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yeah. I've heard everything they've done up to this and when I saw the descriptions it just reminded of the past. Irony indeed.

''its one thing to be convinced that radiohead are inauthentic or overrated; its another entirely to pounce like a wolf on anybody else who sees something in them, especially when the crux of that fan-music connection is one borne out of vulnerability.''

i did not intend to 'pounce'. I didn't know it was borne out of some 'vulnerability'.

''he (or anyone else) can take the sadness, confusion, anger, fear and deride it, mock it, HATE it all he wants.''

I love or hate a lot of music with nothing in between, which is unfortunate sometimes.

melissa- hope you accept my apologies.

''"Get your head checked melissa" constitutes personal attack with intent.''

yeah, and I apologised for that.

So yeah, deleting ILM would probably be a much more satisfactory solution than baring people. Don't tempt me.

Genuinely, though, he's apologised, and I don't think his attack was that vicious in the first place (although I understand Melissa's upset at being told to "get her head checked"). Kiss and make up, folks.

DELETE FROM boards WHERE boardid='2';

Finger on the fucking enter key.

Punch Up At A Wedding is wonderful, however. Yorke seems to have perfected his knack for singing nasty, horrible lyrics while sounding all sweetness and light. "I don't know why you bother / nothing's ever good enough for you / ... / you've come here just to start a fight."

I don't think anyone's going to be surprised about the lyrical content of the songs -- it's still confusion, loss, despair, anger and so on. Scatterbrain and Sail To The Moon do show an unexpected tender side, almost. Wolf From The Door features a stream of consciousness rant full of non sequiturs which is geniunely unsettling.

I imagine the studio versions will be significantly different, though.

Lift - a very old song, was supposed to be on Ok Computer, Ed's soaring backing vox on the chorus have been chopped and it's been slowed down quite a bit, not as good as the old version, although you may hear my high pitched squeaking on the bootlegs from the 1st night in Lisbon.

Wolf from the door - thom could be heard mumbling 'ooh baby, baby, baby...' over the middle eight, i guess he hadn't bothered to write lyrics before they played it, there was reference to Stepford Wives though.

Stand up, Sit Down - most like the Kid A/Amnesiac stuff, lots of analogue synth action from Jonny and vocal harmonies from Ed - speeds up towards the end with 'little raindrops' repeated over and over again.

I didn't get to hear the other new stuff cos i had to come home.

Didn't realise how crap i was at describing the new stuff until i posted this, you live and learn i suppose.

The band seemed the most happy and relaxed i'd ever seen them, a friend who has seen them more than 50 times seemed to concur.

It'll remain to be seen whether they'll manage to lay them down in 2 weeks as planned, something tells me the March 2003 release date may be pushed back.

I didn't think I was being vicious. I was actually trying to discuss some of the things around the music that was being described. why was [x] song the 'angriest' what made it angry in the first place. Sure, I didn't hear the music but there is the music and then there is the 'matter' that surrounds it. and i have heard radiohead...

also, are there a set of chords which make music mournful and why do they keep doing it over and over...

I was honestly curious about some of these descriptions and just trying to get some discussion but I think the way i put things in a bad way and i accept that.

Julio- I wish the fleas of a 1000 reindeer nestle in your genitals

that is all.

I appreciated your descriptions, Mel. It's helpful because I know a little about your taste & have seen some of your writing so I have an idea where you're coming from. Where would you place these new songs in the context of the last three albums? Is there a place where they "fit," in terms of production, mood, etc?

Yeah I wonder!!!!

Lyrically it's the same ground as the previous two; oblique, cryptic phrases, dealing with some vague non-specific dread. You know.

that is all.''

heh. forget about being nice and civil for now. Posting under our own names would be a start...

uh this is my real name.. as much of one as you need to know- would posting 'Paul' be any more informative?.. and it was all in fun really... well, mostly at least.

that would be 'indie' love then (lurve is too 'black' and therefore not allowed heh). Indie love= I slap her but I do not tell I'm in love with her (because i do not know how).

As far as my friends and I can determine, this request came from a girl that we refer to as "asscrack girl". Her real name has yet to be determined.

if you did such thing I might actually come out on top after yesterday. Though ppl don't like doomie I think.

Melissa's been hanging with J-Lo, kewl.

In other words what I'm asking is please don't threaten to delete anything, and please don't delete anything either unless it falls into the (pretty tight) guidelines you know about as a moderator. People should be civil on web boards because they want to be not because they're told to be.

I actually sort of agree, though I do think that the songs themselves are good too.

They were really good last night in Copenhagen. Seemed like they mostly wanted to groove and dance, they seemed most excited about playing things from Hail To The Thief and In Rainbows, while some of the older stuff fell a bit flat. Bloom was an immense attack of afrobeat-drumming and spiraling juju-guitars slowly crescendoing. Still doesn't have a chorus, but was probably the coolest thing they played all night. They sounded like they could still make a good and inventive new album if they wanted to, though I doubt they will.

Oh, and they played Kid A!!! Hadn't seen that on any setlist, clear highlight of the night :)