the Radiohead complex.

Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead...
are they not one of those bands that you either listen to and love, or listen to and hate?
[some exceptions here allowed, for those inbetweeners.]

as a self-proclaimed music snob, it is shameful of myself to say that i really have not listened to Radiohead until the release of In Rainbows. yes, i've heard their hits before then...Creep. Lucky. etc...

but i didn't really listen to them.
Thom Yorke was...(in my eyes) this pompous, arrogant singer. Jonny Greenwood? who? huh?
yeah. i do admit it, that...i was not fully into Radiohead way back when.
[then again, i was listening to the likes of BSB, NSync...all that great 90s pop music.]

more and more recently, i am finding that my appreciation for Radiohead is growing. as well as my appreciation for Thom Yorke. i no longer see him as that pompous, arrogant frontman from a band that i've never really listened to.

why this sudden change of thought, you may ask?
well, for one...i have been listening to In Rainbows quite a bit over the past couple of days.
[one word: genius. everything just goes together quite perfectly.]

also, i've been watching their live stuff.
and Thom Yorke live...is just awesome. take, for example, their live performance recently at the Grammy's. incredible.

ok. with Thom Yorke though, i think, at the start of Radiohead, he was less...charismatic?
[*note: i could be completely and totally wrong on this, and i will let anyone call me out on this.]
charismatic may not be the right word i'm even looking for...
but, definitely over the past years, he's become a much...better performer. i think.

again, i could be completely wrong. he could've been great from the get-go. and maybe this is just me thinking all of this.

so, to end off...to say the least, In Rainbow's is great. should've won the Mercury Prize. damn.
and Thom Yorke's lyrics are a piece of literary genius.
what's in store for me iPod: more Radiohead. definitely.