What Have You Done

Heed my tale of warning.

Many moons ago I heard of a little musical act going by the name Radiohead. There, on my television screen was an odd looking fellow sat at a piano, wailing into a microphone. This, I decided in my wisdom was arse. Radiohead had no talent and my mind had been set in an anti-Thom Yorke (and friends) mode.

My disliking of the band continued for several years until I was pestered by my peers into purchasing The Bends (really I got it free with another album). After a couple of listens I decided maybe I had been wrong and they're weren't that bad after all. I enquired with the aforementioned peers about similar Radiohead albums and they informed me of the flowery one called Pablo Honey. They also told me the other albums were rather weird and electronic and maybe not worth bothering with. Shortly after that (before any exchange of money at shops for the flowery album) someone lent me Hail To The Thief. I was sceptical, but as soon as I heard it knew I loved it. This set me on a path towards Amnesiac and Kid A. Eventually I got round to buying Pablo Honey and realised it was truly boring (sorry Will, but it's true!).

My warning is, not to stick to what you know. Had I gone with more of the same I'd have listened to Pablo Honey and that vague liking of Radiohead that had been established with The Bends would most likely have been destroyed. Instead I listened to something different and it was great. My musical landscape had been remodelled - like Ground Force or something, but with music and no Charlie Dimmock.