Radiohead - In Rainbows

or if they revealed it in 10 days.

*rimshot*

As the "what did P4K give it?" era lingers on, I actually have to hand it to them for that rating.

Sonofabitch, never mind. I only clicked the "?" once. I thought they had balls for a minute.

Sly comment on "how much did you pay?" shenanigans?

Ya think?

Radiohead? Is that a band?

http://www.last.fm/music/+charts/track/

Say you pay £4 to download the album and you like it. Is it then okay to pay another £4 to the Radiohead site and download disc 2 of the boxset from Soulseek?

holy shit @ last.fm

I guess the drop-off through the album wasn't nearly as bad as some suggested!

Wonderwall?

"Up 41,620%"

The new sickmouthy blog entry is well worth a read people.

my boss has been playing this nonstop since last week! his office is right next to me. i can't take it anymore.

dano perino is a str8 beaver

According to Metacritic, Pitchfork gave In Rainbows a 9.3 (thereby explaining its landing in the latter's Best New Music). Or wait, maybe we did it...

They did - click the "?" twice in the review.

I've decided I want this on thick vinyl so bad I could spit.

It's a marketing gimmick! Send out your download at a most unsatisfactory bitrate and watch the money roll in for the real thing!

I've decided I want this on thick vinyl so bad I could spit.

-- Bimble, Sunday, October 21, 2007 1:39 AM

i thought you didn't want it at all?

I thought you were of the opinion that tracks 3-x were the suxxorz. Have I lost my one compadre?

xp

I'm trying to put my finger on what classic rock song "Bodysnatchers" reminds me of. I'm hoping it's not "Bittersweet Symphony."

Classic, obv. I really like how the bass sounds.

a lot of people i know think bodysnatchers sounds like paperback writer

Killer Cars sounds a bit like Paperback Writer.

I can see the PW thing. I think it might actually be that the riff in "Bodysnatchers" reminds me of how John sings "He's a new (and better man)" in "Dr Robert." In a weird way. Maybe.

"Radiohead said to shun majors in next deal" (for the physical CD) :

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/business/media/23music.html?ref=business

Anybody tried this yet?

http://puddlegum.net/radiohead-01-and-10/

i heard it works better if you play it simultaneously to "the wizard of oz"

xpost: I LOVE stuff like that. No, I haven't, though.

I made a rough copy last night. Whether or not it's deliberate, it sounds brilliant. The fade between Bodysnatchers and SHA sounds amazing. I'm just finishing off making a higher quality version. Be ready tomorrow,if anyone wants a copy. I'll YSI or something.

“The meaning behind all of this is right in front of our faces, we’re just overlooking it. (Thom) has been expecting an article much like this one for a couple of years, as have I. But I’m willing to wager he’ll have fun waiting a few more. On the other hand, it seems to annoy him that no one ‘gets it’ yet, given the mountain of clues.”

This at least intrigues me. I like the idea of this band playing some sort of game with its ravenous audience. The rest of this interlocking OK RAINBOWS darksidewizardofthemoon bullshit needs to stop. It's gonna turn this band back into Pink Floyd. You don't want that again people, do you?

Brent Says:
October 21st, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Um.. this is only radiohead’s 7th album.
Darnell Says:
October 21st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
>Um.. this is only radiohead’s 7th album.
This was the TENTH COMMENT!!!!! Coincidence…or psychic phenomenon?

ROFL

There's this golden section stuff too, by the way.

http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/thenumber23posterbig.jpg

Anybody tried this yet?

http://puddlegum.net/radiohead-01-and-10/

haha. made the tracklist. going to try it out on a transatlantic flight in a few hours. to make sure i'll listen to this in the right context, i've booked a seat in row 10.

all this does is make me wanna skip through the In Rainbows tracks. :/

i think in rainbows is now my favorite radiohead record. it makes the other ones seem kind of like they are trying too hard or something.

Okay, I hate to be the bringer of sceptical news, but I just tried the 1010 thing and I'm afraid it doesn't really work. I tried it with and without crossfades and really the only times the tracks segue well into each other is clumsily and quite obviously by accident. It doesn't sound awful but there's no great significance to it.

my guess is the 1010 thing was originally just a hint that it was coming out on the 10th of October - all that cryptic code stuff came out before the big announcement. i don't think they meant for it to say anything beyond that. Radiohead fans be over-analysing, big surprise. Besides, technically In Rainbows is a 2-Disc album, doesn't really make sense to just play one side.

that said, i like how Bodysnatchers segues into Subterranean Homesick Alien. I just wish it was the other way around because then it would start with Thom wishing aliens would pick him up and then end with "I've seen them coming! I've seen them coming!"

I've been listening to this album pretty much nonstop for the last 12 hours. I've decided the tracks after #2 have to be judged separately from what comes before. Still, it is annoying the way I have these fave tracks that are followed by a boring track, followed by a favorite track, followed by a boring track, etc etc. Faust Arp can go fuck itself, really. Weird fishes is almost as boring. What a snoozefest. Still I'd give this album an 8/10.

My fave is actually Reckoner after all, who would have thought I'd forgive them for a song which doesn't have a single thing to do with the bad ass rock and roll one they did live in 2001 called that. But the falsetto is so hypnotic and haunting...

My second fave is House of Cards, which just happens to follow Reckoner, what luck!

The thing you have to realize about tracks 3 and on is that it's so slow it's a whole other wavelength. Kindof like that band Codeine. You have to get used to it, let it sit awhile. 6 plays minimum before you begin to understand.

Still, upon hearing Bodysnatchers for the 15th time or whatever I thought "THOSE FUCKERS BETTER PLAY LIVE HERE!!!"

All I Need is my third fave track, as if anyone cares. Or was that my fave track? Whoops! No but the ending of that...you know what I mean when piano ending starts and it builds and he starts doing the "aaah aaaah"...hell yeah. I'm not really sure if that's my fave track or Reckoner anymore.

They're like mini more quiet versions of Paranoid Android, I swear, the best of these tracks

It's all about the beat with House of Cards, fantastic Halloween intro.

Adam Says:
October 20th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
So in effect, In Rainbows is the Sonic & Knuckles expansion cartridge to OK Computer’s Sonic the Hedgehog?

^^ actual lols

I just revived this Saul Williams thread because it's about him, but Trent mentions Radiohead too:

What's The Deal With Saul Williams?

"House of Cards" I'm pretty sure is my favorite Radiohead song, of them all, although it may be because it sounds like it is outside here (chilly, colorful, shiny with rain, etc [not like that's new territory for them lol]).

all this does is make me wanna skip through the In Rainbows tracks. :/

Ha, it made me wanna skip through the OK Computer tracks (lol prog).

i'm surprised by the house of cards love, it's easily my least favourite song on the album (though not without it's charms).