Fun read. I'm coming from the other direction though, listened to Mingus, talking heads, Brian Eno all thru the 80s and 90s... Still do, but can't listen too much. Love Monk too, but I really can't listen to him long now without my brain rebelling. Only started Radiohead with kid A, kinda like ok computer, never liked the first two albums... Anyway, I listen to Radiohead and the Smile all the time now.
First - I don’t think we can have too many deep dives in Radiohead. I think we all hear different things in their amazing complexity and it was cool to hear through your lens.
Agree with the B on Moon Shaped Pool but it’s a tough curve with some of their other classics. “Decks Dark” felt like the haunting simplicity of their early work.
Thanks for writing this - a perfect Sunday coffee read.
That's a refreshing take on one of my favourite groups. Could you ever see yourself coming back to them in the years to come? I suppose that's impossible to answer for now. I have had musicians and writers who I felt exhausted by... ten years later I dip into them and, lo and behold, its like listening with new ears.
Never say never - and of course, I don't dislike the albums I once treasured based on the scores. The major thing is a change in my own personal listening habits: I overlistened to them so much which is something I try to avoid now. It was fun revisiting certain tracks for this writeup too.
Love this. Radiohead will be with me until the end of time, and so I often overlook the mushy parts, filling it in with my own nostalgia for it. But even their average songs are better than most by other bands, as their vision and talent are comparable only to themselves. Great write-up. I always enjoy your hot takes!
Excellent writeup although that “C+” for Pablo read way more like a (deserved) D, and I think “recent apathy” is a….generous interpretation of Yorke and especially Greenwood’s recent stances.
would've liked to hear how you thought TKOL fit in with/was influenced by Yorke's collaborations with Flying Lotus, since I always saw that as his/their attempt at a “Brainfeeder” record.
Yeah, couldn't think a better word there. You're right that apathy doesn't cut it. Yorke's post was downright hostile.
I agree that TKOL was his/their attempt at making a FlyLo record but that's probably the issue - they're not FlyLo. I like Yorke's collaboration on Cosmogramma very much and think Flying Lotus was one of the 5-10 best musicians active between 2008-14.
Fun read. I'm coming from the other direction though, listened to Mingus, talking heads, Brian Eno all thru the 80s and 90s... Still do, but can't listen too much. Love Monk too, but I really can't listen to him long now without my brain rebelling. Only started Radiohead with kid A, kinda like ok computer, never liked the first two albums... Anyway, I listen to Radiohead and the Smile all the time now.
First - I don’t think we can have too many deep dives in Radiohead. I think we all hear different things in their amazing complexity and it was cool to hear through your lens.
Agree with the B on Moon Shaped Pool but it’s a tough curve with some of their other classics. “Decks Dark” felt like the haunting simplicity of their early work.
Thanks for writing this - a perfect Sunday coffee read.
Appreciate the kind words, happy to hear I'm not alone with AMSP.
That's a refreshing take on one of my favourite groups. Could you ever see yourself coming back to them in the years to come? I suppose that's impossible to answer for now. I have had musicians and writers who I felt exhausted by... ten years later I dip into them and, lo and behold, its like listening with new ears.
Never say never - and of course, I don't dislike the albums I once treasured based on the scores. The major thing is a change in my own personal listening habits: I overlistened to them so much which is something I try to avoid now. It was fun revisiting certain tracks for this writeup too.
Love this. Radiohead will be with me until the end of time, and so I often overlook the mushy parts, filling it in with my own nostalgia for it. But even their average songs are better than most by other bands, as their vision and talent are comparable only to themselves. Great write-up. I always enjoy your hot takes!
Excellent writeup although that “C+” for Pablo read way more like a (deserved) D, and I think “recent apathy” is a….generous interpretation of Yorke and especially Greenwood’s recent stances.
would've liked to hear how you thought TKOL fit in with/was influenced by Yorke's collaborations with Flying Lotus, since I always saw that as his/their attempt at a “Brainfeeder” record.
Yeah, couldn't think a better word there. You're right that apathy doesn't cut it. Yorke's post was downright hostile.
I agree that TKOL was his/their attempt at making a FlyLo record but that's probably the issue - they're not FlyLo. I like Yorke's collaboration on Cosmogramma very much and think Flying Lotus was one of the 5-10 best musicians active between 2008-14.