"I mean, it's just become a real drag. It worked with [2007 album] 'In Rainbows' because we had a real fixed idea about where we were going. But we've all said that we can't possibly dive into that again. It'll kill us." Yorke added that Radiohead "need to get away" from releasing albums in the traditional format.
What a baby.
This was kinda my thought when I considered this comment again.
I mean, I do realise making an album is normally a big thing, but it's part of being a musician. It'd be like complaining about having to practice your instrument. It just sounds kinda weak. "We just can't possibly do what we've done seven times before, and what tens of thousands of other bands do all the time. It's just too much for us".
Do you have millions of people expecting you to push out musical material every couple of years, and record companies on your back, not to mention the constant stress of touring? They aren't any old musicians, so have far far far more to live up to than the majority of bands. So yes, I can conceive it to being a very hard time for them. Sure he's using strong language, but that just reinforces how much they feel about it.
I don't, no, but I never said I did.
And once again, there are hundreds if not thousands of artists/bands in the world who are in the same /a similar position. And those bands keep releasing albums.
Anyway, I've given both The Bends and In Rainbows a decent listen in the last couple of months. The Bends is now my 2nd favourite behind Kid A, and it's the only Radiohead album where I LOVE every track. I feel about the same about In Rainbows as I do all their post-Kid A albums. It has some good songs, it has some I'm not particularly phased about.
Also, now that I've actually heard these albums, looking back on the list that Kev posted on the first page... Reckoner in the Top 10 Radiohead songs? It'd barely make my Top 10 In Rainbows songs.