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A review by geniusscientist
This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's 'Kid A' and the Beginning of the 21st Century by Steven Hyden
2.0
This isn't bad, probably, it just isn't for me. Radiohead are one of my top 3 bands/musical artists, but I think I just like listening to them. I'm not so much interested in thinking or learning about how the sausage is made. I just like delicious sausage. (Note: this is not applicable to actual, real-world sausage, wherein I am interested in how it is made and occasionally make it myself.)
It felt self-indulgent and pretentious at times but maybe that's how all long-form music criticism sounds? To me? He worked titles and lyrics of songs into the text a lot (probably more than I noticed, since I have no idea what Thom is saying 75% of the time) which usually got an eye roll from me. And he kept telling me how I felt at various times (we're basically the same age) which was presumptuous because I did not feel the same way about everything as he did. "We were all feeling this way!" Speak for yourself man, I wasn't. Also he thinks that the crowd at Bonnaroo had mostly been keeping up with bootleg concert tracks, like, no they weren't, dude. They were just people. At a huge music festival, seeing a wildly popular band. Your experience is not universal!
It's probably nice for a different Radiohead fan than me though, who would enjoy getting into the weeds.
It felt self-indulgent and pretentious at times but maybe that's how all long-form music criticism sounds? To me? He worked titles and lyrics of songs into the text a lot (probably more than I noticed, since I have no idea what Thom is saying 75% of the time) which usually got an eye roll from me. And he kept telling me how I felt at various times (we're basically the same age) which was presumptuous because I did not feel the same way about everything as he did. "We were all feeling this way!" Speak for yourself man, I wasn't. Also he thinks that the crowd at Bonnaroo had mostly been keeping up with bootleg concert tracks, like, no they weren't, dude. They were just people. At a huge music festival, seeing a wildly popular band. Your experience is not universal!
It's probably nice for a different Radiohead fan than me though, who would enjoy getting into the weeds.