Radiohead - Pablo Honey REVIEW

Hmm, this coincides with my sick leave from work ... I wonder if that means anything ... like symbolic or shit ... NAHHHHH!!!

So, I finally have time to review my Radiohead collection, so we begin with my favorite RH album of all time ... Pablo Honey

Radiohead - Pablo Honey: A++

I first heard of RH from our late great friends at Radio Free Hawaii -- it was this simple pop ballad that went awry called "Creep" -- We at the Lu think that this was probably the best rock song of the 90s

In many ways, Creep was the Every Breath You Take of the 90s -- it took the same paranoid, insecure concepts and blended it into a great song. You know, I don't know exactly what Thom's problem is with this song and his band's fame from this song

Let's put it this way, get over it -- this song alone put the cashish in your bank and allows you to do whatever experment-o shit you want -- no? Enough editorializing, it seems like RH fans like me are these really opinionated assous -- probably true

This album is really one of the best CDs of my lifetime -- I won't really get into a track-by-track, but what this album stands for to me is an update

What I mean by update is that it took many of the concepts put forth by 80s new wave and alterna-pop (you don't see some of the Pink Floydishness until later albums) -- they took many of the same elements and took them to a creative high -- in many ways, it's still fresh to me because this was when RH WASN'T afraid to be creative and be listenable too.

I can see why RH has turned away from a lot of this stuff, I mean, there's times when I guess taking the paths once took by U2 or other artists that were once great independent bands seems scary because you can get good at it -- oh oh, and then fans might like you -- and then you sold out -- so I guess RH can feel good about life bc they still sell out and their music is for the most part not too accessible -- good job guys and umm, thanks for putting out Pablo Honey

But for one shining moment in 1993, the masterpiece of alternative rock was cast upon the world -- and hasn't aged at all -- I sound like a whiny RH fan, but aren't we all?

This album is an all-time RH classic and classic of modern rock. PERIOD.