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    • seawolfS
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      @mclaincausey said in Unpopular opinions:

      deliberately obtuse and unpleasant to listen to at times.

      Ahh. Just what I like to listen to. 😂 I'll give it the old college try, and if I end up liking it, or (gasp) even loving it, I will report back, hat in hand and admit I was wrong. It's an album from a very talented band so I will give it the respect it deserves and listen to it objectively and succumb to the music. Hopefully it's not too unpleasant!

      “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

      @zeebeeleather

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      • mclaincauseyM
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        There’s no such thing as being right or wrong in the appreciation of art, and one’s appreciation of art can evolve, so I don’t see any grounds for apologizing if you enjoy it this go round.

        If anything, I should be apologizing to subjecting t you to more torture 🤣

        Think it, be it.

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        • Tago MagoT
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          De gustibus non est disputandum

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          • seawolfS
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            @mclaincausey I may ask for an apology after I listen to it. I’ll keep you posted 😂

            “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

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            • Danimal506D
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              @GardenState said in Unpopular opinions:

              Ironically doesn't Radiohead hate the song "Creep". Something about them loathing performing it.

              I have that album on vinyl and Creep is on both sides of the album as a joke because of how much people want to hear the song.

              Kyle, TX

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              • mclaincauseyM
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                I feel like they were kind of self conscious about how emo the song was. I love it and the more rock oriented output of Pablo Honey and The Bends.

                Think it, be it.

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                • ARNCA
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                  @Tago-Mago or maybe in matters of taste, you soon find some people have it and others don’t! 😃

                  Actually, I think you and @mclaincausey are right but if I can’t be slightly provocative on this thread (knowing full well I’m on thin ice with my musical tastes) where can I?

                  “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                  • Tago MagoT
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                    @ARNC so you are playing advocatus diaboli?

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                    • ARNCA
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                      @Tago-Mago something like that!

                      “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                        @mclaincausey @Tago-Mago - oh my 😀
                        i'm not a music critic and this is unpopular opinions...but i will kind of explain myself. it is not kid A example, but, lets take karma police, as the biggest hit they did. you blokes know your music, so you heard sexie sadie before that. nothing wrong with borrowing couple of riffs, of course, but i remember when i heard it first time, after 20 seconds i knew where the song is going, when they're going to change and so on. predictable. i fking love melvins, and when they hit they stride i know how dale crover is going to hit the drums because i'm consuming that for the last 30 years. so you can say its a bit predictable, but it has also kick ass guitars and strange little melodies and vocal lines that makes it alltogether awesome in my mind. you mentioned Eno, who i really appreciate a lot, and i could see kid A as an atmospheric piece, with no guitars and going for emotional charge and whatnots.
                        when this album was released i was 26, 27 something like that, so it did not sit with me because i was not into that kind of emotions, and when i hear a song for 10-15 seconds and i know whats going to happen, when they are going to change and more or less everything else, it makes it predictable. unfortunate adjective, i should explain better 😀 😀

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                        • Tago MagoT
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                          @prpx I was just messing with you and tried to come up with a witty reply to the unpredictable comment 😉 .

                          I'm no Radiohead expert, and my favourite album of theirs is OK Computer anyway. When Radiohead made it big in the mid to late 90s I didn't get the hype at all, and didn't follow their progression in depth after OK Computer. I got into that album during Covid because it resonated with me during that time. The feeling of desolation, loneliness and a general disconnect within society that Thom Yorke articulated in some of the songs felt very apropos at the time

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                          • GilesG
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                            Just put OK Computer on - Not sure if that is unpopular or not....I just know that I would not have done it, if this thread had not given Radiohead so much bandwidth....

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • mclaincauseyM
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                              Yeah I did the same with Kid A and am doing the same with OK Computer now. The Bends next.

                              Haven’t listened to them in ages so I’m grateful for the opinions ITT.

                              Think it, be it.

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                              • GraemeEG
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                                For the record i can think of few things i would enjoy more at this moment than heatedly debating/arguing about radiohead with all of you over good food and 2-6 cocktails

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                                  Damn that would be fun

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                                  • mclaincauseyM
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                                    @prpx hey you owe me no explanation, I can completely understand Radiohead are polarizing and not for everyone. This is unpopular opinions!

                                    Speaking of which, not sure if we covered this previously, but I strongly dislike Oasis.

                                    Think it, be it.

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                                    • GardenStateG
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                                      @mclaincausey thinking about that song through the lens of emo makes it make more sense. Gosh darn it I’m going to listen to Kid A tomorrow.

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                                      • ShaunS
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                                        @mclaincausey Bold of you to take a stand against Oasis on the year of the fabled reunion. I have to say I agree with you though.

                                        I hope it's not all that unpopular but, I stand by the statement that Gorillaz beats Oasis and Blur every time.

                                        Im just happy to be here ^_^

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                                        • mclaincauseyM
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                                          @Shaun I do love me some Gorillaz. Finally got to see them a while back. Great times!

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                                          Think it, be it.

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Let's trash another British band. I fucking love Snow Patrol......

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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