Why do people act like Pablo Honey is the Phantom Menace of Radiohead or something? Like it's this huge embarrassment that we're not even supposed to acknowledge. It's on the same level as The Bends, imho. It doesn't have the genre-transcending ambition that they later became known for, but you can't expect every album to have that. For what it is, which is a Dinosaur Jr/Smiths rip off, it's good. I'd rather listen to Pablo Honey than A Moon Shaped Pool, to be honest, which was underwhelming to me. And it's nice to mix their early shit in when you're listening to Radiohead, it makes their later progression even more impressive. But even hardcore Radiohead fans seem to overlook it automatically. Why?
Why do people act like Pablo Honey is the Phantom Menace of Radiohead or something...
Chase Edwards
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Jacob Williams
disliking pablo honey is just a meme
it's like saying navi is annoying in oot. no one screams at their television for her to shut up, but we like to pretend we do
Elijah Cook
because its fun pop music and the short funny eye man has grown to hate anything fun
Brody Wood
Is it really just a meme though when it's an opinion espoused by 99% of people
Thomas Cook
Which is too bad. There's an innocence and earnestness on PH that they never really displayed again
Kayden Price
its average, some of its pretty good, some of its shit. its not worth shit compared to later works.
Ethan Wood
I don't see how The Bends is so much better. It's basically the same shit.
Ryan Perry
Thom thinks it's an abomination and truly despises it. Personally iv'e listened to the whole thing (and itch) a lot and it's not really BAD. t bh ppl probably find it bad bc all other 8 albums are amazing
Jonathan Kelly
The Bends has much better songwriting though; nothing on PH compares to Street Spirit
Colton Jenkins
>Why do people act like Pablo Honey is the Phantom Menace of Radiohead or something?
we don't. you're getting angry over mere memes
Levi Collins
(You) and Blow out are pretty good songs. The rest isn't bad, it's just boring. Except for Anyone can play guitar, which I cringe at every time.
Anthony Gomez
Street Spirit is horseshit.
I'm not talking about Sup Forums I'm talking about people in general
Brody Miller
>Street Spirit is horseshit.
Matthew Rodriguez
Blow Out is a decent song. The rest of them are kinda meh.
Was coke babies a PH b-side or the bends? Either way it's a really nice track.
Camden Campbell
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Jack Walker
I like it more than AMSP too.
Isaiah Adams
Yeah. It reminds me of fucking System of a Down when they let their whiny guitarist sing lead vocals.
Christian Cook
I get it now, you were just trying to get me mad.
But if you honestly believe this then you are tone deaf.
Anthony Rivera
I don't even know you, retard. I don't give a fuck how you feel.
Chase Rodriguez
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Anthony Collins
That's what you post when someone says they just trolled you. I didn't. I haven't been trolling in this thread at all.
Easton Morris
I'm not really a Radiohead fan and Pablon Honey is actually the album of theirs I've gotten most into.
Brayden Cooper
that makes it a meme yes
Hudson Roberts
Coke Babies was a b-side to Anyone Can Play Guitar
Parker Wilson
Very accurate analogy user
Hudson Gray
I don't care what Thom thinks, Kurt Cobain didn't like Nevermind
Ethan Reyes
Thank you for saying Pablo Honey is better than A Moon Shaped Pool. AMSP is Radiohead's worst release yet.
While Pablo Honey is Radiohead's most sonically uninteresting and musically derivative, Pablo Honey has great songwriting for a debut. Sure, it pales in comparison to the rest of Radiohead's work (except AMSP), but still. It's a great album. It was already incredibly telling of Radiohead's talent and great potential.
Liam Howard
How is that whiny? Is he whining or can I not hear that.
Jaxson Allen
Charles Jones
Agreed. If they would've just kept in that direction, I think they still would've become a beloved band, just more in the vein of U2 or something rather than being the Pink Floyd of their generation
Angel Lopez
Because Thom Yorke hated it for a while. Most fans would still enjoy it if not for all the interviews in the late 90s and early 00s of Thom talking about how sick he is of his guitar and he was finding all melody to be embarrassing. Its not Amnesiac, but its got some good stuff.
Logan Jackson
In Rainbows is all guitars and melody bruh
Kayden Wilson
>In Rainbows is all guitars
...Bro...there's..TONS of string sections on that album.
Jaxon Jenkins
this
Jace Rivera
What's your point?
Alexander Gonzalez
I misinterpreted your message. I thought you meant it only focused on guitars. My bad.
Logan Rodriguez
Pablo Honey is just as good as The Bends in that they're both shit. TKOL is pretty mediocre, In Rainbows is overrated and Amnesiac>>>>Kid A.
Connor Brown
What do you think about HTTT, OKC and AMSP?
Jace Nelson
Pablo Honey isn't the Phantom Menace, it's Mad Max 1
Lucas Ward
The Bends is Pablo Honey but with better songwriting, better guitar textures, and generally MUCH less mediocre. And speaking of textures, AMSP is by a country mile their most accomplished album in that respect; songs like Daydreaming, The Numbers and Present Tense are easily on a different level from their previous albums compositionally. It absolutely leaves a record like Pablo Honey in the dust.
Carter Rogers
>HTTT
Put me off by how overt and preachy it was a lot of times but thought it was still pretty good.
>OKC
Great. Not much to say.
>AMSP
Thought it was good but I had really low expectations after TKOL.