CDNow has a upcoming release date of June 11th for an item called “Bends 2 (limited edition)”. Check it out here. There is no other information that would explain what this is.
According to Barnes & Noble, it’s a Japanese import.
(thanks to Phil, Zach, Justin, & Rachel)
Radiohead’s video for “Street Spirit” was recently named #5 in VH1’s “Best Ever Video” list. Video and music industry experts spent months pondering their choices before deciding on the final 100. Here is the top ten:
The industry’s top 10 was as follows:
1. Fatboy Slim — Weapon of Choice
2. Beastie Boys — Sabotage
3. Jamiroquai — Virtual Insanity
4. Blur — Coffee & TV
5. Radiohead — Street Spirit
6. Michael Jackson — Thriller
7. Bjork — It’s Oh So Quiet
8. Madonna — Vogue
9. Robbie Williams — She’s the One
10. Peter Gabriel — Sledgehammer
(thanks to Sara & Daniel)
“Rip it Up” music magazine from New Zealand is currently celebrating its 25th birthday. They conducted a poll of its reader for the best 25 Albums of the last 25 years and OK Computer came in @ #2 behind “Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness” and ahead of “Nevermind” and “Joshua Tree”. The Bends came in @ #12.
{thanks to Jordan}
OK Computer was selected best record of all time by customers of one of Norways biggest record store chains “Platekompaniet”. The Bends got #23 and Kid A got 85th.
For the full list, please go here.
{thanks to Andr? & Trond}
Radiohead made it to # 15 in Spin magazine’s 50 Greatest Bands of All Time. Here’s the excerpt from the article:
On 1995’s The Bends, Radiohead were a compelling young Brit-pop band, but with follow-up OK Computer, they spooked rock fans into a new level of obsession. The album’s brooding minor chords and white-noise buzz grew more claustrophobic with each track, even as Thom Yorke’s personal-yet-impersonal lyrics made songs about car crashes and crushed insects somehow moving. Newer bands began to cop Radiohead’s paranoid but confessional, slurry but catchy approach. In response, they sighed deeply and recorded Kid A, somehow transforming glitchy prog rock into classic pop.
INFLUENCED: Travis, Sigur Ros, Coldplay, Clinic, JJ72, Doves, Elbow, Wes Borland
CLASSIC ALBUM: OK Computer
Chris Martin of Coldplay had the following to say about Radiohead: “When I saw Radiohead, I thought ‘Wow, maybe you really can do what you want and get away with it. They did exactly what they wanted and people responded…not everyone wants to listen to nonsense rock.”
{thanks to Lou}
Radiohead was included in the VH1 UK 100 Greatest Albums list with The Bends coming in at #6 and OK Computer at #11.
See the full list at VH1 UK.
{thanks to Marcel}