I like Radiohead, I think...

So back in grade 11, on my birthday, a friend of mine got me a Radiohead cd. It was "The Best Of" (see attached image), and I was stoked. It had like 30 of the best Radiohead songs and this is just what I wanted. Over the next few weeks I really fell in love with Radiohead. I put the cd on my ipod and I listened to it all the time, but then something happened. I started noticing that I would only listen to about half the songs. Then I wouldn't even put on Radiohead I just went back to shuffle and I thought fine, this is where it stops, I like about half the Radiohead songs and I'll listen to them when they come up, but something changed. Pretty soon I was skipping all but a few select songs, such as "My Iron Lung" "Just" or "True Love Waits." And as time went on I soon realized I was skipping those ones too. Now if I made a conscious effort to not skip the songs, I could listen, and enjoy the songs, but something in my subconscious would take over and just keep skipping. I usually skip a lot of songs for no good reason but this was different, it's been a while since I've actually listened to any Radiohead. In fact if I check my recently played only "True Love Waits" appears on that list.

Does this mean I really don't like Radiohead? Then why do I tell people I do? Most likely if you've ever asked me about my music preferences I'm sure I said Radiohead. But do I really like them? It almost feels like I want to like them but deep down I really don't. I went through a similar thing with The Beatles. I just thought I was supposed to like The Beatles, so I did, I even bought a greatest hits cd, but soon I was skipping all of those songs too. Now there isn't a single Beatles song on my recently played list, and I am fine with that. I came to the conclusion that I don't like The Beatles, but I do respect them. Is that what's going to happen with me and Radiohead? But why do I bother saying I like them? Radiohead isn't like the Beatles where you say you don't like them and the room becomes silent like you personally insulted everyone in the room. People aren't too crazy about Radiohead, even in my group of friends I think I'm the only one who insists they like them. I think its because somewhere even deeper inside me I do like them.