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I saw a quote from Thom stating it was their best recording. I stop everyting I am doing when I hear it. And that includes prolonged periods of breathing.
@@Literallyjustmintthat's actually a really cool interpretation, especially since in the kid amnesia exhibition, the section with motion picture soundtrack is called ascension
Jonny is very likely not too keen on doing Ideoteque live. He does the synth and electronic sequencing and Thom's insanity just gets thrown at him. - "I can see the crack in your ass, Jonny!" - "Faster Jonny!"
"Motion Picture Soundtrack" is a masterpiece, i always cry at this one it's just magical.. You don't know how lucky you are to discover their discography for the first time, you have only scratched the surface yet :)
In the National anthem Jhonny Greenwood plays a radio connected to local radio Stations, so whenever they play this song on stage it's completely different sample, it depends on a country and region. Such a cool detail
Idioteque really shines in concert. I saw them at Bonnaroo in 2006, and being in a crowd of 80,000 fans tossing around glow sticks during that song was unreal.
“How to disappear” had me remembered times I was in hospital, when I was in extreme distress, when I was at funerals, when I was losing something, losing sanity… it’s about denying that pain that comes with the circumstances of life. And Tom Yorke’s voice was so emotional.
Music and lyrics are such great outlets for emotions, both together and separately. Thom did such an amazing job with both. This would have helped in so many situations when I was younger.
Radiohead got me through a really rough time when my wife died suddenly in 2015 I will never understand people who harp on how bleak they are they are great for hard times very cathartic.
I'll never forget back in 2004, my family was on vacation in Arizona and took a drive through Wupatki and Sun Crator Natl Monuments, where the landscape changes colors every few miles with strange looking ash bunches dotting the black sand landscape. It looks otherworldly. My mother stopped our car and told me to put on Kid A because "we need some ethereal music to match this landscape." We listened to the whole album on that drive. Treefingers coupled with that landscape gave me chills.
First, thanks for your authenticity in Motion Picture Soundtrack. You didn't play it up or hide it. And that made it a beautiful accompaniment to a beautiful song. When this album came out, it was a pretty nasty shock and a tough listen. I didn't really properly give it a chance for probably another 20 years. It was only after I realized how brilliant In Rainbows is I went back and really gave the interceding 3 albums a chance. The Bends is also outstandingly good.
Almost exactly my reaction to it I let them go for almost 10 years until I caught one of the basement versions of a song from In Rainbows then I listened to them for a year straight and loved all the records I missed.
Kid A was quite a shock when it came out. I wasn't ready for it and I think most people weren't. We wanted OKC part 2. It took a while but now I think it's amazing.
Great reaction. I too used to get a bit emotional when hearing Motion Picture Soundtrack. In case you're thinking about reacting to Amnesiac, it's totally worth it. Although it was very well received, both critically and commercially, lots of people used to think it was mostly made up of leftovers from Kid A, but I think anyone who knows the band knows that's not something they'd do. More importantly, they have explained, on many occasions, that they just couldn't agree on which tracks to put on Kid A, so, for a while they considered releasing it as a double album, but eventually decided to do two separate discs. That's all there is, and several members of the band have vehemently defended Amnesiac and made it clear they don't consider it inferior at all. I do think Kid A is a better album (and most people agree), but Amnesiac is still a very good one, and contains at least three of the best songs the band’s ever written, in my opinion.
That great to hear that there's more material from the same era! This is actually the case for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' recent album releases this year, Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen. They wrote over 48 songs and wanted to release a giant double album of 34 songs, but the record company did not want to do it. So instead they released two separate double albums within 6 months of each other.
Fun Fact: the guitarist and string arranger from Radiohead (Jonny Greenwood) is also a RENOWNED film scorer, and has scored Oscar winning films such as There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread. You can hear the brilliance of his string arrangements on "How To Disappear Completely". His string choices are never the "obvious" choice. It's always really avant-garde, clever, cutting-edge styles of strings (heavily influenced by the legendary composer Kristoff Pendericki). Also on "In Limbo", you can hear how exotic and trippy their sense of timing can get. They always go out of their way to push the listener to challenging places. They actually like making their audience uncomfortable with each shift in direction, but I swear after enough listens, the genius of every album reveals itself.
I have definitely been kept on my toes throughout these albums, but it didn't take long for the songs to settle with me nicely. So far I have not been led in a direction I didn't welcome.
How to Disappear Completely also has pretty obvious (in my opinion) homage to Scott Walker's It's Raining Today who is also known for his more and more avant-garde arrangements despite his pop origins.
@@owenhu9465 The string arrangement from It's Raining Today for sure. But the rest of How To Disappear is very distinct from It's Raining Today. What they share is having that dissonant string arrangement leading the track, but it retreats in HTD, but sticks around in It's Raining Today.
When you became emotional during motion picture, I had to subscribe. It’s obvious RH hit a nerve with you, they’re such an amazing band. Welcome to the club 🤝
Personally my favorite album. Completely special and unique. Groundbreaking because of who created it and when they created it and no matter how many negative reviews it receives, it will remain an absolute masterpiece on the level of Ok Computer and any major work by other band in music history.
I totally agree that it is a masterpiece. Works so well as a project and I love the backstory behind it. Already in love with the music on it had to offer.
I've never listened to so called critics, so I didn't even know it was panned so heavily until now! Loved it the moment I first heard it... well perhaps some of it took a few listens, but couldn't stop listening for weeks after I bought it anyway.
@@carlhartwell7978 Today it's hard to find negative reviews about it, but when it went on sale... there were! . And apart from professional critics, many people reacted negatively on first listens, it didn't fit with the band's previous works. In any case, time has put it in its place and it doesn't seem like it was your case either. Greetings.
@@lusciousluie One of the greatest songs of all time, IMO. What you were calling "violins on the side" are an ondes martenot, and early (1920s) electronic instrument that Jonnie Greenwood helped to revive.
Yeah, I Know man, Motion Picture Soundtrack is a Masterpiece that tears apart your heart. Kid A was chosen the best album of it's decade and a revolutionary album. It deserves everything.
Trust me, after you start listening to radiohead for a while you cant stop exploring and listening to them until you finish exploring all their stuff from the beginning until now (The Smile). Radiohead will satisfy you in ANY WAY!
Another highly challenging artist you might appreciate is Godspeed You Black Emperor. I highly recommend the album "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennae Towards Heaven". It more or less perfected the art of instrumental post-rock. Absolutely epic masterpiece of an album.
I'm very very glad you enjoyed this album. Kid A is probably my favorite Radiohead album and possibly my favorite album in general. So many pieces and different ideas that come together incredibly. I don't think there is any other album that comes close to how this album feels to listen to. The backstory behind this album is pretty interesting. Thom was suffering from depression after the OK Computer tour, along with him and the other members of the band having burnout from how much they worked in the past couple of years. He then became interested in IDM artists (stands for "intelligent dance music" which is similar to EDM but more nuanced) such as Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada. You can see a lot of influence from those artists in songs like Idioteque. If it weren't for the band going in this completely different direction, they most likely would've broken up due to how much tension was between them. If you are going to listen to more Radiohead in the future, go back to their album The Bends. It's artsy alt-rock that gave a glimpse into what they would go on to do in OK Computer. Also, I'm excited for your reaction to Favourite Worst Nightmare. Though I prefer their debut album, I think it's at about the same level of quality.
Yes! Thank you for making the recommendation! It's fantastic and it makes me appreciate the album even more with the backstory behind it. Will definitely be checking out more of Radiohead on the channel in the future. Favourite Worst Nightmare may come as soon as this week!
This is my all time favourite album as well. I would add as a backstory about the How to disappear completely, which is simply the best song ever written imo. During the OKC tour and Thom's growing depression, he was very close to stop playing on some concerts. The pressure, the load of touring, being in front of tens of thousands of people for a prolonged time caused a lot of tensions. According to Thom, his friend Michael Stipe, singer of R.E.M. suggested him imagine he's somewhere else, not there, that might help survive such tense situations. That's what the song is about, the best ever written song is about.
@@stefanba2029 yeah i forgot to add that part to my comment but mine was long enough as is how to disappear completely is probably the best from this album for me also and easily one of the greatest songs of all time (along with a lot of other radiohead songs)
The Bends is my favorite of their albums, though it should not be inferred that I dislike any of them. I also don't think it's their best album. But man, it's just my happy place. Their best is probably In Rainbows, but they're still kicking ass in A Moon Shaped Pool and my favorite song of theirs is from Pablo Honey (it isn't Creep). My fandom spans the whole discography and it really is just a matter of what I'm in the mood for. The great thing about a band like this, with such a diverse set of sounds across their career, is there's pretty much always a version of Radiohead that fits the occasion. Lately, I mostly listen to Kid A onwards, with a heavy emphasis on their last three albums, but I'll still sit down and listen from You to True Love Waits every few months.
Great reaction! So glad you're diving in to Radiohead; I can listen to their music endlessly. Really enjoyed your OKC reaction too. So interesting to hear your perspective as a drummer. Thom wrote 'How To Disappear Completely' whilst dealing with sudden fame, burnout and dissociation during the utterly relentless Ok Computer tour. He asked Michael Stipe (of REM) for advice as he couldn't handle it and he said him to pull the shutters down and just repeat "I'm not here, this isn't happening". Absolutely stunning song.. I come back to the strings at the end a lot, all dissonance and then there's a moment where the sun breaks through the clouds, with Thom's soaring falsetto. Also, Untitled wasn't actually a track on the album.. there's about a minute's silence after Motion Picture Soundtrack and then you'd get this hidden track. The live versions of Kid A tracks are really incredible. The National Anthem where Jonny plays the radio and Idioteque with him playing modular synth are really worth watching. I think you'd really enjoy The Smile (Thom and Jonny's new band with drummer Tom Skinner). Lots of interesting polyrhythms and weird time signatures.
They are going to become a regular on my playlists easily. I love their overall sound and approach. I'm so glad to hear about Michael Stipe having an influence on the project because I really like REM. So many great details about this about and I'm so glad to hear these facts! Also The Smile sounds like a great project to check out!
You gotta listen to thier entire discography man. In rainbows imo being thier best one and also A moon shaped pool. Don't forget to also listen to The king of limbs from the basement on UA-cam. One of the best live performances of all time.
This album is GOATed. It's my favorite, but I really love everything they've released aside from Pablo Honey. I would recommend simply continuing in chronological order. I'm one of the few who thinks the best song on this album is Kid A. There's something so transcendent about it. It feels like I float to another dimension when it comes on.
In Rainbows will be later on this week. I totally agree with that statement. I was describing ascending in some of these tracks. Definitely feels otherworldly and the album cover gives me the same vibe.
the story of kid a, one where one feels abandoned in an imperfect, predatorial world without knowing how you got there or why you are there, is, deep down, everyone's story. when i first listened to this album i was immediately transported into a trance where i was watching a movie of a completely isolated person trying his best to enjoy living in the snowy, mountainous world on the album cover. but the world just continued to reveal itself as, tragically, being against those who inhabit it. i felt like some invisible being with more power than me was showing me the plight of reality through one man's experience. i had never seen the images i saw before, but i had felt the feelings before, and i realized how so much of my life was an escape of the traumas and bad experiences, but the reality was still there. kid a is the real version of the song-writer, like one soul radiating in different planes at the same time. the song-writer is in our world, and kid a is by himself in a terrible world. everything he experiences in our world is due to what's happening under the surface in the kid a world. in our world, thom yorke feels isolated from something important, despite being around people. simutaneously, in kid a's land, he is alone and the world is out to get him. the surface existence of our world begins to fade away as the world with greater magnitude brings out the true inner reality of the song-writer through his connection with kid a's reality. i view this album as thom yorke moving from blaming the people in the world for his problems (the ok computer perspective) to seeing that the world itself is bad. this album is him painfully wrenching himself through that helpless feeling 1. everything in it's right place sounded like i was being introduced to a real place that is hidden somewhere, right before the introduction of the clone kid a arrives. things being in their right place represent the idealistic fantasy the song-writer is holding onto to be able to sleep at night. 2. kid a is the helpless, vulnerable state of someone introduced to a new world completely unprepared, yet forced to continue. kid a is dropped off by space ship into the world, and begins his journey. the little white lie he slips on is, "i'm in control. i've got this. my dreams will come true", that he tells himself to keep himself together. 3. national anthem is the first time we experience kid a trying to live out his fantasies. the pace of the music is as if the song-writer were skiing down a mountain in attempt to get fulfillment. but the world begins to show it's ugly head, he loses control, and he crashes into something, like how the horn section sounds in the song. 4. how to disappear completely is about the overwhelming helplessness one feels after seeing the discrepancy between his hopes and what reality is. it feels like abandonment by whatever caused you to exist, and it makes you wish you could abandon yourself and escape into a different story. 5. treefingers is the serene calm before the storm, like how one feels after allowing yourself to cry. nothing has changed, but you've finally at least been able to express yourself with success for the first time. the atmospheric sounds of the song are like self-exploration that you havent been able to do yet. 6. optimistic is an avalanche[of emotion]. now that he's allowed himself to express displeasure, the dam of all the layers of true feelings, good and bad, breaks. the optimism that came from the serenity of the last scene is now being tested by an avalanche. he's reminded of the powerlessness again, and is reduced to "the best you can is good enough". the big fish eating the little ones is representative of the world itself being predatorial just to reproduce its existence. that's how shitty it is. 7.in limbo is where he is stuck while the avalanche is taking place. the outside world is chaos and destruction, and he needs a way to escape it. he gets into a boat and sails to the land across the sea, thinking he's escaped. but the world won't let him, as a trap door suddenly opens, and he starts sliding down 8. idioteque is about the fools gold of being safe, sterile, and believing you can control/plan your way. even though kid a escaped the forces outside the cave he fell into, there is still no escape from the danger and suffering. even though he now has everything there all of the time, and is safe, it's still not worth it. having the courtesy to prioritize the women and children in the event of a catastrophe only further reminds kid a of the worthlessness of his existence. he's starting to value numbness due to its power to be a different experience. 9. morning bell is about kid a finally having the determination to try to leave. he wants to be released from his predicament, but it's sadly still up to him to do so. "where'd you park the car" and "Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture" are testiments to this. but an even worse thing has happened to kid a: he has become like the world he's trying to escape. "cut the kids in half". the world has already won the war over kid a, but he is so focused on his escape plan that he doesnt see it yet. once he begins to he starts justifying his actions to himself, "Everybody wants to be a friend and nobody wants to be a slave". he is still convinced that his slavery to the forces in the world is escapable. the world has not been his friend, and so he thinks he should be free to do anything to not be a slave.....so he starts walking until he reaches another boat to the sea and gets in it. 10. motion picture soundtrack is kid a at sea, completely burned out from his endless suffering. he realizes that he's been controlled this whole time by things that made believing lies desirable. the best way out he's known up to this point-- the cheap sex, red wine, sleeping pills, letters-- no longer carry enough potency to be worth it. "i will see you in the next life", is him completely given up hope, accepting his fate, and he jumps off the boat into the sea to drown himself. 11. untitled. after seemingly being dead from drowning, some powerful force made of light appears out of nowhere and pulls kid a out of the water. he then began his next life somewhere else. he fulfilled his purpose for that world with everything in its right place to kill him. my fav songs are kid a and optimistic. kid a sounds like it was made by a sinister, creepy person who knows about my insecurities and knows that the synths make me feel comforted. optimistic is just the perfect rock song.
Well done, Sir! Some reaction videos seem a bit embellished and/or exaggerated. You seem quite genuine and authentic in your reactions. Glad you're enjoying Radiohead. This band means the world to me.
Thank you! I really started this as a new fun way for myself as a musician to dive into bands that I had not really listened to much before. I try to give my insight as a drummer, musician, and artist to see what could have been the inspirations behind the music.
Totally agree with what you're saying about how fans may have reacted to the change in sound. But we've already been through it between Pablo Honey to The Bends to OkC. And the ride just never stopped haha, wait until you make it to their Moon Shaped Pool album, night and day from where the started with Pablo. And yet all their albums are great! Waiting for In Rainbows!!
You are so damn fast man, this album broke the “internet” in a time there was internet if you understand what I mean. Imagine going off Ok Computer, considered one of the best alt-rock album at that time and then breaking the genre and went truly avant-garde with Kid A.
I discovered Radiohead on a large dose of LSD and it changed the way I listen to music forever :) one of the amazing parts of this album is the transitions into the next song!!
Please listen to Amnesiac. It was released a year after and has songs recorded during the same sessions. I see Kid A as a wide open soundscape of loneliness and amnesiac as uncomfortably claustrophobic sounding I love both albums
Aw man.. im glad you checked this one out.. very worth watching this, and im glad it hit you, and you didnt edit it out, dont be ashamed of tears, embrace it and be proud, got a good heart man, and im sure most of us radiohead fans can relate, great video, thank you
Thank you! I absolutely would have kept the entire reaction in the video if it wasn't for copyright. Music really means a lot to me and being able to get these moments to go back to is surreal.
I tell new people to Radiohead to start with Pablo Honey and then trust the process. Kid A is shocking, took me a little while to appreciate this album as did most Radiohead fans. But the absolute balls on these guys, the daring, the gall, it's what makes Radiohead so good and so influential. They will experiment, they will find new creative sounds, new creative arrangements, and they will learn from them and grow. Take out any one album and you don't get the next one. Where they've ended up in A Moon Shaped Pool is outstanding, and how they got there is really quite remarkable. The journey has so many great highlights, across all their albums.
Excellent reaction! I love watching reactions of my favorite bands/songs to see if the emotions I feel are felt by others. It is confirmed after watching this :) I recommend a moon shaped pool next….and for my other favorite bands of all time Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. You will not be disappointed, my friend.
Bro, thanks for taking the time to go through this album track by track. Arguably my favorite Radiohead album. It was an honor to witness your first reaction! Keep it up.
There's few things I find more intriguing than seeing other people explore my all time favourite band. It's not for everyone, so it's especially nice when you stumble upon people who get it. You still haven't reacted to what I consider to be their best album (In Rainbows). Looking forward to that!
I've been working on keeping an open mind when it comes to new music and band's or artist's musical choices and perspective. Fortunately, I've been able to easily click with Radiohead's vision. And the background behind these albums just make me love them that much more.
I can't formulate my love for this band in this moment, but I so appreciate your input on these reactions and Motion Picture Soundtrack is just heartrending. I was lucky to see them play this at my first RH gig, at the Gorge on the Solstice with an absolutely mad crowd, second to last time they played it. The organ they used blew out a month later at their homecoming show at Oxford's South Park show in July 2001
Awesome reaction I enjoyed this very much! "I feel like I've just discovered my third eye from this band" is something I'm sure a lot of us felt, definitely a revelation, and for me, nothing really comes even close to Radiohead in conveying ideas and emotions SO perfectly and vividly, whether it's Thom's voice or the phrasings/timing choices, or the music they conjure up, man they can have me in tears with just some perfectly placed words or tones and every song has an emotional impact, they've helped me through some hard times and still do. Good music heals the soul, and this is much much more than good. By the way, Morning Bell 👌🏻is just so tight yet so artful it's one of my favourites, but to be honest they're all standout tracks. I love that you discovered this, and congrats! 😁 Oh, and as a drummer, you're gonna love the "In Rainbows" album. Loved the video, thanks 👍🏻 By the way also, check out their live performances, it's truly incredible how they bring all this to a live performance they are such talented musicians.. Check out their "Live on Jools Holland" performance of Paranoid Android, for example, you'll be blown away.
Yeah they are the total package for me tbh. I'm excited there's still so much more to discover with them. I will definitely be looking for the drums in "In Rainbows" for sure now!
Please check out Radiohead- The Bends (the album that preceded Ok Computer). The trio of albums- the bends>ok computer>Kid A- just tells such a wild tale of growth. The Bends contains some of the best 90s rock/indie rock sounds that defined the generation to come in British rock, then Ok Computer completely changed modern indie rock, and then they released Kid A which was sooo ahead of it’s time.
I'm excited to check out The Bends. The concept sounds right up my alley. The next one I'm reviewing is going to be In Rainbows this week and I will check out The Bends after a break from Radiohead.
Loved The Bends and OK Computer, and now love Kid A, but 20 year old me wasn’t ready for Kid A when it came out, and I didn’t keep up with their music after that. About 2 years ago I rediscovered them and heard their album In Rainbows and I don’t think I will find ever find an album as beautiful. What an idiot- my biggest regret in life is that I didn’t get to see them live at bonnaroo 2006
It makes sense. The 2010s era of RHCP was difficult at first for me to grasp, but after multiple listens, I was able to appreciate the change in the band's sound. Now they are some of my favorites. Glad to say that Radiohead quickly grabbed me despite me never being exposed to the band.
In Kid A, I always interpreted the line "We've got heads on sticks, you've got ventriloquists" to mean that we have done away with our puppet masters, you have not.
there's another verse in Motion Picture Soundtrack unreleased version (well they released it in OKNOTOK Casette) this version is even more depressing than the original release “ beautiful angel pull apart at birth limbless and helpless i can't even recognise you i think youre crazy, maybe i will see you in the next life ” i dont know why the band remove this verse
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, I really enjoyed your analysis! Not that you should change anything, obviously, but one thing you miss when you stop between tracks is the beautiful transitions between songs like that funky outro on optimistic and the waves at the end of in limbo. It doesn't help that there is stuttering between songs on modern streaming platforms like spotify and such. Great video!
That’s an album you’ll love a bit more every time you listen to it. I was confused at first, but decades later, I believe it’s a masterpiece, one of the best albums of all time, for me the best band of all time, they’re like Mozart or Beethoven of modern days.
It's really great that you're kinda talking about your interpretation of the songs and you're also knowledgeable enough to recognize their music for what it is too
CDs weren't so bad, you could skip around all you want, it was cassettes that were a royal pain imo and closer to what you described. 😄 The last track isn't even really a track, just a weird relic of the CD format. It was for when you get to the end and sit in your silent feelings for a while, get distracted by an urgent task, and then that unlisted "secret track" suddenly pops on and scares the shit out of you like a ghost and makes you question reality for a sec. And then you go to all your friends saying "omg did you hear that ghost shit at the end of ____ album??" LOL
Have you ever heard the album 'Infinity Land' by Biffy Clyro on a CD? Spoiler alert if not: after a whole half an hour of silence after the last track had finished, a loud dissonant string section comes out of nowhere and there is a really creepy hidden track 😂
I loved this reaction. Kid A has been my favorite album for years, but this is the first time that Motion Picture Soundtrack actually got me. I would love to see you react to Ren. He has a lot of moving music, and a lot of fun music, so pick anything. The gateway song is usually Hi Ren.
I really like your perspective on these tracks. I've been with Radiohead since the beginning, and I avoided listening to Kid A for a long time (about 10 years) because I couldn't comprehend the why and how of it. I know realize that it is all artistic license, and creative process. After finally listening and processing, it isn't all that bad-just different, and interesting.
Man, this reminds me of myself listening to these songs for the first time. You're blessed you can move on so quickly. Some of us had to wait 3 years to find out how amazing the sequel to OK Computer would be. Much younger back then it was a very exciting and looong time, but even back then there was a ton of material, EPs, singles, collabs, 3 films, amateur live recordings, and unreleased material, and great websites. Songs and material from before Pablo Honey up to the last day of September 2000. Maybe you'd like to have a short excursion and check out the first two albums before moving on to the masterpiece Amnesiac. Also, don't skip the b-sides.
As a longtime RHCP fan, I can totally understand the patience that was required for the next batch of music to release. I plan to check out more from Radiohead in the future but after a little break.
This why I love Radiohead too, or a huge part of it, it sounds like the most fun band in the world to play in. Please watch "Live from the basement" it is so much for to watch for a musician!! :D
yooo just stumbled on your channel and have been loving the reactions man! speaking of bands that constantly change their sound, if you haven't listened to weezer already, would love to see a reaction to em! the sonic difference between the blue album (their first album) and pinkerton (their second) is so interesting especially if you read up on the story behind pinkerton and how it came to be
Not sure who will read this but two decades ago, in the cd era, my friend asked for me to lend him a mix cd a friend had made and he'd lend me this cd by this artist called Radiohead. I was in my late teens at the time and had no interest in this music I couldn't understand. Give it a few months and one day when I was feeling low I decided to throw on Kid A again and it changed my life, literally. I got lost in this records soundscape and the rest was history. I've seen them perform several times live and have even met them face to face, (thanks KROQ). I'm grateful those here can share a similar transcendent experience. Much love to you all.
Good choice again! This is my favorite Radiohead album for sure. I always get a lot of interesting visuals in my mind when this is on. They have many good albums, but nothing else quite matches the unique darkness of this one.
I only truly got into Radiohead's discography this year as I'm listening along with a podcast going from album to album. Growing up I loved OK Computer but i always heard the legacy of this album and the whole "greatest left turn" story. I tried giving the album a chance a few years back and by time I got to Kid A, I had to switch it off as it just freaked me out a bit too much as a teenager. However in preparation for the podcast reaching Kid A/Amnesiac, I finally forced myself to listen to the album front to back a few times. It took a while but it eventually clicked with me and I absolutely love the album and the story behind the making of both Kid A and Amnesiac. The standout track of course is Motion Picture Soundtrack which I fell in love with from first listen. There is a video of a band peforming the song at the funeral for one of their fallen members and the arrangement is just so beautiful its hard to explain without hearing for yourself.
From some of the interviews they did, some of the tensions between the band members was the over the overall direction they were headed in musically. Thom mainly didn't want to have anything to do with what they had been doing already. He mentioned on several occasions he was also dealing with writers block as well in the lead up to working on this. How they overcame all that and went on to create this left-turn masterpiece is still completely mystifying to me to this day. Thats the kind of stuff that kills bands. They all deserve a tremendous amount of praise for maintaining and going on to keep making amazing music for another 16+ years after all that. They are an incomparable band.
Wonderful reaction! Kid A is probably my favorite Radiohead album... and I say that as a die-hard OK Computer fan. One of the greatest left turns in music history since GENESIS went from "Selling England By The Pound" to "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"... Both albums are absolute genius... and I LOVE how Radiohead just ignore their well-earned laurels for OKC and "got out of their lane" for art's sake. My three favorite songs on this album would have to "Everything In Its Right Place," "The National Anthem" and "How To Disappear Completely"... May I also suggest you check out the other Radiohead album which, in my opinion, occupies the very top shelf for this remarkable band: "A MOON-SHAPED POOL" is another masterpiece.. more grounded in orchestral garments... but so deeply personal and haunting and beautiful. Well worth checking out! Cheers!
My personal theory is that by the time they're done producing an album, they're already so bored with it that they say "you know what, let's do ANYTHING other than what we already did" XD I ahould add that on the original album tracks 10 and 11 were on the same track and there was a long pause between them (~45 sec iirc). So they're really two parts of the same song IMO.
Totally agree with you on that. If I was creating original music I'd get very creative to challenge myself but also like you said, the hell with it! lmao. Also I really like that those two songs were part of the same original song.
Ya I agree with you at the end when you said you can vibe to these albums as you see fit. Ok Computer I tend to listen to when I’m feeling pretty decent Kid A is usually what I go to when I’m having like mental struggles or having a rough time and In Rainbows, omg just wait my man just wait that album right there whew I can’t even describe what that albums does to me, by far In rainbows is the most listened to Radiohead album for me. Appreciate another solid reaction from you dude thanks a bunch
Those albums are great in their own ways for sure. It's almost like they have their own auras to them. The red hot chili peppers are my favorite band and each of their albums feel that way to me. I can't wait to get into In Rainbows after some time!
Would love to see a reaction/review of the King of Limbs album by Radiohead. Some their most impressive drum work, since including a second drummer, along with loops and other cool effects
Sorry if someone has already talked about this but it’s interesting to see people check out kid a on a streaming service. Kid a the cd had 10 tracks with motion picture as the final track. The “untitled” track literally had no title and was an Easter egg. I can’t remember if you had to let a few minutes of silence play after motion picture or if you had to skip backwards when the cd first started but either way it was a hidden gem. Die hard fans will also recognize all of the sounds in the untitled track as snippets from amnesiac which was recorded at the same time but wouldn’t be released for another year. Great videos and always great to see cool people experiencing my favorite band..
Great reaction my guy! My favorite was OK Computer for so long, but as of late in my adult years, I finally learned to love and appreciate KID A. When familiar with the sonic landscape it just keeps on giving and is hands down their best work of all time. Everything is A tier from them though (except for maybe the debut Pablo Honey), and I'd strongly recommend to check out their ongoing catalogue from here. Early stuff (the bends) is also good, but nothing comes near the era that began with and came after OK Computer. The next in line, Amnesiac, was sorta meant to be a double album along with KID A but got released seperately shortly after. That album has the best album closer ever made by any band before and after. Simply perfect.
I'm very excited to get into more of Radiohead! So far there's a good balance between my liking of OKC and Kid A. I know I've only listened to them for a short time but the music has clicked with me so quickly.
@@lusciousluie When a tear appears at the end of a record, it's usually a good sign. Can't wait to see what you think of their other albums. Keep it up, your reactions are highly appreciated.
10:56 fun fact: Colin Greenwood was absent when this track was recorded, so it's Thom Yorke who plays the bass. He also wrote the bass line when he was about 16 y.o
Great thoughts n input on the album! Kid A is one of those albums that’s great listening to all the way through, it’s like a complete piece of art from start to finish.
As one of those old people who grew up with cassette tapes, I tend to listen to whole albums most of the time, but Radiohead definitely lends itself well to that style of listening. I find that my favorite artists tend to be those who release more cohesive albums anyway so it all works out. Artists that just release a set of disjointed singles tend not to capture my attention quite as often.
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'How to disappear completely' is one of the greatest recorded pieces of music ever.
I really enjoyed it a lot and the background behind the song makes me love it so much more
Gut wrenching in the best possible way. Such a beautiful song
and it's not even the best song on this album
I saw a quote from Thom stating it was their best recording.
I stop everyting I am doing when I hear it. And that includes prolonged periods of breathing.
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motion picture soundtrack is so powerful
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Saddest radiohead song for sure. The narrator literally kills himself at the end (my interpretation)
@@Literallyjustmintthat's actually a really cool interpretation, especially since in the kid amnesia exhibition, the section with motion picture soundtrack is called ascension
I tear up every time.
Seeing Idioteque live should be on every fan’s bucket list, Thom goes nuts every time.
I would love to see recordings of it!
Jonny is very likely not too keen on doing Ideoteque live. He does the synth and electronic sequencing and Thom's insanity just gets thrown at him.
- "I can see the crack in your ass, Jonny!"
- "Faster Jonny!"
@@lusciousluie I'd say my favourite version is their live performance in Summer Sonic Osaka in 2003
"Motion Picture Soundtrack" is a masterpiece, i always cry at this one it's just magical.. You don't know how lucky you are to discover their discography for the first time, you have only scratched the surface yet :)
Yeah the swelling of the music just hit me like a wave. And Thom's voice is the perfect balance of somber and hopeful, it's just so beautiful.
Have you ever listened to the acoustic version with the extra verse it may be more powerful than the album version you can find it on You Tube.
The motion picture soundtrack reaction hit
The way the music swelled just hit me all at once.
In the National anthem Jhonny Greenwood plays a radio connected to local radio Stations, so whenever they play this song on stage it's completely different sample, it depends on a country and region. Such a cool detail
I love that fact and technique so much. Thats amazing to experience different samplings depending on the performance.
true and the SNL performance of this and Idioteque are both stunners, mere days after Kid A dropped
@@davis267 yes, I think SNL version of NA is the best (shame we can’t hear Jonny’s radio at all in this one though)
Idioteque really shines in concert. I saw them at Bonnaroo in 2006, and being in a crowd of 80,000 fans tossing around glow sticks during that song was unreal.
I'm so glad to hear that! That actually sounds amazing! I can only imagine the sensation of that moment.
If I had a time machine, I'd use it to go to that show.
The Snl live performance of idioteque is insane it’s hard to find a good version on UA-cam tho
“How to disappear” had me remembered times I was in hospital, when I was in extreme distress, when I was at funerals, when I was losing something, losing sanity… it’s about denying that pain that comes with the circumstances of life. And Tom Yorke’s voice was so emotional.
Music and lyrics are such great outlets for emotions, both together and separately. Thom did such an amazing job with both. This would have helped in so many situations when I was younger.
As someone who suffers from dissociation, it totally speaks to that for me :) Favorite song from this album for sure.
Radiohead got me through a really rough time when my wife died suddenly in 2015 I will never understand people who harp on how bleak they are they are great for hard times very cathartic.
I'll never forget back in 2004, my family was on vacation in Arizona and took a drive through Wupatki and Sun Crator Natl Monuments, where the landscape changes colors every few miles with strange looking ash bunches dotting the black sand landscape. It looks otherworldly.
My mother stopped our car and told me to put on Kid A because "we need some ethereal music to match this landscape."
We listened to the whole album on that drive. Treefingers coupled with that landscape gave me chills.
First, thanks for your authenticity in Motion Picture Soundtrack. You didn't play it up or hide it. And that made it a beautiful accompaniment to a beautiful song.
When this album came out, it was a pretty nasty shock and a tough listen. I didn't really properly give it a chance for probably another 20 years. It was only after I realized how brilliant In Rainbows is I went back and really gave the interceding 3 albums a chance. The Bends is also outstandingly good.
Almost exactly my reaction to it I let them go for almost 10 years until I caught one of the basement versions of a song from In Rainbows then I listened to them for a year straight and loved all the records I missed.
Kid A was quite a shock when it came out. I wasn't ready for it and I think most people weren't. We wanted OKC part 2. It took a while but now I think it's amazing.
Kid A is so vastly different that I totally understand how that would have some across after following the band for so long prior.
Totally the same for me.
I was absolutely primed and ready for it but you're definitely right
I love how you actually talk about what these songs make you visually/conceptually think
Thank you! That's the most fun part about these videos tbh.
Great reaction. I too used to get a bit emotional when hearing Motion Picture Soundtrack.
In case you're thinking about reacting to Amnesiac, it's totally worth it. Although it was very well received, both critically and commercially, lots of people used to think it was mostly made up of leftovers from Kid A, but I think anyone who knows the band knows that's not something they'd do. More importantly, they have explained, on many occasions, that they just couldn't agree on which tracks to put on Kid A, so, for a while they considered releasing it as a double album, but eventually decided to do two separate discs. That's all there is, and several members of the band have vehemently defended Amnesiac and made it clear they don't consider it inferior at all. I do think Kid A is a better album (and most people agree), but Amnesiac is still a very good one, and contains at least three of the best songs the band’s ever written, in my opinion.
That great to hear that there's more material from the same era! This is actually the case for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' recent album releases this year, Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen. They wrote over 48 songs and wanted to release a giant double album of 34 songs, but the record company did not want to do it. So instead they released two separate double albums within 6 months of each other.
@@lusciousluie RHCP did a cover of Pyramid song from Amnesiac in Egypt
@@lusciousluie ... and they already have a new song
@@stefanba2029 maybe a b-side, although I don't think that's possible after such a massive and expansive release 🤣
@@PresidentHotdog really??! Astonished
Fun Fact: the guitarist and string arranger from Radiohead (Jonny Greenwood) is also a RENOWNED film scorer, and has scored Oscar winning films such as There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread. You can hear the brilliance of his string arrangements on "How To Disappear Completely". His string choices are never the "obvious" choice. It's always really avant-garde, clever, cutting-edge styles of strings (heavily influenced by the legendary composer Kristoff Pendericki). Also on "In Limbo", you can hear how exotic and trippy their sense of timing can get. They always go out of their way to push the listener to challenging places. They actually like making their audience uncomfortable with each shift in direction, but I swear after enough listens, the genius of every album reveals itself.
I have definitely been kept on my toes throughout these albums, but it didn't take long for the songs to settle with me nicely. So far I have not been led in a direction I didn't welcome.
How to Disappear Completely also has pretty obvious (in my opinion) homage to Scott Walker's It's Raining Today who is also known for his more and more avant-garde arrangements despite his pop origins.
@@owenhu9465 The string arrangement from It's Raining Today for sure. But the rest of How To Disappear is very distinct from It's Raining Today. What they share is having that dissonant string arrangement leading the track, but it retreats in HTD, but sticks around in It's Raining Today.
Just watched the ok computer reaction and you upload this lol
lmao perfect timing!
@@lusciousluie yeah bro new subscriber here
When you became emotional during motion picture, I had to subscribe. It’s obvious RH hit a nerve with you, they’re such an amazing band. Welcome to the club 🤝
The music swelling and Thom's voice really caught me by surprise. I love this song so much now.
I'm subscribing as well! Love this reaction.
34:50 the same reaction of all of us, even after years.
I know it’s one of the more known Radiohead songs but we have to talk about Everything In It’s Right Place. The most beautifully eerie song.
Radiohead often, not always, but often starts with an absolute banger in their new albums.
Personally my favorite album.
Completely special and unique. Groundbreaking because of who created it and when they created it and no matter how many negative reviews it receives, it will remain an absolute masterpiece on the level of Ok Computer and any major work by other band in music history.
I totally agree that it is a masterpiece. Works so well as a project and I love the backstory behind it. Already in love with the music on it had to offer.
I've never listened to so called critics, so I didn't even know it was panned so heavily until now! Loved it the moment I first heard it... well perhaps some of it took a few listens, but couldn't stop listening for weeks after I bought it anyway.
@@carlhartwell7978 Today it's hard to find negative reviews about it, but when it went on sale... there were! . And apart from professional critics, many people reacted negatively on first listens, it didn't fit with the band's previous works. In any case, time has put it in its place and it doesn't seem like it was your case either. Greetings.
how to disappear is such a flawless track. loved the reaction keep it up!!
That track made me cry…
That is such an amazing song, especially now that I have the context behind it. Thats gonna be a hard one to listen to without tearing up now.
@@lusciousluie One of the greatest songs of all time, IMO. What you were calling "violins on the side" are an ondes martenot, and early (1920s) electronic instrument that Jonnie Greenwood helped to revive.
One of the all time great bands IMO. I love every album except the first one.
Only a couple of days of listening to them and I totally agree!
do you prefer The King Of Limbs to Pablo Honey? to each their own
@@pyooming3098 King of limbs is the best album
Even King of Limbs?
@@Ultamik3y I dig King of LImbs
This is close to my first reaction to the album, some 20-odd years ago. Amazed and confused. Its top tier Radiohead, no doubt.
Absolutely. I love this album in a different way than OK Computer but its up there just the same.
Listening to this album, it feels like getting high without drugs and at the end you're curled up and dying inside
Yeah, I Know man, Motion Picture Soundtrack is a Masterpiece that tears apart your heart. Kid A
was chosen the best album of it's decade and a revolutionary album. It deserves everything.
It's amazing how much this album still has the power to inspire given that it has already shaped so much of the music that came after it.
Trust me, after you start listening to radiohead for a while you cant stop exploring and listening to them until you finish exploring all their stuff from the beginning until now (The Smile). Radiohead will satisfy you in ANY WAY!
Another highly challenging artist you might appreciate is Godspeed You Black Emperor. I highly recommend the album "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennae Towards Heaven". It more or less perfected the art of instrumental post-rock. Absolutely epic masterpiece of an album.
Their opening song “storm” is probably the best “build up” song I’ve ever heard!!
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I adore Godspeed but on first listen I was bored to death. Now F# A# is one of my all time favourite albums.
I'm very very glad you enjoyed this album. Kid A is probably my favorite Radiohead album and possibly my favorite album in general. So many pieces and different ideas that come together incredibly. I don't think there is any other album that comes close to how this album feels to listen to.
The backstory behind this album is pretty interesting. Thom was suffering from depression after the OK Computer tour, along with him and the other members of the band having burnout from how much they worked in the past couple of years. He then became interested in IDM artists (stands for "intelligent dance music" which is similar to EDM but more nuanced) such as Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada. You can see a lot of influence from those artists in songs like Idioteque. If it weren't for the band going in this completely different direction, they most likely would've broken up due to how much tension was between them.
If you are going to listen to more Radiohead in the future, go back to their album The Bends. It's artsy alt-rock that gave a glimpse into what they would go on to do in OK Computer.
Also, I'm excited for your reaction to Favourite Worst Nightmare. Though I prefer their debut album, I think it's at about the same level of quality.
Yes! Thank you for making the recommendation! It's fantastic and it makes me appreciate the album even more with the backstory behind it. Will definitely be checking out more of Radiohead on the channel in the future. Favourite Worst Nightmare may come as soon as this week!
This is my all time favourite album as well. I would add as a backstory about the How to disappear completely, which is simply the best song ever written imo. During the OKC tour and Thom's growing depression, he was very close to stop playing on some concerts. The pressure, the load of touring, being in front of tens of thousands of people for a prolonged time caused a lot of tensions. According to Thom, his friend Michael Stipe, singer of R.E.M. suggested him imagine he's somewhere else, not there, that might help survive such tense situations. That's what the song is about, the best ever written song is about.
@@stefanba2029 yeah i forgot to add that part to my comment but mine was long enough as is
how to disappear completely is probably the best from this album for me also and easily one of the greatest songs of all time (along with a lot of other radiohead songs)
The Bends is my favorite of their albums, though it should not be inferred that I dislike any of them. I also don't think it's their best album. But man, it's just my happy place. Their best is probably In Rainbows, but they're still kicking ass in A Moon Shaped Pool and my favorite song of theirs is from Pablo Honey (it isn't Creep). My fandom spans the whole discography and it really is just a matter of what I'm in the mood for. The great thing about a band like this, with such a diverse set of sounds across their career, is there's pretty much always a version of Radiohead that fits the occasion. Lately, I mostly listen to Kid A onwards, with a heavy emphasis on their last three albums, but I'll still sit down and listen from You to True Love Waits every few months.
Loved this reaction :) Motion Picture Soundtrack hits just like that even after all these years
Great reaction! So glad you're diving in to Radiohead; I can listen to their music endlessly. Really enjoyed your OKC reaction too. So interesting to hear your perspective as a drummer.
Thom wrote 'How To Disappear Completely' whilst dealing with sudden fame, burnout and dissociation during the utterly relentless Ok Computer tour. He asked Michael Stipe (of REM) for advice as he couldn't handle it and he said him to pull the shutters down and just repeat "I'm not here, this isn't happening". Absolutely stunning song.. I come back to the strings at the end a lot, all dissonance and then there's a moment where the sun breaks through the clouds, with Thom's soaring falsetto.
Also, Untitled wasn't actually a track on the album.. there's about a minute's silence after Motion Picture Soundtrack and then you'd get this hidden track.
The live versions of Kid A tracks are really incredible. The National Anthem where Jonny plays the radio and Idioteque with him playing modular synth are really worth watching.
I think you'd really enjoy The Smile (Thom and Jonny's new band with drummer Tom Skinner). Lots of interesting polyrhythms and weird time signatures.
They are going to become a regular on my playlists easily. I love their overall sound and approach. I'm so glad to hear about Michael Stipe having an influence on the project because I really like REM. So many great details about this about and I'm so glad to hear these facts! Also The Smile sounds like a great project to check out!
The slight deliberate speed up in the middle of Optimistic was such a great choice! Such a smart way to lift the energy of the song.
You gotta listen to thier entire discography man. In rainbows imo being thier best one and also A moon shaped pool. Don't forget to also listen to The king of limbs from the basement on UA-cam. One of the best live performances of all time.
This album is GOATed. It's my favorite, but I really love everything they've released aside from Pablo Honey. I would recommend simply continuing in chronological order. I'm one of the few who thinks the best song on this album is Kid A. There's something so transcendent about it. It feels like I float to another dimension when it comes on.
In Rainbows will be later on this week. I totally agree with that statement. I was describing ascending in some of these tracks. Definitely feels otherworldly and the album cover gives me the same vibe.
Pablo was a good first attempt if you take the age of it into the equation. Blow out is the only one I go back to from Pablo Honey
the story of kid a, one where one feels abandoned in an imperfect, predatorial world without knowing how you got there or why you are there, is, deep down, everyone's story. when i first listened to this album i was immediately transported into a trance where i was watching a movie of a completely isolated person trying his best to enjoy living in the snowy, mountainous world on the album cover. but the world just continued to reveal itself as, tragically, being against those who inhabit it.
i felt like some invisible being with more power than me was showing me the plight of reality through one man's experience. i had never seen the images i saw before, but i had felt the feelings before, and i realized how so much of my life was an escape of the traumas and bad experiences, but the reality was still there. kid a is the real version of the song-writer, like one soul radiating in different planes at the same time. the song-writer is in our world, and kid a is by himself in a terrible world. everything he experiences in our world is due to what's happening under the surface in the kid a world. in our world, thom yorke feels isolated from something important, despite being around people. simutaneously, in kid a's land, he is alone and the world is out to get him. the surface existence of our world begins to fade away as the world with greater magnitude brings out the true inner reality of the song-writer through his connection with kid a's reality. i view this album as thom yorke moving from blaming the people in the world for his problems (the ok computer perspective) to seeing that the world itself is bad. this album is him painfully wrenching himself through that helpless feeling
1. everything in it's right place sounded like i was being introduced to a real place that is hidden somewhere, right before the introduction of the clone kid a arrives. things being in their right place represent the idealistic fantasy the song-writer is holding onto to be able to sleep at night.
2. kid a is the helpless, vulnerable state of someone introduced to a new world completely unprepared, yet forced to continue. kid a is dropped off by space ship into the world, and begins his journey. the little white lie he slips on is, "i'm in control. i've got this. my dreams will come true", that he tells himself to keep himself together.
3. national anthem is the first time we experience kid a trying to live out his fantasies. the pace of the music is as if the song-writer were skiing down a mountain in attempt to get fulfillment. but the world begins to show it's ugly head, he loses control, and he crashes into something, like how the horn section sounds in the song.
4. how to disappear completely is about the overwhelming helplessness one feels after seeing the discrepancy between his hopes and what reality is. it feels like abandonment by whatever caused you to exist, and it makes you wish you could abandon yourself and escape into a different story.
5. treefingers is the serene calm before the storm, like how one feels after allowing yourself to cry. nothing has changed, but you've finally at least been able to express yourself with success for the first time. the atmospheric sounds of the song are like self-exploration that you havent been able to do yet.
6. optimistic is an avalanche[of emotion]. now that he's allowed himself to express displeasure, the dam of all the layers of true feelings, good and bad, breaks. the optimism that came from the serenity of the last scene is now being tested by an avalanche. he's reminded of the powerlessness again, and is reduced to "the best you can is good enough". the big fish eating the little ones is representative of the world itself being predatorial just to reproduce its existence. that's how shitty it is.
7.in limbo is where he is stuck while the avalanche is taking place. the outside world is chaos and destruction, and he needs a way to escape it. he gets into a boat and sails to the land across the sea, thinking he's escaped. but the world won't let him, as a trap door suddenly opens, and he starts sliding down
8. idioteque is about the fools gold of being safe, sterile, and believing you can control/plan your way. even though kid a escaped the forces outside the cave he fell into, there is still no escape from the danger and suffering. even though he now has everything there all of the time, and is safe, it's still not worth it. having the courtesy to prioritize the women and children in the event of a catastrophe only further reminds kid a of the worthlessness of his existence. he's starting to value numbness due to its power to be a different experience.
9. morning bell is about kid a finally having the determination to try to leave. he wants to be released from his predicament, but it's sadly still up to him to do so. "where'd you park the car" and "Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture" are testiments to this. but an even worse thing has happened to kid a: he has become like the world he's trying to escape. "cut the kids in half". the world has already won the war over kid a, but he is so focused on his escape plan that he doesnt see it yet. once he begins to he starts justifying his actions to himself, "Everybody wants to be a friend and nobody wants to be a slave". he is still convinced that his slavery to the forces in the world is escapable. the world has not been his friend, and so he thinks he should be free to do anything to not be a slave.....so he starts walking until he reaches another boat to the sea and gets in it.
10. motion picture soundtrack is kid a at sea, completely burned out from his endless suffering. he realizes that he's been controlled this whole time by things that made believing lies desirable. the best way out he's known up to this point-- the cheap sex, red wine, sleeping pills, letters-- no longer carry enough potency to be worth it. "i will see you in the next life", is him completely given up hope, accepting his fate, and he jumps off the boat into the sea to drown himself.
11. untitled. after seemingly being dead from drowning, some powerful force made of light appears out of nowhere and pulls kid a out of the water. he then began his next life somewhere else. he fulfilled his purpose for that world with everything in its right place to kill him.
my fav songs are kid a and optimistic. kid a sounds like it was made by a sinister, creepy person who knows about my insecurities and knows that the synths make me feel comforted.
optimistic is just the perfect rock song.
Well done, Sir! Some reaction videos seem a bit embellished and/or exaggerated. You seem quite genuine and authentic in your reactions. Glad you're enjoying Radiohead. This band means the world to me.
Thank you! I really started this as a new fun way for myself as a musician to dive into bands that I had not really listened to much before. I try to give my insight as a drummer, musician, and artist to see what could have been the inspirations behind the music.
@@lusciousluie your insight and reflections are most excellent
Totally agree with what you're saying about how fans may have reacted to the change in sound. But we've already been through it between Pablo Honey to The Bends to OkC. And the ride just never stopped haha, wait until you make it to their Moon Shaped Pool album, night and day from where the started with Pablo. And yet all their albums are great!
Waiting for In Rainbows!!
Absolutely. Time helps make everything palatable but I'm sure it was not well received to start out. I do my best to embrace new sounds from bands.
You are so damn fast man, this album broke the “internet” in a time there was internet if you understand what I mean. Imagine going off Ok Computer, considered one of the best alt-rock album at that time and then breaking the genre and went truly avant-garde with Kid A.
Thank you! I try to stay consistent for myself. I totally understand, this was an amazing double hitter. Such a great duo.
I discovered Radiohead on a large dose of LSD and it changed the way I listen to music forever :) one of the amazing parts of this album is the transitions into the next song!!
What a crazy trip that must have been! lmao
Please listen to Amnesiac. It was released a year after and has songs recorded during the same sessions. I see Kid A as a wide open soundscape of loneliness and amnesiac as uncomfortably claustrophobic sounding I love both albums
Kid A always felt like a frozen desolation and Amnesiac always felt like a warm, though isolated, attic filled with nostalgic memories
Amazing reaction, and amazing analysis of the album ...
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Really great point about the space between the melody lines allowing you more time to digest each line.
The egoless band. Everyone gets to shine. The vocals are just one instrument, and every instrument gets its space.
Aw man.. im glad you checked this one out.. very worth watching this, and im glad it hit you, and you didnt edit it out, dont be ashamed of tears, embrace it and be proud, got a good heart man, and im sure most of us radiohead fans can relate, great video, thank you
Thank you! I absolutely would have kept the entire reaction in the video if it wasn't for copyright. Music really means a lot to me and being able to get these moments to go back to is surreal.
I always try hold back tears on motion picture and as soon as I saw you tear up I was right there with you 😢
It's surprising how many covers of *Motion Picture Soundtrack* there are and how people have interpreted it. Certainly worth searching out on UA-cam.
always surprised by this too
you can lose yourself in those arpeggios on motion picture soundtrack. such an amazing song.
I tell new people to Radiohead to start with Pablo Honey and then trust the process. Kid A is shocking, took me a little while to appreciate this album as did most Radiohead fans. But the absolute balls on these guys, the daring, the gall, it's what makes Radiohead so good and so influential. They will experiment, they will find new creative sounds, new creative arrangements, and they will learn from them and grow. Take out any one album and you don't get the next one. Where they've ended up in A Moon Shaped Pool is outstanding, and how they got there is really quite remarkable. The journey has so many great highlights, across all their albums.
Excellent reaction! I love watching reactions of my favorite bands/songs to see if the emotions I feel are felt by others. It is confirmed after watching this :) I recommend a moon shaped pool next….and for my other favorite bands of all time Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. You will not be disappointed, my friend.
Bro, thanks for taking the time to go through this album track by track. Arguably my favorite Radiohead album. It was an honor to witness your first reaction! Keep it up.
There's few things I find more intriguing than seeing other people explore my all time favourite band. It's not for everyone, so it's especially nice when you stumble upon people who get it.
You still haven't reacted to what I consider to be their best album (In Rainbows). Looking forward to that!
That being said, I think that In Rainbows, OK Computer and Kid A are interchangeable for the number one spot.
I've been working on keeping an open mind when it comes to new music and band's or artist's musical choices and perspective. Fortunately, I've been able to easily click with Radiohead's vision. And the background behind these albums just make me love them that much more.
It is not only Radiohead's best album, it's the best album ever released
These are such good produced videos and I really love your commentary on these albums I can’t wait to see more of these reactions
I really appreciate hearing that! It's been a long process to get to this point
@@lusciousluie It's easy for people to overlook, when it's done right, but when it's done right it's never by accident.
I can't formulate my love for this band in this moment, but I so appreciate your input on these reactions and Motion Picture Soundtrack is just heartrending. I was lucky to see them play this at my first RH gig, at the Gorge on the Solstice with an absolutely mad crowd, second to last time they played it. The organ they used blew out a month later at their homecoming show at Oxford's South Park show in July 2001
Awesome reaction I enjoyed this very much!
"I feel like I've just discovered my third eye from this band" is something I'm sure a lot of us felt, definitely a revelation, and for me, nothing really comes even close to Radiohead in conveying ideas and emotions SO perfectly and vividly, whether it's Thom's voice or the phrasings/timing choices, or the music they conjure up, man they can have me in tears with just some perfectly placed words or tones and every song has an emotional impact, they've helped me through some hard times and still do.
Good music heals the soul, and this is much much more than good.
By the way, Morning Bell 👌🏻is just so tight yet so artful it's one of my favourites, but to be honest they're all standout tracks.
I love that you discovered this, and congrats! 😁
Oh, and as a drummer, you're gonna love the "In Rainbows" album.
Loved the video, thanks 👍🏻
By the way also, check out their live performances, it's truly incredible how they bring all this to a live performance they are such talented musicians..
Check out their "Live on Jools Holland" performance of Paranoid Android, for example, you'll be blown away.
Yeah they are the total package for me tbh. I'm excited there's still so much more to discover with them. I will definitely be looking for the drums in "In Rainbows" for sure now!
Please check out Radiohead- The Bends (the album that preceded Ok Computer). The trio of albums- the bends>ok computer>Kid A- just tells such a wild tale of growth. The Bends contains some of the best 90s rock/indie rock sounds that defined the generation to come in British rock, then Ok Computer completely changed modern indie rock, and then they released Kid A which was sooo ahead of it’s time.
I'm excited to check out The Bends. The concept sounds right up my alley. The next one I'm reviewing is going to be In Rainbows this week and I will check out The Bends after a break from Radiohead.
What you said about people who never heard the album in full was brilliant. Never thought about that.
thank you. motion picture soundtrack is one of my favorite songs of all time.
I really appreciate how you pick up on the different instrumentation and break it down. Great reaction.
Loved The Bends and OK Computer, and now love Kid A, but 20 year old me wasn’t ready for Kid A when it came out, and I didn’t keep up with their music after that. About 2 years ago I rediscovered them and heard their album In Rainbows and I don’t think I will find ever find an album as beautiful. What an idiot- my biggest regret in life is that I didn’t get to see them live at bonnaroo 2006
It makes sense. The 2010s era of RHCP was difficult at first for me to grasp, but after multiple listens, I was able to appreciate the change in the band's sound. Now they are some of my favorites. Glad to say that Radiohead quickly grabbed me despite me never being exposed to the band.
In Kid A, I always interpreted the line "We've got heads on sticks, you've got ventriloquists" to mean that we have done away with our puppet masters, you have not.
I love that interpretation! thanks for sharing that.
there's another verse in Motion Picture Soundtrack unreleased version (well they released it in OKNOTOK Casette) this version is even more depressing than the original release
“ beautiful angel
pull apart at birth
limbless and helpless
i can't even recognise you
i think youre crazy, maybe
i will see you in the next life ”
i dont know why the band remove this verse
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, I really enjoyed your analysis! Not that you should change anything, obviously, but one thing you miss when you stop between tracks is the beautiful transitions between songs like that funky outro on optimistic and the waves at the end of in limbo. It doesn't help that there is stuttering between songs on modern streaming platforms like spotify and such. Great video!
That’s an album you’ll love a bit more every time you listen to it. I was confused at first, but decades later, I believe it’s a masterpiece, one of the best albums of all time, for me the best band of all time, they’re like Mozart or Beethoven of modern days.
It's really great that you're kinda talking about your interpretation of the songs and you're also knowledgeable enough to recognize their music for what it is too
I appreciate this! I try to balance it out with each album
CDs weren't so bad, you could skip around all you want, it was cassettes that were a royal pain imo and closer to what you described. 😄 The last track isn't even really a track, just a weird relic of the CD format. It was for when you get to the end and sit in your silent feelings for a while, get distracted by an urgent task, and then that unlisted "secret track" suddenly pops on and scares the shit out of you like a ghost and makes you question reality for a sec. And then you go to all your friends saying "omg did you hear that ghost shit at the end of ____ album??" LOL
Have you ever heard the album 'Infinity Land' by Biffy Clyro on a CD? Spoiler alert if not: after a whole half an hour of silence after the last track had finished, a loud dissonant string section comes out of nowhere and there is a really creepy hidden track 😂
I loved this reaction. Kid A has been my favorite album for years, but this is the first time that Motion Picture Soundtrack actually got me. I would love to see you react to Ren. He has a lot of moving music, and a lot of fun music, so pick anything. The gateway song is usually Hi Ren.
I really like your perspective on these tracks. I've been with Radiohead since the beginning, and I avoided listening to Kid A for a long time (about 10 years) because I couldn't comprehend the why and how of it. I know realize that it is all artistic license, and creative process. After finally listening and processing, it isn't all that bad-just different, and interesting.
Man, this reminds me of myself listening to these songs for the first time. You're blessed you can move on so quickly. Some of us had to wait 3 years to find out how amazing the sequel to OK Computer would be. Much younger back then it was a very exciting and looong time, but even back then there was a ton of material, EPs, singles, collabs, 3 films, amateur live recordings, and unreleased material, and great websites. Songs and material from before Pablo Honey up to the last day of September 2000. Maybe you'd like to have a short excursion and check out the first two albums before moving on to the masterpiece Amnesiac. Also, don't skip the b-sides.
As a longtime RHCP fan, I can totally understand the patience that was required for the next batch of music to release. I plan to check out more from Radiohead in the future but after a little break.
this is why i like some of the radiohead's first time hearings
You reaction to Motion Picture Soundtrack was amazing. Thanks for sharing that.
Worth checking out some of the interviews on UA-cam with Stanley Donwood, the artist who Radiohead used for alot of their album covers.
Sometimes you are in the mood for OKC, sometimes you feel like some Kid A! Obviously they are in the conversation for best of all time!
This why I love Radiohead too, or a huge part of it, it sounds like the most fun band in the world to play in. Please watch "Live from the basement" it is so much for to watch for a musician!! :D
I will be checking out the Basement performance on the channel in the future!
@@lusciousluie Looking forward to it and subscribing, you are making very good and interesting comments :)
Great reaction brother, I wish you all the success 🙏🏾
yooo just stumbled on your channel and have been loving the reactions man! speaking of bands that constantly change their sound, if you haven't listened to weezer already, would love to see a reaction to em! the sonic difference between the blue album (their first album) and pinkerton (their second) is so interesting especially if you read up on the story behind pinkerton and how it came to be
Not sure who will read this but two decades ago, in the cd era, my friend asked for me to lend him a mix cd a friend had made and he'd lend me this cd by this artist called Radiohead. I was in my late teens at the time and had no interest in this music I couldn't understand. Give it a few months and one day when I was feeling low I decided to throw on Kid A again and it changed my life, literally. I got lost in this records soundscape and the rest was history. I've seen them perform several times live and have even met them face to face, (thanks KROQ). I'm grateful those here can share a similar transcendent experience. Much love to you all.
Just to note, some of this album was used in the Tom Cruise movie ‘Vanilla Sky’. In the movie there is the line “there’s always time for Radiohead”
When do they say that in the movie???
@@GoodDayGoodDayGoodDay when Tom Cruise and his male friend are in the GTO
The track Optimistic is very similar to Oceans by Pearl Jam which is a grunge band.
Good choice again! This is my favorite Radiohead album for sure. I always get a lot of interesting visuals in my mind when this is on. They have many good albums, but nothing else quite matches the unique darkness of this one.
I only truly got into Radiohead's discography this year as I'm listening along with a podcast going from album to album.
Growing up I loved OK Computer but i always heard the legacy of this album and the whole "greatest left turn" story. I tried giving the album a chance a few years back and by time I got to Kid A, I had to switch it off as it just freaked me out a bit too much as a teenager.
However in preparation for the podcast reaching Kid A/Amnesiac, I finally forced myself to listen to the album front to back a few times. It took a while but it eventually clicked with me and I absolutely love the album and the story behind the making of both Kid A and Amnesiac.
The standout track of course is Motion Picture Soundtrack which I fell in love with from first listen. There is a video of a band peforming the song at the funeral for one of their fallen members and the arrangement is just so beautiful its hard to explain without hearing for yourself.
There's such a unique emotion that I have towards Kid A. It feels like an out of body experience. I love everything it has to offer.
really love how much attention you pay to the detail in these songs great work
From some of the interviews they did, some of the tensions between the band members was the over the overall direction they were headed in musically. Thom mainly didn't want to have anything to do with what they had been doing already. He mentioned on several occasions he was also dealing with writers block as well in the lead up to working on this. How they overcame all that and went on to create this left-turn masterpiece is still completely mystifying to me to this day. Thats the kind of stuff that kills bands. They all deserve a tremendous amount of praise for maintaining and going on to keep making amazing music for another 16+ years after all that.
They are an incomparable band.
Wonderful reaction! Kid A is probably my favorite Radiohead album... and I say that as a die-hard OK Computer fan.
One of the greatest left turns in music history since GENESIS went from "Selling England By The Pound" to "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"... Both albums are absolute genius... and I LOVE how Radiohead just ignore their well-earned laurels for OKC and "got out of their lane" for art's sake.
My three favorite songs on this album would have to "Everything In Its Right Place," "The National Anthem" and "How To Disappear Completely"... May I also suggest you check out the other Radiohead album which, in my opinion, occupies the very top shelf for this remarkable band: "A MOON-SHAPED POOL" is another masterpiece.. more grounded in orchestral garments... but so deeply personal and haunting and beautiful. Well worth checking out! Cheers!
NO WAY THE WORDS KID A and BREAKDOWN in one sentence??? LETSGOO
My personal theory is that by the time they're done producing an album, they're already so bored with it that they say "you know what, let's do ANYTHING other than what we already did" XD
I ahould add that on the original album tracks 10 and 11 were on the same track and there was a long pause between them (~45 sec iirc). So they're really two parts of the same song IMO.
Totally agree with you on that. If I was creating original music I'd get very creative to challenge myself but also like you said, the hell with it! lmao. Also I really like that those two songs were part of the same original song.
Ya I agree with you at the end when you said you can vibe to these albums as you see fit. Ok Computer I tend to listen to when I’m feeling pretty decent Kid A is usually what I go to when I’m having like mental struggles or having a rough time and In Rainbows, omg just wait my man just wait that album right there whew I can’t even describe what that albums does to me, by far In rainbows is the most listened to Radiohead album for me. Appreciate another solid reaction from you dude thanks a bunch
Those albums are great in their own ways for sure. It's almost like they have their own auras to them. The red hot chili peppers are my favorite band and each of their albums feel that way to me. I can't wait to get into In Rainbows after some time!
@@lusciousluie dude you like the Red Hot Chili Peppers too! Me and you would be pals lol
@@lusciousluie man I love RHCP.. I right now got my guitar and am trying to play a sort of extended version of the outro of "Sir Psychosexy"
I have been watching some of your videos and you have picked amazing albums, kid a is one of my favorites
Would love to see a reaction/review of the King of Limbs album by Radiohead. Some their most impressive drum work, since including a second drummer, along with loops and other cool effects
Another great reaction man - Radiohead are the gift that keeps on giving.
Having a breakdown while listening to Radiohead yeah that sounds about right
You're the 3rd youtuber I have seen to struck a chord while doing Radiohead reactions.
Waiting for next Radiohead album reaction.
I appreciate it! Yeah both albums had songs that really tugged on my heart strings. I can't wait to hear more from Radiohead.
Sorry if someone has already talked about this but it’s interesting to see people check out kid a on a streaming service. Kid a the cd had 10 tracks with motion picture as the final track. The “untitled” track literally had no title and was an Easter egg. I can’t remember if you had to let a few minutes of silence play after motion picture or if you had to skip backwards when the cd first started but either way it was a hidden gem. Die hard fans will also recognize all of the sounds in the untitled track as snippets from amnesiac which was recorded at the same time but wouldn’t be released for another year. Great videos and always great to see cool people experiencing my favorite band..
Great reaction my guy! My favorite was OK Computer for so long, but as of late in my adult years, I finally learned to love and appreciate KID A. When familiar with the sonic landscape it just keeps on giving and is hands down their best work of all time.
Everything is A tier from them though (except for maybe the debut Pablo Honey), and I'd strongly recommend to check out their ongoing catalogue from here. Early stuff (the bends) is also good, but nothing comes near the era that began with and came after OK Computer. The next in line, Amnesiac, was sorta meant to be a double album along with KID A but got released seperately shortly after. That album has the best album closer ever made by any band before and after. Simply perfect.
I'm very excited to get into more of Radiohead! So far there's a good balance between my liking of OKC and Kid A. I know I've only listened to them for a short time but the music has clicked with me so quickly.
@@lusciousluie When a tear appears at the end of a record, it's usually a good sign. Can't wait to see what you think of their other albums. Keep it up, your reactions are highly appreciated.
10:56 fun fact: Colin Greenwood was absent when this track was recorded, so it's Thom Yorke who plays the bass. He also wrote the bass line when he was about 16 y.o
Good analysis, I liked how you discussed the lyrics as well as the music
"Kid A" sessions were so groundbreaking and prolific that the B sides and other songs ended up being a whole separate album, "Amnesiac"
It's impossible not to cry when the harps part starts on Motion Picture.
Can't wait to see you react to In Rainbows by Radiohead - I think you'll really enjoy that one.
Coming out today!
Great thoughts n input on the album!
Kid A is one of those albums that’s great listening to all the way through, it’s like a complete piece of art from start to finish.
Thank you! I agree. I can't listen to these three albums without listening from start to finish.
As one of those old people who grew up with cassette tapes, I tend to listen to whole albums most of the time, but Radiohead definitely lends itself well to that style of listening. I find that my favorite artists tend to be those who release more cohesive albums anyway so it all works out. Artists that just release a set of disjointed singles tend not to capture my attention quite as often.
I knew you were gonna cry to motion picture! I always do haha
Took a few listens but it is amazing. I saw them tour the album with The Beta Band opening.
Thats awesome you got to see them on tour! Thank you for sharing!