yeah whatever. 'let down' x-post
― strgn, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 08:38 (sixteen years ago) link
damn, airbag.
you know what? this is a pretty good album. things age for people for various reasons, i can see that, but there are some pretty great tracks on here. very of its time, i guess, but what isn't?
― strgn, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 08:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Luck fitting into The Bends better than OK Computer == crazy talk.
― aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 09:43 (sixteen years ago) link
'Lucky', ahem.
― aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 09:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Totally. The mellotron choirs would have stuck out like crazy on The Bends.
― Melissa W, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 09:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I always tend to skip tracks too, but I don't skip "Fitter Happier", which fits in perfectly as kind of a skit/interlude.
I gotta say, the one I always skipped was "Climbing Up The Walls." It always sounded like Radiohead was trying to beat Nine Inch Nails at their own game -- an easy target, and not a particularly satisfying one. Yorke's forced scream near the end is easily his worst moment on record.
― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
You are wrong.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
(i'd unhappily vote for the doesn't-compute-for-me'tall option but, as is always the case with this kid, it just isn,t there :(
― t**t, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 17:22 (sixteen years ago) link
LET DOWN FTW
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
The transcendentally ridiculous, overblown last 20 seconds or so of Climbing Up The Walls are pretty much my favourite on the record. But I still voted Airbag.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
The transcendentally ridiculous, overblown last 20 seconds or so of Climbing Up The Walls are pretty much my favourite on the record.
otm
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
"Climbing Up The Walls" to me sounds more like a somewhat ill-advised attempt to sound like Portishead or Tricky.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Regardless of who Radiohead are "attempting" to sound like, even assuming that they are, "Climbing up the Walls" is nonetheless devastating. So, that's my vote. Just ahead of "Lucky" and "Airbag". Actually, now that I'm listening to it again, I don't get the hate for "Exit Music (For a Film)" either.
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 00:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Let Down? Really? That's the second worst track! I went for Karma Police, Paranoid Android a close second.
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Electioneering. The only one that runs rather than crawls. They're a rock band, not fucking Eno.
― paulhw, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 01:07 (sixteen years ago) link
obviously "no surprises". was it used in a film/tv show/advert or something? i dont remember over playing it when the album came out, but when i listened through this album the other day for the first time in years it seemed much more familiar to me despite the time since i had last listened to the album than any other tracks.
― pipecock, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
let down is certainly not one of the worst tracks.
― gman, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Monday, 8 October 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Let Down? Seriously?
― Melissa W, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Let Down better than Paranoid Android? 'Tae fuck!
― Mister Craig, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
How did "Fitter Happier" get more votes than "Climbing Up The Walls"? That is ridiculous.
RECOUNT.
― jonathan - stl, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I totally prefer Fitter Happier to Climbing Up The Walls
― da croupier, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 02:44 (sixteen years ago) link
havent listened to this since i was 17, in bed, with headphones on, but i really find it hard to believe anyone on earth could like fitter happier more than pretty much any other song ever
also karma police + paranoid android should = letdown x2 at least
― deeznuts, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
awesome......let down finally getting the praise it deserves.
― bstep, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
NOT
--bstep
― deeznuts, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I like how the slow songs won this poll. They are the only reason I like OK Computer.
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
LET DOWN? That's one of their worst songs. I like the Radiodread version a lot though. Best? Karma Police.
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
hey I love repeating myself!
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link
"Nude"
― Davey D, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
i know let down seems like a boring song but to me it has a beautiful ambivalence, like it's in between happy and sad emotions....
maybe im biased by my own feelings and memories of that song...been listening to okc since 4th grade
― bstep, Thursday, 11 October 2007 00:18 (sixteen years ago) link
actually i think thats why let down won....its the song that has the most room for the listener to put his own emotions into the song, if that makes sense
― bstep, Thursday, 11 October 2007 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
the Let Down demo on the new white cassette is incredible... i hope more of thom's 4-track demos come out, double tracked guitars + vox, more intense singing
― flappy bird, Monday, 17 July 2017 04:21 (six years ago) link
I read somewhere recently that the slightly out of time guitar on Let Down was a happy accident. I still find it extraordinary, the way it blurs and melts without losing an epic feel
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 17 July 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
The opened with Let Down when I saw them in Manchester the other week, surprisingly.
― chap, Monday, 17 July 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
THEY opened...