MrTagoMago
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That was pretty good, and I can definitely hear that Radiohead was probably influenced by them and other similar bands. But come on, it's just not on the same level. It sounds like an early demo Radiohead might have made while still trying to find their sound. The great thing about Electronic era Radiohead, too, is just how many others influences they obviously have - there's IDM in there, jazz, Eno-esque ambient music, and they keep up the quality level right the way through every album.
I wouldn't think you'd be able to appreciate the more experimental side of Krautrock bands anyway.
Not basing it on you specifically I know that this kind of thing is a niche style and we are on a metal forum.What are you basing that assessment on?
KID A is the one radiohead album that does live up to the hype IMO. those are sophisticated, fluid soundscapes which come together into an organic whole defined by a distinctly modern set of neuroses. not that this is important at all but i know several krautrock fans who feel the same way.
I don't get the people who think Kid A is anything but a flash of genius. Yes it borrows from krautrock and jazz and electronica and all that but it borrows from SO MANY PLACES and weaves everything together into something ridiculously cohesive. Sure there were krautrock bands that drew inspiration from equally far and wide (for their time - obviously they couldn't include genres that didn't exist yet) but show me a krautrock band that manages to maintain Kid A's level of compositional elegance for the duration of a full album without slipping into a 15-minute improv.
Another example.
Kid A is the Radiohead album I've given the most chances and I still find it pretty boring tbh.
The only reason I gave them a chance is because some of their stuff was labled as artsy experimental but isn't Bends just plain alt rock?Btw you guys talk Kid A
too much, The Bends is their best period.
I wouldn't doubt it is but it seems like it'd be so outside my music taste there's no real reason to bother. I tried OK Computer and I didn't care for it either.May be but it's still their most coherent record.