Radiohead uses new album to launch anti-Bush attack

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• 1 - Nigel Richardson

  Mar 26, 2003 at 1:55 pm

  Since when has the title of a Radiohead album been the criteria on which "the best the anti-war/Bush left can manage" is judged? That would insulting if it wasn't so silly. Might as well say the title of the last Celine Dion album -- whatever that was -- shows the moral bankrupcy of the right.

• 2 - The Theory

  Mar 26, 2003 at 2:19 pm

  mmm... radiohead.
  
  peace.

• 3 - Tim Hall

  Mar 26, 2003 at 3:33 pm

  B*gg*r the politics; you can never hear the lyrics the way Thom Yorke slurs his voice anyway. What's the music going to be like? Will it be as good as "OK Computer", or tuneless self indulgent rubbish like "Kid A"?

• 4 - Jim Carruthers

  Mar 26, 2003 at 3:56 pm

  I think Marty is actually a 'bot since his syntax couldn't pass the Turing test.
  
  And on music, agreed that the last Radiohead album was somewhat substandard (a buncha pages of wank for a booklet wtf? This is the rationale for not downloading via p2p? What were you thinking?)
  
  As for a future release, Radiohead, please prove me wrong in thinking it will be an unlistenable mess.
  

• 5 - Marty

  Mar 26, 2003 at 4:16 pm

  Jim, you don't like my opinions or posts so you resort to ad hominem attacks. Nice...
  
  I am not a bot and I actually like the first few Radiohead albums. 'Creep", for instance, is a damn good song. I agree with Tim that Kid A was lame.
  
  If you want the Radiohead album that never was get your hands on Anathema's latest. A stunning CD that gets better with every listen.

• 6 - Tim Hall

  Mar 26, 2003 at 4:30 pm

  I preferred Anathema's previous album, "Judgement" to "A Nice Day to Exit". ANDtE sounds just a bit too much like Radiohead for it's own good.
  
  Perhaps Radiohead's "Kid A" and "Amnesiac" are their equivalents of King Crimson's equally unlistenable early 70s albums "Lizard" and "Islands". Perhaps we'll get their "Larks Tongues in Aspic" next?

• 7 - Jim Carruthers

  Mar 26, 2003 at 4:31 pm

  Yep, a 'bot, running the "Jane, you ignorant slut" script, I think.
  
  

• 8 - Mark Saleski

  Mar 26, 2003 at 4:32 pm

  OK Computer: i never understood what all the fuss was about. over and over again i'd read reviews saying that this was one of the best, most important rock records of all time.
  
  it sounds like low-rent King Crimson to me.
  
  i actually kinda like the "self-indulgent rubbish" like KidA and Amnesiac better...maybe 'cause they don't sound like OK Computer.
  
  

• 9 - san

  Mar 26, 2003 at 4:49 pm

  A 'bot running the "Jane, you ignorant slut" script with the "Simple Latin Phrases" module 1.0.

• 10 - Jim Carruthers

  Mar 26, 2003 at 5:09 pm

  because of course the first defence a bot makes is "i'm not a 'bot"
  
  And then they use a soundtrack by Radiohead, who, of course, are bots.
  
  

• 11 - san

  Mar 26, 2003 at 6:01 pm

  Ad hominem assault on Jim: you misspelled "defense". Oops! I forgot that it's my entire country that misspells a rather significant portion of the English language.

• 12 - Jim Carruthers

  Mar 26, 2003 at 6:19 pm

  Ad hominem assault on Jim: you misspelled "defense".
  
  Don't know what you're talking about sweetie, "over 'dere, it's d' fence" as we say in the outports, pointing at a neighbour's landscape improvement.
  

• 13 - Woland

  Mar 27, 2003 at 2:38 pm

  Radiohead owns you.
  
  *points at you*
  
  Yes, you. Owns you.
  
  And I suspect the new title refers more to a rising global suspicion, rather than any one particular incident or period. Sort of like how "Happy as a clam" is not in reference to any one point in time, but the overall emotional state of clams.
  
  Amnesiac was a little weak, Kid A and OK Computer were unparalled classics. I suspect this album will only enforce further ownage.
  
  *points*

• 14 - Andy

  Mar 28, 2003 at 5:56 pm

  If you think the whole election thing was proven to be false, I'd suggest you read the first chapter of this book and you'll discover why it hasn't been proven or forgotten about.
  
  Anyway, I'm sure this album is gonna be back to Radioheads roots and be more guitar based