I love Reckoner, excellent chord changes, even better bridge. Voted as my number 7.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:27 (eleven years ago)
RIP Melissa W
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:29 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/YdPm1aN.jpg
08. Lucky [25 votes | 2 #1 votes | 604 points]
― nate woolls, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:38 (eleven years ago)
Standing on the edge...
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:39 (eleven years ago)
weirdly I think this is too low
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:39 (eleven years ago)
National Anthem was the only track I liked on Kid A for literally years. Still love it. Hit the same buttons for me as chunks of XTRMNTR, which I thought, and on some days still do think, does a chunk of what Kid A is trying to do a whole lot better.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:40 (eleven years ago)
And I adore Reckoner. It's a Fisher Price version of New Grass to me.
This one is the biggest surprise for me by far. I love it, but it is not a standout track on the album for me.
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:41 (eleven years ago)
Lucky is too high for me, probably my least favorite on OKC (except for electioneering).
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:42 (eleven years ago)
(I say weirdly because "Lucky" was #10 on my ballot)
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:42 (eleven years ago)
Everyone I knew adored Lucky when we were 17/18, when it came out. I thought it was alright but I was way too busy with Spiritualized and dance music to get OK Computer.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:42 (eleven years ago)
...and there's my #1. Not just my favorite Radiohead song, but maybe my favorite song, period. It's gonna be a GLOOOOOORIOUS DAY gets me every time.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:55 (eleven years ago)
Lucky was the first song I heard off OKC. And before I ever heard it I read something by Eno about how great he thought it was. Personally I was a bit... let down.
― B.L.A.P. (rip van wanko), Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:23 (eleven years ago)
It's such a strong chorus
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:34 (eleven years ago)
It's a rousing tune, but not as original or interesting as lots of their other stuff. I like em best with more of a groove behind them as well.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:34 (eleven years ago)
But yeah, the chord change into the chorus, complete with spectral choir, is powerful stuff.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:35 (eleven years ago)
Also that strange guitar break after the second chorus kills.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:43 (eleven years ago)
I think it's a E minor flat 9th or something? Doesn't really matter but it's cool.
http://i.imgur.com/QTJW5hQ.jpg
07. Airbag [32 votes | 1 #1 vote | 783 points]
― nate woolls, Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:46 (eleven years ago)
this is the best ever appropriation of POLL in a poll title imo
― B.L.A.P. (rip van wanko), Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:49 (eleven years ago)
wow at that votes and points jump
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:51 (eleven years ago)
"Airbag" is such a weird song for me. Whenever I actually hear it, I love it and I just started trying to figure out that main melodic guitar riff which frequently gets stuck in my head, but whenever I revisit OK Computer, I skip directly to "Paranoid Android" without even blinking and MAYBE think to go back to "Airbag" once I've listened to the rest of the album.
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:52 (eleven years ago)
talking of choruses, this one has a good one.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:53 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/0hvMi6s.jpg
06. Let Down [31 votes | 3 #1 votes | 823 points]
― nate woolls, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:15 (eleven years ago)
TOO LOW
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:15 (eleven years ago)
guessing this'll be the last thing from my list to appear. anyway this was my favorite radiohead song when i was in high school/college and i still love its queasy qualities
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:16 (eleven years ago)
My #2. I thought this would be higher.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:16 (eleven years ago)
My #1.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:16 (eleven years ago)
TOP FIVE COMING IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:17 (eleven years ago)
love Let Down, i had no idea it was so popular. baffling that it wasn't a single.
― piscesx, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:26 (eleven years ago)
It had a video
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:28 (eleven years ago)
ironically it was the only ok computer song i heard on the radio until karma police a few years later
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:29 (eleven years ago)
isn't it ironic
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:30 (eleven years ago)
I still dont like the chorus on Let Down, and I feel like everything I like about the song is deployed way better in SHA. OKC is p much my least favorite Radiohead anyways; there's only 3 maybe 4 songs on there I have any time for anymore
― he talks in meths (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:31 (eleven years ago)
It's beautiful and probably the prototype for muse's 'starlight', no?
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:31 (eleven years ago)
I'm just here to see how high "Everything in its Right Place," er, placed.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:34 (eleven years ago)
and then you will be frozen in a euphoric dream of your choosing?
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:36 (eleven years ago)
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton)
OTM
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:38 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/I9SHOLD.jpg
05. Idioteque [36 votes | 3 #1 votes | 880 points]
― nate woolls, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:50 (eleven years ago)
http://vimeo.com/51713269
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:53 (eleven years ago)
Ha! just tried to submit my #1 and here's the awesome SNL performance
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:54 (eleven years ago)
think i was 13 when i saw that snl performance
"this is my favorite band" i thought
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:55 (eleven years ago)
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:56 (eleven years ago)
some snl board i found the next day was full of "wtf is this garbage" posts
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:56 (eleven years ago)
It took me a little while to warm up to this song, but the SNL performance sold me on it.
(That said, I do prefer the studio arrangement.)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:57 (eleven years ago)
Idioteque was my #1.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:57 (eleven years ago)
haha. I can remember replaying it for my best friend's dad (who actually has an awesome but entirely different taste in music), and he basically reacted that way.
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:59 (eleven years ago)
i'm so out of touch with radiohead that when i see 'reckoner' i still think 'PAH PAH PAH'
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:59 (eleven years ago)
It would be awesome if 'There, There' took #1
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 20:01 (eleven years ago)
Never seen that SNL clip before, that was fucking great. Still love love love Idioteque.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 11 September 2014 20:02 (eleven years ago)