Radiohead always takes multiple listens to digest, you have to lay in bed with good head phones in dim or no light and just trip out a few times and it will click.
I am a Hip Hop Rap Fan. And I hate all other genre. But Radiohead is the only Band that catch me and u know what, Radiohead is the best music I ever enjoy
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1:41 - Everything In Its Right Place 7:05 - Kid A 13:37 - The National Anthem 21:04 - How To Disappear Completely 28:36 - Treefingers 33:25 - Optimistic 39:35 - In Limbo 46:24 - Idioteque 53:45 - Morning Bell 59:17 - Motion Picture Soundtrack 1:03:05 - Untitled
In Rainbows is the perfect mixture of the electronic elements and some rock and Jazz, they perfected their genre blending in what I think is a perfect album.
i cant explain my love for this album.i stared the ceiling for 47 minutes 11 seconds straight when i first listened to it. it was around 3 am in the morning when i first listened to this album and the fuckin first 3 notes of 'everything in its right place' played, i knew something's coming. and when i reached 'how to disappear completely' it kinda changed my life, and my perspective towards music. by the end, i knew that KID A is my favourite album of all time and till date, it is. 'motion picture soundtrack' is my favourite song of all time like seriously a song like that cant ever be made. KID A is revolutionary, and plays a huge part in my life. everyone should listen to that album. period.
Listened to it for the first time this week when I was driving home from the gym. I ended up just driving in circles until I finished it. Such an immersive album
Apparently Thom put the lyrics together by cutting up pieces of paper with phrases on them and then pulling them out of a bowl. Reminds me of a similar anecdote with David Bowie.
The guy on tne right is definitely in the right headspace. Its a hard album to get into and understand and even I still have a love hate relationship with it.
The best part about Radiohead which makes them the best band ever is how you fall in love with the studio album, then you hear it live and it's a simultaneously a completely new experience while revealing more layers of the song you already loved. Definitely check out some live performances!
As many of you might know, Thom Yorke was in a really difficult place during that period, following the massive success of The Bends and OK Computer. He was dealing with a lot... burnout, disillusionment with society, and the pressure of expectations. It was a dark time for him, especially seeing other bands trying to replicate what Radiohead had done. It’s completely understandable. Imagine just having written one of the best albums in history, and then being driven mad by endless touring, interviews, and the constant demand for another masterpiece. Kid A is the result of all those intense emotions. You guys seem young. I'm a music producer based in Japan, and I've been in this industry for a long time now. I guess everyone has their own musical preferences, and you've grown up with music that often emphasizes short tracks, slick production, and minimal risk-taking. Attention spans are at an all-time low, and five-minute songs are becoming rare. You’d have to go back to the days when albums and CDs were the norm to find more of that. If you're into writing music, no matter the style, listening to Radiohead and other bands like XTC (check out the album Nonsuch) can really influence and inspire you. Let that music resonate with you, and it will help you create something genuinely new and exciting. And by new, I mean something that truly rocks but hasn’t been done before. Take Miley Cyrus' Flowers, for example. From a professional perspective, it’s perfect, it's a moneymaker with good production, fresh sounds, and a catchy chorus that hits at 26 seconds after a dry vocal start. It's designed to be straightforward and catchy. Now, compare that to Will.i.am’s Heartbreaker. Notice any similarities? We’ve moved from a time when you’d go home and listen to music to a time when music stops when you get home. Anyway, I'm glad to see you guys discovering all this music. Even if you feel like you're listening to it because of the clicks and the algorithm, the outcome will undoubtedly be positive.
Brings me back to high school / college days. Everytime i hear radiohead never fails to give me goosebumps. Such a viseral reaction straight to the soul.
There is a cover of Motion Picture Soundtrack by a horn ensamble being played at the funeral of one of their trumpet player. It is one of the most heartbreaking things I have seen in youtube, but is SO GOOOD.
Love your reactions guys. Huge Radiohead fan here. When I first heard this song, I HAAAAATed this record. It took me a couple years revisiting it (at the urging of friends) and it really is like a fine wine...gets better over the years. One of you said it perfectly. Rainy day. Smoke a joint in your car listening to this full blast. WALL OF SOUND. Looking forward to y'all reacting to Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows.
As someone said, you should listen to their album In Rainbows, you're definitely going to like it. If I may suggest another album, you should also listen to Grace by Jeff Buckley! This guy has the most angelic voice that ever existed. Anyway, keep putting in the great work guys!
When it was on the CD the last track Untitled was actually a few minutes of silence before the it kicked in. First time I listened I sat there marveling at the experience then all of a sudden....
Highly doubt you'll see this but if you do, some albums i would recommend you guys would be Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) by Car Seat Headrest, Is This It by The Strokes, Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem and Selected Ambient Works 85 to 92 by Aphex Twin
You got it… the album is one big song, and it really should be listened to that way, without break or distraction, a real, genuine transcendental experience. You guys should check out IN RAINBOWS
Here’s the deal with “Untitled”: in the original release, it was not listed at all on the track listing. It plays exactly 1 minute after “Motion Picture Soundtrack” ends. I will never forget first discovering that. I had to recover from “Motion Picture Soundtrack”. That minute of silence was the loudest silence ever. Then when “Untitled” hit, it was completely unexpected, but it made me smile. This album is something else, man…
A lot more experimental, a lot more electronic, a lot more somber and isolated sounding. This album has such a particular sound which is what makes their stuff so hard to rank. This one was a grower on me for sure but like their other albums they just get better with time. I can’t wait til you hear A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) which has a good mix of all their sounds and my personal favorite.
I saw a band play National Anthem at the talent show in my high school when I was a freshman. Completely blew my mind, went home and listened to this album for the first time cuz my dad had it on CD. Expanded my music tastes so much. Edit: this was in 2001, the year after the album came out, my dad was just cool. Not like four years ago or something, I'm old.
Yall are hilarious hahahha. Yall should just go chronologically from here imo, tons of dank music and imo a crown jewel is their last album, a moon shaped pool.
"Untitled" was just a hidden track at the end of CD that played after a minute or so of silence... it wasn't ever included in the tracklisting hence the title of the song.
I recommend Amnesiac. Its definitely a different experience and their most experimental album, its not for everyone. But it has some stone cold classics and is worth listening to all the way through at least once.
The first time I ever heard this album was when it came out. Don’t do what I did and listen to it at the airport waiting on a flight and close your eyes. I came out of my trance and missed my flight out of Philly. But good thing was I got to get another cheesesteak.
Watch the movie 'I Origin'. Don't watch the trailer though because they give the story away. Just watch the film. And look for the moment they use a song from this album. It'll change your life.
might as well continue the radiohead experience with The Bends. Imo that album has Thom’s more flawless vocal performances and the instrumentals are immaculate.
Since you guys listen to indie rock and alternative music, you should definitely check My Bloody Valentine - Loveless, Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation or Goo, Blur - Parklife, The Strokes - Is This It, The Smiths - any album.
I found the reactions to the endings of National Anthem and In Limbo very interesting - I can totally see why it’s jarring on the first listen. For me, having listened to this album who knows how many times, I picture a story arc in my head: The National Anthem, thematically and sonically, makes me think of someone sick of “the noise” (throwback to the lyrics in Paranoid Android) - the bit where the horns come is like “political discourse in 2024”: discordant, aggravating, annoying even (hence, the song title). His response to this is to seek escape - How to Disappear Completely (irl I believe it was actually about the lead singer’s experience and stress over touring for OK Computer) Treefingers and Optimistic have a kind of ethereal, atmospheric sound to them - like y’all mention, I picture the character floating, safe in his bubble… he says “I’d really like to help you man” but he doesn’t want to disturb his peace and ‘optimism’. This comes to a head in ‘In Limbo’, where he goes “I’m lost at sea, don’t bother me”; but he can’t ignore the voice saying “you’re living in a fantasy world” - in limbo between his moment of peace and having to confront reality. By the end of the song, his bubble is popped, the voice crying out “come back”, and he can no longer enjoy his bliss. All this to say, I picture the jarring bits in National Anthem and In Limbo to be like bookends to this character’s brief shelter; before he’s dropped back into the unfamiliar and alien landscape of Idioteque. I’d love a “second listen” / “revisit” of this and OK Computer, perhaps after y’all listen to In Rainbows (like other comments say, I think y’all would enjoy it, and sounds like y’all have heard Nude already). Don’t forget to check out the From The Basement version of In Rainbows too!
Great album - though I disliked it the at first when it came out as I was a rock Radiohead fan so The Bends is still one of my favourite albums How to Dissappear Completely and Morning Bell are just perfect
And just to add lots are saying go straight to In Rainbows but worth considering every album of theirs as worth listening to - though perhaps the Basement version of The King of Limbs
I don't know the name of the guy who said it but "The ear being trained" in order to appreciate the end of the album is quite a brilliant take. Because when this album came out...Radiohead fans were thrown off. They heard something they didn't expect. Many loved it and many were confused. But it ended up being one of the greatest albums of all time. And that "training" you were talking about really brought it to the finish line
Great to see someone loving Idioteque that much on first listen, top 3 Radiohead songs for me. If you like songs like that you’ve got to give Aphex Twin a listen, start with songs like Alberto Balsalm & Xtal and go to some albums from there.
y'all gotta listen to In rainbows next I think you guys would enjoy it.
Rainbows is my fav, looking forward to it when they do.
PLEASE. In Rainbows will make yall lose your shiiit.
In Rainbows is amazing. I think they should catch Hail to the Thief first.
@corvus.mortuus ye
Nah let them cook the other albums first, let it build up
Radiohead always takes multiple listens to digest, you have to lay in bed with good head phones in dim or no light and just trip out a few times and it will click.
I am a Hip Hop Rap Fan. And I hate all other genre. But Radiohead is the only Band that catch me and u know what, Radiohead is the best music I ever enjoy
I told myself that if "how to disappear completely" did not get at least one "10" than i was going to leave a negative comment. This is a very very positive comment 😊
I told myself if no other commenter left a comment threatening to leave a negative review. If no one gave how to disappear completely a 10, I was going to leave a negative comment for the commenters. Instead, this is a very, very, very positive comment.
I read where Thom says it's his favourite.
Took me years to understand the sucking a Lemon lyric. Bro got it in seconds.
It's a common English phrase "go suck on a lemon!🤬" I can see how Americans can be confused if they haven't heard it before
"feeling sour."
Its a common phrase in the uk lol its specifically about the face expression
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM MADE ME LEARN THE TRUMPET
i picked up trumpet for middle school cuz of Cuphead. Cuphead made my music career
my man get some help and quit yelling
1:41 - Everything In Its Right Place
7:05 - Kid A
13:37 - The National Anthem
21:04 - How To Disappear Completely
28:36 - Treefingers
33:25 - Optimistic
39:35 - In Limbo
46:24 - Idioteque
53:45 - Morning Bell
59:17 - Motion Picture Soundtrack
1:03:05 - Untitled
Who needs this? .75 playback speed so I reeaallyyy enjoy it
THIS ALBUM MAKES ME WANNA HUG A TREE AT 190 MPH IN MY CAR 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
THATS A WEIRD WAY TO SPELL 250 MPH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@ruhahaha-mg1rv Weird WAY TO SPELL 350 MPH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
A fast German car? I'd be amazed if you survived that.
@@SiLatics56 i survived and now i am born again to save the universe
@@reboikh 😁
In Rainbows is the perfect mixture of the electronic elements and some rock and Jazz, they perfected their genre blending in what I think is a perfect album.
Homie on the far left in total disassociation during How to Disappear Completely 😂
ITS EVERYWHERE!! ON MY CLOTHES, WALLS, CAT, PHONE 😫
oh god no poor kitty
Shane dawson?
i cant explain my love for this album.i stared the ceiling for 47 minutes 11 seconds straight when i first listened to it. it was around 3 am in the morning when i first listened to this album and the fuckin first 3 notes of 'everything in its right place' played, i knew something's coming. and when i reached 'how to disappear completely' it kinda changed my life, and my perspective towards music. by the end, i knew that KID A is my favourite album of all time and till date, it is. 'motion picture soundtrack' is my favourite song of all time like seriously a song like that cant ever be made.
KID A is revolutionary, and plays a huge part in my life. everyone should listen to that album. period.
Listened to it for the first time this week when I was driving home from the gym. I ended up just driving in circles until I finished it. Such an immersive album
"Untitled" was originally supposed to be a hidden track on the CD, but obviously with streaming that kinda doesn't work like that anymore lol
Yeah, I loved that discovery. Also the hidden booklet beneath the cd tray. It took me months to discover that.
If you guys want some more heavenly tracks you gotta listen to vespertine by Bjork. That album is majestic af
Don't forget about Homogenic as well. Shit isn't as heavenly but it's definitely up there with Vespertine
post and debut are good too!!!
Yes 100% agree
I agree
You a real one for this. Love Bjork. Love that album the most.
MY GRANDMA USED TO SING TO ME KID A ALL THE TIME
most based grandma of all time
Your Grandma???? Didn't realize I was this old
Did you ask Granmama why she was "Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed?"
Did you ask her why she slipped on a little white lie??
@@Johnathon_perkins she’s having her hip replaced next week
Apparently Thom put the lyrics together by cutting up pieces of paper with phrases on them and then pulling them out of a bowl. Reminds me of a similar anecdote with David Bowie.
That was the cut up technique pioneered by William S. Burroughs in the 50’s to the 60’s
The guy on tne right is definitely in the right headspace. Its a hard album to get into and understand and even I still have a love hate relationship with it.
Radiohead brings out my emotions of whatever I'm going thru at the time. Helps me heal and get past it. Radiohead is my therapist.
Idioteque is an easy top 5 Radiohead song, might be their best. It is a quarter of a century old and still sounds like it is from the future.
Actually the whole album feels like it is from the future
Took me 4 or 5 times listening to Kid A before it all of a sudden just hit. Its a masterpiece
The best part about Radiohead which makes them the best band ever is how you fall in love with the studio album, then you hear it live and it's a simultaneously a completely new experience while revealing more layers of the song you already loved. Definitely check out some live performances!
i think kumikovezina3649 likes this album!
How did you know?
Love it when i see people react to How To Dissappear Completely for the first time 🤯💥
As many of you might know, Thom Yorke was in a really difficult place during that period, following the massive success of The Bends and OK Computer. He was dealing with a lot... burnout, disillusionment with society, and the pressure of expectations. It was a dark time for him, especially seeing other bands trying to replicate what Radiohead had done. It’s completely understandable. Imagine just having written one of the best albums in history, and then being driven mad by endless touring, interviews, and the constant demand for another masterpiece. Kid A is the result of all those intense emotions.
You guys seem young. I'm a music producer based in Japan, and I've been in this industry for a long time now. I guess everyone has their own musical preferences, and you've grown up with music that often emphasizes short tracks, slick production, and minimal risk-taking. Attention spans are at an all-time low, and five-minute songs are becoming rare. You’d have to go back to the days when albums and CDs were the norm to find more of that.
If you're into writing music, no matter the style, listening to Radiohead and other bands like XTC (check out the album Nonsuch) can really influence and inspire you. Let that music resonate with you, and it will help you create something genuinely new and exciting. And by new, I mean something that truly rocks but hasn’t been done before.
Take Miley Cyrus' Flowers, for example. From a professional perspective, it’s perfect, it's a moneymaker with good production, fresh sounds, and a catchy chorus that hits at 26 seconds after a dry vocal start. It's designed to be straightforward and catchy. Now, compare that to Will.i.am’s Heartbreaker. Notice any similarities? We’ve moved from a time when you’d go home and listen to music to a time when music stops when you get home.
Anyway, I'm glad to see you guys discovering all this music. Even if you feel like you're listening to it because of the clicks and the algorithm, the outcome will undoubtedly be positive.
How to disappear, Pyramid Song and Weird Fishes are three legendary songs.
I'm gonna go nuts when yall do In Rainbows! Loving this video!!
Everything In Its Right Place is one of the best album starters ever.
KID A MADE ME LOVE MINECRAFT
Idioteque into Morning Bell is 👌🏼
i feel spiritually connected to jazz
Brings me back to high school / college days. Everytime i hear radiohead never fails to give me goosebumps. Such a viseral reaction straight to the soul.
There is a cover of Motion Picture Soundtrack by a horn ensamble being played at the funeral of one of their trumpet player.
It is one of the most heartbreaking things I have seen in youtube, but is SO GOOOD.
I LOVE FLOATING DOWN THE LIFFEY 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I love sleepy jacking the fire drill
I GOTTA STOP GLAZING RADIOHEAD SIKE NOPE
32:06 foreshadowing lol
Bro this brings me back memories of being college and smoking a joint and listening to Radiohead on my headphones. In Rainbows is also a classic
Love that you guys thought Idioteque was good, first time I heard that shit I knew that shit was GOATED.
STROOOOOOBE LIIIIIIIIGHTS AND BLOOOOOOWN SPEAKEEEEERS
FIIIIIIREWOOOOORKS AND HUUUUUUURRICANES
I’M NOOOOT HEEEEEEEEEEEEERE
MY FAVORITE RADIOHEAD ALBUM
Cannot wait for In Rainbows reaction. Loved watching you fall in love with this album ✨✨✨
ah my favourite radiohead album!! it's such an transportive experience that feels so unbelievably specific.
Love your reactions guys. Huge Radiohead fan here. When I first heard this song, I HAAAAATed this record. It took me a couple years revisiting it (at the urging of friends) and it really is like a fine wine...gets better over the years. One of you said it perfectly. Rainy day. Smoke a joint in your car listening to this full blast. WALL OF SOUND.
Looking forward to y'all reacting to Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows.
Everything In Its Right Place is a MAGICAL song I swear there's something this song does for me that no other Radiohead song does
As someone said, you should listen to their album In Rainbows, you're definitely going to like it. If I may suggest another album, you should also listen to Grace by Jeff Buckley! This guy has the most angelic voice that ever existed. Anyway, keep putting in the great work guys!
I've heard this album a 1000 times and just now realized the Aphex Twin influence while watching this reaction.
When it was on the CD the last track Untitled was actually a few minutes of silence before the it kicked in. First time I listened I sat there marveling at the experience then all of a sudden....
Highly doubt you'll see this but if you do, some albums i would recommend you guys would be Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) by Car Seat Headrest, Is This It by The Strokes, Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem and Selected Ambient Works 85 to 92 by Aphex Twin
I think Drukqs
@@vertoviaflaneusewdym?
@@vertoviaflaneuse LCD FOOORRRR SUUURRREE
They would fucking love Sound of Silver
The second grooviest album of the 2000s behind Discovery
You got it… the album is one big song, and it really should be listened to that way, without break or distraction, a real, genuine transcendental experience. You guys should check out IN RAINBOWS
Here’s the deal with “Untitled”: in the original release, it was not listed at all on the track listing. It plays exactly 1 minute after “Motion Picture Soundtrack” ends. I will never forget first discovering that. I had to recover from “Motion Picture Soundtrack”. That minute of silence was the loudest silence ever. Then when “Untitled” hit, it was completely unexpected, but it made me smile.
This album is something else, man…
A lot more experimental, a lot more electronic, a lot more somber and isolated sounding. This album has such a particular sound which is what makes their stuff so hard to rank. This one was a grower on me for sure but like their other albums they just get better with time. I can’t wait til you hear A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) which has a good mix of all their sounds and my personal favorite.
I’m glad ye realised at the end that this album can only be fully appreciated with no pauses. Looking forward to ye reacting to “In Rainbows” 🌈
amnesiac is radiohead's sister album to kid A, a jazzier take on this same sort of experimental sound, highly recommend it!
EVERYTHING!!!!
IN ITSS
@@vyn69RIGHT PLACEEE
@@VantytaffyI woke up sucking a lemon or another long round object
@@kumikovezina3649
That's my favorite kind of object!!
THIS ALBUM IS SO FIRE
TMI comment... First time I listened to this full album was in a hot bath tub in Vegas alone....Glad you guys enjoyed it
I saw a band play National Anthem at the talent show in my high school when I was a freshman. Completely blew my mind, went home and listened to this album for the first time cuz my dad had it on CD. Expanded my music tastes so much.
Edit: this was in 2001, the year after the album came out, my dad was just cool. Not like four years ago or something, I'm old.
I love the commentary, appreciation for music, and occasional images/memes fantastic
Great reaction guys! Can't wait for you to react to "In Rainbows" or "The Bends".
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM “THE NATIONAL-ANTHEM”
As others said In Rainbows next and then finish it off with A Moon Shaped Pool if you want a hauntingly beautiful album.
The fella on the left (our right) gets it!
Treefingers is the best in the album and most underated, the only song that let talk your soul about his pain and at the same time feel okay with
BUUUUUUUST 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫
In Rainbows is essential listening. On par with OKC and KID A
They don't use and orchestra, but a ensemble of "Ondes Martenot" an instrument inspired by theremin
Yall are hilarious hahahha. Yall should just go chronologically from here imo, tons of dank music and imo a crown jewel is their last album, a moon shaped pool.
Considering I really appreciated your OK Computer reaction. THIS should be good.
"Untitled" was just a hidden track at the end of CD that played after a minute or so of silence... it wasn't ever included in the tracklisting hence the title of the song.
Loved the reaction by the way. You should do all their albums, totally worth it.
THIS IS HAPPENING BY LCD SOUNDSYSTEM and SOUND OF SILVER
Yes 👏
I recommend Amnesiac. Its definitely a different experience and their most experimental album, its not for everyone. But it has some stone cold classics and is worth listening to all the way through at least once.
You boys are great!! Hoping you can one day review the Radio Head Album 'In Rainbows'.
You guys are fantastic ! Love
The first time I ever heard this album was when it came out. Don’t do what I did and listen to it at the airport waiting on a flight and close your eyes.
I came out of my trance and missed my flight out of Philly. But good thing was I got to get another cheesesteak.
Watch the movie 'I Origin'. Don't watch the trailer though because they give the story away. Just watch the film. And look for the moment they use a song from this album. It'll change your life.
I remember when this album came out Madonna said it was the best album of the year
yalls chemistry is funny as hell man lol enjoyed the reaction
The 7s in the first 3 songs blow my mind. Such great songs.
Kid A title track "where was that the whole song?" - THAT'S why it's great!
might as well continue the radiohead experience with The Bends. Imo that album has Thom’s more flawless vocal performances and the instrumentals are immaculate.
To me, morning bell is divorce with "cut the kids in half"
RADIOHEAD REALLY DROPPED AN ALBUM THIS COLD AND FORGOT TO GIVE US BLANKETS
In Rainbows will be a soulful trip
Me and my friends love The Boys, that impression fucking killed me
You guys should do In Rainbows live from the basement,it’s life changing stuff
Yes! This! In Rainbows is already a fantastic album but Live from the Basement shows just how talented and unique these guys are.
in rainbows!!
Since you guys listen to indie rock and alternative music, you should definitely check My Bloody Valentine - Loveless, Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation or Goo, Blur - Parklife, The Strokes - Is This It, The Smiths - any album.
Would love some more Beach House. Bloom and Once Twice Melody in particular.
There’s nothing better than this
In Rainbows finna go crazy
I busted so hard
I found the reactions to the endings of National Anthem and In Limbo very interesting - I can totally see why it’s jarring on the first listen.
For me, having listened to this album who knows how many times, I picture a story arc in my head:
The National Anthem, thematically and sonically, makes me think of someone sick of “the noise” (throwback to the lyrics in Paranoid Android) - the bit where the horns come is like “political discourse in 2024”: discordant, aggravating, annoying even (hence, the song title).
His response to this is to seek escape - How to Disappear Completely (irl I believe it was actually about the lead singer’s experience and stress over touring for OK Computer)
Treefingers and Optimistic have a kind of ethereal, atmospheric sound to them - like y’all mention, I picture the character floating, safe in his bubble… he says “I’d really like to help you man” but he doesn’t want to disturb his peace and ‘optimism’.
This comes to a head in ‘In Limbo’, where he goes “I’m lost at sea, don’t bother me”; but he can’t ignore the voice saying “you’re living in a fantasy world” - in limbo between his moment of peace and having to confront reality. By the end of the song, his bubble is popped, the voice crying out “come back”, and he can no longer enjoy his bliss.
All this to say, I picture the jarring bits in National Anthem and In Limbo to be like bookends to this character’s brief shelter; before he’s dropped back into the unfamiliar and alien landscape of Idioteque.
I’d love a “second listen” / “revisit” of this and OK Computer, perhaps after y’all listen to In Rainbows (like other comments say, I think y’all would enjoy it, and sounds like y’all have heard Nude already). Don’t forget to check out the From The Basement version of In Rainbows too!
Great album - though I disliked it the at first when it came out as I was a rock Radiohead fan so The Bends is still one of my favourite albums
How to Dissappear Completely and Morning Bell are just perfect
And just to add lots are saying go straight to In Rainbows but worth considering every album of theirs as worth listening to - though perhaps the Basement version of The King of Limbs
I don't know the name of the guy who said it but "The ear being trained" in order to appreciate the end of the album is quite a brilliant take. Because when this album came out...Radiohead fans were thrown off. They heard something they didn't expect. Many loved it and many were confused. But it ended up being one of the greatest albums of all time. And that "training" you were talking about really brought it to the finish line
🙏🏽
yall really have to do The Bends, i think yall would dig that one. Has a lot of variety. My personal favorite album
yall gotta listen to grace by Jeff Buckley
you lot would be jumping up and down listening to in rainbows
In rainbows is gona be you favourite, you HAVE TO hear it. Also after that hear amnesiac or a moon shaped pool.
Great to see someone loving Idioteque that much on first listen, top 3 Radiohead songs for me.
If you like songs like that you’ve got to give Aphex Twin a listen, start with songs like Alberto Balsalm & Xtal and go to some albums from there.
Cannot wait for you guys take on In Rainbows.
in rainbows and a moon shaped pool for radiohead next! on a different topic, magdalena bay's imaginal disk is my current aoty, insanely good album
had to turn up my brightness to hear the guy on the right but once i did he was cooking the whole video
You had to turn up your brightness to hear?
In rainbows will blow you away