I'm not a big fan of their songs, but their cover of "Whiskey In The Jar" rocks! If you have time, download it off Kazaa and check it out.

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'?

There's the music that you instantly like... and then forget. Then there's the music that grows on you... but how many people out there have the same vibes towards music they liked/hated 5 years ago? I remember, rather embarrasingly, how I used to be really into the Spice Girls and B*Witched. The really superficial pop-scene. Luckily I only had to endure 2 years of that mindless blather before they phased out. And all the while, there were other bands out there that I know I wouldn't have appreciated at the time, but am really into now. I would never have understood bands like Radiohead/Our Lady Peace/U2/The Clash etc. when I was 11. Which makes me feel kinda stupid considering the huge following they've amassed of particularly young people. Apart from the Clash. Nobody else I know has ever heard of them. Quite disturbing. Rock the Casbah, All the Young Punks... People are like, "Who?" Recently I got into Evanescence... and then I got out of Evanescence. They're great, but they don't have the same staying power as bands like OLP for example. Maybe its because, after listening to their album quite a few times, their 'distinctive' sound is starting to feel... the same. I've lost count of the number of tracks which Amy Lee starts on the same note, and then proceeds to sing a melody which reminds me of my 8-year old attempts at writing a pop song. Of course, her voice and lyrics are way more passionate. My efforts had the B*witched and Girls Aloud. Maybe I'll be big-headed and compare my 8-year-old songs to Atomic Kitten!? Enough of that. I'll get to the point in another entry. (nooo!!!!)