> This *IS* a good record. And yet-- the circumstances around it are
pretty
> strange. See, Before Kid A and OK Computer -- Radiohead was pretty
much
> your average rock band with your average rock audience. Now that
they've
> turned to trying artistic things with their music, music fans like
myself
> have jumped on board. However, the old rock audience still remains.
And
> for some people, this record is the greatest thing they've ever
heard.
> Well, yes-- it *IS* if all you've been listening to is mindless MTV
rock for
> the past 5 years.
I find this interesting. Back in the late 70s, weren't punk & new
wave supposed to be a reaction to over-produced, progressive rock? In
some ways those trends were a 'return to roots'. A stripped-down,
rawer & wilder rock & roll. So called 'art rock' was considered a
dinosaur. With the possible exception of Patti Smith who made wilder
& rawer into art.
Now with electronica and other so-called 'new' styles, the tide seems
to have rolled back the other way.
I just can't keep up with all these new-fangled trends & thangs!
Mark in Seattle - just sittin' here watchin' the wheels go round &
round....and thinking that Joni has been a touchstone through it all -
even in the 80s when she did that record we won't talk about that
Don/Larry likes so much.
