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
It goes back even further. Who doesn't remember Creep Up On Your Adversary And Sweep The Leg
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 22 February 2021 10:45 (three years ago) link
Yeah their second album also hinted at the influence
(Nice Kick)My Iron FistBullet Proof... I know I AmBlack BeltStreet Spirit (Punch Out)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 22 February 2021 12:48 (three years ago) link
When Thom Yorke’s first solo album was announced critics and fans where nervous about the title “The Eraser” hinting he was going for a Schwarzenegger influence to separate his own brand, but relaxed when the tracklist rolled out and Black Eagle, Punches for Peace, And it Kicked All Night meant the Van Damme influence was still firm in his heart.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 22 February 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
A Punchup at a Wedding
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 22 February 2021 13:04 (three years ago) link
Street Spirit (Punch Out)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka)
Sorry, stupid autocorrect. This is actually called “Street Fighter (Punch Out)”
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 22 February 2021 13:04 (three years ago) link
Kyxomatosis
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 22 February 2021 13:06 (three years ago) link
Pop (Your Shoulder Out Of Joint Then Snap Your Neck By Twisting Your Head Between My Palms) Is Dead
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Monday, 22 February 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
The Kick Of Limbs
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Monday, 22 February 2021 13:37 (three years ago) link
Kick A
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Monday, 22 February 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
Don't get my kicks hangin out the 15th floor
― billstevejim, Monday, 22 February 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
I missed this back in May but it's a great little reflective (!) piece: https://www.gq.com/story/radiohead-a-moon-shaped-pool-secret-goodbye-five-year-anniversary
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 6 November 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link
Very nicely put. Whether 'A Moon Shaped Pool' was Radiohead's last or not--I agree it feels final. For me, it rekindled my love for the band, so critical to my import-only-single-chasing youth, after the previous several (actually, large chunks of everything since 'Hail To the Thief') had left me somewhat cold. It felt like mature work, less busy chasing something its constituents wished to be (i.e. avant-garde electronic act, "funky," non-melody-based, rock-out anthemers) and just felt like they are. And yet it felt no less complex than they'd been post-'Bends,' just more coherent. It felt freed--of expectations, of expectations to defy expectations. Somehow the successful fruition of 'True Love Waits'--far more poignant, as sung by an older man in the midst of loss of love, than in the youthful earnestness of its earliest incarnation--does indeed feel like a "completion" of the band.
(My feelings about the album are colored by how I listen. I've ultimately decided to remove 'Burn The Witch' and think of it as an excellent b-side, as it's a false start to the mood, tone and sound of the album; and I add 'Ill Wind' inserted in alphabetical order, which fits perfectly.)
― Soundslike, Sunday, 7 November 2021 00:06 (two years ago) link
Agreed, I suspect most people skip BtW (as good as it is in isolation).
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 7 November 2021 01:45 (two years ago) link
i skip BtW as well
― just staying (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 November 2021 01:48 (two years ago) link
lol, i was watching this video linked to in that piece above, about the secrets of the video for "Daydreaming", and after having to turn it off part-way through (try to guess if you end up watching it, and I'd like to know what's after it!), I realized that I had the exact same experience with this video a few years ago, turning it off at the same point
https://vimeo.com/178823364
― just staying (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 November 2021 02:06 (two years ago) link
um... "inspired by the subreddit"?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 7 November 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
let's just say it focuses on the number 6 - a number which can be made from other numbers
― just staying (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 November 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
i... think if you finish it its power over you will diminishthanks cuz it's interesting and i hadnt heard of it
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:00 (two years ago) link
i'm always into it until it suddenly goes onto that tangent, i just can't with numerology when it gets to the "hotel door 123 is 1*2*3 = 6", because then i have to think "yeah and 1+2+3=6 too" and feel very sad
― just staying (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
i can remember loads of speculation around the album release that it was the end. Then they toured. And toured again? And Thom made another album. And they toured again? And also The Smile. and.... god bless em
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:04 (two years ago) link
i do wonder if it is true, as the rumors say, that phil, colin, and ed have all been sacked
― just staying (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
xp They go into the half my life bit but that's obvious... but what i didn't clie into before was that Radiohead was also half of Thom's years at that point, and then they go into was that literal, professional half of his life what undid his relationship and bla bla bla don't think it was any more numbers
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
5 minutes three plus Nigel well that's Jesus isn't it
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
5 minus. I'm putting down my phone goodnight
they go into was that literal, professional half of his life what undid his relationship
has thom yorke ever talked about what undid their relationship, though? i haven't been reading all their press like i used to back in the day, but it doesn't seem like something he'd be that open about. but maybe, who knows
― just staying (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:12 (two years ago) link
5 - Nigel = 6Nigel = -1
― just staying (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:13 (two years ago) link
the video is saying that nigel is the "negative force" in thom's life. it is nigel that undid the relationship
― just staying (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:14 (two years ago) link
not by anything that nigel did, but how his negative force corrupted their relationship
Burn the Witch is one of the best songs on this one!!!
Putting it as the opening song is the right choice I think. It doesn’t really fit with the rest of the album but it’s too good to be a b-side
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 7 November 2021 06:29 (two years ago) link