

Is Radiohead's "In Rainbows" a flop or a blockbuster?


















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RE: Reznor getting it right
By Oregonian2 on 11/13/2007 3:38:38 PM , Rating: 2
So you read the whole book and never took in enough of the details to recognise/remember the author? way to skim read!

Sorry, I read it a few years ago, and perhaps unlike you, I read more than one book a year, so I just don't remember the authors's name. I've read thousands of books over the years and I probably only recall the author's name on a minority of them. Their name is usually only on the cover and I'm usually reading the innards, so I don't see it very many times to make an imprint unless I like the author enough to want to read another one (like Evanovich for instance, read hers like popcorn).

I can understand that radiohead's music might not be everyone's cup of tea but if this is the way you decide what constitues good/bad music you need your head read by someone with better comprehension skills than your own.

Yeah, I'm a radical outsider. I judge whether music is good or bad by listening to it. Just call me unconventional. Oh yeah, and I'll speak my opinions too. That we seem to have in common.

RE: Reznor getting it right
By RubberJohnny on 11/13/2007 8:59:31 PM , Rating: 2

But 30 seconds of it? Then you dismiss it as crap? Maybe Eminem is more your style where he's thrown 20 catchy "hooks" at you in that first 30 seconds? Here's a hot tip for you, the best music is not always the most accessible! Some artists material take 3-4 listens before they "grow" on you enough to make you want to purchase the album, most of the time these end up being the albums with the most longevity.

Alot of radiohead songs go for around 4 mins and don't follow a simple chorus/verse structure. The end portion of the song can be completely different to the start. Since the album is essentially free why didn't you download the whole thing and give it a decent go? Then i might respect your judgement a little more.

Can you tell i'm a radiohead fan? Then again i'll listen to pretty much anything...

RE: Reznor getting it right
By Oregonian2 on 11/14/2007 3:34:11 PM , Rating: 2

That's what I have available, and it's those site's intention that I see how good or bad it is using that clip. That's the limit on many sites I've run into over the years. If it can't "hook" me in the first thirty seconds (much like if the first fifty pages of a book can't get my interest up) my opinion is likely to be negative. May just mean that it's not terribly commercial in nature (where an upfront hook would be of great benefit). Being non-commercial would sufficiently back up my original comment that I'd be surprised that they'd sell much without a lot of record company support (at least for their initial work before working up a fan base). Although my huge CD collection may not seem to back me up on this point, I don't try to buy any/all CDs in order to listen to the whole pieces multiple times in order to prove to myself they are indeed crap. I've a few that I think that way about now, but didn't have that expectation when I bought them.


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