"It's time to put the corpse of what we know as the record industry in the ground and let some other beautiful things start to grow out of it"
- Peter Gabriel
Poetry and music are for those with straight connections between ears, eyes, heart, and gut. (Diane Dorr-Dorynek)
"It's time to put the corpse of what we know as the record industry in the ground and let some other beautiful things start to grow out of it"
There were complaints in certain online circles about the sound quality of In Rainbows downloads, but surprisingly, considering the sonic complexity of their own records, none of the members of Radiohead are audio geeks. "That sort of hi-fi sound-quality thing really annoys me," says Jonny Greenwood. "I was in London talking to a label guy once, and we got on to this subject, and I said hi-fi is just about middle-aged men trying to make music sound as good as it did when they were teenagers, and it never will. They'll never be as excited as they were when they first heard that music coming out of just one speaker. They'll never get that close to it again." Greenwood smiles sheepishly. "Later, I found out he's got this amazing record player and spends all of his time upgrading his system."
"Enough of your fantasy magazine. My system sounds great to me and my friends. My girlfriend won't be in next month's Playboy, but when we get together tonight I know she won't have staples in her belly."