Melody Maker critic Mark Beaumont called the album "tubby, ostentatious, self-congratulatory, look-ma-I-can-suck-my-own-cock whiny old rubbish ... Are Radiohead trying to push the experimental rock envelope, unaware that they're simply ploughing furrows dug by DJ Shadow and Brian Eno before them?"[75]
well put
>>65045261
He also retracted that review years later because it was terribly misinformed
>>65045261
>look-ma-I-can-suck-my-own-cock
what the hell does this even mean in relation to kid A
>>65045434
it's masturbatory.
>>65045462
the question remains. kid A is mastrubatory in what sense
>>65045488
Self-absorbed/self-indulgent
bloated song lengths etc
>>65045505
How is it self absorbed when it's about saving Mother Earth from global warming
>>65045512
In the same way that thom is self absorbed for doing shows in different countries despite
>Muh global warming
so as to get that sweet sweet cash
>>65045512
ugh is it really?
>>65045579
Blatantly down to the album cover
Read the lyrics to Idioteque for example
>>65045512
lol
>>65045282
Musicians aren't allowed to "retract" bad albums, but critics will try to retract any damning review they published in the past that currently makes them look bad.
>>65045505
>longest song 5:56
>bloated song lengths
>>65046731
>people shouldn't be allowed to change their opinions
>>65046771
yes
>>65047103
Not when they're professionals talking about work in their field
Why else are they paid then?
