A POLL IN A CAGE ON ANTIBIOTICS - ILM Artist Poll #56 - RADIOHEAD - RESULTS THREAD

Nude is beautiful and sensual. I'd never previously heard the early version but I remember thinking it was the first time I'd heard Radiohead sounding so mellow and at peace with themselves. The sung ooohs towards the end are particularly special to me.

And I'm Def one of those people who can't help but hear Knives Out as a poor man's Paranoid Android. The guitar motif is just too similar.

Bodysnatchers suffers from being a heavy rock track on an otherwise fairly chilled album and I often find myself skipping it for that reason.

Always saw Black Star as one of the lesser tracks on The Bends but I think it's actually improved with age. Hope its neighbour, Bulletproof, places though

Bodysnatchers end part goes perfectly with Nude, in my opinion.

"Bodysnatchers" is the song that keeps making me think I don't find In Rainbows boring; then I try listening to the whole album and it's like instant naptime

great song, though (really many of the IR songs are good; they just don't work as an album for me)

http://i.imgur.com/7laL112.jpg

32. 2 + 2 = 5 [17 votes | 335 points]

Great song, didn't vote for it (it was on the bubble)

it's fun to listen to 2+2=5 with only the left earbud in

http://i.imgur.com/FrIGQXB.jpg

31. In Limbo [16 votes | 1 #1 vote | 353 points]

Bodysnatchers suffers from being a heavy rock track on an otherwise fairly chilled album and I often find myself skipping it the rest of the album for that reason.

good run here, I like all of the last 4 a lot

such a great, weird song

yeah this has the most slurred and mumbled chorus that's ever been on an album that's gone to Number 1 in America surely. i like it.

Alright, now we're getting to the good stuff. In Limbo was my #2. I just love it.

If "High and Dry" is the template for Coldplay, then "Pearly*" (which I am guessing won't place but I love, it was in my top 5) is surely the template for Muse.

http://i.imgur.com/Q4JGfe4.jpg

30. The Tourist [15 votes | 2 #1 votes | 376 points]

I predict all of Kid A will make it safe for Treefingers.

The Tourist is another of my top ten, for a long time it was probably my favourite song ever.

Coulda been my #1...it was 2nd on my ballot by a fraction of a sliver.

Lucky > The Tourist

The 2 of them together is a powerful album closer.

It's my 6th highest placed OKC track. Absolutely stunning song that I underrated forever.

they are a great closing 1-2 but i did not feel compelled to rank either track very highly individually

If "High and Dry" is the template for Coldplay, then "Pearly*" (which I am guessing won't place but I love, it was in my top 5) is surely the template for Muse.

― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Tuesday, September 9, 2014 1:22 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lucky > The Tourist

― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Tuesday, September 9, 2014 1:35 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

with this post, i hope to highlight the OTMness of the above two posts

http://i.imgur.com/HncH57g.jpg

29. Life in a Glasshouse [16 votes | 1 #1 vote | 379 points]

This was my number one. So haunting, so mournful. Amazing New Orleans horns.

The Tourist was in my top ten, possibly the flat out prettiest song Radiohead ever did

http://i.imgur.com/dOssRCY.jpg

28. A Wolf at the Door [17 votes | 1 #1 vote | 389 points]

Closing tracks!

woah, that's weird

wolf at the door is my #2. A FLAN IN THE FACE!

I love this song

didn't vote for it

don't you dare. don't you dare. don't you FLAN IN THE FACE

i think of "high and dry" as 1995's vital other side of the coin to "common people" and i prob would've put it #1 if i had known it would end up so low

The live version of I Might Be Wrong is far superior

Really? I thought it was too fast.

I've said it already, but I'll say it again: Knives Out is probably the most miserable-sounding song ever.

sonically or just the overall attitude of the song? I like how miserable it is

Both

http://i.imgur.com/UDP1Pbi.jpg

27. Kid A [18 votes | 399 points]

I really should have voted for Kid A. It is great even on its own. I also just realized that I forgot to vote for Gagging Order.

Yeah I'm regretting passing over the tourist and kid a both. Both just beautiful pieces of work.

does anyone recall the leaked version of HTTF? it had some pretty differently mixed versions of some songs and some sounded better than the final mixes. Wolf At The Door was one.

A bunch of stuff I voted for showed up including all of my top 3 (In Limbo, Myxomatosis, Wolf at the Door ). Unspeakably livid that In Limbo got beat out by the fucking Tourist btw!!!

http://i.imgur.com/27IfIn8.jpg

26. My Iron Lung [20 votes | 407 points]

Kid A is soooo good.

it wasn't at the top of my ballot but I think I enjoyed voting for "the tourist" more than any other track. it's almost a throwaway and then it spreads its winfs

xxxposts "high and dry" is that one that sounds like a dry run for "fake plastic trees" yes?

"my iron lung" riff is all-time greatness. glad tom lost his megaphone he made some questionable choices when it was around imo and yes i voted for this and "the bends" make of that what you will

winfs. things are coming out all weird where is autocorrect when I neeeed you?

The Bends is great! Definitely the high point of that record along with Planet Telex for me. I like it when they rock.

"Kid A" ended up being one of only a couple songs from Kid A that i voted for, it's funny to think of it being one of my top 2 songs from that album but it really is.