Radiohead do not rock.

**Pete!** · 12-03-2002, 05:00 PM

Seriously. How long ago was it that Radiohead were a rock band? Go and listen to Kid A and Amnesiac. Then go and listen to The Bends. And something by The Who.

sneeze · 12-03-2002, 05:16 PM

do they "rock" live? or do they recreate the studio sound?

bratboy · 12-03-2002, 05:20 PM

Isn't it more correct to refer to 'radiohead' as a sigular band?

"radiohead does not rock."

"radiohead was a rock band."

Just a thought. I enjoy Radiohead, and think the band puts on a pretty good live show.

StrangestLittle · 12-03-2002, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by bratboy420
Isn't it more correct to refer to 'radiohead' as a sigular band?

"radiohead does not rock."

"radiohead was a rock band."

Just a thought. I enjoy Radiohead, and think the band puts on a pretty good live show.

I've heard both. More frequently I've heard "Radiohead are..." as opposed to is. But I tend to see it as a collective singular noun.

Regardless -Amnesiac is one of the best albums I've ever heard and I don't get why there is a whole seperate thread like this...

**Pete!** · 12-03-2002, 05:31 PM

Interesting. I tend to think of a band as a group of people rather than a singular entity. Radiohead is a band. Radiohead are a band. I don't see why it can't work both ways

And don't get me wrong, I love Radiohead, Kid A particularly. I was just sick of the Radiohead Suck!/Radiohead RAWK! shit. Wanted to start a thread of my own.

Sneeze, onstage they do perform songs differently and they still perform The Bends/OK Computer material, but I just can't describe them as a rock act any more. Even OK Computer didn't 'rock' that much. Subterranean Homesick Alien? Exit Music? Climbing Up The Walls? Paranoid Android dissolved into a gothic chorus and Airbag really was the sound of DJ Shadow with a chorus and the gain turned up.

Sad Machine · 12-03-2002, 05:40 PM

It's all about good music, really. Why bother looking for the entity behind it? Just sit back and enjoy it.

jammy · 12-03-2002, 06:07 PM

DUUUHHH!! radiohead is singular, so you shouldn't refer to it as plural. last time i checked, there was only ONE band by the name of radiohead.

Pan. · 12-03-2002, 06:09 PM

Radiohead rocks

**Pete!** · 12-03-2002, 06:48 PM

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Originally posted by jammy
DUUUHHH!! radiohead is singular, so you shouldn't refer to it as plural. last time i checked, there was only ONE band by the name of radiohead.

What the fuck are you talking about? I know there's only one band called Radiohead.

Radiohead are five people. They, together, are Radiohead.

Or, Radiohead is five people. Their band is called Radiohead.

Both are just as valid as one another. But how many times have you heard a band say on stage "We are (whoever they are)"? Lots, I'll wager.

Sad Machine · 12-03-2002, 06:51 PM

And Radiohead was derived from the Talking Heads single Radio Head, which was out in 1987.

Which was probably the only decent thing released in 1987.

**Pete!** · 12-03-2002, 06:55 PM

Document, R.E.M. And wasn't The Smiths' Strangeways, Here We Come out in '87?

I'm sure I'll think of more...

Sad Machine · 12-03-2002, 06:56 PM

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Originally posted by Xtal
Document, R.E.M. And wasn't The Smiths' Strangeways, Here We Come out in '87?

I'm sure I'll think of more...

I stand corrected, sir...

FingerBib · 12-03-2002, 07:06 PM

love love love love the talking heads

that's all!

Not A Robot · 12-03-2002, 07:24 PM

<font size = 1>You're right, Pete. Radiohead aren't and haven't really been a rock band for quite a few releases, really.
I mean, OK Computer had its few moments of bleepy rock, but anyone who called them Rock after Kid A should have their tits kicked off with a metal elephant.
By the way, <b>I am the world's biggest Radiohead fan.</b>

Also, I'm just getting into the Talking Heads and they're magnificent.</i>

jammy · 12-03-2002, 07:33 PM

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Originally posted by Xtal
What the fuck are you talking about? I know there's only one band called Radiohead.

Radiohead are five people. They, together, are Radiohead.

Or, Radiohead is five people. Their band is called Radiohead.

Both are just as valid as one another. But how many times have you heard a band say on stage "We are (whoever they are)"? Lots, I'll wager.

okay, how bout this, buddy:
if you are talking about one hand that has five fingers, you wouldn't say "this are a hand." you would say "this IS a hand." it's like radiohead in that the hand as a whole is one thing, but has five parts. so THERE!!