[batreleaser]

kid a is the best radiohead record, and one of the best of the 00's.

[krastian]

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

still, i liked thom's solo album a whole lot better than in rainbows

I agree....it had more cool moments than In Rainbows for sure. I have the 2nd disc of In Rainbows on my computer, but still haven't got the itch to listen to it. What do you guys think of it? Is it as shitty as the album?

[Toilet & Bowels]

i thought the soundtrack to there will be blood was a bit over the top and generally not needed.

[nicfit]

that's what's good about it imo. ha.

[Toilet & Bowels]

i'm very fussy about music in films

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I like Hail to the Thief okay, it's got some AMAZING songs (and probably their worst song ever, "drunken punchup at a wedding")...

I love A punchup at a wedding.

[val-holla-ing]

Originally Posted by krastian

I agree....it had more cool moments than In Rainbows for sure. I have the 2nd disc of In Rainbows on my computer, but still haven't got the itch to listen to it. What do you guys think of it? Is it as shitty as the album?

the last two tracks on disc 2 are two of the best tracks they've ever done and that makes up for the rest of the album.

[ArthurDoyleHandCream]

Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

I love A punchup at a wedding.

I agree.

[EyeballGrowth]

The only thing that is wasted in Radiohead right now is Radiohead. The last 4 albums ( with the exception of Hail to the Cheif ) aren't even radiohead. They are mostly just Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood. Kid A, Amnesiac, and In Rainbows shouldn't have been called Radiohead. They should have been called Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood because that is essentially what they are, the two of them in a studio making music.

Now that isn't neccisarily a bad thing, it's still mostly pretty good music. It's just sometimes frustrating to people who got into radiohead through Pablo Honey, the Bends and Ok Computer. I just wish they'd make a new " Radiohead " album, an album that has the guitar players playing guitar, the bass player playing bass, the drummer playing drums and Thom Yorke playing guitar and singing, and radiohead hasn't done that since Ok Computer. Even Thom Yorke admits the band has intentionally strayed away from that and probably won't ever work in that way again :/

[EyeballGrowth]

And since were making absolute statements, the best radiohead is either Ok Computer or Pablo Honey

[marleypumpkin]

Originally Posted by hipster_bebop_junkie

I just remembered that Chuck Klosterman wrote a whole essay about how "Kid A" was the perfect soundtrack for September 11th. For him, the songs relate exactly with how those planes crashed over the World Trade Center.
Not only Radiohead did a kick-ass album, for him they also predicted the future. The essay is kinda creepy.












Anyways, here's a bootleg for Thom Yorke fans:


THOM YORKE
Live In Studio, acoustic
KCRW FM
July 11 2006 (broadcast date)
(Pre-recorded at an off-site studio "when he was in town for the Radiohead shows" - 6/29, 6/30)

http://www.badongo.com/file/8009187

01 intro
02 cymbal rush (with Johnny Greenwood and Nigel Godrich)
03 midtro
04 the clock


FM > rooftop anntenna > onkyo tuner > m-audio 2496 audio card > 16 bit aiff via audio hijack pro 2.6.3 > edited, normalized and tracked with Sound Studio 3.0.1 > SBE's repaired, md5, fingerprint, and FLAC (8) via xACT 1.5 > you



About 8:30.

Many thanks for this HBJ. BTW, it's good to know that some things never change. ;-)

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by hipster_bebop_junkie

Radiohead hardcore fans would probably differ on that. There's a faction of them that consider it crap. I would be in the same side as you, probably. I've got much love for "Kid A" and "Amnesiac". "Hail To The Thief" and "In Rainbows" don't have as much of an impact on me despite the fact that they come from the same musical ideas.

On the other hand, i sometimes miss the Radiohead that gave more importance to the prominence of guitars on their records, and most important, on their live shows.

When Kid A was released I only liked half of it, it has grown on me since but there are still a few tracks that I find disappointing. On the whole I now see it's a great record, I just find it a bit uneven.

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by EyeballGrowth

The only thing that is wasted in Radiohead right now is Radiohead. The last 4 albums ( with the exception of Hail to the Cheif ) aren't even radiohead. They are mostly just Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood. Kid A, Amnesiac, and In Rainbows shouldn't have been called Radiohead. They should have been called Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood because that is essentially what they are, the two of them in a studio making music.

Now that isn't neccisarily a bad thing, it's still mostly pretty good music. It's just sometimes frustrating to people who got into radiohead through Pablo Honey, the Bends and Ok Computer. I just wish they'd make a new " Radiohead " album, an album that has the guitar players playing guitar, the bass player playing bass, the drummer playing drums and Thom Yorke playing guitar and singing, and radiohead hasn't done that since Ok Computer. Even Thom Yorke admits the band has intentionally strayed away from that and probably won't ever work in that way again :/

Good point.

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by EyeballGrowth

And since were making absolute statements, the best radiohead is either Ok Computer or Pablo Honey

OK computer is miles ahead of Pablo Honey in my opinion, but to each his own.

[therealglenstyler]

all of their "brave electronic experimentation" just sounds like bits pinched from the first two boards of canada records to me. fortunately i love those records too so we still get along, definately victims of the hyperbole.

incidentally Thom yorke was behind me in the bar at the neil young show with the super tall guitarist and the bass player. thom and the bass player vanished as thought they had some kind of sixth sense about thirty seconds before a girl got up the courage to ask for a picture, the guitarist totally made her night though and seemed like a nice fella, Thom Yorke, in what i believe is the norm for rock stars, had an oddly large head for his body and also seemed like a really nice fella (albeit one with a sixth sense and vanishing skills).

apologies if this is a cheesy story.

actually it got even better as during the actual show richard ashcroft was sat behind us and was responding to everything neil young said as though the two of them were having a conversation in between shouting out "you don't sit down for rock and roll!" whilst sat down, during the acoustic section of the show. and then when we got into a row with some disgusting pissed up coke monkey that was hassling the lady next to us, richard ashcroft was staring at us from between the fingers of his hand covered face with a look of such horror that we could only assume his trip had just turned very very bad indeed.

and the show was amazing too. great night.