Radiohead: Classic or Dud?

But Ned, no...don't tell me that.

Please don't tell me that.

I have to have the live versions now.

I normally didn't like that song, but shit.

xpost Ned, i don't recall that at ALL from the 2003 tour.

the deep rumbly bass, yes, but not the drum parts.

Stephen, you're only increasing my hysteria about this music, thanks.

Colin is the reason why "Dollars & Cents" is one of my fave Radiohead songs. That's all I'll say for now.

"trap doors that open/I spiral down"

i never really cared for dollars & cents. one of my least favs off amnesiac.

Ned, i don't recall that at ALL from the 2003 tour.

I do and I have a recording of the show to prove it. Perhaps they were testing things out during the tour, which wouldn't surprise me.

yeah the gloaming has always been like that live. youtube has the proof.

also, classic. very classic. saw them a few weeks ago at all points west and they freakin' killed.

But they also fucked up a song from In Rainbows (whatever the really quiet one is with an acoustic guitar, I can't be bothered to look it up) and though people laughed, it really wasn't all that funny and I shouted out "Neil Young". Because it sounded like Neil Young anyway, what they were playing

12. Faust Arp [Thom messes up lyrics several times, starts singing Neil Young's "Tell Me Why"; Jonny tries to follow along but can't quite get the chords. Phil comes out and drops an American dollar bill out in front of Thom and Jonny and runs away laughing. Thom and Jonny crack up completely to loud cheers. Thom tries again, says "Fuck it!", but then continues and finishes the song.]

sounds like a fun time.

saw them last night in SF, was excellent, but fuck you Meyer Sound...the PA cut out COMPLETELY twice, totally ruining two songs. I've never heard such a deafening silence at a festival

Dollars & Cents is one of their best songs. Not only is the bass gorgeous, but... those STRINGS!!

Awwww yeah man. Look I can't even get over "In Limbo" right now. Don't they just squeeze out all the rest of music ever like a tube of toothpaste sometimes? I've got their cover of Can's "The Thief", too, from Warrington UK gig from Oct. 2000. It fucking SLAYS, man. SLAYS.

Dollars & Cents kills me because the bass line is the only thing I've ever heard that reminds me of Crispy Ambulance. I'm serious. I'll take the strings, too. Hell I'll take it all.

I met with a girlfriend of mine tonight and she said she'd been playing the Bends, an album I sold and greatly regret it, but by god, will they EVER surpass Kid A & OKC? I don't fucking think so, mate.

Radiohead are just the only thing I want to hear for at least the next 6 hours.

Please excuse my enthusiasm.

And did I mention they did "Talk Show Host"? Do you think they will still do that song live in ten years?

They make me want to kick the shit out of the bass drum.

Too many young people, too many young people who know hip hop but they don't know Radiohead. Too many young people, bless their hearts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgNE3TZV0u4&

x post bimble::

we got paranoid android tuesday here in vancouver.(we also got soaked with rain)

also in 2003 when they did the gloaming,they sampled yorke saying "alistair campbell" and sampled it as the song faded out .

setlist from atease from vancover::
Setlist:
01. 15 Step (Thom, ‘We brought the weather with us.’)
02. There There (Thom ‘How do you like the rain? It’s ok, you’ll get used to it.’)
03. Morning Bell
04. All I Need
05. Where I End And You Begin (Thom, ‘Alright no one get hurt out there tonight’)
06. Talk Show Host
07. Nude (Thom addresses crowd surfers, ‘Take it easy guys! Its not fucking Rage Against The Machine.’)
08. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
09. The National Anthem
10. Bangers And Mash (Thom, ‘This is a nasty little song.’)
11. Faust Arp (during the middle of the song Thom tells a heckler, ‘Shut the fuck up, you’re not funny you just don’t get out much.’)
12. Videotape
13. Karma Police (Thom, ‘I think we are confused. This one is called Karma Police.’)
14. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
15. Just
16. Exit Music [For A Film] (someone yells out I love you Thom. Thom replies whilst singing, I love you too darling.’)
17. Bodysnatchers

Encore 1
18. House of Cards (Thom, ‘During this song you have to snog the person next to you.’)
19. Optimistic (Thom, ‘Ok we know its raining and that’s a bummer, but fuck it this is Optimistic.’)
20. You And Whose Army? (Thom, ‘That’s show business!’)
21. Planet Telex (Thom, ‘Thank you everybody.’)
22. Everything In Its Right Place

Encore 2
23. Reckoner (Thom, ‘Ok, this is for making you feel warm inside.’)
24. 2+2=5
25. Paranoid Android (Thom,’This is the last song and you the viewers get to choose. Idioteque or Paranoid Android?’)

I was at the Seattle show also and it was way better than I had expected - it was a bad week and it was a drive (across the state, not just through the sprawl) to get there so it felt like more of an obligation at that point than a desire by that point. The light show was great.

I thought the crowd was kind of old actually, or at lacking in teenagers. And everyone around me was super into them.

Also, I've seen Phish, the Dead, and Cypress Hill in concert and never have I been in such a huge cloud of weed smoke at a show.

Drone/a/sore! You got paranoid android! you are a fucking asshole! oh I am SOOO jealous. But okay I guess I'll let you live this time and not kick your ass.

And yes there was a lot of weed! At least we had that! In fact, the guy in front of me with the super cool Bernard Sumner haircut was the one who kept lighting up joints.

Also everyone knows that Idiotque is an orgasm all its own.

How does Nigel Godrich still look like a hideous freak while pictured next to Thom Yorke!?

Yeah he came out on stage for a bit.

I wish someone would talk to me about Radiohead. I'm dying right now. Do you know even their cover of Can's "The Thief" is on youtube? That is fucked up. Drone/a/sore's notes about the gig are priceless, too. Thanks! Thom was obviously more talkative in Vancouver than I recall him being here.

xpost bimble

i cannot take credit for the notes....they come from atease.com

haha okay :)

Reckoner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65jfFBCRMo

Are they really still playing Optimistic and Dollars & Cents? Why?

because they kick ass.

Are they really still playing Optimistic and Dollars & Cents? Why?

They're playing even older ones still, Matt! Why are you surprised at these two?

They're like the two dullest things from their back catalogue.

i was surprised by Talk Show Host in SF.

I would like to hear Radiohead cover "I Want it That Way"

They played a full cover of "Tell Me Why" in LA last night. Check the comments at At Ease for a download link.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/28/radiohead-to-broadca.html
Rumours abound that Radiohead's show tonight will be broadcasted online..

Rumors correct:

http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=405

"How To Disappear Completely" is particularly kicking my butt right now.

It's all about the Neil Young cover, though, people. Seriously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHIJcx9EB94

Okay woah woah woah woah. Is there anyone out there who might remember the early version of "Reckoner" (completely different to the version on In Rainbows)?? I had the Gorge, WA 2001 version forever, and pretty much thought it was the definitive early version - sorta like Radiohead trying to pull a Nirvana. It was a badass song, this early version of Reckoner.

But now I have heard an acoustic early version of "Reckoner" when it still had the same lyrics as this earlier grungey version and I am absolutely astounded! This is musical greatness, right here.

The thing is, though I have about 6 live versions of Reckoner now in its "In Rainbows" form and I am completely obsessed with this song, I feel no harm can come to me as long as this song is playing. It's only a minor technicality that if you really want to hear the strings at the end, you do have to surrender to the album version and leave the live ones behind. But the band really does do a fantastic job of trying to make up for the lack of strings at the end, and that's what is so exciting.

yeah, i remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc_3R2-TIJk

haven't heard the acoustic version. where would i find that?

Does anybody else think that Radiohead (and Wilco etc. come to think of it) have gone astray re: the write/record/play live process? In that they have songs that were seriously over tinkered with. I'd take the current Idioteque (and Handshake Drugs, for that matter) over the earlier ones, but OTOH there are the songs that had beautiful initial versions and the subsequent ones kinda died through trying too hard/losing the point of what made the song good in the first place. I'm thinking of the In Rainbows stuff first and foremost, but I'll admit that I've been listening to the YHF demos all day, so that's the train of thought I'm on. Also maybe this is more of a live vs. studio thing.

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Radiohead
Collectionanthropolopolisology
[ EMI Toshiba; 2004]
Rating: 10.0
Traveling through space at 293.37246 million billion miles per hour, traveling past star systems and glowing golden suns, comes Radiohead's latest offering. Discovering a new Radiohead release is like staring into the eyes of Jesus Christ and feeling the eternal stream of love and awe that flows from Him. I might be so bold as to claim that Radiohead is the Jesus Christ of music; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost combined into one small package featuring the limitless talent of Thom Yorke.

So how do I review such an inherently perfect, flawless recording? It would be unfair of me to simply state, "this CD is perfection in the literal sense of the word," as that would not give such a masterpiece the sufficient praise it deserves. Putting this disc into your stereo and listening to it is like having the saints pee liquid gold into your ears. A beautiful, flowing, melodic wall of sound embraces you like the mother you never had because she was a filthy whore.

Track 1, "Ale A Gator," opens up with a lush field of melodic vibraphones and marimbas trumpeting the arrival of Thom York's genius. A glassy string section envelopes the sound field and reminds me of the time I was doing heroin in the middle of Canterbury Park. Finally Yorke's angelic voice sweeps in, crooning the following incomprehensibly intelligent lyrics:

Ale A Gator, the world is your at your feet
With a gaping mouth and jagged teeth
Your eyes remind me of capitalism (the telephone is ringing)
And your love is love like loving eyes, I will be there for you

Ale A Gator
Ale A Gator
Dragging through your personal hell
Ale A Gator
Ale A Gator
Encrusted jewels and a kissing kill across your gentle forehead

Time for sleep
Time for sleep
Time for sleep
Time for sleep
Gentle Ale A Gator

Such raw, unrelenting beauty caressed my soul like fingertips running across my spine. The power, the genius, the immeasurable talent which escapes from this porous CD can easily overwhelm you without proper preparation. Teams of NASA scientists could spend hundreds of years attempting to discover the meaning behind Thom's words, but nobody is intelligent enough to properly do so except Thom himself and his alter-ego, Jesus Christ. Perhaps some day they will both do a duet together and we can finally see who's truly the Son of God.

As for tracks 2-9, I was unable to listen to them as I was so blown away by Radiohead's sheer power that I beat my CD player into pieces with a rake so it would never be defiled by another, inferior compact disc. I shall review the rest of the album once my dad flies back from the Hamptons and buys me a new SUV to play it in.

Class-fucking-ic.

even if they are good they suck, because loads of knobs like them.

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has anyone bought the new Remastered versions of their old albums yet? i would like to know if the sound is actually better.

today was the last day for BMG Music Club so i decided to order both The Bends and OK Computer. the three CD/DVD set only cost me $15 each...

Well then:

We're doing a show this Sunday (24th January) to raise funds for the relief effort in Haiti. The venue is The Music Box Theatre at The Fonda in Los Angeles, doors at 7pm. All proceeds are going to the Oxfam Haiti relief fund. We're trying to raise as much money as possible, so tickets will be sold by auction at this site.

Auction starts Thursday 21st January 08.00 pm PST
Auction ends Saturday 23rd January 11.00 am PST

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09004434FC1C86AC

We're in the middle of recording at the moment, so you'll be catching us on the fly.... but if you're up for it, then we are too.

When the past catches up to you.

U.S. tour wisely avoids northern cities in Feb and March:

02-27 Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena
02-29 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
03-01 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
03-05 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
03-07 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
03-09 St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
03-11 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
03-13 Broomfield, CO - 1st Bank Center
03-15 Glendale, AZ - Jobing.com Arena

But, on the plus side, with them shunning Chicago or anything close (not driving to St. Louis for these guys), means I keep my streak of 15 years of listening to Radiohead and not seeing them live intact.

Same. Have never seen them live in about 16-17 years :-(

Its really only a sore spot because I was supposed to go their big 2001 outdoor show at Hutchison Field in Chicago, but I was kept at work for a huge deadline.