Comments on: Desert Island Disc: Radiohead – The Bends http://www.myhmphs.com/2009/01/desert-island-disc-radiohead-the-bends/ Searching for melody and meaning in a world filled with bad music. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:53:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: peter http://www.myhmphs.com/2009/01/desert-island-disc-radiohead-the-bends/comment-page-1/#comment-470 peter Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:38:39 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=364#comment-470 You know, I don't think you're far off regarding Oasis. Although they were successful, they didn't take America by storm as they did in the UK. It's kind of like soccer; I kept waiting for the Oasis craze to hit, but it never happened... You know, I don’t think you’re far off regarding Oasis. Although they were successful, they didn’t take America by storm as they did in the UK. It’s kind of like soccer; I kept waiting for the Oasis craze to hit, but it never happened…

]]> By: Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas http://www.myhmphs.com/2009/01/desert-island-disc-radiohead-the-bends/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:09:29 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=364#comment-469 I saw Radiohead opening for R.E.M. not long after The Bends came out. I told my then-girlfriend that it was only a matter of time before they were the biggest band on the planet. I also remember when a label rep gave me an advance copy of OK Computer. I told him it was going to be mammoth. Two of the few times I've been proven right with such a declaration and both involved Radiohead. Usually my predictions regarding music were as accurate as my assesment of Oasis' (What's The Story) Morning Glory (which was out around the same time as OK Computer). I told a friend that, though I loved the album, I thought it would never connect with mainstream America. I saw Radiohead opening for R.E.M. not long after The Bends came out. I told my then-girlfriend that it was only a matter of time before they were the biggest band on the planet.

I also remember when a label rep gave me an advance copy of OK Computer. I told him it was going to be mammoth.

Two of the few times I’ve been proven right with such a declaration and both involved Radiohead. Usually my predictions regarding music were as accurate as my assesment of Oasis’ (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (which was out around the same time as OK Computer). I told a friend that, though I loved the album, I thought it would never connect with mainstream America.

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