The choices they've made for singles from this record have been pretty atrocious so far. If they don't decide to cash in on "I Couldn't Be Your Friend" it will be a shame: it's the most relevant-sounding pop song on this parade of selling out.
I guarantee this is not the worst Radiohead tattoo. Have you seen some of the shitty tattoos people have nowadays? At least this is skillfully done (you can actually tell it's Thom Yorke) and kind of clever, in an abstract sort of way.
Not half bad. Includes a lot of the songs I consider to be among their best. My only gripe is "Portions For Foxes" at number one. I have a hard time taking anyone who claims that a bands most well-known song is their "best" seriously. That's like saying Joy Division never did anything better than "Love Will Tear Us Apart", or Death Cab's crowning achievement is "Soul Meets Body".
I like Dave Grohl, but I think the fact that he thinks that there isn't very much "interesting" music being made nowadays speaks to how out-of-touch he's becoming.
This should have been the first Heartthrob single. This fits a lot better into the "sassy breakup song" trend that's sweeping through pop music right now, and it's a lot less tacky than "Closer".
This is the most impressive of the new tracks I've heard; I really do like the pseudo-Prince feel of it.
That being said, it's the first new song I've heard from that I can stand to sit through at all. While "Sainthood" did have stuff like "Alligator" that is more electronic and pop-oriented and can't imagine obvious the next step is to work with Kelly Clarkson's producer. Greg Kurstin is a hack, and there are hundreds of other, more relevant, more talented producers who probably could have turned this record out in a major way, if they wanted to go in the electro-pop direction. Over all I'm very disappointed in what I've heard of this record so far. Hopefully when it comes out at the end of the month, I'll be proven wrong and it will be as great as the last three records, but I'm not going to hold my breath for it.
Well put me on the band wagon; I like it. Nice use of the Radiohead sample, voice sounds good. Lyrics are on the okay side. Whether or not this is just the product of some clever producer and okay song writer hired by her label is kind of irrelevant to me, because why I should I really give a shit one way or the other when the end product is good?
You elitists take music so seriously. It's fun and catchy. Making music that is fun and catchy is in and of itself a talent. Not everything's gotta be "The House That Heaven Built" (not to knock it, though).
I have a hard time believing that Taylor Swift has made an album that is better than Sleigh Bell's "Reign of Terror". I'm gonna have to call shenanigans.
Also I don't get the hype over Jessie Ware. I find her dull.
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