Radiohead - The King of Limbs (v. New Thom Yorke solo album out!)

[TheVoxyn]

I actually had OK computer for about 1.5 years because I bought it at a sale once. Never listened to it until a few months back.

[Marvellous G]

I actually had OK computer for about 1.5 years because I bought it at a sale once. Never listened to it until a few months back.

The coincidences are now getting incredibly bizarre, this is EXACTLY what I did. 

[TheVoxyn]

I actually had OK computer for about 1.5 years because I bought it at a sale once. Never listened to it until a few months back.

The coincidences are now getting incredibly bizarre, this is EXACTLY what I did. 

It's fate. One day we shall go to the same Radiohead concert.

[Zantera]

I should probably check out Pablo Honey soon.
Somehow I feel incomplete as a RH-fan when I haven't heard it.  

[TheVoxyn]

It's also the only album I haven't listened to yet. But since I'm a relatively new fan I think I'm excused .

[Marvellous G]

I actually had OK computer for about 1.5 years because I bought it at a sale once. Never listened to it until a few months back.

The coincidences are now getting incredibly bizarre, this is EXACTLY what I did. 

It's fate. One day we shall go to the same Radiohead concert.

The funny thing with me is, I'd listened to it on Spotify even before that and not really listened 'properly,' then something nagging at the back of my mind made me buy it at a sale even after I'd been meh towards it, then I still kept not listening to it for another year or so.   I'm just glad I finally gave in.

[TheVoxyn]

I actually had OK computer for about 1.5 years because I bought it at a sale once. Never listened to it until a few months back.

The coincidences are now getting incredibly bizarre, this is EXACTLY what I did. 

It's fate. One day we shall go to the same Radiohead concert.

The funny thing with me is, I'd listened to it on Spotify even before that and not really listened 'properly,' then something nagging at the back of my mind made me buy it at a sale even after I'd been meh towards it, then I still kept not listening to it for another year or so.   I'm just glad I finally gave in.

For me it was a blind sale. It was 2 for the price of 3 and I had 2 albums but couldn't choose a third. Then I chose OK Computer because I heard good things about it. Think I ripped it to my computer and listened to half of it and then put it away for waaaay too long.

[Marvellous G]

The sale I got it in was also 2 for 3, this is just odd now. 

Also, awesome sig!

[TheVoxyn]

The sale I got it in was also 2 for 3, this is just odd now. 

Also, awesome sig!

And thanks. Was just cutting out stuff from the artwork until I got something that looked good .

[jag66]

Radiohead have a wealth of great b-sides and unlreleased tracks too for ppl new to the band. I think alot of the b-sides are on spotify 

[KevShmev]

Radiohead have a wealth of great b-sides and unlreleased tracks too for ppl new to the band. I think alot of the b-sides are on spotify 

Many of them are also available at amazon and iTunes, where you can get them for like a buck a song, as opposed to stealing them from spotify.

[ariich]

Radiohead have a wealth of great b-sides and unlreleased tracks too for ppl new to the band. I think alot of the b-sides are on spotify 

Many of them are also available at amazon and iTunes, where you can get them for like a buck a song, as opposed to stealing them from spotify.

Spotify is a completely legal streaming service, and I pay £10 a month for the premium version (the normal version is funded through ads). No stealing involved whatsoever.

[Perpetual Change]

Radiohead have a wealth of great b-sides and unlreleased tracks too for ppl new to the band. I think alot of the b-sides are on spotify 

Many of them are also available at amazon and iTunes, where you can get them for like a buck a song, as opposed to stealing them from spotify.

Spotify is a completely legal streaming service, and I pay £10 a month for the premium version (the normal version is funded through ads). No stealing involved whatsoever.

If I had better internet, I'd totally be into that.

You know, Spotify is also really exactly the kind of service Frank Zappa was talking about in that thread awhile about.

[KevShmev]

Whoops.

[ariich]

Radiohead have a wealth of great b-sides and unlreleased tracks too for ppl new to the band. I think alot of the b-sides are on spotify 

Many of them are also available at amazon and iTunes, where you can get them for like a buck a song, as opposed to stealing them from spotify.

Spotify is a completely legal streaming service, and I pay £10 a month for the premium version (the normal version is funded through ads). No stealing involved whatsoever.

If I had better internet, I'd totally be into that.

You know, Spotify is also really exactly the kind of service Frank Zappa was talking about in that thread awhile about.

Can't say I know what thread you mean (may not have read it) but yeah it's a really great service. It's not available everywhere (not in the US at the moment), only in places where they have enough licences from record labels/distributors to make it worthwhile, so I think it's mostly European countries.

But yeah if it has quite a few Radiohead b-sides on there then I might check some out, and then possibly purchase mp3s of any that I like enough.

[jag66]

Radiohead have a wealth of great b-sides and unlreleased tracks too for ppl new to the band. I think alot of the b-sides are on spotify 

Many of them are also available at amazon and iTunes, where you can get them for like a buck a song, as opposed to stealing them from spotify.

Heh, although if you don't have the cd singles you're not a real fan   

[KevShmev]

Radiohead have a wealth of great b-sides and unlreleased tracks too for ppl new to the band. I think alot of the b-sides are on spotify  

Many of them are also available at amazon and iTunes, where you can get them for like a buck a song, as opposed to stealing them from spotify.

Heh, although if you don't have the cd singles you're not a real fan  

Well, I don't like painting people with that brush , but I'll just say that if a fan isn't checking them out, then they are missing out on a lot.

[orcus116]

Haven't heard them. I must correct this.

[Ravenheart]

Radiohead have a wealth of great b-sides and unlreleased tracks too for ppl new to the band. I think alot of the b-sides are on spotify 

Many of them are also available at amazon and iTunes, where you can get them for like a buck a song, as opposed to stealing them from spotify.

Heh, although if you don't have the cd singles you're not a real fan   

Not sure if serious.

[skydivingninja]

Anyone listen to the live at the Henry Fonda Theater recording?  It was made free to download in January last year.  For some reason I've just started listening to it even though I've had it forever.  Guess what song starts off the second encore?  Lotus Flower.  Man, I could've been ready for this album for a year!  I wasted a whole year where I could have been waiting in excited anticipation of when they'd release it!

[TheVoxyn]

Anyone listen to the live at the Henry Fonda Theater recording?  It was made free to download in January last year.  For some reason I've just started listening to it even though I've had it forever.  Guess what song starts off the second encore?  Lotus Flower.  Man, I could've been ready for this album for a year!  I wasted a whole year where I could have been waiting in excited anticipation of when they'd release it!

I think 3 or even 4 tracks of the new album were previously played (although not entirely in the same form).

[skydivingninja]

Yeah, Lotus Flower was mostly acoustic guitar in the early live version, but the lyrics and melody were the same.

On the subject of live Radiohead, it was kind of cool hearing the Kid A songs sort of stripped-back, without all the production and stuff.  Just a different way to hear it, though I think I prefer the craziness of the album version.

[KevShmev]

We can now hope for a Radiohead tour this year.  It'll be hard to top the set list we saw back in '08, which was:

Regular Set
All I Need
Jigsaw Falling into Place
Airbag
15 Step
Nude
Kid A
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
The Gloaming
You and Whose Army?
Idioteque
Faust Arp
Videotape
Everything in Its Right Place
Reckoner
Optimistic
Bangers and Mash
Bodysnatchers

Encore 1
Exit Music (for a Film)
Myxomatosis
My Iron Lung
There There
Fake Plastic Trees

Encore 2
Pyramid Song
House of Cards
Paranoid Android

[KevShmev]

Just started the Radiohead survivor in the P/S section.

[Zantera]

Awesome! Will Participate.
If you guys could make a Radiohead-wish setlist.. how would it look?
Tough challenge, but my attempt: (following the concept of the list kev linked)

Regular set:
2+2=5
Lotus Flower
Airbag
Morning Bell
Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box
15 Step
Paranoid Android
Codex
In Limbo
Optimistic
Little by Little
Faust Arp
All I Need
Go To Sleep
Exit Music (For a Film)
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Separator

Encore 1:
These Are My Twisted Words
Backdrifts
How To Disappear Completely
Idioteque

Encore 2:
Everything In Its Right Place
Videotape
Pyramid Song

Something like this for me, though hard with the new album being so new and all.

[SPNKr]

I'm digging The King Of Limbs lately. I relistened to OK Computer and it's utterly fantastic. I'll begin collecting the discography soon.

[jag66]

Awesome! Will Participate.
If you guys could make a Radiohead-wish setlist.. how would it look?
Tough challenge, but my attempt: (following the concept of the list kev linked)

Regular set:
2+2=5
Lotus Flower
Airbag
Morning Bell
Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box
15 Step
Paranoid Android
Codex
In Limbo
Optimistic
Little by Little
Faust Arp
All I Need
Go To Sleep
Exit Music (For a Film)
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Separator

Encore 1:
These Are My Twisted Words
Backdrifts
How To Disappear Completely
Idioteque

Encore 2:
Everything In Its Right Place
Videotape
Pyramid Song

Something like this for me, though hard with the new album being so new and all.

Pretty good setlist and pretty realistic. Hope they don't play backdrifts on the next tour though
Not sure they could have Videotape followed by Pyramid song to end, that'd be quite somber!

[Zantera]

Well, I kinda thought it would be cool with the show ending with just Thom Yorke on stage, everyone else walking out 1 by 1.

[Marvellous G]

My physical copy of Kid A finally arrived, and I just listened to Everything In It's Right Place on my awesome speaker setup. Holy crap.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

I think I almost know TKoL well enough to where I can almost justify doing this:

1. Bloom - 7
2. Morning Mr Magpie - 8
3. Little by Little - 9
4. Feral - ?
5. Lotus Flower - 8.5
6. Codex - 7.5
7. Giving Up the Ghost - 8
8. Separator - 8

Boys, this is a really good album.

[TheVoxyn]

A friend lended me a copy of Kid A on vinyl. Cannot wait to listen to it. Too bad most Radiohead vinyls are quite expensive...

[zxlkho]

Okay, so I just listened to the new album. I've only heard their hits before, so this probably wasn't the best place to start, but I still really liked it. My favorite tracks are Bloom, Morning Mr Magpie, Lotus Flower, and Codex. I'll definitely be listening to their older albums at some point. Maybe later tonight!

[dethklok09]

just listened to it, amazing album

[PixelDream]

New album is quite good. It's really minimalistic, even for Radiohead. 'Bloom', 'Lotus Flower' and 'Codex' I think are fantastic.

I used to have a love/hate relationship with Radiohead's music, but 'In Rainbows' changed all that. A truly flawless album that contains elements out of all their styles. But the greatest thing about it is that it starts out upbeat, and from there on every subsequent song is more emotionally intense or beautiful. I have certain memories that come up when listening to it, especially the end of 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi', 'All I Need' and 'House of Cards'. Then 'Jigsaw Falling Into Place' jabs right at you and 'Videotape' is just complete emptiness. But I guess the emotional intensity comes across that way because of the music itself, not my memories. The music helped me to give shape to these emotions. Anyway, it's my favorite album ever, it's sometimes hard to listen to, but I do think it is 100% perfect.

And disc 2, I don't have any emotional resonance with whatsoever, but I dig the hell out of it. 'Down is the new Up', 'Banger n Mash', all great tunes.

[shadowfex]

Listened to this album through a few times now and i'm pretty happy with it. It will probably rank near the bottom of their discography due to the lack of truly great songs however most of the tracks are still winners. Codex is fantastic.