Yeah, I feel like the song gets a lot of flack for being overplayed, as if that's the fault of the song and artist, rather than the goal of the either/both.
I know at least in Ireland that there's a great celebration of a young Irish artist showcasing his talent and by virtue of that, Ireland's musicianship.
I certainly don't think someone should be exempt from music criticism for any musical or non-musical reasons, but that said, I think that one by-product of an artist's success is a bitter dehumanising (partly due to how they are marketed) by their critics such that they are no longer seen as the real-human-musicians who write, record and regret songs, but rather as lucky bland vessels for sound.
I think Hozier's album has a lot of great and good tracks and certainly shows promise for future albums. I don't think he deserves to be a target, at least not till he has the clout to deserve being targeted.
I guess pre-emptively filling a defamation suit prevents Feist from starting an expensive law-suit later on, regardless of its validity. The tracks really are very different though, especially as the hooks of each song are not related. I'd say the verses are no more or less similar than any two 'four-chord' songs.
Twitter is like if someone developed a funnel that filtered the waste products from the engine of your brain, and diluted it down to 140 characters.
I feel like if any of these people -all of whom I think I like?- actually talked their issues out, even in the most banal way, they would come to more reasonable conclusions than these teenage-'you know who you are'-vaguebooking antics.
This is exciting, I can't wait to see it (if it ever gets a traditional form of release?), one of my favourite directors and probably my favourite musician.
Is there any word on when the album will be out?
I like that in this discussion about plagiarism and 'stealing' ideas you have quoted someone who was quoting someone who was quoting someone. :D
Let the ideas run free!
This is truly excellent. Bright, energetic, zany yet contained.
I really hope these guys become an 'indie' staple; new albums being eagerly anticipated for years to come. The quality of song-writing and experimentation on this album suggests that they are more than capable.
When I'm trying to convince a soured-by-Kanyeism friend to give Kanye a chance, I tend to go with Mama's Boyfriend or Roses to hook them; his arrogance and sincerity are two sides of the same coin.
I would love a list of the best Radiohead covers, full-discography. My favourites being:
Punch Brother's 'Packt Like Sardines...' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtujwGZYQa8] (or in fact any of their RH covers, or any of their music, they are excellent),
Brad Meldhau 'Jigsaw Falling into Place' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF9IEJIY8ks&spfreload=10],
Hanson's 'Optomistic' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upgejnlYgSE&spfreload=10] (Yes you heard me!)
and of course Hard N' Phirm's 'Rodeohead' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGFAP6JJrk&spfreload=10]
I would love to see another one of these. Finding this, the Bjork one, and the fun Remix album were some of what drew me to the site back when I was a teen.
As far as as I know the only other ones commissioned were for 'Is This It' and 'Automatic for the People'.
We want more! :D I could even digest a different Radiohead album in tribute form.... :)
Last Flowers to the Hospital, The Amazing Sounds of an Orgy and Banana Co. are the ones I wish were on this list. But who cares, this list is awesome and has reminded me of Maquiladora :D
That Middle-of-the-Road comment is way off the mark because it creates a false dichotomy between 'real' experimental music and pop. They are saying that Radiohead is neither and therefore is a poor man's version of both, when actually they are -both- and that's what makes them so endlessly enjoyable to listen to.
A good Radiohead song/album is neither as derivative as contemporary-pop (often is) nor as meandering as experimental music. They artfully organise interesting ideas instead of merely laying them out, or jamming around them.
I really don't want to see that; I find when someone especially dislikes something that is particularly dear to me I always end up feeling personally hurt, like,
'What do you mean you don't like that part of my personality? I thought we were friends?'
And music taste is as much a part of our ego as our sense of humour or anything else, so finding out that a musician you respect profoundly dislikes something which you could not imagine existing as you currently do without, is immensely disappointing. Much like discovering you have much less in common with your friend than you once thought and now you are slowly drifting apart.....
I realise the consensus will be to want to see this list, and it is your obligation to appease the masses, but I shall avert my eyes!
I'm not sure if I can support the length-complaint, certainly as a fan at the time it was a bit of a let down, but ultimately it just means that you can finish the album in 40 minutes rather than an hour.
Also 'Little by Little' is a jam. Stop hatin' ya'll.
I never knew 'All I Need' was so popular (I love it too, it just wouldn't be in my very favourite tracks), the climax of that song is incredible.
I'm surprised nobody picked 'Just', as that was certainly my gateway to the band. Though 'How to Disappear Completely' is definitely my personal favourite.
This is the Shark Week of music. I am excited.
And you're totally right about that 'electric anticipation', whenever we get a good chunk of news from their camp (and by the way their PR consistently baffles me, a little snippet here and there in the midst of an unrelated interview, I'm never sure if they are building up to something, or just casual letting info slip) I feel a tingle inside -the good kind.-
I've only really became a fan right after In Rainbows was released, so I have only been privy to one album build-up/launch, but when I saw TKOL was available for purchase, a surprise early release, I couldn't describe my happiness. Listened through 2 or 3 times before I got anything else done that day.
Stonemilker reminds me a lot of Unravel, the string part in the former seems to take over from where her vocal line in the latter left off.
Lionsong has completely floored me though. Those vocal harmonies are like she's disagreeing with herself mid-sentence.
I think In Rainbows and HTTT are both definitely 'rock' albums. And I don't understand how 'Bloom' (my bad) is entry-level, but I guess it is as you say, a matter of taste.
Either way, this track is Yorke's solo stuff, so I don't think a lot of the Radiohead comparisons are really justified; the band can hardly do 'what they do well' when there's only one of them present! ;)
I don't think progressive vs conservative is particularly relevant in relation to Yorke, or even Radiohead as a whole. With the exceptions of Ok Computer and Kid A, their music is rarely trying to usurp or outdo current trends. In Rainbows, The Bends and the King of Limbs especially are all much more relaxed in that sense.
As for their 'extended second act', I'm assuming this contains the guitar-heavy In Rainbows and Hail to the Thief? Even King of Limbs has a decent amount of guitar work (Little by Little, Magpie, Separator, Give up the Ghost) as well as electronic experimentation that goes beyond 'entry-level': In Bloom, Feral.
I do agree that this does very much sound like a Yorke song, however I take this more as his current stylistic slant following on from the remnants of Amok and TKOL. If anything I think his music is the most natural its ever been, to me it feels like someone playing electronics as if they were a performer; the computer replacing the acoustic guitar, not the electric.
This is very off-topic, but honestly don't know where else to share this wonderful creation:
A completely re-written Christmas version of Yeezus, 'Kreezus'.
It opens with 'I Am A Klaus'. That should be enough to convince you of its genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlNYWFaOfXY&list=PLwsolcWNoTjXGzsX7CQQK-vl_IBKQJtDV&index=3&spfreload=10
Merry Christmas everyone!
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