CoSForums Archive - Any Radiohead fans here?

aragog

May 30th, 2003, 10:37 am

I'm absolutely a huge Radiohead fan. They're probably my favorite band, being tied with the Beatles.

I went to see their concert in Washington DC two years ago. I went with my girlfriend at the time, paid for plane tickets from FL to Baltimore, drove to DC, paid for everything... only to have the show rained out. It was an extremely disappointing and frustrating trip which ultimitely led to my breakup with said girlfriend. Now how many people can say that Radiohead ruined their relationship?

In spite of all that I still remain a rabid and obsessed fan.

Morgoth

May 30th, 2003, 2:32 pm

I love Radiohead. I never in a million years thought they could top The Bends in any way, shape or form, but then they realeased OK Computer and I was blown away by their creativity. Their Kid A & Amnesiac phases were very clever indeed, maybe having the opposite effect to what they intended, but it's very hard for a band like Radiohead to truly lose their fanbase. Even their new album title, which to me is a subtle reference to George Bush's 2000 election victory doesn't seem to have dented their fanbase.

They are a great band

JofpGallagher

May 30th, 2003, 3:38 pm

Radiohead???
Will be always among my most played music on my stereo. I have all their albums. I remember I only knew "Creep" but one day a co-worker gave me OK Computer saying that I may like them.....Next day I bought all Radiohead's albums!!! (Up to Kid A since "Amnesiac" hasn't been released yet at that time)
I even have three CDs with all their b-side works before the incoming album. There are very good tunes over there too. I would recommend "Bishop Robes" "Killer Cars" "You never wash up after yourself" "Indian Rubber" "Molasses" and many others I can't recall.

OK Computer is a "Must have" record...Just for "Lucky", "Paranoid Android" and "Let Down" the album is more than worthy. It's so good that I have always said that is the best album ever recorded....and from a crazy Oasis fan is a lot to say.

aragog

May 30th, 2003, 5:20 pm

There is an E.P. out there called "Airbag/How Am I Driving?" which has the song Airbag plus a few b-sides from OK Computer... it's an amazing collection of songs. If you've never heard "Polyethylene Parts 1 & 2" or "Pearly*" then you're doing yourself a huge misservice.

"Talk Show Host", "the Trickster", "Big Boots" (a.k.a. "Man o' War"), "Permanent Daylight", the webcast version of "Knives Out"... These b-sides are all required listening, in my opinion.

Manyasha

May 30th, 2003, 7:06 pm

I haven't heard many songs by Radiohead, but from what I've heard it's a great band. Only Fake Plastic Trees is enough to make me love Radiohead forever. Bulletproof is very good, too. I plan on getting other songs, too. I'm, so to say, a potential Radiohead fan, so I would love to hear your recommendation, guys.;)

aragog

May 30th, 2003, 7:23 pm

I'd recommend buying The Bends first, then OK Computer after that. The Bends is like a really good dinner, and OK Computer is the dessert (Horrible analogy, I know.. don't hate me!). If you're not an obsessed fan after that, then I'm afraid there's no helping you ;)

Manyasha

May 30th, 2003, 7:45 pm

Thanks, Aragog, as soon as I have time to get to local music shop, I'll buy these two CDs (hopefully, I'll find them..) :)

Kevin

May 30th, 2003, 8:20 pm

Good to know i'm not alone :)
I have the early mixed verison of hail to the thief and it sounds pretty good. Though some of the reviews of it have been really bad. I think the idiot reviewers expected radiohead to do another OK computer type thing. Thing is they've moved on from that. Well i will is about 5 years old :D

migo

May 30th, 2003, 8:37 pm

Radiohead is my all time favorite band. No band has been able to surpass them and seeing them performing live was absolutely fantastic.

Those There There drums Live are SO MUCH more powerful... :)

All hail to the thief !!

JofpGallagher

May 30th, 2003, 10:38 pm

Originally posted by Manyasha (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=344413#post344413))
I haven't heard many songs by Radiohead, but from what I've heard it's a great band. Only Fake Plastic Trees is enough to make me love Radiohead forever. Bulletproof is very good, too. I plan on getting other songs, too. I'm, so to say, a potential Radiohead fan, so I would love to hear your recommendation, guys.;)

I don't want to contradict Aragog recommendation. It's really good starting with "The Bends". However, if you don't like "Ok Computer" there is no way (IMO) that you can like Radiohead. If I were you, I will start with "OK Computer". The only disadvantage is that do not expect something better than that. That album is like Led Zeppelin II or Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"...I mean..."Impossible to repeat albums".
If Radiohead can do something better than "OK Computer" then Oasis's first place among my fav bands would tremble.

aragog

May 31st, 2003, 1:28 am

JofpGallagher, that's exactly why I recommended getting OK Computer second.. Because any album is going to pale in comparison and the listener might not like The Bends as much after hearing OK Computer. I had the Bends before OK Computer came out and when 1997 rolled around I was blown away with Ok Computer. In Manyasha's case, she's already familiar with two songs from the Bends so she might appreciate the album a little better right off the bat.

In any case, it's like working your way up to the good stuff.

Oh, and some people would argue that Kid A is better than Ok Computer. They both have a special place in my heart but my personal preference is with OKC

Lee

May 31st, 2003, 1:16 pm

Radiohead are my best friend's favourite band. I really like the song "Creep" though. The lyrics are really cool...

JofpGallagher

May 31st, 2003, 7:55 pm

Originally posted by aragog (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=344831#post344831))
JofpGallagher, that's exactly why I recommended getting OK Computer second.. Because any album is going to pale in comparison and the listener might not like The Bends as much after hearing OK Computer. I had the Bends before OK Computer came out and when 1997 rolled around I was blown away with Ok Computer. In Manyasha's case, she's already familiar with two songs from the Bends so she might appreciate the album a little better right off the bat.

In any case, it's like working your way up to the good stuff.

Oh, and some people would argue that Kid A is better than Ok Computer. They both have a special place in my heart but my personal preference is with OKC

Again...You are right...Maybe it's better to start with "The Bends". I was among the ones who started with "OK Computer"...and it was like...My God, Why haven't I listened this band before. Then I bought them all. I like Kid A better than The Bends as a whole. But in "The Bends" I find the songs I like the most (Constantly changing) like "Fake Plastic Trees" (Acoustic version highly recommendable), "My Iron Lung" simply transports me tyo another place. "Nice Dream"...Man..Radiohead is a "BAND"... I always got hypnothized (sp?) with the piano chords of "Everything in its Right Place" (The best song of Kid A - IMO)
By the way, I just bought their new single....It's really good!!! I'm listining it right now.

butitstoolate

June 1st, 2003, 4:46 pm

I like Radiohead a lot... Jonny is really talented.... they all are though! :)

raeredeyes

June 2nd, 2003, 7:46 am

ooh! Any Aussies out there that dont know, as usual, Triple J has gotten the goods yet again.

Aparently they are the first station in the world to be able to play songs from the new record, and they are actually playing the whole new album all the way through this morning, 3a.m.

YAY!!!

JJJ rocks sometimes.

Kevin

June 2nd, 2003, 5:42 pm

Well i have a copy of hail to thief (early mixes). and my friend rehan has the finished mixes. It sounds great.
Fake plastic trees is amazing live as is creep.

aragog

June 3rd, 2003, 6:16 pm

They had a listening party at the local venue in town for Radiohead's new album. I wanted to go but I had to work, plus I don't really like dealing with large crowds of people (which I'm sure there would be for this event). Has anyone else gone to a listening party?

I remember wanting to attend a Kid A listening party sooooo bad, but the nearest one was a few states away. I'm not sure if they did any for Amnesiac, but I had already downloaded all the songs on Amnesiac, which completely ruined any element of excitement on getting the *real* copy of the album I might add.

Kevin

June 3rd, 2003, 10:30 pm

Well theres going to be a listening party on radio1 on monday 9th june from 8pm UK time. Radio1 radiohead thing (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/stevelamacq/)

raeredeyes

June 5th, 2003, 5:49 am

Hmm, i dont know about Listening Parties...

I would prefer to hear them at home, so i can skip and repeat and get a feel for the music.

I really like the new single.

whizbang121

June 5th, 2003, 6:18 pm

Who knew? I love U2, so my daughter played their cover of Creep for me. I loved it. A few days later she played me a cd of one of her friends covering Fake Plastic Trees. Impressive. Yesterday she played something called Exit music for a Movie? (Is that really the title?) Anyway, looks like I'm a radiohead fan. But I'll need educating. Lots of info here already. Thanks!

aragog

June 5th, 2003, 7:00 pm

whizbang, it's called "Exit Music (For A Film)", and is one of my favorite songs ever. Try listening to it in pitch darkness at least once. In headphones if you can :D

periwinkle-blue

June 5th, 2003, 7:09 pm

Reading these posts and recommendations made me want to check out The Bends this weekend. I might buy it because friends have been feeding me how great Radiohead is since ages and ages ago, and I still haven't gotten around to buy their album. Hmmm...

Manyasha

June 5th, 2003, 7:42 pm

Well, I bought The Bends and OK Computer. I have already listened to The Bends and I really like it. My favourite songs from it are The Bends, Fake Plastic Trees, Bulletproof, Black Star, Street Spirit (Fade Out). I also like Planet Telex, Just, (Nice Dream). Well, I like them all.:D I'm gonna listen closely to OK computer tomorrow and I'm sure it will be great.:) I think now you can count me as a Radiohead fan ;)

JofpGallagher

June 5th, 2003, 10:49 pm

Manyasha, Fake Plastic Tree is one of my favorites from "The Bends" and one of my Radiohead fav....but you didn't mentioned another of the most great Radiohead songs: My Iron Lung..I just love it...maybe it is a little bit acidic

Kevin

June 6th, 2003, 1:05 am

I like all of the bends. Street spirit is one of the stand out tracks as is fake plastic trees, just and the bends (heard that live).
I like paranoid android from ok computer along with airbag (again heard that live).
Still only a few days to go untill hail to the thief is released.

raeredeyes

June 6th, 2003, 1:31 am

Street Spirit is one of the songs that stop me in my tracks. Its so beautiful.

The Bends is my fave Radiohead album, followed by OK Computer, because it has Lucky as well as Exit Music(for a film) on it.

I dont like Kid A as much as others. There is one stand out track on it though: How to Disapprear Completely.
Beautiful song.

Manyasha

June 6th, 2003, 9:57 am

Exist Music (For A Film) is a brilliant song. OK Computer is just as good as The Bends, but in a different way. I love both.:)

As for their new album and its title in particular, it's not quite correct that it's aimed at Bush. If you have time on your hands, read this page (http://greenplastic.com/newalbum/index.php) about Hail To The Thief. I found it very interesting, some very good thoughts.:yup:

aragog

June 7th, 2003, 6:00 am

I think it's funny that people have automatically assumed that the title is a reference to George W Bush. Bush-bashing is a here-and-now thing, and Radiohead have a higher opinion of their own work (as do I) than to do something so obvious. Having not heard the album or reading anything about it really, I'm about to assume that the "thief" isn't necessarily a person, but some emotion or state of mind, just as depression is a thief (robs you of any happiness, etc). But that's just a guess.

It comes out June 10th, right? The day before my birthday :D

Kevin

June 7th, 2003, 3:58 pm

Well it's out on monday in the UK i think. I'm getting the special edition. It looks good. They were amazing on the Later with Jools holland show on the bbc. Jonny played an amazing solo on one of the songs.

periwinkle-blue

June 7th, 2003, 4:09 pm

A friend lend me Kid A album today, and he said it's only for those who want to have "spaced out" moments. I only listened to half of the album, and somewhat want to skip to next song each time a new one came up. The ones I listened to have the same tunes recycled, and as I was getting restless, somehow I 'tuned' in right when I want to skip the current song on the album.

What I can say is, Kid A is best listened when you want to have a moment of serious or laidback thinking and moment of solitary in analyzing anything, even about what to wear to work on Monday. It kind of having the 'background sound' for your brain while it's working. A "spaced out" moment.

JofpGallagher

June 7th, 2003, 4:20 pm

Originally posted by periwinkle-blue (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=356912#post356912))
A friend lend me Kid A album today, and he said it's only for those who want to have "spaced out" moments. I only listened to half of the album, and somewhat want to skip to next song each time a new one came up. The ones I listened to have the same tunes recycled, and as I was getting restless, somehow I 'tuned' in right when I want to skip the current song on the album.

What I can say is, Kid A is best listened when you want to have a moment of serious or laidback thinking and moment of solitary in analyzing anything, even about what to wear to work on Monday. It kind of having the 'background sound' for your brain while it's working. A "spaced out" moment.

Peri,
Kid A is a very difficult album to digest at first...believe me. But Kid A is a great one....I always got trapped on the first hypnotic song "Everything in its Right Place"...The song "Optimistic" is also a good one....the album is weird indeed, but a masterpiece. Give it another chance and if on the third time you still don't get it...then...well...i don't know...give it more time...It's a great album

hahaha...If you listen "Amnesiac" you will think that Kid A is perfectly "normal"...that was weird one (Amnesiac).

Ghost

June 7th, 2003, 4:21 pm

This thread made me dig out my old OK Computer CD and start listening to it again. That album is just pure genius! :D I like some songs from their other albums, like Street Spirit and Knives Out, but I heard OK Computer first and it has well and truly spoiled me. All of their other stuff just doesn't sound as good after that! Please don't lynch me... :p

I like one other song too, I think it might be from The Bends. The one with the really great video where the guy is just walking along and then suddenly he lies down. And when he finally tells the gathering crowd why he's doing it everyone else does too... Can anyone lip read? I really want to know what that guy said! ;) Great video!

Kevin

June 7th, 2003, 4:22 pm

Kid A is a hard album to get into. But i like it. You need to listen to it a few times before you can really get into it. It was a brave move for radiohead to do Kid A. People were expecting ok computer part 2. But radiohead moved forwards instead of going backwards.
The songs on Kid A sound much better live.

periwinkle-blue

June 7th, 2003, 4:26 pm

Originally posted by JofpGallagher (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=356921#post356921))
Peri,
Kid A is a very difficult album to digest at first...believe me. But Kid A is a great one....I always got trapped on the first hypnotic song "Everything in its Right Place"...The song "Optimistic" is also a good one....the album is weird indeed, but a masterpiece. Give it another chance and if on the third time you still don't get it...then...well...i don't know...give it more time...It's a great album

Don't worry I will give it another chance, since my friend will lend me the album a week or until I get tired of it. :p But unlike other albums I've bought so far, I haven't listen to any of the songs in it, so I might have to listen to it repeatedly to be comfortable. This usually happens when I totally trust a friend's recommendation, like Alice In Chains Unplugged album.

hahaha...If you listen "Amnesiac" you will think that Kid A is perfectly "normal"...that was weird one (Amnesiac).

:lol: Thank goodness I didn't take his Amnesiac album first!

Kevin

June 7th, 2003, 4:29 pm

well amensiac is pretty weird but i love it because it has pyramid song on it.

periwinkle-blue

June 7th, 2003, 4:36 pm

Hmm.. I guess it's pretty safe to say that Kid A/Amnesiac is suitable for a very true fan of Radiohead. However, I think I can adapt to Kid A tunes, and if I'm happy with it, I'll try to ask my other friends for The Bends :) Weird, listen to the pro one first before going amateur :p

Kevin

June 7th, 2003, 5:03 pm

Well the bends is very good, i sometimes prefer it over ok computer sometimes but thats just me.

aragog

June 7th, 2003, 6:13 pm

peri, Kid A is an album that needs to be listened to as a whole. Try not to think of it as individual songs, but as a whole album that is there for you to listen to. OK Computer and Kid A are both albums that should be listened to in the dark and in headphones.

Ghost, that video is for the song "Just", which is indeed from the Bends. It's been a great mystery for years and years what that guy says, but Radiohead aren't telling. In reality it doesn't matter what he's saying because it's more about the idea of something you know is so powerful that you stop functioning and you lay down in the middle of the street. And when it's powerful enough to make a whole crowd of people do that? Amazing.

Ghost

June 7th, 2003, 9:55 pm

Ahhh, thanks aragog! :D It is such a good video. I'd love to know what's being said but I guess it's a bit like that funniest joke in the world in Monty Python... even if they did try to make up something really deep and earth shattering it would never be enough. There's nothing they can say that'll give it as strong an impact as just the visuals, or anything they tried to would ultimately subtract from that.

It is a powerful scene... powerful enough to make me want to phone up and request to see that video again and again! :p

Morgoth

June 8th, 2003, 8:22 am

I was in my local record store yesterday and they were playing the new album in there and I was listening to it, obviously and it does sound really good. "Sail To The Moon" sounded really good, but then I've always liked slow mellow piano led Radiohead songs, so that will probably be a stand out track for me personally. I think it's a cross between OK Computer & Kid A/Amnesiac. I wouldn't say the album was their best to date, but it's certainly an album you'll need to listen to a few times to get the best out of it.

Benzo

June 8th, 2003, 12:45 pm

I don't know them but here in Quebec, they are in every cool newspaper.... Good for them.

Kevin

June 8th, 2003, 5:22 pm

Off to HMV i go at midnight to get my special edition copy of Hail to the thief.

Kevin

June 9th, 2003, 1:13 am

Well i've got the limited edition hail to the thief cd. It's quite good really.
The album is awesome. I'm going to listen to it on my walkman later.

raeredeyes

June 12th, 2003, 7:01 am

Oh, nice.

Wish i had the moolah for the limited Ed. Cd.

aragog

June 12th, 2003, 10:11 am

I feel ashamed, this is the first Radiohead release since Ok Computer I haven't went out and bought the day it came out. I couldn't help but notice the articles about Thom and the new album in the new Rolling Stone and Spin magazines. Haven't read them yet, but I noticed them at any rate.

Kevin

June 12th, 2003, 11:53 am

Most of the interviews with Thom are funny. I've been reading the threads at ateaseweb.com, one of the best unoffical radiohead sites out there. Radioheads offical website has been updated.
I'm just rather annoyed i did not get tickets to see them in november.
The special edition is rather fragile.
But the good thing is it's not copy protected. The ones that are will not work in some older cd players and refuse to work in some comps or will play the songs at 96khz.

raeredeyes

June 12th, 2003, 2:16 pm

Well...

Has any one else noticed that there has been a lot of emails flashing around the webmasters of radiohead sites, asking them to take down their lyric sections?
I went to greenplastic.com the other day t get lyrics for a song i forgot, and i was shocked to find that Warner has been getting around, asking to take lyrics down.

Thats totally stupid. I think hat it is sad that they think to go to that level. Apparently it about affecting sales of Radiohead lyric books.

I think they boys are making enough money already. If people want the lyric books, i think they would but them anyways, i would if i had actually seen one.

aragog

June 12th, 2003, 6:47 pm

That's especially sad because Radiohead are big supporters of free information and all things Internet. Just realize that it's not them and it's the parent company, Capitol Records.

(P.S. followmearound.com still has lyrics up, but nothing from Hail to the Thief)

Manyasha

June 12th, 2003, 7:48 pm

Yes, Leah, I agree 100%. It's just ridiculous - and what if there's simply no lyrics book available where I live? Fortunately, I know other sources where to get lyrics, and really, if I didn't read the lyrics first, I wouldn't have bought Radiohead's two albums. I wonder what do members of the band think about it - I hope it wasn't they who requested such a thing?:scared:

Also, has anyone heard Hail To The Thief and got anything to comment on?;)

raeredeyes

June 13th, 2003, 7:36 am

Oh, i heard bits of it when it was the feature album on Triple J last week.

There There, the new single is fab! Its really a bit of a turn back to their glory days. Bring back the Bends. Kid A lost me, Amnesica didnt get me back. Im confident that this album will reawaken my devotion. :smile:

aragog

June 14th, 2003, 7:43 am

I'm actually listening to it for the first time right now. I'm on "Myxomatosis", which is an awesome track. So far it's been really great, I'm definitely enjoying it. I'm going to have to listen to this a few times to let the songs sink in and then I'll be able to give a real review!

raeredeyes

June 14th, 2003, 9:38 am

ooh! Do review!

I really liked 2+2=5 when i heard it on the radio. Im thinking that i will buy the new album when i get OoTP next Saturday. I am cashed up that day.

Pity is that i wont be able to listen to it until after my exams. Its just too tempting. :(

eowiodith

June 15th, 2003, 5:15 pm

i just bought the new album its very good but some songs are taking longer to take in than most of their stuff. I cant wait for the new muse album thats out soon, ive got no money left for the OOTP now after buying hail to the thief my mam will have to lend me some money

aragog

June 17th, 2003, 5:34 am

Okay, so the new album hasn't completely sunk into my brain yet, but I'm totally in love with it regardless! It's leaps and bounds better than Amnesiac, in my opinion, though I still don't think it's better than OK Computer (as some reviews I've read have said it was).

So far my favorite tracks off the cd are:
"Mxyomatosis"
"Where I End and You Begin"
"2 + 2 = 5"

One thing I noticed, Thom borrowed a bit of the lyrics in "Mxyomatosis" from "Cuttooth", a b-side of theirs that had been floating around for a long time.. pretty neat if you ask me. :)

Kevin

June 18th, 2003, 4:06 pm

They use a lot of old material they've written. I will is from the ok computer sessions i believe. There there was revelead online back in 2000 on a radiohead webcast.

Oh and theres a very good classical album of radiohead songs done by Christopher O'Riley (sp?). It's his piano interpertations of the songs.
I've heard a few and there great i'm going to get the album as soon as i can afford it.

tizzy weasley

June 18th, 2003, 4:22 pm

I like Radiohead. :) They're coming to Chicago August 23. Yay!

aragog

June 18th, 2003, 6:51 pm

Radiohead are coming to West Palm Beach, FL and I live in Orlando. I'm extrememly tempted to buy tickets even though I have no money.

I read about the Chris O'Reilly (I don't know if I spelled it right either :) ) album project on the plane when I was flying to NY late last year. He's a classical music teacher and heard alot about Radiohead from his students. He was impressed with the composition, depth and songwriting of Radiohead (esp. Ok Computer) so he decided to modify it into classical music for his class. At least that's how I remembered it.

There is another album out there called "Strung Out: A String Quartet Tribute to OK Computer", in which they cover the entire album using strings. It sounds really fantastic but I haven't been able to find it anywhere except online.

JofpGallagher

June 18th, 2003, 10:23 pm

OK...I have listened the number of times enough to make a comment about Radiohead's last album. The album is excellent and I like it entirely, especially:
*** 2 + 2 = 5
*** Sit Down, Stand up
*** Go to Sleep (This one is my favorite so far)
*** There There
*** I will (Good tune!)
*** Myxomatosis (Excellent song!!!)
*** Scatterbrain
*** A Wolf at the door (This song is kinda "different")

I feel this album to be like a second "Kid A". The song "When I end you begin" reminds me a lot Kid A's "National Anthem". However, the song "Go to Sleep" which is the one I like the most, is more towards "The Bends".... Five Stars for this album :D

I Against I

June 24th, 2003, 10:06 am

Radiohead is one of my favorite bands. I am in love with Hail to The Theif (I think that's the name of their recent CD)

aragog

June 24th, 2003, 10:14 am

I'm currently really into "Where I End and You Begin" right now.. It has a very Engine Down feel to it (especially the bassline... awesome!), and then a slightly videogame-ish feel with the theramin/martenot/whatever Jonny is doing. The song is just one mix of Engine Down, Mega Man 2 and Sonic 3. If that makes any sense whatsoever to any of you :D

Myxomatosis is another standout track of the moment.

raeredeyes

June 25th, 2003, 10:58 am

heh, i love the new album... I bought it the other day. But i havent been able to listen to it in depth, because of my exams... :(

But what i have heard is great!

Snaped

September 3rd, 2003, 10:21 am

I'm bumping this thread. I am in love with Hail to the Thief and have been listening to it practically non-stop since its release. At the moment, I've been really digging "I Will" and "A Punchup at a Wedding". The transition between the two songs is perfect, and I absolutely love singing along to "I Will". Thom's voice is at its best in this album, in my opinion. The guitar work is also fantastic. I can't get enough of it.

Little babies' eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes

Kelpie

September 4th, 2003, 12:27 am

I've actually only got into Radiohead very recently - which seems odd. I honestly can't think why I didn't start listening to them earlier.

Chrysalis

December 9th, 2003, 7:04 pm

Hello there. I'm a closet Radiohead fan. I only own The Bends and I only bought it because I wanted to see what the fuss was all about and if Coldplay and Muse really sound like them(gimme a break :rolleyes: ). That album is really great but I haven't listened in a while 'cause it was giving me insomnia. Don't like they way the band goes about some things though. Like when they were recording Hail To The Thief, and those songs 'accidently' leaked on the internet. Big news on MTV. As if anyone needed reminding that Thommy and the boys were releasing a new album. :rolleyes:

aragog

December 9th, 2003, 7:10 pm

Just about every album is leaked to the internet these days. I doubt Radiohead feel they need any more publicity, seeing as how the press nearly drove Thom insane after OK Computer came out.

JofpGallagher

December 9th, 2003, 7:16 pm

Hello there. I'm a closet Radiohead fan. I only own The Bends and I only bought it because I wanted to see what the fuss was all about and if Coldplay and Muse really sound like them(gimme a break :rolleyes: ).

Well, I don't really see how Coldplay could be compared to Radiohead, but Muse indeed can be. Maybe you should listen the Radiohead's album "Kid A". "The Bends" is very guitar focus while "Kid A" more into the Muse style IMO. Very different albums.

invisablethestral

December 10th, 2003, 12:26 pm

Almost every band will have songs leaked out onto the net somehow. Radiohead dont need that promotion or like the press, so i doubt its intentional on the band/Thoms part. Its hard to be the biggest band of the 90's and keep everything underwraps.

::Revolutionary::

December 10th, 2003, 1:09 pm

Only began listening to them a couple of months ago...But they shot directly to 2nd place over favourite bands. OK Computer is a fantastic album, I actually like Climbing up the Walls more then all the other numbers...(Perhaps except for Paranoid Android)

Chrysalis

December 17th, 2003, 5:58 pm

Just about every album is leaked to the internet these days. I doubt Radiohead feel they need any more publicity, seeing as how the press nearly drove Thom insane after OK Computer came out.

Yeah...ummm...sorry 'bout that. I was being unfair, I suppose. Our paper was insinuating that all that stuff was only leaked because the band wanted some publicity(the same newspaper also said that OK Computer was crud and that Radiohead went wrong from there...wonder what some participants of this thread will make of that:)).

Well, I don't really see how Coldplay could be compared to Radiohead, but Muse indeed can be. Maybe you should listen the Radiohead's album "Kid A". "The Bends" is very guitar focus while "Kid A" more into the Muse style IMO. Very different albums.

Ah well, I haven't listened to Kid A, I'll see if I can download some stuff. But ever since I started listening to Coldplay I became really suspicious of Radiohead, because of all those comparisons that dogged Chris Martin and the band. IMO Coldplay and Radiohead are as far divided as Enya and Nirvana(weird comparison, I know). Actually, Coldplay's latest album has a lot more in common with the Beatles than Thom Yorke's band. And as for Muse, IMHO they have a lot more in common with that other great R, Rachmaninoff, than with Radiohead. Just listen to Matt's piano skills. His vocals certainly don't sound anything like Thom's. Sorry guys, Radiohead's lyrically better, but Matt's the better singer.

I guess that I'm trying to make a point about comparing these 3 bands(and comparing bands in general - it's unfair) and trying to spice up this thread a bit. ;)

skorpionflicka

March 13th, 2004, 7:11 am

me! i am not really a fan fan, i dont own any of their cds....but that song, "creep"..so old, but so full of meaning, at least for me. I dont get tired of it. and thats weird

i am major radiohead fan now. i listened to a lot of cd´s last week, :tu: :tu: great band!

Chrysalis

March 14th, 2004, 5:43 pm

Wep

August 11th, 2004, 7:11 am

Ah, radiohead, such a dream to listen to and so fantastic to watch....

JofpGallagher

August 11th, 2004, 10:59 pm

I got Hail to the Thief and OK Computer about a month ago(yes,yes, late, I know). OKC really blew me away. Hail to the Thief...it's good, but not on par with the Bends or OKC. It's got some really fantastic songs on it(2+2=5). But it's also got some really mediocre ones. We Suck Young Blood is just...gross. It sounds like a Halloween song. I really like Punch-up at a Wedding and Scatterbrain though, they just sound so different from what the band has done till now(that is, as far as I've heard).

You should get Kid A. It's a great album...oh well, and Pablo Honey and Amnesiac...:rolleyes: I have them all and my favorite is OK Computer by far, followed by Hail to the Thief. I also recommend you to try to find the way to get Radiohead's b-side songs...They.Are.Gret.Songs!!! and I meant it.

Radiohead's b-side songs are as good as a-songs. For example, Bishop's Robes, Molasses, Pop is Dead (Hilarious tune), Killer Cars (I love this one), A Reminder, Maquiladora, Pearly, Melatonin, Cuttooth, Fog....and a long etc They are GREAT!!!

Chrysalis

August 12th, 2004, 6:49 am

I've got almost all of the b-sides, Jav. And I've got every album except Pablo Honey, which might not be worth my money.

I like Kid A, but I enjoy HTTT better. It's got this very evil kind of atmosphere, you know. But Optimistic, In Limbo and Idioteque are the best songs on Kid A. Actually, I find Amnesiac to be rather different from Kid A. They use more classical instruments there. You know, the piano and orchestra from You And Whose Army?, the strings in Dollars & Cents, the jazz band from Life In A Glass House...there are hardly any guitars. I like that a lot. But it's hard to appreciate for some, I think.

esmerelda

August 13th, 2004, 4:35 pm

The Bends is my favourite Radiohead album (even though everyone else in the world seems to prefer OK Computer!). I prefer the guitar albums to the more experimental ones. I really love Hail to the Thief. Me and my flatmate went to a midnight opening at a record shop to buy our copies when it was released - good times. 'Wolf at the Door' just amazes me, and I don't know why!

accioinsight7

August 16th, 2004, 11:07 pm

I love Radiohead...OK Computer is one of the most monumental recordings of all time...I read in Paste magazine that one music critic said that Radiohead is not a giving up type of cynicism...theirs is a scream-at-the-top-of-your-lungs cynicism...I loved this quote

Nagisa

August 16th, 2004, 11:30 pm

I love them. Used to listen to Ok Computer daily.

I wouldn't call it cynical, because -- for me -- cynicism is having given up all real hope. It's uncompromising -- it doesn't pull punches.

accioinsight7

August 16th, 2004, 11:49 pm

thats the beauty of the quote
ill try and find the exact quote
it was much more poetically expressive

any one know it, or have the wilco edition of paste nearby?
help me out here.

i luv hobbits

August 29th, 2004, 12:54 pm

i like the bends...

Dark Penguin

October 18th, 2004, 12:54 am

I'm a Radiohead fan as well. I have The Bends and Hail to the Thief, and I really want to get OK Computer as I have heard that it is one of their best, if not THE best, albums. The Bends is probably my favorite, but I have listened to it so, so many times that it's actually starting to wear on me (I do this to almost all of my favorite bands, though :rotfl:). Hail to the Thief is actually quite good in my opinion-- many people don't like it for its depressive tendancies, but I rather like it for that-- I don't want songs about dancing rainbows and sunshine, I find that sad songs are often much better than happier ones. I have yet to find my all-time favorite sad song, though.

P.S.-- listening to Street Spirit (Fade Out) as I speak. :lol:

aragog

October 18th, 2004, 6:07 am

Dark Penguin, you definitely won't regret purchasing OK Computer.. I myself have bought it at least 3 times - between discs scratching and people borrowing it and never returning it!- and listen to it plenty. It has a lasting quality about it, the songs always sound fresh and yet (dare I say it?) timeless. Truly a classic.

Dunno if I ever bothered to give my opinion on Hail To The Thief.. It's a good album - better than Amnesiac - but it lags in places. My favourite song on there happens to be one that almost everyone else considers weak (no idea why), "Where I End and You Begin". Great bassline, Jonny doing some neat things with the synth, all around a great song. "There There" is really good, along with "Myxomatosis", "Go to Sleep" and "2+2=5" (the fan favourite?). It lacks the consistency that The Bends, OKC and Kid A have, but still is a good album nonetheless.

Lady Greyjoy

October 18th, 2004, 6:48 am

My best friend raves about "Hail to the Thief", I'll probably pick it up soon, but somehow I cleave to the mid/late 90's Radiohead (OK Computer, The Bends). It's just me being nostalgic. :)

aragog

October 18th, 2004, 5:37 pm

Ok Computer and it's B-sides are my favourite Radiohead material. Yeah, maybe it's nostalgia, but how can you beat songs like "Exit Music", "Pearly*", "A Reminder", "Polyethylene", "Let Down" or "Climbing Up The Walls"? You can't :D

Heh, remember when everyone thought "Fitter Happier" was the weirdest Radiohead song of all time? Wonder what they think now? :lol:

~Tonks~

October 18th, 2004, 6:16 pm

I love Radiohead with a passion. I have every album. Suffice it to say, however, I prefer OK Computer and before. I thought Hail to the Thief was sort of a weak effort, and Kid A and Amnesiac, for me at least, involved too much of what I like to call "random noise."

Radiohead for me is one of those bands that, if you're in a good mood, it can either really get you depressed, or, it can give you this really distinct, exclusive-to-Radiohead-music, sort of feeling of contentment, and make you contemplate life as being beautiful even when it is sad and tragic. If you're already feeling depressed, listen at your own risk, as it can really wreck you. There are very few bands that elicit as much emotion from me as Radiohead does, especially in those ways, and they are also one of the very few bands of whom I care to own every album.

Radiohead also has a reputation for making me cry depending on the circumstances in my life at the time or how I am feeling. The songs that are notorious for this are Exit Music For a Film, Nice Dream, No Surprises, Pyramid Song, Creep, and above all else, Fake Plastic Trees. That song for me is the most devastating song I think I've ever heard, because it's indirectly tragic and sad, and if you know how to interpret the lyrics it can kill you, but it's a beautiful song.

I think my favorite album is a tie between The Bends and OK Computer. I lean more toward The Bends, but my introduction to Radiohead was OK Computer. Both are excellent albums, two of the best of all time, in my opinion.

Radiohead is awesome :tu:

Chrysalis

October 18th, 2004, 7:54 pm

To me, Lucky was and is and will forever be the best Radiohead song EVER. It has the ability to move far beyond tears, and there are few songs which have that quality.

Kid A and Amnesiac do shine, in manners that won't appeal to most Radiohead fans. For instance, I do really love the barely-electronic atmosphere of Amnesiac. It does sound as though it has landed from another era. You and Whose Army? sounds like an old recording from the '40s.

BigBlackDog

October 18th, 2004, 7:56 pm

Big fan. I have Hail to the Thief, Amnesiac, OK Computer, Pablo Honey, and Kid A. Kid A is my favorite album of them.

Dark Penguin

October 18th, 2004, 8:00 pm

Trying to get my mom to order OK Computer for me. Seems to be going well so far. :)

Fake Plastic Trees IS really sad, but unfortunately I'm not incredibly good at lyric interpretation-- either that or I go far past the intended meaning of the song. So if anyone would mind...?

Lady Greyjoy

October 19th, 2004, 1:21 am

DP,

I always thought that "Fake Plastic Trees" was a commentary on life in which nothing seems real or worthy.

My favorite Radiohead song when I feel happy is "Let Down", somehow it motavates me to do my schoolwork or clean my house. My favorite Radiohead song when I feel oppressed is "Exit Music (from a film)", the line " we hope your rules and wisdom choke you" always makes me feel vindicated. My favorite Radiohead song when depressed is " Bulletproof: I wish I was"...if you're not in a funk, it will put you in one, and if you are already depressed, this will make you A) cry or B) bang your head against the wall, at least i've found it so.

Your favorites?

Dark Penguin

October 19th, 2004, 1:44 am

My personal favorites...

Well, I haven't listened to all of OK Computer yet, of course, but I have heard No Surprises and Karma Police which are both very good. Bullet Proof is another great one and Black Star's a big favorite of both me and my sister. Sit Down, Stand Up is good for putting one in a paranoid mood. :lol:

Dark Penguin

October 19th, 2004, 8:39 pm

I GOT OK COMPUTER!!

My mother, the wonderful woman she is, went to the store and happened to get OK Computer for me. The second I turned on my CD player, it gave me chills. I love this album already and I've only listened to Airbag so far. :lol:

aragog

October 21st, 2004, 2:56 am

Listen to it with headphones on if you can! I love listening to it in the dark, too. Really helps with the atmosphere. I'm also kindof weird. :D

shraker

October 21st, 2004, 3:42 am

hello!
On the Bends album theres a line from "black star" that go's "I get home from work and your still standing in your dressing gown, Well what am i to do" and it always makes me laugh because thats what my mum says to me!

Dark Penguin

October 21st, 2004, 10:57 pm

Listen to it with headphones on if you can! I love listening to it in the dark, too. Really helps with the atmosphere. I'm also kindof weird.
I almost always listen to my CDs on headphones, mostly because my stereo is on a table over there and I don't want to get up every so often to change tracks-- but with my CD player/iPod it's right here. Yes, I am quite lazy. And I've been listening to OK Computer almost totally on my old CD player because my iPod's battery runs down in about two hours lately (and I've had it for only two months).

But yeah, OK computer's a great album, if not a bit freaky and hard to get a grasp on. I've made no progress in figuring out just what the heck Paranoid Android is supposed to mean... :huh: My favorite song has to be Let Down, by far. I liked it the second I heard it and have already memorized all the words to it. I forced my friends to listen to it too. :lol: Then I made one of my friends listen to Fitter Happier and seriously freaked her out. Hooray!

Chrysalis

October 22nd, 2004, 10:56 am

I've always interpreted OK Computer as being set in a futuristic world, a dystopia.:shrug:

Dark Penguin

November 23rd, 2004, 9:44 pm

Radiohead and Pulp band members to be Weird Sisters
Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood and Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker will be making cameo appearances in the Goblet of Fire movie as two of the Weird Sisters that play at the Yule Ball. (Thanks, Morgan!)

I literally squeed when I read this. At first it was only the "Radiohead" part that caught my eye, and then I immediately said "Huh?! WHERE!?" But seriously, I'm going to be looking for Johnny for the entire Yule Ball Scene. :lol:

i luv hobbits

November 24th, 2004, 9:38 am

I was actually happy with franz ferdinand playing the part... but i guess jonny fits it more...lol

Kevin

January 4th, 2005, 12:30 am

Radiohead released a dvd just before christmas. You won't find it in the shops, you have to get it from Radioheads merchindising arm, waste.
As for me i'm drooling over Radioheads musical equipment. The seeds for Kid A are there if you look for them. Radiohead are not really a mainstream as such. They don't make music for the masses. They make the music they want to. I doubt you'd catch the likes of Metallica or U2 going down the Electronica route, Radiohead went down. Thom Yorke apprently gets bored very easily. It's mainly down to him for Kid A and Jonny of course. I've heard Lucky live, sounds great. As do all radiohead songs. Airbag was funny, Jonny's guitar died on him and Colin's distortion pedal would'nt switch off from the national anthem. Something else failed but Creep was played instead of Motion Picture soundtrack.

rupertlvr27

January 4th, 2005, 12:40 am

I love Radiohead! They're one of my favorite bands....I love their one CD, "Hail to the Thief". I also like "Ok, Computer" too.

LaurenG

January 4th, 2005, 1:12 am

I haven't got the DVD yet. I was hoping it would have been under the christmas tree for me but alas no! But i'll definatly be getting it.
I can't choose a favourite song or album of Radiohead's, i love them all for different reasons. Special mentions though would be Kid A, i find it fantastic when i'm getting pangs hatred or frustration towards society (that makes me sound kind of psychotic...). Actually that can be said for OK computer as well. I love the version of 'Like Spinning Plates' thats on the 'I Might be Wrong' EP. Its so beautiful. 'Pyramid Song' and 'We Suck Young Blood' are songs that i find carry a mood with them thats able to really place you in the correct mind frame for that song. Thats amasing.
I saw all their live shows when they last came to Aus, all i can say is brillant! I especially loved when they played 'Exit Music'. Everyone was silent in the beginning when it was just Thom. It was just magical...
I'll definatly be looking out for Jonny in GoF! Can't wait for that.

So does anyone happen to know what the guy in 'Just' video says at the end? As far as i'm aware its never been released what he says. Any guess though? (sorry if this has been brought up before)

Chrysalis

January 25th, 2005, 5:26 pm

For those who are eager to explore new & different kinds of music:

Check out String Quartet #8 by Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich. Defines the meaning of 'angst'. Think classical music is boring? Think again. This is what Thom Yorke would've written, if he was a classical composer living in a totalitarian state.

One warning though. It is so direct and painful it is difficult to digest the first time round. But you'll be coming back, again and again, trust me.

Hysteria

January 26th, 2005, 3:55 am

i only recently got into radiohead (my mum played Hail to the Thief and Kid A so much it was bound to happen) and i love everything i've heard of them so far! i love 2+2=5

Chrysalis

January 26th, 2005, 1:35 pm

Your mum plays Radiohead? That's great, my mum hates it!

JofpGallagher

January 26th, 2005, 2:13 pm

Chrysalis

January 26th, 2005, 2:41 pm

Shostakovich is amazing, isn't he?:) You should definitely get your hands on that Quartet, it is so wonderful and tragic and so painful that you'd just wish you could close your ears...

margaret rose

January 26th, 2005, 10:04 pm

I love Radiohead. We created a music video for 'Exit Music' for a media project which rocked. Ture Love waits has got to be my all time favourite Radiohead song though

Kevin

February 2nd, 2005, 1:54 am

Not long untill the fruits of Jonny Greenwoods work for The BBC Concert Orchestra will be heard. No news on what Radiohead are planning to do next. The offical line is that Radiohead have not signed a new record deal with EMI or signed with anyother record label. Yorke and co will be making annoucement on their plans sometime this year, possibly the spring.