Radiohead vs. Muse vs. Porcupine Tree

adace1 wrote: 3 of the most epic bands in the universe. Please discuss.

Probably my three favorite bands at this point.

If you'd asked me two years ago, it would have been PT, hands down, no contest, by a country mile.

But then SW released a truly forgettable navel-gazing solo album, followed up with a meandering PT album that never found its groove.  When I first heard The Incident I gave it 2 out of 10 stars, and after many listens and four live shows, I give it 7 on a good day.

Muse is a fantastic live show.  I've now seen them three times.  The music itself  on the studio releases is kinda cheesy and OTT, but they are AMAZING live.

I've never seen Radiohead live, but I had the amazing experience of seeing PT and Muse live on the same day at Coachella 2010, and then Thom Yorke's Atoms for Peace band the following night.  A short daytime festival set did not show PT off at their best, but I've seen them over 20 times, and know how good they are live.  Muse ruled, and Thom Yorke KILLED.  He did the entire Eraser album, which is a very unfinished affair in its studio release, and nailed it, plus a bunch of stuff like Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses, Airbag, EiiRP, and Give up the Ghost (ended up on King of Limbs).  It was a nearly religious experience.

I'd have to say Radiohead at this point.  The new album is killer, particularly Codex, and I've been obsessively playing Kid A, Amnesiac, OK Computer and In Rainbows for the past months.  Can't wait to finally see them live, whenever it is that they tour.


Edited by Timmo - May 20 2011 at 18:24

Porcupine Tree... easily

Muse is alright.

Radiohead =

Horizons wrote: Porcupine Tree, no contest at all. Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape > Anesthetize

This man has good tase in his PTree.

Porcupine Tree, no contest at all.

Edited by Horizons - April 04 2011 at 19:18

Porcupine Tree

OK, I was channel surfing and just caught the last half of a fairly recent Muse concert.  I liked them.  I'm thinking for this poll you should have put in The Pineapple Thief instead of Porcupine Tree and you'd have three bands with a similar sound.

I heard some Muse and thought they will be just the thing for those who have not heard Queen or Rush...
 
Radiohead, well, they were so worried about being labelled (by theuK press and they know very well that a label can be a millstone in a fashion / ephemeral type world) as a prog band 'cause of punk negative connotations (stil!!)  that when an OK PC/Mac song finishes it sounds like an edit to me. As if they were afraid to develop their music instrumentally. DIsappointing ways to finish some good ideas... Kid A has some good moments - all thanks to the totally under-publicised European RIO /Avant scene. Still there's some hope for progressive rock in the mainstream.

P Tree. Thought the Incident was a non-Incident. Very disappointed. Mind you I was also  the one person who didn't like his solo album either. Still, with shed loads of great albums and lots of live issues/ DVDs/ oddities to fleece, er, I mean contribute to the fanbase's music collections P Tree get this still every which way.

But it's good to know bands try on many fronts to develop rock music. In fact with the music biz in it's 65% loss of $$$ in 10 years, artistic rock may be the ony way to go.

Elderflower Man wrote: Muse and Radiohead didn't write Anesthetize.

hahaha, and this is great!!!

no one will ever write anesthetize


Edited by parapet - November 30 2010 at 01:57

i see there is no need to vote

i can't anyway

PT