oh ok

Honestly what do you think is stronger for Radiohead, the productions/arrangements or the songwriting

I like Myxomatosis

People love Radiohead for their melancholy vibe. They don’t claim to be or parade as master songwriters with multi layered themes and s*** to read into lol

With that being said, yes they are overrated on sites like RYM. they don’t have 4 10/10s lol

Mf always wanna say radiohead is mid, and when you ask who to listen to instead, they name an artists who's best work doesn't even clear The Bends

The songwriting because when I hear “songwriting” I’m thinking about the harmonics and movements of the music.

I don’t know if that’s what you’re trying to ask me though.

Idk I see Ok Computer get a lot of credit as a concept record about the modern age

People even claim Kid A is a concept record about a clone

thom and jonny never come across as snooty either. they seem pretty chill

That all comes from loosely related lyrical themes and a general album vibe. They didn’t set out to make a concept album like a prog band would, that’s just how it came together

What you doing here is letting an obnoxious fanbase cloud how you view a band

They will use themes but it’s never anything deep.

I also don’t understand what “deep” is

Yeah but production and arrangement (especially arrangement) factors in to that too

I do think they have good chord progressions and stuff like that

But the non-melodies (seeming to deliberately avoid being catchy and just kind of hiding behind a reverby track) and lyrics just aren’t special

I think the rest of the band carries Thom Yorke tbh

“But the non-melodies (seeming to deliberately avoid being catchy and just kind of hiding behind a reverby track)”

oh he’s a troll

what’s a non-melody? avoid being catchy? Bro, I just think Thom like’s writing music in non-conventional ways, lol. That’s just what he has a taste for.

In rainbows is rly good bot kid a and OK computer are another level

Idk how u hear karma police an electioneering without being moved

Yeah because writing a decent melody would be too pedestrian. After The Bends his pretentiousness prevented him from writing good melodies

Try these songs

Creep
Fake Plastic Trees
Street Spirit
Paranoid Android
Karma Police
No Surprises
Everything In It's Right Place
The National Anthem
Idioteque
How To Disappear Completely
Pyramid Song
Knives Out
I Might Be Wrong
There There
A Wolf At The Door
Reckoner
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Bloom
The Numbers

and you should probably have a narrow but well enough overview of their sound. Not necessarily my favs (my fav would be Let Down from OK Computer) but I think that would be a good start.

Idk I found radiohead as a teen I think maybe if u find it later it don't hit the same

damn you sound more pretentious than the average radiohead fan

If it doesn’t click naturally it’s not worth trying with Radiohead. I also don’t really like radiohead

I think you’re reaching for something here

Can he not just enjoy weirder music? He shares playlists of what he listens to and it’s just as weird — if not weirder than the s*** he writes.

As a producer I think the way radiohead songs progress and the way the songs are constructed is their strongest characteristic. Also love how varied and eclectic their music is

I meant lyrically lol, what you saying is true