'POP' WILL SOON BE DEAD!
THOM YORKE has described HAIL TO THE THIEF' as 'OK COMPUTER 2' - but said that in two years time the band will be "completely unrecognisable". The group have just finished a tour of UK clubs to promote their forthcoming album, which is due on June 9. Speaking to Dutch magazine OOR, Thom said he's no idea what the future will hold for the band, but he expects their music to change dramatically. "We're a pop band again for now, because it was necessary," he said. "Just doing what we're good at. But, no matter how good I feel about the new album and how much fun we're having in what we do right now, we've been there already. We're not moving. "This is 'OK Computer 2'. What we will do from now on, should not be anything like we've done before. We will not go further back, like everyone expects. There won't be a second 'The Bends'. There is not a single good reason for it. As a band, we have fully discussed this matter recently. Radiohead will be completely unrecognisable in two years. At least, I hope so. It's the only perspective of the future that I can live with." Radiohead fans will now have to wait until next month's headline appearance at the Glastonbury festival (June 28) until the band play live in the UK again.
I'd like to pose the question: just what in the hell is "We're a pop band again for now, because it was necessary," supposed to mean? Necessary for what? Record sales? Appeasing critics who hated kid a/amnesiac? Discuss...
yeah right! I could count the number of Cure fans I personally know on one hand. What the fuck all do they know? (hey...that's a good rhetorical question; even has the answer right in it. i pat myself on the back for that one. i'll be here all week, ladies and gentlemen.) hmmm...they did vote LWTUA the best single of all time though, didn't they? perhaps i've spoken too soon.
