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by **Roody_Yogurt** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 4:43 pm

Freddie, I'm glad you asked. I think to fully answer that question, we have to examine the songs before it. "Planet Telex" is an interesting way to start off the album; it opens the door to the experimentation that we'll see later on in the Radiohead discography. Then there's the title track, "The Bends," which cements the group's we'll-never-be-happy proclamation, and does so in a way that both makes you acknowledge your own woes yet is invigorating, similar to the Pixies' cover of "Head On." "High & Dry" takes us to even more mellow waters, yet barely prepares us for the "the floor is a woefully inadequate place to lie, as it is only a mockery of the pit of despair within our soul" experience that is "Fake Plastic Trees." If commercialization and overexposure to that song has done anyone wrong, I would just say give it some time and it'll hit you again. That's the *magic*.

by **Freddie** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 4:20 pm

Roody, how would you describe the "magic" of Fake Plastic Trees being on the Bends?

by **Roody_Yogurt** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 4:10 pm

As in, yes, Fake Plastic Trees is on the Bends.

by **Jack Straw** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 4:04 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I just looked their discography up -- the disc I was searching for there was Pablo Honey. I couldn't recall if Fake Plastic Trees was on that one.

Si senor.

by **Debaser** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:32 pm

I own more Radiohead CDs than I do any other band I don't really like. I bought Pablo Honey because, like every other teenager with low self esteem I really liked "Creep" when it came out. I missed "Bends", and I don't even think I've really heard the album, but I bought Okay Computer because I like it, Kid A because everyone kept telling me you have to listen to it a dozen times before you "get" it (I never did), and I bought Amnesiac because... fuck, I don't know why I bought Amnesiac. But I think I've listened to it five total times.

But if you're saying this one's like Computer (which is one of my favorite discs ever), then maybe I'll find some of the tracks on Kazaa or something.

by **Violet** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:17 pm

I really like Radiohead but have to be in the right mood to listen to them. A lot of their songs tend to blend into one another. I like the pyramid song and morning bell because of their distinctness though. For some reason they stick out more than some of the others. I haven't had the chance to listen to the new CD. I'll probably end up downloading it. Thanks for reminding me that it was coming out.

by **Father Discretion** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:47 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: "Karma Police" was the song that was picked for the one map where most of the spanking was done.

"Karma Police"? I find the rhythm of that song rather a bit too slow for proper spanking.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:38 am

I just looked their discography up -- the disc I was searching for there was Pablo Honey. I couldn't recall if Fake Plastic Trees was on that one.

Amnesiac was the one that I have yet to hear... couldn't recall the name of that one, either.

JC FUN FAX: The greatest spanking I ever gave Walrustitty in Jailbreak was done when I had my little custom Radiohead CD in the drive. "Karma Police" was the song that was picked for the one map where most of the spanking was done.

by **Bugs** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:32 am

ICJ wrote:
The Bends is the one with Black Star on it, right?

Yup.

ICJ wrote:argh, I am presuming that the one with Fake Plastic Trees was on a separate album than The Bends.

Uh. Nope.

Unless you count the "Clueless" soundtrack as a different album.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 9:34 am

Bugs wrote:Not to be too contrarian, and I totally hear what you're saying, but I would say this is their most "accessible" album since OK Computer, if not since The Bends.

Really? That's kind of cool. The Bends is the one with Black Star on it, right? My pop tastes put that one and... argh, I am presuming that the one with Fake Plastic Trees was on a separate album than The Bends. Anyway, their two more traditional albums (I guess that's the right word) are my favorites, though I did like OK Computer a lot. Didn't really get into Kid A that much, though I can respect what they did on it.

by **Bugs** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 7:19 am

Not to be too contrarian, and I totally hear what you're saying, but I would say this is their most "accessible" album since OK Computer, if not since The Bends.

Sure, some of the blips and beeps are still there, but they've been fused nicely with straight-ahead guitar-driven rock.

I, too, heard bits and pieces of the album before it came out, but purposely waited until it was released for real before I listened to it. Going on the few tunes I heard, out of order and out of the context of the album as a whole, I was kind of, as I said, put off by it initially. But after a number of complete listen-throughs... Yowza. Good stuff. The production is top-of-the-heap as per normal, and the sequencing fo tracks, arrangements, everything... It all comes together very well.

It's a very special band or artist that comes along and moves shitloads of units while at the same time producing new, fresh, exciting, challenging, adjective5, adjective6 and adjective7 material.

by **Roody_Yogurt** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 3:38 pm

I've only listened to it once, but unfortunately, I think those guys are starting to lose me. The previous two albums had songs here and there that I really dug, but as Radiohead gets further and further away from accessibility, I'm going to like them less and less.

I'm not going to buy this one, I don't think.

by **Bugs** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 8:39 am

New album is quite good. Since nobody else has said anything, I'm going to assume I'm the only one here with a high opinion of it.

Much like the last two albums, I was initially put off a bit, but after several complete listens, it's starting to come together and make sense. Good shit.

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