• OK Computer was the one which really appealed to the masses... best rock album ever, etc. So why do I think 'The Bends' is better? [btw this is the point I was trying to make in my previous entry!!] OK, so OKC had Electioneering, Paranoid Android, Karma Police. Fantastic anthemic songs. But IMHO, not enough people had heard 'The Bends' when they were judged OKC as the best rock album. OKC didn't have the same vibrancy (not a word, but you get me) as The Bends did. Think; 'Just', 'Planet Telex', 'Fake Plastic Trees'... 'Street Spirit'! People had heard 'Creep', and then judged Radiohead as the kind of one-hit wonder not unlike the efforts of... well... whoever it was that did 'Hey Mickey' in the 80s. Whatever her name was. The Bends was recieved with critical acclaim, but it didn't exactly sell well. OKC, however was a commercial success, one of the factors people take into account when judging the 'best rock album of the year/century/universe' etc. Give 'The Bends' a chance, if you haven't already! It's a fantastic album! And a note on 'Street Spirit' - it's a sad song. It's about death, and not being able to get away from it all. so why is it when it's played at concerts that so many people are cheering as if Radiohead were doing a rendition of No Doubt's 'Hey Baby'?

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