Not a huge Radiohead fan so sorry if the question is dumb.
I remember being kind of blown away by the first seconds of the first track on Kid A, as it was seemingly so different from my older sister's 'The Bends' CD which I used to listen to all the time. I don't think I bought OK Computer, but the radio / TV singles off that album didn't seem as different to me from the earlier albums. Actually a top comment on the just linked youtube video describes it pretty well, I just didn't own OK Computer so I don't know if it's that accurate:
So assuming there is some consensus, do most Radiohead fans think the bigger stylistic change is Bends --> OK Computer or OK Computer --> Kid A? I imagine it's one of those two and not Kid A to Amnesiac or something.
But damn, those first few notes...
I remember being kind of blown away by the first seconds of the first track on Kid A, as it was seemingly so different from my older sister's 'The Bends' CD which I used to listen to all the time. I don't think I bought OK Computer, but the radio / TV singles off that album didn't seem as different to me from the earlier albums. Actually a top comment on the just linked youtube video describes it pretty well, I just didn't own OK Computer so I don't know if it's that accurate:
Imagine being a Radiohead fan in 2000, you had been waiting for there next masterpiece since there previous album in 1997, you can't wait to see how they build on from Ok Computer. You buy the album and start playing it, expecting another rock-based album, and then you hear this. The confusion you must have felt when you hear this. Is this Radiohead? Certainly doesn't sound like them. But it is, and you may have just witnessed one of the most drastic changes a band has undergone in only 3 years. As a once deleted comment said. "Those first four notes always send me chills, I like to think of it as Radiohead welcoming you to the 21st century."
So assuming there is some consensus, do most Radiohead fans think the bigger stylistic change is Bends --> OK Computer or OK Computer --> Kid A? I imagine it's one of those two and not Kid A to Amnesiac or something.
But damn, those first few notes...