the only common early 2000s pop criticism that is at the same level of wrongness is the thing where everyone said interpol was a joy division ripoff band, and i don't even like interpol
― Karl Malone, Monday, June 12, 2017 1:27 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm i never understood this
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 June 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
"turn down the protools preset knob on the reverb. yes. now max out the 'air' dial. precisely. now please do flip the toggle switch from amateurish to professional."
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, June 12, 2017 1:44 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"Can you make the snare sound more yellow?" - Julian Casablancas
I am a King of Limbs defender and even I will concede that the Basement version of 'Bloom' makes a sick joke of the album version.
― Austin, Monday, 12 June 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
tbf the drums on KoL sound much, much worse than on In Rainbows
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 12 June 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
I was one of the eye-rollers but I always liked EIIRP and Idioteque. When I say IDM/post-dubstep, I mean songs like Pull-Pulk Revolving Doors, Kid A, the Eraser album, lots of TKOL and whatnot.
So basically, you don't like Radiohead doing IDM except when you do.
The textures and sounds they were using may have been borrowed fairly closely from various Warp artists, but they were the first artists that I'm aware of that convincingly combined those things with traditional pop/rock song structures, which is not to be sniffed at.
― chap, Monday, 12 June 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
the "new" songs sound amazing on this current tour
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
Surprisingly few MSP songs performed when I saw them in Manchester last year - I think only Daydreamer and Ful Stop.
― chap, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
Was a pretty OKC heavy set, actually. Let Down and Lucky as first two songs.
I guess I’m never going to see Radiohead. What do you think the chances are that they make another record or tour again?
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
...why wouldn't they?
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
very high
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
Vaguely recall talk of scaling back touring when AMSP came out, they didn’t do many shows in America in 2016 iirc but they have hit the road since then more than they let on. Also you just never know - they’re all 50 or approaching, and the gaps between albums get longer and longer.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
I think that every time they say it might be their last album, but that's just what they need to tell themselves in order to do it.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
flappy you will see them
― sleepy sweet (Ross), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
revisited this the other day and it's def my favorite radiohead album after in rainbows. the subduedness of it allows them to breach a different atmosphere than their records usually occupy, especially the way their interplay sometimes takes on the tremble and glow of a campfire on "desert island disk" and "present tense," instruments flickering gently against an enormous darkness. i love that they lined up all the most intense songs in the middle, and the sequencing overall is p outstanding, it makes each song feel like a doorway to the next
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 3 June 2019 01:08 (four years ago) link
Definitely in my Top 5 Radiohead albums.
― piscesx, Monday, 3 June 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hgVihWjK2c
this was the best thing to come out of it imo
― ufo, Monday, 3 June 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
I love Thom's little pre-song stances there
― Simon H., Monday, 3 June 2019 02:11 (four years ago) link
and yes the sequencing is really something; normally putting a droning ballad like "Daydreaming" as your second track would be a pacing disaster, but it's a necessary readjustment following "Burn the Witch", which is such an outlier that it only makes sense as the opener. I bet that was a tough call!
― Simon H., Monday, 3 June 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
Album gets so much better after the first track
It's aged well (so far) imo
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 3 June 2019 10:12 (four years ago) link
I still like it, but at this stage it's my second least favourite after The King of Limbs.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 3 June 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
It's my fifth favourite in a ranking I just did in my head.
― chap, Monday, 3 June 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
this album is so good that i can't even rate it.
it's like, ya i love amnesiac and kid a so much and those records changed my life so much in so many different ways. and in rainbows! that album!
but it's like, even with all that. . . i still consider moon shaped pool to be something else entirely.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 3 June 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
its still my #2 after kid a
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Monday, 3 June 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
It came out right as my 20 year marriage / 25 year relationship was breaking down so as you can imagine it hits pretty hard at times. I almost never play Burn the Witch - it's a fine song but it's not what I want when I cue up AMSP.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 3 June 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
I said it back then (probably said it up-thread) but "Burn The Witch" sounds like it's from another album entirely, and even though I don't dislike it, it's a total misstep as a first track.
Give this a try: start the album with 'Daydreaming,' and slot in 'Ill Wind' where it fits in alphabetically between 'Identikit' and 'The Numbers'. (Relegate 'Burn The Witch' to a bonus track, with 'Spectre'.). It makes a really fantastic record almost perfect, at least in terms of coherence and flow.
That version of 'A Moon Shaped Pool' is my second favorite Radiohead album (as a nerd who bought 'The Bends' on day-of-release and made b-side mix tapes for my friends through high-school). Heck, might be my #1 favorite...
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
There should be more albums with the tracks sequenced in alphabetical order, IMO.
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 02:00 (four years ago) link
tbh I like "Burn the Witch" as opener and I feel like they drew straws to see whether "Ill Wind" or "Identikit" would make the proper tracklist cause I find them quite similar
― Simon H., Wednesday, 5 June 2019 03:08 (four years ago) link
― assert (MatthewK), Sunday, 29 November 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
May or may not be musically related, they are known recyclers of titles (e.g. Reckoner). That is neat though!
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Sunday, 29 November 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
ooh wonder what became of "fela kuti thing"
― discourse stu (m bison), Sunday, 29 November 2020 23:54 (three years ago) link
I bet it ended up as "Feral"
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 30 November 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
or actually "Bloom" feels a bit more Fela to me
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 30 November 2020 01:53 (three years ago) link
"burn the witch" had been floating around since at least httt, there was an early draft of the lyrics on their website at the time. thom also mentioned it on the radiohead blog a bunch of times from 2005-2007, including posting parts of the lyrics and mentioning that jonny was writing orchestration for it. there were even a few times on the in rainbows tour where thom played the opening chords to tease it in response to audience shouts for it, only to joke that they'll play it when they have an orchestra with them.
― ufo, Monday, 30 November 2020 01:55 (three years ago) link
Relistening after a long time, on headphones. What a gorgeous record, damn.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 20 February 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link
Love the echoes of Jean-Claude Vannier and Nick Drake throughout.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 20 February 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
elided your line to "Jean-Claude Van Damme" for a delightful moment there
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 20 February 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
That, too!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 20 February 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
All the good albums are influenced by Jean Claude Van Damme
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 20 February 2021 22:31 (three years ago) link
A Moon Shaped Punch
― chap, Sunday, 21 February 2021 12:43 (three years ago) link
it can be seen as the "JCVD" of their oeuvre
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 21 February 2021 13:15 (three years ago) link
1. Kick the Witch2. Daykicking3. Kicks Dark4. Desert Island Kicks5. Ful Kick6. Punched Eyes7. Indentikick8. The Punchers9. Present Tense Situation10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Punch11. True Love Kicks
― chap, Sunday, 21 February 2021 13:34 (three years ago) link
"what new could anyone possibly have to save about this album?", he thought to himself as he opened the thread.
"how foolish my thinking has been, indeed!", he said aloud upon reading the contents of the new answers.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 21 February 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
9. Present Tense Situation
On reflection this is not up to my high standards. I might need some help with it.
― chap, Sunday, 21 February 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
Tense Kick
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 21 February 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
Timecop 2: Present Tense
Presenting Punch
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 21 February 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
presentensity
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 21 February 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
Punch head
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 22 February 2021 06:44 (three years ago) link
Some classics from the back catalogue did hint at this new direction -
Every kick in its Right PlaceRoundhouse of CardsSubterranean Spinkick Alien
― chap, Monday, 22 February 2021 09:50 (three years ago) link