these graphics are cool
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
^^
― Karl Malone, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
yes they work well
xp how many bars do u have
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/UoG53fk.jpg
48. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2) [10 votes | 1 #1 vote | 208 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
damn, these #1 votes are interesting
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
oh polyethylene would've totally made my ballot if it hadn't apparently totally slipped my mind by the time I dashed it off
― my friend, Gater (Clay), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
i listened to the airbag ep mowing the lawn every week, true story
― mattresslessness, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
'Videotape' is one of those tracks for me that works better in the context of the album than in isolation. I don't mind it, and the effects towards the end sound great on headphones, but there's much better from In Rainbows to come in this poll, I suspect.
'Palo Alto' is fucking great, though. That vocal melody is so Michael Stipe it hurts.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
Yeah these images you have, Nate, are really fitting with the band's aesthetic either way! They look really nice.
xxxp: two bars so far, and a club coming up sometime next year.
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
also started a geocities fan website in 1997 that didn't go anywhere, truly loved underscores and clinical fonts
― mattresslessness, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
polyethelene popped into my head out of nowhere about 6 months ago.
― cajunsunday, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/JY54HTN.jpg
47. Fog [8 votes | 2 #1 votes | 210 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
part 2 of polyethylene is awesome. I completely overlooked this one.
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
'Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)' is pretty decent, and have always enjoyed the way it starts with just Thom and acoustic, before he gives up and the band come in and start rocking. It's definitely a B-side though, in my opinion.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
3 of my votes have showed up already
― cajunsunday, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
'Fog' on the other hand, is definitely NOT B-side material, and really should have made it onto Amnesiac. The second half of that album could definitely been improved by having more tracks of this calibre on there. Beautiful track.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
― mattresslessness, Monday, 8 September 2014 22:30 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is the perfect aesthetic for a radiohead poll
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
Heh, well did a quick experiment with the template I already had but I think I ended up liking yours better.
http://i.imgur.com/AddDNma.jpg
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
1997 is where it all began, we are now in 17 AD
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
It's definitely a B-side though, in my opinion.
Compared to the other OKC songs, maybe...but it feels too substantial for a b-side.
"Palo Alto," on the other hand, is definitely a b-side, but more of the "Old Brown Shoe"/"The Inner Light" variety (i.e., a b-side you actually come back to).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
I voted specifically for the live version of fog on I think the comlag ep, which is just gorgeous as anything
― my friend, Gater (Clay), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
feel there is at least a 60% chance I browsed matt p's site back in the day
― ogmor, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
Fog is too low! I'd rate it as a top 5 song in a B-sides poll and top 30 overall.
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
yeah I like 'fog (again)' as well. were votes split between 'fog' and 'fog (again)'?
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/A2Y4PJU.jpg
46. Jigsaw Falling Into Place [10 votes | 1 #1 vote | 220 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:41 (nine years ago) link
think I felt guilty for placing 'worrywort' so high that I left 'Fog' and 'Cuttooth' out
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:41 (nine years ago) link
Videotape TOO LOW (even though i didn't vote for it).
― piscesx, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
not so keen of this one
― cajunsunday, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
'Jigsaw Falling Into Place' too low, the guitar work on this is just sublime, particularly in the outro.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
There was only one vote for Fog (Again).
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
"JUST AS YOU DANCE DANCE Dance Dance dance dance..." *gorgeous guitar part*
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
Videotape is too low indeed.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/m3hB0Hl.jpg
45. House of Cards [10 votes | 224 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
...and there it is, my least favourite track on In Rainbows. I find it pleasant enough while I'm passively listening to it, but have always found it a bit of a snoozer otherwise. Next!
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link
i like the key parties reference.
― piscesx, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
very excited for your next summary xp
― mattresslessness, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:52 (nine years ago) link
forgot how good Palo Alto was good, actually better than half of OKC imo.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/8qTG0x3.jpg
44. The Bends [10 votes | 226 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
rules
― mattresslessness, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
pretty cool how thom harmonizes with the opening guitar part like sad george benson
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
xxxpost:
Better than half of OK Computer is pushing it, but yeah, it's a great track. I've just played it again and have been thinking it would have been great if R.E.M. had attempted a version of it. The vocal melody and lyric sound firmly in Stipe territory to my ears, and it definitely sounds like Thom/the band had been listening to R.E.M. a little more than usual.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Kbk9UlU.jpg
43. All I Need [12 votes | 1 #1 vote | 230 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
xxpost: yeah i'm pushing it, but i'm not the biggest ok computer fan honestly.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 8 September 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
― mattresslessness, Monday, 8 September 2014 22:52 (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 September 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
need to find yr 1997 geocities fan website on archive.org
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 September 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
is thom yorke drinking riesling there?
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 September 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
it's boone's farm. he's listening to 'radar love'.
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
'The Bends' is such a great track and one of my all-time favourites. While I think I'd heard and enjoyed a couple of singles from The Bends by the time of their Later With Jools performance in '95 (although I can definitely say for certain that I hadn't heard 'Creep' yet - I'd kinda neatly bypassed that whole thing), it was their performance of this track that really made me sit up and take notice. The fact that it was a great song was one thing, but there was also this sense of "holy fuck, what's the guitarist doing with that string?". I don't know how long it was after that that I was in a record store listening to them play the whole album in the background and thinking "yeah, I want this album", but I'm sure it wasn't long after I saw 'em play 'The Bends' on Jools.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Qo05qb1.jpg
42. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box [11 votes | 234 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
^^^ great song, didn't vote for it
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Monday, 8 September 2014 22:17 (nine years ago) link