[PancakeBrah]

Obviously those type of comparisons fall prey to the details. But the only real problem I have is Pablo=Southern. Pablo Honey isn't good. Creep is, very. But that may be revisionist. If Radiohead didn't find itself Creep may have become a very Save Tonight one-off. But that's beside the point. Southern is fucking great. Pablo is horribly uneven, possibly bad.

Also, Hail to the Chief=Speakerboxxx is off.

But I can see your point and as far as career arcs matching each other it's not that bad.