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offline happy cycling from berlin on 2003-08-31 04:26 [#00843423]
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third time i've seen them.

is it superficial that i can't enjoy music once it gets too
popular? i can't connect w/it. on the bus a group of
concergoers: he got the red shirt, he got the green shirt,
she got the blue shirt. everyone got posters.

anyways, went fully cynical. i really wished i could say
they weren't incredible, that the show was anything less
than beautiful and gut-blooming. 'no surprises' -- ach. oh
deep sigh.


 

offline Salma Hayek on 2003-08-31 04:45 [#00843431]
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Good music getting popular: still good

Music made for the purpose of appealing to the mases and
selling heaps: shit


 

offline ambsace from canaDUH. on 2003-08-31 04:50 [#00843434]
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everyone's getting to see them lately except for me.

=*[


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-08-31 04:52 [#00843436]
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ah, you're not missing much


 

offline ambsace from canaDUH. on 2003-08-31 04:53 [#00843437]
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doesn't mean i don't want to see them. =*[


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-08-31 04:54 [#00843438]
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save your money for charity purposes!

*walks around xlt with big "GREENPEACE" banner*


 

offline Salma Hayek on 2003-08-31 04:55 [#00843440]
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yeah!


 

offline ambsace from canaDUH. on 2003-08-31 05:07 [#00843441]
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we <3 u.


 

offline Salma Hayek on 2003-08-31 05:14 [#00843448]
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you less than three me?


 

offline ambsace from canaDUH. on 2003-08-31 05:18 [#00843452]
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yes. even everyone in the world put together are nothing
when compared to three of you. even two of you, really. i
would say one, but a girl could use a decoy, right?


 

offline Salma Hayek on 2003-08-31 05:36 [#00843465]
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*blushes*

Salma is most flattered...and agrees fully with your
statement...

God I'm beautiful...almost too much..


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-08-31 09:15 [#00843530]
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i can't believe it but i actually sort of relate.. certain
songs of theirs i can't get into live or on record anymore
cos they're over-popular. it sucks cos they were and in a
way still are some of my favorite songs ever made.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-31 09:16 [#00843533]
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Oh harr rrarr.


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2003-08-31 09:39 [#00843551]
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hummm

i can't say i agree. the only thing i don't like about
Radiohead concerts is not being able to get good tickets
unless you're the first one on line to get them!

doesn't matter that more people like Radiohead necessarily,
it's not like they are top 40, and i've never understood
people who only like obscure music JUST BECAUSE it's obscure
and they are the only ones that supposidly 'get it'

i am glad they are making $$ and are able to make more and
more GOOD music (sometimes it's brilliant). it's when they
start putting out CRAP cos they are FAT CATS that i don't
like....when/ IF that ever happens i won't be seeing
Radiohead anymore, or purchase their albums. i can't imagine
it happening.....but it could.


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-08-31 09:46 [#00843555]
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hey, if you stop disliking music because it gets popular,
then you never really liked the music just for the music in
the first place... well, not mainly anyways... good music is
good music, whether it's underground, or on the radio all
the time...


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-08-31 09:56 [#00843561]
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i stop liking good music because it was popular in extreme
cases like moby. when things are overplayed it's just a
natural response (getting sick of it), no matter HOW much
you like it. i still like all of radiohead's songs but some
i don't love like i used to just because i overplayed it on
cd, it was overplayed on the radio, or it just had elements
in the song that have limited replay value..


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2003-08-31 10:03 [#00843566]
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i understand an artist being OVERPLAYED, ie moby, dave
matthews, etc....

i agree with that, but i guess i have not reached my limit
with Radiohead. and around these parts they hardly EVER play
them on the radio....maybe CREEP more than others.

oddly enough it was enjoyable hearing them do CREEP, after
not doing it for YEARS at the Radiohead show i was at a
couple weeks ago.....it had a nostalgic quality to it!


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-08-31 10:04 [#00843567]
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yea that was fun, even if i did know they were going to play
it


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-08-31 10:14 [#00843569]
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nod, you're right there... anyone can get sick of music if
it's played too much... my point, as I know you understood,
was just when people stop liking music just because it sells
a million copies or something... just the idea of it getting
popular turns people off... that's just stupid!


 

offline rez from here on 2003-08-31 10:21 [#00843574]
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radiohead is not that much played on the radio or tv here.
but hail to the thief is selling very well over here


 

offline happy cycling from berlin on 2003-08-31 10:21 [#00843575]
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there's more to it than that. i don't think anyone can
entirely isolate 'the music' as a self-containing entity in
a void. it exists in a larger context -- like titsworth
mentioned, how much something is played is a factor; how
popular it is can be a factor (it is, i admit, to me. i
can't help it. it feels like it demeans an artist-listener
relationship.), how something is packaged, how something is
played, song titles (programatic music pre-suggests certain
interpretations), who the artist is, how new (or old)
a piece of music is -- all these things invariably
constitute yr experience of the music, for good + bad.


 

offline obce on 2003-08-31 12:42 [#00843763]
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My problem and subsequent hesitation in seeing them live
this time 'round is that HTTT is so sub-par and
uninspiring.... Still good and better than most coming out,
but such a dramatic and giant step DOWN the ladder of
musical evolution....

It's like they got lazy.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-31 12:50 [#00843775]
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It is, I hate to be obvious, all about opinions and
perrspective. I don't carre what people think about a band
and the music they make until they starrt becoming the
thought police and telling me what I can think about it.
I am able to enjoy The Gloaming forr example, in a way that
some people I know can't enjoy it, so they don't like that
song as much as I do. Does that mean the song is bad because
they don't like it? Orr does it mean the song it good
because I do like it?


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-08-31 12:52 [#00843779]
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its all opinions.. but as long as the bands arent making
music for the sake of making money its all up to you


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-31 12:58 [#00843789]
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Kinda sums it up.


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offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-08-31 13:08 [#00843812]
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i'm seeing them tonight

i can't wait.

i don't care how many people like them. all i care about is
that I like them. That's the only thing that should matter
anyway.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-31 13:09 [#00843813]
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I love Radiohead.


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-08-31 13:12 [#00843814]
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radiohead is overrated IMO


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-31 13:14 [#00843817]
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Yourr opinion is wrrong.


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-08-31 13:15 [#00843819]
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no.......radiohead is wrong :P


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-31 13:19 [#00843830]
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Bet you thought that was cleverr ey...? Yeah...?
You have a place in hell.


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-08-31 13:20 [#00843833]
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above you I'm sure


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-08-31 14:35 [#00843897]
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yea isn't it funny how radiohead can sell so well and get no
airplay? it's the same here in the US. they're absolutely
fucking huge among people 15-40 and their newer songs are
rarely on the radio or MTV (from the little time i give
either).


 

offline ziggomatic from ??....uv ajed...deja vu....?? on 2003-08-31 16:06 [#00844028]
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i'm going to see them oct. 06.
first time..
i know i will love it.


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-08-31 20:42 [#00844231]
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Radiohead are a kick ass band... they are able to mix an
experimental leaning with kick ass melodies and great
hooks... thus they are able to garner respect from critics,
and sell well... Hail to the Thief is a kick ass album full
of great, interesting melodies, and great hooks... along
with a little of their electronic elements mixed in...


 


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