Re: [microsound] Re: [313] pole show in d?

[Joshua Maremont <thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:47 AM 10/21/00 +0200, Øivind Idsø wrote:
> > np - Radiohead "Kid A"
> yes, yes, yes...love, love, love this CD. When hearing Idioteque...I bet Aphex
> wishes he´d had access to Thom Yorke´s voice for some of his own material when
> he heard that one.
> What´s your conclusion?

Brilliant!  For a stadium band (a workmate pointed out a pair of tickets to 
the sole US show getting $5100 on Ebay - before the end of bidding!) to go 
from the already strange "OK Computer" to the even less approachable 
weirdness of "Kid A" and then manage to make the album work as music and as 
commercial product is a rather astonishing trick.  Only now, on perhaps my 
fifth or sixth listen, is the addictive catchiness of the songs emerging 
from the fascinating wall of sound.  So I suppose it is worth wading 
through thousands of leather trousers and flashpots in order to find one 
set of rockstars actually challenging their audience with interesting music 
and getting away with it.  This one is joining Emak Bakia, Hood, Tram, and 
Piano Magic in my favorite pop music of this year - so far.

np - same

joshua maremont / thermal - mailto:thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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