First there was Thom. Then there was Tom. And before anyone realizes what was happening, they were covering “Lorelei” and Jonny had been sacked
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 20:13 (one year ago) link
I kind of want to play the old Radiohead conversation hits and subtly change up my parts, introduce some new things
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 20:15 (one year ago) link
where is the ride cymbal in all this
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
there wasn't really anything on this album that made me think 'phil couldn't have done this' idk, didn't feel like a huge stylistic shift
― ufo, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 23:59 (one year ago) link
'the smoke'?
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link
half of this album is pretty good (though not up with rh's best) and the other half loses me
still feels like it suffers a little from having less moving parts than radiohead, the orchestration helps fill in those gaps but sometimes it feels like things aren't quite as fleshed out still
i also wasn't serious about this being their prog album or anything lol sorry for starting the "what is prog" debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upWL_oB53vQ
they're doing "feeling pulled apart by horses" live
― ufo, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 00:10 (one year ago) link
okay i'm going into this with a megapint of haterade and even i can't front on "thin thing."
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 00:49 (one year ago) link
whoo that is some psychotic hypnotic post-kraut ephemera. megajam.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 00:50 (one year ago) link
listening again.
like if you told me this was a kid a outtake, i would believe it completely. easy highlight.
second half of the album is way better, but it still feels like maybe a solid 3 mic side project to me. makes sense that they're playing thom's solo material live - that's what it reminds me of most. not bad, though it's not hitting me like anima did at first. that one's lustre wore off with repeat listens for me, so maybe i'll revisit and compare with this again. it's alright though - pretty good, i guess. sorry again for my outburst re:jg upthread. he might be a jerk, but whatever fine, he's in the band whether or not it bugs me so i might as well listen.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 02:10 (one year ago) link
thin thing is fuckin incredible
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 02:21 (one year ago) link
This album is great!
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 02:22 (one year ago) link
they're not playing any other thom solo stuff live (would have thought "cymbal rush" would be a reasonable chance though) & "feeling pulled apart by horses" is one of thom's solo tracks that started off as a radiohead song & jonny has a writing credit on it & played on the studio version
― ufo, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 02:36 (one year ago) link
I'd put Atoms for Peace and this ahead of King of Limbs, easily.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 02:37 (one year ago) link
i wouldn't, at all.
they're not playing any other thom solo stuff live (would have thought "cymbal rush" would be a reasonable chance though) & "feeling pulled apart by horses" is one of thom's solo tracks that started off as a radiohead song & jonny has a writing credit on it & played on the studio version― ufo, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 7:36 PM
― ufo, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 7:36 PM
yeah, i always liked thom's recording of that song, but i hardly ever put it on. something about his "thom" material just doesn't keep my attention for very long.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 03:21 (one year ago) link
That song “feeling pulled apart by horses” is the original Reckoner and the one where the IR “Reckoner” came from.
The intro to “feeling pulled apart by horses” is the section where Reckoner came from. You can sort of hear it on the outro to the latter, however who knows what those initial demos of the song sounded like, I guess they used to be in the same key before being different songs.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 05:48 (one year ago) link
I think Jonny also has a writing credit on The Eraser’s title track.
Would be amazing to see them try that one on this new setting but I don’t think they’ll do it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 05:57 (one year ago) link
HTTT is probably the most similar one to OKC, but where OKC is oddly digestible and fun to listen to all the way through, HTTT makes for an exhausting listen and is way too morose in comparison.moka always otm wrt radiohead
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 06:18 (one year ago) link
Thin Thing is very good, a highlight for sure, but when it comes to 'psychotic hypnotic post-kraut ephemera megajams' it has maybe a tenth of the intensity of, say, Oranssi Pazuzu. and maybe that's okay - not everyone is required to like metal vocals ;)
― imago, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 07:10 (one year ago) link
iirc it was just thom sampled the piano chords from jonny noodling around on the piano
― ufo, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 07:54 (one year ago) link
"the opposite" and "thin thing" are both onto something but end up a little, well, thin. "a hairdryer" just sounds like a king of limbs outtake (though with less percussion)
― ufo, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 08:13 (one year ago) link
(except more tippytapping)
― imago, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 08:23 (one year ago) link
A friend asked me about the time signatures on this record (or rather asked if someone on reddit was right), so I took a listen:
The Same: 4/4The Opposite: 4/4YWNWITA: 5/4Pana-Vision: 7/8The Smoke: 4/4Speech Bubbles: 4/4Thin Thing: 6/8 or 12/8, but I consider those pretty much synonymous with 4/4 and with each other, it's just a matter of how you prefer to think about it. Open The Floodgates: 4/4Free In The Knowledge: 4/4A Hairdryer: 4/4Waving A White Flag: 11/4, or a phrase consisting of a bar of 6/4 + a bar of 5/4. But that's all the same thing really. WDKWTB: 4/4Skrting On The Surface: 11/8
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
hard record to tippytap my foot to, sheesh
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:56 (one year ago) link
And when you add them all together, you get a sum time signature of 68/64
Making the average time signature for this album a cool 17/16
― a legible shriek (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
lol
― imago, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:10 (one year ago) link
Struck hard by “Open the Floodgates” this morning
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:02 (one year ago) link
Best song in here
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 20 May 2022 01:31 (one year ago) link
Fantano gave his review already and it’s not so surprising that I don’t agree with 90% of his takes. The songs he doesn’t highlight are my favorite ones in here.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 20 May 2022 01:32 (one year ago) link
He has plenty of wrong Radiohead related takes.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 20 May 2022 01:50 (one year ago) link
Also OTF has the distinction of stealing its first couplet from Roxette
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 20 May 2022 02:22 (one year ago) link
just gonna say singing "look at all the pretty lies" in a creepy "insane" voice earns an instant skip from me, I don't care what the rest of the track is doing.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 00:37 (one year ago) link
The smoke kind of sounds like Sault
― calstars, Saturday, 28 May 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C06Rr2nFXk0
you will never work in television live on fallon
― fpsa, Friday, 18 November 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link
How great it would be if they honored the song’s title and the performance ended with them kicking Fallon out of the studio.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 19 November 2022 01:08 (one year ago) link
The Smile is showing up all over these end of the year critics lists. I haven't played it yet but reading a bit up thread it sounds like I need to rectify that.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 06:13 (one year ago) link
Anyone seen The Smile live? Thanks to work discounts, my SRO ticket was only $5 for tomorrow in Chicago but I'm waffling on attending; the venue is 50 minutes away by bus, it's 30°F degrees out, and I work the next day. I've listened to the album two or three times--I enjoy listening to it but little of it sticks in my head afterward. Mostly bought the ticket since I rekindled my high school Radiohead fandom last year and figure this was the nearest I'd get to seeing Radiohead again.
― blatherskite, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
Could be the closest anyone gets again, who knows. Would go.Seems a bit overrated in year end roundups (critic demographics?) but I like the record a lot.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
Yeah, the strong appearances on the year-end lists so far is pretty surprising. I'll have to revisit it myself - I liked it but haven't felt compelled to put it on again.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
I think it's a pretty good record, but I do think part of the EOY hype is partly more Radiohead wish fulfillment.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
I have to be honest - something’s missing from the record for me. It’s not a bad record at all, just hard to get excited about this music somehow. Returned to it while finalizing lists and it may not appear in albums or tracks.
But: maybe seeing them live would change that? I don’t know.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:55 (one year ago) link
Well Radiohead always consistently killed it during the stretch when I saw them live and when I saw Yorke in the solo (well, trio) setup a few years back pre COVID it was a very compelling show; on that level I'm looking forward to this, and have my tickets for the show on the 18th here.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
A friend of mine saw them in Boston. Said Thom seemed super happy not to have to play any Radiohead stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
I'm seeing the Smile next weekend at one of the Denver shows. Will do my best to report back.
― ilxor, Thursday, 1 December 2022 05:35 (one year ago) link
RAdiohead seemed to be having a great time on their last tour in 2018. I caught the Peru show.Agree with this article about it being ok if there's no more Radiohead,for,er,now. Though since I can't catch a show I'm not listening to the brand new stuff at all. https://www.stereogum.com/2207252/the-smile-concert-review/reviews/concert-review/
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 2 December 2022 13:29 (one year ago) link
blatherskite, did you go? worth the $5?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 2 December 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
Wasn't there a good essay from several months ago positing that Radiohead had *already* broken up and just not announced it yet? Yes:
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/radiohead-never-coming-back-17274731.php
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 December 2022 14:13 (one year ago) link
I thought it was agreed upon on ilm a while back?
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 2 December 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
Maybe you're thinking of the ILM consensus that "Surfin' Bird" is better than the entire Radiohead catalog.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 December 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
who knows who cares god bless em is how it's broken down to an extent
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:07 (one year ago) link
I got the impression Radiohead was never going to "break up" in the conventional sense. Like instead of trying to stay together as a unit continuously, they just lead their own lives/careers and come together whenever they feel like doing an album and accompanying tour?
― birdistheword, Friday, 2 December 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link