Radiohead
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>Radiohead, the most hyped and probably the most over-rated band of the decade, upped the ante for studio trickery. They had begun as third-rate disciples of the Smiths, and albums such as Pablo Honey (1993) and The Bends (1995) that were cauldrons of Brit-pop cliches. Then OK Computer (1997) happened and the word "chic" took on a new meaning. The album was a masterpiece of faux avantgarde (of pretending to be avantgarde while playing mellow pop music). It was, more properly, a new link in the chain of production artifices that changed the way pop music "sounds": the Beatles' Sgt Pepper, Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, Michael Jackson's Thriller. Despite the massive doses of magniloquent epos a` la U2 and of facile pathos a` la David Bowie, the album's mannerism led to the same excesses that detracted from late Pink Floyd's albums (lush textures, languid melodies, drowsy chanting). Since thee production aspects of music were beginning to prevail over the music itself, it was just about natural to make them "the" music. The sound of Kid A (2000) had decomposed and absorbed countless new perfumes, like a carcass in the woods. All sounds were processed and mixed, including the vocals. Radiohead moved as close to electronica as possible without actually endorsing it. Radiohead became masters of the artificial, masters of minimizing the emotional content of very complex structures. Amnesiac (2001) replaced "music" with a barrage of semi-mechanical loops, warped instruments and digital noises, while bending Thom Yorke's baritone to a subhuman register and stranding it in the midst of hostile arrangements, sounding more and more like an alienated psychopath. Their limit was that they were more form than content, more "hype" than message, more nothing than everything.
What did he mean by this?
>>63736177
He sounds like an average butthurt /mu/tard in this one kek
>>63736177
tldr
it's "à la" not "a` la" Scaruffi, the french speaking country is literally next to yours how can you not know that
>>63736177
>studio trickery
>of pretending to be avantgarde while playing mellow pop music
Scruff might just be annoyed that he was fooled by the tricksy Radioheads on this one.
>>63736177
>old man is mad a pop band was a pop band their entire career
They never claimed to be anything else. Scruff is a retard as well as everyone else who takes his word as gospel.
>>63736231
that's all he is
This guy is literally saying nothing
I really like Radiohead but I don't really get why they are so popular.
I mean even normies love them, how is that possible ?
>>63736523
Nah man, have some respect for the guy at least, he deserves it.
He gives credit to the underground scene.
>>63736555
>inb4 he likes Korn
that's the ONLY objectively '''''wrong''''' review amoung the thousand he has done.
(same guy, I forgot to say that)
>>63736593
*thousands
(fuck)
>>63736252
Says that they started as a shit britpop band and then OKC make them a shitty hipster band then they became a electronica band. Portrayed all negatively using advanced vocabulary making himself sound like an upperclass twt.
>>63737167
> advanced vocabulary
Now you made yourself sound like an uneducated shithead
He doesn't know anything
Hating on Radiohead is the edgiest thing a "music fan" can do.
>>63736177
That review sure put the wew to my lad
actually Radiohead is underrated
>>63736177
(not true by the way)
>>63739541
This
They've gone full circle to the point they'be become under appreciated somehow
>>63736177
Looks like BAYAR when he gets butthurt in slsk chat lol.
>>63739541
Yep.
It's hilarious watching people hate on them. They're one of the more creative and original bands of the 90's. Anyone who understands musical theory should be able to understand that. I mean I'm not a huge huge fan of them, but I love their experimental sound.
But this is /mu/, where people will aggressively defend their meme driven decisions on music.
