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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:35 PM
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Is 'OK Computer' by Radiohead the greatest non-Zeppelin album ever
I could listen to that album on a daily basis - hell I practically do already.

Anyone else a big fan of this album?
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:37 PM
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1. I think the first System of a Down album can give it a run for its money
Just my $.02
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:37 PM
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3. You have a solid point there my friend - a real solid point
but if I had to choose between the two I'd still go for the Radiohead album
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some guy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:37 PM
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2. No
some live thing from Phil Collins is - because it has "our" song on it.

:P
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:39 PM
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4. Ok - I'll put this Phil Collins on the list since we share "Groovy Kind of Love" as our song
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 05:31 PM
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5. I would put U2's "Joshua Tree" or Jane's Addiction's "Nothing's Shocking" up against...
...Radiohead any day of the week.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:02 PM
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6. I love it, but everybody in the house whines if I play it.
Thanks to JackMN and my need to attend to his musical demands (hence avoiding tantrums,) we've heard nothing but Green Day for the majority of the last week.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:04 PM
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7. Green Day is definately not a bad choice
Anytime I drive home to visit family in Pennsylvania I tend to put their live album "Bullet in a Bible" on volume 11 and sing it loudly all the way home
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:05 PM
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8. Except he wants me to dance to it, while he laughs.
And dancing to Green Day is exhausting.
:P
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:06 PM
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9. I can imagine - singing it loudly is exhausting too
and sometimes gives me a hoarse throat
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:09 PM
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I love that he is a fan of Green Day, that's very cool
my 11 year old has very non-punkish tastes, and is more of a Beatle fan. He always says, Mom, your music is too loud! :rofl:

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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:10 PM
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11. At least your 11 year old isn't insisting on Britney Spears or some other poptart musician
:eyes:
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-12-07 09:57 AM
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34. well his parents have reasonable taste, so he does too!
he did kind of have an Aaron Carter phase there for a while...
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:09 PM
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10. I love that he is a fan of Green Day, that's very cool
my 11 year old has very non-punkish tastes, and is more of a Beatle fan. He always says, Mom, your music is too loud! :rofl:

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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:12 PM
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12. Karma police is one of my favorite songs
i love that album - so many good songs!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:35 PM
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14. Mine is Subterranean Homesick Alien - that song puts me in such a great moond
:D
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:43 PM
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15. ....... yeah cause radiohead is such an upbeat band
:spray:

;)
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:07 PM
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25. I didn't say a happy mood - just a really great mood
sorta like I'm in my serene place and nobody can fuck with me
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:12 PM
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13. No, but it is a great album.
:D
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 06:56 PM
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16. Huge Zeppelin fan, and must say not too many albums could equal or surpass.
But there are a few I can think of. Right now I will just pick Thick as a Brick...:toast:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 07:09 PM
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17. I don't even consider it the best Radiohead album (I'm a The Bends fan to the end, haha)
Edited on Wed Jul-11-07 07:09 PM by primate1
But it is a good album.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 07:11 PM
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18. The Bends is my favorite, too.
Though OK Computer is still excellent.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 07:29 PM
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19. It's not bad. I think Skinny Puppies VIVIsectVI is at the top of my lists.
At least right now it is.
That may change.
It often does.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 07:40 PM
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20. Yep, pretty sweet...
But I was far more enamored of Hail to the Thief--listened to that one everyday for several months. Tres cool.
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ok_cpu Donating Member (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:09 PM
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21. Yes. But I'm a "little" biased. n/t
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:24 PM
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22. No
Edited on Wed Jul-11-07 09:25 PM by enigmatic
There's literally thousands of records better than anything Zep has done, but I'd pick Slint's "Spiderland" right off the top of my head:

http://www.southern.com/southern/band/SLINT/
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slj0101 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:32 PM
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23. Excellent album, but I still like "The Bends" best.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:39 PM
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24. No, but it is highly overrated (like Zeppelin)
:popcorn:
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:56 PM
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27. Kind of like that...
damn popcorn smilie.
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-12-07 12:13 AM
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29. I agree -- VERY overrated!
I have tried to like Radiohead, I really have.

I just don't get it...
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:55 PM
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26. I love Radiohead (wow, Elrond LIKES some music??)...hard to say if that's my fave.
I love the bends and hail to the thief. 'A Wolf at the Door' ties 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' for my fav radiohead song.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:58 PM
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28. No, that award goes to Van Halen's first album.
Edited on Wed Jul-11-07 10:59 PM by Alexander
Every song on that album kicks ass, just like Zep's fourth album.

Some of the cuts on "OK Computer" are a little weak. I do like the album though.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-12-07 07:21 AM
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30. I'll add "Exile on Main St." "Cypress/Afoot" "Saturation" "Lolita Nation" and "Highway 61 Revisited"
by
The Stones
LEt's Active
Urge Overkill
Game Theory <---that may very well be the best album ever
Dylan

and of course "Roman Gods" by the Fleshtones

but the first VH album is (was) a era altering phenomenon
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-12-07 08:30 AM
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32. Robert Plant was a big Let's Active fan
I think his favorite album of theirs was Big Plans for Everybody though.
I'm totally serious. He mentioned them in several interviews back in the mid-80s
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-12-07 09:30 AM
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33. Hmmm
I did not know that.
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-12-07 08:24 AM
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31. No.
Edited on Thu Jul-12-07 08:25 AM by eyepaddle
'nuff said.

Although in the interest of full disclosure I don't much care for Zeppelin either.

On edit: I'm glad you've found stuff that keeps your groove movin' though! :)
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