Question: Hail to the thief
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- benfal99
Hello.
Question:what do you get on the special edition of the new CD of Radiohead, hail to the thief ??
- jevad0
um....some really uninspiring music? ; )
(ps - am I the only one that jsut can't get into this album!)
- JazX0
I'm with you, it's ok, nothing spectacular. Of course they are going to produce like 20 albums based upon demand alone, whether it's good or bad. Don't think it's that easy to keep producing stuff that is awesome, again and again.
- benfal990
ok ... i still dont know whats on the special edition ...
by the way people can say whaterver they want about radiohead, for me they are the pink floyd of our generation. not that their music sound the same or whateever but by their talent, attitude and quality.
but i can understand poeple who dont like them. people dont like pink floyd too.
*what i've i said ?*
- JazX0
Hmm, maybe you get a free sticker?
- dstlb0
The special edition version I saw came in a card sleeve that folds out like a map, pretty nice design, looks like it cost a fair bit to put together.
- autonoma0
I like a handful of the songs, but overall I agree.
Honestly, imagine the damage that all of that noteriety can do to the songwriting process. All of the articles that said they're the best band in the world, and that they're here to save rock music. I'd imagine that can add an element of tension when writing music for another record. I'm sure it's difficult to forget all of that shit when you're in the studio.
- autonoma0
Yeah. I don't think the special edition comes with any extra music. It just comes in a special package.
And, yes, I would agree that they're maybe the Pink Floyd of our generation. I don't usually like to say things like that, but they have definitely re-introduced experimental music to the masses, much like Pink Floyd, Yes and King Crimson did in the 70s.
- JazX0
yep, very good point autonoma.
- lee_b0
is designed like an ordinace survey map. the inside folds out, like a map to form a poster. some nice, simple old style typography in there too.
i like it
- benfal990
thanks guys!
i agree autonoma
- freshmode0
Didn't like it. Not much of a radiohead fan. I liked idiotech. But that's about it. I would rather listen to the new blur album.
I can't get into the singers voice. I hate the way he sounds as if he is whining all of the time. Just doesn't do it for me.
Almost reminds me of Farrell's new song frontin'... Neither one of them can sing in my opinion.
but that's coming from an underground hip hop fan... who am i...
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- mvb20
I don't care for the new Radiohead as a whole but some parts are quite good.
Kid A kind of reminded me of Can, at least in spirit, as well as other 70's prog groups along those lines. I'm trying to avoid the obvious Autchre and 'glitch' type electronica stuff that most people will name check in the same sentence as Kid A.
You had Yes, Crimson and early Genesis which was a riff oriented kind of prog with intricate arrangements. I would put OK Computer in that area. Then you had guys like Can, or Soft Machine that were more into this sort of mutating of one theme and having a more organic approach. Thats where I would put Kid A.
Hail to the Thief is somewhere in the middle. I hope they are in a transition to something really good and this is just a middle ground to more brilliant things.
- freshmode0
mvb2
wow... way to much thought was put into that comment...
You should read the thread about thinking to hard... that was pretty deep. I like what you have to say, and how you said it. But I still can't get into these kats....
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- CyBrainX0
I'm not sure if this is a classic like the other Radioheads, but it sure is a great album, they are a great band, maybe the best in about 15 or 20 years and I think Thom Yorke is the best male singer out there today. I would put them above Pink Floyd and maybe even above Yes in terms of everything except Yes was the best group of pure musicians ever.
I also think that when a band gets this much hype, there are people who are going to be put off by it and they will reisist liking it. I agree about the pressure though. Can you imagine what the Beatles went through?
- gravityroom0
mvb2 - I've always thought they sounded alot like Can as well. Particularly the "better days" era. I don't hear people make that connection much, but then - I don't think many Radiohead fans know who Can are.
CyBrainX - In what terms would you put them above Floyd? I love Radiohead, but they haven't had the variety (yet) to their albums or the experimental avant-guard thing - have you heard Ummagumma?
Also heard someone compare them to Genesis and Yes. I don't hear it, but I love the fact that Radiohead are a great progressive band that crosses over to the commercial masses.
- gravityroom0
Oh yeah - I've got the special edition. I didn't think it was really all that spectacular, but I haven't seen the "normal" edition. The map folds out and has all the song lyrics. If you like a lot of Mrs Eaves type - you'll dig it. Wish the paper weren't so flimsy though. I think they could have packaged that a little better.
Have you seen the Kid A special edition?
- autonoma0
No one was comparing them to Genesis or Yes in sound, per se. Just making a comment about their types of experimentalism.
- gravityroom0
Gotcha -
There more recent albums (post Bends) have drawn pretty heavily from a lot of the German kraut rock stuff like Can, Neu!, etc...
Genesis, Yes and Crimson were more of a symphonic thing, but I see what you are saying.
- autonoma0
Thom Yorke is an admitted big fan of the Warp Records catalog.
- gravityroom0
I could see that.