Before I get into this,
where do we stand on Radiohead, and inimitable,
pipe-cleaner-construct-attached-to-a-subwoofer front man Thom Yorke?
As a band, they’ve managed to attract as much ire from people as
they have praise, with decade old letters page bickering spilling out
on to YouTube comments:
“Thank Radiohead
for real music!” vs “If I wanted to bore myself to death I’d
listen to paint drying.” “Thom’s dancing is transcendent…”vs
“He looks like a washed up hippy on a vibro-plate…”
Music Journalism also
seems to be undecided on how to treat them. Everything they release
is scrutinised as a grand gesture, a bold epochal statement, a
dinosaur of a band managing to function on the good will of a slavish
following of fans much like the grinning bears that jostle for space
in so much of their associated artwork. Is it possible to just ignore
this reverence that has been thrust upon them, and digest their music
in a totally neutral zone?
