A music-obsessed, retired San Francisco lawyer, and author of the rock & roll memoir Jittery White Guy Music (available on Amazon)... picking a random album or song in his collection every day or so and sharing a few thoughts.
As I've probably discussed previously, Radiohead sit high atop my list of artists I really wish I liked more. (See also, e.g., Steely Dan, Public Image Ltd., Van Morrison, etc.) However much I appreciate their music in principle, I just find the performances a little cold and unengaging emotionally (hearing them as a sort of a contemporary spin on the similarly clinical-to-my-ears Alan Parsons Project). I'll give them a listen on occasion--I made myself a hybrid combination of Kid A and Amnesiac which came out pretty cool, and I've got an old mix I made of my favorite Radiohead songs which I enjoy--but I just don't feel in the mood for these all that often.
Forced to choose, I'd probably go with "Karma Police" (off 1997's OK Computer) as the song of theirs I like most (though there are a few other close contenders we may get to later). Definitely more of an earworm hook than some of their more atmospheric and experimental pieces, shades of old-school 70s prog, with some gorgeous and infectious piano lines, all given a modern sheen.
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