] It is no longer possible to have an original opinion on ] Radiohead. ] ] You've absorbed the deified albums, quarreled over the ] rock critic pontifications, frowned at the guarded, ] combative interviews. Thom Yorke's ugly-stick-beaten mug ] has peered at you from the pages of every magazine known ] to man; his every word and every note has ignited its own ] individual Internet flame war. Mass media has bombarded ] us with Radiohead critique, rendering us unable to ] generate an unfiltered opinion of our own. ] ] When you listen to Radiohead, you're no longer actually ] listening to Radiohead -- you're listening to everyone's ] opinion about Radiohead. It's impossible to separate what ] you hear from what you've read. You are betrayed by what ] you know, and you know way too much. ] ] Thus, in order to solicit an honest, undiluted opinion ] about Radiohead, you'd have to find the proverbial People ] Living Under Rocks. As People Living Under Rocks are ] unavailable, let's use fifth graders. ] ] Specifically, Mitsi Kato's fifth-grade class at Roosevelt ] Elementary in San Leandro. Music Radiohead Rorschach, An innocent fifth grader's picture is worth a thousand-word critical analysis.,By Rob Harvilla |