Sinister: KidA versus FYHCYWLAP
Listened to Kid A on the way home from work yesterday, then on the way in again this morning. As I approached a set of lights I saw a formation of birds in the sky flying south, Kid A is almost certainly going to be the winter soundtrack for many. I enjoyed the album a great deal, the dissonant electronics serve to create a mood of unease and expectation which set your mind on edge and create the receptiveness/need/hunger for the 'proper' vocal tracks when they finally arrive. They are quite obviously messing with our heads, and why the fuck not? But the big question, is it better than B&S' last offering? Chalk and cheese y'might say, but at least the 'head are moving in different directions, whereas B&S seem to be reheating the same old soup to a certain extent. Very nice soup, don't get me wrong, kinda like your granny might make, but still the same stuff. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Hello all. What with all this talk about Kid A, I thought I should drop in my little opinion. After all the discussion about the hatred of prog rock, I'm surprised that Radiohead seem to attract so many fans, what with their music being impenetrable pretentious old twaddle. Still, at least they're not putting out any singles for a while. Well, it's now getting all autumnal, and I have to say, I love it almost completely (apart from the gloomy bits). Now I can wear a coat to work and not feel foolish as the weather changes from what looks like rain to being a stinking hot summer day. No more sweating on the tube (hooray!) and lots more enjoying being indoors where it's nice and warm (until the heating decides to pack up). I suppose a bit of B&S content is necessary really. Well, since I've yet to make any comment on anything about FYHCYWLAP, I can honestly say I love it, especially 'Don't Leave The Light On', which is gorgeous. I was surprised when martyg10 (sorry, I don't know your full name) said that they seem to be retreading old ground. As far as I could see, a lot of the criticism for FYHCYWLAP from people in these quarters seemed to stem from the fact that it didn't sound enough like the B&S of old (or am I misinterpreting everything?). Hmm - dissention in the ranks maybe?! Well, as it's getting to un-picnic-able weather in this country, I'm hoping that there'll be something else to do instead - the last Lahndahn picnic was top, if a bit wet, so here's hoping for some sort of indoor picnic-type thang, with more booze than you could shake a very large stick at. Anyone got any suggestions? Ah well, I suppose I ought to get back to me proofreading. Bye ev'ryone, Marc. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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