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It's probably because they announced it like this. https://www.instagram.com/p/BykT-NOA6_m/?igshid=6nm3aw87qo8d https://www.instagram.com/p/BykT-NOA6_m/?igshid
by alien1993 7y ago
It's probably because they announced it like this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BykT-NOA6_m/?igshid=6nm3aw87qo8d https://www.instagram.com/p/BykT-NOA6_m/?igshid=6nm3aw87qo8d
- staticautomatic 7y agoI am disappointed to learn that Radiohead has an Instagram account.
- justwalt 7y agoMost active bands do. It doesn’t say much other than “we’d like to reach our audience.”
- and0 7y agoRadiohead were pioneers in social media announcements, between the sudden pay-what-you-want digital release of In Rainbows to, as far as I know, inventing social media blackout / cryptic profile picture shenanigans.
- staticautomatic 7y agoMy point is only this: If in 1997 you'd told me that the people who wrote OK Computer would later be unashamedly using a world-dominating platform built by fitter happier people whose ambition, I was told, makes them look pretty ugly, I would not have believed you.
- Dirlewanger 7y agoNot everyone has Fugazi-esque morals.
- asdff 7y agoRadiohead did when they released hail to the thief.
- throwaway-hn123 7y agoYeah, you need a sense of perspective, dude. It's rock music.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago> a world-dominating platform built by fitter happier people ... I guess I need an Instagram account.
- staticautomatic 7y agoIs that sarcasm or have you just never listened to Fitter Happier?
- majormajor 7y agoRemember you're talking about a very popular band that was making full use of 90s world-dominating mainstream media platforms that were run by douchebags then too. But now we're in Tool territory instead of Radiohead territory https://genius.com/Tool-hooker-with-a-penis-lyrics https://genius.com/Tool-hooker-with-a-penis-lyrics
- staticautomatic 7y agoIs your point that I shouldn't be surprised because they've always been hypocrites in this regard?
- dondawest 7y agoI’m fully in agreement with you dude. Hypocrisy among artists who take a stand is hella annoying. It’s like the White Stripes swearing they’d never get a bass player, only to get a bass player. They literally made an album describing in detail how technology was bad for humans and now they are beholden to the same technology they once critiqued.
- ficklepickle 7y agoAngsty young artists either become better adjusted to their environment as they get older, or they die. It happens all the time as bands age. The inner turmoil makes for great art, but it isn't sustainable. It doesn't make the art any less real.
- steveklabnik 7y agoFun story: I purchased In Rainbows in order to support this general idea. I think I paid $10. I never ended up actually listening to it. I wonder how many other people did the same.
- leesec 7y agoBut it's the best Radiohead album!
- misiti3780 7y agoI respectfully disagree, OK Computer is the best album!
- davidjnelson 7y agoOk computer is amazing but I still like kid a the best.
- reitanqild 7y agoSome people, like GP, or me, might pay for something just to reward a step in the right direction. Band I don't listen to releasing music I don't listen to in a way I prefer might be a step in the direction towards band-I-listen-to releasing music in a way I prefer. Basic psychology. Works on pigeons and what not, as proven by B.F. Skinner. But I am unconvinced when it comes to the content industry, I'm not sure we can repeat the success from the pigeons on them ;-)
- lloeki 7y agoThey did a garage take/video project called Scotch Mist which is somewhat better. https://youtu.be/ukythkK4EPQ https://youtu.be/ukythkK4EPQ
- patorjk 7y agoI was a big fan at the time and paid $0, I read later that most people did the same but that a good amount of people did pay money, and the album was more profitable than their previous album. I felt a little bad and later bought the physical copy when it was released. It's either the best, or second best Radiohead album. It's definitely worth listening too.