first written: 10.09.24 0243jp
it is of the common understanding that ok computer is radioheads best album. but i can't stand idly by as this happens, when i know in my heart that the bends eats ok computer for lunch.
mind you i am in no way saying that ok computer is overrated but only that the bends is severely underrated.
its such a fuller album. some may say more versatile but i think its not necessarily true. when i say fuller i mean that there is little wasted space and i think ok computer does have some tracks that meander. the bends has always been the perfect listen for me. no pauses, no skipped tracks, just sit down and melt into a trance only breakable by an authoritative voice.
high and dry notoriously is a track that doesn't fit very well into the bends and it was to my understanding forced in by the label as a "more safe radio hit". i don't think there is much of a defense for it. tragically put there or not its still a blemish. i still like it mind you, just not so much in the context of the album. that being said i haven't skipped it ever.
maybe this a self report but im a bit of a picky eater when listening to ok computer. i don't usually have it in me to skip tracks, but i must confess that some times on the earliest tracks i am tuning out waiting for no suprises or karma police. (i think karma police is the best track btw, fight me if you must.)
once while hate watching some youtubers talk about radiohead i heard someone say the bends has the worst album art. something that i took as a joke, but upon reading the comments i heard affirmed by the audience. so just let me say this to any chumps who can't admire the bends cover: your inability to engage in dread when its not abstracted across a smearing of modern metaphor makes you weak! you must confront yourself as a vessel caught in noise!
ok thank you for reading lol, listen to your favorite radiohead album when you get a chance. :) good night.
