In rainbows, hands down :cool3:

little replay value? :stunned:

seeing as vast majority of radiohead's fanbase are people who stick around for years and years and obsess over every little detail, etc....that speaks completely against your statement.

House of Cards isn't meant to be a complex cerebral piece, it's just a relaxin' chill-out tune. 'tis all about the mood and sensation it creates. most of Radiohead's material is very meticulously crafted and "embellished" with all sorts of interesting details that sometimes become apparent only upon repeated listens. not to mention that they quite rarely use conventional song structures. the lyrics also are a food for thought, often profoundly philosophical, with layers of meaning, sometimes alluding to books, historical figures and events, etc. anyway, with all due respect, your opinion seems to be very biased, and i don't think you've given Radiohead a fair chance. :)

 

Radiohead is the second most played band on my LastFM profile. You think I haven't given them a fair chance? I used to be a strong Radiohead fan, however, once the "wow" factor wore off, I realized that the music is recycled and reused, and the song's magic is completely lost.

viva peoples

Radiohead is the second most played band on my LastFM profile. You think I haven't given them a fair chance? I used to be a strong Radiohead fan, however, once the "wow" factor wore off, I realized that the music is recycled and reused, and the song's magic is completely lost.

 

recycled and reused? is that supposed to be a compliment? i mean, coming from a coldplay fan and all...:P

just kidding (sort of).

well, my experience of Radiohead is completely different from yours: the more i listen, the more i get out of it. but to each their own. :)

 

edit: i looked at your last.fm profile, and most of radiohead tracks have been played only once or twice, with the highest charting song having only 5 scrobbles. no, that's not what i'd call giving a band a fair chance :uhoh:

recycled and reused? is that supposed to be a compliment? i mean, coming from a coldplay fan and all...:P

just kidding (sort of).

well, my experience of Radiohead is completely different from yours: the more i listen, the more i get out of it. but to each their own. :)

 

edit: i looked at your last.fm profile, and most of radiohead tracks have been played only once or twice, with the highest charting song having only 5 scrobbles. no, that's not what i'd call giving a band a fair chance :uhoh:

 

If you looked, you would've noticed I haven't had LastFM for very long. I've been listening to Radiohead and Coldplay since the turn of the century. Believe me, songs from Kid A and OK Computer have upwards to 60 plays each on my iTunes alone! That's not including all the times I would listen to it almost all the way through and then switch the song. I can appreciate that you are a huge Radiohead fan, but it just doesn't float my boat as much as it used to.

i go with viva because even though in rainbows was the album that introduced me to radiohead, im just a little more devoted to the coldplay sound.

 

personally i love in rainbows, i listened to it a ton when i first got it. then after going away from it for a while, i found songs that i once thought were "meh" were awesome. i love radiohead a lot, but even though there's a lot of talk about how radioheads records are supposed to be listened to a-z, i can rarely do more than listen to my favorites. i love a lot of their experimental stuff, but some of it is just too distant. i also dont know how much i agree with what someone said about thom yorke's lyrics. i think generally theyre pretty great, but i think he's a wee bit pretentious, no? thats something i find hard to get over, and i say that liking his stuff a lot.

 

vlv i could sit down and listen to every song. theyre like colors that explode into life before you. in each and every song i can find myself connecting to something in the lyrics or find a riff that just hits me.

 

coldplay was the first band that got me into good music. so i may have a bias, but when i compare both records, i see a number of songs on in rainbows that dont get it done for me. there's hardly a song on vlv that doesnt hit me in some form or another. radiohead may be more musically skilled, but within the distortions and the falsetto of thom there's a large amount of greatness assumed. i think about radiohead like this - oasis is a kid that says, "hey i'm fucking awesome". Radiohead is the kid who sits away from everyone else, and people think theyre shy, but they really just think theyre better. i cant get past this when i must compare even though i think both bands are brilliant.

If you looked, you would've noticed I haven't had LastFM for very long. I've been listening to Radiohead and Coldplay since the turn of the century. Believe me, songs from Kid A and OK Computer have upwards to 60 plays each on my iTunes alone! That's not including all the times I would listen to it almost all the way through and then switch the song. I can appreciate that you are a huge Radiohead fan, but it just doesn't float my boat as much as it used to.

 

you didn't have to explain, really. either way, it's just your opinion, you're certainly entitled to it. i sensed a bit of hypocrisy behind your reasoning for picking Coldplay over Radiohead, that's all. i mean, Radiohead is repetitive and Coldplay isn't? come on now...

 

i go with viva because even though in rainbows was the album that introduced me to radiohead, im just a little more devoted to the coldplay sound.

 

personally i love in rainbows, i listened to it a ton when i first got it. then after going away from it for a while, i found songs that i once thought were "meh" were awesome. i love radiohead a lot, but even though there's a lot of talk about how radioheads records are supposed to be listened to a-z, i can rarely do more than listen to my favorites. i love a lot of their experimental stuff, but some of it is just too distant. i also dont know how much i agree with what someone said about thom yorke's lyrics. i think generally theyre pretty great, but i think he's a wee bit pretentious, no? thats something i find hard to get over, and i say that liking his stuff a lot.

 

vlv i could sit down and listen to every song. theyre like colors that explode into life before you. in each and every song i can find myself connecting to something in the lyrics or find a riff that just hits me.

 

coldplay was the first band that got me into good music. so i may have a bias, but when i compare both records, i see a number of songs on in rainbows that dont get it done for me. there's hardly a song on vlv that doesnt hit me in some form or another. radiohead may be more musically skilled, but within the distortions and the falsetto of thom there's a large amount of greatness assumed. i think about radiohead like this - oasis is a kid that says, "hey i'm fucking awesome". Radiohead is the kid who sits away from everyone else, and people think theyre shy, but they really just think theyre better. i cant get past this when i must compare even though i think both bands are brilliant.

 

no no, there's no pretentiousness in the lyrics, that's just the way he is, methinks.

i like your analogy with the kids. but i think Radiohead is the kid who sits away from everyone else because he got bored of the games that everyone else is playing, not cause he thinks he's better. they've mentioned many a time in different interviews that they get bored very easily. i bet there's tons of great material in their vaults that never saw the light of day only cause they got bored of it prematurely. :(

^ Such as Big Boots. That could have been a classic.

 

As for the question, I don't think I can make a decision just yet. Mostly because I havn't listened to In Rainbows for about 2 months, but mostly because I think I like both records equally. Give me a few days, and I might be able to give my vote :wink:

^ Such as Big Boots. That could have been a classic.

 

As for the question, I don't think I can make a decision just yet. Mostly because I havn't listened to In Rainbows for about 2 months, but mostly because I think I like both records equally. Give me a few days, and I might be able to give my vote :wink:

 

Ok we will wait for you then!!;)

^^How could you!! You traitor!!

Just joking.:P

 

 

Come on VLV. Come on Coldplay fans, lets piss off some Radiohead fans today!!:D

 

I'm sorry! the old me would've picked Viva La Vida so fast... now life is so hard for me! :bigcry:

As much as I like VLV, I have to go with In Rainbows.

^ YES! COME ON! :dance:

VLV

I'm slightly biased. :P I do like Radiohead, but they don't appeal to me as much as Coldplay.

damn, we're down 4.....

VLV

 

 

 

if it was VLV vs The Bends it would be closer, but against In Rainbows, Viva wins easily

even though i voted for in rainbows .....i hope viva wins

^ :inquisitive:

^ Such as Big Boots. That could have been a classic.

ayeeeeee, such a loss :(

 

 

even though i voted for in rainbows .....i hope viva wins

 

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:inquisitive::inquisitive:

 

i love coldplay more than radiohead thats why i want them to win........but in my opinion i like in rainbows more than vlv

No contest in my opinion. I listened to VLV three times and got bored. I haven't listened to it in a month. In Rainbows I can still listen to though it's probably been hundreds of times.

^ exactlY! :dance:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just agreed to Coldplay blasphemy... boy how i've changed. :shame:

:lol: You'll get used to it after a while .....

IR doesn't hold interest for me for some odd reason D|

Here's a question for all you Radiohead superfans, because it sounds like there's a lot of you here: Why do you like their music so much?

 

Because, honestly, I could name a dozen reasons why I can't stand most of their songs. (Which I probably shouldn't do to avoid a flamewar.) But everyone else seems to love everything Radiohead's ever made, for really vague or unstated reasons. Why? What's so great about it? I see glowing reviews everywhere, including here; then I try listening to any of their popular songs and just hear a bunch of non-rhythmic noise and some guy screeching incomprehensibly. No way would I ever pay money for that. So why does pretty much everyone else?

 

Seriously...if someone has a good explanation for why they like them, please tell me. This is mind-bogglingly illogical. :confused:

^ I thought that EXACT same thing when i first heard there music. it was weird! it was like, weird fishes??? what the hell is this man singing about? I thought it was 20 kinds of terrible. Then, i basically adjusted to it.. I don't know, i love the music, his voice is really good. I can't really explain why... i'm a newbie at radiohead! :dance: