Mount Eerie is incredibly sad, about death and grief, but the reason Pure Domedy is more depressing to me, is that it's a demolition of faith in anything and everything. It's devoid of hope.
For me it's honest. And I like honest music. But I see where you're coming from.
I think the trajectory of Radiohead is one of relinquishing hope and opting for numbness instead, paralleled by an embrace of electronics. For someone who feels too much, it's a relief not to feel.
I think the trajectory of Radiohead is one of relinquishing hope and opting for numbness instead, paralleled by an embrace of electronics. For someone who feels too much, it's a relief not to feel.
I'm glad that's a positive thing for you.
I actually like this album, but sometimes I ha(d)ve a hard time listening to it because it's dissociative lyrics are at times hitting home too much - not only from a mental health standpoint but from a modern society desensitization standpoint. It kills me.
I suppose like you were saying about Pure Comedy, I feel liberated because he's talking about the source of the issues often and not just the symptoms - meaning he's actually clearly stating problems in a very honest way.
I feel like Radiohead is only showing the symptoms and the unknown - and discusses the same thing in a much more derogatory way.
Some lyrics for example:
It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now
Sometimes I feel like I'm being waterboarded when I hear this song (yet I love this song):
Hey! (Stand up)
We can wipe you out anytime
We can wipe you out (Sit down)
Anytime
Anytime
I think the trajectory of Radiohead is one of relinquishing hope and opting for numbness instead, paralleled by an embrace of electronics. For someone who feels too much, it's a relief not to feel.
I'm glad that's a positive thing for you.
I actually like this album, but sometimes I ha(d)ve a hard time listening to it because it's dissociative lyrics are at times hitting home too much - not only from a mental health standpoint but from a modern society desensitization standpoint. It kills me.
I suppose like you were saying about Pure Comedy, I feel liberated because he's talking about the source of the issues often and not just the symptoms - meaning he's actually clearly stating problems in a very honest way.
I feel like Radiohead is only showing the symptoms and the unknown - and discusses the same thing in a much more derogatory way.
Some lyrics for example:
It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now
Sometimes I feel like I'm being waterboarded when I hear this song (yet I love this song):
Hey! (Stand up)
We can wipe you out anytime
We can wipe you out (Sit down)
Anytime
Anytime
I hear you. I didn't mean it's actually a positive thing. It was just an observation. Numbing out is an option, but not really a good one. This gets back to why I like U2: they don't ignore the state of the world, but bring hope into the equation. Maybe this is the crux of why people DON'T like U2: they've relinquished their own idealism and therefore don't find Bono's idealism to be believable?
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