tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872489015822533224.post8790394575863506692..comments2022-03-29T23:08:11.606-04:00Comments on The Pennds: Where language fails, Radiohead succeed: alienation and musicjaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360792834574232027noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872489015822533224.post-88081601458303458322010-02-12T13:37:56.108-05:002010-02-12T13:37:56.108-05:00Weeks have passed, and I have found that these two...Weeks have passed, and I have found that these two albums do fall back in memory a bit, not so profoundly and importantly salient among a crowd of music groups uttering the same message. But, the message from these two albums gains more momentum and transforms and takes new dimension with OK Computer and then with Kid A and Amnesiac. In a way, I feel like Pablo Honey and The Bends gets us all on board, but it's very in between 2d and 3d. OK Computer and onwards, I feel the extraction of the meaning in the music, new dimensions.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433848168332418011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872489015822533224.post-57799693323394835032010-01-30T08:38:32.428-05:002010-01-30T08:38:32.428-05:00Not being a RadioheadHead myself, Charlie, I can&#...Not being a RadioheadHead myself, Charlie, I can't say I quite follow your logic in the argument contending a qualitatively different status for this group. Look hard at your phrase "truly express"--and figure out what it means to conclude that other expressions-through-art do not or cannot "truly" express. You concede that it's a matter of aesthetic judgment, anyway, when you liken it to adolescent alone-feeling ("Am I the only one who...?").Al Filreishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361573484797020525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872489015822533224.post-67569997457420235702010-01-29T19:23:43.943-05:002010-01-29T19:23:43.943-05:00Sam - you are correct to say that while Kid A and ...Sam - you are correct to say that while Kid A and Amnesiac are similar in sound (the tracks were all recorded in the same sessions), each album has its own attitude. Where you are wrong: Amnesiac is hardly composed of Kid A "rejects" - it is more stable, a bit more aggressive and less erratic, for the most part (of course there are moments where it is extremely disjointed). Its elements have a different character than those of Kid A, and for that reason, it needed its own release. In many ways Amnesiac is a stronger album than Kid A.<br /><br />-Jaredjaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360792834574232027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872489015822533224.post-52338589432497538292010-01-27T21:04:22.459-05:002010-01-27T21:04:22.459-05:00I think that this is a really interesting point th...I think that this is a really interesting point that you are making about how the two albums make you feel alienated, which is something that I feel almost all of their music express (at least up until In Rainbows), whether directly by lyrics (I mean c'mon, "Creep" pretty much smacks you in the face with alienation repeatedly), or at least in some sort of ethereal feeling achieved by the music composition that sometimes feels like it is just crawling under your skin. <br /><br />Something that I really think is great about Radiohead is that each album (to me at least) feels like it is expressing a different feeling. Even Amnesiac and Kid A, which both SOUND extremely similar (Amnesiac is just the "rejects" from Kid A) to me at least FEEL different. For everybody that connection to the music is different and what the feeling that is almost being projected onto oneself is different, but the thing that I think stays the same is the fact that a feeling is DEFINITELY being projected.<br /><br />As a huge Radiohead fan myself (they have got to be my favorite band), I think that the albums that connect, to me at least, the most are Kid A and In Rainbows (in my opinion those are the best), but I guess I'll have to wait for you to listen to those to give my opinions.<br /><br />Something that I think is interesting a stroke of irony is that even though it evokes for you a sense of alienation, to achieve that feeling a deep connection had to be made, or vice versa; by feeling alienated, you feel connected! It's sort of like the idea that one feels that you are the only one having a certain problem(as a highschooler I completely agree), but even if that is true everybody is feeling that, making you the same as them by being unique.<br /><br />I hope everything that I said is clear! Can't wait for more from this blog!<br />--Sam Wolk<br /><br />P.S. I'll hit up a link to your blog in mine!<br />Kid A/In Rainbows for life!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962163676158719914noreply@blogger.com