Radiohead Survivor - Pablo Honey - Final

[namkcuR]

Stop Whispering was eliminated last round.

FINAL ROUND: VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE!
HOWEVER, SINCE THIS IS THE ONLY DRAW THAT WILL SEND ONLY ONE SONG TO THE FINAL DRAW, THIS IS THE ONLY DRAW FOR WHICH THE FINAL-ROUND-VOTE-FOR-FAVORITE RULE WILL BE IN EFFECT!

Vote Count:
10 - Stop Whispering
7 - Creep
3 - Blow Out
Total: 20

Songs Already Eliminated:
10.Stop Whispering
9.Thinking About You
8.You
7.Lurgee
=5.Prove Yourself
=5.Anyone Can Play Guitar
=1.How Do You?
=1.Ripcord
=1.Vegetable
=1.I Can't


Album Ranking/Weighting
1.OKC - 3 Songs in the final draw
2.Kid A - 3 Songs in the final draw
3.The Bends - 3 Songs in the final draw
4.In Rainbows - 2 songs in the final draw
5.Amnesiac - 2 songs in the final draw
6.HTTT - 2 songs in the final draw
7.Pablo Honey - 1 song in the final draw
8.MIL, A/HAID, and CL EPs as well as IR-Disc 2 - 2 songs each in the final draw
9.Two misc b-sides draws - 3 songs each in the final draw
Total: 30 songs in the final draw

 

[LMP]

Creep because I don't like Blow Out too much.

Stop Whispering will still be my fave.

 

[cdisantis83]

Creep really is a great song, and, regardless of how dated it may be, I still love it.

 

[angelordevil]

Creep because I don't like Blow Out too much.

Stop Whispering will still be my fave.

I'm still lamenting the loss of my Ripcord.

Blow Out...best lyrics of the final two. Plus, the ending is a mini-preview of the guitar chaos/brilliance that lies ahead.

Creep is overly drenched in Nirvana.

 

[u2popmofo]

Ahhhh, tough call. Even though I prefer Blow Out right now, Creep is the more classic of the two. I'm going to have to think about this.

 

[LemonMelon]

Blow Out for me, though both are great tunes.

[/mourns Stop Whispering]

 

[FitzChivalry]

No contest: Blow Out

It's got it all: quiet, nimble, beautiful . . . and then it just KICKS YOUR ASS TO THE END!!!

 

[djerdap]

Blow Out is an amazing song.

Creep is plain average.

 

[Aygo]

I would've choose "You", but I find "Blow Out" very average, so, I'll go with "Creep".

 

[Zoots]

Blow Out for me, though both are great tunes.

[/mourns Stop Whispering]

 

[lazarus]

Blow Out, because if a bunch of frat boys had organized and voted in this poll, Creep would win.

NEVER liked the song.

 

[SeattleVertigo]

I like Blow Out, but Creep is more accessible, and more classic. I think it deserves a spot in the final round.

 

[FitzChivalry]

Blow Out is an amazing song.

Creep is plain average.

 

[Zoots]

I am fused just in case I blow out!!!!!!!!!

 

[angelordevil]

I am fused just in case I blow out!!!!!!!!!

Yesss!

I don't hate Creep, but I do hate that it makes me think of Nirvana instead of Radiohead. The best part of the song is the crescendo...amazing. As a whole, though, it's become a bit of an overdone anthem.

Blow Out is an underrated nugget of goodness...especially lyrically.

 

[Zoots]

I don't hate Creep, but I do hate that it makes me think of Nirvana instead of Radiohead. The best part of the song is the crescendo...amazing. As a whole, though, it's become a bit of an overdone anthem.

Yeah exactly! The loud distorted guitar, the chorus and the crescendo are the best parts. But it's definitely a little too Nirvana influenced to be Radiohead. lol

 

[u2popmofo]

Despite the fact that I prefer Blow Out these days (the acoustic version with The Posies is fantastic), I voted for Creep. Creep was (and to some degree, still is) their big hit, who knows what would have happened to them without it catching on. Would they have even gotten a chance at a second album? Would they have gotten the support from the label or interest from the producer? Would they have even had the confidence to release something as different as The Bends without a hit like Creep? Despite us all being sick of it, despite it not being one of their best tracks by any means, it still was what gave Radiohead a shot and the ability to be who they became. For that, I give it props.

That said, I hope I don't ever have to sit through it live.

 

[lazarus]

What kind of rationale is that? You're voting for it because of its prominence, even though you like the other song better?

Who gives a shit if it broke them big? This isn't a poll to determine Radiohead's career benchmarks, it's picking the best songs on the album. Why the hell have the poll in the first place then? We all know Creep was the breakout single.

I just don't understand this at all.

 

[u2popmofo]

You don't understand that I think it's the better song, despite preferring to listen to other things more at the moment?

For example, I prefer listening to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club these days more than Jesus and Mary Chain, but that doesn't mean that I don't think JAMC are a better group.

Anyways, that's why.

 

[lazarus]

You said you preferred Blow Out, it wasn't clear that you preferred listening to it, or preferred it as a song. Your subsequent defense seemed to do more with its significance in Radiohead's history than any discussion of quality, aside from the suggestion that Creep isn't to be counted among their best, or that we're all sick of it (which doesn't tend to happen with the best songs). Isn't the quality of the songs what this poll is about? Or do you feel that Pablo Honey has no business even being represented?

 

[u2popmofo]

Agreed, I didn't really explain that I prefer Creep overall in my original statement. But yeah, I am saying that I do. Regardless, it's a meaningless poll for fun, I think any rationale is fine, as long as it's mine.

I don't know Lazarus. Okay?! OK?!!!??!!! Is that what you want to hear?! Do you want to hear that I'm crazy, Lazarus???!!!11!! Well maybe I am!!!!!11!!111211! Maybe I ammmm!!1!!!!!!!!

 

[LMP]

Always with the best .gifs.

 

[intedomine]

Go for whatever song you find most enjoyable to listen to....

 

[lazarus]

All I'm really looking for in life is someone to hand me a towel when I come out of the shower.

 

[phanan]

Coming in the nick of time.

Blow Out for the win.

 

[lazarus]

Blow THAT Out your ass, Creep.

 

[Zoots]

Poor Creep... he don't belong here.