In a message dated 1/10/01 10:19:03 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Still can NOT find anything by Radiohead that I like. >>
i've been thinking about this today as i've been listening to some
rayjoheyaad. here is what i like in their sound. first, the guy's voice is
really edgy and cool. then, and perhaps most significant is this digitally
perfect clear sound they have. like they make a new environment for the
music to be heard in. and it's very powerful. it doesn't feel artificial to
me even though it is compared to say a martin D28 and a singer. but it is
really really powerful. magnetic. like a big wave that you catch and ride
till the song is over.
and when i listened to p.j. harvey's stories... i heard the same quality.
where as say..patti smith's gung ho sounds similar but is more organic in
it's nature. it has the gutteral guitar going and really strong vocals...but
it does not have this pristine sharp techno quality that i hear in p.j.'s
album.
so i'm trying to identify a quality that i've seen now twice in new music.
if i tried to translate into past sounds, i'd suggest ...rush....maybe some
pink floyd...like specifically ..welcome to the machine. you know how that
has that brum brum brum brum brum driving sound to it that never
deviates....that's the kind of thing i'm talking about only not really
because it still is not the same as radiohead.
so that's what i get out of it. but i could easily see how people on this
list would not like radiohead. i'm almost more surprised that some do and
most surprised that i'm liking them. i've always thought of myself as more
organic. so what do i know?
ciao. patrick
np. dm banter on luther college
