i just want to say that #3 on the definition list is wrong.
Radiohead did not use 'the bends' as a metaphor for drugs - it was (quite an obvious, i thought) metaphor for their fast rise to the top and how it drove them crazy that everyone suddenly loved them for this one song and their frustration i guess at fake people who just wanted to be with them for their fame.
This is also implied in the EP My Iron Lung (Iron Lung being a metaphor for the song "Creep" incase you didn't catch that).
Radiohead did not use 'the bends' as a metaphor for drugs - it was (quite an obvious, i thought) metaphor for their fast rise to the top and how it drove them crazy that everyone suddenly loved them for this one song and their frustration i guess at fake people who just wanted to be with them for their fame.
This is also implied in the EP My Iron Lung (Iron Lung being a metaphor for the song "Creep" incase you didn't catch that).
Where do we go from here?
The words are coming out all weird
Where are you now when I need you?
And who are my real friends?
Have they all got the bends?
The words are coming out all weird
Where are you now when I need you?
And who are my real friends?
Have they all got the bends?
by souvie hut February 12, 2009
the bends kicks fucking ass
by matt August 6, 2004
by Nick D February 2, 2004
"Have you seen Rachel recently?"
"No, I think she got the bends after hanging out with Michael on his yacht a couple days back."
"No, I think she got the bends after hanging out with Michael on his yacht a couple days back."
by Maynard J Keenan October 31, 2009
The sophomore LP from British rock band Radiohead, released in 1995. In many ways, The Bends is very similar to their debut, Pablo Honey, albeit more inventive. Rather than relying so much on rock cliches, Radiohead began to delve into more advanced songwriting. Although they had not yet entirely embraced their reliance on the studio for their sound, there is clearly more studio usage with this album as can be seen on songs like "Planet Telex," "Fake Plastic Trees," and "Street Spirit (Fade Out)."
Generally speaking, The Bends is Radiohead's most immediately accessible album. Though the songs are not as blatantly simple as those on Pablo Honey, they are still firmly within the parameters of rock. It did, however, serve as a brilliant transition between their heavily R.E.M.-influenced music and the more post-rock style of their 1997 release, OK Computer. The Bends has since earned a reputation as one of the best albums of the 1990s.
Generally speaking, The Bends is Radiohead's most immediately accessible album. Though the songs are not as blatantly simple as those on Pablo Honey, they are still firmly within the parameters of rock. It did, however, serve as a brilliant transition between their heavily R.E.M.-influenced music and the more post-rock style of their 1997 release, OK Computer. The Bends has since earned a reputation as one of the best albums of the 1990s.
by Sky Is Red, Mushroom Head November 17, 2015
Dude 1: Holy shit bro did you see Frank punch John in the face after he stole his backpack?
Dude 2: Yeah dude that was crazy. Frank was bended.
Dude 1: Yeah I don't even know why he got that mad.
Dude 2: Yeah dude that was crazy. Frank was bended.
Dude 1: Yeah I don't even know why he got that mad.
by zorowen December 1, 2020
by Matthew Whitaker May 15, 2005