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Posts by El Sluggo Loco
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I don't see any photos and there's a lot of broken links and shit.
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How To Disappear Completely. The first one.
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There goes the neighborhood...
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We ride tonight!
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The best part (of HTDC) starts at 5:05. The way the strings come apart and then come back together is so satisfying. This is sophisticated stuff! Idiots would never get it! Here's another with an awesome payoff...
Payoff is what I use to describe an incredibly satisfying conclusion. Where tension is built then released. Radiohead are masters at this.
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That's because you're not a dumby.
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but not too much time....
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First of all, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Radiohead. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over the typical listener's head. There's also Thom’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterization - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence, people who dislike Radiohead truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humor in Thom’s existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons.. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Thom Yorke’s genius unfolds itself on their playlists . What fools... how I pity them. And yes by the way, I DO have a Radiohead tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.
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The Radiohead/Hollies thing is just another incidental similarity. Even though Thom Yorke was aware of the similarities, the two songs i their own context sound nothing alike.
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Harrumph! Harrumph!