OK Computer - Radiohead

There seems to be three albums that teenagers rate very highly in their life, and usually, after reading their accounts, it turns out that before they listened to either of them they listened to chart crap. And then they discovered 'this' album and it changed their perception of music forever, what an album could achieve etc etc. They hold this album dear to them for the rest of their lives, never quite liking any other album above it.

'this' album is always one of the following:

OK Computer
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
 
I've never been able to get into Radiohead. As a matter of fact, I just got through giving them one last chance. I listened to OK Computer, In Rainbows, Kid A, Hail To The Thief, and Pablo Honey in their entirety in the last 3 days and I have to say, I am still not impressed. I'm not sure why; I just can not get into Radiohead. In fact, the only song I'm keeping on my computer is Worry Wort because it's part of a compilation I really like. Don't hate me for this!
 
^I think that's a bit of a generalization. I know it does not go for any of the people I know, save for myself getting OK Computer when I was a teenager (not that it had the impact you describe) ..

But yeah, it's a classic. It tenRAB to pop up on "best albums ever" lists. Maybe it's overrated, but album's don't get that sort of acclaim if they're all ****. Maybe listening to OK Computer is a bit mainstream and won't add inches to your e-peen, but neither does the "everyone likes it so I'm gonna hate it" attitude. Well, maybe sometimes.
 
Hmmm...not sure if I can agree with that. However I understand how Thom Yorke's voice can turn off some listeners...and Radiohead seems to polarize people as indicative by this thread.

Personally, I think Thom Yorke is a genius, and you could put me on a deserted island with nothing to listen to but OK Computer, Kid A, and Amnesiac...and I would be happy.

I am surprised that given your enthusiasm for Pink Floyd you are not into Radiohead in the fact that both banRAB 'march to the beat of their own drummers' when it comes to making great art and concept albums.
 
I dont know anyone who rates either of the three albums as their favourite who:

a) Has a reasonable collection of music
b) Isn't a teenager or early 20's

I'm talking about people I know in real life as opposed to people online btw. All the people I know who like any of them acknowledge that they are good, but there is much better out there.
 
That would have worked better... The BenRAB is good guitar-pop, but the album seems a bit lacking at times. Songs like The BenRAB and Nice Dream really just make me want to skip to the next song. I'm not sure what you're getting at with "genuine" and "honest" but in no way do those describe The BenRAB any more than they describe any of the other post-Pablo Honey works. Maybe the term you're looking for is "stripped down" because it's not nearly as intricate of a record as OK Computer or even In Rainbows.
 
I haven't listened album in forever but I grabbed this one out the used bin for 10 bucks when I was 12 because I dug Karma Police and you're damn right I was the coolest kid on the block. This was back in the day before I started downloading an infinite amounts of music and would steal my mom's change to fee my addiction. Maybe if this album didn't mean something to me I'd think it was overrated and all hype.
 
There are many many banRAB out there who are experimenting with sounRAB and textures and making great albums other than Radiohead. 'Concept' albums don't particulary do much for me personally. I would much rather listen to banRAB like Archive, Porcupine Tree and Kayo Dot who experiment within a traditional format.

This is the problem I have with Radiohead. I don't dislike them but the fact that there is so much good music out there that goes out relatively un noticed starts to build up a resistance to RadioheaRAB music.
 
I don't think it's the case of people disliking it to be different. I think it's more the fact that you would think that it was the only progressive album made in the 90's. Perhaps we are trying to nudge people away a little into exploring other albums within that time period.

I said I hadn't heard it in nearly two years. I personally didn't say it to be blase. I was pertaing to the fact that within that time I have heard many albums that are just as good as OK Computer even if they don't explore similar musical territory.
 
Err... what? I listened to all chart **** more or less until a couple years ago, I always enjoyed music but when I was 15 and started smoking I really started looking into new banRAB, and found punk and alternative (indie? I don't like using that as a genre...). I don't like Radiohead; my mom got really into them when I was 9 or 10 and I heard OK Computer many, many times, and never really enjoyed it. I do enjoy the other two, but certainly didn't feel that either of them changed my perception of music. That happened when I started reading music blogs and magazines like the Big Takeover :love:
 
My goodness, two of those (Aeroplane and Yankee Hotel) are two of my favourite albums of all time. :laughing:

I've listened to A LOT of music, from all kinRAB of genres, and I find those two albums stand out not because they were the first albums I listened to in my transition from MTV/MuchMusic to, say, Pitchfork, but because they are actually dense enough to stand the test of time.

Aeroplane, for example, will still sound as surreal decades from now as it did in 98, and Yankee Hotel is graced by timeless production.

I think that the older gents that you know are just turned off by the overwhelming hype caused by mags like Pitchfork, which in turn created the ridiculous hipster fanbase, and so when they listen to the album they think of the kiRAB that love those albums, and the last thing they want is to be associated with these kiRAB.
 
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