So, Radiohead's newest album will be out pretty soon, and a lot of you guys are probably expecting a guitar oriented release, (especially for those of you who were disappointed by Kid A), where you feel now would be the perfect time for them to redeem themselves. But I like what these guys have done with themselves, and with their overall identity as a band. Instead of trying to live up to expectations of others, their music gets deep down to the heart of the mire, as what it is that they wan't to present to the world.

With music, what attracts us is sometimes simple, something that can take us back to our childhood, or perhaps the best relationship that we've been involved in, but when music becomes too complicated a lot of us we tend to steer clear. But for a lot of reasons, its important to think of an album as an experience, where certain (mainstream huggable songs) sometimes just don't fit into the overall idea. Whereas music should sometimes be thought of as writing a story, where theres a beginning and a conclusion, and everything that goes in between must hold it all together somehow. With Amnesiac, I'm very much interested in what these musicians have up their sleeves, and Thom Yorke's overall frame of mind in the studio definitely has a way of grabbing my attention.

So when it all comes down to it, a lot of you guys probably assume that Radiohead is a bunch of selfish guys who could care less about what the rest of the world is interested in hearing when it comes to Radiohead, where they refuse to even lift a finger to listen to what the majority of people feel would be in their best interests. Well perhaps, :rolleyes: but they do it so well that its really hard to criticize without thinking this through.:D

So, are you interested in listening to an album as a whole, where one idea is expressed throughout the album in different pieces, or when you listen to an album do you expect it to go in several different directions? And overall, are you excited, or the least bit interested with the idea of another Radohead album, or are you guys just going to save your pennies his time? :rolleyes:

-Joseph

[Edited by Joseph on 05-15-2001 at 09:46 PM]