the entire radiohead catalog v. surfin bird

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

it was once my intention to start a peoples temple style cult around it but then i got lazy

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qriyC0nEIDs/TI-IDJmd0xI/AAAAAAAACH8/BF_g6JhF_wk/s1600/I-voted-sticker.jpg

radiohead, i hate "surfin' bird"

this is the only guy i know from radiohead. whenever i gear their music, i think of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk#t=00m44s

uh, at 0:44

'i'll be around' is better than 'surfin bird' but that's not by radiohead iirc

man Surfin Bird without a second thought. Never liked Radiohead in the slightest (and that's not frontin either, I like plenty of uber popular bands, like U2)

Radiohead is the best band of our generation, Surfin' Bird sux, y'all are playin yourselves.

'Radiohead is the best band of our generation'

no way, that would be Wilco

it was once my intention to start a peoples temple style cult around it but then i got lazy

how does it feel to be one-upped by family guy

Surfin' Bird is great, but way too long. Unlike Radiohead's catalog, which is great, but way too l... WAIT A MINUTE - why is there no draw option in the poll?

I need to hear Pee-Wee Herman perform the entire Radiohead catalog before I can vote.

There was a time when "Surfin' Bird" was a hit. I want to live in that time.

srs music is srs guys think about our generation

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.