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April 09, 2008
The Rainbow Connection
Way back in 1972, The Who declared “Rock is dead, Long Live Rock!” They had a point: within its first two decades, the genre had cycled itself out, from Bill Haley and Chuck Berry to the excesses of the early 70s. What more was there to say?
The past few decades have proved that there’s plenty more to say, and England’s Radiohead continues to push forward as one of the most intelligent bands out there. Last fall, they made international headlines when their new album was released online only, with customers setting their own price to download it. They even invited fans to copy and share the album with each other. The result: more publicity and more listeners than the conventional release methods would have given them.
Now, In Rainbows is available as a "traditional" CD, with the music being called the band's best since their ground-breaking OK Computer in 1997. Atmospheric instrumentation, enigmatic lyrics, this is Radiohead: questioning, brooding, setting the times to music like nobody else. If rock is an attitude, not just a playlist, it's far from dead with bands like Radiohead leading the way!
Posted by JanetD at April 9, 2008 09:52 AM
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