Radiohead read on

I also got pablo honey for free and listened to it for a couple weeks and ended up giving it away. I live in San Francisco and when ok computer came out I heard it being played everywhere every record store, coffee shop, and clothing store that had a stereo system. I also read all the reviews about it but still never listened to it. When kid A was getting its inital reviews in prerelease press I started taking notice so the day after it came out I went out of my way to check it out. And yes I have heard people use this type of sound before but it is in the manner that they have given us something that is new and of the moment and at the same time walked away from their (rock star sound) to try something different that brought me into owning thier last three albums. Thanks for all the reponses....

First off I think sonically they do great work,it's mostly well recorded in hi-fi terms,it's obvious they take great care over how their records sound.
Artistically I'm not so sure,I think they are too caught up in the hype that followed OK Computer when they were heralded both as the future of rock and champions of a new form of "progressive rock".
As much as their last two records are partly great,they are also flawed,filled at times with willfully difficult pieces and badly executed experiments.
They are simply (as last years UK tour showed) Britain's greatest guitar band however they don't want to be that...
Band singer and leader Thom Yorke (to me ) is too caught up in how they are percieved,as a result the music has suffered.
I'm not denying their greatness merely wondering if they are reaching their potential.
The Bends is their greatest album in my opinion.

Ben

It's time to refresh this thread with the release of their new album "In Rainbows." Check out their business model: You go to the album's site, and you can pay as much as you see fit for the entire download of the album. Yes, that may be $0 if you feel that's all they deserve, but then again, if you feel they deserve $0 then why are you downloading the album? I think almost everyone will give a fair amount.

I think it's genius.

-Dusty

They are NOT a rock band. They are an INDIE band!. Bon Jovi is/are rock. I throw all my toys out of the pram when peeps talk of Radiohead as a rock band.ARGH.

The Beatles of our time. I think John would have loved the daring nature of each new release. Enuff said.