Radiohead is erased from the internet

dodgechargerfan said:
I just ran through a handful of tunes on YouTube, and nope.. Not my kinda thing.
I find the voice annoying. I didn't last much longer than 10 to 20 seconds after the vocals started.

I did know that they did Creep, but didn't make the connection earlier.
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I like their first 3 albums, Pablo Honey, The Bends, and OK Computer. Anything after those is too pretentious for me :embarrassed:

 
Glad to see they're following my lead. I gave up on having an internet presence years ago.

*spits*
 
dodgechargerfan said:
I just ran through a handful of tunes on YouTube, and nope.. Not my kinda thing.
I find the voice annoying. I didn't last much longer than 10 to 20 seconds after the vocals started.

I did know that they did Creep, but didn't make the connection earlier.
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I was gonna say. Creep was a huge hit, I would be surprised if people haven't heard that song. But it is kind of like asking someone if they have heard Blur's Song 2. Most folks have no idea what you are talking about and then you go woooohoooo and they immediately know the song. Everyone has heard that song, but they probably don't know its called Song 2 or that it is Blur.
 
Gary Blanchard said:
Yes, off course that was shameless. Stripping your internet presence isn't as shameless, but it still falls in my shameless category. Let your music speak for you, not artificial antics.
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Just about all modern music marketing has nothing to do with the music and everything to do with the artist/image/outrage. That is what sells music to the public. The music may in fact be high quality and the artist talented, or it could be low quality shite (as is more often the case). In an age of social media overload and 15 second sound bites putting out an album of well written and performed music is not enough to get the music heard unless you are a legacy artist from the 90s or earlier who has a built in audience.

I wish this was not true, but it is. Some artists do manage to forge a successful career via the route of talent and staying with an indy label - and getting lucky. But they are the exception.
 
Denverdave said:
Just about all modern music marketing has nothing to do with the music and everything to do with the artist/image/outrage. That is what sells music to the public. The music may in fact be high quality and the artist talented, or it could be low quality shite (as is more often the case). In an age of social media overload and 15 second sound bites putting out an album of well written and performed music is not enough to get the music heard unless you are a legacy artist from the 90s or earlier who has a built in audience.
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There is no doubt that the system sucks, but I will not, to quote a horrible corporate rock song, play corporation games. I guess bands feel they need to do this, but you are really buying into the system you say you hate when you do. No easy answers, for sure.
 
Gary Blanchard said:
There is no doubt that the system sucks, but I will not, to quote a horrible corporate rock song, play corporation games. I guess bands feel they need to do this, but you are really buying into the system you say you hate when you do. No easy answers, for sure.
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I wouldn't call myself a Radiohead fan, but I don't think they are buying into the system so much as the system tries to be them. They've been setting the curve for a long time now with fresh ways to engage their audience.
 
Gary Blanchard said:
Yes, off course that was shameless. Stripping your internet presence isn't as shameless, but it still falls in my shameless category. Let your music speak for you, not artificial antics.
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I got what you said. That's why I was talking to TomPetty. :)

You're slipping Gary. :)
 
I'm a fan. Seen em live twice, the first being one of my earliest concerts.

King Of Limbs did kind of suck though. :shrug:
 
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