Why is it cool to hate radiohead?

I don't

Neither do I

Is it? I like most Radiohead...

I'm not totally crazy about them either, but they have some great tunes.

I just sense a lot of hate for them/thom(lol).

in rainbows was purest shite and i can't believe no one noticed that.

idm kids hate them cause thom yorke likes teh idms but they are rock band AAARRGH IT MAKE ME SOOOOOOO ANRGY

most hate i see towards them are here at watmm... but then again, watmm hates most everything!

I have a couple friends who absolutely despise them and their fans. They say "they just don't get the big deal about their music." I think most of the hate, beyond IDM fans who think idioteque is gimmicky bullshit, comes from people whose favorite band isn't as popular or acclaimed.

Hey, *this* is what I like. What's that? You don't like what I like? I despise you! Go straight to hell!

i like radiohead... they are nowhere near a favorite band of mine, but i like them!

I don't hate.

radiohead are good. thom yorke sometimes comes off as a weird cunt but their music ranges from competent/slightly annoying to absolutely excellent. some brilliant albums in there, especially kid a/amnesiac.

i need some good recommendations or something......

hating what a lot of people like instantly grants you a false sense of discernment and refined taste. it is false because if you actually were discerning and had good taste you would just go about listening to good music without any concern over how mainstream or obscure it is.

They're kind of like Super Furry Animals in that they chase gimmicks like surround sound or protools or softsynths or whatever. They should just play their rock music live in a big room in front of good microphones connected to a high quality stereo tape machine. They can't accept the fact that they're a rock band and they keep searching for that special "it" that doesn't exist. If I ever met them I'd tell them to keep it simple stupid. I heard their last album on a plane last year, it was average but I bet they're more enjoyable live in a small venue without any 'fans' in the room.

radiohead have kept in relatively simple in terms of their musical ideas. if you listen to 'the eraser', it's a pretty good example of keeping it minimal while still being effective (although that's thom yorke). they'll never be slint, silkworm or the stooges at their best, but they are still not overcomplicating anything that much, and have never been particularly overproduced. i do hate it when they put strings in their songs though.

If Aphex Twin said in an interview "hey radiohead, stop copying me and go record with Albini" I'd be happy lol

Perhaps some legitimately dislike them because all of their songs are melancholy, at least. I like them.

  On 12/11/2009 at 6:07 PM, chunky said:

They're kind of like Super Furry Animals in that they chase gimmicks like surround sound or protools or softsynths or whatever. They should just play their rock music live in a big room in front of good microphones connected to a high quality stereo tape machine. They can't accept the fact that they're a rock band and they keep searching for that special "it" that doesn't exist. If I ever met them I'd tell them to keep it simple stupid. I heard their last album on a plane last year, it was average but I bet they're more enjoyable live in a small venue without any 'fans' in the room.

yeah. and fuck the beatles, pink floyd, devo and brian eno for bothering with experimental instruments and recording techniques!!! i want to listen to pure guitar driven rock forever!!

/sarcasm

Haha, similar thoughts in my noggin.

I do not hate the Radiohead. I'm not a fanboy, but I like most of their stuff.

  On 12/11/2009 at 6:07 PM, chunky said:

They're kind of like Super Furry Animals in that they chase gimmicks like surround sound or protools or softsynths or whatever. They should just play their rock music live in a big room in front of good microphones connected to a high quality stereo tape machine. They can't accept the fact that they're a rock band and they keep searching for that special "it" that doesn't exist. If I ever met them I'd tell them to keep it simple stupid. I heard their last album on a plane last year, it was average but I bet they're more enjoyable live in a small venue without any 'fans' in the room.

This is actually kind of true. When I think about it their best tracks are like just a piano, some pads and vocals. Keep it simple. Well, the best tracks to me at least.

  On 12/11/2009 at 7:45 PM, blicero said:

  On 12/11/2009 at 6:07 PM, chunky said:

They're kind of like Super Furry Animals in that they chase gimmicks like surround sound or protools or softsynths or whatever. They should just play their rock music live in a big room in front of good microphones connected to a high quality stereo tape machine. They can't accept the fact that they're a rock band and they keep searching for that special "it" that doesn't exist. If I ever met them I'd tell them to keep it simple stupid. I heard their last album on a plane last year, it was average but I bet they're more enjoyable live in a small venue without any 'fans' in the room.

 

yeah. and fuck the beatles, pink floyd, devo and brian eno for bothering with experimental instruments and recording techniques!!! i want to listen to pure guitar driven rock forever!!

 

/sarcasm

Agreed, Radiohead (and Super Furry Animals for that matter) have written many great songs over the course of the last couple decades, regardless of how those songs are presented. That's what matters. The fact that they have retained a large fanbase over this timespan is a testament to this...

  On 12/11/2009 at 3:40 PM, margaret thatcher said:

in rainbows was purest shite and i can't believe no one noticed that.

all i need alone was reason enough to pay $0 for that album

All I Need is fantastic, best on the album.

  On 12/11/2009 at 6:07 PM, chunky said:

They're kind of like Super Furry Animals in that they chase gimmicks like surround sound or protools or softsynths or whatever. They should just play their rock music live in a big room in front of good microphones connected to a high quality stereo tape machine. They can't accept the fact that they're a rock band and they keep searching for that special "it" that doesn't exist. If I ever met them I'd tell them to keep it simple stupid. I heard their last album on a plane last year, it was average but I bet they're more enjoyable live in a small venue without any 'fans' in the room.

Nearly any musical genre you can think of got to wear it is by experimentation, in all it's forms. Otherwise, music literally wouldn't exist as we know it.