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

oic. but we should not fight bc I am on team kid a, as well.

Radiohead are a rock band

with albums

Thinking about it, it's not the way the solo is played that I particularly like, it's the way it's been produced and how incredible that section sounds, texturally

Well, this poll has probably crystalized why I'm really not a Radiohead-fan, though I love Kid A and several of their other songs. They've made some great pop-songs early on, and some great electronic genre-experiments later on, but they are just always too rock. And in the end, the song with the 'best guitar solo' was voted #1.

literal lols

Long live pop.

I was a latecomer to There, There but for being such an atmospheric stormcloud of a song, that shit is a super catchy earworm

didn't have time to vote; 'let down' would have been my #1

but mainly disappointed that lex has failed to weigh in

Thinking about it, it's not the way the solo is played that I particularly like, it's the way it's been produced and how incredible that section sounds, texturally

― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Thursday, September 11, 2014 5:38 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, it's not like this is Jonny Greenwood's Clapton moment or something.

I've never really thought about There There very much besides thinking the drums are cool, I'll have to revisit it to see what you're all on about.

Tracks
1. Airbag
2. Everything in its Right Place
3. Kid A
4. Idioteque
5. The National Anthem
6. In Limbo
7. Planet Telex
8. Pyramid Song
9. Subterranean Homesick Alien
10. Paranoid Android
11. Morning Bell
12. Life in a Glasshouse
13. Fitter Happier
14. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box
15. Optimistic
16. Myxomatosis
17. Fake Plastic Trees
18. Staircase
19. How to Disappear Completely
20. Jigsaw Falling Into Place

Albums/EPs
1. Kid A
2. OK Computer
3. The King of Limbs
4. Amnesiac
5. Hail to the Thief

One thing I love about "There There" is that the drums always remind me of "I Can't Explain."

As I said on the other thread, I'm pretty sure this is the same exact ballot I would have filed if this poll was being conducted in 2003.

1. Bones
2. Lucky
3. Pyramid Song
4. Climbing Up The Walls
5. Fake Plastic Trees
6. Everything In It's Right Place
7. The National Anthem
8. High and Dry
9. You And Whose Army?
10. Paranoid Android
11. Let Down
12. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box
13. My Iron Lung
14. Electioneering
15. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
16. Planet Telex
17. Exit Music (For A Film)
18. Optimistic
19. Creep
20. We Suck Young Blood

Tracks:
Life In a Glasshouse
True Love Waits
There There
Everything In Its Right Place
Pyramid Song
Paranoid Android
Reckoner
The National Anthem
The Tourist
Idioteque
Climbing Up the Walls
My Iron Lung
Like Spinning Plates (Live)
Worrywort
High and Dry
A Wolf at the Door
Lucky
How to Disappear Completely
Fog (Again)
Jigsaw Falling Into Place

Albums:
Ok Computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
In Rainbows
The Bends

overall my ballot was quite in sync with ILM

1. Just
2. No Surprises
3. Life in a Glasshouse
4. High and Dry
5. There There
6. Exit Music (for a Film)
7. Idioteque
8. Knives Out
9. Planet Telex
10. Fake Plastic Trees
11. Paranoid Android
12. Kid A
13. Blow Out
14. My Iron Lung
15. The Trickster
16. Myxomatosis
17. Hunting Bears
18. Bodysnatchers
19. 15 Step
20. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)

My ballot:

Idioteque
Let Down
There There
The Bends
Karma Police
2 + 2 = 5
Bodysnatchers
Reckoner
Planet Telex
Give Up The Ghost
Where I End and You Begin
High and Dry
Myxomatosis
Airbag
Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box
Creep
Backdrifts
Street Spirit
I Might Be Wrong
Pyramid Song

Albums
Hail To The Thief
OK Computer
The Bends
In Rainbows
Amnesiac

Idioteque #1, bodysnatchers high, and backdrifts. I like it!

ballot, with final rankings:

Exit Music (For a Film) 14
Street Spirit 21
Optimistic 24
No Surprises 20
Lucky 08
There There 01
Paranoid Android 03
Planet Telex 16
Just 19
Idioteque 05
Pyramid Song 04
Knives Out 34
A Wolf at the Door 28
(Nice Dream) 57
Karma Police 11
Let Down 06
Subterranean Homesick Alien 18
In Limbo 31
The National Anthem 10
Creep 41

albums
1. Kid A
2. OK Computer
3. The Bends
4. Hail to the Thief
5. Amnesiac

vids
1. Knives Out
2. There There
3. No Surprises
4. Paranoid Android
5. Motion Picture Soundtrack

tracks:

Just
Morning Bell
Subterranean Homesick Alien
The Bends
Talk Show Host
Lucky
My Iron Lung
Paranoid Android
Palo Alto
Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box
Kid A
Airbag
Give Up The Ghost
Planet Telex
I Might Be Wrong
Reckoner
Black Star
A Punch Up At A Wedding
Climbing Up The Walls
Bones

albums:

The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
The King of Limbs

Morning Bell at #2 is a cool idea. It's only gotten better the more I've listened to it this week.

for years and years it would've been my #1 but i decided to get behind "Just"

interesting to me: for a lot of their albums, the top ranking song was the lead single -- OK Computer, Amnesiac, HTTT, Pablo Honey, The Bends (for the US lead single, anyway). and the other three albums basically had no advance single and were released all at once.

If I put a ballot into this, my top 10 would honestly just be Kid A in running order (yes, even treefingers).
Awesome poll though! I thought it might even shake my complete apathy to OK Computer for a while there.

A little surprised no King Of Limbs tracks popped up, would have loved to see Separator and Giving Up The Ghost get a place.
Completely surprised at There There placing where it did, I remember nothing of that song and never knew it was such a hit.

Really enjoyed this, and had given me a whole new level of appreciation for Radiohead.

OTM

thanks for doing this Nate, you did another amazing job! The Cure and Radiohead, not bad.

i know if i listened to every song instead of just previewing songs it might have been a bit different.

1. Paranoid Android
2. There There
3. Idioteque
4. Bodysnatchers
5. True Love Waits
6. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
7. House of Cards
8. Talk Show Host
9. The National Anthem
10. 2 + 2 = 5
11. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box
12. The Tourist
13. 15 Step
14. My Iron Lung
15. Karma Police
16. Go To Sleep
17. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
18. The Trickster
19. A Punchup at a Wedding
20. Fake Plastic Trees

Albums:

1. In Rainbows
2. OK Computer
3. Kid A
4. Hail to the Thief
5. The Bends

My ballot, fwiw:

15 step
National anthem
Airbag
Fog
Reckoner
Paranoid android
Separator
These are my twisted words
There there
Where I end and you begin
Talk show host
Bodysnatchers
Fake plastic trees
Just
Weird fishes / arpeggi
Let down
Cuttooth
Staircase
Morning bell
Pearly

In rainbows
Ok computer
Kid a
The bends
Httt

If I were to do it now as opposed to a fortnight ago, Cuttooth and Fog would switch, the Daily Mail would knock Pearly off, and I'd swap Staircase for Planet Telex and maybe try and squeeze My Iron Lung in.

Plus I just need to assess all of Amnesiac again.

1 – Reckoner
2 – There There
3 – Climbing Up the Walls
4 – Life in a Glasshouse
5 – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
6 – Let Down
7 – Videotape
8 – Airbag
9 – A Wolf at the Door
10 – Everything in Its Right Place
11 – Cuttooth
12 – Where I End and You Begin
13 – Idioteque
14 – Fog
15 – Codex
16 – Jigsaw Falling In To Place
17 – Go Slowly
18 – 15 Step
19 – I Might Be Wrong
20 – Planet Telex

1 – Kid A
2 – OK Computer
3- In Rainbows
4 – The Bends
5 – Hail to the Thief

Great poll Nate!! Glad to see 'There There' come out on top. Also, I'm happy that my number 1 vote helped place "Reckoner' in the top 10 where it deserves to be!

re: Everything In It's Right Place - I like it. My bandmate says the opening chords sound like slipping into a warm bath on a cold night. Not sure it's #2 material and actually quite surprised it placed so high and beat out Paranoid Android, but whatever.

Alan, I think Reckoner did OK...

Yeah, I'm kind of baffled at EIIRP and TT finishing 2+1; I like both, but would never think of them as absolute favourites. I guess EIIRP was the first thing a lot of people heard of Kid A, cos there was no lead single and it opened the album, so it perhaps has some epochal weight because of that. And I remember friends who weren't enormous Radiohead geeks loving There There, whereas it nonplussed me for several months. I know it gets a lot of love from here, though.

Great poll, thanks for organising Nate, superb pics too!
It's certainly made me reevaluate Where I End and You Begin for the better

I don't know how to make things bold:
Jigsaw Falling into Place / Street Spirit (Fade Out) / Let Down / Idioteque / No Surprises / Nude / Pyramid Song / Everything in Its Right Place / Videotape / Airbag / Sulk / Paranoid Android / There There / Reckoner / Anyone Can Play Guitar / Kid A / Myxomatosis / The Bends / Climbing Up the Walls / Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box

In Rainbows / OK Computer / The Bends / Kid A / Amnesiac

I have a feeling there's a slight difference in the way Radiohead were marketed to, and therefore perceived by, both sides of the Atlantic. One example is the Airbag/How Am I Driving EP - I'm familiar with all the songs on this release as they appeared as b-sides on the OKC singles, but I never even considered this collection when voting for albums cos it was only available on import.

sorry for my boring ballot

Palo Alto
Faust Arp
There There
Let Down
Fake Plastic Trees
Airbag
Idioteque
How To Disappear Completely
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Everything In Its Right Place
Lucky
High and Dry
2+2=5
I Might Be Wrong
Myxomatosis
House of Cards
Paranoid Android
The National Anthem
Karma Police
A Wolf at the Door

really digging those Amnesiac b-sides that placed here though, especially "Fog" and "Worrywort". I would cut "I Might Be Wrong" and "A Wolf at the Door" for them (and move some other stuff down). also I voted for "Faust Arp" as a joke. also the joke was on me; I should have voted "Motion Picture Soundtrack" higher b/c it's Yorke's most moving vocal. I think you're crazy for letting it slip out of the top 50, ILM.

I fell asleep listening to Radiohead albums on shuffle last night and dreamt two things:
- the drummer being interviewed and saying the drums on TKOL were by far the hardest to play (credible?)
- lex turning up ITT and having very strong opinions about the best Radiohead song and why (incredible)

I wish I voted in this, but tbh the biggest reason I didn't was because I'd feel compelled to listen to Pablo Honey for the 1st time for the sake of fairness/completion. I couldn't face it.

I thank the voters for validating my opinion that TKOL just kind of sucks.

1 - Climbing Up the Walls
2 - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
3 - I Might Be Wrong
4 - There There
5 - All I Need
6 - Creep
7 - Idioteque
8 - Where I End and You Begin
9 - Everything in Its Right Place
10 - Paranoid Android
11 - Myxomatosis
12 - Backdrifts
13 - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
14 - I Will
15 - Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
16 - Thinking About You
17 - Pyramid Song
18 - Planet Telex
19 - How to Disappear Completely
20 - Let Down

Thanks, Nate!

Yeah, I'm kind of baffled at EIIRP and TT finishing 2+1; I like both, but would never think of them as absolute favourites. I guess EIIRP was the first thing a lot of people heard of Kid A, cos there was no lead single and it opened the album, so it perhaps has some epochal weight because of that. And I remember friends who weren't enormous Radiohead geeks loving There There, whereas it nonplussed me for several months. I know it gets a lot of love from here, though.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, September 12, 2014 4:25 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same. you could cut the top 2 off the poll entirely and it would make way more sense imo.

also "Let Down" is eye-rolling and banal to me the way "High and Dry" is to most of you guys.

Thanks for running this Nate

1.The Tourist
2.Let Down
3.Planet Telex
4.House of Cards
5.Karma Police
6.How to Disappear Completely
7.Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
8.Knives Out
9.Lucky
10.Morning Bell
11.Talk Show Host
12.Airbag
13.Everything in Its Right Place
14.Sail to the Moon
15.There There
16.Reckoner
17.Codex
18.In Limbo
19.Meeting in the Aisle
20.Bones

1. OK Computer
2. Kid A
3. In Rainbows
4. The Bends
5. Hail to the Thief

Relistining to a lot of the tracks that places, and I just don't care about Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows at all. On the other hand, I listened to The King of Limbs, and still find it very touching. A track like Give Up the Ghost is very beautiful.

Thanks so much for doing this poll, Nate!

My boring-ass ballot...and while I'm happy to see 2 others voted for "Fitter, Happier," I never thought I'd be the only voter for "Lewis (Mistreated)."

1. Paranoid Android
2. The National Anthem
3. Morning Bell (Kid A)
4. Karma Police
5. Pyramid Song
6. Just
7. Exit Music (For a Film)
8. Optimistic
9. Fitter Happier
10. Subterranean Homesick Alien
11. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
12. Idioteque
13. Planet Telex
14. Let Down
15. My Iron Lung
16. Airbag
17. I Might Be Wrong
18. Bones
19. Lewis (Mistreated)
20. The Bends

Albums:

1. Kid A
2. OK Computer
3. The Bends
4. Amnesiac
5. My Iron Lung EP

I voted for "Faust Arp" as a joke.

I didn't. I think it's good.

Faust Arp

I voted for Faust Arp

Actually no I didn't

my #3. why would it be a joke?

Had completely forgotten how great There There is.

dog latin's "There There" post (and WilliamC's likening of the drums to those on "I Can't Explain") sent me scurrying back for another listen. It's much better than I remember -- I didn't relisten to HTTT for the poll, and hadn't heard the song in 10 years. It still wouldn't have made my ballot, and it's not something I'd play to convince someone of Radiohead's greatness, but I'm digging it now.

actually I don't remember if "Faust Arp" is good or bad, I was just playing on the old ILM meme.

It might be their prettiest tune.

can we get the full list?