thisizusername t1_jact2xz wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:49 PM

Reply to comment by psychpostie in 10 Most Overrated Songs of All Time by [deleted]

Go listen to Blow Out, it’s definitely better than Creep, and while it still has a bit of ‘old Radiohead’ sound, the song itself is top half of The Bends good

psychpostie t1_jactchx wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:51 PM

I've listened to the album plenty over the last 30 years and it's still dreadful, I think they were lucky to get a second album, fortunately they blew it out of the galaxy with the bends.

thisizusername t1_jacurzo wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:01 PM

I don’t think Pablo Honey is all that bad in a vacuum. I think it’s like a lot of ‘pretty good’ albums, full of hits and misses.

However…we can agree to disagree on that. I do think Blow Out would have been even better and a standout on The Bends if it had been saved and recorded (possibly minor rework) during that session. Just a hypothetical.

psychpostie t1_jacvoox wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:08 PM

Hhmm you could be right about blow out there actually, Pablo was such a disappointment at the time, creep is great, anyone can play guitar slaps, blow out with a bit of work as you suggest could fit nicely on the bends but it's a very average album overall, I put off buying the bends for months as I was very wary about it, luckily one of my mates played it to me and showed me how wrong I was.