can't blame em, Paul hasn't written anything noteworthy in ages
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:20 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.channel4.com/music/musicnews/lily-allen-radiohead-in-rainbows-069.html
― StanM, Thursday, 15 November 2007 10:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Because she didn't get famous by putting her music up for free listening on myspace or anything. Riiiiiiiiiight.
― Melissa W, Thursday, 15 November 2007 11:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Hahahaha, Melissa OTM.
― three handclaps, Thursday, 15 November 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh that wacky Thom
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I put this on the "what are you paying" thread 1/2 way down todays...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/11/27/radiohead-fan-accidentally-gets-in-rainbows-discbox-one-week-early-pandemonium-ensues
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha, I was *wondering* when something would start happening about the second disc's tracks. (I am also wondering if the regular release will include that as well.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
i want a mash up of silly love songs and reckoner
― nicko, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
UK tour dates coming soon!
― nate woolls, Thursday, 29 November 2007 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
So the second disc, then.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 05:38 (sixteen years ago) link
After two listens I like it a lot, especially Bangers & Mash and Last Flowers. Some of the songs remind me vaguely of other Radiohead songs - there's a little bit of Karma Police in one song, a little bit of There There in another. Also the acoustic guitar on one or two of the songs sounds brilliant.
And the low bitrate on disc 1 really made a difference - it really shines now, whereas it used to sound like it had a layer of dust on it.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 08:25 (sixteen years ago) link
So, we all gettin' our LP boxes today?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 09:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Mine arrived about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, by courier. Keep your mobile handy because they'll phone if need to because it has to be signed for.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 10:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh great. I'm nowhere near my home (which is in cleethorpes, you burglars)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 10:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Mine just arrived 15 mins ago (by courier)
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 12:07 (sixteen years ago) link
The box set that will be released by EMI (who don't understand the music business, alledgedly) will contain a bonus live album.
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 13:36 (sixteen years ago) link
(i.e. an online stream of the Eurockéennes show from 2003)
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 13:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Still not interested.
Judging by the tour venues on Dead Air Space, it looks like they're putting on a few big open air concerts, or maybe more big tent style shows like a few years ago.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 13:46 (sixteen years ago) link
It's hard to believe that's the best they could come up with.
― lou, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 13:47 (sixteen years ago) link
In Rainbows disc 2 >>> disc 1 ?
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah disc 2 is really nice. a lot more spacious than disc 1, which says a lot. i think the mk bits are very nice.
― Mark Clemente, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 16:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Right, I here, no sign.
Presumably, those that ordered first, get theirs first.
I bought mine in a fit of madness, then thought "DoI really want this?"
And now I have the music anyway (ta the mxxxxxx's)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link
US release date for In Rainbows:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YXMMAE/ref=amb_link_5899772_7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=13JFYWKX68Y7QWZ557T5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=334889701&pf_rd_i=320225011
# Audio CD (January 1, 2008) # Original Release Date: October 10, 2007 # Number of Discs: 1 # Label: Ato Records / Red
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 02:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i still hope there's another avenue for the disc 2 songs, like a normal 2-cd release; but i doubt it
― stephen, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 02:42 (sixteen years ago) link
no way is disc 2 better than disc 1. (i say this as someone who thinks disc one is really pretty, but nothing particularly special.) loooove "4 minute warning" though.
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 03:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I've played disc 2 several times now but it still seems to me they're wandering a lot and my attention wavers. "Bangers & Mash" is promising, though...and the Prince-style falsetto on "Down Is The New Up" is a hoot. I'd still like to think these guys have got another boundary-stretching album up their sleeves in the future.
I'm gonna continue to listen to this disc, though. Maybe it just takes awhile to sink in like the first one did.
I'm delighted to know they're touring and that the US is first. I've been playing my live boots lately. They are so good live, it's ridiculous. I'm not even sure if I can think of another band I appreciate more live. I listened to Amnesiac last night and it was so weird to hear the (substandard) studio versions of those songs!
― Bimble, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 04:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Tickets on sale Friday morning for the 2 UK shows and too broke right now to buy them.
― Savannah Smiles, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 09:56 (sixteen years ago) link
just bid £0.00 duh
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 09:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Uh, tickets are on sale now from W.A.S.T.E.
go go go!
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link
For UK dates, that is.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 11:12 (sixteen years ago) link
yes i'll repeat it, disc 2 is very very nice. there's lots of stuff on here that i like a lot more than disc 1. seems a little darker, doesn't it? maybe.
still hope there's another avenue for the disc 2 songs, like a normal 2-cd release; but i doubt it
yea, this kind of sucks. i just downloaded it. after liking IR quite a lot but not enough to buy the discbox, there's no way i was gonna drop $80 just to hear disc 2. i'd pay for a ep-priced release for it but that probably won't happen. shame that the only way this will probably be released is with the big expensive package.
― Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I have heard a rumor that the physical release of the album will contain bonus tracks (source: fimoculous.com)?
― Savannah Smiles, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I would like to thank the internets for this.
"Bangers and Mash" SO GOOD.
― Roz, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I actually think "Last Flowers" is a little embarrassing, I think it's an older song and it really sounds it. The rest are great though, especially "Bangers", which rivals Idioteque as their most dance-able track.
― Simon H., Thursday, 6 December 2007 04:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Just got this:
FAREWELL TO IN RAINBOWS DOWNLOAD AREA We also thought you'd like to know that the download area that is 'In Rainbows' will be shutting its doors on the 10th December so if you've not yet downloaded, here is the place to go www.inrainbows.com
The discbox will still be available at w.a.s.t.e. until they have all gone. We then have no plans to make further stock.
― Mark G, Thursday, 6 December 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
4 Minute Warning is really good.
― Jordan, Friday, 7 December 2007 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd kind of prefer Disc 2 to have seven Mks and 4 Minute Warning.
― pinkie, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:17 (sixteen years ago) link
drums + piano in "down is the new up" are fantastic
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
"shame that the only way this will probably be released is with the big expensive package"
right, so why not just steal it instead?
― dblcheeksneek, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
yes that's what i did, which i don't like doing. i just meant that it'd be cool if they released it as an ep-priced thing, and then i would buy it.
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
agreed, it'd be cool if they released the extra tracks as an EP (and who knows, they still might). in the meantime, unfortunately (for radiohead), you don't dislike doing it enough to not do it.
the irony of file "sharing" the second disc after they effectively gave the first disc away for less than the price of an EP should not be lost on anyone.
― dblcheeksneek, Friday, 7 December 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
My disc box still hasn't arrived yet (Belgian post, come on!) :-(
― StanM, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
could be worse, you could be on the other side of the pond,
"Wherever possible (especially to customers in the USA), we’ve sent these by road and sea."
by sea!(?) how quaint!(?)
needless to say, my discbox hasn't arrived yet either.
― dblcheeksneek, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
New York Times today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/arts/music/09pare.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin
― three handclaps, Saturday, 8 December 2007 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
"Pay What You Want for This Article
Taking chances with commerce as well as art: From left, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood, Thom Yorke, Phil Selway (reflected in the mirror) and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
By JON PARELES Published: December 9, 2007"
“Money makes you numb, as M.I.A. wrote."
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 8 December 2007 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I am also in Belgium and still no sign of the discbox arriving. Hard to believe it is coming by courier and can take more than 1 week!! hope it is worth the wait!!!
― JamesEdward, Monday, 10 December 2007 12:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Four Minute Warning OMG!
I don't really 'get' Bangers & Mash, but I keep wanting Thom to follow that last line with "I've got the remedy".
― Matt DC, Monday, 10 December 2007 22:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Am I the only one who likes Weird Fishes/Arpeggi? The last 1:40 of the song are glorious
― youcangoyourownway, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link