the entire radiohead catalog v. surfin bird

surfin bird

c'mon, surfin' bird

"booty meat"

perversely i'm gonna vote radiohead

j/k

papa oom mow mow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184

i was right about radiohead.

this is the poll that will finally determine the continuing worth of ilm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUHz0i8_ziA

ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
mm na na mm mm mm naa naa

i like radiohead a lot but not as much as i like surfin' bird

15 years ago when i left minneapolis i packed all my shit into a ryder van, attached my car to its back end, and drove 16 hours straight to pittsburgh

just after crossing the wisconsin state line maybe an hour in, 'surfin bird' came up on my boombox and i was totally yelling PAPA OOM MOW MOW etc and then i look to my left and this kid in the back of a passing minivan is making fun of me

fuck that kid

[cries]

Radiohead never got used in a John Waters film...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vae_AkLb4Q

'the alchemist' home

surfin bird is great and all but it's no faust arp

faust arp is no hen fap.

you're probably gonna wonder who voted "radiohead"

guilty as charged tho I would take "lonesome town" over the collected catalogs of radiohead, the beatles, the stones and the kinks

don't make me start another poll

anglophiles are genetically incapable of voting against the kinks though, they're like the actual radiohead for that demographic, so that might skew the results

you're probably gonna wonder who voted "radiohead"

sorta shocked honestly

almost sb'd you just as a reflex

Radiohead never got used in a John Waters film...

― The Man With The Flavored Toothpick (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, September 30, 2011 4:03 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

i was gonna say "only one of these has been used to soundtrack a talking asshole (that i'm aware of)"

really tempted to call my pal underrated aerosmith bootlegs right now and shout PAPA OOH MOW MOW until he hangs up or the voice mail kicks off.

looooooool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvBN3C2wepY

little known fact: if you remove the vocal processing, what you'll hear is "papa ooooooh papa oooooooh mow mowwwwww everythiiiiiing everythiiiiiing in it's riiiiiight plaaaaace"

the crusher is the best song

did everybody get those "lux & ivy's favorites" things that wfmu did a while back? those things are indispensible

the crusher is the best song

^^^^

this is a thread about radiohead vs. surfin bird

ffs

i'm gonna get ya in the ring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Rm8BMNPRk

Oh sweet Christ almighty. I just woke my baby up laughing.

I really like the jazz song off Kid A but Surfin' Bird.

Yeah but "Surfin Bird" would win against pretty much EVERY band's complete catalog. So this poll is meaningless.

like seriously...

the complete beatles vs. surfin bird
the complete t.rex vs. surfin bird
the complete velvet underground vs surfin bird
etc
etc
etc

c'mon, surfin' bird

― queen latifah approximately (donna rouge), Friday, September 30, 2011 3:56 PM

ILM is so consistently mystifying.

someone doesn't know what the word is

how often does whiney hear surfin bird in public?

i refuse to vote

if you refuse to vote, radiohead wins

i already explained myself

I've already made my feelings about Radiohead known today.

SURFIN BIRD, DUH!

The only song that's better than "Surfin Bird" is like "Walk Don't Run" or "I Only Have Eyes For You" so obviously..

Is this a test to see if people are retarded?

billstevejim gets it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sMB6dye29Q

obv the definitive version btw

there is no song better than surfin bird

Didn't we have a thread about this recently? I am having deja vu.

i am pretty sure i have started multiple threads about surfin bird

so many lurkers

50 of them?

http://www.pcdon.com/US_Map_as_Waving_Flag.gif

next up

Entire works of radiohead vs natalie imbruglia's 'torn'

Winner takes on 'i miss you' in the final

i'd rather listen to surfin' bird a million times than be subjected to thom yorke's brackish falsetto again.

Oh fuck this peace, love and tolerance shit. Bring back Suggest Ban for this brackish creep immediately^^^^

you're taking this awful personally

do i need to write out an essay on why radiohead sucks

I am of course ~completely~ serious.

(I may have SBd you by accident while trying to bookmark the thread but I'm not that gutted by the mistake)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1eTjdrbYtU

That's kind of amazing, actually.

it's nice to know there are 109 completely sensible, sane ppl on ilm

mildly concerned about the other 50 though

even family guy couldn't ruin 'surfin bird,' and that show fuckin' ruins everything

Man, with every passing year this gets more and more "Surfin' Bird" and less and less Radiohead, doesn't it?

bump

bump

b-bu-bump

otm

people trying too hard exhibit #1: this thread

lol

Radiohead is cool but unfair contests are still unfair.

why do people on ilx hate radiohead again?

oh u know a mix of things

Radiohead is aight but "Surfin' Bird" is better than aight is how I break it down to an extent

haha at me itt

• radiohead v. the safety dance
• radiohead v. a bag of hammers
• radiohead v. a mike ditka bobble-head doll
• radiohead v. mike ditka
• mike ditka v. a mike ditka bobble-head doll

Radiohead ain't shit but Kid A and bits

nik cohn sort of invented this thread in 1969:

In my own life, the Monotones have meant more in one line of "Book of Love" than Dylan did in the whole of [/i]Blonde on Blonde[/i].

It's not that Radiohead is no good, just that "Surfin' Bird" is better.

I can vividly remember the first time I ever heard Surfin' Bird. I think it was on a cartoon or something. At any rate, it freaked me the fuck out, I was dancing uncontrollably, and I recall writing down the lyrics cos I just HAD to remember how thing song went.

Honestly, the results were much closer than I imagined when I clicked on the thread. I didn't vote obviously, but The Trashmen have the advantage in almost any contest.

josh is otm. i like blur, but i'll still take 'long tall sally' over their collected works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4

Look, as soon as Thom Yorke writes a song as good as fucking “Mony Mony”, give us a fucking shout.

I mean, come on, I like Radiohead fine, but it's still "Surfin' Bird." And the Trashmen never erased the internet.

Radiohead is awesome. But, c'mon: Surfin' Bird.

Did Radiohead ever cover 'Surfin' Bird'? Seems in their wheelhouse.

I had to spend a few weeks last summer with an obnoxious young Family Guy fan who couldn't stop playing Surfin Bird, and I think that might be making me slide towards choosing Radiohead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2oS2hoL0k

ba boww bowww

I had to spend a few weeks last summer with an obnoxious young Family Guy fan who couldn't stop playing Surfin Bird, and I think that might be making me slide towards choosing Radiohead.

nightmare scenario

This sounds...about as expected

man that video of 'surfin bird' synced up to radiohead footage was beautiful, and strangely under-discussed

Surfin Bird

i walked by the studio where surfin bird was recorded before dinner tonight

why do people on ilx hate radiohead again?

― très hip (Treeship), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 04:25 (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh u know a mix of things

― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 04:39 (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Never really heard them but the warning sign is people writing about it. People only write about things that are bad further exacerbating inherent anxiety.

When a record is good "yes mates" is all that can be said, or some convivial variant.

The Surfing Bird record is more efficient, it means someone nearby is preparing to fill you in. Once the blows start raining down the soundtrack changes to one of the Radiohead records. You have to keep your wits about you if you hear any of this music or something that sounds like it might be this music.

there's a local car commercial that is a parody of Surfin' Bird.

are there any car commercial parodies of radiohead? i'm not sure how it would tilt things but it seems like important background info

only bad thing itt is ppl saying "radiohead is" instead of "radiohead are"

I was in a Morrisons in Portsmouth recently at 7am, wandering the aisles aimlessly, and “Karma Police” came on the store’s radio. I suddenly understood ILM.