Radiohead and other pretentious bands here <<-----

triptych said:
Oasis might be overrated, but never as much as Radiohead.
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Lmao you have some serious beef with Radiohead Sherbro. You keep posting shit about them in the same thread. I think people get you don't like them.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Lmao you have some serious beef with Radiohead Sherbro. You keep posting shit about them in the same thread. I think people get you don't like them.
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Oh bro, what maketh you thinketh this ?? :):).....I love em when they don't appear anywhere and don't sing .....see what I mean ???!!
 
triptych said:
Oh bro, what maketh you thinketh this ?? :):).....I love em when they don't appear anywhere and don't sing .....see what I mean ???!!
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Lmao. If you avoid threads about them it will probably help that aim.
 
You forget what forums are all about , don't you ??
 
aerius said:
Radiohead is better when you remove the Radiohead.

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Only the test of time proves what music is truly great, what endures, but it is my firm belief that the greatest predictor of what will stand that test, in the here and now, is how widely an artist is covered by other artists; yet better across the widest variety of musical genres, and by artists from different walks of life (sex, race, class, religion, country of origin, etc). When not just one, but hundreds or thousands of other artists cover your music, it shows that your music truly crosses the boundaries that otherwise divide our universal human truth, and that is the truth that will carry you across the waves of time.

So you only more deeply demonstrate how powerful Radiohead's melodies are to show them covered by others. As with the Beatles or the Stones, the covers of their music are legion. We're talking about a 90's alt-rock band that gets played in churches at funerals. Simply incredible.

 
Madmick said:
Only the test of time proves what music is truly great, what endures, but it is my firm belief that the greatest predictor of what will stand that test, in the here and now, is how widely an artist is covered by other artists; yet better across the widest variety of musical genres, and by artists from different walks of life (sex, race, class, religion, country of origin, etc). When not just one, but hundreds or thousands of other artists cover your music, it shows that your music truly crosses the boundaries that otherwise divide our universal human truth, and that is the truth that will carry you across the waves of time.

So you only more deeply demonstrate how powerful Radiohead's melodies are to show them covered by others. As with the Beatles or the Stones, the covers of their music are legion. We're talking about a 90's alt-rock band that gets played in churches at funerals. Simply incredible.

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Celine Dion > Radiohead. Talk to me when when the covers are hits themselves and become the theme songs in meme videos.



 
Always thought Radiohead blew chunks



In fact, I still do
 
Madmick said:
Only the test of time proves what music is truly great, what endures, but it is my firm belief that the greatest predictor of what will stand that test, in the here and now, is how widely an artist is covered by other artists; yet better across the widest variety of musical genres, and by artists from different walks of life (sex, race, class, religion, country of origin, etc). When not just one, but hundreds or thousands of other artists cover your music, it shows that your music truly crosses the boundaries that otherwise divide our universal human truth, and that is the truth that will carry you across the waves of time.

So you only more deeply demonstrate how powerful Radiohead's melodies are to show them covered by others. As with the Beatles or the Stones, the covers of their music are legion. We're talking about a 90's alt-rock band that gets played in churches at funerals. Simply incredible.

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You have a point. However, many artists down the line have been 'covered' by other artists only because the latter didn't have the guts to cover the really talented artists, so they picked out the recent artists to cover - which obviously does not mean that the original artist is more or less talented or less pretentious (ref. to the thread title please). Some artists decide to cover songs by other artists because they simply wanna pay tribute to that given artist or because they wanna jump onto the bandwagon of a seemingly "popular" artist without focusing on the talent part or even coz they see the original artist reflected in their own music. You see, it's not all black and white when it comes to checking if an artist is talented and/or pretentious.
 
I repeat. Radiohead are the disgrace of rock music. They have given nothing - zero - to the evolution of rock.....apart from being assholes at the least
 
triptych said:
You have a point. However, many artists down the line have been 'covered' by other artists only because the latter didn't have the guts to cover the really talented artists, so they picked out the recent artists to cover - which obviously does not mean that the original artist is more or less talented or less pretentious (ref. to the thread title please). Some artists decide to cover songs by other artists because they simply wanna pay tribute to that given artist or because they wanna jump onto the bandwagon of a seemingly "popular" artist without focusing on the talent part or even coz they see the original artist reflected in their own music. You see, it's not all black and white when it comes to checking if an artist is talented and/or pretentious.
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This is pure hot air.

Radiohead isn't someone that gets covered because of Billboard bandwagons.
 
Madmick said:
This is pure hot air.

Radiohead isn't someone that gets covered because of Billboard bandwagons.
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The ONLY hot air I see here is your senseless jive. I'm not the type to back down from a solid debate; besides, you mentioned Billboard, not me :):)
 
triptych said:
The ONLY hot air I see here is your senseless jive. I'm not the type to back down from a solid debate; besides, you mentioned Billboard, not me :):)
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You invented a "bandwagon" culture of "popular" artists out of thin air. In particular, this is unsubstantiated, and downright delusional: "Many artists down the line have been 'covered' by other artists only because the latter didn't have the guts to cover the really talented artists."

What artist ever regretfully wrote in their biography, "The truth is I wanted to cover 'x artist', but I was afraid. The producers, the studio, my fans...their reaction terrified me. So I covered New Kids on the Block, instead." LOL.

And who would Sarah Sleen cover instead if she just had the guts? What stigma exists in 21st century first world culture that would create such fear to cover that artist?
 
Madmick said:
You invented a "bandwagon" culture of "popular" artists out of thin air. In particular, this is unsubstantiated, and downright delusional: "Many artists down the line have been 'covered' by other artists only because the latter didn't have the guts to cover the really talented artists."

What artist ever regretfully wrote in their biography, "The truth is I wanted to cover 'x artist', but I was afraid. The producers, the studio, my fans...their reaction terrified me. So I covered New Kids on the Block, instead." LOL.

And who would Sarah Sleen cover instead if she just had the guts? What stigma exists in 21st century first world culture that would create such fear to cover that artist?
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I know, I know ....not everyone is cut out for rock or true pop and one of those is you :):)....there are other things one can talk about, but the serious musical stuff is for real men, not wimps :)
 
triptych said:
I know, I know ....not everyone is cut out for rock or true pop and one of those is you :):)....there are other things one can talk about, but the serious musical stuff is for real men, not wimps :)
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Concession accepted.
 
I do not want to be offensive to anyone here in this fine forum. It's not what I'm here for. I do not want to seem to be a smart-ass or a know-all geek, but if there is an unbiased legit debate rolling, I will be there to debate.....few people know what the art of debating is actually. I'm on many musical forums and some of them suck because there are some members who continually offend in a totally biased way other fellow members. I'm NOT one of those.
Music and rock have always been my life. I love talking about these topics with unbiased people.
Having said this, I'd like to remind people here that this thread is about the potential pretentiousness of a given band. The rest is the art of debating. Ty.
 
I tried with Radiohead, listened to a a few of their albums. Paranoid Android is about the only song I really enjoyed, there's a cool guitar solo in there, the rest is meh, Creep one of the more overrated songs I can think of.
 
TankAbbott4Eva said:
I tried with Radiohead, listened to a a few of their albums. Paranoid Android is about the only song I really enjoyed, there's a cool guitar solo in there, the rest is meh, Creep one of the more overrated songs I can think of.
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Omfg how I tried to get them under my skin as well l, but it was to no avail. I mean, this happened to me with Joy Division too...I couldn't seem to get hooked to their sound, but in time, I reassessed them and something snapped in my mind and heart so I had to fall back on my previous judgment of their sound and I had to admit they DID have talent after all, only I was too quick at judging them. No margin of comparison between Joy Division and Radiohead though :)
 
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