Radiohead strengths are in their songwriting and in th enginerring of their songs.
The songwriting strength is evident in that jazz musicians have interpreted their songs and that they have garnered much respect in jazz magazines. You won't find such respect liberally applied in jazz circles to rock bandsvery often. That alone will cause their musical effect to last long into the future.
The recordings are structured and layered fantastically.
The polarization lies in if you like Thom Yorke or not. To me his singing comes staright from his heart and soul.
Originally posted by trev33Never in a million years. Rice is good musician and Lisa Hannigan adds a lot to the band but he's travelling a well trodden route and there are better musicians who did or are doing the same style, try Nick Drake, Bon Iver, Will Oldham etc.
damien rice is better than radiohead.
Radiohead do stand out from the crowd without a doubt. I don't know any band who has made a top class rock album like The bends and then embraced electronic music and effects and created quite unique albums like Kid A and In Rainbows.
And I like the way fans of the band have completely different favourite songs. For me its their more experimental songs like Pyramid Song, Idioteque, Weird Fishes_Arpeggi, 15 Step etc.
