Such a beautiful album! Though at this point it's probably best to save AMSP for last, it's such a perfect closer for this nine album journey. Listen to Pablo Honey, The Bends, Hail to the Thief and The King of Limbs first, and then A Moon Shaped Pool. (Side note: Pablo Honey will probably be underwhelming after already having listened to OK Computer, Kid A/Amnesiac and In Rainbows. They were not yet on that full on Radiohead level of the later albums. But I think Pablo Honey is still nice, in its genre. Best to approach it as a solid alternative rock album from that time.)
You're right, Thom Yorke wrote Pyramid Song in 20 minutes according to him. But he tends to deprecate his most brilliant songs as if they're just fun little pop tunes. Meanwhile people have been arguing for 22 years about what time signature it is. It's regular 4/4, but doesn't sound like it. Trust Thom to write a song the same as most other pop tunes but make it sound like an ancient extraterrestrial message. (Also, to answer your question about when I'd listen to this - Amnesiac truly saved my life at a time when I had a severe depression, and though it sounds strange, listening to this album every night before going to bed actually made me feel better. Today though I save it only for those rare moments of angst when I need to VENT 😂
The rhythm is swung. One of the many jazz influences on this album (and Radiohead's work has increasingly been influenced by jazz. Although even the OG composers centuries ago were doing crazy triplets and stuff. Radiohead sounds endlessly inventive but they're really just very willing to steal good ideas from all over the place, from musical styles that also stole good ideas from all over the place. Creativity is often just confidence, confidence to do something unexpected instead of the obvious.
I just want to say that I'm so glad you're getting the recognition you deserve with these album reactions. There's something really comforting about your videos. I'm always excited when you post a new one. Keep up the great content!
goddddd i forgot how good like spinning plates is.. almost tear up like every time. his voice and the lyrics just sound so desperate and hopeless and its so real as well. so many people in this world getting cut to shreds while they make pretty speeches. so powerful
Facts, some of their best songs imo. I think it's maybe underrated or oft forgotten cause not every song is a banger, like it's not a no-skip album for me...
@@Teeheehee093 There's been a lot of jazz influence on Radiohead, and that's been showing up in their work for longer than many people realize. These guys are serious music nerds who got a lot of exposure to wildly different sorts of music from a young age hanging out with their music teacher back in school together before they ever formed a band. They started playing rock because that was cool and that's what got them their big break, but they were never really a rock band, they were just a band that played rock and also wanted to play other stuff too. Lucky for us they got a chance to eventually really get experimental and pull in all those other influences and just try to make the best music they can, regardless of genre. I like to joke that their next album is going to be rap or heavy metal or something, and that honestly wouldn't surprise me. But the way things have gone, I think they'll continue to bring in more of the classical influences, electronica, and do it with weird jazzy style.
So Like Spinning Plates, Thoms vocals during the verse are actually sung backwards and reversed giving the uncannny feel. The instrumental is actually a reversed demo of a song that they never were able to get quite right during the recording of Kid A/Amnesiac. That track would later be released as I Will on 2003's Hail To The Thief. They took the original backing track they made and reversed it as an experiment and expanded upon it
I srsly love your reactions to Radiohead. The answer is, that we Radiohead fans will listen to Radiohead in most situations, sometimes much to the dislike of other people who don't like it. Driving late at night, homework, regular work, chillin. When-ever. This is my favorite RH album and is definitely under appreciated.
5:00 if you liked Pakt, you'll really dig Thom's solo stuff, particularly The Eraser! As to when we listen to Radiohead? Well, when life is crap, the world is crap, and you feel like crap (which is all the time), Radiohead is always there to make you feel seen and heard and understood, and then make you feel even worse about everything-because the other side can only be brighter, you know?
Of all the people who react to Radiohead you are rhe one that might have the best experience with King of Limbs. It's not for everyone but i think it's for you.
I love how you instantly feel how amazing the material from Radiohead is by your reactions. Every album since Kid A has always taken me a few listens to feel it properly myself .. but they are just simply on another planet. Easily the greatest band EVER.
In Rainbows "live from the basement" is going to melt your mind. I could listen to that album for the rest of my life and never get tired of it but seeing what they do live with it is other worldly.
I didn't get "The King of Limbs" til I heard the "from the basement" sessions, that thing is sooooooo different and made me appreciate it so much more But yeah In Rainbows from the basement is amazing, and also "The Daily Mail" has GOT to be done
seriously underrated album. there's some "weak" spots, but the bangers just keep coming imo. possibly one of the best album closers, too w/ "wolf at the door".
Yes. While it's certainly more uneven than some of Radiohead's other albums, it is still a very good one, all in all, and it isn't as conventional as some people think. It may not be as innovative or experimental as Radiohead's previous three albums but it manages to pack quite a few surprises for people who listen to it for the first time. It's also very interesting thematically: Thom has said that, at the time the band started working on it, he was very concerned about the future and certain things that were happening in the political landscape, especially because he had recently become a parent, which is why the album contains references to Thom's son Noah, fairy tales, and even children's TV shows (such as Bagpuss) he watched with his kid. I guess a good way to get people to give the album a chance would be to describe it the way I read in some website: an album with political themes distilled into a fairy-tale-ish form. Or, if they're music theory buffs, challenge them to count the number of time signature changes in Sail to the Moon ;-)
1. this album and kid a were written and recorded around the same time. following the tour for ok computer, the lead singer thom yorke had a breakdown, and struggled with figuring out where to go with the band next, ultimately deciding to go in the more electronic direction we know now! 2. a lot of people are going to recommend a moon shaped pool or the bends next, but i’d personally recommend hail to the thief, since it sorta bridges the gap between this album and in rainbows. in my opinion, it’s one of their best 3. if you’re interested, i’d highly recommend checking out the kid amnesia experience that was released a few years ago. it’s like a digital museum you can explore that puts some really beautiful visuals to the songs off kid a and amnesiac
Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead guitarist, does all the string arrangements for the band too. It’s amazing that he does this because it’s not like a band hiring someone from somewhere to write strings for them, which would work, but it wouldn’t have the same signature time and time again for their songs. They actually have a band member that does it and so there is a personal touch that Jonny gives to their work in their discography. And it’s just super cool that one of their band members is a composer. He has done a lot of scores for Paul Thomas Anderson movies. I recommend There Will Be Blood to watch because it’s an incredible movie and to also hear Jonny’s score which is widely recognized as one of the greatest movie scores ever.
do the king of limbs while youre at it, its definetly a really sweet and BEAUTIFUL album and a great one to prepare for whats to come if you plan on listening to a moon shaped pool! great vid!!!!
Ooooooh Pyramid Song. Masterpiece. Johnny Greenwood knows how to arrange strings. But then he's a genius soundtrack composer...so, not surprising. The score for the intro scene of There Will Be Blood is mad.
radiohead on jools holland is always a must watch! the 1997 paranoid android performance is THE radiohead live and the hour long special in 2001 is fantastic too
Kid A and Amnesiac songs where written around the same time which is why have a similar feel. They also started experimenting a lot more with electronics during this period. Will keep watching your "series." In Rainbows from the basement is one my favorite performances of all time if you get the chance to watch it it's worth.
Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors started out as an attempt to record True Love Waits (which if you haven't gotten to A Moon Shaped Pool yet you won't know why that's significant), but that song is sacred in Radiohead lore). They worked on it for 20 years before finally putting it out. But this was an attempt that didn't work, and the result is this track. It's very much just an experiment.
My family and I listen to Radiohead a lot and we have done for almost 30 years now. It can be any time of day, any mood, maybe an album or a little playlist. Anyway the point is once you’re really familiar with their music it’ll feel more like a comfy blanket than the slightly uneasy first listen 🙂
Like Spinning Plates is a subtle sounding emotional journey-Radiohead usually perform the song with piano live. My favorite version is from the Radiohead Kid A'mnesiac art exhibition, called the Why us? version-it is amazing. So glad you enjoyd this album, because it is one of my absolute favorites. I can't understand why so many fans don't like or appreciate it. I like to listen to Radiohead when I cook dinner for my family , or late at night, when I'm relaxing, or reflecting on my day.
I hope you listen to Björk. Check out something like Joga, Mutual Core, All Is Full Of Love or Hyper-Ballad. Also check out Tori Amos (not so many future sounds until Choirgirl though).
I'm 43 years old and your reactions about Radiohead albums make me feel in my youth when I hearded all these old albums for the first time, really shocking, because all these albums changed my life for.better, improved my maturity when we talk about MUSIC. Thank you, you rock! 🚀🎸🎶
"life in a glasshouse" was the first Radiohead song i've heard, and after all these years, it remains my favorite, probably because of this noltalgic feeling. We all know that it's not possible to rank Radiohead's song, so when I say it's my favorite, it's pure noltalgia. God, how I love this album, not only the discography, but also the cover of the album. Amazing work from them, as usual. Prepare for Hail to the thief, it has some bangers in there, such as "We suck young blood" and "2+2=5".
@@fakecubed it was in 2016, the last scene of season 3 in Peaky Blinders. Some other Radiohead's songs might have been showed throughout the series, but this was the one that made fall in love with the band and search for more. Funny enough, after "Life in a glasshouse", I decided to seach for their music, end up bumping into "Fitter happpier". My reaction was : "What the hell am I listening to?" (nowadays, fitter happier is one of my favorite song, alongside with all their discograpy). I remember stop searching immediately; But the thing is, I coud not stop listening to "Life in a glasshouse" for the next 3 months, so I gave another try. This time, "Daydreaming" was the one listened, but it may me stay. After that, I've heard all of it, little by little, enjoying every second of it.
5:30 Pyramid Song is in Peaky Blinders, in a great fucking scene ! edit : You and Whose Army ? and Life in a Glasshouse are also in Peaky Blinders, every scene is magnificent with these songs
Pyramid Song was on a Spin Magazine compilation album that my sister gave me in 2001. Besides seeing the video for Paranoid Android, that was my first real experience with Radiohead. BUT, my first full album experience was Hail to the Thief, which I bought my senior year of high school in 2003.
I'm sure someone said it but for Like Spinning Plates Thom recorded the vocals regularly. Then he played the lyrics backwards, learned how to sing the backward vocals, recorded singing backwards and then they reversed the backwards to normal.
Ngl, watching you discover Radiohead has become one of my new mini-obsessions! It's funny you ask about when do we listen to Radiohead during THIS album specifically, because Amnesiac helped carry me thru the last grueling year of getting my BFA in painting. All the days and nights spent in the painting studio, the printing studio, the sculpture yard, the gallery. All the digging to emotional depths and intellectual heights to try and mine the best creative concepts. All the hours toiling away at honing technical skills, deep dive researching into art history and analysis of contemporary movements, and critiquing my own work to death as well as theirs with my fellow students. It was A LOT lol - but in the best way possible. And this + Kid A was part of the perfect soundtrack for it. Sure, I still put on Radiohead all the time, particularly when I'm feeling moody and esoteric 😏 - but every time I hear it, it always takes me back to that time for at least a moment or two ❤
I was raised on Radiohead thanks to my mom and Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief are truly their best albums, in my opinion. I know they are some of the more underappreciated ones, but there's just something about Amnesiac, especially, that is just so uniquely soul crushing and dark yet comforting, compared to their other albums. My reflections: Morning Bell/Amnesiac - Thinking about divorce and separation. Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box - It's like the world is overpopulating and creating our downfall. Knives Out - Cannibalism, cults forming, etc. Pyramid Song - Thinking about all the people who have either died to protect others, from mental health, old age, circumstance, etc. And it makes you wonder what death is really like, being very curious. Like, you're scared to know, but you cannot stop thinking about what comes after. Truly an emotional song. Life In a Glasshouse - Being observed 24/7, feeling paranoia kick in, and somehow you just embrace it. Knowing Thom Yorke is also vegan, it makes me think of the torture that animals go through in animal agriculture and how things would be different if everything in liffe was met with transparency. Just my thoughts. Of course, other songs are just as cool like I Might Be Wrong or You and Whose Army?
To answer - I've been a radiohead fan since the start, I was young but my dad introduced me with Pablo Honey and Radiohead became the soundtrack of my teen years and on. I listen to Radiohead in bed at night, before sleep! Nowhere else legit feels safe enough to engage with the music the way it feels is deserved?
If you crave more Radiohead once you've finished with their albums, they've got an astonishing catalog of b-side bangers for you to keep digging into 😅 To answer your questions: when I was in high school and college in the 90s/early 00s I listened to Radiohead on the bus a LOT - and as for live Radiohead, you should check out any of the live "Let Down" performances from their 2016 tour (there are a few on UA-cam), and also the 1995 debut of "True Love Waits" (miraculously, also on UA-cam).
I've had all the LPs for years (bought a few on multiple formats over the decades, too), and the Street Spirit EP from way back in the day and few other bits and bobs (Harry Patch, Spectre...). I've been worried about ever running out of new Radiohead so I've deliberately rationed myself on the various B-sides and rarities. Only recently allowed myself the OKNOTOK second disk. Man of War is incredible. Next up is the The Daily Mail/Staircase, I think, I keep hearing good things, but I'll hold out a while longer. Been hearing rumors that Radiohead might be either doing another tour soon or might have another album in the works...
Yes! Yeah you need to do I MIGHT BE WRONG (Live Recordings)... it's audio only, but as a Live EP from the Kid A/Amnesiac tour... oh dude you are not ready. (also no, we 90s teens are not entirely ok lol)
it's crazy how many people shit on amnesiac and h2tt, when you can hear some of those songs going back as far as the hacked minidiscs they made during the early ok computer sessions. like... do you people even know this band?
Ooh, If you want to watch live performances, I would highly recommend Astoria 1994. Probably the most high energy concert I have come across by Radiohead.
You bring up a good point. When do you listen to this? It is the opposite of escapism. Maybe when the void and surreal silliness of our culture becomes so empty that we have no way out. So we play music and do nothing but listen.
Love your videos, just started yesterday to watch now I cant stop haha. I love RH since their first album, they were kind of my age. Just wonder what your reaction to The Smile will be specially watching live concert with strings. you do remember us what was like hearing all this stuff for the first time, like, laughing on the street, crying on the bus, etcetera etcetera.
First time i listened to this all the way through, i was at work alone at my overnight job at a processing plant. I was really disturbed by it and branded it as the creepiest album i ever listened to (Spinning Plates is what really did it) I was on the threshold of a major nervous breakdown then, so i guess i was on the same wavelength as this album, in the worst way. Nowadays, this album is a rocking good time. It's a reminder that i survived some pretty heinous stuff and I'm still here.
"Listening in" here on youtube does a great technical analysis of pyramid song. even though i don't understand a lot of the technicalities it's cool seeing it broken down
Hi k8, i love your reactions. Above all cause you let the music roll even on us, not stopping every time the flow. So, thank you and talking about RH after this in, 2003 maybe, Hail to the thief was released. In rainbows in 2006.
This was recorded pretty much at the same time as Kid A. Released within a year after, I believe? I think this one is less dark than Kid A and Ok Computer.
The word you're looking for is "synths" (synthesizers), when you say "techie sounds". 🙂 Kid A and Amnesiac were mostly created in the same studio sessions and are their most synth-heavy albums.
my favorite radiohead album! "when do you listen to this??" Haha! Honestly you're doing it right, right now. For me, headphones, go take a walk. Listen to it and watch a band of sunlight dapple across your wall. Put it on at night when your house is dimly lit by maybe some candles/colored lights and i'm doing chores. this album, actually... when i was reading the Dune series for the first time i'd play this on repeat. for some reason I just travel to "God Emperor of Dune" when i hear this album. I listened to Kid A and OK Computer a decent amount, but when this came out this was the one that CLICKED an to this day it just... has a soft spot. No idea why it's not more well-regarded (my 2nd fav being In Rainbows) Amazing stuff...
Somebody might've already commented this but Kid A and Amnesiac were actually recorded in the same studio sessions. Amnesiac is sort of like the songs that didnt "make it" on to Kid A which is insane considering how good they still are
The "doors" are representing decisions in life. Life is a series of doors you go through. There's different kinds, and the ones you choose to go through change your life in different ways.
Wow that was fast! Another Radiohead album, Geat! Keep them coming, i'll watch them all. Radiohead tinker for long time to make the perfect songs. They've released a few different version of the same song across their albums, as they couldn't quite settle on one, like Morning Bell & Fog. They work so hard on their music that the band about breaks up before an album finishes. Because they fight over every little detail.
Although it came out 8 months after kid a the songs were recorded in the same sessions. They later did a reissue of both albums combined plus a couple of extra tracks
Obviously, you still have A Moon Shaped Pool, which I think you should listen to before The Bends, then Hail To The Thief and then The King Of Limbs (my least favorite), and you should also give their first album, Pablo Honey, a fair shot, as there are a handful of great songs on there as well, including the remix for Blow Out. You should also listen to a lot of their B-sides, and also certain versions, like both versions of Banana Co. and Killer Cars, Fog (only the original version, which is one of my all-time favorite songs period), Spector (their would-be James Bond theme), the live version of Like Spinning Plates from their live album, India Rubber, Talk Show Host (From Romeo + Juliet), Pearly, Cuttooth, Lift, Man Of War, and If You Say The Word, just to name a few of the most important essentials. You should also watch/listen to their live show for the promotion of In Rainbows, From The Basement. . . and all of their music videos are awesome. You should also listen to much of Thom Yorke's solo work, especially his first solo album, Atoms For Peace, including the amazing Four Tet remix of the title track. Also, Thom has done some great collaborations, such as his duets on I've Seen It All with Bjork, This Mess We're In with PJ Harvey, and Rabbit In Your Headlights with UNKLE. Plus, in the last few years Thom and Johnny Greenwood have formed an awesome new band called The Smile with another Drummer, and they are about to release their third album in a few weeks. . . . and there's a whole bunch more. . .
"The Smile" reaction would be cool. They have 2 álbums, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood are in the band. Albums: A light for atracting attention Wall of eyes
since you have already went through a bunch of devastating masterpieces, I feel like I have the perfect recommendation for you if you want to check out an underrated masterpiece in that field. The album is Songs About Leaving by Carissa's Wierd. Interesting for you to know is that Carissa's Wierd shows up on Spotify in the "Fans also like" section for Have A Nice Life, Giles Corey, The Microphones and Mount Eerie. Songs about Leaving is really melancholic and what is so special about it is the extremely beautiful instrumentation. I would absolutely love to see so reaction to this masterpiece
and dont worry it is not as bad as a crow looked at me. In my opinion with a crow looked at me you already have the most depressing album behind you even though on Songs about Leaving some Songs like So You Wanna Be A Superhero might be devastating on a whole new level
Fantastic content! You’ve only got three more masterpieces to go: The Bends,* Hail To The Thief and the I Might Be Wrong live album. *which contains the best Radiohead song
its funny that you said that about pyramid song, because i remember seeing an interview with thom yorke where he said he literally spent FIVE minutes writing the lyrics for this song. absolutely insane.
I put Radiohead on at a party once, everyone started frowning and said WTF is this !?!?! Radiohead are like coffee, olives, beer, they are an acquired taste, the first time you hear them it hurts your ears its all black keys, but you realise that their songs do this on purpose for the big release.
I used to listen to it on the job site when I was painting high end houses and the other crews just didn't understand but painters are a different breed. We are artists.
When to listen? Eventually it will rewire your brain so that Radiohead is more comforting than disturbing - the music becomes a context for living; a necessary truth to which we joyously surrender.
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The last line of kid a is ‘I’ll see you in the next lifetime’ and the first line on this album is ‘after years of waiting, nothing came’. Sad.
a moon shaped pool is inevitable
I cant wait to see her 🤯
I don't think she can handle the "beauty" of that album. Just so beautiful.
Yep, moon shaped pool is awesome
Such a beautiful album! Though at this point it's probably best to save AMSP for last, it's such a perfect closer for this nine album journey. Listen to Pablo Honey, The Bends, Hail to the Thief and The King of Limbs first, and then A Moon Shaped Pool.
(Side note: Pablo Honey will probably be underwhelming after already having listened to OK Computer, Kid A/Amnesiac and In Rainbows. They were not yet on that full on Radiohead level of the later albums. But I think Pablo Honey is still nice, in its genre. Best to approach it as a solid alternative rock album from that time.)
The King of Limbs first, hopefully. And she needs to go back to The Bends and Hail to the Thief.
You're right, Thom Yorke wrote Pyramid Song in 20 minutes according to him. But he tends to deprecate his most brilliant songs as if they're just fun little pop tunes. Meanwhile people have been arguing for 22 years about what time signature it is. It's regular 4/4, but doesn't sound like it. Trust Thom to write a song the same as most other pop tunes but make it sound like an ancient extraterrestrial message.
(Also, to answer your question about when I'd listen to this - Amnesiac truly saved my life at a time when I had a severe depression, and though it sounds strange, listening to this album every night before going to bed actually made me feel better. Today though I save it only for those rare moments of angst when I need to VENT 😂
The rhythm is swung. One of the many jazz influences on this album (and Radiohead's work has increasingly been influenced by jazz. Although even the OG composers centuries ago were doing crazy triplets and stuff. Radiohead sounds endlessly inventive but they're really just very willing to steal good ideas from all over the place, from musical styles that also stole good ideas from all over the place. Creativity is often just confidence, confidence to do something unexpected instead of the obvious.
Knives Out is so incredibly good, i cried the first time i heard it
I just want to say that I'm so glad you're getting the recognition you deserve with these album reactions. There's something really comforting about your videos. I'm always excited when you post a new one. Keep up the great content!
Same
goddddd i forgot how good like spinning plates is.. almost tear up like every time. his voice and the lyrics just sound so desperate and hopeless and its so real as well. so many people in this world getting cut to shreds while they make pretty speeches. so powerful
As it happens, just yesterday I was listening to that track on repeat for like ten times straight. Genius how they recorded it.
Pyramid Song absolutely sends me every time
Love seeing people get so excited about music. Truly appreciating it too :)
Pulk Pull is gonna be my wedding song
And I'm the priest
Someone actually said it was their wedding song in the comment section
@@TheRealJackee4lmao I've seen that 😂
Most underrated Radiohead album.
Truth!
It’s disjointed in a way. But the songs are precious.
This seems to be an unpopular opinion, but I've always liked Amnesiac more than Kid A.
Facts, some of their best songs imo. I think it's maybe underrated or oft forgotten cause not every song is a banger, like it's not a no-skip album for me...
tkol :(
The appropriate time to listen to Radiohead is anytime as Radiohead is a state of mind.
Life in a glasshouse serious contender for best album closer from radiohead
If they make another album I hope they explore more jazz
Songs like Glass House and Daily Mail are so fucking good
@@Teeheehee093 There's been a lot of jazz influence on Radiohead, and that's been showing up in their work for longer than many people realize. These guys are serious music nerds who got a lot of exposure to wildly different sorts of music from a young age hanging out with their music teacher back in school together before they ever formed a band. They started playing rock because that was cool and that's what got them their big break, but they were never really a rock band, they were just a band that played rock and also wanted to play other stuff too. Lucky for us they got a chance to eventually really get experimental and pull in all those other influences and just try to make the best music they can, regardless of genre. I like to joke that their next album is going to be rap or heavy metal or something, and that honestly wouldn't surprise me. But the way things have gone, I think they'll continue to bring in more of the classical influences, electronica, and do it with weird jazzy style.
my fave radiohead album. every song sounds like it's the first time years later
I listen to Radiohead when I need to feel something. To placate any overwhelming numbness. To feel alive
So much this.
Those are strings arranged by Jonny Greenwood 😊
Very talented full time film score composer and part-time rock star on ondes Martenot and glockenspiel. And guitar too I guess.
The best time to listen to radiohead is during the dark night of the soul. Start at approximately 11:00 PM with all lights off in your room.
So Like Spinning Plates, Thoms vocals during the verse are actually sung backwards and reversed giving the uncannny feel.
The instrumental is actually a reversed demo of a song that they never were able to get quite right during the recording of Kid A/Amnesiac. That track would later be released as I Will on 2003's Hail To The Thief. They took the original backing track they made and reversed it as an experiment and expanded upon it
Would also highly recommend listening to Like Spinning Plates live, the piano version. Beautifully haunting song.
I was gonna say all this...thank u!
@@captgeech The 'Why Us?' version on Kid A Mnesia has piano too, it is definitely better than regular version.
I srsly love your reactions to Radiohead. The answer is, that we Radiohead fans will listen to Radiohead in most situations, sometimes much to the dislike of other people who don't like it. Driving late at night, homework, regular work, chillin. When-ever. This is my favorite RH album and is definitely under appreciated.
I was so obsessed with this album in 2001 and for the next 10 yrs after that. I always thought of it as Landscapes of Sound.
5:00 if you liked Pakt, you'll really dig Thom's solo stuff, particularly The Eraser!
As to when we listen to Radiohead? Well, when life is crap, the world is crap, and you feel like crap (which is all the time), Radiohead is always there to make you feel seen and heard and understood, and then make you feel even worse about everything-because the other side can only be brighter, you know?
i was just thinking this. can't wait for her to hear that album, and the atoms for peace album.
Of all the people who react to Radiohead you are rhe one that might have the best experience with King of Limbs. It's not for everyone but i think it's for you.
I love how you instantly feel how amazing the material from Radiohead is by your reactions. Every album since Kid A has always taken me a few listens to feel it properly myself .. but they are just simply on another planet. Easily the greatest band EVER.
I'm loving your reactions so much, these albums are my life
In Rainbows "live from the basement" is going to melt your mind. I could listen to that album for the rest of my life and never get tired of it but seeing what they do live with it is other worldly.
THIS
I didn't get "The King of Limbs" til I heard the "from the basement" sessions, that thing is sooooooo different and made me appreciate it so much more
But yeah In Rainbows from the basement is amazing, and also "The Daily Mail" has GOT to be done
First, hopefully she'll listen to In Rainbows Disk 2.
Iv'e always thought the opener for this album is very underrated, it sounds great with good quality headphones or a good sound system.
I’m still waiting Hail to the Thief
seriously underrated album. there's some "weak" spots, but the bangers just keep coming imo. possibly one of the best album closers, too w/ "wolf at the door".
Yeah. It definitely has some weak songs, but also some of the best in their discography IMO
@@TyTystick Yeah imo Where I End and You Begin is in their top 5
Yes. While it's certainly more uneven than some of Radiohead's other albums, it is still a very good one, all in all, and it isn't as conventional as some people think. It may not be as innovative or experimental as Radiohead's previous three albums but it manages to pack quite a few surprises for people who listen to it for the first time. It's also very interesting thematically: Thom has said that, at the time the band started working on it, he was very concerned about the future and certain things that were happening in the political landscape, especially because he had recently become a parent, which is why the album contains references to Thom's son Noah, fairy tales, and even children's TV shows (such as Bagpuss) he watched with his kid.
I guess a good way to get people to give the album a chance would be to describe it the way I read in some website: an album with political themes distilled into a fairy-tale-ish form. Or, if they're music theory buffs, challenge them to count the number of time signature changes in Sail to the Moon ;-)
My favorite after ok computer. Huge influence in my life
knives out, one of the most under rated songs, ever.
True
One of my all time faves, up there with Nude, Weird Fishes, Pyramid song and Codex. Wait until she hears Codex....she will melt into the bed.
Curiously, one of only two songs from an impeccable catalogue that I do not like.
The other being 15 step.
1. this album and kid a were written and recorded around the same time. following the tour for ok computer, the lead singer thom yorke had a breakdown, and struggled with figuring out where to go with the band next, ultimately deciding to go in the more electronic direction we know now!
2. a lot of people are going to recommend a moon shaped pool or the bends next, but i’d personally recommend hail to the thief, since it sorta bridges the gap between this album and in rainbows. in my opinion, it’s one of their best
3. if you’re interested, i’d highly recommend checking out the kid amnesia experience that was released a few years ago. it’s like a digital museum you can explore that puts some really beautiful visuals to the songs off kid a and amnesiac
Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead guitarist, does all the string arrangements for the band too. It’s amazing that he does this because it’s not like a band hiring someone from somewhere to write strings for them, which would work, but it wouldn’t have the same signature time and time again for their songs. They actually have a band member that does it and so there is a personal touch that Jonny gives to their work in their discography. And it’s just super cool that one of their band members is a composer. He has done a lot of scores for Paul Thomas Anderson movies. I recommend There Will Be Blood to watch because it’s an incredible movie and to also hear Jonny’s score which is widely recognized as one of the greatest movie scores ever.
a moon shaped pool is gonna make you cry 10000%
do the king of limbs while youre at it, its definetly a really sweet and BEAUTIFUL album and a great one to prepare for whats to come if you plan on listening to a moon shaped pool! great vid!!!!
I can listen to Radiohead anytime I'm alone or on headphones and it does put me in a good mood. I love any music that can give me chills.
Ooooooh Pyramid Song. Masterpiece. Johnny Greenwood knows how to arrange strings. But then he's a genius soundtrack composer...so, not surprising. The score for the intro scene of There Will Be Blood is mad.
I think he used a violin bow to play guitar and that is what added the intriguing tones.
radiohead on jools holland is always a must watch! the 1997 paranoid android performance is THE radiohead live and the hour long special in 2001 is fantastic too
i am so looking forward to the hail to the theif reaction
Kid A and Amnesiac songs where written around the same time which is why have a similar feel. They also started experimenting a lot more with electronics during this period. Will keep watching your "series." In Rainbows from the basement is one my favorite performances of all time if you get the chance to watch it it's worth.
Hail Boognish!
Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors started out as an attempt to record True Love Waits (which if you haven't gotten to A Moon Shaped Pool yet you won't know why that's significant), but that song is sacred in Radiohead lore). They worked on it for 20 years before finally putting it out. But this was an attempt that didn't work, and the result is this track. It's very much just an experiment.
My family and I listen to Radiohead a lot and we have done for almost 30 years now. It can be any time of day, any mood, maybe an album or a little playlist. Anyway the point is once you’re really familiar with their music it’ll feel more like a comfy blanket than the slightly uneasy first listen 🙂
Like Spinning Plates is a subtle sounding emotional journey-Radiohead usually perform the song with piano live. My favorite version is from the Radiohead Kid A'mnesiac art exhibition, called the Why us? version-it is amazing. So glad you enjoyd this album, because it is one of my absolute favorites. I can't understand why so many fans don't like or appreciate it. I like to listen to Radiohead when I cook dinner for my family , or late at night, when I'm relaxing, or reflecting on my day.
You and Whose Army is one of my favorites... LIVE is amazing because of how Thom plays to the camera while he's playing piano. It's so good.
For example: ua-cam.com/video/yxKZjlN08TI/v-deo.htmlsi=CsSK5D9e_30Fa-lA
love your radiohead reactions. i might be wrong is outrageous
I hope you listen to Björk. Check out something like Joga, Mutual Core, All Is Full Of Love or Hyper-Ballad. Also check out Tori Amos (not so many future sounds until Choirgirl though).
I'm 43 years old and your reactions about Radiohead albums make me feel in my youth when I hearded all these old albums for the first time, really shocking, because all these albums changed my life for.better, improved my maturity when we talk about MUSIC. Thank you, you rock! 🚀🎸🎶
26:53 I listen to them all the time and no I'm not okay
"life in a glasshouse" was the first Radiohead song i've heard, and after all these years, it remains my favorite, probably because of this noltalgic feeling. We all know that it's not possible to rank Radiohead's song, so when I say it's my favorite, it's pure noltalgia. God, how I love this album, not only the discography, but also the cover of the album. Amazing work from them, as usual.
Prepare for Hail to the thief, it has some bangers in there, such as "We suck young blood" and "2+2=5".
I can't imagine that being the first entry into Radiohead. How did that happen?
@@fakecubed it was in 2016, the last scene of season 3 in Peaky Blinders. Some other Radiohead's songs might have been showed throughout the series, but this was the one that made fall in love with the band and search for more. Funny enough, after "Life in a glasshouse", I decided to seach for their music, end up bumping into "Fitter happpier". My reaction was : "What the hell am I listening to?" (nowadays, fitter happier is one of my favorite song, alongside with all their discograpy). I remember stop searching immediately; But the thing is, I coud not stop listening to "Life in a glasshouse" for the next 3 months, so I gave another try. This time, "Daydreaming" was the one listened, but it may me stay. After that, I've heard all of it, little by little, enjoying every second of it.
5:30 Pyramid Song is in Peaky Blinders, in a great fucking scene !
edit : You and Whose Army ? and Life in a Glasshouse are also in Peaky Blinders, every scene is magnificent with these songs
You and whose army is also in Incendies
@@carbonated-b6y That one is on my watchlist ! I'm even more excited to see it now
Pyramid Song was on a Spin Magazine compilation album that my sister gave me in 2001. Besides seeing the video for Paranoid Android, that was my first real experience with Radiohead. BUT, my first full album experience was Hail to the Thief, which I bought my senior year of high school in 2003.
I'm sure someone said it but for Like Spinning Plates Thom recorded the vocals regularly. Then he played the lyrics backwards, learned how to sing the backward vocals, recorded singing backwards and then they reversed the backwards to normal.
There is also a in rainbows disc 2
And the appropriate time to listen is always.
last flowers kills me every damn time.
Would LOVE to see you react to the Amnesiac bonus songs😂😂 That’ll be a wild ride for you. Honestly my favorite non-album material they’ve released
Amazing bsides, such variety!
@@nirodha60Such beauty!
Ngl, watching you discover Radiohead has become one of my new mini-obsessions! It's funny you ask about when do we listen to Radiohead during THIS album specifically, because Amnesiac helped carry me thru the last grueling year of getting my BFA in painting. All the days and nights spent in the painting studio, the printing studio, the sculpture yard, the gallery. All the digging to emotional depths and intellectual heights to try and mine the best creative concepts. All the hours toiling away at honing technical skills, deep dive researching into art history and analysis of contemporary movements, and critiquing my own work to death as well as theirs with my fellow students. It was A LOT lol - but in the best way possible. And this + Kid A was part of the perfect soundtrack for it. Sure, I still put on Radiohead all the time, particularly when I'm feeling moody and esoteric 😏 - but every time I hear it, it always takes me back to that time for at least a moment or two ❤
Lovely reaction again. Thank you.
Theres a load of brilliant Anmesiac B-sides that are definitely worth listening to.
I was raised on Radiohead thanks to my mom and Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief are truly their best albums, in my opinion. I know they are some of the more underappreciated ones, but there's just something about Amnesiac, especially, that is just so uniquely soul crushing and dark yet comforting, compared to their other albums.
My reflections:
Morning Bell/Amnesiac - Thinking about divorce and separation.
Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box - It's like the world is overpopulating and creating our downfall.
Knives Out - Cannibalism, cults forming, etc.
Pyramid Song - Thinking about all the people who have either died to protect others, from mental health, old age, circumstance, etc. And it makes you wonder what death is really like, being very curious. Like, you're scared to know, but you cannot stop thinking about what comes after. Truly an emotional song.
Life In a Glasshouse - Being observed 24/7, feeling paranoia kick in, and somehow you just embrace it. Knowing Thom Yorke is also vegan, it makes me think of the torture that animals go through in animal agriculture and how things would be different if everything in liffe was met with transparency.
Just my thoughts. Of course, other songs are just as cool like I Might Be Wrong or You and Whose Army?
glad you liked this album, its my fav radiohead album. i've loved all your reactions! Like spinning plates made me cry on first listen lol
I recommend listening to The Bends and A Moon Shaped Pool next!!!
I love that they bring out their inner The Smiths here on 'Knives Out'
To answer - I've been a radiohead fan since the start, I was young but my dad introduced me with Pablo Honey and Radiohead became the soundtrack of my teen years and on. I listen to Radiohead in bed at night, before sleep! Nowhere else legit feels safe enough to engage with the music the way it feels is deserved?
If you crave more Radiohead once you've finished with their albums, they've got an astonishing catalog of b-side bangers for you to keep digging into 😅
To answer your questions: when I was in high school and college in the 90s/early 00s I listened to Radiohead on the bus a LOT - and as for live Radiohead, you should check out any of the live "Let Down" performances from their 2016 tour (there are a few on UA-cam), and also the 1995 debut of "True Love Waits" (miraculously, also on UA-cam).
I've had all the LPs for years (bought a few on multiple formats over the decades, too), and the Street Spirit EP from way back in the day and few other bits and bobs (Harry Patch, Spectre...). I've been worried about ever running out of new Radiohead so I've deliberately rationed myself on the various B-sides and rarities. Only recently allowed myself the OKNOTOK second disk. Man of War is incredible. Next up is the The Daily Mail/Staircase, I think, I keep hearing good things, but I'll hold out a while longer. Been hearing rumors that Radiohead might be either doing another tour soon or might have another album in the works...
Another mind-blowing band for you to check out is Talk Talk. I’m not exaggerating when I say that they were the Radiohead of the 80s…
Yes! Yeah you need to do I MIGHT BE WRONG (Live Recordings)... it's audio only, but as a Live EP from the Kid A/Amnesiac tour... oh dude you are not ready. (also no, we 90s teens are not entirely ok lol)
For "Like Spinning Plates " at 29:00 play the song in reverse it is "I will" from the Hail to the Thief album
it's crazy how many people shit on amnesiac and h2tt, when you can hear some of those songs going back as far as the hacked minidiscs they made during the early ok computer sessions. like... do you people even know this band?
Fleet Foxes- Crack Up
Julia Holter- Loud City Song
Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
Joanna Newsom- Ys.
Ys is one of the very best albums of the past 25 years.
Thanks for another great reaction!
Ooh, If you want to watch live performances, I would highly recommend Astoria 1994. Probably the most high energy concert I have come across by Radiohead.
You bring up a good point. When do you listen to this? It is the opposite of escapism. Maybe when the void and surreal silliness of our culture becomes so empty that we have no way out. So we play music and do nothing but listen.
knives out is my fav of all time. I get the most devious head bop going and scream the lyrics
Oh boy I cant wait to see your reaction to a moon shaped pool
WE LOVE AMNESIAC‼️‼️‼️‼️
Fantastic reaction! Like Spinning Plates perfectly encaptulates the monotony of life 'Like Spinning Plates' 👌
Love your videos, just started yesterday to watch now I cant stop haha. I love RH since their first album, they were kind of my age. Just wonder what your reaction to The Smile will be specially watching live concert with strings. you do remember us what was like hearing all this stuff for the first time, like, laughing on the street, crying on the bus, etcetera etcetera.
I have this album tattoo'd on my forearm! my fav song of all time is pyramid song, its such a beautiful song.
The bends when?
First time i listened to this all the way through, i was at work alone at my overnight job at a processing plant. I was really disturbed by it and branded it as the creepiest album i ever listened to (Spinning Plates is what really did it)
I was on the threshold of a major nervous breakdown then, so i guess i was on the same wavelength as this album, in the worst way.
Nowadays, this album is a rocking good time. It's a reminder that i survived some pretty heinous stuff and I'm still here.
Radiohead slaps so hard❤
Moon Shaped Pool for sure🙏
Knives Out is absolutely stunning the vocal line and guitar work
As soon as your video comes out I have to open it immediately😍
"Listening in" here on youtube does a great technical analysis of pyramid song. even though i don't understand a lot of the technicalities it's cool seeing it broken down
A moon shaped pool Next!!!???
Hi k8, i love your reactions. Above all cause you let the music roll even on us, not stopping every time the flow. So, thank you and talking about RH after this in, 2003 maybe, Hail to the thief was released. In rainbows in 2006.
The live version of "Like Spinning Plates" from "I Might Be Wrong" live album is another level of musicanship 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The show Westworld did a few covers of Radiohead songs and they also sound incredible.
This was recorded pretty much at the same time as Kid A. Released within a year after, I believe? I think this one is less dark than Kid A and Ok Computer.
The word you're looking for is "synths" (synthesizers), when you say "techie sounds". 🙂 Kid A and Amnesiac were mostly created in the same studio sessions and are their most synth-heavy albums.
But a lot of the time it isn't even synths, just really clever use of guitars.
my favorite radiohead album! "when do you listen to this??" Haha! Honestly you're doing it right, right now. For me, headphones, go take a walk. Listen to it and watch a band of sunlight dapple across your wall. Put it on at night when your house is dimly lit by maybe some candles/colored lights and i'm doing chores. this album, actually... when i was reading the Dune series for the first time i'd play this on repeat. for some reason I just travel to "God Emperor of Dune" when i hear this album.
I listened to Kid A and OK Computer a decent amount, but when this came out this was the one that CLICKED an to this day it just... has a soft spot. No idea why it's not more well-regarded (my 2nd fav being In Rainbows)
Amazing stuff...
Somebody might've already commented this but Kid A and Amnesiac were actually recorded in the same studio sessions. Amnesiac is sort of like the songs that didnt "make it" on to Kid A which is insane considering how good they still are
That's why Kid Amnesia exists
The "doors" are representing decisions in life. Life is a series of doors you go through. There's different kinds, and the ones you choose to go through change your life in different ways.
radiohead mtv beach house 1993 is a MUST see Radiohead live show. Truly most majestic moments in music history ✨
Wow that was fast!
Another Radiohead album, Geat! Keep them coming, i'll watch them all.
Radiohead tinker for long time to make the perfect songs. They've released a few different version of the same song across their albums, as they couldn't quite settle on one, like Morning Bell & Fog. They work so hard on their music that the band about breaks up before an album finishes. Because they fight over every little detail.
You and whose army is my favorite song of all time
WE RIDE! TO-NIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
@@jack_rabbit GHOOOOST HORSES
Although it came out 8 months after kid a the songs were recorded in the same sessions. They later did a reissue of both albums combined plus a couple of extra tracks
Obviously, you still have A Moon Shaped Pool, which I think you should listen to before The Bends, then Hail To The Thief and then The King Of Limbs (my least favorite), and you should also give their first album, Pablo Honey, a fair shot, as there are a handful of great songs on there as well, including the remix for Blow Out.
You should also listen to a lot of their B-sides, and also certain versions, like both versions of Banana Co. and Killer Cars, Fog (only the original version, which is one of my all-time favorite songs period), Spector (their would-be James Bond theme), the live version of Like Spinning Plates from their live album, India Rubber, Talk Show Host (From Romeo + Juliet), Pearly, Cuttooth, Lift, Man Of War, and If You Say The Word, just to name a few of the most important essentials.
You should also watch/listen to their live show for the promotion of In Rainbows, From The Basement. . . and all of their music videos are awesome.
You should also listen to much of Thom Yorke's solo work, especially his first solo album, Atoms For Peace, including the amazing Four Tet remix of the title track.
Also, Thom has done some great collaborations, such as his duets on I've Seen It All with Bjork, This Mess We're In with PJ Harvey, and Rabbit In Your Headlights with UNKLE.
Plus, in the last few years Thom and Johnny Greenwood have formed an awesome new band called The Smile with another Drummer, and they are about to release their third album in a few weeks.
. . . and there's a whole bunch more. . .
"The Smile" reaction would be cool. They have 2 álbums, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood are in the band.
Albums:
A light for atracting attention
Wall of eyes
with a third one coming soon
I wish that there was a platform puzzle/maze game involving all different kinds of doors and they used Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors for its tutorial.
You mentioned movie sound racks. Jonny does them quite well
since you have already went through a bunch of devastating masterpieces, I feel like I have the perfect recommendation for you if you want to check out an underrated masterpiece in that field. The album is Songs About Leaving by Carissa's Wierd. Interesting for you to know is that Carissa's Wierd shows up on Spotify in the "Fans also like" section for Have A Nice Life, Giles Corey, The Microphones and Mount Eerie. Songs about Leaving is really melancholic and what is so special about it is the extremely beautiful instrumentation. I would absolutely love to see so reaction to this masterpiece
and dont worry it is not as bad as a crow looked at me. In my opinion with a crow looked at me you already have the most depressing album behind you even though on Songs about Leaving some Songs like So You Wanna Be A Superhero might be devastating on a whole new level
Fantastic content! You’ve only got three more masterpieces to go: The Bends,* Hail To The Thief and the I Might Be Wrong live album.
*which contains the best Radiohead song
The king of limbs must be covered
its funny that you said that about pyramid song, because i remember seeing an interview with thom yorke where he said he literally spent FIVE minutes writing the lyrics for this song. absolutely insane.
I put Radiohead on at a party once, everyone started frowning and said WTF is this !?!?! Radiohead are like coffee, olives, beer, they are an acquired taste, the first time you hear them it hurts your ears its all black keys, but you realise that their songs do this on purpose for the big release.
I used to listen to it on the job site when I was painting high end houses and the other crews just didn't understand but painters are a different breed. We are artists.
@@jasonmartinez4987 "Be constructive with your blues"
some of the best music ever made is difficult at first. most of my now-favorite bands were a head scratch for me upon initial listen.
@@jasonmartinez4987 Dang, if I hired house painters and they put Radiohead on their boom box while working I'd never hire anyone else ever again.
When to listen? Eventually it will rewire your brain so that Radiohead is more comforting than disturbing - the music becomes a context for living; a necessary truth to which we joyously surrender.