Radiohead is derivative.
- Wetbandit1
I spoke to what I've been led to believe was Thom Yorke (or someone was putting on a very elaborate ruse for no reason what-so-ever) several times over the course of a few years back in 2010-2013. We exchanged quite a bit of back and forth online, messaging each other, nagging each other on a music forum called
www.keepmusicalive.com. But it was known to have had him as an actual member at some point, confirmed by the site administrator, who swore by having ultimate proof that it was indeed Thom Yorke.
The guy i was talking to anonymously described himself to me as "Having a facial scar", "Being in the music industry", "Living in L.A." and dropped some names of people he knew, other musicians and producers, etc... All of which apply to Thom Yorke.
Anyway, I had begun messaging him, we'll call him "MusicMan", privately before knowing any of this and at some point, I asked him to listen to my music, he declined. "I don't do that kind of thing". I asked him again. He warned me that he's "Not into doing that kind of thing" but that if I kept pressing, he would tear it apart. I naturally, kept pressing.
He finally listened to it. And ripped it to absolute shreds and expected me to take my ball and go home crying. I of course, defended it and stood by it and he came around and back-tracked on most of what he said.
Mind you, he never actually said "It sucks" or that it wasn't good. He mostly just criticized it for being unrefined, free-form and lo-fi.
So, some time later, The King of Limbs was released, Radiohead's follow-up to In Rainbows. So I, having now suspected my pen-pal was indeed Thom Yorke, decided to write a lengthy review and post it on the site. I absolutely took a giant dump on it and tore it apart. And go figure, he got a huge kick out of my review and even admitted he "Didn't get a chance to listen to it yet".
A few weeks later, I asked him to have coffee or tea some time. He got all giddy like a school girl and wondered what I would ask him and what questions I had prepared for him.
I told him "I don't really do that kind of thing" and just wanted to have some caffeine and chat and hang out for a while and go home.
He got extremely bent out of shape, he was angery and upset and said if I didn't want to ask him any questions and basically grovel at his feet then he wasn't interested.
I told him "I don't really do that kind of thing". He eventually deleted the entire website and all of our chat history.
No one knows the amount of twat that guy is on the level that I do, trust me.
Half their albums suck anyway but the ones that don't, are untouchable masterpieces.
Edit: You can believe me or not, either way, it doesn't matter to me at this point and it's not like it got me anywhere but some puzzle-pieces and coincidences happened during and after the time I talked to him, several other people in the industry came into contact with me and I made a few friends who are fringe celebrities within it, even. Nothing that could have helped me, regardless.
