Thom Yorke revealed that if two copies of Kid A are played 17 seconds apart the music will sync and a unique version will come through. Fans have dubbed this Kid 17.

I really dont like this band at all, but have seen there is a few fans of them on here, and might like trying this out.

I heard if you play two copies of "It's the FOFC" 12 seconds apart that Subby appears and violates you.

Hmmm...I have Kid A here at the office. I think I'll try this out.

Edit - I already tried the Chrissubby thing. It was glorious.

Sunday, September 04, 2005

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I thought this was cool:



"A recent buzz on the internet among Radiohead fans involving their most experimental album Kid A stated that if you played the songs on Kid A on 2 sources with a 17 second gap between them, the majority of the songs would synch up to create a wall of harmonic sound. As it is, the songs do have a tendency to harmonise quite well if you get the 17 second gap right. For example, on the opening tack "Everything in its Right Place", the vocals from the 2 sources will blend together to create a non stop barrage of vocal harmony."

I dunno what it is, but I've never been a fan of Radiohead.

Whenever I hear them or Coldplay being played in someones car, I immediatley get annoyed. I know it's a two way street, and people do the same for the music I listen to, but not many people like that kind of muisc (Hardcore, the true kind. Breakdowns and some sing-a-longs). I just don't see why these bands are so popular.

Anyways, just a pesudo-rant.

I tried giving Radiohead a try, I really did. Even bought one of their CDs used (OK Computer, I think it was). After 5 tries and over a year collecting dust, I sold it.

I might give this a try sometime... thanks for the tip!

just tried this, only on track 1 just now but it does appear to work in a freaky sort of way

I tried to synch things up, but it's damn near impossible to get it perfect. And you'll notice if it's not after the first song.

the way i did it was to open winamp and windows media player

then drag my kid a folder into winamp, wait till the thing read 17 and drop the folder also into wmp

all these shenanigans remind me of trying to listen to zaireeka for the first time

the way i did it was to open winamp and windows media player

then drag my kid a folder into winamp, wait till the thing read 17 and drop the folder also into wmp

Get this. The first thing I tried to do was just open it in Winamp, then open it in WMP 17 seconds later. Well, besides that it was already a little off, it became more off as time went on. It's like one of the programs started lagging. Don't know if that'd be a memory issue or what (I've got a gig of RAM).

If you play one copy of Kid A with the volume turned down to zero, it sounds better.

If you play one copy of Kid A with the volume turned down to zero, it sounds better.

How's this for funny? Go to hell.

this works for Nickelback too. just play any two of their songs at the same time and they'll mesh perfectly. :)

seriously, Kid A has been out for 5 years now, and we're just hearing about this? Sounds to me like someone just discovered this by accident (a la Dark Side of the Moon and Wizard of Oz) and is making it out to be more than just a minor coincidence.

as for me, I think Pablo Honey is one of the best CD's of all time, but as they've gotten progressively more experimental, I've tuned them out.

Oh wow...I've got Everything In It's Right Place synced up right now. It's interesting to say the least.

If you play one copy of Kid A with the volume turned down to zero, it sounds better.Shut up.

I think Pablo Honey is one of the best CD's of all time, but as they've gotten progressively more experimental, I've tuned them out.

Interesting. I think Pablo Honey is their worst album by far with them getting better with each effort. But hey, different opinions are what makes the world great, right? :)

There are only two songs from Radiohead that I really like. One is Creep, and the other is Paranoid Android. Other than those two songs, none of their other stuff ever worked for me.

Interesting. I think Pablo Honey is their worst album by far with them getting better with each effort. But hey, different opinions are what makes the world great, right? :)

true. I think your opinion is shared by the majority of Radiohead fans, fwiw.

seriously, Kid A has been out for 5 years now, and we're just hearing about this? Sounds to me like someone just discovered this by accident (a la Dark Side of the Moon and Wizard of Oz) and is making it out to be more than just a minor coincidence.
From the little I found about this googling around, the rumor started about a year after the album was released, based on comments by Yorke.

I've got it synched up, with itunes and WMP. I've had to pause it like 3 times to keep it perfectly synched, but i've gotta say at times it sounds like a mess, but on song #8 Idioteque...it was f'n awesome...

I've got it synched up, with itunes and WMP. I've had to pause it like 3 times to keep it perfectly synched, but i've gotta say at times it sounds like a mess, but on song #8 Idioteque...it was f'n awesome...If you get In Limbo just right, everything sounds perfect.

I'm listening in cool edit so i can make the tracks exactly 17 seconds apart. Idioteque does work pretty well.

Kid A never really did it for me. My favorite albums in order would probably be:

OK Computer (one of the real masterworks of the last 20 years, IMHO)
The Bends
Hail To The Theif
Amnesiac (odd that i like this better than Kid A, since it's basically the outtakes from that session)
Kid A
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(large gap)
-----
Pablo Honey

all these shenanigans remind me of trying to listen to zaireeka for the first time

I've always wanted to try that.

But as per cthomer's post, I think the Radiohead hierarchy goes like this:

OK Computer (def. agree about it being a classic)
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief
Kid A
The Bends

I've never even listened to Pablo Honey because nearly everyone I know said it sucks.

Tried this and on some tracks it works stunningly well, on others is just a bit of a mess really. Therefore I'm leaning towards this having nowt to do with Thom Yorke and something someone just stumbled across accidentally and put on the net.

FWIW, I think Kid A is one of the greatest albums ever, I could listen to it 24 hours a day on repeat and it would never get tired. OK Computer is not too far behind either.

Kid A
OK Computer
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Amnesiac
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Hail To The Thief
The Bends
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.
.
.
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Pablo Honey

Although my favourite individual Radiohead track is Pyramid Song from Anmesiac.

I pretty much agree with everything tanglewood said. I would reverse Hail to the Thief and The Bends in his rankings. And Pyramid Song is amazing, but not my favorite.

I love Radiohead, but I don't have any friends who like them. I'm fairly certain part of that has to do with me not liking people. I have exactly 2 1/2 friends.

I'm just curious as to what other music radiohead fans enjoy? My favorite things to listen to are as follows:

Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
Ben Folds (alone or with posse)
.
.
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Hip-Hop
Audio Books
.
.
.
Other Stuff (Death Cab has been spinning a decent amount lately)


Someone told me to check out Audio Transparent as they "sound like Radiohead" but I've yet to do so.

My favorite albums in order would probably be:

OK Computer (one of the real masterworks of the last 20 years, IMHO)
The Bends
Hail To The Theif
Amnesiac (odd that i like this better than Kid A, since it's basically the outtakes from that session)
Kid A
-----

(large gap)
-----
Pablo Honey

I'd swap Kid A in ahead of Amnesiac, but woudl agree with your list. I would, however, place Creep on my short lists of my favorite singles ever made, while still not getting much from that album overall.

I'd swap Kid A in ahead of Amnesiac, but woudl agree with your list. I would, however, place Creep on my short lists of my favorite singles ever made, while still not getting much from that album overall.Stop Whispering was my favorite tack on Pablo Honey, but that and Creep would be the only two that I would put on the level of their later work. As for albums, I fall into the post-OK Computer camp for the most part...

- Kid A
- OK Computer
- Amnesiac
- Hail to the Thief
- The Bends
- Pablo Honey

I'd swap Kid A in ahead of Amnesiac, but woudl agree with your list. I would, however, place Creep on my short lists of my favorite singles ever made, while still not getting much from that album overall.I'm one of the very few people who definitely did not like "Creep" at the time. I only got into them through The Bends and went back and picked up Pablo Honey thinking i must have missed something there. Like VPI, I think i'd go with "Stop Whispering" if I had to pick a favorite. This whole thread made me realize this band has put together quite a solid career.

I like them because they were an integral part of my plan to exact revenge on Scott Tenorman.

I like them because they were an integral part of my plan to exact revenge on Scott Tenorman.

:D The pubes episode... I love that one.

I'm a huge fan. However, people underestimate Pablo Honey. I actually like several songs on the cd. How can you not like Lurgee and Stop Whispering, Thinking about You, and Anyone can Play Guitar? These songs were great in my opinion.

1. OK Computer
2. The Bends
3. Hail to the Thief
4. Amnesiac
5. Pablo Honey
6. Kid A

Wonderful artists...one of the better bands in terms of musical talent.

1. OK Computer (probably my favorite album of the last 20-30 years)
2. The Bends
3-5. tie
6. Pablo Honey

I don't agree that there is a bg gap between #5 and #6 though... there are a lot of great songs on Pablo Honey IMO.

Amnesiac is my favorite music, ever. It's the soundtrack to my life.

For you Radiohead that haven't seen this before. I'm updating my website, and I came across a pretty cool Flash animation I found somewhere along the line that was done to an acoustic version of Creep. Enjoy!

http://www.thegreatcornholio.com/Creep.htm

I can highly recommend to any fans of OK Computer, the album Radiodread by the Easy Star All Stars. It's the album covered front-to-back in a reggae style, and it is at the very least entertaining. I've given it a lot of listens in the two weeks i've had it.

http://www.hyfntrak.com/radiodread/fromafriend/

Highlights to me are "Electioneering" and "Karma Police" both of which are available to listen to on the website.

I really, really recommend this to those of you (like me) who feel OK Computer is one of the very best albums of the last 25 years.

Kickass. Thanks!

Remove one from my threadkill tally...

:D

after yet another listen, "Climbing Up The Walls" also makes my best of the CD list. It's really a great listen.

For Floyd fans, this group also did an album called Dub Side Of The Moon.

The Bends
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Hail to the Thief
OK Computer
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Pablo Honey
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Amnesiac
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Kid A

And I'm English so my point of view, clearly, has more intrinsic value then any of yours. :)

I mean, absolutely everyone knows that The Bends is their best album, don't they? While OK Computer has too many Yes moments to be considered a classic. Unless you like that sort of thing, of course. I mean the end of Paranoid Android has been ripped bleedingly out of Topographic Oceans.

I can highly recommend to any fans of OK Computer, the album Radiodread by the Easy Star All Stars. It's the album covered front-to-back in a reggae style, and it is at the very least entertaining. I've given it a lot of listens in the two weeks i've had it.

http://www.hyfntrak.com/radiodread/fromafriend/

Highlights to me are "Electioneering" and "Karma Police" both of which are available to listen to on the website.

I really, really recommend this to those of you (like me) who feel OK Computer is one of the very best albums of the last 25 years.


The Noughties version of Dread Zeppelin! I assume they have a fat Cobain impersonator singing?

Kid A = pretentious, self-absorbed SOC
OK Computer and The Bends = TT

Kid A = pretentious, self-absorbed SOC
OK Computer and The Bends = TT

Translation, please?

"Sack o Crap", and "The Tits"?

If you play one copy of Kid A with the volume turned down to zero, it sounds better.

How's this for funny? Go to hell.

Shut up.
I know this was 9 months ago, but damn, people take their Radiohead seriously.

Not as seriously as Radiohead appears to take themselves. They make Live look like Ugly Kid Joe.

Not as seriously as Radiohead appears to take themselves. They make Live look like Ugly Kid Joe.
Just damn.

bring back sov?

bring back sov?
You could have found a better place to post that one!

Just damn.

I wonder what they think of this:

hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIBEZYQAPEE&mode=related&search=

I've probably been hanging around a particular indie message board too much. Some of their opinions and discussions are laughable, and I probably attribute their seriousness to the artists more than the artists deserve credit/blame for. OTOH, I've read some things from Yorke that make me shake/scratch my head, so the truth lies somewhere in between, I suppose.

I mean the end of Paranoid Android has been ripped bleedingly out of Topographic Oceans.

As someone who has hear Topographic Oceans far too many times, I disagree. Paranoid Android is easily Radiohead's "proggiest" song on OK Computer, but I see very few comparisons between that song and any of the 4 epic's on Topographic Oceans.

i just dont get the kid a haters. i love that album. its my "work" album. just put it on repeat and work all night with it playing.

the bends, on the other hand, i havent listened to in years, and i think is actually fairly dated.

For you Radiohead that haven't seen this before. I'm updating my website, and I came across a pretty cool Flash animation I found somewhere along the line that was done to an acoustic version of Creep. Enjoy!

http://www.thegreatcornholio.com/Creep.htm

Must be some deep linking to this one. I still get about 100 hits per week to this off of my website. It is a pretty awesome acoustic version.

i missed that cartoon somehow the fist time around.

its awesome.

now stop ruining my thread kills!

I just tried this Kid 17 thing using an audio program I have to get it exact. It's one of the coolest things I've ever heard. Idioteque is pretty damn perfect. I have no idea how the band pulles this off.

dola

if you seperate the tracks so one plays in your left ear and one in your right in headphones...it makes it sound tewnty time better

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dola, also a download only version for $9 at the same page.

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There are only two songs from Radiohead that I really like. One is Creep, and the other is Paranoid Android. Other than those two songs, none of their other stuff ever worked for me.

Amazing how much my view has changed since then. They are definitely a group that needs several listenings to fully appreciate their work.

Amazing how much my view has changed since then. They are definitely a group that needs several listenings to fully appreciate their work.

This. When I first heard them circa 2005 I didn't like them at all. I deleted a few songs from my playlist because they annoyed me and I never wanted to listen to them again.

Fast forward to 2008 and they were my favorite band.

I don't listen to them much anymore. I didn't really get In Rainbows and their music makes me feel odd when I listen to it. I would still list them as top 5 favorite band even though I don't listen to them anymore.

on the topic of radiohead intrigue, ok computer and in rainbows form one big album:
Radiohead preceded the release of In Rainbows with nine cryptic messages. They repeatedly emphasized X, the Roman Numeral for ten, in phrases such as “March Wa X”, and “Xendless Xurbia”. The tenth message was posted on October 10 with a photo of the band drinking tea.

There has been a lot of speculation over Radiohead’s emphasis of ten surrounding the release of In Rainbows. One theory suggests that Radiohead was typifying a binary code of ones and zeros, 1010101010. This has come to be known as the Binary Theory, also called the TENspiracy by some.
...
Consider that In Rainbows was meant to complement OK Computer, musically, lyrically, and in structure. We found that the two albums can be knit together beautifully. By combining the tracks to form one playlist, 01 and 10, we have a remarkable listening experience. The transitions between the songs are astounding, and it appears that this was done purposefully.
and one of thom's reps
“The meaning behind all of this is right in front of our faces, we’re just overlooking it. [Thom] has been expecting an article much like this one for a couple of years, as have I. But I’m willing to wager he’ll have fun waiting a few more. On the other hand, it seems to annoy him that no one ‘gets it’ yet, given the mountain of clues.”

link (http://puddlegum.net/radiohead-01-and-10/)

That's just really, really cool.

That OK Computer / In Rainbows thing only works for a couple of tracks, and flatout doesn't work at all for a few others. I don't buy it.

dola

Psyched for a new Radiohead album though. It took me like 2 years to appreciate In Rainbows.

Pre-bought, and very ready.

That OK Computer / In Rainbows thing only works for a couple of tracks, and flatout doesn't work at all for a few others. I don't buy it.
did you set the crossfade to 10 sec? i think it works pretty well. sometimes lyrically more than musically. ie

paranoid android-bodysnatchers-sub homesick alien

and

electioneering-climbing up the walls-house of cards-reckoner

did you set the crossfade to 10 sec? i think it works pretty well. sometimes lyrically more than musically. ie

paranoid android-bodysnatchers-sub homesick alien

and

electioneering-climbing up the walls-house of cards-reckoner

Yup, set it to 10 seconds crossfade. There was one transition in particular which was awful and clearly not intended, though I can't recall which one off the top of my head.

Pre-ordered the digital download. Frankly, for €7, it's a no-brainer purchase.

Sweet, I'm in. Pre-ordering a digital download feels a bit weird though.

Got my preorder for the DD in this morning. Excited!

Also ready and waiting.

I almost had a nervous breakdown while reading the first page of this thread because noone had In Rainbows on their top 5 Radiohead album lists. Then I realized the thread is 5 years old.

Oh.

Well, that must be why. Right? I mean, real Radiohead fans agree that it's their best ever (or at least a tie with OK Computer). Right? RIGHT?!?!?!

I'd say:

OK Computer
The Bends (probably for nostalgic reasons)
In Rainbows

real Radiohead fans agree that it's their best ever (or at least a tie with OK Computer). Right? RIGHT?!?!?!

I would say 'real Radiohead fans' (whatever that even means) probably have a pretty varied set of opinions.

I'd still easily put OK Computer tops though.

OK Computer
Kid A
In Rainbows

OK Computer is IMO one of the greatest albums ever made. I doubt Radiohead will ever top it.

I would put In Rainbows over OK Computer.

I would put In Rainbows over OK Computer.

I thought this for a while, but my love for In Rainbows has faded a bit over time, leaving OK Computer still at the top of the heap. In Rainbows is a strong #2 though.

The middle tracks, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, All I Need, and Faust Arp really bring down what otherwise would have been one of the best albums of all time. I could listen to 15 Step / Bodysnatchers on a loop all day and not get tired of it.

Super excited about the new album. Got my pre-order in yesterday. For what its worth, here's my order of preference.

OK Computer
In Rainbows
Hail to the Thief
The Bends
Pablo Honey
Kid A
Amnesiac

That all being said, the lowest rated album on my list (Amnesiac) is still more enjoyable to me than most other band's top 1 or 2 albums. :)

I went through the catalog and tried to come up with an order of how they rate, but I find it wholly unsatisfying. Each album has a feel that is nearly incomparable to another.

The first two are close, but the Bends differs enough from Pablo Honey, that they are both good enough to stand on their own as solid albums.

Then there is OK Computer, which is in a league by itself. When this came out I was not a fan, but I have come to appreciate it so much more over time. It really has no weak songs on it, and brings a blend of what you find on the Bends, with an idea of what is to come.

Kid A and Amnesiac are similar, and I know that to others they are the weakest links, but Kid A especially, has been one of my all time favorites. Amnesiac is the weakest link, but it ties together as a big B side to Kid A's greatness.

Hail To the Thief was a return from the 'lost ways' of Kid A and a welcomed piece. It isn't as strong as some others, but I think that many fans were just happy that they didn't digress from Amnesiac.

That leads me to In Rainbows, which is a brilliant piece that easily carries the burden of the best that they have done. It's a great to have this quality after this many years. So much that the belief is that the next album that they do very well could top it.

If I was forced to decide it might look something like this:

In Rainbows
Ok Computer
The Bends
Kid A
Pablo Honey
Hail to the Thief
Amnesiac

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Thanks QuikSand

Kid B?

Not in love with it so far at all. I'll need more time with it, though.

Listening right now, not in love with track 1.

The first half of the album has reminded me of Stereolab albums I was listening to almost 15 years ago.

The second half sounds more like In Rainbows to me.

Not in love so far.

I'm liking it, but I'm a little bummed they are charging $14 for roughly 37 minutes of new music.

I'm liking it, but I'm a little bummed they are charging $14 for roughly 37 minutes of new music.

I never understand people's preoccupation with length. Good books and films are well edited, it shouldn't be different with albums.

Almost no album ever should be over 45 minutes. 35-45 is the exact sweet spot IMHO.

I never understand people's preoccupation with length. Good books and films are well edited, it shouldn't be different with albums.

Almost no album ever should be over 45 minutes. 35-45 is the exact sweet spot IMHO.
I disagree both in specific and in general. I've heard a number of records that were 50+ minutes in length that didn't feel too long, or stuffed with filler.

And in this particular case, I guess I'm quibbling with the pricing - singles are generally 2-3 songs and have one range of price; EP's are a little longer, and a little more; 1-disc records are longer still, usually 45+ minutes and even more money; and 2-disc records are quite long and even more money.

The amount of money Radiohead is charging for this release is about what you'd pay for a normal 1-disc record, but the amount of music is less. Now, you can certainly argue that the quality of their music is such that they could command more money than other artists, but they'd be forging new ground in that respect - commercial arts have fairly well establish pricing schemes, and paying more for higher quality commercial art is not a common business practice.

3 complete listens and I'm really not digging this. Very disappointed. Will give it probably many more attempts over the next 12 months, but there isn't a single track that has jumped out at me so far.

Growing on me a bit on listen #4

It is growing on me too, but it is too easy to blend into the background of what I am doing so far. Not much has jumped out at me, besides Bloom and Lotus Flower.

I have to admit, on the first very fast listen, there were a lot of elements that I didn't like. The songs didn't distinguish themselves very much. I am now on my second full listen, and there are certainly strong points in the album. I still think that one the whole it's not one of their better albums, but I don't hate it, and it will fit in nicely in shuffle mode.

1- OK Computer
2- (tie) Everything else

I celebrate their entire catalog (nooge) but OK Computer is one of the best albums ever made, imo. There are few other albums I can think of that are as close to flawless as that one.

Check that

1- The Bends
2- OK Computer
3- (tie) Everything but Pablo Honey
4- Pablo Honey

It's tight between 1 and 2, but I think The Bends might be a stronger record. It certainly has more "fuck yeah!" moments.

The King of Limbs

I'm a huge Radiohead fan. I've been to 4 of their concerts. Bought every CD since OK Computer on launch day. I listened to The King of Limbs and I have to say I am a bit disappointed. Even after listening to it for the last week, it hasn't grown on me as much as I had hoped. Their last 2 albums (HTTT and In Rainbows) were both great and In Rainbows in particular really added to Radiohead's legacy as amazing musicians. I don't think this album does. I would go as far as to say this is their worst album.

All of that being said, it is not without some must listen to tracks. Codex is simply beautiful but it feels like it ends a little too abruptly. I feel like this one could have been better served with more time given to the ending like the much loved song, Videotape from In Rainbows. Little by Little is a typical RH song. Minimalistic, but one that grows on you the more times you hear it.

Give up the Ghost is so mellow it can put you to sleep if it wasn't for the continuous base drum that continues throughout. This is another one that is not too far outside of the realm of what the band has done before. Thom's voice is used to good effect and the backing vocals work perfectly.

Lotus Flower sounds like a mix between one of the Hail to the Thief falsetto based tracks and In Rainbows beat driven songs. A good mix for most Radiohead fans and this one will likely be an album favorite for many fans.

Morning Mr. Mapgpie has ongoing fast faced guitar parts thrown in throughout and builds as the song goes along. This one took me a few listens to really enjoy but has grown on me over the last week.

The tracks I can live without include Bloom which is just a constant odd tempo drum beat with some reaching reverberated vocals on top. Feral never seems to go anywhere despite its strong beginning. This track is particular leaves me more disappointed than the others as the beginning sounds like its building to a fevered pitch that only Radiohead can do, yet it leaves me wanting more. The final track of the album, Separator, is drum and bass driven and the vocals are sparse and underwhelming. That being said, this is one of those tracks that still could grow on me.

In summary, this album has taken a lot more work to enjoy than either HTTT or In Rainbows, both of which immediately punched me in the gut with their goodness. Even if this album is my least favorite of all of RH's, it still ranks easily above many of my other favorite artists'. My $.02

Check that

1- The Bends
2- OK Computer
3- (tie) Everything but Pablo Honey
4- Pablo Honey

It's tight between 1 and 2, but I think The Bends might be a stronger record. It certainly has more "fuck yeah!" moments.

The Bends is a strange album to talk about if you're a Radiohead fan because it's that proverbial "accessible" album, which means if you're a FAN then you're supposed to discredit it as "radio bullshit," and then rant about how Kid A is the greatest thing since the Beatles decided to stop touring.

The problem is that there may not be a better pop album ever made. The hits on the album just keep coming, including a hit song that they didn't even want to put on the album and refuse to play in concert (High and Dry) and then it ends with Street Spirit, which makes you want to take a 10 second break and then start the CD over.

It was almost like they said "okay, we're going to make one MONSTER album, and then from this day forward nothing we do is going to fit the standard radio format."

Radiohead as Howard Roark, never thought about The Bends that way, but it kinda fits. I love the album too.

The Bends is a strange album to talk about if you're a Radiohead fan because it's that proverbial "accessible" album, which means if you're a FAN then you're supposed to discredit it as "radio bullshit," and then rant about how Kid A is the greatest thing since the Beatles decided to stop touring.

The problem is that there may not be a better pop album ever made. The hits on the album just keep coming, including a hit song that they didn't even want to put on the album and refuse to play in concert (High and Dry) and then it ends with Street Spirit, which makes you want to take a 10 second break and then start the CD over.

It was almost like they said "okay, we're going to make one MONSTER album, and then from this day forward nothing we do is going to fit the standard radio format."

Yeah, that pretty much hits the nail on the head.

From what I remember, after The Bends, they started doing a lot of their own production. Luckily, they're good at it. I can remember the strange feeling I had after hearing Kid A for the first time. "I don't know what just happened, I'm fairly sure I'll never be the same, but I like it...a lot." Kid A was a "fuck you" album. They're a fuck you band. From the "cha-chunks" in Creep to Thom Yorke's in your face weirdness in the Lotus Flower video, they've always seemed like the kind of band that, if they were Voltron, would form into a giant middle finger. High and Dry? Fuck you, mate.

That said, I don't give a shit if they hate High and Dry. It's a great song.

I saw Robert Plant at a (relatively) small venue in London in '91. Half-way through the show the guitarist played the opening to Stairway to Heaven. Just as the crowd erupted, Planty started yawning and that was that. Fuck you. I've never understood why he felt the need to shit on his audience like G.G. Allen. Maybe it was just so we'd stop waiting and hoping.

the bends was nigel godrich's first album with them. i remember reading that greenwood and yorke loved his production but were panicked they would become another disposable pop band.

someone turned them on to krautrock particularly, can, and that changed their direction.
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a few years ago there was a country/western band called the country bends that did radiohead songs, particularly that album. they did an awesome version of black star. i can't find them anywhere though :(

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From huff:
It's almost as if Radiohead takes glee in reminding its fan base that they'll never record another album that sounds anything remotely like "Ok Computer." Ever since the release of "Kid A" in 2000, some fans have been beside themselves with frustration over the band's patent refusal to give them exactly what they want. And "The King Of Limbs" may be the final straw.

Fortunately, BBC Comedy has perfectly spoofed the plight of Radiohead devotees with this short about a support group for fans of the band's earlier work.

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I'm actually liking the new album the more I hear of it. Trying to stay away from comparisons to earlier work, because, frankly, most of it can't be matched for quality.

Radiohead’s Bad Map Lures Fans to Brightwood - Arts Desk - Washington City Paper (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/03/29/radioheads-bad-map-lures-fans-to-brightwood/)

"I was expecting it to be at a record store," said Gage Muckleroy, an environmental engineer who drove down from Bowie, Md. to the sleepy corner of Brightwood at Jefferson and 7th Streets NW, hoping to grab a copy of The Universal Sigh, aka the Radiohead newspaper.

As Alex Baca predicted earlier today, while Radiohead knows many things, the L'Enfant Plan is not one of them. There was no Radiohead rep to be found at 784 Jefferson; in fact, the address doesn't even exist. The closest edifice is the Brightwood Park United Methodist Church at 744 Jefferson, where nearly 30 Radiohead fanatics—some using their lunch breaks, others just playing hooky—gathered in wait.

"It makes me not want to listen to Radiohead," mused Carla Vizzini, a special-needs teacher at a nearby school who used up her lunch hour in futility. She joked that she'll be making more room for Lady Gaga on her iPod.

Jon Fies and Ben De Laurentis drove up from Lynchburg, Va. with three of their friends. "We're Radiohead freaks," said Fies, who along with De Laurentis plays in a band called Steal the Prize. Their friend Jonathan McMillan took an entire day off from his job as a web designer to make the 400-mile round trip.

As much as the crowd of castable Radiohead fans—plaid shirts, corduroy jackets, and wayfarers abounded—could have felt played like chumps for following what turned out to be a map-making error by their beloved art-rockers, the mood was far from dour. Some got excited when a white hearse slowed down, hoping it was all part of the elaborate scheme. The stretched-out Cadillac disappeared into a driveway across the street.


Jonathan McMillan of Lynchburg, Va. took a day off from work to obtain a copy of The Universal Sigh.

"Fuck them for not giving us something for free!" someone blurted out to a chorus of laughs, though no one would claim the exclamation as their own.

As more people arrived and the minutes passed, it became less and less hopeful that someone would come by with copies of The Universal Sigh. I tried to explain Baca's reasoning, that whoever chose the locations did not account for the existence of both Jefferson Street and Jefferson Drive.

"But they had the ZIP code right," one young woman pleaded, noting that Radiohead's website did, in fact, list the block's ZIP code of 20011.

Eventually, Chloe Rice, a 24-year-old architecture student at Catholic University, got a call from a friend near the Hirshhorn Gallery at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. The modern art collection was in fact the place to be. The crowd dispersed as people piled into cars or scrambled over to Georgia Avenue to catch a No. 70 Metrobus. A few decided to remain on the church's stoop, holding out hope that Radiohead did really intend to distribute its paper in a random neighborhood. Taryn Joswick, a self-described "Radiohead freak" who told the Bethesda pharmaceutical company she works for that she was going to a medical appointment, exchanged phone numbers with a young man rushing down to the mall who offered to confirm the actual location.

Perhaps De Laurentis put it best. Upon realizing he had been hoodwinked by shoddy maps, he offered a clever, albeit obvious, bit of commentary:

"This is the universal sigh."

I love Radiohead, but I don't have any friends who like them. I'm fairly certain part of that has to do with me not liking people. I have exactly 2 1/2 friends.

I'm just curious as to what other music radiohead fans enjoy? My favorite things to listen to are as follows:

Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
Ben Folds (alone or with posse)
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Hip-Hop
Audio Books
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Other Stuff (Death Cab has been spinning a decent amount lately)


Someone told me to check out Audio Transparent as they "sound like Radiohead" but I've yet to do so.

I always liked Creep and now just found Karma Police and love it. Other music I love: Beatles (obviously a big influence on this band, especially JOhn Lennon), Genesis, Rush, YES, David Bowie, CSNY, Pink Floyd, Joe Jackson, and yes Ben Folds Five, Foo FIghters/Nirvana

And yeah I like the popular Smashing Pumpkins songs. Haven't listened to any others though. I can see both these bands influenced by John Lennon especially how they sing

You mentioned Yes twice.

That's cuz they're awesome. :)

Radiohead (and to a lesser extent Tool) were my gateway drugs as far as music goes. They led me to Yes, King Crimson and the world of Prog Rock.

...although I must say that my opinion of Radiohead's latest hasn't changed. Really don't like the album. Given it a few chances, It's just that there's not a single song that jumps out at me at all.

You mentioned Yes twice.

The first time was just saying the group Yes, the second time I was agreeing with his already posted "Ben Folds Five"
so "yes...Ben Folds FIve." But they are indeed that awesome too. :)

That's cuz they're awesome. :)

Radiohead (and to a lesser extent Tool) were my gateway drugs as far as music goes. They led me to Yes, King Crimson and the world of Prog Rock.


Funny I was JUST reading about the history of lineup changes for King Crimson yesterday, located here.
King Crimson | Biography (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/king+crimson/biography.html)

Robert Fripp sounds like a total git that no one liked working with and he didn't seem to want to work with anyone else. :)

Cool music though. I hadn't realized Greg Lake formed ELP AFTER he was in King Crimson. I did know about BIll Bruford switching from Yes to KC though.

Funny I was JUST reading about the history of lineup changes for King Crimson yesterday, located here.
King Crimson | Biography (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/king+crimson/biography.html)

Robert Fripp sounds like a total git that no one liked working with and he didn't seem to want to work with anyone else. :)

Cool music though. I hadn't realized Greg Lake formed ELP AFTER he was in King Crimson. I did know about BIll Bruford switching from Yes to KC though.

Yup, Lake is a big reason why King Crimson's debut is such a good album IMO. I don't care a lot for ELP after their debut, but most of the tracks that I really like on the subsequent ELP albums I've heard were written by Lake (From The Beginning, Still... You Turn Me On).

Fripp definitely comes off as a bit of a douche, at least early on. Pretty common with talented musicians though... Basically everything he released as KC until Red, even Lizards and In the Wake... which a lot of people don't like, is a classic to my ears.

Just for you, Groundhog:

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I got an email last night, as I imagine others did who bought the music in the preorder did, and they sent a link to download 2 new tracks that didn't make the album. They are Supercollider and The Butcher. I like both of them. In fact, they are two of the better songs if you put them against King of Limbs.

Radiohead is going to be in town to tape an episode of "Austin City Limits" on March 6th, and have a concert the next night. I'm definitely going to try and get tix for the ACL show, but the odds aren't good. I'm not even going to try to guess what the scalping price for those are going to be.

Austin TX music: Music listings, bands, music news, reviews, SXSW and ACL | Austin360.com (http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2012/01/26/radiohead_acl_taping_set_for_m_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_austin_music_source)

It was announced this morning that Radiohead is coming to Cincinnati! Tix go on sale Sat! Where will I come up with the money to go to a concert that I said I would never let get by me?

Saw them the other night at Phillips. I'm not a fan of the venue, but the show rocked. I am almost considering trying to buy Roseland tix for their concert in September. My only issue is that our seats weren't that great. If I had known there were going to be a bunch on StubHub, I prolly wouldn't have sat by my comp for 20 minutes trying to get through on Ticketmaster when they went on sale.

They are playing down here in Sydney later in the year. Tix prices are pretty crazy high, and that's not even counting the $400AU+ prices they are going for on Ebay. I saw them back around the Kid A/Amnesia era and, as one of my favourite bands, I have to say it was a disappointing experience for me. Very sterile. Seeing them a few weeks after seeing the Flaming Lips deliver probably my #1 live concert event of all time probably didn't help however.

(... I did, however, just fork out $300 for 2 tickets to see Yes play...)

I didn't get the ACL taping tickets. Evidently they received the most requests ever for tomorrow night's taping.

They are playing down here in Sydney later in the year. Tix prices are pretty crazy high, and that's not even counting the $400AU+ prices they are going for on Ebay. I saw them back around the Kid A/Amnesia era and, as one of my favourite bands, I have to say it was a disappointing experience for me. Very sterile. Seeing them a few weeks after seeing the Flaming Lips deliver probably my #1 live concert event of all time probably didn't help however.

(... I did, however, just fork out $300 for 2 tickets to see Yes play...)

Flaming Lips put on some of the best live shows, so comparing them to anyone is rough. I got my tickets at face value since I sat on 2 laptops trying to get tickets on a Saturday morning (sucker). That being said, the show was great, lots of energy, lots of different songs.

Radiohead Concert Setlist at Philips Arena, Atlanta on March 1, 2012 | setlist.fm (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/radiohead/2012/philips-arena-atlanta-ga-3bdeec1c.html)

If you can get over not hearing some of their older stuff, it's a great show. They ended with Street Spirit from The Bends, which was fairly awesome. My only disappointment was they didn't play My Iron Lung, which I've seen live and was awesome. Was worth $70, not sure if it's worth $400 AU, which I have no idea how much is in the US.

It was announced this morning that Radiohead is coming to Cincinnati! Tix go on sale Sat! Where will I come up with the money to go to a concert that I said I would never let get by me?

I figured out a way! I got them this morning. Not as close as I would have hoped, but they are reserved seats nonetheless, and nothing reserved at Riverbend is a bad seat.

Was worth $70, not sure if it's worth $400 AU, which I have no idea how much is in the US.

Probably something like US$420-450 depending on the exact exchange rate. Australia can be really expensive.

I figured out a way! I got them this morning. Not as close as I would have hoped, but they are reserved seats nonetheless, and nothing reserved at Riverbend is a bad seat.

Sad to report that circumstances being what they are, that I won't be able to make the concert in Cincinnati on the 5th. I've had the tickets since the day they went on sale, but a new job is going to force me out of town for most of the summer, including this concert.

So if anyone in the area (or not in the area, but willing to travel) needs some pavilion seats for the show I need to unload mine. :mad:

The 2 tickets, with all the applicable fees cost me $170 (2x$85). Thanks

Every year I have fall break around the 2nd week of October. Last year the wife and I went to Barcelona for a few days (she works for an airline so we fly free if it's open). Right around that time this year, Radiohead will be in either Amsterdam, Paris, or the UK, the 3 easiest places for us to get to from ATL...especially in October. We may try and see them overseas, I'm thinking it would be awesome.

Sad to report that circumstances being what they are, that I won't be able to make the concert in Cincinnati on the 5th. I've had the tickets since the day they went on sale, but a new job is going to force me out of town for most of the summer, including this concert.

So if anyone in the area (or not in the area, but willing to travel) needs some pavilion seats for the show I need to unload mine. :mad:

The 2 tickets, with all the applicable fees cost me $170 (2x$85). Thanks

!!!!

Ticketmaster really came through for me! I told them my whole story and asked them to consider refunding my money even though it's well outside the 72Hr purchase window, and they did!

Yay for Ticketmaster!

Stage collapses before Radiohead concert; 1 dead - San Jose Mercury News (http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_20875091/stage-collapses-before-radiohead-concert-1-dead?source=rss)

TORONTO -- A massive stage collapse hours before a Radiohead concert was to begin Saturday left one person dead and three others injured, officials said.
Emergency Medical Services deputy commander David Viljakainen said a man who was trapped under the rubble was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials said he was in his mid-30s.

Thread Resurrection!

So there's been a rumor flying around the last couple weeks that a new album is coming soon. Yesterday, flyers went out to homes in the UK teasing lyrics from an unreleased song that's well over 10 years old, and today they've been "disappearing" from the internet.

The band page, facebook, twitter, google+, and all posts by band members have disappearing or turning page white. It's gotten people talking, and the rumor is that the new album is coming any second.

http://pitchfork.com/news/65175-radiohead-erase-internet-presence/?mbid=social_facebook

OK Computer was the album completely responsible for opening my mind up to the possibilities of interesting/eclectic music and they will always hold a special place in my heart for that, but the last couple of albums really haven't done much for me - Jigsaw Falling Into Place aside, anyway.

I've only seen them live once, during (I think) the Kid A tour, and it was probably the most disappointing concert I've been to. Just felt like a band going through the motions, very little interaction with the crowd, not a lot of energy... probably just a bad night for the band.

Never was a big Radiohead fan but came across a really good cover guy that made me give them a relisten. He does some seriously great covers on his youtube channel beyond Radiohead as well (perhaps worthy of their own thread ).

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Nice cover. Lucky was the first song I ever learnt to play on guitar.

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Wow, that's a good song. Very Radiohead, but always a new aspect to the sound.

promising start

That film clip is a horrifying re-imaging of the original Wicker Man but the song doesn't do a lot for me, TBH. Sounds like it could have slot into either of the last two albums pretty comfortably.

One of my friends is a strong Radiohead fan and he's condemned this song in the strongest possible terms.

"It sounds like Coldplay".

The video is based on an old British children's TV shows by the way. Camberwick Green and Trumpton. Loved them when I was a kid/lazy student

One of my friends is a strong Radiohead fan and he's condemned this song in the strongest possible terms.

"It sounds like Coldplay".

The video is based on an old British children's TV shows by the way. Camberwick Green and Trumpton. Loved them when I was a kid/lazy student

I dig the song. I've played it 30 times at least.

I like it too, I just thought a Radiohead fan thinking the worst thing that he could say about a song was "it sounds like Coldplay" was funny.

I like it. The orchestral arrangement is an interesting twist on their sound, but this still sounds distinctly like Radiohead.

Nice little breakdown on the video.

Radiohead's new music video "Burn the Witch" pays tribute to Hot Fuzz and The Wicker Man - Vox (http://www.vox.com/2016/5/5/11591438/radiohead-burn-the-witch-hot-fuzz-wicker-man)

not much of a Radiohead fan, but I do like this

They dropped another new song this morning and announced the new album will be released on Sunday! Woohoo!

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They will be headling ACL Fest this October.

ok, I'm in.

Picked up the new album today. I'll get a full listen to it later today.

A Moon Shaped Pool | A Moon Shaped Pool US (https://amsp-us.wasteheadquarters.com/)

I've given it a good listen and it's really good. I wasn't in love with the last one at first, but this one is really, really easy to like.

The whole album has a complete feel and vibe, like their other albums, that just seems to flow from song to song. It's very spacey, with a lot of acoustic and orchestral stylings.

I'd say it closer to Kid A, but with some OK Computer thrown in there. I could just relax and zone out for the entire album, but it's more groovy than Kid A. Nothing moves faster than Burn the Witch, and it's just so damn easy to listen to!

I'll admit to being a fanboy, but after King of Limbs I wasn't sure where they were going. This is a fantastic return and the kind of album you can put on a loop and ride a deep buzz.

Log In - The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/arts/music/radiohead-a-moon-shaped-pool-review.html)

The future is dire, the past a blur and the present heartbroken yet hinting at possibilities on Radiohead’s “A Moon Shaped Pool,” its ninth studio album and perhaps its darkest statement — though the one with the band’s most pastoral surface.
Radiohead worries throughout the album: about environmental devastation, about mass thoughtlessness, about love gone cold, about finding some way forward. “You’ve really messed up everything,” Thom Yorke sings in “Ful Stop,” one of the album’s few up-tempo songs, though it uses its insistent beat for jitters, not pleasurable motion.
On this album, grim tidings arrive amid gorgeous backdrops: gentle pianos and acoustic guitars reinforced by a string orchestra. Multilayered tinklings and murmurings give the music a subliminally shimmering aura. But this is Radiohead, whose beauty is always laced with dread; for the most part, “A Moon Shaped Pool” is an album of nightmare lullabies. In “Daydreaming,” a somber, undulating piano waltz, Mr. Yorke croons, “Beyond the point of no return/and it’s too late, the damage is done.” The album’s opening track, “Burn the Witch,” is a spiral of tension, cryptically portraying a society ignoring its own witch hunts as a clattery, insistent string arrangement ratchets up the dissonance and agitation.......

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0:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - Burn The Witch
4:25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - Daydreaming
10:17 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - Ful Stop
16:17 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - 2 + 2 = 5
19:35 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - Myxomatosis
24:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - My Iron Lung
29:04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - Climbing Up The Walls
33:48 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - No Surprises
37:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - Pyramid Song
43:26 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - Bloom
49:53 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - Identikit
54:39 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - The Numbers
1:00:03 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - The Gloaming
1:04:11 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) - Weird Fishes Arpeggi
1:09:43 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) Everything in Its Right Place and Ideoteque
1:18:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) There There

-Encore 1-

1:26:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) Let Down
1:31:57 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) Present Tense
1:37:39 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) Paranoid Android
1:44:10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) Nude
1:49:03 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) Bodysnatchers

-Encore 2-

1:56:13 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) Street Spirit (Fade Out)
2:00:40 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rz69YmzqQM#) Karma Police

Nice set.

I've been down the rabbit hole with these this week. Still disappointed that I missed them here in Cincy, but I guess it was worth it.

One of the best songs on the album just got a video today.

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I think that clip fits the feel of the song 100%. This album has really continued to grow on me, to the point where it feels like another 'OK Computer' in terms of longevity - something I can see myself playing fairly regularly for a long time to come.

Isn't that more than just a video, isn't it a different version? I like it a lot more than the one from the album (at least, the one on Google Play Music from the album).

Musically it's much more stripped down and bare. The arrangement is still the same and a lot of musical layers removed for the two piece. It's still the same song though and the vocals are much more clear. I do miss the piano as the echo, but Thom's vocals are spot on and beautiful here.

The fact that it is so stripped down is what makes it better. The original sort of wrecks the beauty of the vocals and bass by layering on all the other nonsense. Also I find the 'ticking' sound in the video above to be a super good addition.

Is it wrong that I really, really want to order the box set?

Radiohead - OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 (http://www.oknotok.co.uk/)

Rescued from defunct formats, prised from dark cupboards and brought to light after two decades in cold storage… OK COMPUTER: the original twelve track album, three unreleased tracks and eight B-sides, all newly remastered from the original analogue tapes*.
Inside a black box emblazoned with a dark image of a burned copy of OK COMPUTER are three heavyweight 180 gram black 12" vinyl records and a hardcover book containing more than 30 artworks, many of which have never been seen before except by us, and full lyrics to all the tracks except the ones that haven't really got any lyrics.
Under this weighty tome are yet more surprises: a notebook containing 104 pages from Thom Yorke's library of scrawled notes of the time, a sketchbook containing 48 pages of Donwood and Tchock's 'preparatory work' and a C90 cassette mix tape compiled by us, taken from OK COMPUTER session archives and demo tapes.
To avoid accusations of wilful obscurity, a 320k MP3, 16- or 24-bit WAV download of 23 tracks will be available to you on 23rd June and a download of the cassette will be inside the box. This edition is currently only available from this site and will ship to you from July.

Flew to KC just to see them a few weeks ago, it was great as usual. I thought the box set seemed silly, but my wife really wanted it for Mother's day. I think the cassette is very silly.

Saw them 2 weeks ago at the Greek in Berkeley. Amazing and joyous. So much better than festival concerts where most of the crowd just wants the "hits"

It was 4 years ago that I had to beg Ticketmaster to refund my tickets. I had to write them a total sob story (all true) that I would never, ever want to miss the show, but that I had a new career job that was starting that I had no control over. They made an exception for me, and I started my new job, but I still haven't gotten to see them and I feel a little bit down when I think about it.

Saw them a few weeks back in Portland. One of the greatest shows ive ever seen.

Fans will truly appreciate this.

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So after 23 years I'm finally getting to see Radiohead tomorrow night. I had a chance 5 years ago, had tickets and had to give them up because I got hired in my current job and was in training for the entire summer. It was a double edged sword of excitement and disappointment.

Thankfully, I have a seat, but this damn broken ankle is going to change things. I called the venue and they said they have handicap accessible seating that they hold out that I can be moved to (fingers crossed that they are decent), which I'm thankful for. No way am I going to be able to stand for the show, even in parts.

Just one more thing this ankle has made more difficult. I just read a review on the show from Detroit and I'm even more excited. A straight 2.5 hour show with no touring partner. It's going to be fantastic.

So after 23 years I'm finally getting to see Radiohead tomorrow night. I had a chance 5 years ago, had tickets and had to give them up because I got hired in my current job and was in training for the entire summer. It was a double edged sword of excitement and disappointment.

Thankfully, I have a seat, but this damn broken ankle is going to change things. I called the venue and they said they have handicap accessible seating that they hold out that I can be moved to (fingers crossed that they are decent), which I'm thankful for. No way am I going to be able to stand for the show, even in parts.

Just one more thing this ankle has made more difficult. I just read a review on the show from Detroit and I'm even more excited. A straight 2.5 hour show with no touring partner. It's going to be fantastic.

I'll be at this one too. Also my first time ever seeing them in concert. Very excited!

Hope we both enjoy it.

What did you think, PilotMan?

It was everything that I hoped for. It lived up to every bit of the hype. The only thing that sucked for me was sitting on a folding chair in the ADA area. I had leg space, but after 5 plus hours in a folding chair I was sore everywhere else. That, and the people in front of us, really had no idea why they were there. It was like they got free tickets, but they stood there and watched and were right in my sightline, off and on. They left before the final encore. It was unreal to me as a big fan.

As for the music it was amazing how they make all that sound come together in a live show. I didn't want it to end. I was excited to hear Karma Police, but knew it meant the end of the show.

What about you?

Jealous, saw them last year in KC (perks of standby travel). Have tickets to Flaming Lips tonight in Galway, but wishing it were radiohead instead.

It was everything that I hoped for. It lived up to every bit of the hype. The only thing that sucked for me was sitting on a folding chair in the ADA area. I had leg space, but after 5 plus hours in a folding chair I was sore everywhere else. That, and the people in front of us, really had no idea why they were there. It was like they got free tickets, but they stood there and watched and were right in my sightline, off and on. They left before the final encore. It was unreal to me as a big fan.

As for the music it was amazing how they make all that sound come together in a live show. I didn't want it to end. I was excited to hear Karma Police, but knew it meant the end of the show.

What about you?

Absolutely outstanding. It is amazing how they can just slightly tweak some of the songs just by putting a beat underneath them or something like that and it makes it come alive in the live setting. I really felt like Thom was having a lot of fun out there too. My section of the arena was totally into it, no crazy phone browsers or people who were just there to record the whole thing or annoying stuff like that. I also liked how it wasn't just a "let's roll out the hits" concert, they didn't even play Paranoid Android or Creep. Two of the biggest reactions of the night was when they went into Talk Show Host during the encore and played A Wolf at the Door towards the end.

I didn't know how I would react seeing them live, but it was really, really great. Glad your injury didn't derail your plans.

I really need to pay more attention to their tour schedules - it's been way too long since I've seen them.

I was fortunate enough to get to see them in 2001 at The Gorge (http://www.georgeamphitheatre.com/gorge-amphitheatre/), and it was un-fucking-believably good. I had my doubts about their ability to play the Kid A and Amnesiac material live, but they absolutely nailed it. Combined with the spectacular visual of the setting and the sound quality of the open-air amphitheater and it was one of the very best concert experiences of my life.

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No Surprises was incredible last night. Great sing along. They played a really nice mix of things from OK on. I had given up hope of hearing anything from The Bends, then they played The Bends in the first encore. I totally screamed like a little girl, when those first chords rang. I want to get a hold of the set list and make a playlist out of it, just to meditate my way through it. Both my son and I were amazed at Thom's voice and how immaculate it was and perfectly matched to all their recordings. It helps that he really looks as if he's enjoying every single minute of the show. 2.5 hours simply flew by as if it were nothing.

This is a good shortened version of the current tour.


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I want to get a hold of the set list and make a playlist out of it

Try Setlist.fm, they'll likely have it

Try Setlist.fm, they'll likely have it


Thanks. :thumbsup:

I have added to my nerd points by recreating the show in my amazon music station now. Life is in balance.


This was the album breakdown:

Hail to the Thief (https://www.setlist.fm/?wicket:interface=:1:border:_body:leftColumn:albumStatsPanel:offlineStatsPanel:albumList:0:songLink::ILinkListener::) 5
Kid A (https://www.setlist.fm/?wicket:interface=:1:border:_body:leftColumn:albumStatsPanel:offlineStatsPanel:albumList:1:songLink::ILinkListener::) 5
A Moon Shaped Pool (https://www.setlist.fm/?wicket:interface=:1:border:_body:leftColumn:albumStatsPanel:offlineStatsPanel:albumList:2:songLink::ILinkListener::) 4
In Rainbows (https://www.setlist.fm/?wicket:interface=:1:border:_body:leftColumn:albumStatsPanel:offlineStatsPanel:albumList:3:songLink::ILinkListener::) 4
OK Computer (https://www.setlist.fm/?wicket:interface=:1:border:_body:leftColumn:albumStatsPanel:offlineStatsPanel:albumList:4:songLink::ILinkListener::) 3
The King of Limbs (https://www.setlist.fm/?wicket:interface=:1:border:_body:leftColumn:albumStatsPanel:offlineStatsPanel:albumList:5:songLink::ILinkListener::) 2
Others (https://www.setlist.fm/?wicket:interface=:1:border:_body:leftColumn:albumStatsPanel:offlineStatsPanel:albumList:6:songLink::ILinkListener::) 1
The Bends (https://www.setlist.fm/?wicket:interface=:1:border:_body:leftColumn:albumStatsPanel:offlineStatsPanel:albumList:7:songLink::ILinkListener::) 1

I need to catch Radiohead again. One of my fave bands and the only concert I went to was a bit of a disaster. Can't remember if I mentioned it earlier in this thread, but technical issues had Thom Yorke in a shitty mood and it ruined a few of the songs too - piano cut out in the middle of one of the quieter songs, can't remember which one now.