Thread: Do you believe that bands/musicians need to push the boundaries of music to be considered "great"?
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Old 11-12-2011, 10:48 PM   #75
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Oh definitely it's a matter of taste, which is why I wouldn't credit these bands just BECAUSE they're doing what they are doing. I think you have to write great songs and albums to be a great band. Going back to Radiohead, I have found their recent albums good but kind of unremarkable. I much, much prefer the pretty mainstream Britpop sound of Pablo Honey and The Bends to anything they've released post-Amnesiac. I enjoy a really good song, whether the sound or arrangement is boundary-pushing. Lyricism is thing I admire most in any artist, if I were a musician I would want to be known for that, just like if I had the talent to be anything else, I'd want to be a writer.

I really like the weird stuff that Gruff Rhys, Final Fantasy and Andrew Bird do as well, in terms of sampling and looping stuff. It's all showing off really, but it's great to see a multi-instrumentalist live construct a song on stage with their gadgets.
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