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notprop wrote:Wait.....what the hell am I doin' here?

I don't belong here?

Well, we already knew you were special. I just don't think we realized you were so fething special.

Awful song.

I have seen it live, mind, and it was a spectacular moment.

I actually like that one It pops up at karaoke quite a bit.

Shall I break out the lighter?

Thanks Cann - mum always said I was a very special boy.

I sense this is all really misplaced anger over the White Stripes breaking up.

Why couldn't he just marry his sister like any normal American and keep the band going?!

Ahtman wrote:I sense this is all really misplaced anger over the White Stripes breaking up.

Finally! Some good news.

It is good news that you are misdirecting anger?

Or that the White Stripes broke up? If the latter it doesn't really make a huge difference since Jack White still has two other bands: the Dead Weatherman and The Raconteurs.

Ahtman wrote:It is good news that you are misdirecting anger?

Or that the White Stripes broke up? If the latter it doesn't really make a huge difference since Jack White still has two other bands: the Dead Weatherman and The Raconteurs.

That they broke up. That pony wore out it's trick a loooooong time ago, bub. Note that I say this as a person who enjoyed their early output.

Seen them live? They were pretty good as I recall, though it was a long time ago. He's certainly got presence.

People making music is a trick? And a pony?

Albatross wrote:I mean, it's a matter of taste I suppose - but as far as I'm concerned, Kid A ranks in the top 3 Radiohead records. It's that good. Seriously, dig it out and give it another listen, man.

Don't worry about me not listening to it enough, I've probably spun it about a dozen times this year, and it's one of my least favourite Radiohead albums.

I'd say the only two songs that I really love on that record are How to Disappear Completely and Everything in its Right Place, with Idioteque coming close. There's other tracks, like The Pyramid Song and The National Anthem that I really liked when it first came out, but I'm just not that crazy on now. They're okay, but a little one note for repeated listening. Then there's all those skippable tracks like Treefingers.

Compare it to In Rainbows, which I think has a bigger number range of great songs, and just hangs together better as a record. The weaker tracks are still worth their place and worth listening to.

15 Step
Bodysnatchers
Nude
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
All I Need[/b[
[b]Faust Arp
Reckoner
House of Cards
Jigsaw Falling into Place
Videotape

Again, this is all a matter of opinion.

Definitely. And in my case, it's the opinion of a hopeless fanboy who's been a fanboy since The Bends came out, so it's worth even less than your average opinion.

I think this is shown in the desolate nature of the recording; a sense of space created in the production by essentially leaving the piano chords hang in space. This is emphasised by the synth (it's probably not as simple as that, but hey...) pads in the background, and the unsettling time signature, which incidentally is reminiscent of 'Pyramid Song'. I would put money on Yorke owning several Thelonious Monk LPs.

I know Yorke has said a few times that he's a poor piano player, and he tries to use his simplistic technique to the band's advantage, repeating simple structures to create the effect you've suggested.


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Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:... I feel like this track never actually goes up or down, just kinda stays at the "Coldplay" level of humdrum.

I haven't heard this record so I'm not making any comment on it, but wow that's harsh. Comparing anything to Coldplay is just, well, brutal.


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Ahtman wrote:It is good news that you are misdirecting anger?

Or that the White Stripes broke up? If the latter it doesn't really make a huge difference since Jack White still has two other bands: the Dead Weatherman and The Raconteurs.

That's the thing. He's still prolific as ever, so all it really means is that we won't see much more of Meg White. I'm not really sure that's all that big a loss to the drumming community.

Why Meg White Matters

Also, I have now had "The Air That I Breathe" stuck in my head since first reading this thread.

Ahtman wrote:Why Meg White Matters

Also, I have now had "The Air That I Breathe" stuck in my head since first reading this thread.

So he can flier than an eagle, because she is the wind beneath his wings?

@sebster - See, you've put 'House of Cards' but not 'Nude'...

That's a weird choice right there.