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Originally Posted by SarcasticRat
RHCP's lyrics are just so awful, it's hard for me to picture people thinking they're on the same level as Radiohead. They're a fun rock band but nothing they do is really close to what Radiohead does as far as artistry, ambition, intellect, etc. And those tend to be the things I value most in music.
I lean the same way, and totally understand what you're saying, but have a super huge exception for RHCP for no explainable reason. I just ****ing love them like no other. The chorus to Around the World was my ringtone for three years. RHCP just kind of does it for me on some level. They have soooooo many individually great songs.
My favorite band of all time is Pink Floyd, and Lupe Fiasco and Kid Cudi are my two favorite rappers; I'm all about "artistry, ambition, and intellect", but Radiohead seems like they're trying too hard (to the point that it seems artificial), both from listening to them and things I've read about them (specifically Yorke).