I dont know. The bends the album before is great rock song with 5 videoclip, Kid A the album after ok computer is a very great vibe. No Many guitar on this one more electronic and Rolling Stone Magasine and some other magasine or poll vote kid a the best album of 2000' decade. In rainbows few album later is maybe the favorite album of many fan of radiohead. The first album have Creep the most well know song of radiohead but that not represent what the band make later. The last radiohead album a moon shaped released few years ago is a nice album to listen. i recommend listen every album.
It’s cool seeing a younger generation connect with and appreciate Radiohead. You guys should listen to their entire catalog, but In Rainbows is my personal favorite
Re: Fitter Happier- The whole album can almost be read as one big intrusive thought about the anxieties of modern life. We're not hunter gatherers anymore, so we have things like credit checks, and gyms and concerns about alcohol moderation. He's not saying those things are bad in and of themselves, but he's having a panic attack about the totality of all of those things combined. He's asking: is that all there is? Is there any more to life? To someone going through a dissociative, existential crisis, the idea that deriving meaning from working out or working hard to the benefit of people richer than yourself feels like a trap; another system of control. And again I'm not saying those things are bad in and of themselves. They're all necessary for modern living. The absurdity that they're necessary pursuits to begin with is what he's lamenting here, feeling like a pig in a cage on antibiotics; an unnatural compromise that ends in the same way for him or that pig. Dead in the ground, absent of any meaning.
I like this take on it, but for me I think the last line, "Fitter Healthier more productive like a pig in a cage on antibiotics" is meant to be that life becomes living for longer without doing anything in that longer time, hence the change from happier to healthier. (Sorry for bad English, it's my first language, I'm just stupid)
@@shortysvilla_ Why, what happens then? The universe collapses? Of course I generally don't compare both bands, they are hardly on the same level, this song reminds me of Coldplay, that's it.
@@shortysvilla_ it's pretty apt to compare them since Coldplay is basically a pop band that was very heavily influenced by Radiohead, even if they never made anything quite as good
I've seen Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Kendrick Lemar, Tycho, Tame Impala, Smashing Pumpkins, Run the Jewels, U2, Depeche Mode, etc.....but I've seen Radiohead 6 times and they simply operate on a different level thats transcendent. You'll take a look at the faces around you during a show and see the same stupified blissful grins. Sounds unreal but its magical.
Sorry to hear that bud. Festivals can be a lot of fun but pretty dicey. Live music has just changed so drastically. Best times are usually club shows unless there's someone you HAVE to see like Radiohead. Only band i've travelled to see. They say they're interested in making more music and they all tour so who knows. Cheers from Toronto 🇨🇦 @@theeJAYBUDshow
The Tourist, is my favourite Radiohead song, and I'm glad you had that reaction. Also, very glad you found it uplifting. Radiohead steer me through troubled times to better days. Peace and love to you fellas from Austraila. In Rainbows might be a good follow up for you.
Its interesting that your interpretation of No Surprises is the exact opposite of its meaning. The song's about the suffocating mundanity of a life devoid of passion, not the comfort of a middle-class existence. I wonder if this is because your generation see's that lifestyle as out of reach now, and so something to aspire to, whereas mine saw it as something to rebel against. Thank you for a great reaction.
I feel like making the connection to fitter happier is important in that sense. I see fitter happier as commentary on being a cog in the machine of the corporate world, hence the robotic voice, and the repetitive life devoid of unique experiences in late stage capitalism. And the overarching theme of people not fitting into this mold being cast aside as outcasts. Almost reaching a feeling of derealization, which all the lyrics about being alien or flying supports
This was actually a decade before social media was prevalent, but the computer age was coming into effect. So the band looked around and saw what was coming as ppl started to lose their humanity.
10/10 album, and IMHO they have 4 perfect albums, OK Computer, Kid A, In Rainbows and A Moon Shaped Pool, all 10/10.... and apart from Pablo Honey their other 4 albums don't dip below an 8/10. Incredible band, one of the best ever.
I have done so musical research and downloading over the past 2 years that it is literally insane. I have seen this album mentioned endlessly as one of the best albums ever made. Yet here i am, disliking this ENTIRE album. It is not my cup of tea. (Yes i have already listened to it before long before being on this video) This coming from someone with a music collection (all hand picked songs, barely any full albums) of 5829 songs consisting of just over 1100 artists. My range is vast. Yet i just do not think this band is any good.
As an old lady (in comparison) and a Radiohead fanatic, your reaction was like a trip back to my teenage years when I first listened to this album and the times it absolutely blew my mind to the point of knowing every beat of it by heart. Amazing stuff! For me, In Rainbows would be the most intriguing reaction to watch next, rather than making sense of the band and their development chronologically as some have suggested. Their whole catalogue is beautiful in its own right but still - would definitely want to witness your thoughts on In Rainbows next.
Your reaction to it reminds me of the first time I heard it when it came out - its very very thought provoking, sad and beautiful at the same time but somehow hopeful too.
I don't know how much you know about the mid to late 90s, but there was no social media. Not like we understand it now. There were no smart phones. There was no Google. People barely had the internet. Napster had not even happened yet. The writing was on the wall, but it gives you kind of a sense of how solidly Radiohead had their finger on the pulse of how society was moving.
These guys and David Bowie. But Radiohead are the John the Baptists of social media. Geniuses. PS - I remember using Limewire to rip down one song in 3 hours on a 14.4 modem.
Subterranean Homesick Alien starts off as Thom being apart of the crowd and calling the outcasts around him "weirdos" or in this case "aliens." Then, as the song goes on; Thom becomes an outcast himself, he tries to go hang with his old friends, but is greeted with resentment and is alienated from them. This song is so incredibly beautiful the more you listen and understand it.
@@whatdothlife4660 bro I’m so high rn and your name popped up on my notifications and it just brought back my memories of the show Xavier Renegade Angel😭
Guys, I am 58 years old next Tuesday 20th August. I was around the first time OK Computer was published. I liked The Bends but it was almost by accident how I "got" OK Computer. I was at Glastonbury in 97 when Radiohead were headlining on the Pyramid Stage. The Crowd was blown away. Nobody, like you guys knew what the fuck we were seeing. The impact was so unique to any first listener, none of us in the audience had words to explain or comprehend the experience. It didn't matter, we went off in the night speechless. It was a wet weather torrential downpour but we were bullet proof after the performance, what happened that evening was enough to carry us back to our tents, stunned as though in some messianic trance like state. Nothing had ever existed in music history like it, nobody saw it coming, we were at a festival and we had known, The Bends for about 3 years by then so if we were anticipating anything, well in my case I was probably expecting a Bends heavy set list with a few new tracks from the new album. (The typical formula of so many Festival performances by most Bands with a new album to tour). Your readers may understand, but usually the new album tracks played at gigs don't hold the crowd's attention or get a huge amount of cheering at the end. The audiences always seem more comfortable with the stuff they know. This was, as you guys said, like being introduced to Heaven, I'd imagine with St Peter telling you at the pearly gates, "You've made it here, welcome, when you get in here, you are going to love it like nothing else you have ever experienced. You are blessed, now just enjoy"! After Glastonbury, still speechless, I came back to my earthly life, sad it had ended but I listened to OK Computer a thousand times like a Muslim kid at a madrasa learns the Q'rań off by heart, then sharing my OK Computer fetish by introducing everyone I knew to the album as religious, God bothering zealous unsolicited Jesus Freaks trying to spread their words of love, salvation and Christianity to save souls with a sincere conviction, whether their target wants to hear it or not. Radiohead have done a lot of good work since OKC and not been afraid to diversify their sound, yet still command the love and trust of their fans who tend not to prejudge or expect whatever is coming next. Thanks guys for a really enjoyable piece of entertainment, for me watching your reactions to a first time listen took me back to 1997 and purely because of the impact of it's first release and subsequent evolution it still happens to be my personal favourite Album they have made of all.
I think the basic message of the song No Surprises is that the supposed perfect middle class life, where you live in the suburbs with a good job and a family, is something no-one would actually ever want, because it would be a damning, boring life of no surprises. The lyrics are someone with such a life realising he has been unhappy this entire time and that this is the reason why. -"A heart that's full up like a landfill", I believe means unexpressed feelings (held in by this socially conformative life) -"A job that slowly kills you" A job where everything is so scheduled and unsurprising that it takes the remaining shreds of excitement away in his new life, slowly taking away what makes it a "life" -"Bruises that won't heal" Perhaps the narrator was hurt in ways before their adult life, but isn't willing to show that (they seem to be saying that these "visible" bruises aren't going away, a problem) because that would distance themself from their friends and "ruin" their life. -"You look so tired, unhappy" This person, realising the hell of this life of no surprises, is now looking at their personality, thinking they have become something so different from what they were originally "Bring down the government, they don't speak for us" This was one of the many slogans that youth in the 1990's would be hearing, and Yorke probably included this as something of a reflection on the life of an adult, living in this time, who has a life of boredom. -"I'll take a quiet life, a handshake, some carbon monoxide" The person, I think, attempts to go back to his original way of believing that this life is perfect with the first phrase. With the second, "a handshake", he refers, I believe to deception. There a lot of images of handshakes in the OK COMPUTER album, which Yorke chose as symbols due to the way they are intended to show trust and truthfulness, but a person can easily "go behind" a handshake. The line, in this song, refers to the way he deceives people into thinking he sees the type of life they all share as perfect, like them, despite him having seen the hell it really is. He gives up hope in the last line, "some carbon monoxide", and contemplates suicide. "No alarms and no surprises x3, Silent" In the chorus, he is either committing or imagining a death through carbon monoxide poisoning, which would supposedly be slow and peaceful. Considering that, he sees the irony in that he is trying to escape the life of no surprises, but this method of suicide is a perfect symbol of the way that the life itself is slowly killing him. -"This is my final fit, my final bellyache" This may refer to the earlier line "bruises that won't heal", he has experienced "fits" and "bellyaches", possibly metaphors for the feelings of sadness, and these will both be felt physically in his death. -"No alarms and no surprises x3, Please" The narrator he also realises that his death will bring no alarms and no surprises ever, so perhaps being dead would be no different to the way he lives (this also goes well with the line "a job that slowly kills you") -The instrumental solo is a build-up to the climax, and I belief is symbolic of him dying. -"Such a pretty house, and such a pretty garden" He sees his life flash before his eyes, and thinks about the life of no surprises, about how it may have seemed attractive and "pretty" at first, but it's really all meaningless. -"No alarms and no surprises x3, please" Having seen his entire life, the narrator now begins to die, and the song ends with an empty, mystical feeling, showing his death.
Great reactions. Love that your take on No Surprises is a dream life instead of how Thom is speaking about being unhappy with life and society and deciding to end it to reach a better place.
(PS, just messing with you guys) Definitely recommend listening to The Bends, Kid A, and In Rainbows. There is an absolute roller coaster to ride on and you’ve only gone down the first drop. The Bends is probably the most similar to OK Computer since it was around the same time but Kid A and In Rainbows are masterpieces as well. Also, you’ve definitely heard it but worth bringing up that Creep is by Radiohead as well (off Pablo Honey)
I think that me and him were so lost in the track and didn’t really pay attention to the lyrics except for the ones we could understand while listening. I feel it would take a couple listens to truly understand and get takes on all of these songs. One of the best albums I’ve ever heard. And I agree, planning on doing The Bends next and then continuing on to Kid A then In Rainbows
@@theeJAYBUDshow the music video for No Surprises is super unique. Water rises and Thom holds his breath for about a minute without special effects while staring out into the camera as the song plays. Might be worth a visit if you’re interested!
Im an 41yr old dude who loved this album when it was released and i still do. Kinda cool to see that it's still captivating to you young folks, lul. (Gotta go now an find my teeth). Nice reaction. Guess it kinda makes sense to react to Radiohead Albums in chronological order. Kid A / Amnesiac / Hail to the Thief....
Great reaction! Funny that Lucky made you feel high, because it’s actually one of my favorite songs to do an acid trip to (together with Subterranean Homesick Alien and Everything In Its Right Place from Kid A). The sounds, the reverb, the trippy tremolo effects are just perfect for that. „I feel at peace with Death.“ Totally get what you mean. This is what a transcendent experience like this album does to you.
Climbing up the walls is actually about when the singer worked in a mental hospital and one of the patients would always talk about something climbing up the walls. Paraphrasing but you get the idea haha. Next album I'd recommend is definitely kid A :)
WIth no suprises, you have the meaning sort of backwards. Thom is saying is that the life i want to aim for, a boring life living in a nice house, with a normal office job, a family with kids. He thinks that that life would be hell, living the same day over and over again, with no suprises.
Listening to you unpack the ideas about losing our humanity. Dude, this came out way before social media was a thing. The first social media sites launched around 1999 and less than 1% of society had access to the internet. It was in its infancy. Thom Yorke predicted our current anxieties decades before they were fully realized.
The first time I ever heard this album, I was at a kickboxing session in a gym and the instructor put it on for the class to work out to. As a 16 year old it made me go out and get the album... This was back when it was released!
Agreed with some others. I think Climbing Up the Walls is about someone with a mental disorder. I am the key to the lock in your house That keeps your toys in the basement And if you get too far inside You'll only see my reflection The "house" could represent the mind, and the "key" could mean that the person feels that the disorder controls their life. Also worth to note is that it's spoken in first-person, so the person believes the disorder is alive. "Keeps the toys in the basement" could be an allusion to childhood, and how the disorder has effected the person throughout their life. The person is afraid to dwell too much on their mind, however, as they're not sure where the person ends and the illness begins: "and if you get too far inside/You'll only see my reflection". The person is possibly delusional. It's always best with the covers up The person is hiding under their bed sheets, or possibly closing the blinds; maybe both. Paranoia is another symptom. Alternatively, the cover could by their mental shields against the world to avoid getting hurt. I am the pick in the ice The person tried to live normally, but the stress of life gets to them, and the disorder only serves to make the crack longer. Do not cry out or hit the alarm The person feels that nothing can be done to stop the illness. Perhaps they have tried before with negative results. You know we're friends until we die The person has accepted that the disorder is a part of them forever. And either way you turn, I'll be there Either way could mean a variety of things, but since the song has a feeling of desperation to escape, I think the two choices are: a) Get help, but I'll still be there. b) Don't get help, but I'll still be there. Open up your skull, I'll be there The person has tried therapy or learned about and recognized the disorder within themselves. A step away from delusion. Climbing up the walls The person feels backed into a corner with no escape. It's always best when the light is off A step back. The person decides to just let the problem be (or "turn a blind eye" to the situation). It's always better on the outside The external world will take the person away from the pain for a moment (i.e. TV, junk food, games, sex) Fifteen blows to the back of your head A fear of unsafe psychiatric procedures is enhanced by the person's paranoia. Fifteen blows to your mind The person is finding it increasingly difficult to go on as they are. So lock the kids up safe tonight Paranoia again, or possibly OCD symptom of fear of harming others. Constant rechecking on kids. Shut the eyes in the cupboard Another line about ignoring the problem . I've got the smile of a local man The disorder has been with the person so long that they feel it is close to them. Who's got the loneliest feeling The closeness, however, is not good. The disorder prevents the person from fulfilling life to the full standard, leaving the person with a feeling of lonely emptiness. Just my interpretation, of course.
In Rainbows is my personal favourite but all albums have many fantastic songs, so chronologically go through their catalog would be great, because their evolution as a band is so amazing, but if you plan to do only one more album I'd do In Rainbows, if you want the most challenging one, I'd do Kid A / Amnesiac. You guys should definitely watch the From the basement session from In Rainbows, a session indeed in the studio in their basement where they perform the songs live, but without an audience and they are amazing. Bottomline, they are all great lol
Man, i wish you guys experienced the 90's like i did. We were so free of everything and enjoying the present time so much more. Everyone should have a taste of that, this is definitely a healthier way to life 😩
Interesting take on No Surprises because it’s based on the picture that is painted by the music alone. The lyrics go towards something very different, and this juxtaposition is what makes a lot of Radiohead songs brilliant. Some of them will tell one story in their words and another story in their music.
Y’all would really fuck with The Bends. It’s not as good as OK Computer imo but it’s a damn good rock album. Probably the easiest one on the ears for new listeners too.
Somehow there are a ton of these videos right now of younger people listening to ok computer for the first time. It's a trip. When I was around your age, listening to this when it first came out, most people either didn't know who radiohead was or thought they were whiny garbage lol very entertaining that so many people today are just now catching up to the genius of this album
I play “Exit Music(for a film); almost every week at least, on guitar and sing it loud in my place 😊it’s so rewarding to know how to play it, I can’t describe it ❤
Have to say that watching this absolutely made my night. 👊🏼 A loooongtime Radiohead fan, the first time I listened to this was laying in my bedroom with headphones & my reaction was just like yours. Mind. Fucking. Blown. In this crazy, fucked up world we live in it was just so beautiful to experience that first listen again through your ears - thank you, truly. The wonderment you felt is a constant thing with Radiohead - think you may dig some of the underlying political leanings in Hail To The Thief as well. I’m as at a loss of words in my joy of seeing you experience this as you were in experiencing it. Their musical genius & lyrical trips they take you on are indescribable. Cathartic? For sure. I’ve seen them a bunch of times , met them briefly once after a show and 1000% recommend you see them live whenever you can. That immersive exploration experience will give you goosebumps on your goosebumps.
Glad you enjoyed it! The whole album is about people becoming disconnected and numb and complacent in the modern world. For example, No Surprises is ironic, it's saying we trade our freedoms and our humanity killing ourselves doing jobs we hate, "but hey, look at my pretty house and pretty garden, right?". So long as nothing upsets our consumerism and "success", we'll accept anything. It sounds like a kid's lullaby because it's representing us being lulled to sleep by powers that like us exactly that way. Anyway, cheers! Nice to see the next generation diving into these classics.
Im glad you guys appreciated Lucky on your 1st listen. I always thought it never got the love it deserved. Also Airbag will grow on you. To me Airbag and Planet Telex from the Bends are my 2 favourite opening tracks I have ever heard.
I will sub for anyone who decides to check out Radiohead, who I think is the last great rock band from the era of bands which sadly is gone and we have mostly singles and single artists no longer do we have 5 guys working their asses off to create great art.
Album is a masterpiece. It's really worth checking out the Easy Star Allstars reggae version of this album too, for a completely different take. I love their versions of Let Down and Electioneering in particular. Radiohead themselves are also fans of that album too I believe.
You are correct about Exit Music (For a film) - it was written for Romeo + Juliet. It was delivered late and nearly not used but they got it in - 7 weeks from the movie premiere. Which, in film terms, is very last minute. It's a reflection of the ending of the film where they both plan to run away but end up in a suicide pact - hence "we hope that you choke", as in: "look what you made us do with all your hate"
We were all there though. As much as some of his takes were very edgy teenager, that's kind of what he is. Probably early 20s, mid 20s, he's just a kid still to be honest. He actually balanced some of the more cringy things he said with some really deep appreciative moments. The kids will be aight.
New watcher here. Right at the start of lucky I feel like the guy on the left "got it". You just get swallowed by this album, and it just spreads it's tentacles inside you. Head goes down, eyes close, and you just get immersed in it. This is an album that gets better with every listen. I still remember driving home from school at 2AM in university 25 years ago, driving alone and night, with this album on. It's an out of world experience. Next thing you know, 2 hours have gone by. I love watching the next generation "get it".
Boys react to Radiohead live in the basment and you'll see a magic show (fyi you'll wanna listen to the next few albums up to In Rainbows In to get the full force)
Just check out all their other albums in order, that way you get to experience the changes in their sound. Kid A will blow you away, it’s difficult to believe that it’s the same band!
The song "The Tourist" was thought of when Thom was traveling places and he stopped to look around at all the tourists in a rush to get to all the attractions in the area. But that's when Thom realized that people need to just slow down and take in the moment. they traveled hours, some even days to get to where they are and don't even stop to take in the beauty that is around them.
I was a junior in high school in 1997. I didnt have a lot of pocket money but I picked this album randomly off the shelf of the music store- I say randomly but I had been wanting to buy it for months because of the cover art but Id never heard Radiohead before. I decided to go for it and havent looked back- still one of my favorite top 3 bands. Im eagerly awaiting their next release… I still remember walking at night (holding my cd player as still as I could so it wouldnt skip) vibing to this. ❤
I've been subscribed to you for a bit and have been loving the new energy you've been bringing to the music I've loved. Had to come back to this one to make this comment, as it was the first I watched and also is one of my favourite albums of all time. I was 17 when it was released and it shaped me. Keep going! You are destined for great things!
What's funny is in many ways 'Kid A' the next album after this is a musical 180 based on the music tracks and minimal lyrics compared to OKC, but it brings across much the same vibe and emotional reaction when I listen. I'd say OKC is a more direct and tangible album while 'Kid A' is ethereal and on the melancholy side. Looking forward to how you react to the follow up.
with Fitter Happier, the message that i got is - character in the song doesn't actually does anything he says, he just thinks that he will "fix" himself with all this "normal" things and activities. While not actually doing anything. Like that random motivation at 3 am, but way more deranged
Regarding "Fitter Happier": I think the song is definitely a satire on the self-help industry and individualization of issues that is happening in late-capitalism. If there is one main theme on Ok Computer - and perhaps even Radiohead's entire discography - its alienation and the way society leaves you numb. Fitter Happier is a critique of the disciplinary interpellation that we as individuals are targeted with, i.e. the things we should do in order to be happy but that is totally blind to the fact that it is just more obligations.
paranoid android the hint here is marvin the robot from hitch hikers guide to the galaxy who was a paranoid android if you seen the film or series or the books then you will understand
You Guys need to react to My Bloody Valentine - Loveless you will feel like you are high in a different world. The album changed my life and I bet it will change yours!
Damn I’m glad you guys did this one. It’s great to hear your analysis and how it relates to your lives. I remember the time before the actual internet, without cell phones, it’s like before social media x 100. We were all basically wild animals. All-analog, all-the-time. Playing outside, playing basketball, baseball, just getting into trouble. I was a baseball player too I can tell my man on the left is a hard thrower. Now? I’m a software engineer, probably look at a screen for 12-15hrs a day. Sometimes I feel like music is all they left us.
Yes guys, Im 58yo and only realised 10 yrs ago (Back then I never understood their music) just how great their songs are and mean so much in different ways to folk, and its so great to see that you younger men are understanding Radiohead before me.
Hey guys, really great video. I love your authentic chats and just natural feel of the setup. Just subscribed, hoping to help you guys grow your wings :) much love from South Africa 🇿🇦
Loved watching the kid in red go from not understanding the sound and trying to over analyze everything… to finally getting it and melting away with Lucky and The Tourist. Laying back, eyes closed. Just let Radiohead take you away on the journey. Let’s go for Kid A or Hail to the Thief next.
I’m a little late, but first of all I just wanted to let you guys know how much I enjoy your channel. You guys are doing some awesome stuff, so keep it up. I also wanted to explain my interpretation of “fitter happier”. All of the things he describes are things that “perfect” people do. While fine in moderation, when we obsess over becoming so optimized that we are “perfect”, all of the humanity is removed from these activities and ourselves. Perfection is not inherently human. We make mistakes. By trying to become perfect beings then, we become like androids who are programmed to never “mess up” or “malfunction” and less and less like real people
Everyone is entitled to like the music they like. I don't judge anyone for their tastes, I love all types of music and everyone should be allowed to.... But I'm convinced no band has ever created an experience quite like radiohead. They have a cult following for a reason. Enjoy the journey with them. I'd say this is the "best" but in rainbows is my favorite.
I love that you referenced Regular Show. My son is 21 years old & I loved watching that show with him. I've bee a fan of Radiohead since I was in my 20's in the '90's. It's awesome to see y'all's reaction. Keep listening/watching & posting!!
Great reaction, guys! If you enjoy this album / band, you may wanna give Porcupine Tree a try. I'd recommend the albums "In Absentia" or "Fear of a Blank Planet". They are great at combining atmospheric soundscapes and creative rock / metal. Thank me later! :D
climbing up the walls, subterranean homesick alien, the tourist, and lucky, are sooooooo amazing bro. by the way, my dad filmed a time he saw radiohead in concert and at the end of paranoid android, the whole crowd was waving lighters and singing the ‘rain down’ part so thom could sing the verse, it was sooo cool😭
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Which Radiohead album should we do next?
I'd go through them chronologically, starting with The Bends, they were tuning up with their first Pablo honey.
All of them
I dont know. The bends the album before is great rock song with 5 videoclip, Kid A the album after ok computer is a very great vibe. No Many guitar on this one more electronic and Rolling Stone Magasine and some other magasine or poll vote kid a the best album of 2000' decade. In rainbows few album later is maybe the favorite album of many fan of radiohead. The first album have Creep the most well know song of radiohead but that not represent what the band make later. The last radiohead album a moon shaped released few years ago is a nice album to listen. i recommend listen every album.
I’m thinking of doing The Bends, Kid A, then In Rainbows
@@theeJAYBUDshowyou should do kid a then after do amnesiac because they are so similar
It’s cool seeing a younger generation connect with and appreciate Radiohead. You guys should listen to their entire catalog, but In Rainbows is my personal favorite
Agreed. In rainbows slaps
In Rainbows is my favourite too
The classics are timeless
Who would of guessed bot
@@isleofskye8073 it's an amazing album tho
"let down" still destroys me every time .... Nearly 30 years after listening for the first time
Damn unc
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your friend just looks like he's having an existential crisis during paranoid android
As I’ve aged, this album has somehow become more and more relevant. Is it safe to say Radiohead was ahead of their time?
It’s all been true since the 50’s, you just appreciate it now because you’re older
Definitely. True art shapes reality as much as reality shapes true art.
Absolutely ahead of their time
Re: Fitter Happier- The whole album can almost be read as one big intrusive thought about the anxieties of modern life. We're not hunter gatherers anymore, so we have things like credit checks, and gyms and concerns about alcohol moderation. He's not saying those things are bad in and of themselves, but he's having a panic attack about the totality of all of those things combined. He's asking: is that all there is? Is there any more to life? To someone going through a dissociative, existential crisis, the idea that deriving meaning from working out or working hard to the benefit of people richer than yourself feels like a trap; another system of control.
And again I'm not saying those things are bad in and of themselves. They're all necessary for modern living. The absurdity that they're necessary pursuits to begin with is what he's lamenting here, feeling like a pig in a cage on antibiotics; an unnatural compromise that ends in the same way for him or that pig. Dead in the ground, absent of any meaning.
you worded that beautifully
wow this was incredibly well said
thank you for the words ❤
I like this take on it, but for me I think the last line, "Fitter Healthier more productive like a pig in a cage on antibiotics" is meant to be that life becomes living for longer without doing anything in that longer time, hence the change from happier to healthier.
(Sorry for bad English, it's my first language, I'm just stupid)
@@VolkMate You're not stupid, you're making sense. Be nice to yourself.
i’m so glad you guys love no surprises and let down 😭 they’re some of my favorite songs ever
To me Let down is a Coldplay song if that band had had any talent.
let down underrated
Don't ever compare Radiohead to Coldplay!
@@shortysvilla_ Why, what happens then? The universe collapses? Of course I generally don't compare both bands, they are hardly on the same level, this song reminds me of Coldplay, that's it.
@@shortysvilla_ it's pretty apt to compare them since Coldplay is basically a pop band that was very heavily influenced by Radiohead, even if they never made anything quite as good
I've seen Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Kendrick Lemar, Tycho, Tame Impala, Smashing Pumpkins, Run the Jewels, U2, Depeche Mode, etc.....but I've seen Radiohead 6 times and they simply operate on a different level thats transcendent. You'll take a look at the faces around you during a show and see the same stupified blissful grins. Sounds unreal but its magical.
One of the few concerts I’ve been to was to the Astroworld Festival, we all know how that went. Wish I can experience them live one day
Sorry to hear that bud. Festivals can be a lot of fun but pretty dicey. Live music has just changed so drastically. Best times are usually club shows unless there's someone you HAVE to see like Radiohead. Only band i've travelled to see. They say they're interested in making more music and they all tour so who knows. Cheers from Toronto 🇨🇦 @@theeJAYBUDshow
I also just started re-listeng. It takes maybe a few listens. It’s not like the other stuff. It probably sounds fucked and then it clicks. Good luck
Saw them twice - 2001 and 2003 - and they were both awesome concerts.
💯 🎯
The Tourist, is my favourite Radiohead song, and I'm glad you had that reaction. Also, very glad you found it uplifting. Radiohead steer me through troubled times to better days. Peace and love to you fellas from Austraila. In Rainbows might be a good follow up for you.
Yes!!!! It's such a great track
Thing that I find incredible about that track is that the lead vocal was the first take 'guide' vocal that they just kept, coz it was so good.
It is my favorite too
We just watched dudes life change forever
Its interesting that your interpretation of No Surprises is the exact opposite of its meaning. The song's about the suffocating mundanity of a life devoid of passion, not the comfort of a middle-class existence. I wonder if this is because your generation see's that lifestyle as out of reach now, and so something to aspire to, whereas mine saw it as something to rebel against. Thank you for a great reaction.
I feel like making the connection to fitter happier is important in that sense. I see fitter happier as commentary on being a cog in the machine of the corporate world, hence the robotic voice, and the repetitive life devoid of unique experiences in late stage capitalism. And the overarching theme of people not fitting into this mold being cast aside as outcasts. Almost reaching a feeling of derealization, which all the lyrics about being alien or flying supports
@@WallahMinGren Nailed it.
Interesting, I always took it as suicide. He's locked himself in his car and is getting ready for his last sleep, with no alarms and no suprises.
@@tellyheadlol4258 "A handshake of carbon monoxide", he's killing himself through carbon monoxide poisoning.
The 1990s were also a lot more ironic than our current era. These guys grew up in a much more earnest culture.
The gravitas of OK Computer hits red hoodie pretty hard around "Let Down"
This was actually a decade before social media was prevalent, but the computer age was coming into effect. So the band looked around and saw what was coming as ppl started to lose their humanity.
No more Radiohead until he’s read Romeo & Juliet 😂
how does he not know the story of romeo and juliet? omg
10/10 album, and IMHO they have 4 perfect albums, OK Computer, Kid A, In Rainbows and A Moon Shaped Pool, all 10/10.... and apart from Pablo Honey their other 4 albums don't dip below an 8/10.
Incredible band, one of the best ever.
the bends is a 10 for me
@@Gumballcom37 yeah just compared to all their other albums which for the most part are masterpieces pablo honey seems worse in comparison
Thank you for giving moon shaped pool the love it deserves
@@alisonmcalistair I think The Smiles new album is a 10/10 as well, its a beautiful record.
I have done so musical research and downloading over the past 2 years that it is literally insane. I have seen this album mentioned endlessly as one of the best albums ever made. Yet here i am, disliking this ENTIRE album. It is not my cup of tea. (Yes i have already listened to it before long before being on this video) This coming from someone with a music collection (all hand picked songs, barely any full albums) of 5829 songs consisting of just over 1100 artists. My range is vast. Yet i just do not think this band is any good.
Ain’t no way Radiohead is in regular show 😭😭 that would be sick as hell tho
This album predicted the future, so ahead of its time.
The word you’re looking for is “ transcendent.”
"LUCKY" is just so immersive as fuck
Radiohead dunk on that track way too much.
As an old lady (in comparison) and a Radiohead fanatic, your reaction was like a trip back to my teenage years when I first listened to this album and the times it absolutely blew my mind to the point of knowing every beat of it by heart. Amazing stuff!
For me, In Rainbows would be the most intriguing reaction to watch next, rather than making sense of the band and their development chronologically as some have suggested. Their whole catalogue is beautiful in its own right but still - would definitely want to witness your thoughts on In Rainbows next.
Your reaction to it reminds me of the first time I heard it when it came out - its very very thought provoking, sad and beautiful at the same time but somehow hopeful too.
Keeps getting better and better!
Like fine wine💯
I don't know how much you know about the mid to late 90s, but there was no social media. Not like we understand it now. There were no smart phones. There was no Google. People barely had the internet. Napster had not even happened yet.
The writing was on the wall, but it gives you kind of a sense of how solidly Radiohead had their finger on the pulse of how society was moving.
These guys and David Bowie.
But Radiohead are the John the Baptists of social media.
Geniuses.
PS - I remember using Limewire to rip down one song in 3 hours on a 14.4 modem.
@@atlanticist4763John the Baptist of social media….perfection.
@@atlanticist4763And Frank Zappa
Subterranean Homesick Alien starts off as Thom being apart of the crowd and calling the outcasts around him "weirdos" or in this case "aliens." Then, as the song goes on; Thom becomes an outcast himself, he tries to go hang with his old friends, but is greeted with resentment and is alienated from them. This song is so incredibly beautiful the more you listen and understand it.
It's my favorite song in their catalog.
@@whatdothlife4660 bro I’m so high rn and your name popped up on my notifications and it just brought back my memories of the show Xavier Renegade Angel😭
Thom changed “aliens” to “angels” when they did this song live in their later years.
Guys, I am 58 years old next Tuesday 20th August.
I was around the first time OK Computer was published.
I liked The Bends but it was almost by accident how I "got" OK Computer.
I was at Glastonbury in 97 when Radiohead were headlining on the Pyramid Stage.
The Crowd was blown away. Nobody, like you guys knew what the fuck we were seeing.
The impact was so unique to any first listener, none of us in the audience had words to explain or comprehend the experience. It didn't matter, we went off in the night speechless. It was a wet weather torrential downpour but we were bullet proof after the performance, what happened that evening was enough to carry us back to our tents, stunned as though in some messianic trance like state.
Nothing had ever existed in music history like it, nobody saw it coming, we were at a festival and we had known, The Bends for about 3 years by then so if we were anticipating anything, well in my case I was probably expecting a Bends heavy set list with a few new tracks from the new album.
(The typical formula of so many Festival performances by most Bands with a new album to tour).
Your readers may understand, but usually the new album tracks played at gigs don't hold the crowd's attention or get a huge amount of cheering at the end.
The audiences always seem more comfortable with the stuff they know.
This was, as you guys said, like being introduced to Heaven, I'd imagine with St Peter telling you at the pearly gates, "You've made it here, welcome, when you get in here, you are going to love it like nothing else you have ever experienced. You are blessed, now just enjoy"!
After Glastonbury, still speechless, I came back to my earthly life, sad it had ended but I listened to OK Computer a thousand times like a Muslim kid at a madrasa learns the Q'rań off by heart, then sharing my OK Computer fetish by introducing everyone I knew to the album as religious, God bothering zealous unsolicited Jesus Freaks trying to spread their words of love, salvation and Christianity to save souls with a sincere conviction, whether their target wants to hear it or not.
Radiohead have done a lot of good work since OKC and not been afraid to diversify their sound, yet still command the love and trust of their fans who tend not to prejudge or expect whatever is coming next.
Thanks guys for a really enjoyable piece of entertainment, for me watching your reactions to a first time listen took me back to 1997 and purely because of the impact of it's first release and subsequent evolution it still happens to be my personal favourite Album they have made of all.
I know I’ve talked already but I’m so jealous that you get to discover them. It just gets better…like way crazy better…
I think the basic message of the song No Surprises is that the supposed perfect middle class life, where you live in the suburbs with a good job and a family, is something no-one would actually ever want, because it would be a damning, boring life of no surprises. The lyrics are someone with such a life realising he has been unhappy this entire time and that this is the reason why. -"A heart that's full up like a landfill", I believe means unexpressed feelings (held in by this socially conformative life) -"A job that slowly kills you" A job where everything is so scheduled and unsurprising that it takes the remaining shreds of excitement away in his new life, slowly taking away what makes it a "life" -"Bruises that won't heal" Perhaps the narrator was hurt in ways before their adult life, but isn't willing to show that (they seem to be saying that these "visible" bruises aren't going away, a problem) because that would distance themself from their friends and "ruin" their life. -"You look so tired, unhappy" This person, realising the hell of this life of no surprises, is now looking at their personality, thinking they have become something so different from what they were originally "Bring down the government, they don't speak for us" This was one of the many slogans that youth in the 1990's would be hearing, and Yorke probably included this as something of a reflection on the life of an adult, living in this time, who has a life of boredom. -"I'll take a quiet life, a handshake, some carbon monoxide" The person, I think, attempts to go back to his original way of believing that this life is perfect with the first phrase. With the second, "a handshake", he refers, I believe to deception. There a lot of images of handshakes in the OK COMPUTER album, which Yorke chose as symbols due to the way they are intended to show trust and truthfulness, but a person can easily "go behind" a handshake. The line, in this song, refers to the way he deceives people into thinking he sees the type of life they all share as perfect, like them, despite him having seen the hell it really is. He gives up hope in the last line, "some carbon monoxide", and contemplates suicide. "No alarms and no surprises x3, Silent" In the chorus, he is either committing or imagining a death through carbon monoxide poisoning, which would supposedly be slow and peaceful. Considering that, he sees the irony in that he is trying to escape the life of no surprises, but this method of suicide is a perfect symbol of the way that the life itself is slowly killing him. -"This is my final fit, my final bellyache" This may refer to the earlier line "bruises that won't heal", he has experienced "fits" and "bellyaches", possibly metaphors for the feelings of sadness, and these will both be felt physically in his death. -"No alarms and no surprises x3, Please" The narrator he also realises that his death will bring no alarms and no surprises ever, so perhaps being dead would be no different to the way he lives (this also goes well with the line "a job that slowly kills you") -The instrumental solo is a build-up to the climax, and I belief is symbolic of him dying. -"Such a pretty house, and such a pretty garden" He sees his life flash before his eyes, and thinks about the life of no surprises, about how it may have seemed attractive and "pretty" at first, but it's really all meaningless. -"No alarms and no surprises x3, please" Having seen his entire life, the narrator now begins to die, and the song ends with an empty, mystical feeling, showing his death.
Great reactions. Love that your take on No Surprises is a dream life instead of how Thom is speaking about being unhappy with life and society and deciding to end it to reach a better place.
(PS, just messing with you guys)
Definitely recommend listening to The Bends, Kid A, and In Rainbows. There is an absolute roller coaster to ride on and you’ve only gone down the first drop.
The Bends is probably the most similar to OK Computer since it was around the same time but Kid A and In Rainbows are masterpieces as well.
Also, you’ve definitely heard it but worth bringing up that Creep is by Radiohead as well (off Pablo Honey)
I think that me and him were so lost in the track and didn’t really pay attention to the lyrics except for the ones we could understand while listening. I feel it would take a couple listens to truly understand and get takes on all of these songs. One of the best albums I’ve ever heard. And I agree, planning on doing The Bends next and then continuing on to Kid A then In Rainbows
@@theeJAYBUDshow the music video for No Surprises is super unique. Water rises and Thom holds his breath for about a minute without special effects while staring out into the camera as the song plays. Might be worth a visit if you’re interested!
Hi! I'm new to your channel and a huge Radiohead fan! Excited for future reactions!!
Do you think ‘The Bends’ would be good for our next Radiohead album?
@@theeJAYBUDshow that or In Rainbows would be good imo
@@theeJAYBUDshow make Kid A, definitely bro
@@theeJAYBUDshow the main ones you should definitely listen to are 'In Rainbows, The Bends, and Hail To The Thief.'
Im an 41yr old dude who loved this album when it was released and i still do. Kinda cool to see that it's still captivating to you young folks, lul. (Gotta go now an find my teeth). Nice reaction. Guess it kinda makes sense to react to Radiohead Albums in chronological order. Kid A / Amnesiac / Hail to the Thief....
Great reaction! Funny that Lucky made you feel high, because it’s actually one of my favorite songs to do an acid trip to (together with Subterranean Homesick Alien and Everything In Its Right Place from Kid A).
The sounds, the reverb, the trippy tremolo effects are just perfect for that.
„I feel at peace with Death.“
Totally get what you mean. This is what a transcendent experience like this album does to you.
Climbing up the walls is actually about when the singer worked in a mental hospital and one of the patients would always talk about something climbing up the walls. Paraphrasing but you get the idea haha. Next album I'd recommend is definitely kid A :)
WIth no suprises, you have the meaning sort of backwards. Thom is saying is that the life i want to aim for, a boring life living in a nice house, with a normal office job, a family with kids. He thinks that that life would be hell, living the same day over and over again, with no suprises.
Listening to you unpack the ideas about losing our humanity. Dude, this came out way before social media was a thing. The first social media sites launched around 1999 and less than 1% of society had access to the internet. It was in its infancy. Thom Yorke predicted our current anxieties decades before they were fully realized.
Something I never thought I’d hear about Paranoid Android as a Millennial: “That would be a great gym song!”
Guess you haven't heard of the woman that came up to Thom once and said that she "bangs to Paranoid Android" then? hahaha
The first time I ever heard this album, I was at a kickboxing session in a gym and the instructor put it on for the class to work out to. As a 16 year old it made me go out and get the album... This was back when it was released!
this channel is so underrated. I’m so glad I found it. Keep making great content
Agreed with some others. I think Climbing Up the Walls is about someone with a mental disorder.
I am the key to the lock in your house That keeps your toys in the basement And if you get too far inside You'll only see my reflection
The "house" could represent the mind, and the "key" could mean that the person feels that the disorder controls their life. Also worth to note is that it's spoken in first-person, so the person believes the disorder is alive. "Keeps the toys in the basement" could be an allusion to childhood, and how the disorder has effected the person throughout their life. The person is afraid to dwell too much on their mind, however, as they're not sure where the person ends and the illness begins: "and if you get too far inside/You'll only see my reflection". The person is possibly delusional.
It's always best with the covers up
The person is hiding under their bed sheets, or possibly closing the blinds; maybe both. Paranoia is another symptom. Alternatively, the cover could by their mental shields against the world to avoid getting hurt.
I am the pick in the ice
The person tried to live normally, but the stress of life gets to them, and the disorder only serves to make the crack longer.
Do not cry out or hit the alarm
The person feels that nothing can be done to stop the illness. Perhaps they have tried before with negative results.
You know we're friends until we die
The person has accepted that the disorder is a part of them forever.
And either way you turn, I'll be there
Either way could mean a variety of things, but since the song has a feeling of desperation to escape, I think the two choices are:
a) Get help, but I'll still be there. b) Don't get help, but I'll still be there.
Open up your skull, I'll be there
The person has tried therapy or learned about and recognized the disorder within themselves. A step away from delusion.
Climbing up the walls
The person feels backed into a corner with no escape.
It's always best when the light is off
A step back. The person decides to just let the problem be (or "turn a blind eye" to the situation).
It's always better on the outside
The external world will take the person away from the pain for a moment (i.e. TV, junk food, games, sex)
Fifteen blows to the back of your head
A fear of unsafe psychiatric procedures is enhanced by the person's paranoia.
Fifteen blows to your mind
The person is finding it increasingly difficult to go on as they are.
So lock the kids up safe tonight
Paranoia again, or possibly OCD symptom of fear of harming others. Constant rechecking on kids.
Shut the eyes in the cupboard
Another line about ignoring the problem .
I've got the smile of a local man
The disorder has been with the person so long that they feel it is close to them.
Who's got the loneliest feeling
The closeness, however, is not good. The disorder prevents the person from fulfilling life to the full standard, leaving the person with a feeling of lonely emptiness.
Just my interpretation, of course.
Climbing up the walls is like the feeling of paranoia and fear saying the lyrics
26:11 this album is such a good "backdrop" for long solo drives, just beware you might end up crying on the interstate
In Rainbows is my personal favourite but all albums have many fantastic songs, so chronologically go through their catalog would be great, because their evolution as a band is so amazing, but if you plan to do only one more album I'd do In Rainbows, if you want the most challenging one, I'd do Kid A / Amnesiac. You guys should definitely watch the From the basement session from In Rainbows, a session indeed in the studio in their basement where they perform the songs live, but without an audience and they are amazing.
Bottomline, they are all great lol
One of the blessings of my life is that my son loves Radiohead as much as I do.
Frickin love these reactions!!! Keep em coming!!!!
All Radiohead is amazing for different reasons. So happy to see younger generations appreciate it!
Man, i wish you guys experienced the 90's like i did. We were so free of everything and enjoying the present time so much more. Everyone should have a taste of that, this is definitely a healthier way to life 😩
59:27 you just described the opposite of what the song is
Interesting take on No Surprises because it’s based on the picture that is painted by the music alone. The lyrics go towards something very different, and this juxtaposition is what makes a lot of Radiohead songs brilliant. Some of them will tell one story in their words and another story in their music.
Y’all would really fuck with The Bends. It’s not as good as OK Computer imo but it’s a damn good rock album. Probably the easiest one on the ears for new listeners too.
I love The Bends, and it’s definitely their most accessible album in my opinion. Just a great, straightforward rock album.
Somehow there are a ton of these videos right now of younger people listening to ok computer for the first time. It's a trip. When I was around your age, listening to this when it first came out, most people either didn't know who radiohead was or thought they were whiny garbage lol very entertaining that so many people today are just now catching up to the genius of this album
I play “Exit Music(for a film); almost every week at least, on guitar and sing it loud in my place 😊it’s so rewarding to know how to play it, I can’t describe it ❤
Have to say that watching this absolutely made my night. 👊🏼
A loooongtime Radiohead fan, the first time I listened to this was laying in my bedroom with headphones & my reaction was just like yours.
Mind. Fucking. Blown.
In this crazy, fucked up world we live in it was just so beautiful to experience that first listen again through your ears - thank you, truly. The wonderment you felt is a constant thing with Radiohead - think you may dig some of the underlying political leanings in Hail To The Thief as well.
I’m as at a loss of words in my joy of seeing you experience this as you were in experiencing it. Their musical genius & lyrical trips they take you on are indescribable. Cathartic? For sure.
I’ve seen them a bunch of times , met them briefly once after a show and 1000% recommend you see them live whenever you can. That immersive exploration experience will give you goosebumps on your goosebumps.
subterranean homesick alien is simply divine for me
Glad you enjoyed it! The whole album is about people becoming disconnected and numb and complacent in the modern world. For example, No Surprises is ironic, it's saying we trade our freedoms and our humanity killing ourselves doing jobs we hate, "but hey, look at my pretty house and pretty garden, right?". So long as nothing upsets our consumerism and "success", we'll accept anything.
It sounds like a kid's lullaby because it's representing us being lulled to sleep by powers that like us exactly that way.
Anyway, cheers! Nice to see the next generation diving into these classics.
no surprises is about su*cide dawg
Spot on take there, Mullet 👍🏼
Im glad you guys appreciated Lucky on your 1st listen. I always thought it never got the love it deserved. Also Airbag will grow on you. To me Airbag and Planet Telex from the Bends are my 2 favourite opening tracks I have ever heard.
The greatest album of all time
makes me so happy seeing this album touch people the way it touched me, greatest album of all time!
After I heard this album in 2001, I was a radiohead fan forever
I will sub for anyone who decides to check out Radiohead, who I think is the last great rock band from the era of bands which sadly is gone and we have mostly singles and single artists no longer do we have 5 guys working their asses off to create great art.
Won Best Album of the year in 1997 and one of the Top 10 Rock Albums of ALL TIME NO QUESTION
Album is a masterpiece. It's really worth checking out the Easy Star Allstars reggae version of this album too, for a completely different take. I love their versions of Let Down and Electioneering in particular. Radiohead themselves are also fans of that album too I believe.
You are correct about Exit Music (For a film) - it was written for Romeo + Juliet.
It was delivered late and nearly not used but they got it in - 7 weeks from the movie premiere. Which, in film terms, is very last minute.
It's a reflection of the ending of the film where they both plan to run away but end up in a suicide pact - hence "we hope that you choke", as in: "look what you made us do with all your hate"
Such an experience. My first radiohead album I listened to.
I can’t recommend to you the album ‘whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not’ enough! BANGER
Guy in red when he looks back at this video in 5 years will be saying was I really such a douche bag
We were all there though. As much as some of his takes were very edgy teenager, that's kind of what he is. Probably early 20s, mid 20s, he's just a kid still to be honest. He actually balanced some of the more cringy things he said with some really deep appreciative moments. The kids will be aight.
New watcher here. Right at the start of lucky I feel like the guy on the left "got it". You just get swallowed by this album, and it just spreads it's tentacles inside you. Head goes down, eyes close, and you just get immersed in it. This is an album that gets better with every listen. I still remember driving home from school at 2AM in university 25 years ago, driving alone and night, with this album on. It's an out of world experience. Next thing you know, 2 hours have gone by. I love watching the next generation "get it".
Boys react to Radiohead live in the basment and you'll see a magic show (fyi you'll wanna listen to the next few albums up to In Rainbows In to get the full force)
Best band in the past 20 years please do more for the culture 😩😩
Its always a treat to watch people come to the realization of the powerhouse that is Radiohead.
Just check out all their other albums in order, that way you get to experience the changes in their sound. Kid A will blow you away, it’s difficult to believe that it’s the same band!
I remember my first time listening to OK Computer. Life changing
The song "The Tourist" was thought of when Thom was traveling places and he stopped to look around at all the tourists in a rush to get to all the attractions in the area. But that's when Thom realized that people need to just slow down and take in the moment. they traveled hours, some even days to get to where they are and don't even stop to take in the beauty that is around them.
Ye gotta do Kid A, In Rainbows and A Moon Shaped Pool.
I was a junior in high school in 1997. I didnt have a lot of pocket money but I picked this album randomly off the shelf of the music store- I say randomly but I had been wanting to buy it for months because of the cover art but Id never heard Radiohead before. I decided to go for it and havent looked back- still one of my favorite top 3 bands. Im eagerly awaiting their next release… I still remember walking at night (holding my cd player as still as I could so it wouldnt skip) vibing to this. ❤
I've been subscribed to you for a bit and have been loving the new energy you've been bringing to the music I've loved. Had to come back to this one to make this comment, as it was the first I watched and also is one of my favourite albums of all time. I was 17 when it was released and it shaped me. Keep going! You are destined for great things!
What's funny is in many ways 'Kid A' the next album after this is a musical 180 based on the music tracks and minimal lyrics compared to OKC, but it brings across much the same vibe and emotional reaction when I listen. I'd say OKC is a more direct and tangible album while 'Kid A' is ethereal and on the melancholy side. Looking forward to how you react to the follow up.
I prefer Kid A to OK because it’s literal ear candy. My ears devour every bleep and bloop! It’s sonically delicious.
with Fitter Happier, the message that i got is - character in the song doesn't actually does anything he says, he just thinks that he will "fix" himself with all this "normal" things and activities. While not actually doing anything. Like that random motivation at 3 am, but way more deranged
Regarding "Fitter Happier": I think the song is definitely a satire on the self-help industry and individualization of issues that is happening in late-capitalism. If there is one main theme on Ok Computer - and perhaps even Radiohead's entire discography - its alienation and the way society leaves you numb. Fitter Happier is a critique of the disciplinary interpellation that we as individuals are targeted with, i.e. the things we should do in order to be happy but that is totally blind to the fact that it is just more obligations.
paranoid android the hint here is marvin the robot from hitch hikers guide to the galaxy who was a paranoid android if you seen the film or series or the books then you will understand
You Guys need to react to My Bloody Valentine - Loveless you will feel like you are high in a different world. The album changed my life and I bet it will change yours!
Seconded. It totally changed the way I think about music. Like, maybe lyrics aren't important at all, and the voice is just another instrument
I was “old” when Ok came out (46). Liked it then. Love it now.
This is a new as hell channel, deserve some attention
Damn I’m glad you guys did this one. It’s great to hear your analysis and how it relates to your lives. I remember the time before the actual internet, without cell phones, it’s like before social media x 100. We were all basically wild animals. All-analog, all-the-time. Playing outside, playing basketball, baseball, just getting into trouble. I was a baseball player too I can tell my man on the left is a hard thrower. Now? I’m a software engineer, probably look at a screen for 12-15hrs a day. Sometimes I feel like music is all they left us.
But we'll ALWAYS have the music. I am so grateful for my 600 CD collection and my Bose.
I think the word you’re looking for to describe this experience (from what I saw of your body language) is transcendent ❤️
welcome to town lads
Yes guys, Im 58yo and only realised 10 yrs ago (Back then I never understood their music) just how great their songs are and mean so much in different ways to folk, and its so great to see that you younger men are understanding Radiohead before me.
the way the dude on the left smiled right when Airbag started is all you gotta know
Hey guys, really great video. I love your authentic chats and just natural feel of the setup. Just subscribed, hoping to help you guys grow your wings :) much love from South Africa 🇿🇦
A real pleasure to watch you experiencing this album, I did the same thing listening with my best friend when it launched.
Loved watching the kid in red go from not understanding the sound and trying to over analyze everything… to finally getting it and melting away with Lucky and The Tourist. Laying back, eyes closed. Just let Radiohead take you away on the journey.
Let’s go for Kid A or Hail to the Thief next.
Wait, "No Surprises" should be called bliss? Glad they love the song, but that is one interesting (to put it gently) interpretation.
“At peace with death.” Yeah, In Rainbows will be an instant favorite.
Check out the Album Grace by Jeff Buckley. Thom was inspired by his voice. You won't be disappointed. Remember the name - Jeff Buckley
And they did! RIP Jeff and thank the universe for allowing us to experience your genius❤❤❤
I’m a little late, but first of all I just wanted to let you guys know how much I enjoy your channel. You guys are doing some awesome stuff, so keep it up. I also wanted to explain my interpretation of “fitter happier”. All of the things he describes are things that “perfect” people do. While fine in moderation, when we obsess over becoming so optimized that we are “perfect”, all of the humanity is removed from these activities and ourselves. Perfection is not inherently human. We make mistakes. By trying to become perfect beings then, we become like androids who are programmed to never “mess up” or “malfunction” and less and less like real people
Everyone is entitled to like the music they like. I don't judge anyone for their tastes, I love all types of music and everyone should be allowed to.... But I'm convinced no band has ever created an experience quite like radiohead. They have a cult following for a reason. Enjoy the journey with them. I'd say this is the "best" but in rainbows is my favorite.
I love that you referenced Regular Show. My son is 21 years old & I loved watching that show with him. I've bee a fan of Radiohead since I was in my 20's in the '90's. It's awesome to see y'all's reaction. Keep listening/watching & posting!!
I'm only 23 min. into your video & I've got to keep watching til the end.
Great reaction, guys! If you enjoy this album / band, you may wanna give Porcupine Tree a try. I'd recommend the albums "In Absentia" or "Fear of a Blank Planet". They are great at combining atmospheric soundscapes and creative rock / metal. Thank me later! :D
First time I heard this I’d nipped into a video rental shop, they played the album and I stayed to the end. I was rooted to the spot.
This album was ahead of its time, nearly all topics discussed in the album are prominent in todays society.
climbing up the walls, subterranean homesick alien, the tourist, and lucky, are sooooooo amazing bro. by the way, my dad filmed a time he saw radiohead in concert and at the end of paranoid android, the whole crowd was waving lighters and singing the ‘rain down’ part so thom could sing the verse, it was sooo cool😭
as someone who suffers from it greatly i’ve always felt like climbing up the walls is about the personification of extreme anxiety and paranoia
Absolutely impressed with you 2 reviewers - great job. This album is life changing.