This is also a good point. It's not like the band was always apolitical and someone was unfairly platforming Yorke. I just don't need much from him on the topic and can't really agonize over his lack of an erudite analysis on geopolitics. Maybe I have a hypocritical streak of, "Shut up and play!" in me reserved for musicians I like whose politics may ever take away from my enjoyment.llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:09 pm Except Radiohead has very deep ties to Israel and spent a long time name dropping Chomsky and sort of capitalizing on Occupy Wall Street energy and such during their heyday. I read Naomi Klein as a kid because of them.
Pretty much any band who plays shows in Israel is getting, from bands like Big Thief (I think the homie that left was in the IDF) and ofc Nick Cave. Thom Yorke is uniquely stupid so it’s kind of been a PR disaster for him.
Go back and read interviews from around OK Computer and on.
See now, this is a little of that leftist puritanical thing Gramsci was on about from my point of view. I couldn't remember who Harris was and rediscovered that thread to find him saying that Harris's politics were utter shit. I like allowing for people to think through the good and bad points of any public figure without calling, "Witch!"llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:09 pm Also I think anyone who bumps the Sam Harris thread is weird on Islam in general.
Neil Young has both nailed it and been offensively, embarrassingly wrong at different points over the years when he's leaned into political or social issues. I think there's a reason no FMs are pulling his shittiest quote and saying he can get fucked. That would be an overall loss. Too many good songs.
We contain multitudes, I suppose I'm saying. Most geniuses are also idiots in some respect.