After hearing RAVE and ridiculously positive reviews glorifying Radiohead's IN RAINBOWS, I took a listen. Unimpressed as I was I kept my mouth shut. A few weeks later I see Radiohead's pretentious psycho fans walking around YouTube and attempting to blast my comments about Radiohead offering nothing new or innovative to music. I stand by my opinion.
Has anyone ever heard of a crazy Iclandic singer by the name of... oh... Björk!? OR how about a band called fucking Sonic Youth? Yeah. It's funny because I just came off a Björk-resurgence and I've been on a Sonic Youth kick for the past few months. So when I heard IN RAINBOWS by Radiohead I was actually baffled by the acclaim its received.
Praised for its swirling guitars, droning vocals, and deconstructed sound... that's an entire checklist of the signature Sonic Youth sound. Does anyone listen to good music anymore? Combine with a futuristic synthesized electronic orgy of noise over pop beats... what else could come to mind but Björk?
So to these ignorant shit Radiohead superfans, do your research before you proclaim a 15-year-old sound "revolutionary" and "innovative." Put your Radiohead record on ice and play a fucking Sonic Youth LP. It's already been done so don't TRY to school ME on artistic merit. Besides, listen to the radio and everything's electronic and space anyway, how is this Radiohead record any different from a cut found amongst Timbaland's production credits? Radiohead just lacks the ability to write a constructed song so they take their session hissing and throw it on a record praying it will appear "brilliant" as Rolling Stone claims.
Rolling Stone also issues the statement that "All of it rocks; none of it sounds like any other band on earth; it delivers an emotional punch that proves all other rock stars owe us an apology." Fuck off, Rolling Stone and proceed to swing from Kurt Cobain and Madonna's ballsac.
The only thing else I'll say is how inquisitive I am to see pictures from the recording sessions of IN RAINBOWS. I'm sure you'd find cassette, CD, and vinyl copies of Björk's breathtaking Post (1995) along with Sonic Youth's immaculate 1988 release, Daydream Nation. I want those negatives. Until then, I await the battle of the Diva's: Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Madonna are all set to release albums Spring of this year. meow.
