I thought the consensus was that they were like the Beatles, in that they initially made more mainstream songs (that they’re semi-embarrassed of today) in order to have the freedom to make better, more creative music later in their career.
I’ve viewed it as artistic progression, plain and simple, similar to the Beatles, but I think we’re basically saying the same thing.
I kind of split the Beatles into before and after Revolver. Revolver is a truly brilliant album that also acts as a nice bridge between the two major eras that I think of the Beatles run. Their Beatle-Mania Pop Sensation era culminating (masterfully) in Rubber Soul on one side, their Concept era on the other. And Revolver an era unto itself; the Beatles Fully Embrace Getting Weird era.
I feel like OK computer represents a similar point in Radiohead’s artistry to Revolver.
But in both cases, I think these are more milestones in their artistic ability than an intentional shift leveraging their previous success. But I’m not sure you meant that this was intentional on their part, so I may just be agreeing with your nonopinion in a ruminative meandering way.
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I thought the consensus was that they were like the Beatles, in that they initially made more mainstream songs (that they’re semi-embarrassed of today) in order to have the freedom to make better, more creative music later in their career.
I have no opinion.
Those early Beatles songs are nothing to be embarrassed about.
I’ve viewed it as artistic progression, plain and simple, similar to the Beatles, but I think we’re basically saying the same thing.
I kind of split the Beatles into before and after Revolver. Revolver is a truly brilliant album that also acts as a nice bridge between the two major eras that I think of the Beatles run. Their Beatle-Mania Pop Sensation era culminating (masterfully) in Rubber Soul on one side, their Concept era on the other. And Revolver an era unto itself; the Beatles Fully Embrace Getting Weird era.
I feel like OK computer represents a similar point in Radiohead’s artistry to Revolver.
But in both cases, I think these are more milestones in their artistic ability than an intentional shift leveraging their previous success. But I’m not sure you meant that this was intentional on their part, so I may just be agreeing with your nonopinion in a ruminative meandering way.
I can get behind this. I don’t listen to any Radiohead from before OK Computer if I can help it.