REBUTTAL!

[Maureen]

Here is what I said on spin.com in regards to Chris Norris' article claiming that Radiohead "wish they were special". Ta-da! Though it probably won't do much good with the problem I'm trying to illuminate here, at least I expressed it, haha. Again, you should read the article first:http://www.spin.com/articles/myth-no-1-radiohead-can-do-no-wrong?aggr_node=55990Though I don't agree with Chris on this matter, I applaud him for his honesty and frankly having the balls to write this article. There are many die-hard Radiohead fans who probably want to tear him apart for having debunking this "myth"...yikes! I am a huge fan of Radiohead, but I am not ignorant and was willing to read the article to see his point of view. I see where he's coming from with the similar styles of post-OK Computer works, but I don't think he understands that what Radiohead has written is a maze in itself; that is fascinating and/or aurgasmic (yeah, I stole that), depending on your musical taste. I don't think their goal is to create some musical apocalypse that needs to blow the world out of the water. Hell, if anyone's ever seen "Meeting People Is Easy" they'd know that Radiohead is probably ****ing sick of the limelight. They experiment how they please, and because it is so abstract, people can commonly conceive it as epic--or simply boring. However, this doesn't mean that their work is being put out to be remembered as "special" and put down the non-believers. Personally, I find their work mesmerizing and blissfully complicated, but I understand that not everyone has the same taste...I just think the world needs to understand that Radiohead is making music for an audience that is constantly expecting something special, whether it is or not. Thank you for your opinion, but it only highlights a social wrong being done to the work of the band rather than confirming they suck.P.S. I don't know about you, man, but I can definitely dance to Radiohead!