and OK Computer are both excellent albums. The last two have their moments but aren't as good. Why have two different versions of 'Morning Bell' which isn't a very good song anyway?
p.s. Is the CD5 run in yet?
Posted on: 24 January 2003 by inkipak
I am a big fan of their earlier work - especially The Bends, but I have to say that their last couple of albums show that they're still open to new directions in music.
It seems that many successful bands and musicians reach a point fairly early in their careers where they 'put the blinkers on', so to speak and churn out the same album time and time again. Each one tends to have a handful of strong tracks, but there's nothing to get really excited about. Others morph unconvincingly from style to style as fashion dictates.
Radiohead (IMHO) succesfully absorb these different flavours and styles creating something new.
I soppose it's all down to personal taste at the end of the day.
It seems that many successful bands and musicians reach a point fairly early in their careers where they 'put the blinkers on', so to speak and churn out the same album time and time again. Each one tends to have a handful of strong tracks, but there's nothing to get really excited about. Others morph unconvincingly from style to style as fashion dictates.
Radiohead (IMHO) succesfully absorb these different flavours and styles creating something new.
I soppose it's all down to personal taste at the end of the day.
Posted on: 25 January 2003 by Jay
Looks like I'm the odd one out - I love them all. Does that make me a Radiohead sheep 
Actually I also liked U2's Passengers! Hmmmm.
Jay
Yabba, dabba, doooooo
Actually I also liked U2's Passengers! Hmmmm.
Jay
Yabba, dabba, doooooo
Posted on: 25 January 2003 by Bruce Woodhouse
I'm with Jay too (even bits of Passengers too). The Radiohead albums have all been different and that strikes me as a strength. I don't suppose anybody would actually like every part of every album but they have always been interesting and each has moments that are really special. I look forward to whatever they do next-it certainly will not be dull or repetitive.
Bizarrely Kid A was on my HiFi just vefore I checked the forum this morning.
Bruce
Bizarrely Kid A was on my HiFi just vefore I checked the forum this morning.
Bruce
Posted on: 25 January 2003 by Mekon
Kid A and Amnesiac are the only ones I own. I neer felt any compulsion to buy the others.
FWIW, I could have seen them live in the Camden Falcon (grotty pub venue), supporting Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. It was sometime in 1990, and we'd traipsed up to the Town and Country club to see The Sundays. Sadly, it was cancelled, due to Harriet having flu. We wandered over to the Falcon, but decided we couldn't be arsed, and got the train home.
We eventually ended up blowing out the rescheduled Sundays gig as well, 'cos we had backstage passes for the all-day Energy rave in Docklands. Getting to dance onstage with Orbital and Adamski in front of 22000 people was pretty cool, but I still wish I had gotten to see The Sundays.
FWIW, I could have seen them live in the Camden Falcon (grotty pub venue), supporting Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. It was sometime in 1990, and we'd traipsed up to the Town and Country club to see The Sundays. Sadly, it was cancelled, due to Harriet having flu. We wandered over to the Falcon, but decided we couldn't be arsed, and got the train home.
We eventually ended up blowing out the rescheduled Sundays gig as well, 'cos we had backstage passes for the all-day Energy rave in Docklands. Getting to dance onstage with Orbital and Adamski in front of 22000 people was pretty cool, but I still wish I had gotten to see The Sundays.
Posted on: 25 January 2003 by Rico
I'm with Jay on this one, I love them all. Perhaps OK Computer least of all - seems bleak by comparrison.
Speaking of Passengers (great album BTW), my wife has just put it on in the background. Pavarotti is luring me back into the lounge and away from this goddamn CRT! Music - nout like it.
Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Speaking of Passengers (great album BTW), my wife has just put it on in the background. Pavarotti is luring me back into the lounge and away from this goddamn CRT! Music - nout like it.
Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Posted on: 30 January 2003 by i am simon 2
Nuno, here is an extract from one of my posts on this subject some time ago
"Just got this Radiohead live LP on Wednesday and span it for the first time on the Planar 3 last night.
To start with i thought it was a bit slow sounding and muffled, but as the atmosphere grows, the songs become quite hypnotic.
Everything in its right place is only about seven minutes, but the journey it takes you on seems much longer. If you are a fan of the first three albums, but find Kid A and Amnesiac a bit harder to get into (as I did), this slightly more up beat live versions of some of the recent tracks is a good way in. I think that once I have listend to this record a few more times, I will be able to get into the studio bassed stuff and enjoy it much more."
Try the live album.
Simon
ps: I think some of it may have been recorded in sunny Portugal.
"Just got this Radiohead live LP on Wednesday and span it for the first time on the Planar 3 last night.
To start with i thought it was a bit slow sounding and muffled, but as the atmosphere grows, the songs become quite hypnotic.
Everything in its right place is only about seven minutes, but the journey it takes you on seems much longer. If you are a fan of the first three albums, but find Kid A and Amnesiac a bit harder to get into (as I did), this slightly more up beat live versions of some of the recent tracks is a good way in. I think that once I have listend to this record a few more times, I will be able to get into the studio bassed stuff and enjoy it much more."
Try the live album.
Simon
ps: I think some of it may have been recorded in sunny Portugal.
Posted on: 30 January 2003 by greeny
IMO The bends and OK Computer are two of the best albums in the whole of Rock.
This is exactly right, They started as relatively underground, but with the success of OK computer (in particular) they became huge and their head's started vanishing up their own ass's. In a bid to try and stay hip they rebeled somewhat against their populist fans, and bizarly became even more popular!(i.e it worked, they did stay hip (ish))
I do think there is some good stuff on Kid A and Amnesiac but they don't come close to the earlier 2.
Pablo Honey has only 2 good tracks (IMO).
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victims of their own hipness
This is exactly right, They started as relatively underground, but with the success of OK computer (in particular) they became huge and their head's started vanishing up their own ass's. In a bid to try and stay hip they rebeled somewhat against their populist fans, and bizarly became even more popular!(i.e it worked, they did stay hip (ish))
I do think there is some good stuff on Kid A and Amnesiac but they don't come close to the earlier 2.
Pablo Honey has only 2 good tracks (IMO).
Posted on: 04 February 2003 by domfjbrown
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we had backstage passes for the all-day Energy rave in Docklands. Getting to dance onstage with Orbital and Adamski in front of 22000 people was pretty cool, but I still wish I had gotten to see The Sundays.
YOU LUCKY LUCKY DUDE... I was born too late - wished I'd been 20 in 1990 instead of 1995 - raves rock and I've only just started going to them since last October's Astral Pheonix (Infected Mushroom, if anyone's heard of them, were awesome!!!)...
I bet the overall scene was better in 1990 too - although the psy-trance scene seems reasonably underground to have not gone mainstream Cream-Cheese on toast yet...
Adamski and Orbital rock too btw - nice one!
Back on topic - I haven't heard Amnesiac, but based on Kid A I'd rather not thanks. I actually only got on with Pablo Honey and OK Computer - and then not on all the tracks - although they were obviously good once, I reckon they've lost a hell of a lot of their fans through the last two albums (sorry guys!).
When the music's over turn out the lights