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Something Awful about Radiohead

Something Awful rants about Radiohead. This is about their unlistenable "Kid A"

'IDM' which is an imaginary sub-genre of electronic music (the "I" stands for "Intelligent" which stands for "pretentious and meaningless"). One would think that such wild-eyed, obstreperous garbage would have no choice but to be interesting, but Radiohead once again defied expectations by making the albums as boring as a tea-party with grandma. Not even your own grandma, with whom you had an emotional connection. This was like a tea party with your neighbor's grandma. The decidedly lukewarm reaction from the music press only added to the die-hard fans' mistaken impression that these albums were deep and mysterious.

I thought "OK Computer" was a decent album (although a few Dave Gilmour style guitar solos would have improved it immensely), but after that, they Jumped The Shark in spectacular fashion. However, large sections of the music press continue to worship them. (Link from Adam)

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