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Most overrated band of all time?
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Strange, I thought it was the people who liked U2 were the ones who were nuts...
What about it?
Are you saying it's innovative and original?
Tell me why.
I'd have to agree with Killyp here. Even Radiohead themselves don't like the reputation/image that 'creep' gave them.
Take Five isn't a dance song (as much as I do think it's fantastic, and is one of the first things I learnt on piano).
I don't know anything in 5/4 which is remotely danceable other than 15 Step.
Not to bear in mind the strange choice of 3 and 5-bar phrases without any cadences throughout.
Whether or not they did it intentionally I don't know. It all sounds pretty meticulous to my ears...
I agree. While I don't like much of what they did starting with Kid A, I would still say it's innovative and original.
And I thought Mac users were supposed to be of higher intelligence levels. I guess not...
Adding to the list again,
Fall Out Boy
Dashboard Confessional
... and the rest of that whole genre of emo-pop-punk.
Fall Out Boy
Dashboard Confessional
... and the rest of that whole genre of emo-pop-punk.
Aphex Twin or Squarepusher?
As for the 'Creep' argument I think it comes down to age - sorry Bartleby
- where for some of us of a, ahem, 'certain age' Creep (and Pablo Honey) were our introduction to Radiohead and therefore we have certain memories associated to it. Whereas for younger people it's probably OK Computer or Kid A.(My opinion: it took Radiohead 12 years to write a decent follow up The Bends.)
As for the 'Creep' argument I think it comes down to age - sorry Bartleby
No need to apologise. I can't help being older and wiser.
I have to disagree with you.
Nirvana was both incredibly popular and incredibly well respected at the time of Kurt's death. This wasn't a case of the celebrity death creating the hype - the hype was already there.
At that point, they'd had five good years of music making behind them, two of which were as well-liked indie band and three of which were as biggest-band-in-the-world, but all of the albums they recorded in this time period were at least above average and at most excellent.
In fact, the last major project they released while Kurt was alive - the Unplugged in New York set - was one of their best albums (my personal favorite).
Yes, it's really hard to think what might have happened if more albums were released - but I think the foundation was there for a very promising legacy.
Gosh, you act like I only started the thread so I could bad-mouth U2!
I've only heard a couple of tracks, but mainly I think they're overrated because people don't stop going on about them. In such a situation I leave it about a decade and then I go and listen to the album.