In the meanwhile, I think I'll have to check out some of the solo work by Philip Selway and Jonny Greenwood. I love Thom's Eraser album and enjoyed Amok. Any thoughts on the other members solo work?
Probably, but one never knows where they'll take things. This album's been a long time coming, so I'm hoping that whatever it is it's been thought through and developed (rather than the gap being the result of a lack of inspiration).
i dont respect them after ok computer.... kid a and amnesiac are their downfall to me. thom yorke assassinated johnny greenwood's guitar.
Well, I have Philip Selway's "Familial" and it is a very different kettle of fish from Thom's work. It is a very "intimate" (close-miked?) sounding, mostly-acoustic, singer-songwriter album. While there is a little bit of backing instrumentation, it is very much in the background. There is hardly any drumming. Mostly just soft voice and acoustic guitar. I don't think of Radiohead when listen to it. It is a very relaxing and involving album and I like it very much, when I'm in that sort of mood. I'm trying to think of a similar comparison, but can't at the moment (sorry).
You almost have that right except if Atari Game Sounds with blips & beeps, they will have to pay me $100 to listen to it. Now if they make another album as great as 'OK Computer', I would pay $25 just for the CD.
Exactly. How did you take the guitar out of the hands of such a talented player? And then have him plug in cords into some contraption? During Kid A, they said JG only read half of the Manuel for that device, and someone said, "for the love of god, someone take that Manuel from him before he reads the rest of it". Although, to be fair there were about 3 really good songs on both 'Kid A' & 'Amnesiac', but the title track to 'Kid A'-WTF is that crap? At least they gave us one more great guitar song, '2+2=5', and 'There, There' and the B-Side, 'Down is the New Up' were brilliant. 'Separator" was also great, but the rest of KOL sucked outside of the decent songs, 'Little by Little' and the b-side, 'The Daily Mail'. I guess for all of the KOL lovers,
Sorry to be getting back on topic... Wrote about this on another thread that I can't find right now, but a month ago I met at a party a musician who has worked with Nigel Godrich, and he told me that Nigel thinks that the new Radiohead album is "a bit of a masterpiece". So, maybe we have something to be looking forward to.
Ah yes, the "Dylan goes electric" fallout equivalent of the early 21st century. I maintain that *The Bends --> OK Computer --> Kid A* is one of the greatest 3 album runs in terms of quality and artistic evolution. The King of Limbs is not my favorite (though "Lotus Flower" was a great single) but they've built up enough good will that I will always give their new stuff a fair shake.
Though I'm less a fan of The Bends, I agree with you that this evolutionary arc is what sets the band apart from their peers and I commend Radiohead for having the guts to ditch the guitars for a while and reinvent their sound. The fact that it was so controversial--with some continuing to grouse about it to this day--only underscores how pivotal their move was.
I'm not. This was mid February, and if I recall correctly, he also mentioned that the album was in the mastering stage.
In keeping with their innovative release strategies on the past couple of albums, I have it from CSS* that the new album will show up on the iPods of Bono and the Edge without their consent... honest... * (Completely Sketchy Sources)
johnny was always very modest....he was told various times during ok computer era that he was a genius and he would always say that he sucked. we were robbed of another guitar hero.
Johnny Greenwood is no more married to the guitar than Thom Yorke is. He's not being forced not to play.
Yeah, I don't understand why anyone would assume that Yorke or any other member of the band "forced" Jonny to put the guitar down. It's pretty obvious that he's a vintage synth enthusiast.
