Radiohead - The King of Limbs

no just way too many of them

wasn't a great meme, but this one i did literally lol at, mostly b/c the guy actually took a bother to edit it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsS4PQ2wHmc

but they're never funny enough to listen to from beginning to end

i listened to this once through
thought some songs had cool things going on
i'll probably never listen to it
thanks
k bye

i'll probably never listen to it again

best one~~~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzYERyX7XIA

the yackety sax one is the only one that's made me actually lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjOUKXqm9Q

rly starting to like king of limbs

It's growing on me, but I keep falling asleep after the first 3 songs, so the latter half is still a mystery to me.

Separator is well worth listening to in isolation.

^ yeah. I like "Separator" at a very high volume. There's a lot of little things going on in that song.

The funniest thing about the Thom Yorke dancing meme is that I can't imagine the band/Yorke made that video without realizing how silly it was, and yet I can completely imagine they never considered it would be repurposed, let alone so quickly. One of those forest for the trees situations.

can't imagine someone hadn't envisaged it really

i mean it's barely even repurposed

Exactly. It's so obvious that I can imagine it totally slipping their mind! I mean, do you really think they made it and then thought, ha, can't wait to see if someone dubs in "Yakety Sax?"

# of dancing thom yorke meme videos i have watched: 20-25

# of times i have played the radiohead album: 0

this will change at some point (CD release?) but i'm in no great rush to hear this

bragging about not hearing stuff is not as interesting as you might think it is

This album is growing on me too. "Little by Little" is the earworm. Still marveling at how Thom managed to rhyme "by hook or by crook" with "you're such a flirt."

Totally. This is an album that takes at least a whole week to sink in.

at first i was thinking that they way in which the album was released would somehow cloud people's judgment of it, but based on the reactions i'm reading here, i don't think that's the case. surprising people with an album seems to be a tricky way to make people feel much more grateful for the material, and while that still might be the case for stans of the band, it doesn't seem to be working on everybody. i don't really care for him, but chuck klosterman's point about hearing the album for the first time on laptop speakers points out one of the weaknesses of releasing an album this way, and many other people upthread have also made it sound as though they'd be happier with a physical release.

I've now caught "Lotus Flower" on the radio twice and I have to say it sounds pretty good in that context.

That's how I heard "Separator" as well. I had it cranked up and it sounded pretty good

surprising people with an album seems to be a tricky way to make people feel much more grateful for the material,

I sent my thank-you card to Ed O'Brien, who needs it most.

bragging about not hearing stuff is not as interesting as you might think it is

so otm

not interested in comparing it to previous Radiohead albums, just happy for new material. enjoying this quite a bit.

I think this is the album of theirs that made me admit that I'm going to have to begin calling myself a fan

In the past I've felt like they're trying way too hard & less than the sum of their parts, I liked songs & I liked bootlegs of live shows but as album artists they were simply not entirely my thing. But this one and the last one, these are consistent, they got me, they're making this music thing sound effortless, except for the fact that we all know it's not

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh5637fCg51qzcik8o1_500.gif

tbh i haven't watched any of the thom vids, not even the original, because i really didn't want that context for the song. But those bees are lololol.

I'm not sure why I'm not getting into this. At first I thought, maybe it's because they sounded more like a band on OKC and Kid A and Amnesiac...but my favorite tracks on those are the ones where they sound least like a band. And they sounded like a band on HTTT, which I thought was pretty dull. Is it that this record is lacking the dynamic lift-offs of, say, "Paranoid Android" or "Optimistic"? Maybe, but "Idiotheque" didn't have any such lift-offs, and I love that song. I'm confused. It seems like all the parts of a good Radiohead record are here, but they're misplaced or something.

Yeah, someone mentioned upthread that it's not a very dynamic album. It just sort of coasts along one plane.

this is half stupid, but the beginning kind of kills me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zOLFOtRYk0

lol'd hard

Was immediately reminded of this all-time LOL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYMuhN7OZgM

Yes, I am 4.

Would have been funnier without the farts but the opening fish scene is genius.

i don't really care for him, but chuck klosterman's point about hearing the album for the first time on laptop speakers points out one of the weaknesses of releasing an album this way, and many other people upthread have also made it sound as though they'd be happier with a physical release.

― borntohula, Saturday, February 26, 2011 3:07 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i am skeptical of the idea that a significantly higher percentage of people heard this album for the first time on laptop speakers than they would've if it was released (and leaked) in a more traditional fashion.

yeah seriously, i do 80% of my listening right off itunes and i've at least made the investment in a good pair of headphones. like i think any self-warranting ilxor would.

and if more ppl had heard it via cd, where would that disc have gone? their computer?

Yeah, someone mentioned upthread that it's not a very dynamic album. It just sort of coasts along one plane.

― egregious fannydangling (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, February 26, 2011 6:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Definitely. It's such a horrible cliche, but Radiohead haven't sounded like they had something to prove since 2001. Once they got over the hump of following up OKC, the tension and sense of urgency vanished from their music.

Bullshit. I'm far from a stan but that's nonsense.

^otm. Check Wolf at the Door and Myxamotosis...

And that's off the red-headed stepchild.

Myxamotosis (and actually, all of HTTT) always sounded to me like they were self-consciously trying (and ultimately failing) to conjure up the tension that used to be second-nature.

And yet you claim that Optimistic has that in spades? Bizarre. I've always thought of that as there most dirge-like "rock" (in terms of instrumentation) tune.

Mind you I always thought Idioteque was unbelievably stiff and dull.

Mind you I always thought Idioteque was unbelievably stiff and dull.

Stunning.

Little By Little excites me FAR more than Idioteque.

And yet you claim that Optimistic has that in spades? Bizarre. I've always thought of that as there most dirge-like "rock" (in terms of instrumentation) tune.

― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, February 27, 2011 3:01 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark

I wouldn't necessarily say "in spades," but yes, it does have that tension that's missing from HTTT, In Rainbows, and the new one. For me, one of the most striking moments of "Optimistic" -- in fact, of all of Kid A -- is how it just slightly speeds up towards the end. I haven't encountered that same sense of nervous excitement on anything from their last three records.

Fucking love Optimistic.

My original point was about the lack of width in Limbs, not anything about Radiohead giving up. In Rainbows is loads dynamic.

Go and listen to Bodysnatchers again.

Also There There does tension way better than Optimistic.

IR is the one I've listened to the least, and should probably revisit/revise my opinion on. And for the record, I don't think they've "given up" -- nothing would be easier for them at this point than to do a tour playing all of OKC. I don't think they're phoning it in; I just don't think they're grappling with what they used to grapple with, and nothing's taken the place of whatever that was.

The Can comparisons apply for sure, but surprised no one's mentioned Laika. I'm totally digging how it reminds me of early Laika.

Laika was super ahead of its time, but oddly enough hasn't aged as well as I expected it to. Those first two albums are ace, though, and Margaret has become a reliable ringer for hire for PJ Harvey and Wire. What happened to Guy Fixsen? That dude could produce. He'd actually make an awesome Radiohead producer, I bet. (Huh, it looks like Fixsen was tour managing St. Vincent for a while, go figure.)

To tell you the truth, original/initial disappointment in "Hail to the Thief" (and a weak local supporting tour date - Alpine Valley, boo! - that was a far, far cry from Radiohead's historic 2001 concert in the park here) means that it's the Radiohead album that surprises me the most. It's like I never fully digested it, so while it doesn't work super-well as an album, on a random song by song basis it gets the job done.