User:Twoandtwoalwaysmakesafive/My obssession with Radiohead
This is not a spam page for the music app "Songza." This simply chronicles the events leading to my apparent obsession with Radiohead.
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- Meme? XY007 ⊡ talk ⊡ contributions 03:41, 11 Jumbly 2015 (UTC)
It felt like yesterday, to be honest.
It all shtarded 1 1/2 yerrsh uhgö. I was heavily obsessed with electronic music, listening to the likes of Deadmau5, Pendulum, Skrillex, Sub Focus, Swedish House Mafia, Knife Party, Benny Bennassi, Nero, Gemini, Monstercat, Tut Tut Child, and Avicii. Whilst I browsed through featured apps on the Windows Store, I stumbled upon a music app called "Songza." Normally I would have ignored the app, but then I read the description. Apparently, Songza is a music app based on mood, genre, and event, not specific artists. This seemed like a very appealing concept to me, so I went ahead and downloaded it for free. I used it for doing homework, studying, and just listening to dubstep and electro-house music. Then, one day, I decided to listen to music that was meant to put me to sleep. It was quite effective, and it put me to sleep in roughly 10 minutes. The next day, the app updated, and whenever I played a certain playlist, it would suggest and recommend other playlists that I would like. After listening to some electronic playlist, it suggested another playlist called "Indie Synths." That's where I got to know artists such as Aphex Twin, Bjork, Senorita, Actress, Portishead, and, most notably, Thom Yorke, whom I didn't know as a musical artist at the time, but his music appealed to me. The suggested playlists were "Sleepy Synths," "The World of Massive Attack," "We're Alone Now," and "The World of Radiohead." That evening, I decided to listen to the "Sleepy Synths" playlist that night, and the third song was a song that seemed so vaguely familiar that it scared me. It was echoey, with a prevalent lullaby element to it, muted syncopated percussion, and had heavily distorted male vocals. As I tried to sleep through that song, my mind was ravenously trying to find out which song this was before I realized that I could just turn on my tablet and see the song, album, and artist. The song was "Kid A" from the album Kid A by an artist called "Radiohead."
I only knew Radiohead as that band that wrote the song "Creep" because my parents were into 90s alt-rock. I practically grew up to that song. But "Kid A" also sounded vaguely familiar. So, the following day, I showed the song to my mother, and her eyes had that look that can only be described as saying "Oh my God. This brings back precious memories." She said that "Kid A" was my lullaby... when I was an infant, and that she'd play it every night to put me to sleep.
That's impossible. How could I possibly remember a song from my infancy? Then again, they've always said that I was a very alert and aware and smart baby, but it's still confounding as to how I could remember that song.
I decided to look further into Radiohead. The next day, I listened to "The World of Radiohead," the only playlist related to the band. The first song that played was the song that would start it all, my obsession with Radiohead. The song was "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi," and it blew me away. It was such a beautiful and powerful and meaningful song unlike anything I had ever heard before. It was from the album In Rainbows, so I decided to go see how it sounded.
In Rainbows brought on a lot of self-discovery for me. It was such an amazing album, and I listened to every song in delight. I figured this artist must have more albums, so I searched even more and decided to listen to the band from the beginning. Take note that this was before I knew that the band changes their method and sound for every album, so I was very surprised to hear their first album, which was very unsatisfying. I only like the first two songs. I moved on to the next, and it immediately reminded me of every movie made in the 90s that is centered around high school life at that time. It ended up being my favorite album of all time.
Enter OK Computer. That album just happened to be heard by me when I was entering that certain phase in puberty where I no longer seem to... communicate. That's when I developed a deeper understanding of people's feelings. The next two albums were the same, but the 6th album was heard during my worst phase: hormonal unrest.
Hail to the Thief is a very angry, dark, and scary album made to reflect the violence of the early 21st century (Iraq, 9/11, etc.) and went along too well with that phase.
As you can see, this was all rushed because I'm so confused right now. Dunno why, but it seems to impair my cognition.
Maybe I'm subconsciously tryin g to shorten ym story? oomgomg so confusing
I thinks this is enough to tell how I got into radioed (autocorrect musty die) and snraf.
There are obviously many details that I left out. As of November 2017, I find myself investing more of my time into something else far more sinister and evil and maniacal and brutal...