Radiohead's new album/new single = Absolute pretentious rubbish

I didn't say no one should ever criticize anything. Hell, I just criticized the OP. But his particular brand of criticism is pretty pathetic and pointless. I certainly don't fault someone for disliking music that I like, but starting a thread out of the blue on a running website to declare your disdain for the new Radiohead album is stupid. Constructive criticism is important in the right circumstances, but I personally think professional music and film critics could drop dead and the world would be a better place.

And your point about sticking a pin in someone's pomposity is silly. We don't really know anything about Thom York and our opinions about whether or not the man is pompous are irrelevant. If my best friend is behaving pompously, I'll let him know. But that's a completely different situation where such criticism is warranted and makes sense.

Thom runs in the park across the street from my apartment whenever he's in town.

Adam R. wrote:

Thom runs in the park across the street from my apartment whenever he's in town.

Central Park? Yeah, me too.

I think the album is ridiculously good. a huge movement for them with a lot of Thom influence. The dub is almost overwhelming on the first few listens but i got into it. Much more like HTTT and Amnesiac than In Rainbows, but definitely an original recording.

You can tell they are listening to a lot of Brazilian music right now.

I got the WAV files, so my album was $53. Well worth it IMHO, plus I am betting there might be more music on the official Newspaper album.

I can see where some might not like it though. I do not think it is pretentious though, a lot of people in the world are listening to dub. Just not in the USA.

Pretentious: Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

Do you honestly think Radiohead and Thom Yorke give more important to their music than it actually possesses? I think that people assume that they don't like the music because Radiohead doesn't want them to. Thom Yorke makes music he would enjoy listening to, and doesn't do anything more or less than that.

I'll pass on Radiohead and take this adrenaline driven, homemade video instead.

Sometimes self-indulgent, pretentious crap can be really really brilliant. I haven't heard this one yet to comment.

i think it is amazing that a guy who looks like a retarded David Spade could make such great music for over a decade.

I didn't like it at all the first listen, I'm starting to appreciate it after quite a few more listens. Not even close to my favorite album but at least now it has moved past Pablo Honey and is not my least favorite.

You think you can tell me what to do? It isn't the most obnoxious, narcissistic-pretentious crap I've ever seen.

That isn't a legitimate criticism, just a string of words you pulled out of your ass.

Mumford and Sons is the most pretentious crap I've ever seen. It seems like the whole band is about to cry every song. Such sappy BS. They're fat hipsters that play banjos. They're only popular because they're popular.

That's my rant.

But yeah, I'm a big Radiohead fan. I didn't like the new video but I think the album is decent. It's not pop at all but has some solid tracks when you're in certain moods. Sometimes it's nice to listen to more ambient music like that.

i see no argument on how the music itself is pompous? it sounds pretty beautiful to me but i just want to reason hear a reason why the MUSIC is pretentious?

Pablo Honey is by far the best Radiohead album. It's got the least amount of duds of all their records, and my two favorite songs by them ("Ripcord" and "Anyone Can Play Guitar"). Seems like from Kid A their records have had only two or three solid songs each and tons of filler (such as Fitter Happier, The Gloaming, Hunting Bears, Treefingers, Kid A, Packt Like Sardines...). Somewhere along the way they just stopped caring about their craft, started playing with expensive toys, got Nigel Godrich to put his window dressing on their wankery and pass off the experiments as actual "songs", and somehow got the critics to ejaculate all over themselves over utterly crappy records.

That's your opinion and your taste. I think every record has its own place, flavor and history, and music resonates with different people in different ways. Thinking record A is better than record B is too superficial. "better" is such a sh-t word to use when talking about music and art in general.

asfsornforejnf wrote:

Pablo Honey is by far the best Radiohead album. It's got the least amount of duds of all their records, and my two favorite songs by them ("Ripcord" and "Anyone Can Play Guitar"). Seems like from Kid A their records have had only two or three solid songs each and tons of filler (such as Fitter Happier, The Gloaming, Hunting Bears, Treefingers, Kid A, Packt Like Sardines...). Somewhere along the way they just stopped caring about their craft, started playing with expensive toys, got Nigel Godrich to put his window dressing on their wankery and pass off the experiments as actual "songs", and somehow got the critics to ejaculate all over themselves over utterly crappy records.

That's your opinion.

To this day I am disappointed with King of Limbs. In Rainbows and Hail to the Thief were my favorites, though there were great songs on all their previous albums as well. Taken as a whole I think In Rainbows is the best to listen through.

That's my opinion.

That 3 year bump.

In Rainbows is the best Radiohead album, Hail to the Thief is the next best, and OK Computer is hugely overrated.

He is trying to say that "best album" is a very subjective matter. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

The artificial hipster wrote:

John McGilliss wrote:

That's your opinion and your taste. I think every record has its own place, flavor and history, and music resonates with different people in different ways. Thinking record A is better than record B is too superficial. "better" is such a sh-t word to use when talking about music and art in general.

That's your opinion.

ggegegge wrote:

Heard the album -- utter crap.

Here's the new video -- don't tell me this isn't the most obnoxious, narcissistic-pretentious crap you've ever seen.

http://www.ateaseweb.com/2011/02/18/premiere-the-video-of-the-new-radiohead-single-lotus-flower/

You're just a creep, you don't belong here