The Bends Vs Ok Computer

[neil999]

And Googlerlol

mr joey.. google is a way of finding things out, its a bit like having a go at someone for reading books!

 

[MikeH72]

Radiohead have seldom been a band to be enjoyed upon a first listen have they?

Definitely not with their later stuff. Personally I love the Bends and OK Computer, but have seriously struggled to get into any of their post-2000 material. It's not like I have a phobia of experimental music, I listen to a lot of prog rock, post rock and metal, and outside-the-box stuff like Faith No More. But every time I've tried to get into something like Kid A or In Rainbows I have such an indifference towards it. I feel like I've heard everything on it already, but done better.

 

[verreauxi]

Where is the Nickelback option?

 

[Joey66]

mr joey.. google is a way of finding things out, its a bit like having a go at someone for reading books!

It's just runnng banter I have with Bruce ok,

 

[neil999]

It's just runnng banter I have with Bruce ok,

i prefer askjeeves anyway

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Definitely not with their later stuff. Personally I love the Bends and OK Computer, but have seriously struggled to get into any of their post-2000 material. It's not like I have a phobia of experimental music, I listen to a lot of prog rock, post rock and metal, and outside-the-box stuff like Faith No More. But every time I've tried to get into something like Kid A or In Rainbows I have such an indifference towards it. I feel like I've heard everything on it already, but done better.

Each to their own and all. I find How to Disappear and Codex among their finest work., but they are very different to the OK Computer stuff.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Aside from arguments about impact on music and the level of craftsmanship, I voted the bends purely because I personally enjoy the album more. Invokes memories of good times, ironically!

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

 

[malcson]

The Bends, not as critically acclaimed as In Rainbows or OK Computer but I prefer the tracks on The Bends

 

[longers]

Ok Computer is considerably better imo

It was far more original and ahead of its time than The Bends and had far more interesting production, it doesn’t sound dated either whereas The Bends sounds very 90s.

The Bends is decent but its traditional guitar music which does nothing for me nowadays, at the time it was great but they’ve become a far more interesting, diverse and experimental band since then who take risks which more often than not have paid off.

I’ll probably get called a hipster but I prefer their more experimental electronic stuff but again that comes down to the fact that I find guitar music incredibly stale for the most part. Part of the reason Radiohead have managed to continue to stay relevant is because they also got bored of traditional guitar music and wanted to expand and develop their sound.

I also prefer Thom Yorkers Eraser LP to most of Radiohead’s catalogue.

 

[coollino]

I've heard this a couple of times on here over the past few weeks and seems like a really weird thing to say. Almost as if just as rap and dance become 'Pitchfork trendy', guitar based music became irrelevant.

The National
Arcade Fire
Death Cab for Cutie
Deftones
Grizzly Bear
The Hold Steady
Manchester Orchestra
Mew
Shearwater
Spoon

and many others would suggest otherwise

Aren't they all very P4K bands?

 

[malcson]

Ok Computer is considerably better imo

It was far more original and ahead of its time than The Bends and had far more interesting production, it doesn’t sound dated either whereas The Bends sounds very 90s.

The Bends is decent but its traditional guitar music which does nothing for me nowadays, at the time it was great but they’ve become a far more interesting, diverse and experimental band since then who take risks which more often than not have paid off.

I’ll probably get called a hipster but I prefer their more experimental electronic stuff but again that comes down to the fact that I find guitar music incredibly stale for the most part. Part of the reason Radiohead have managed to continue to stay relevant is because they too got bored of traditional guitar music and wanted to expand and develop their sound.

I don't know how old anyone on here is, but when The Bends was released it was certainly different to anything else out there at the time. Admittedly it sounds less experimental now.

 

[MikeH72]

Ok Computer is considerably better imo

It was far more original and ahead of its time than The Bends and had far more interesting production, it doesn’t sound dated either whereas The Bends sounds very 90s.

The Bends is decent but its traditional guitar music which does nothing for me nowadays, at the time it was great but they’ve become a far more interesting, diverse and experimental band since then who take risks which more often than not have paid off.

I’ll probably get called a hipster but I prefer their more experimental electronic stuff but again that comes down to the fact that I find guitar music incredibly stale for the most part. Part of the reason Radiohead have managed to continue to stay relevant is because they also got bored of traditional guitar music and wanted to expand and develop their sound.

I also prefer Thom Yorkers Eraser LP to most of Radiohead’s catalogue.

That is a shame, I do feel for you there. Get some Mars Volta in you.

 

[heatmeiser]

You utter hipster

A true hipster would have preferred Pablo Honey.

 

[longers]

Both excellent but OK Computer came out and smashed the whole Britpop world apart.

Look at Blur and Oasis, that album destroyed them, musicially.

I was fully on board with your post at this point

The 4 piece has never been the same and raised the bar which only The Strokes, Libertines and Coldplay have come near.

You lost me in spectacular fashion with this though