They also make me want to CREATE and be involved and add beauty to the world: beauty that is AFFIRMATIVE and glorious, and utterly in vain but so what? Radioheed just sound like they want you to sleep, or write tenth rate poetry or be 'worthy' or something. Fuck worthy. Radioheed ooze boredom and B&S ooze humanity. They are a lot sexier too.
of course it is all subjective but this is how radiohead make me feel as well. in fact, though i cherish b&s more, i find radiohead much more inspirational and b&s have more of the cocooning effects described above. Radiohead makes me address my adult side that battles with technology's effect on my career (i do web development and marketing) and celebrates the utter importance of art as an expression of humanity. thom yorke is the singer of our times, in my opinion: his voice captures the essence of our longing to realize the fullness of our souls and aspire to a higher way of living. for me, b&s are more self-indulgent. they soothe me and represent the person i've become after years of feeling different and self-absorbed and self-obssessed. is anyone here familiar with the enneagram? is it safe to say we are all fours? (the tragic romantic.) so b&s represent *me* absolutely (i'm 29 so i've listened to heaps to reach this point, starting with the usual cure, smiths, etc. at 13), and radiohead represent what i am a part of: western world humanity. i'm new by the way (just a few weeks; do be kind to a stranger. peace, margot