Radiohead's Thom Yorke Schools Miley Cyrus & Kanye West on Humility
By Breanne L. Heldman

When Radiohead refused to meet Miley Cyrus and Kanye West at the Grammy Awards last month, the starlet threatened to "ruin" them and the rapper refused to stand for their performance. Now the In Rainbows band is fighting back.

Cyrus kicked off the feudin' during an appearance on the Johnjay and Rich radio show and rambled on for more than six minutes about how the band dissed her after she begged her manager to set up an introduction.

"I'm like, these are the people I really want to meet," she said. "I'd freak out. They're my rock gods. These are the only people that I would cry over…My manager asked and said, 'Miley's really obsessed. And they were like, 'We don't really do that.' "

She continued on in disbelief about the Thom Yorke band's lack of interest in meeting the Hannah Montana, admitting she was so disappointed about the diss, she left the show early.

"I left 'cause I was so upset," she said. "I wasn't going to watch. Stinkin' Radiohead! I'm gonna ruin them, I'm going to tell everyone."

The three-time Grammy winners responded by putting the teen in her place…

"When Miley grows up, she'll learn not to have such a sense of entitlement," the quintet said in a statement.

But the Radiohead beef buck doesn't stop there.

During the taping for his episode of VH1's Storytellers, West complained that Yorke snubbed him as well.

"When he performed at the Grammys, I sat the f--k down," the rapper said.

The British "Creep" singer, already in full retaliation mode, concluded a blog post on the band's website with a wink and a nudge to both stars. "Wish us all a safe journey if you still like us and you're not one of those people I have managed to offend by doing nothing," Yorke writes.

Bring on the next round in these wars of words ('cause you know they're coming)!

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DakutiusMaximus said:

It's called "free pub" ya'll. Forget whether it's positive or not.

I'm hoping for a 3-way gunbattle and if radiohead survives I won't be displeased.



Kanye's in the middle; make sure he gets his.

Miley said:

They're not about all that Hollywood Hodge podge


snub'em if you like.. they still gonna make great music (radiohead)
[Edited 3/13/09 13:02pm]

Go Radiohead!!!
to the other 2

Radiohead!

Mily and Kanye need to just be quiet for a while and go away.

DakutiusMaximus said:

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PANDURITO said:

There ya go - I think Radiohead handled it effectively - makes me want to go and check out their music. Hannah, you got dissed, learn from it, move on, and next time don't be such a redneck princess.

I'm glad Thom responded. I think Radiohead could have been nicer to Miley, I mean, she's just a kid(a)...sorry...

They asked for it. If they knew anything about Radiohead they wouldn't try to obsessively meet them like they are the "fab four"


they just don't get it.

its really not a big deal. I say this time and time again, you may love and respect and artists music, but they are people at the same time and your best bet is to NOT meet them because you will see that.

As for what Thom did, BFD, they were trying to get in vibe for a performance and everyone wants to meet and greets, sorry, but every artist does not like to oblige when someone wants something, and Miley does need to grow up about LIFE, get over it, as for Kanye, well he already acts Mileys age so there is no talking to him.

@ Miley and Kanye...

as far as i'm concerned, Radiohead probably didn't even care about being at the grammys.. they looked out of place to begin with.. I raise their musics standard higher than any act i saw at the grammys.

Sdldawn said:

Yeah the little I saw of it, Thom acted like he didn't wanna be there.

Damn, Miley Cyrus listens to Radiohead like that?!?!? 6 minutes of ranting about this 'upset'...that tween was pissed. Seriously, I would have never believed it, but the proof is in the print I guess. Radiohead probably didn't even know who the hell she was.,,,or just didn't give two shits (can't say I would blame them on the latter one). BILLY RAY!!! Come get yo child, dude!!!

Kanye...well, Kanye is being Kanye. He has to throw a hissy fit about something otherwise people would really start to worry.

Kudos to Radiohead on all areas. They seem like a band who just wants to play their music and not worry about the whole 'celebrity' aspect of it all. It's nice to see some artists still putting primary focus on what really matters...the music.

Timmy84 said:

looked like a kid on the first day of school!!

lookin for that door

Timmy84 said:

Well thats the type of band that they are, which is what an artist is supposed to be, you are supposed to create for yourself, not things you think people wanna hear. RadioHead comes behind a long line of artists who really dont care if you dig them or not. But i question them even doing this show, they usually sit home, a bigger shock would be seeing Ryan Adams do a show like this, and GOD FORBID if someone wants to meet him, you think RadioHead was a tough response, shit Ryan will make them look like good guys

lastdecember said:

Ryan probably flip them off, lol.

estelle81 said:

I have a hard time believing Miley Cyrus actually listens to Radiohead. She's probably just pissed because she got denied when she wanted to rub shoulders. Kanye? Ditto.

Kudos to Thom Yorke et al for knowing better than to waste their time.


HOWEVER


Didn't Prince pull the exact same snub move on a then-starstruck Trent Reznor? And didn't he catch a lot of flak for it, even from fans?