official Sandbox making fun of Radiohead thread

Yes. Serious business.

Deserves a pat on the back for it, the James boy.

Yes. And for reinventing music altogether by making non-boring music and always remaining so fresh & vital.

Shall we do a Penderecki vs Aphex Twin poll because I think we all know the answer to that is: SPIKE JONES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt4b_qwC_Q

I'll see your Spike, and I'll raise you a Stan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08T8Dt9tnFk&feature=related

that is totally CREPEY

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-oed4kxQB4

ha-ISHOOO

bless you.

That J&M got banned like crazy back then. (Possibly the spontorg in the middle, poss not)...

I always thought John and Yoko's "John and Yoko" was a take-off (certainly as far as John was concerned)...

I love how YouTube keeps track of what you watch even when you're not logged in, so it's offering me up a confusing selection of Spike Jones episodes and "Live From The Basement" sessions of Thom Yorke wandering around with Scott Walker hair.

There used to be a fillum for StanFreb's "Day-o" back on the BBC in the sixties/early seventies, they'd use it to fill in time.

Basically, a lot of bendy toys in animation.

Never seen for years, not on Youtube, probably because the bendy Bugs Bunny breached copyright or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1qKy4cMPUI

LOL

I saw this had been bumped and was all "Shit, I should put the PO vid in there!". Nice work, CC.

got it from some ladys facebook page idk

:)

You guys are all mean. (Not really.) Still listing King of Limbs as one of my fave albums of the year, though.

Well in terms of whose HAIR Thom Yorke has decided to emmulate now, Aphex Twin is definitely winning out over Penderecki.

https://twitter.com/#!/bunnyechoes/status/144172947739906048/photo/1

^^^^^you can only imagine the double take I did when that came on the screen. Yes it is a gingerish ponytail.

(No, I don't really want to think about the contradictions inherent in a multi millionaire using the Occupy movement to promote his own cred, I really don't want to go there because it annoys me too much.)

Radiohed are too dead personality wise to even make fun of.

It seems more fruitful to just make fun of all indie rock; idk it's all equally bland and pretentious eh

Radiohead dress better than most indie bands, though, I guess

It's not that they're too dead personality wise. It's more that their personalities (nicely brought up, public school educated, upper middle class white boys) are so absolutely over-represented in British society that they appear to have ~no personality at all~. (all objectivity is just male subjectivity - Dale Spender)

I have realised that the whole Thom Yorke thing is just an index of mine own self loathing and that's when I close mine eyes and just want it to *stop*. Because my self esteem and my lust for Yorke are completely negatively correlated the more one goes down the other goes up and it's not even a case of "it's been fun, but I'd really like it to stop now" as wanting to erradicate that whole intrusive limerent thing from my BRANE because of what it really means. Just stop typing already you cunt haha

Radiohead dress better than most indie bands, though, I guess

Not all indie bands are millionaires. Some might be sons of millionaires though.

The last time I was involved in talking to a band wit a view to joining them, one of the band's girlfriends worked at EMI, particularly closely to services rendered to Radiohead. Which basically meant the whole band were like "wow Radiohead are sooo great we'll never be as cool as them but hey let's have fun trying oh Hi Gill what did Radiohead do today?"

Right then, I knew I'd been around this scene too long...

services rendered to Radiohead

What did this entail I wonder

Well, she worked in the financial office, so.

Then again, I did work on a cheque printing programme for Island records, which was mainly used for Mxxxxxxx Fxxxxxxx's benefit back in 198%...

Michael Faraday recorded for Island?

Yeah, one of my former bandmates' partners worked for EMI during the same period and there were rumours (they were allegations they were *into* field hockey players) that it was like "OK, EMI are buying Radiohead their own jet now" which is what makes it so hard to take RH seriously as climate change campaigners because, come on, really. Making a lighting rig that uses 30% less electricity than a normal rig, then flying it halfway round the world to Brazil, is that really the way forward? But how do you justify something any way except "but I enjoy it?" but TBH it doesn't often look like they're enjoying it very much.

Like I said, index of self loathing. Like when I leave the heating on all night because I've got the dreaded lurgy. Bah viruses beggone they make me not nice.

But, y'know, this is RH Fan Trolling 101 - I'd much rather talk about Thom Yorke's bald patch.

(Not that I don't want to lick Thom Yorke's bald patch silly coz it just makes him closer to ~Eno~ y'know?)

Is it not silly already?

I dunno, I'm still "Whew, I still don't got a Bald patch!" to ever risk criti someone elses, just in case.

The ponytail is silly. His bald patch was just fine the way it was.

Bald patch. Ponytail. That's not Eno...

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00750/SNN1003BN-380_750647a.jpg

(Brian Wilson not pictured)

Christ, that's 2011 Thom on the left meets 1993 Thom on the right. Not right. So not right.

IT IS! IT REALLY IS!

stop it you are BRAKING my BRANE

It's not that they're too dead personality wise. It's more that their personalities (nicely brought up, public school educated, upper middle class white boys) are so absolutely over-represented in British society that they appear to have ~no personality at all~. (all objectivity is just male subjectivity - Dale Spender)

I have realised that the whole Thom Yorke thing is just an index of mine own self loathing and that's when I close mine eyes and just want it to *stop*. Because my self esteem and my lust for Yorke are completely negatively correlated the more one goes down the other goes up and it's not even a case of "it's been fun, but I'd really like it to stop now" as wanting to erradicate that whole intrusive limerent thing from my BRANE because of what it really means. Just stop typing already you cunt haha

― Fotherington Thomas, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 10:35 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

you ok k8?

You have several names available to call me by. "FT" or "Fotherington" or "Thomas" or even "wet St Custards swot!" but it really is immensely presumptive to use other names and I would appreciate it if you refrained from speculation. Thanks.

my bad.

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:) x-post

I'm not really OK but it's nothing that J-pop and getting better sleep / more light / shaking off this flu / intensive Vitamin D supplements won't fix eventually.

To me, Radiohead will always be the "great band that wanted to be so much more" , and I'm starting to get a handle on why I haven't listened to them like at all the last few years

so much less imo

it's upsetting because I do believe they're great songwriters and that things like "Let Down", "Bodysnatchers", and "Optimistic" should be the meat of the albums, not the diversions

I've become obsessed with Yorke's asymmetry. It's not just the ptosis of his left eye, his whole nose is slightly crooked, and his nostrils are two different sizes and shapes. In studies and tests, it's supposed to be the symmetry of a face that makes it beautiful, but he is so beautiful almost because of all those asymmetrically fucked up bits. Flaws in the midst of otherwise beauty capture and hold one's eye. Like the same way I think his voice is at its most powerful, not when he holds those impossibly high, floating notes, but when it breaks and jars and goes slightly whistley and sibilant around the edges. I hate when my brain gets on a locked groove like this. I know this man is a thoughtworm, not a crush. It gets intrusive and I want it to stop. I hate myself for the cliche of feeling this way. I know he'd loathe and fear me, too, for fixating. But what's one more person that loathes and fears me? There are already so many. Why do I think these things? Why do I say these things?

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Did you guys know that Radiohead is headlining (both Saturday nights at) Coachella? Now you do.

Bonnaroo, too, I believe.

Fuck a festival, tbh.