The King of Limbs Part 2

In a recent interview on Antiquiet.com Billy Corgan has lashed out… well sort of at Radiohead.  Here’s the full quote:

You’ve said this is a new story, about renewal. You’ve spoken of diversity in approach being key to longevity, as seen with the Beatles, Zeppelin and so on. That clearly runs tandem with taking chances – aside from the creative collaboration, what would you say the risks are with Oceania?

That’s a really good question…. If I’m being honest, I think it was the emotional risk. Musically, I’ve done riskier things. I knew what I was doing. I was conscious. I like the conscious choices that I made. But it’s really hard to produce great work if you don’t open up that part of your heart that just doesn’t want to be opened. It requires a level of honesty and vulnerability that’s just really uncomfortable, certainly at 45. Because I’m just tired of hearing it. I’m tired of hearing who I am.

From others, or from yourself?

From others, from others. I mean, pick your year. From ’89 on I’ve had people tell me who I am. And they pick my personality as if it’s a one or two-dimensional thing, and I’m more like a tetrahedron. I can’t think of any people outside of Weird Al Yankovic who have both embraced and pissed on Rock more than I have. Obviously there’s a level of reverence, but there’s also a level of intelligence to even know what to piss on. ‘Cause I’m not pissing on Rainbow. I’m not pissing on Deep Purple. But I’ll piss on fuckin’ Radiohead, because of all this pomposity. This value system that says Jonny Greenwood is more valuable than Ritchie Blackmore. Not in the world I grew up in, buddy. Not in the world I grew up in.

So I find myself defending things. Is Ritchie Blackmore a better guitar player than me and Jonny Greenwood? Yes. Have we all made contributions? Yes. I’m not attacking that. I’m attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I’m sick of that. I’m so fucking sick of it, and nobody seems to tire of it.

I did find this interview with Billy from earlier this year at SXSW and he mentions Radiohead (and Muse) as bands that currently make great records.  It’s actually a pretty good interview.

Check it out below (the part where he mentions Radiohead is the 8:30 mark in the video):

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Radiohead continued their tour tonight in Camden, NJ at the Susquehanna Bank Center.  Caribou opened.

Live stream available here.

The show has started!

1. Bloom
2. There There
3. Kid A
4. Morning Mr. Magpie
5. The Gloaming
6. Separator
7. Lucky
8. Like Spinning Plates
9. Identikit
10. 15 Step
11. Nude
12. Lotus Flower
13. Paranoid Android
14. Feral
15. Little by Little
16. Idioteque
17. Give Up The Ghost (Encore #1) (This is usually the 1st song of the 2nd encore)
18. Staircase
19. I Might Be Wrong
20. Bodysnatchers
21. House Of Cards (Encore #2)
22. Reckoner
23. True Love Waits/Everything In Its Right Place

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Radiohead have had to change venues in Bologna, Italy due to recent earthquakes in the area.   The show on July 3rd has been moved from the Italy Piazza Maggiore to the Arena Parco Nord in Bologna.

For a complete list of all tour dates for this year http://thekingoflimbspart2.com/radiohead-tour/

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Radiohead will play in Detroit (Auburn Hills, MI) tonight.  Caribou will open.

The show should start between 8:30-9:00pm EST.

Songs played in soundcheck:  Full Stop, Everything In Its Right Place, Bloom, The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy, and Staircase.

The show has started!

1. Bloom
2. There There
3. Kid A
4. Staircase
5. Morning Mr Magpie
6. The Gloaming
7. Separator
8. I Might Be Wrong
9. Pyramid Song
10. Climbing Up The Walls
11. Nude
12. Lotus Flower
13. Paranoid Android
14. Feral
15. Little By Little
16. Idioteque
17. Exit Music (For A Film) (Encore #1)
18. Full Stop
19. Myxomatosis
20. Reckoner
21. Give Up The Ghost (Encore #2)
22. Karma Police
23. Everything In Its Right Place

Thanks to suprefan for the videos!

Here’s ‘I Might Be Wrong’ from tonight’s show:

‘Full Stop’

‘Exit Music (For A Film)’

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