think it's just the lyrics, they kind of jut out in the same way as Pop Is Dead. Still, it's not awful. The song 'The Bends' is kind of a sequel to it in my mind.
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 10 June 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
'Faithless The Wonder Boy' is my favourite this-era Radiohead song
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 10 June 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
Hm, the "confusion"/"confusion" rhyme was a misstep but I actually find the lyrics kind of beautiful otherwise, at least in their musical context. They said more to me than the lyrics to "Creep", which struck me as juvenile even when I was 14-15. (I think the music makes it work despite this.)
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Monday, 10 June 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
Wow, Prove Yourself was robbed. Used to be my favourite. I Can't is very good too.― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, June 10, 2019 2:06 PM(one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, June 10, 2019 2:06 PM(one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I agree, it's not a bad song at all!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 10 June 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
the way thom sings along to the chorus guitar line like sad george benson might make it my least favorite radiohead song
― Cecil replies to your e-mails (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 10 June 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
like if scott stapp sang "can you TAKE me high-ER" over the buh-duh DEE duddle-UH guitar part in the chorus of the smash hit "higher" by creed. i mean he is singing the same notes as the guitar and everything.
― Cecil replies to your e-mails (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 10 June 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
and not singing during the rest of the chorus. that is the idea we are dealing with here.
― Cecil replies to your e-mails (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 10 June 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
He really wants to be Jim Morrison. He says so in the song.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 06:17 (four years ago) link
Wait, I thought Sufjan was talking about "Prove Yourself"?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 10:04 (four years ago) link
I voted for 'Everyone Can Play Guitar' (*ducks*).
Mainly for nostalgia reasons though - it was on an early 90's compilation called Loaded (sandwiched between the Auteurs 'Showgirl' and FNM's cover of Easy iirc) which was one of my entry points to discovering indie / alternative beyond Nirvana and whatever was on radio back when I was 12, and I wore the tape out in the absence of more pocket money to buy more music. In retrospect it is a dire lyric but great when you have no reference points to compare to.
― help yourself to another slice of apple ... crumble (Willl), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 10:25 (four years ago) link
I was trying to remember which compilation I first heard it on. Maybe that was it.
The "grow my hair/I want to be Jim Morrison" stuff is what everyone hates, then? I don't think it's genius or anything but I find it kind of cute/funny in its self-consciousness, especially the way "I am Jim Morrison" is followed by the deflating "I want to be, wannabe, wannabe Jim Morrison".
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 10:58 (four years ago) link
zig-a-zig ahhh
― imago, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:06 (four years ago) link
xxp my friend had that compilation when I was at school, I taped some songs off it, possibly including Anyone Can Play Guitar, but definitely including Start Choppin by Dinosaur Jr, having looked at the tracklisting
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:07 (four years ago) link
LOL, Willl, this is the compilation that got me into indie/alt music. Came free with Donkey Kong Country for the SNES. To this day, I've no idea what the music's got to do with Donkey Kong but I played it to death
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Go-Ape/release/1481263
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:08 (four years ago) link
and yes, Creep was on it
https://i.redd.it/w25zxt912u131.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
xxp I'd love to know the story of how that tracklist got approved :o
'We need to put together a CD to give away free with our new SNES game. Its ESRB rating is 'Universal' so its got to be suitable for all ages. Any suggestions for suitable tunes?'
...
"Dealers keep dealin',Thieves keep thievin',Whores keep whorin',Junkies keep scorin',Trade is on the meat rack,Strip joints full of hunchbacks,Bitches keep bitchin',Clap just keeps a-itchin'"
'Yes that is perfect'
― help yourself to another slice of apple ... crumble (Willl), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:44 (four years ago) link
Also, Leaves & Sand is a totally bonkers tune to give away to 13 year olds.
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:58 (four years ago) link
Vegetable and Prove Yourself both totally robbed
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Friday, 16 June 2023 00:10 (ten months ago) link
Coming on with Blow Out, in 2018. First time they’d played it in ten years supposedly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s60nLTuz4k
― piscesx, Friday, 16 June 2023 03:03 (ten months ago) link