Radiohead, where to start?
04-16-07 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by cdollaz
Optimistic is probably the best song on that album.
04-16-07 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
Well i happened to find "ok Computer" at target for 9.99 as part of an artist recommendation stand (ironically it was from My Chemical Romance)
04-16-07 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by TheGodfather
I didn't forget it, I have it. It's definitely a hot one. The more I think of it, the new stuff is OK Computer with just a touch of The Bends as opposed to an equal marriage.
I'm still hoping we finally get a studio recording of "Follow Me Around".
They still don't perform Creep live, or anything off Pablo Honey for that matter.
I saw them at Liberty State Park in NJ 8/17/01. Beta Band and Kid Koala opened for them. It was a fantastic concert. The great thing about these guys is that they sound better live than in the studio. I Might Be Wrong - The Live Recordings album does them no justice. Here is a complete setlist.
01. The National Anthem
02. Lucky
03. Optimistic
04. Karma Police
05. I Might Be Wrong
06. Knives Out
07. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box
08. Exit Music
09. My Iron Lung
10. No Surprises
11. Dollars and Cents
12. Just
13. Pyramid Song
14. Paranoid Android
15. Idioteque
16. Everything In Its Right Place
» Encore
17. Morning Bell
18. Fake Plastic Trees
19. Climbing Up The Walls
20. How to Disappear Completely
» 2nd Encore
21. Talk Show Host
22. You and Whose Army?
» 3rd Encore
23. Like Spinning Plates
» 4th Encore
24. The Bends
No Creep despite a group of girls screaming for it all night - that and Let Down (which Thom Yorke just ignored although he was in a cheery and playful mood - as cheery as he's gonna be...). My favorite performance was of You And Whose Army? during which Thom started off alone at a piano with his back to the audience, face making all sorts of goofy contortions into a video camera showing on the enormous screens. The rest of the band joined in later for the crescendo. Awesome.
Any fan of theirs should really do whatever it takes to get to a live show. It's beyond a concert it's more of an experience.
I'm still hoping we finally get a studio recording of "Follow Me Around".
They still don't perform Creep live, or anything off Pablo Honey for that matter.
I saw them at Liberty State Park in NJ 8/17/01. Beta Band and Kid Koala opened for them. It was a fantastic concert. The great thing about these guys is that they sound better live than in the studio. I Might Be Wrong - The Live Recordings album does them no justice. Here is a complete setlist.
01. The National Anthem
02. Lucky
03. Optimistic
04. Karma Police
05. I Might Be Wrong
06. Knives Out
07. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box
08. Exit Music
09. My Iron Lung
10. No Surprises
11. Dollars and Cents
12. Just
13. Pyramid Song
14. Paranoid Android
15. Idioteque
16. Everything In Its Right Place
» Encore
17. Morning Bell
18. Fake Plastic Trees
19. Climbing Up The Walls
20. How to Disappear Completely
» 2nd Encore
21. Talk Show Host
22. You and Whose Army?
» 3rd Encore
23. Like Spinning Plates
» 4th Encore
24. The Bends
No Creep despite a group of girls screaming for it all night - that and Let Down (which Thom Yorke just ignored although he was in a cheery and playful mood - as cheery as he's gonna be...). My favorite performance was of You And Whose Army? during which Thom started off alone at a piano with his back to the audience, face making all sorts of goofy contortions into a video camera showing on the enormous screens. The rest of the band joined in later for the crescendo. Awesome.
Any fan of theirs should really do whatever it takes to get to a live show. It's beyond a concert it's more of an experience.
Such an awesome show. I even scored front section tickets.
04-16-07 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TheGodfather
I didn't forget it, I have it. It's definitely a hot one. The more I think of it, the new stuff is OK Computer with just a touch of The Bends as opposed to an equal marriage.
I'm still hoping we finally get a studio recording of "Follow Me Around".
They still don't perform Creep live, or anything off Pablo Honey for that matter.
I saw them at Liberty State Park in NJ 8/17/01. Beta Band and Kid Koala opened for them. It was a fantastic concert. The great thing about these guys is that they sound better live than in the studio. I Might Be Wrong - The Live Recordings album does them no justice. Here is a complete setlist.
01. The National Anthem
02. Lucky
03. Optimistic
04. Karma Police
05. I Might Be Wrong
06. Knives Out
07. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box
08. Exit Music
09. My Iron Lung
10. No Surprises
11. Dollars and Cents
12. Just
13. Pyramid Song
14. Paranoid Android
15. Idioteque
16. Everything In Its Right Place
» Encore
17. Morning Bell
18. Fake Plastic Trees
19. Climbing Up The Walls
20. How to Disappear Completely
» 2nd Encore
21. Talk Show Host
22. You and Whose Army?
» 3rd Encore
23. Like Spinning Plates
» 4th Encore
24. The Bends
No Creep despite a group of girls screaming for it all night - that and Let Down (which Thom Yorke just ignored although he was in a cheery and playful mood - as cheery as he's gonna be...). My favorite performance was of You And Whose Army? during which Thom started off alone at a piano with his back to the audience, face making all sorts of goofy contortions into a video camera showing on the enormous screens. The rest of the band joined in later for the crescendo. Awesome.
Any fan of theirs should really do whatever it takes to get to a live show. It's beyond a concert it's more of an experience.
I'm still hoping we finally get a studio recording of "Follow Me Around".
They still don't perform Creep live, or anything off Pablo Honey for that matter.
I saw them at Liberty State Park in NJ 8/17/01. Beta Band and Kid Koala opened for them. It was a fantastic concert. The great thing about these guys is that they sound better live than in the studio. I Might Be Wrong - The Live Recordings album does them no justice. Here is a complete setlist.
01. The National Anthem
02. Lucky
03. Optimistic
04. Karma Police
05. I Might Be Wrong
06. Knives Out
07. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box
08. Exit Music
09. My Iron Lung
10. No Surprises
11. Dollars and Cents
12. Just
13. Pyramid Song
14. Paranoid Android
15. Idioteque
16. Everything In Its Right Place
» Encore
17. Morning Bell
18. Fake Plastic Trees
19. Climbing Up The Walls
20. How to Disappear Completely
» 2nd Encore
21. Talk Show Host
22. You and Whose Army?
» 3rd Encore
23. Like Spinning Plates
» 4th Encore
24. The Bends
No Creep despite a group of girls screaming for it all night - that and Let Down (which Thom Yorke just ignored although he was in a cheery and playful mood - as cheery as he's gonna be...). My favorite performance was of You And Whose Army? during which Thom started off alone at a piano with his back to the audience, face making all sorts of goofy contortions into a video camera showing on the enormous screens. The rest of the band joined in later for the crescendo. Awesome.
Any fan of theirs should really do whatever it takes to get to a live show. It's beyond a concert it's more of an experience.
ah that tour Beta Band, Kid Koala.... all I remember was standing in the torrential rain... and then it was cancelled, as I recall both Bull Run park shows were cancelled due to the freak weather....
with the great lineup it would have been an awesome show...oh well...
04-16-07 | 04:22 PM
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Yea it was beyond cool. To be honest I have no memory of Beta that night. I couldn't tell you for sure if they even showed up. I do remember KK though - he was real tight on the plates. I'm a DJ myself so I think that's the only reason I remembered his show.
It was misty out that night and everyone was worried it was gonna pour down on us. Just when KK was finishing up his set you could see it begin to clear up some.
Other than that the entire day leading up to Radiohead is lost in my head. I think it was the anticipation - I was sick with it. Or it coulda been the exstacy... Either way I recall the entire Radiohead set (thank God).
It was misty out that night and everyone was worried it was gonna pour down on us. Just when KK was finishing up his set you could see it begin to clear up some.
Other than that the entire day leading up to Radiohead is lost in my head. I think it was the anticipation - I was sick with it. Or it coulda been the exstacy... Either way I recall the entire Radiohead set (thank God).
04-18-07 | 07:03 PM
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Did you go on the 16th or the 17th? Reason I ask is that someone threw something on the stage on the 17th that Thom laughed at, picked up and said something like "You should be careful. You could hurt someone with one of these." I still never found out what the item was. Just curious.
Did you go on the 16th or the 17th? Reason I ask is that someone threw something on the stage on the 17th that Thom laughed at, picked up and said something like "You should be careful. You could hurt someone with one of these." I still never found out what the item was. Just curious.
12-09-07 | 10:07 PM
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I wanted to revisit this thread b/c I've been listening The Bends A LOT lately. I swear, if 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' isn't one of the best songs EVER recorded (IMO), I'm not sure what is. I still like Kid A/Amnesiac the best, but The Bends and OKC are growing on me. I can't fall in love with In Rainbows or Hail to the Thief (and I'm still inadvertently avoiding Pablo Honey), but those may come sometime soon.
Just weighing back in.
Just weighing back in.
06-18-08 | 03:20 AM
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been listening to ok computer alot recently, mainly for its relaxing qualities, in particular 'Paranoid Android' I really like the sudden heavy part in the middle and end, and that solo is just awesome.
06-18-08 | 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
been listening to ok computer alot recently, mainly for its relaxing qualities, in particular 'Paranoid Android' I really like the sudden heavy part in the middle and end, and that solo is just awesome.
06-18-08 | 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by GreenVulture
"Paranoid Android" is relaxing to you? Man, that song always makes me tense up...it just has this unnerving quality to it. "Subterranean Homesick Alien," "No Surprises," "Let Down" are relaxing to me; hell, I even find "Fittier Happier" somewhat relaxing.
Well when your playlist contains alot of death metal/hardcore music, anything slower is a change of pace, and relaxing.
06-18-08 | 08:28 AM
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Here's my history with Radiohead:
OK Computer took a loooooooog time for me to warm up to (and I still don't get all the hype it gets), but I recently watched the Ergo Proxy anime which has Paranoid Android as its closing theme and as a result gave that album another listen and liked it better than I had in the past. I also picked up In Rainbows and I really do like that one.
Where should I go from here if I want more Radiohead?
OK Computer took a loooooooog time for me to warm up to (and I still don't get all the hype it gets), but I recently watched the Ergo Proxy anime which has Paranoid Android as its closing theme and as a result gave that album another listen and liked it better than I had in the past. I also picked up In Rainbows and I really do like that one.
Where should I go from here if I want more Radiohead?
06-18-08 | 08:38 AM
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"The Bends" is a terrific predecessor to "OK Computer" and probably your best bet. I also really love the "My Iron Lung" EP---it came out before "The Bends" and, in a way, is the first real glimpse of future greatness. Their first album, "Pablo Honey", is decent but the production sucks.
06-18-08 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Tscott
Here's my history with Radiohead:
OK Computer took a loooooooog time for me to warm up to (and I still don't get all the hype it gets), but I recently watched the Ergo Proxy anime which has Paranoid Android as its closing theme and as a result gave that album another listen and liked it better than I had in the past. I also picked up In Rainbows and I really do like that one.
Where should I go from here if I want more Radiohead?
OK Computer took a loooooooog time for me to warm up to (and I still don't get all the hype it gets), but I recently watched the Ergo Proxy anime which has Paranoid Android as its closing theme and as a result gave that album another listen and liked it better than I had in the past. I also picked up In Rainbows and I really do like that one.
Where should I go from here if I want more Radiohead?
06-18-08 | 08:59 AM
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From: Northern New Jersey...or as we say it "Sopranos Country USA"
It took me a long time to "get" these guys. Man when I did, the flood gates opened. I haven't heard anything yet that I didn't like from these guys. I have spun In Rainbows like a thousand times in the last 3 months or so. So I guess I am a fan right?
06-18-08 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
Don't they still kind of disown Creep as well?
I would start with The Bends or OK Computer and move on from there. By the way, OK Computer is their most commercial album, as its the one that sold the most.
06-18-08 | 04:36 PM
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Can somebody explain the facination with Radiohead? I hear people write and speak of them as if they are the second coming and/or the greatest band on earth. However, nobody can seem to articulate why.
I've stopped if a song is on the radio and listen to it every now and then, but nothing has ever caught my attention enough that has compelled me to run out and buy an album. After looking through this thread I went on iTunes and ran through the previews for The Bends and Okay Computer, but nothing comes off as a standout. I also understand that the preview method isn't an exactly fair assessment, but I went with what I had.
I'm sure it's not fair to say nothing is revolutionary since at the time they likely may have been the first. One thing I did notice was that they seemed to use lots...lots...of layers. Is their precieved ability to write and preform very "complex" music?
I can appreciate that, but I don't exactly like it. Part of this was spurred by comments in the Viva La Vida thread, as well as reviews on the album. Plus everybody saying that Coldplay and Muse seem to owe everything to likes of U2 and Radiohead and that they are copying. Somebody will have to expalin that as well because I don't understand it.
I've stopped if a song is on the radio and listen to it every now and then, but nothing has ever caught my attention enough that has compelled me to run out and buy an album. After looking through this thread I went on iTunes and ran through the previews for The Bends and Okay Computer, but nothing comes off as a standout. I also understand that the preview method isn't an exactly fair assessment, but I went with what I had.
I'm sure it's not fair to say nothing is revolutionary since at the time they likely may have been the first. One thing I did notice was that they seemed to use lots...lots...of layers. Is their precieved ability to write and preform very "complex" music?
I can appreciate that, but I don't exactly like it. Part of this was spurred by comments in the Viva La Vida thread, as well as reviews on the album. Plus everybody saying that Coldplay and Muse seem to owe everything to likes of U2 and Radiohead and that they are copying. Somebody will have to expalin that as well because I don't understand it.
06-18-08 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Superman07
Can somebody explain the facination with Radiohead? I hear people write and speak of them as if they are the second coming and/or the greatest band on earth. However, nobody can seem to articulate why.
I've stopped if a song is on the radio and listen to it every now and then, but nothing has ever caught my attention enough that has compelled me to run out and buy an album. After looking through this thread I went on iTunes and ran through the previews for The Bends and Okay Computer, but nothing comes off as a standout. I also understand that the preview method isn't an exactly fair assessment, but I went with what I had.
I've stopped if a song is on the radio and listen to it every now and then, but nothing has ever caught my attention enough that has compelled me to run out and buy an album. After looking through this thread I went on iTunes and ran through the previews for The Bends and Okay Computer, but nothing comes off as a standout. I also understand that the preview method isn't an exactly fair assessment, but I went with what I had.
so based on my experience, if you really want to give them a chance, i recommend buying one of their albums and persevering through a few listens to make up your mind. i can't guarantee that your opinion will change any, but their stuff, more than most, warrants full and repeated listenings in order to form an opinion.
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06-18-08 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bus
They played it live, unironically at their Columbia, MD show when I saw them in 2003. I haven't seem them live since.
06-18-08 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by cdollaz
Maybe it can't be explained. It's either pleasant to your ears or it isn't.
06-19-08 | 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Jason
Although that can be said for just about any group, it's especially true for these guys. Radiohead is the type of band I should really like, but their stuff just fails to excite me. OK Computer is "OK", but it all sort of blends together and sounds to me like pink floyd doing background music for a movie. I can't just dismiss them with "they suck", as there's no question these are talented people, but it's just not for me.
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Re: Radiohead, where to start?
wasn't sure where to put this, but Woot.com has a limited edition boxed set of 7 CDs right now for $40 .. here is some info
Features:
Entire Radiohead Capitol Records catalog (7 CDs) in a specially packaged box set
Each title faithfully reproduced using original artwork
Repackaged in a digipack sleeve
Access to stream special footage via Digital Insert technology
4 hours 54 minutes and 38 seconds worth of Radiohead music on Compact Disc
Albums Included:
Pablo Honey
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
I Might Be Wrong
Hail to the Thief
Features:
Entire Radiohead Capitol Records catalog (7 CDs) in a specially packaged box set
Each title faithfully reproduced using original artwork
Repackaged in a digipack sleeve
Access to stream special footage via Digital Insert technology
4 hours 54 minutes and 38 seconds worth of Radiohead music on Compact Disc
Albums Included:
Pablo Honey
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
I Might Be Wrong
Hail to the Thief
02-07-09 | 10:54 AM
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Re: Radiohead, where to start?
That is a good price, although the first 3 albums are coming out soon with a lot of bonus material, so I would look into that also before committing.