Radiohead

Best band ever. Move over Beatles!

I could just end there, but I'm serious. Every song is memorable, each one captures a time in my life when all I could do was listen to Radiohead and dream up music videos in my head. The best news is that Radiohead continues to deliver, as the latest video "Lotus Flower" has the internet's attention. Here we see Thom Yorke dancing/quivering/looking homeless (also looking a lot like Adrian Brodie) and I can't help dig the whole thing. It makes me laugh and it strikes me impressed at the same time.

While it's a choreographed dance, I can't help but feel like Thom improvised his moves. I can see people behind the scenes "OK Thom, let's begin with a classical ballet and...oh, what are you doing?" and someone else says "No no, it's alright. Let him get into it, Thom's a genius!"

Many Radiohead songs sound alike, but they are each emotive in their own way. Some are eery, some dreamy, some funny, and quite a few (of my favorites) are so sad you must cry. I'm always amazed by the variety of sound they come up with. Sometimes we have good dance beats (well I don't dance but if I did) sprinkled with funky guitar and Thom's sly lyrics, or a slow haunting piano melody.

I don't usually promote the bands or music I listen to, so I'll stop here, but I've been rediscovering Radiohead lately so I'm damn glad they still produce music.