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
I like Molasses too for similar reasons. Never really saw Radiohead as a humorous band but there's something playful about some of those early b sides
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link
Faithless the Wonder Boy was a go to track for me when I was younger. Should have been on Pablo Honey
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link
xp man 'There There' is not such a straightforward rock song
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link
I really had no idea "There There" was held in such high regard. For me and my friends for whom Radiohead had been musical life's blood from 1995-2001 (high school through college) all agreed it was incredibly boring--felt like Yorke had utterly run out of ideas, didn't trust his electronic/experimental instincts, and was content to run out the clock with "rocking" in a sexless and clunky way, like an arena on downers. Enough to make me go listen to 'Eraser' and 'Amok' to remember that things did eventually get better again. . . ; )
― Soundslike, Friday, 12 September 2014 00:23 (nine years ago) link
Or "Worrywort," the absolute "There There" antidote.
I love em both!
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:24 (nine years ago) link
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), 12. september 2014 02:22 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Never said it was. But there is enough rock in it that it brings the whole thing down.
― Frederik B, Friday, 12 September 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link
oic. but we should not fight bc I am on team kid a, as well.
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:31 (nine years ago) link
Radiohead are a rock band
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:35 (nine years ago) link
with albums
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:37 (nine years ago) link
Thinking about it, it's not the way the solo is played that I particularly like, it's the way it's been produced and how incredible that section sounds, texturally
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link
literal lols
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
Long live pop.
― jmm, Friday, 12 September 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link
I was a latecomer to There, There but for being such an atmospheric stormcloud of a song, that shit is a super catchy earworm
― he talks in meths (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:43 (nine years ago) link
didn't have time to vote; 'let down' would have been my #1
but mainly disappointed that lex has failed to weigh in
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 September 2014 00:44 (nine years ago) link
Thinking about it, it's not the way the solo is played that I particularly like, it's the way it's been produced and how incredible that section sounds, texturally― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Thursday, September 11, 2014 5:38 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Thursday, September 11, 2014 5:38 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, it's not like this is Jonny Greenwood's Clapton moment or something.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link
I've never really thought about There There very much besides thinking the drums are cool, I'll have to revisit it to see what you're all on about.
Tracks1. Airbag2. Everything in its Right Place3. Kid A4. Idioteque5. The National Anthem6. In Limbo7. Planet Telex8. Pyramid Song9. Subterranean Homesick Alien10. Paranoid Android11. Morning Bell12. Life in a Glasshouse13. Fitter Happier14. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box15. Optimistic16. Myxomatosis17. Fake Plastic Trees18. Staircase19. How to Disappear Completely20. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Albums/EPs1. Kid A2. OK Computer3. The King of Limbs4. Amnesiac5. Hail to the Thief
― olly, Friday, 12 September 2014 02:17 (nine years ago) link
One thing I love about "There There" is that the drums always remind me of "I Can't Explain."
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Friday, 12 September 2014 02:40 (nine years ago) link
As I said on the other thread, I'm pretty sure this is the same exact ballot I would have filed if this poll was being conducted in 2003.
1. Bones2. Lucky3. Pyramid Song 4. Climbing Up The Walls5. Fake Plastic Trees6. Everything In It's Right Place7. The National Anthem8. High and Dry9. You And Whose Army?10. Paranoid Android11. Let Down12. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box13. My Iron Lung14. Electioneering15. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors16. Planet Telex17. Exit Music (For A Film)18. Optimistic19. Creep20. We Suck Young Blood
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 September 2014 02:42 (nine years ago) link
Tracks:Life In a GlasshouseTrue Love WaitsThere ThereEverything In Its Right PlacePyramid SongParanoid AndroidReckonerThe National AnthemThe TouristIdiotequeClimbing Up the WallsMy Iron LungLike Spinning Plates (Live)WorrywortHigh and DryA Wolf at the DoorLuckyHow to Disappear CompletelyFog (Again)Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Albums:Ok ComputerKid AAmnesiacIn RainbowsThe Bends
― voodoo chili, Friday, 12 September 2014 02:57 (nine years ago) link
overall my ballot was quite in sync with ILM
1. Just2. No Surprises3. Life in a Glasshouse4. High and Dry5. There There6. Exit Music (for a Film)7. Idioteque8. Knives Out9. Planet Telex10. Fake Plastic Trees11. Paranoid Android12. Kid A13. Blow Out14. My Iron Lung15. The Trickster 16. Myxomatosis17. Hunting Bears18. Bodysnatchers19. 15 Step20. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
― een, Friday, 12 September 2014 03:13 (nine years ago) link
My ballot:
IdiotequeLet DownThere ThereThe BendsKarma Police2 + 2 = 5BodysnatchersReckonerPlanet TelexGive Up The GhostWhere I End and You BeginHigh and DryMyxomatosisAirbagPackt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin BoxCreepBackdriftsStreet SpiritI Might Be WrongPyramid Song
AlbumsHail To The ThiefOK ComputerThe BendsIn RainbowsAmnesiac
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 12 September 2014 03:14 (nine years ago) link
Idioteque #1, bodysnatchers high, and backdrifts. I like it!
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 12 September 2014 03:46 (nine years ago) link
ballot, with final rankings:
Exit Music (For a Film) 14Street Spirit 21Optimistic 24No Surprises 20Lucky 08There There 01Paranoid Android 03Planet Telex 16Just 19Idioteque 05Pyramid Song 04Knives Out 34A Wolf at the Door 28(Nice Dream) 57Karma Police 11Let Down 06Subterranean Homesick Alien 18In Limbo 31The National Anthem 10Creep 41
albums1. Kid A 2. OK Computer 3. The Bends 4. Hail to the Thief 5. Amnesiac
vids1. Knives Out2. There There3. No Surprises 4. Paranoid Android 5. Motion Picture Soundtrack
― alanbatman (abanana), Friday, 12 September 2014 04:01 (nine years ago) link
tracks: JustMorning BellSubterranean Homesick AlienThe BendsTalk Show HostLuckyMy Iron LungParanoid AndroidPalo AltoPackt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin BoxKid AAirbagGive Up The GhostPlanet TelexI Might Be WrongReckonerBlack StarA Punch Up At A WeddingClimbing Up The WallsBones
albums:
The BendsOK ComputerKid AAmnesiacThe King of Limbs
― some dude, Friday, 12 September 2014 05:02 (nine years ago) link
Morning Bell at #2 is a cool idea. It's only gotten better the more I've listened to it this week.
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 12 September 2014 05:04 (nine years ago) link
for years and years it would've been my #1 but i decided to get behind "Just"
― some dude, Friday, 12 September 2014 05:05 (nine years ago) link
interesting to me: for a lot of their albums, the top ranking song was the lead single -- OK Computer, Amnesiac, HTTT, Pablo Honey, The Bends (for the US lead single, anyway). and the other three albums basically had no advance single and were released all at once.
If I put a ballot into this, my top 10 would honestly just be Kid A in running order (yes, even treefingers).Awesome poll though! I thought it might even shake my complete apathy to OK Computer for a while there.
A little surprised no King Of Limbs tracks popped up, would have loved to see Separator and Giving Up The Ghost get a place.Completely surprised at There There placing where it did, I remember nothing of that song and never knew it was such a hit.
― H.P, Friday, 12 September 2014 05:42 (nine years ago) link
Really enjoyed this, and had given me a whole new level of appreciation for Radiohead.
OTM
thanks for doing this Nate, you did another amazing job! The Cure and Radiohead, not bad.
― Bee OK, Friday, 12 September 2014 06:42 (nine years ago) link
i know if i listened to every song instead of just previewing songs it might have been a bit different.
1. Paranoid Android2. There There3. Idioteque4. Bodysnatchers5. True Love Waits6. Street Spirit (Fade Out)7. House of Cards8. Talk Show Host9. The National Anthem10. 2 + 2 = 511. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box12. The Tourist13. 15 Step14. My Iron Lung15. Karma Police16. Go To Sleep17. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi18. The Trickster19. A Punchup at a Wedding20. Fake Plastic Trees
Albums:
1. In Rainbows2. OK Computer3. Kid A4. Hail to the Thief5. The Bends
― Bee OK, Friday, 12 September 2014 06:45 (nine years ago) link
My ballot, fwiw:
15 stepNational anthemAirbagFogReckonerParanoid androidSeparatorThese are my twisted wordsThere thereWhere I end and you beginTalk show hostBodysnatchersFake plastic treesJustWeird fishes / arpeggiLet downCuttoothStaircaseMorning bellPearly
In rainbowsOk computerKid aThe bendsHttt
If I were to do it now as opposed to a fortnight ago, Cuttooth and Fog would switch, the Daily Mail would knock Pearly off, and I'd swap Staircase for Planet Telex and maybe try and squeeze My Iron Lung in.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 12 September 2014 06:46 (nine years ago) link
Plus I just need to assess all of Amnesiac again.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 12 September 2014 06:48 (nine years ago) link
1 – Reckoner2 – There There3 – Climbing Up the Walls4 – Life in a Glasshouse5 – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi6 – Let Down7 – Videotape8 – Airbag9 – A Wolf at the Door10 – Everything in Its Right Place11 – Cuttooth12 – Where I End and You Begin13 – Idioteque14 – Fog15 – Codex16 – Jigsaw Falling In To Place17 – Go Slowly18 – 15 Step19 – I Might Be Wrong20 – Planet Telex 1 – Kid A2 – OK Computer3- In Rainbows4 – The Bends5 – Hail to the Thief
Great poll Nate!! Glad to see 'There There' come out on top. Also, I'm happy that my number 1 vote helped place "Reckoner' in the top 10 where it deserves to be!
― Internet Alan, Friday, 12 September 2014 07:51 (nine years ago) link
re: Everything In It's Right Place - I like it. My bandmate says the opening chords sound like slipping into a warm bath on a cold night. Not sure it's #2 material and actually quite surprised it placed so high and beat out Paranoid Android, but whatever.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 12 September 2014 08:19 (nine years ago) link
Alan, I think Reckoner did OK...
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 12 September 2014 08:22 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I'm kind of baffled at EIIRP and TT finishing 2+1; I like both, but would never think of them as absolute favourites. I guess EIIRP was the first thing a lot of people heard of Kid A, cos there was no lead single and it opened the album, so it perhaps has some epochal weight because of that. And I remember friends who weren't enormous Radiohead geeks loving There There, whereas it nonplussed me for several months. I know it gets a lot of love from here, though.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 12 September 2014 08:25 (nine years ago) link
Great poll, thanks for organising Nate, superb pics too!It's certainly made me reevaluate Where I End and You Begin for the better
I don't know how to make things bold:Jigsaw Falling into Place / Street Spirit (Fade Out) / Let Down / Idioteque / No Surprises / Nude / Pyramid Song / Everything in Its Right Place / Videotape / Airbag / Sulk / Paranoid Android / There There / Reckoner / Anyone Can Play Guitar / Kid A / Myxomatosis / The Bends / Climbing Up the Walls / Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box
In Rainbows / OK Computer / The Bends / Kid A / Amnesiac
― nxd, Friday, 12 September 2014 08:31 (nine years ago) link
I have a feeling there's a slight difference in the way Radiohead were marketed to, and therefore perceived by, both sides of the Atlantic. One example is the Airbag/How Am I Driving EP - I'm familiar with all the songs on this release as they appeared as b-sides on the OKC singles, but I never even considered this collection when voting for albums cos it was only available on import.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 12 September 2014 08:34 (nine years ago) link
sorry for my boring ballot
Palo AltoFaust ArpThere ThereLet DownFake Plastic TreesAirbagIdiotequeHow To Disappear CompletelyMotion Picture SoundtrackEverything In Its Right PlaceLuckyHigh and Dry2+2=5I Might Be WrongMyxomatosisHouse of CardsParanoid AndroidThe National AnthemKarma PoliceA Wolf at the Door
really digging those Amnesiac b-sides that placed here though, especially "Fog" and "Worrywort". I would cut "I Might Be Wrong" and "A Wolf at the Door" for them (and move some other stuff down). also I voted for "Faust Arp" as a joke. also the joke was on me; I should have voted "Motion Picture Soundtrack" higher b/c it's Yorke's most moving vocal. I think you're crazy for letting it slip out of the top 50, ILM.
― Euler, Friday, 12 September 2014 09:11 (nine years ago) link