Because they have integrity and that’s rare these days when you have copy paste artists like Charlie XCX, Ellie Goulding, Taylor Swift who are copy paste and heavily manufactured by the industry replicating previous generations of music icons consisting of Whitney Houston and Lady Gaga

I could level the same argument against radiohead, they are just copy pasting more interesting bands from the underground doing post-rock/indie in more innovative ways. Radiohead are as commercial as all the artists you just listed, they are signed and release thru major music labels, the only reason why you seem to think ‘the music they make is some of the greatest we’ve ever been blessed with’ is marketing PR you fell for by some upper class ghoul in a suit.

I can barely stomach to even get through 2 minutes of there self indulgent white boy slop (before I found out they where nazis with a self-flagellation fetish who try to re-center a genocide on people who heckle them) before I reach for my noise records to hopefully erase the memory of some coked up zionist warbling about how much he hates women or whatever over a 2 note bassline they stole from actually talented artists.

does their art has to be dismissed in its entirety?

yes, although I dismissed them even when I was 14 as being shite, im now 32.

Radiohead is basically if george orwell started a band, im not elaborating any further but real heads understand what I mean.

Great bit man, great bit. I too like the landscape paintings of this obscure Austrian painter.

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“Separate the art from the artist” mfers listening to Sweet Home Alabama:

I’m just generally not into “white guy band with guitar” music. I’m also not European or American so I don’t really have the memories of OK Computer you do. It came out when I was 17 years old and its just like fine I guess. It isn’t the kind of music I like. In the 90s I was all about Merengue Urbana, Bachata, Reggaeton and Hip Hop.

Look man, I think you need to calm down. Coldplay for computer nerds is nothing to get this worked up over, especially since you’re defending zionists in the process?

I’ve been a huge Radiohead fan since before Kid A came out but this post is cringe

I genuinely never liked them. Sorry.

I’m not actually super into Radiohead itself, but more of what Thom Yorke and the smile made, the music is good and it’s easy to listen to, I wouldn’t say it’s my absolute favourite (unless it’s like zero sum or thin thing)

Their politics is absolutely dogshit and I’m distancing myself from their bands, but the music is good, I wish they weren’t all that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g2qQjCCnq4

radiohead is sludge

Comrade.

I listen to a lot of black metal, which is notoriously rife with deeply reactionary asshats. Some of my favorite music is made by people whom I would slap with my tentacles if I met them on the street, or who I’m glad are dead! Doesn’t mean I’m materially supporting fascists, I won’t buy anything from them. Not their music, I won’t wear their merch, wouldn’t even buy it 2ndhand. Meanwhile, my friends don’t like this music and think these songs that I find so beautiful and entrancing are anything from “boring” to “unlistenably grating”.

I love music in general. I love the music I mentioned in particular because the sounds jive very well with my brain. I have never once felt personally attacked or indignant at hearing people say these artists are shitty people or that their music is shitty. I have been disappointed in a few cases, and then I keep on listening to the free music because it still sounds great to me.

You can do it too. You can handle people saying they do not personally enjoy music that you enjoy. I believe in you, Smile.

P.S. You can think Radiohead’s music is some of the greatest we’ve ever been blessed with, but that really is just your opinion. I’ve never liked Radiohead’s music. I find it boring to downright unpleasant. My opinion is worth no more and no less than yours, and since musical taste is subjective there’s no way to argue it. My condolences to people who liked Radiohead’s music and are disappointed that the people who made that music are highly problematic. They’re going to have to learn to deal with that disappointment. Luckily, that’s pretty easy to do.

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Yeah, okay, like you aren’t their number one fan on Spotify wrapped and you weren’t anticipating to get a video message from them after being top 5% of their listeners

Oddly specific.

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You know, not to sniff out sexism but it is interesting that you mention 3 “copy paste artists” “heavily manufactured by the industry replicating previous generations of music icon” and then name 2 other icons who were also, afaik, heavily manufactured by the industry in that the industry picks talented artists and then makes them into a sensation. And they’re all women while Radiohead is not. That’s odd. Jonas Bros are right there if we’re going to talk about generic music industry creations, or is there some newer equivlanet of them now?. Why do you feel so strongly about this and them? I don’t like their music but I’m not up in arms about these women’s careers being creations of the music industry. To me, XCX is cancelled for endorsing Holocaust Harris, Swift is cancelled on general vibes, I’ve never even heard of Goulding, Gaga is cancelled for Zionism, Whitney Houston I don’t know much about and what I do know is just sad, and I enjoy none of their music that I’ve heard so musically they’re in the same category as Radiohead for me.

the only radiohead song i’ve ever heard is creep. i was never a fan nor a hater.

What strikes me as bizarre in your rant is that you seem to completely sideline every person who don’t like pop-rock in general

Hiphopheads generally don’t give a damn about Radiohead, lots of metalheads find them boring, classicheads barely know they exist, technoheads don’t care etc etc

I wouldn’t take the musical opinions on this site that seriously