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Originally Posted by CSL
The main thing I dislike about the likes of Thom Yorke/Radiohead fans btw, the overwhelming false sense of superiority, this horribly deluded sense that music can only be made one way and for one purpose and that is to please a certain, specific type of fan
And lol "no offense", because the fact I listed them means I must care what anybody thinks about them as opposed to simply realizing they're "bigger" than every band you've listed, the fact Muse are opening for U2 on the highest grossing concert tour in history later this year gives that one away. And what do you mean "what influence do they have?". Simply making somebody pick up and guitar and learn how to play is influencing music. And even if we're specifically talking about influencing other artists, I'm not about to list anybody that you could consider influenced by Radiohead. U2, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Avenged Sevenfold, Seether, AC/DC, Metallica, Bon Jovi, The Stones and so on. Those are the bands I'm talking about, the ones Average Joe Jeans could name. Whether most of them are actually any good or not or whether you care about any of them is completely irrelevant, your artistic and creative preference isn't any kind of factor in deciding how big or influential a band is. It's just typical self righteous nonsense from your "hipster" variety of music fan.
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It has nothing to do with what "proper" music should be. I love Radiohead, but Lil Wayne is one of my top 20 favorite artists of all time. Paparazzi by Lady GaGa has 19 plays on my iTunes. Now, there are definitely people who don't really know anything about Radiohead and just follow the herd and say they are awesome, but that's the case with anything really.
All of the bands you are listing are essentially pre-Radiohead, or at least established their sounds before the time frame we're talking about. I don't really consider them part of "this" generation of music (late 90's onward). And I'm not saying they're bad, I love pretty much every band you mentioned (except U2). I even acknowledge how great Metallica is, even though I don't exactly jam out to them.
And what's your definition of an average joe? A late thirties middle class guy? Either way I don't really understand what point you're trying to make.
But yeah, kinda getting over this. It comes down to taste, and obviously there's no objectively true answer to the question.
In the end tho, who do you think tops Radiohead in terms of consistent excellence, forward thinking influence, and overall impact than them? Every generation had their "greats"; the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd...
So from this generation of music, who do you think deserves to be ranked along side them? U2? That's fair if so, that's your opinion. I'm just trying to figure out who else could fit the bill.