radiokills Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 it also my opinion that they are currently the two best live acts in the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blue_94_trooper Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 it also my opinion that they are currently the two best live acts in the world. Agree, and I get to see them about 48 hours apart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 ditto Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Tinariwen is the Taureg Sigur Ros. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 it also my opinion that they are currently the two best live acts in the world. Two best bands in the world right now? Of the past ten years? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jakobnicholas Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 If I had to name an American Radiohead, I'd say the Flaming Lips. Like Wilco, the Lips aim more for the heart, but they seem more experimental than Wilco....not saying they're better or worse for that, but they're attitude towards music seems closer to Radiohead than Wilco. Both bands (Flaming Lips and Radiohead) seem a little out there.....non-fans or music listeners who don't like "alternative" music would most likely call the music weird or strange. Most Wilco tunes are pretty safe compared much of the Lips and Radiohead songs. I'm not saying Wilco is "safe", but Radiohead and the Flaming Lips seem to have made music more on the fringes for almost all their careers....again, one can decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 If I had to name an American Radiohead, I'd say the Flaming Lips. Like Wilco, the Lips aim more for the heart, but they seem more experimental than Wilco....not saying they're better or worse for that, but they're attitude towards music seems closer to Radiohead than Wilco. Both bands (Flaming Lips and Radiohead) seem a little out there.....non-fans or music listeners who don't like "alternative" music would most likely call the music weird or strange. Most Wilco tunes are pretty safe compared much of the Lips and Radiohead songs. I'm not saying Wilco is "safe", but Radiohead and the Flaming Lips seem to have made music more on the fringes for almost all their careers....again, one can decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing.That makes more sense to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Another reasoning for the comparison is the timeline and styles of their records and neither band has really put out a junk album yet. Pablo Honey = A.M., straightforward records and certainly neither bands best. The Bends = Being There, classics within their catalogues yet still more straightforward in their musical approach. Ok Computer = Summerteeth, hard to compare the two but to me they have a few similarities.0 Kid A + Amnesiac = Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, possibly both bands best record? Most experimental for sure. Hail To The Theif = A Ghost Is Born + Wilco book, Maybe a bit of a stretch but both records to me have a similar feel. In Rainbows = Sky Blue Sky, both bands most laid back and "band" feel. When looking at it in that perspective it seems to make more sense to me as well, both bands peaked with their experimentation at the same time as well as their recent records focused on the BAND making a record together. Thom and Jeff are also notorious for maintaining a strict dictatorship within the band. One thing Wilco has done a lot more than Radiohead is their output of material, quite a bit more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_H_2 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 This comparison was born right around the time that YHF started to receive critical acclaim. Basically, if there was no YHF in the Wilco catalogue, this comparison wouldn't exist today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moe_Syzlak Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 If I had to name an American Radiohead, I'd say the Flaming Lips.The Flaming Lips are the American Super Furry Animals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blue_94_trooper Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Can we at least agree that the Monkees are the American Beatles? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moe_Syzlak Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Can we at least agree that the Monkees are the American Beatles?Hmmm... clone something artistic and innovative, strip out all the soul and commercialize the fuck out of it for maximum profit and minimum integrity. Sounds about right to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 It is a strange connection to make. I find it most fruitful when comparing YHF to KID A. They both were a complete shock to the bands audience. They both contemplate the room for humanity in a high tech world. They both use electronic manipulation to sonically and symbolically interrupt the lyrical landscape. In the most intuitive way possible I can imagine listening to YHF on the L in chicago and having it be the perfect soundtrack and I can imagine sitting in the tube waiting for the Jubilee line listening to KID A. YHF and the L go outdoors where there are skyscrapers, but old wood on the platforms, still evidence of a big gray mid-western sky. KID A and the Tube are imbedded in a cavernous network of fluorescent lights, plastics and reflective tiles, where the plentiful advertisements take on an almost Tokyo level of surrealism around the escalators. It kind of makes sense, at least how I listen to music......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evil horn Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 yorke vs. tweedy would make for a good Celebrity Deathmatch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evil horn Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 electronic manipulation to sonically and symbolically interrupt the lyrical landscape. nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blue_94_trooper Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hmmm... clone something artistic and innovative, strip out all the soul and commercialize the fuck out of it for maximum profit and minimum integrity. Sounds about right to me. While I was being flippant, I would disagree with the "minimum integrity" portion of your comment. Even though the Monkees were a commercial enterprise more than a band, at the end of the day they left us with a pile of great songs. anyway, back to your regularly scheduled topic... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Another reasoning for the comparison is the timeline and styles of their records and neither band has really put out a junk album yet. Pablo Honey = A.M., straightforward records and certainly neither bands best. The Bends = Being There, classics within their catalogues yet still more straightforward in their musical approach. Ok Computer = Summerteeth, hard to compare the two but to me they have a few similarities.0 Kid A + Amnesiac = Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, possibly both bands best record? Most experimental for sure. Hail To The Theif = A Ghost Is Born + Wilco book, Maybe a bit of a stretch but both records to me have a similar feel. In Rainbows > Sky Blue Sky, the first and only time Radiohead ever outdid Wilco. Cool...and fixed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theologians Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Wilco >> Radiohead. At least from what i've heard. I have tried to get into radiohead many times but i can never do it, i just dont like what i hear. Any recommendations? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blue_94_trooper Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I have tried to get into radiohead many times but i can never do it, i just dont like what i hear. Any recommendations? Start with The Bends or OK Computer. If you like what you hear, finish with Kid A and Amnesiac. See them live if you can, it could change your mind. They're really that good. Skip Pablo Honey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 In Rainbows > Sky Blue Sky, the first and only time Radiohead ever outdid Wilco. agree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I'd say Ok Computer beats out Summerteeth but other than that yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Glenn and Phil are both surprisingly flatulent. EDIT: although they are drummers so perhaps extra percussion is not surprising? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Glenn and Phil are both surprisingly flatulent. i'm quite flatulent too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 You are the Australian Radiohead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
InHiding19 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Radiohead and Wilco are both great bands that really don't have jack shit in common. P.S. I just saw Radiohead in NY two nights this past weekend and it was sick!!! Wilco tonight in tanglewood...........what a week!!! oh yeah and Ed Ved on sat!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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