so what songs failed to get any votes at all? shocker of the century, "pop is dead" seems to be one of them...
― rushomancy, Thursday, 11 September 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
Albums1. Kid A2. OK Computer3. The Bends4. In Rainbows5. Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP
Songs1. How to Disappear Completely2. Let Down3. Climbing Up the Walls4. Everything in Its Right Place5. Bloom6. Exit Music (For a Film)7. Pyramid Song8. Karma Police9. Just10. Airbag11. Paranoid Android12. No Surprises13. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi14. Staircase15. In Limbo16. Planet Telex17. The National Anthem18. Dollars and Cents19. Idioteque20. Fake Plastic Trees
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 11 September 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
lol I started to bold everything that made the countdown, decided to delete it, apparently I am terrible at editing my own work
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Thursday, 11 September 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
Tracks:The National AnthemIdiotequeFake Plastic TreesEverything in Its Right PlaceTalk Show Host15 StepKid ABullet Proof..I Wish I WasLife in a GlasshousePlanet TelexExit Music (For a Film)ReckonerAll I NeedWeird Fishes/ArpeggiFaust ArpNudeJustSeparatorHigh and Dry Palo Alto
Albums:In RainbowsKid AThe BendsOk ComputerAmnesiac
I also tried sneaking "The Captain of Her Heart" in there, but Nate wouldn't have any of that.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 11 September 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
I didn't vote because I am just a lurker and super lazy. Still, I am kind of shocked that Feral didn't get any votes at all. That is the best one on TKOL. I makes me question myself.
Also, "There There" is way sleepier than most of In Rainbows. I know the same people complaining about In Rainbows are probably not the same people voting for "There There" but I found it surprising.
― brontosaur, Thursday, 11 September 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
my wild n crazy ballot
1. Fog2. Cuttooth3. Staircase4. Reckoner5. Talk Show Host6. Black Star7. How I Made My Millions8. Let Down9. Treefingers10. Lotus Flower11. Life in a Glasshouse12. Morning Bell13. Scatterbrain14. Lull15. Maquiladora16. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)17. Kinetic18. Worrywort19. In Limbo20. Bishop's Robes
albums1. Kid A2. Amnesiac3. In Rainbows4. OK Computer5. The Bends
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 September 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
This is mine:
Let DownWeird Fishes/ArpeggiFaust ArpParanoid AndroidJustWhere I End And You BeginJigsaw Falling Into PlaceBlack StarVideotape [Live from the Basement]2+2=5ElectioneeringSubterranean Homesick AlienStreet SpiritThere ThereLuckyBullet ProofGo to SleepOptimistic [Live from the Basement]A Wolf at the DoorSit Down Stand Up
Seems like its just me and Euler who love Faust Arp. It's like a Nick Drake song reimagined by the Beatles
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 11 September 2014 21:56 (nine years ago) link
or vice versa
Pyramid SongMorning BellAirbagKarma PolicePolyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)I Might Be WrongYou and Whose Army?Knives OutReckonerBackdriftsVideotapeFogHow I Made My MillionsJustMotion Picture SoundtrackMy Iron LungPlanet TelexClimbing Up The WallsSeparatorThe Tourist
AmnesiacKid AOK ComputerThe BendsIn Rainbows
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 11 September 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
Zero votes:
Coke BabiesMillion Dollar QuestionYes I AmInside My HeadIndia RubberGagging OrderI Am a Wicked ChildI Am Citizen InsaneHarry Patch (In Memory Of)I Want None of ThisDown Is the New UpLast FlowersMK 1MK 2Up on the LadderSpooksPhillipa ChickenNothing Touches MeLozenge of LovePunchdrunk Lovesick SingalongRipcordVegetableMelatoninI Froze UpOpen The FloodgatesSkirting on the SurfaceI PromiseCut a HoleLiftFollow Me AroundPop Is DeadFast-TrackTrans-Atlantic DrawlMolassesThe ButcherThe Daily MailFeralPaperbag WriterWhere Bluebirds Fly
― nate woolls, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
1. Everything In It’s Right Place.2. There There3. Climbing Up The Walls.4. Motion Picture Soundtrack.5. Fake Plastic Trees.6. Videotape7. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.8. Kid A.9. Identikit.10. True Love Waits. 11. How To Disapear Completely.12. Nude.13. Optimistic14. How I Made My Millions.15. No Surprises16. The Gloaming.17. Wolf At the Door.18. Life In A Glass House.19. Pyramid Song.20. Talk Show Host Albums:1. Kid A2. In Rainbows3. Hail To The Thief4. OK Computer5. Amnesiac
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
Mine:
1 There There2 Paranoid Android3 2 + 2 = 54 Everything In Its Right Place5 Idioteque6 I Might Be Wrong7 Morning Bell8 Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box9 Dollars & Cents10 Sit Down, Stand Up11 Where I End And You Begin12 Optimistic13 High and Dry14 Karma Police15 Knives Out16 Street Spirit (Fade Out)17 Just18 Backdrifts19 A Punch Up At A Wedding20 Reckoner
But I've been re-listening to In Rainbows since I voted and realised I like it a lot more than I thought I did, so Reckoner should have been higher and maybe one or two others in there.
The number one in this poll is my number one and the top five is basically my top five but with Pyramid Song swapped in for 2 + 2 = 5.
Thanks Nate.
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
Lozenge of Love is a great track, and a very competent sonic youth homage
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:02 (nine years ago) link
I really like I Want None Of This, it almost made my ballot.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
thanks Nate for doing this!
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, September 11, 2014 6:02 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nevermind it's Permanent Daylight.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
1. Subterranean Homesick Alien2. In Limbo3. Fake Plastic Trees4. Street Spirit (Fade Out)5. Airbag6. Everything In Its Right Place7. Lucky8. Let Down9. Palo Alto11. High and Dry12. Paranoid Android14. The Tourist15. How to Disappear Completely16. My Iron Lung17. No Surprises18. Faust Arp19. Kid A20. Fog
1. OK Computer2. Kid A3. The Bends4. Amnesiac5. In Rainbows
In hindsight, I'd switch out Faust Arp for Motion Picture Soundtrack.
― jmm, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
love yr ballot Brad!
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
my ballott
1. No Surprises2. House of Cards3. Reckoner4. Give Up the Ghost5. How I Made My Millions6. True Love Waits7. Everything in its Right Place8. Exit Music (For a Film)9. Airbag10. Fog (Again) (or just Fog, whatever)11. Separator12. There There13. Street Spirit (Fade Out)14. Talk Show Host15. Lucky16. Pearly*17. How to Disappear Completely18. Life in a Glasshouse19. 2 + 2 = 520. Creep
albums:1. In Rainbows2. Kid A3. OK Computer4. The King of Limbs5. The Bends
― my friend, Gater (Clay), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I forgot how much I love "Motion Picture Soundtrack"!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
My hastily cobbled together ballot:
1. Pyramid Song2. Reckoner3. Everything in its Right Place4. Paranoid Android5. Supercollider6. Nude7. Arpeggi (Weird Fishes)8. Optimistic9. Exit Music (From a Film)10. Backdrifts11. Lotus Flower12. All I Need13. Talk Show Host14. Faust Arp15. Morning Bell16. There There17. 2+2=518. Staircase19. My Iron Lung20. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
1. In Rainbows2. Kid A3. Hail to the Thief4. OK Computer5. The Bends
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
In LimboMyxomatosisA Wolf at thr DoirThe National AnthemHow to Disappear CompletelyThere, There Little by Little Reckoner Permanent Daylight Where I End and You BeginI Might Be WrongClimbing Up the Walls We Suck Young Blood JustMorning BellSubterranean Homesick Blues Palo Alto 15 Step Blow Out Talk Show Host
― he talks in meths (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
I somehow deleted 13. Talk Show Host, on my list above. I might switch that one out as well, Treefingers needs votes.
― jmm, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link
high 5 fellow Thinking About You voters!
yeah great poll, haven't properly listened to them for aeons.
― piscesx, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah I wanted to give a shoutout to the other how I made my millions voters. you guys are my soulmates and true believers in fragile, sulky ballads.
― my friend, Gater (Clay), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:27 (nine years ago) link
I do like How I Made My Millions
― he talks in meths (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
Not into Radiohead enough to vote in this thing but enough to be curious about the results. I am kind of amazed about There There winning and also Reckoner being so high: both seem like perfectly pleasant generic Radiohead songs but no more. This is mystifying to an outsider like me - what am I missing?
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
A ballot from a fan who stopped caring after Kid A.
TRACKS1. Fake Plastic Trees2. Let Down3. The National Anthem4. Optimistic5. Electioneering6. Thinking About You7. Airbag8. How Do You?9. No Surprises10. Paranoid Android11. My Iron Lung12. Motion Picture Soundtrack13. Subterranean Homesick Alien14. Palo Alto15. Idioteque16. Stop Whispering17. Anyone Can Play Guitar18. Karma Police19. Bones20. Just
ALBUMS1. OK Computer2. Kid A3. The Bends4. Pablo Honey
VIDEOS1. Just2. No Surprises3. Paranoid Android
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:54 (nine years ago) link
Last Flowers fell off the bottom of my ballot. It wuz robbed.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
WEEEEEE AARRRRRREEE ACCCIIDENNNNTSS WAAAIIITINNG, WAIITINNG, TO HAPPEN
There ThereKarma PoliceMy Iron LungParanoid AndroidNude(Nice Dream)Faithless, the Wonder BoyLife in a GlasshouseLittle by LittleBullet Proof..I Wish I WasBlow OutA Wolf at the DoorI Might Be WrongGive Up the GhostIdiotequeYou and Whose Army?A ReminderPyramid SongBishop's RobesHow to Disappear Completely
ALBUMS:
1. OKC2. In Rainbows3. The Bends 4. Amnesiac5. Hail To The Thief
How d'ya like them apples? So happy There There got to number one. HTTT is by no means a perfect album, but There There seemed like they'd finally struck that perfect compromise between their avant-electronic side and the epic art-prog band they'd threatened to become on OKC.
Sad that Wish I Was... Bulletproof never made it in. It's such a sumptuous, miserable song so reminiscent of the empty, plastic feeling The Bends generally does so well.
Feel as though (nice dream) needs a bit of a shout out too. Apparently inspired by a Kurt Vonnegut story, although I don't know which one.
Thought Blow Out would make it too - there was a fair bit of lobbying on the other thread. I do like it a lot.
Radiohead have always been good at choosing good ending songs. I just don't understand the love for Motion Picture Soundtrack, although maybe if I'd heard the demos I might have more time for it. Such a slight, washy close to Kid A.
And no King Of Limbs! I think it's a pretty terrible album but I always enjoyed the loop pedal antics on Give Up the Ghost. Later on I came round to Little By Little, the third in the Paranoid Android/Knives Out spiritual triumvirate.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
is there a recap of the top 50?
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
Bullet Proof always seems like a dry run for Subterranean Homesick Alien with those floaty guitars. It was on my ballot too.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link
1. Fog2. Where I End and You Begin3. Separator4. Everything in Its Right Place5. There There6. Lucky7. Permanent Daylight8. Bodysnatchers9. Pyramid Song10. Karma Police11. Kid A12. Subterranean Homesick Alien13. All I Need14. Exit Music (For a Film)15. 2 + 2 = 516. How to Disappear Completely17. Codex18. Idioteque19. House of Cards20. 15 Step
1. Kid A2. In Rainbows3. OK Computer4. Hail to the Thief5. The King of Limbs
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
Great things about There There:
- The ambiguity of the title - is it supposed to be a consoling 'there, there'? An indication or warning - 'There! There!'? Or something else? Thom has always been good at putting sinister twists on everyday cliches and idioms see Nude's original title, 'Big Ideas (Don't Get Any)'. - The way the thing builds, from this doomy tribal-funk rhythm, the guitar feedback snaking in and finally locking in with the bass groove. It just grows and grows into this howling lupine torchsong. Then all the doors get kicked in and the best guitar solo of their fucking career happens and it's splenderous before dying back into the intro groove, albeit with a totally different backbeat. - Speaking of which - those clattering snare fills - love those, especially the one at the end. - Thom's vocal, obvs -'We are accidents waiting to happen'. You can be crescendous, without being bloody Mogwai.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
love Let Down, i had no idea it was so popular. baffling that it wasn't a single.
It was the single that my local station chose over "Karma Police" by the time fall '97 had come around. They started getting requests for "Karma Police" a month or 2 later and I don't think I've heard "Let Down" on a commercial station ever since.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
nate, it goes without saying, but this was a brilliant poll. thanks so much - it's great to rediscover Radiohead from time to time and it had been way too long for me.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
What DL said. Didn't get my vote in in time, but followed this thread closely. Perfect rediscovery moment.
― ambient yacht god (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:37 (nine years ago) link
Ah, so 'Reckoner' did place!
Songs that got a vote that didn't quite make it that deserve a shout-out: 'Motion Picture Soundtrack', 'You and Whose Army?', '(Nice Dream)', 'Bones', 'Blow Out', 'Codex', 'Killer Cars', 'Bangers + Mash', 'Morning Mr. Magpie', 'Supercollider', 'You', 'Prove Yourself', 'I Can't'.
Songs that got zero votes that I feel should have got at least one vote: 'Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong', 'Ripcord', 'The Daily Mail', 'Feral'.
Really surprised 'There There' made it to number one, I know that it's rated quite highly around these parts and was expecting it to go Top 10, but personally it's one of those tracks that I enjoy a lot but don't consider to be one of their all-time best.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:44 (nine years ago) link
Whoa, ok everybody--disaster averted! "True Love Waits" actually got 224 points, which puts it solidly at 45th place : ) Sorry, Videotape.
Very interesting poll. Have to say, though--shocked and disappointed by "There There" at #1. That was the song that convinced me Radiohead's amazing run was definitely over. It's just so tepid, and then. . . "rock out" at the end yech.
Well done, Nate. Thanks!
― Soundslike, Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
I am very pleased with the winner, and I had a blast with this poll. Thanks again, Nate! I am spinning the Kid A vinyl right now for the first time in awhile. I was also happy to do myself (and dog latin, apparently) the favor of giving 'How Can You Be Sure?' a vote!
Tracks:
1. Idioteque2. A Wolf at the Door3. Bodysnatchers4. Street Spirit (Fade Out)5. Climbing Up the Walls6. Worrywort7. Morning Bell8. There There9. Nude10 Lotus Flower11 House of Cards12 The National Anthem13 Life in a Glasshouse14 Exit Music (For a Film)15 Reckoner16 How to Disappear Completely17 Backdrifts18 Airbag19 How Can You Be Sure?20 Talk Show Host
Albums:
1. Kid A2. In Rainbows3. Hail to the Thief4. OK Computer5. Amnesiac
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
best song that i shamefully didn't vote for that should have made the top 50: worrywort
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:55 (nine years ago) link
I'm glad that it was still talked about enough itt that someone got to hear it for the first time
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link
And since folks are posting their lists:
01. Exit Music (For a Film)02. Paranoid Android03. True Love Waits04. Kinetic05. Talk Show Host06. Worrywort07. Fake Plastic Trees08. Nude (especially the original live version)09. Street Spirit10. Lucky11. Polyethylene, Parts 1 + 212. Stupid Car13. Idioteque14. House of Cards15. Airbag16. High & Dry17. Let Down18. Dollars & Cents19. Kid A20. Bullet Proof (I Wish I Was)
Didn't do an album vote, but if I had:
01. OK Computer02. The Bends03. Kid A04. Kinetic (compilation I made of Kid A/Amnesiac-era b-sides)05. My Iron Lung EP
― Soundslike, Friday, 12 September 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
Thanks so much, Nate, this was great!
1. Lucky2. Let Down3. No Surprises4. Fake Plastic Trees5. Pearly*6. There There7. Just8. Airbag9. Black Star10. Palo Alto11. Paranoid Android12. Planet Telex13. My Iron Lung14. Karma Police15. The Bends16. Codex17. Street Spirit (Fade Out)18. Creep19. Idioteque20. Pyramid Song
1. OK Computer2. The Bends3. Airbag/How Am I Driving?4. Kid A5. Hail To The Thief
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link
Wish I'd voted for How Can You Be Sure. An early one where they've clearly not 'become Radiohead' properly and not beneath experimenting with a slouchy Britpop ballad.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link
a good bar/pub jam imo
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:14 (nine years ago) link
I mean people will probably hate you if you play radiohead at a pub. but they will hate you less if it's that song.
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
xp Yes to "How Can You Be Sure." I like a lot of the non-album tracks from the Pablo/My Iron Lung era more than the stuff on Pablo Honey.
― billstevejim, Friday, 12 September 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
"Faithless the Wonder Boy" also comes to mind.
Well, this poll has probably crystalized why I'm really not a Radiohead-fan, though I love Kid A and several of their other songs. They've made some great pop-songs early on, and some great electronic genre-experiments later on, but they are just always too rock. And in the end, the song with the 'best guitar solo' was voted #1.
― Frederik B, Friday, 12 September 2014 00:18 (nine years ago) link