On the other hand, I’d take “Pabloy Honey”, “OK Computer” or “The Bends” over any rock record the Hold Steady have made, and I greatly appreciate that Radiohead can say “OK we’ve done that let’s do something else we enjoy”. I’ve found the latter part of Radiohead’s career to be extremely enjoyable and musically interesting and rewarding (screw the quotes, but Optimistic, Morning Bell, National Anthem, Idioteque, Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army?, I Might Be Wrong, Dollars and Cents, Knives Out, Reckoner, and Jigsaw Falling Into Place vs. middle-age-guy-who-was-in-Lifter-Puller-yelling-at-you-about-the-Mississippi-river? Seriously?). I’d rather be listening to their records, and I’d rather be opening for them period.

I still love The Hold Steady, but they are a far smaller drop in the bucket than Radiohead.