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sex pistols didn't do shit btw
Flat out one of the dumbest things ever posted on this website. The Sex Pistols revolutionized rock and roll and changed it forever. Are they the best punk band? No, not even remotely close. Their influence and impact cannot be denied though. Ten thousand punk bands sprung up overnight after hearing "Anarchy in the UK". They launched the single most important developmental sub-genre in rock and roll in the last 50 years pretty much single-handedly. Can the same be said for Radiohead? Not even close.
It's relevant because I'd like to know if you can remember the influence that album had on the alt rock scene at the time of its release. Not hard really.....
And I couldn't just as easily take 5 minutes to do a bit of research on the internet to look up that same influence it had? I wasn't alive when the Beatles were around but I'd say I have a pretty fair understanding of the impact and influence they had on rock music during the 1960s.
But, to answer your question, I was about ten years old. I was more into Green Day and the Beach Boys at that age, but in the years since I've done quite a bit of exploration and research into music of all genres, especially indie rock in the 90s and 2000s. Apart from a couple of bands mentioned like Muse, their impact really isn't as large as some claim it to be. And I'm not really sure what influence Radiohead had on Coldplay? I mean I'm sure they had some influence because I know they've spoken about being fans of theirs before, but when I listen to any Coldplay album, Radiohead doesn't come to mind at all. U2 and Oasis come to mind, but not Radiohead.
Considering you dig blink-182's new album I don't know if you know much anyways.
Well I was going to respond to you, but considering the epic cop-out line of anecdotal bullshit you just pulled out (Oh you like *random album* so your opinion on all music is null and void, herp derp), I'm not even going to waste my time.
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Last line was a joke. Listen to a Coldplay record then listen to Ok Computer. Radiohead induced that falsetto stadium rock vibe that was adopted by others. There are many examples of electronic elements being introduced into indie bands after Kid A. You can figure that one out yourself.
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Life just got even better.
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this is cool but remixing radiohead is like remixing brie cheese
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wait wait wait
is someone actually trying to argue that Ok Computer didn't completely revolutionize alternative rock? dude, dude, dude
dude. I mean come on. that album is overrated in my opinion but trying to deny its influence borders on musical retardation.
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this album is really cool. I've only spun it one and a half times but I think the Altrice remix is my favourite.
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wait wait wait
is someone actually trying to argue that Ok Computer didn't completely revolutionize alternative rock? dude, dude, dude
dude. I mean come on. that album is overrated in my opinion but trying to deny its influence borders on musical retardation.
How? How did it "completely" revolutionize alternative rock? It completely revolutionized BRITISH alternative rock, yes, but that's all. What influence did it have on American music? Not very much. Nu-metal and post-grunge still dominated the rock charts for the next decade while pop-punk and "emo" (or what people began referring to as "emo") blew up and bands like Fall Out Boy and the reinvigorated Green Day dominated the industry. Sure, Radiohead's influence was massive in the UK music scene, especially with OK Computer, and they totally changed the course of Britpop and British indie rock, I won't deny that at all, but that's all it did. They didn't "revolutionize" alternative rock, they made a huge impact and revolutionized the British rock landscape, definitely, but not the entire genre of alternative rock.
I'm not denying OK Computer's influence. I'm just saying that claiming it "reinvented" alternative rock or "revolutionized" it is flat out hyperbole, because it's impact never really went past the shores of the UK and into the global music scene. Unlike groups like Nirvana or the Sex Pistols, whose impact was global and who ignited and awoke an entire new style and genre of rock music that immediately influenced thousands of bands in the US, UK, and world around. To me, that's "reinventing" something. Just making a brilliant album that influences people locally and amasses a massive amount of critical acclaim in the years since it's release isn't enough. I guess it all depends on what you define as "re-inventing" or "revolutionizing" a genre.
I don't think anything I've said here is false, exaggerated, or too outlandish. Radiohead can never lay claim to being as revolutionary or culturally important as truly revolutionary groups of the past have been---Nirvana, Sex Pistols, Beatles, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson...I'm sorry, but Radiohead doesn't belong in that group of names and barring the release of a new monumentally popular and acclaimed album in the area of a "Thriller", "Dark Side of the Moon", or "Nevermind", they never will be.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO BRIT POP YOU DENSE CUNT?!
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What influence did it have on American music? Not very much.
stopped reading there, you're an idiot. and try to make your posts more concise, no one wants to read an essay, especially not when they're full of ridiculous assertions like that.
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Cool evasion bro.
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motherfuck you're annoying
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not you Lakes
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Cool evasion bro.
not an evasion at all. I stopped reading there cause I didn't want to read an essay full of points like that.
ending a post with "bro" is pretty cool though
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You didn't want to read an essay full of "points like that"? What, the kind that oppose your own viewpoint and provide a logical and well-reasoned explanation to that viewpoint? Okay, that's your prerogative dude, I just thought maybe you wanted to have a conversation about this album here.
I keep forgetting how much most people on this website hate any kind of extended, in-depth debate or conversation. It's weird. I guess I'm just used to the message boards/forums I frequent where the rules typically are that you have to provide some sort of explanation or reasoning to your posts to avoid spam and moronic YouTube-like internet arguments. It's kind of a shame because there are alot of extremely intelligent people on this site I'd love to have an actual conversation with.
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"WHAT HAPPENED TO BRIT POP YOU DENSE CUNT?!" I don't know how I can articulate that any more clearly.
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looooooooooool
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album art work is so bad
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what did you expect?
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they could have made it alot better i mean didnt they make a ton of art for this album. they could of just used that
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But, to answer your question, I was about ten years old. I was more into Green Day and the Beach Boys at that age, but in the years since I've done quite a bit of exploration and research into music of all genres, especially indie rock in the 90s and 2000s. Apart from a couple of bands mentioned like Muse, their impact really isn't as large as some claim it to be. And I'm not really sure what influence Radiohead had on Coldplay? I mean I'm sure they had some influence because I know they've spoken about being fans of theirs before, but when I listen to any Coldplay album, Radiohead doesn't come to mind at all. U2 and Oasis come to mind, but not Radiohead.
You seem to be convinced that the impact that I'm talking about automatically refers to bands going out and attempting to sound just like Radiohead. That isn't the case at all, but OK Computer influenced a lot of artists on both sides of the pond, who were motivated by the experimenantion found in what is still essentially a rock album to go out and do something similar as well. Muse, REM, Frank Turner (just to name a few) - they've all claimed that the album motivated them in different ways, that's influential, and completely changed how other musicians in the same field looked at the genre
album art work is so bad
Individual artwork is so much better
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