Meathead on Radiohead (on Buddyhead)
If you’ve been following the hottest band in the world, Radiohead, as much as I have lately, you’d know by now that they are, without question, the leaders of the music revolution that’s happening today. You can tell by the way everyone else is trying to copy all of their brilliant, innovative new ideas.
For instance, when Radiohead decided to be totally badass and say “Fuck you record label, taking all our money, we’re going to sell our own records now,” they’d do the same thing, simply walking away from their legally-binding record contracts. Naturally, some haters out there want to imply that Radiohead’s contract was simply fulfilled sooner, thereby giving them the chance to split before other big-name bands could, but that’s bullshit. Most bands love their friendly, caring, creatively nurturing record companies and would have no reason whatsoever to want to leave them, until Thom Yorke determines that it’s cool to do so.
When they chose to give away their groundbreaking new album In Rainbows and let people pay whatever they want for it, other bands immediately said “We gotta get in on that action!” Unfortunately for them, though, those other bands didn’t receive the massive windfall that Radiohead got. In Rainbows brought in somewhere around £483 billion (actually that’s a guesstimate, seeing as Radiohead never officially said how much they made, but I’m sure it’s right on the mark since, since, well, it’s fucking Radiohead).
At this point, Yorke & Co. had clearly set the new standard for the music business, and I’m sure many bands would be content to rest on their laurels at this point. But not Radiohead! They’re always coming up with new and clever ways to surprise everyone. Not too long ago, they announced an exciting contest in which fans were invited to create a visual accompaniment for any song from In Rainbows. Wow! And whoever submits the best creation will receive $10,000! Then they’re supposed to take that $10,000 and make a better visual accompaniment (a “music video,” let’s say) than the one that they used to win the contest. Can you imagine it? Seeing your own Radiohead music video on MTV once, or maybe even twice (dare to dream!), presumably at 3:45 in the morning? I honestly can’t think of anything that would be better than that.
But Radiohead didn’t stop there! No way! Now they have unleashed yet another massively innovative new concept upon the world. Get this: a remix contest! You may not be aware of this, but generally whenever a musical group records music in a studio, all the different parts are recorded separately. There’s a track for the drums, a track for the guitar, one for the vocals, etc. etc. Then they’re all mixed together into a complete song. Now, if someone wants to remix the song, the best way to do so is to have these individual, separate tracks to work with, and unfortunately, most bands don’t release these to the public. In fact, I can’t think of any that have. Seriously, I’m really trying to think right now, and no one’s springing to mind. Score another first for Radiohead! They’ve released the tracks for their smash hit single “Nude,” with the help of iTunes! Anyone who’s used iTunes knows how easy it is to purchase music from there. Hats off to Radiohead for making it so easy for their fans to pay for the individual “Nude” tracks. I bet nobody else would have thought to go through iTunes. But, seriously, what could be easier than that? Shit, I accidentally made that into a hyperlink, and I can’t figure out how to unlink it. This WordPress editor is weird. Just ignore that link and don’t click on it, please. Thanks.
Of course, as you know, I am a very accomplished remixer. I’ve made very popular remixes of songs by acts like Four Non-Blondes, Peter Cetera, and possibly Duran Duran (I forget). So naturally I couldn’t resist jumping face-first into this Radiohead contest. Over the past week or so, I’ve been slaving away at my own “Nude” remix, spending well over twelve hours a day on making the finest mix possible. Well, I’ve finally put the finishing touches on it, and I feel it’s now ready to share with the world. I’d really appreciate it if you guys would check it out and vote for it. Thanks! <3
Radiohead - Nude (Meathead’s Awesome Remix!)
God, I can’t wait to see what Thom comes up with next! I guess we’ll see in a few months!
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April 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Way better than the original.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Your remix could be improved by one thing and one thing only:
More cowbell.
Other than that it’s perfect.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
radiohead is boring.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
yeah… “more cowbell” is dead on. that’s really all it needs.
hope you don’t mind that i feed this audio back into my computer and record it.
i need some meathead in my itunes library.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Radiohead releasing the tracks of a song is not an original idea, Nine Inch Nails did it, as well as Lenny Kravitz, and unlike Radiohead, gave them away for free.
April 4th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I don’t know that kinda hurts my ears, but maybe that’s your intent? Of course, I haven’t heard the original, so I guess I should go search that out…
April 4th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
ok that photo is wrong what you did to it is wrong and this is why I am outta here
April 4th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
As usual, sarcasm seems to go way over people’s heads. Hail to the Mighty Meathead.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I’d buy a house from these dudes
http://www.makehiltonheadyourhome.com
April 4th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
So there you go… you submit this piece of shit last night as a joke and vote for yourself enough times to make it to the top 10… what bullshit. You’re so clever. OOOOOOh you are such a clever little fucker arn’t you… yes, I’ll admit, the premise of this contest is in fact lame. It is shitty that people have to buy the parts. Sure… yes, a lot of people go gaga over everything that comes out of thom yorke’s mouth. Does that mean you have to do what you did? Some of us actually care about this believe it or not… as stupid as the premise is…. some of us truly like Radiohead’s music and are musicians ourselves okay? do you understand that? You are not just playing a joke on Radiohead… you are offending sincere people here okay? it’s not fucking funny…. fuck you you fucking cunt
April 4th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Dear Ha ha,
Meathead didn’t, in fact, vote for himself, he got his many minions to do it. Some might call them his “fans”. I’m a fan. And a minion. Sad but true.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
brian eno and david byrne released the multitracks for a couple of the songs on “my life in the bush of ghosts.”
i think they did this remix bullshit first.
April 4th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
I freely admit to being a Meathead minion. I enjoy it more than “In Rainbows” that’s for goddamn sure.
April 4th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
fucken brilliant.
the post ooozes with sarcasm. love it, definitely read it in a sarcastic tone and almost cracked up during class…almost.
i love radiohead, i mean fuck i lost my v-card to ‘just’ and ‘talk show host’, so they mean a lot to me.
but meathead, don’t ever fucken change!
April 4th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
I can only sit here and hope that you are really being sarcastic.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
when anyone brings up anything about radiohead these days theres drama.its like saying “your mama” in a fight.the fists are up and ready for all out hood throw down! i understand what caroline saw. I didnt like the photoshop picture as well.too much attention was given to his lazy left eye.oh and radiohead isnt just thom !we saw what happened when thom went solo, it was miserable.he needs radiohead and radiohead needs us.yes im a fan and yes i liked the in rainbows. mr. Ha Ha meathead is lucky to be part of the head so he has perks.one of them is self promotion.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
i think jeff can’t detect sarcasm. and meathead…i love ya! I wanna have your little bastard babies, and we can raise them on a formula of sarcasm infused with insults…oh and iron of course. formula has to have iron.
April 5th, 2008 at 3:02 am
lol @ radiohead diehards
way to jip everyone with their bullshit 160kps mp3 hype machine dload bullshit so all the starbucks faggot fans will go buy the album when it actually comes out.
im drunk fuck off
April 5th, 2008 at 4:12 am
shit won’t load.. I’ll vote for you anyways.
April 5th, 2008 at 4:21 am
I just voted for Meathead.
April 5th, 2008 at 7:02 am
THOM YORKE AND HIS PUNCHED UP EYE ARE AWESOME.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:25 am
a bunch of sad fucks… nine inch nails fans strung out on drugs who believe in nothing except being cynical and shitting on everything for the sake of a cheap laugh…. that being said, I’m surprised that such strung out piece of shit motherfuckers could function together with such nazi-precision to achieve their cheap laugh…
April 5th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Meathead? What about Nine Inch Nails? Have you never heard of them? I suggest you get into them! You might like them. Very easy to make into cartoons, if you’re good at flash though.
Honest to god, fuck the ‘head. As in Radio, not Buddy. Actually…
April 5th, 2008 at 11:07 am
love the thom yorke sloth pic….
Ruuuuttthh Baaaby, Thom love Meathead
April 5th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
alright alright… i’m being too harsh here. but c’mon
“starbucks faggots?”
April 5th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I don’t find your American sense of “humour” funny at all. Just for that I’m playing all the droning dirges we have live on this tour.
Piss off.
April 5th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Now that Tom York has been a total ass hole and deleted your song you should post somewhere so we can all enjoy it.
April 6th, 2008 at 8:39 am
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April 6th, 2008 at 11:13 am
I vote for meathead.. though this post was heavy-handed it is a well deserved slap to the press saying that Radiohead are truly revolutionary in their marketing post-label tactics… when in fact they aren’t a model to really be inspired by. Acts like CLAP YOUR HANDS AND SAY YEAH and plenty of “EMO” bands that have been able to hype themselves with myspace and what not are much more of a more realistic model for people without 100,000$ of marketing dollars behind them throughout their careers. Radiohead,N IN, Madonna, etc… are just natural progressions of post-major label acts staying afloat in the digital age where major labels don’t have the cultural relevance they once. These acts are lucky they can still ride off the previous inertia their marketing dollars paid for. So really I don’t think “wow”. I think… “duh, of course”.
And while your at it.. enjoy this funny MUXTAPE that is VERY BUDDYHEAD-LIKE I found:
http://catbird.muxtape.com/
April 7th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
i still dont like radiohead. they dont go off. meathead for the win.
April 7th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
to the humorously-challenged twats on here who are posting comments…..
untard yourselfs. this is buddyhead. that’s all that needs to be said. if you don’t get this, don’t go away mad. just go away. LOL
April 8th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Ahoy all fans of The Radioheads. Look at this with your lazy eye. This bastard can paint like a bastard.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QjcHhjt6bYo
April 8th, 2008 at 11:20 am
some people need to figure out what satire is before proclaiming Meathead’s posts as satire. His posts fall much more easily under the definition of “sarcasm” or possibly “parody”; but, satire is definitely not what this is. Satire involves a kind of semi-distortion of reality to address “human vice or folly”. It often absurd premises (see Jonathan Swifts “A Modest Proposal” or pretty much anything by Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut).
I am in no way attacking what Meathead has to say, and i find him quite an interesting read in fact, but this stuff is more of a sarcastic rant than anything.
By the way, since I am now ranting, I don’t agree that “In Rainbows” “revolutionized” the music industry like a lot of goobers think; however, i do think it’s a great album and they had an interesting way to market it. Perhaps they wanted to avoid their album leaking online months before they could get it on the shelves? If that’s the case, more power to them.
Goodbye
April 8th, 2008 at 11:21 am
I forgot the word “involves”.
April 8th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
wow …
buddyhead just got compared to mark twain and jonathan swift …
and i must say, i agree …
April 8th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
sat·ire –noun 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
April 8th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I quoted “vice or folly” because what Radiohead did clearly doesn’t fall into those two categories. Sure, Meathead uses sarcasm and ridicule, but there are much more facets to what makes up satire than your dictionary.com definition.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Mike - shut the fuck up, homo.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:54 am
Has this wonderful piece of remix history been lost for all time?
May 16th, 2008 at 9:55 am
I’m glad to see Thom getting involved in the ordeal. Stand up for yourself, poindexter.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
wow meathead you must be very handsome to make fun of other people’s physique like that.
thom has talent what do you have sarcasm?
and oh! sarcasm is the refuge of losers!