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Post by glider on May 11, 2016 5:19:52 GMT -5
(This post was inspired by LIB's penchant for cat GIFS and Radiohead being shite  )Well you've come a long way from this post haven't you theyknow...  |
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Post by glider on May 11, 2016 5:20:45 GMT -5
Moonthony Pooltano gave it a "decent eight". Hackthony Tooltano  |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on May 11, 2016 5:22:43 GMT -5
(This post was inspired by LIB's penchant for cat GIFS and Radiohead being shite )Well you've come a long way from this post haven't you theyknow... Always keeping moving, forever changing my style... just like the band themselves... |
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Post by glider on May 11, 2016 5:23:46 GMT -5
Well you've come a long way from this post haven't you theyknow... Always keeping moving, forever changing my style... just like the band themselves...  |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on May 11, 2016 5:29:02 GMT -5
Always keeping moving, forever changing my style... just like the band themselves... Although admittedly, some of my posts are baws. Particularly the ones I write when I "got me feeling so drunk and high - so high, so high..." But hey, what's a man to do? "Life is a drink and love's a drug," after all. As a great man once said. A 39-year old man who named one of his kids after a fruit... |
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Post by mossy on May 11, 2016 6:39:37 GMT -5
By the time their 10th album comes out...  |
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Post by draper on May 11, 2016 6:49:49 GMT -5
Very good album. Way better than King Of Limbs which I thought was shitty.
Not as good as OK Computer/In Rainbows/The Bends but up there with the rest!
Burn the witch & The Numbers are amazing songs.
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Post by matt on May 11, 2016 8:02:43 GMT -5
Why do I think Pitchfork is gonna stir the pot and hit this album with a perfect 10 score? We shall see................ 9.1. The .1 betrays Jayson Greene's (yes, really) absolute desire to get as close to the perfect 10 score as is humanly possible; heaving and clawing his way there with every poncey turn of phrase (" In the past, Thom Yorke has sharply peppered his lyrics with everyday cliches to suggest a mind consumed by meaningless data, but...he is now considering simpler truths in a heretofore-unexplored register: wonder and amazement."), sort of like how a cat drags its shitty arse along a living room carpet. In Jayson's world, Burn the Witch is " a vintage splash of Radiohead stomach acid, a cloud of gnats unleashed in your cranial nerves" and " an exorcism for what follows: a plunge into something scarier than the military industrial complex, or the insidious nature of propaganda, or human nature’s disturbing tendency towards unquestioning obedience." And that's just the first track! Clearly, Greene still feels bitter about Jillian Mapes getting it when it came out as a single a few days ago... The bitch! And enjoy please, the tenuous links to past records: "“ I feel this love turn cold,” he confesses as [Glass Eyes] draws to a close, the phrasing an echo, subconscious or not, of his Kid A sign-off “I’ll see you in the next life.”" and the mundane summary plucked from the frappucino-scented air of his mum's upstair bedroom, that he chooses to end the piece with: " Some truths just take longer to see than others." And then allow yourself to be filled with bitter resentment (or is that just me?) when you remember that yes, 9.1 is still a better score than any Oasis album ever got.  I don't ever read Pitchfork - so hilariously pretentious that it goes beyond parody. Sure, they give decent scores to many albums a lot of us love on here, but read the Kid A review and spew to your hearts content I say. |
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Post by The Escapist on May 11, 2016 8:47:23 GMT -5
9.1. The .1 betrays Jayson Greene's (yes, really) absolute desire to get as close to the perfect 10 score as is humanly possible; heaving and clawing his way there with every poncey turn of phrase (" In the past, Thom Yorke has sharply peppered his lyrics with everyday cliches to suggest a mind consumed by meaningless data, but...he is now considering simpler truths in a heretofore-unexplored register: wonder and amazement."), sort of like how a cat drags its shitty arse along a living room carpet. In Jayson's world, Burn the Witch is " a vintage splash of Radiohead stomach acid, a cloud of gnats unleashed in your cranial nerves" and " an exorcism for what follows: a plunge into something scarier than the military industrial complex, or the insidious nature of propaganda, or human nature’s disturbing tendency towards unquestioning obedience." And that's just the first track! Clearly, Greene still feels bitter about Jillian Mapes getting it when it came out as a single a few days ago... The bitch! And enjoy please, the tenuous links to past records: "“ I feel this love turn cold,” he confesses as [Glass Eyes] draws to a close, the phrasing an echo, subconscious or not, of his Kid A sign-off “I’ll see you in the next life.”" and the mundane summary plucked from the frappucino-scented air of his mum's upstair bedroom, that he chooses to end the piece with: " Some truths just take longer to see than others." And then allow yourself to be filled with bitter resentment (or is that just me?) when you remember that yes, 9.1 is still a better score than any Oasis album ever got. I don't ever read Pitchfork - so hilariously pretentious that it goes beyond parody. Sure, they give decent scores to many albums a lot of us love on here, but read the Kid A review and spew to your hearts content I say. Kid A is my favourite album ever but that review is ridiculous. I do think Pitchfork has got a lot better since the millennium though, a lot of their reviews are quite well-written these days and it is still a good place to find new music. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 11, 2016 9:12:49 GMT -5
I can't wait to read/hear some band interviews about the album. So curious about its production, meaning and future. I seem to remember little to no interviews from the King of Limbs album cycle. We shall see......
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 11, 2016 9:15:37 GMT -5
Very good album. Way better than King Of Limbs which I thought was shitty. Not as good as OK Computer/In Rainbows/The Bends but up there with the rest! Burn the witch & The Numbers are amazing songs. What really hurt The King of Limbs was that it only contained 8 tracks. What is this Led Zeppelin IV? Few bands can pull off that trick. However, many of the songs from this era were excellent. Especially when you factor in the non album tracks like Supercollider, Staircases and The Daily Mail. If those were on TKOL, suddenly that albums perception would change to a more positive outlook. |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on May 11, 2016 9:55:42 GMT -5
THE FANTASMAGORICAL:
Present Tense
Identikit
THE REALLY, REALLY GOOD:
The Numbers
Dark Decks
Burn the Witch
THE GOOD:
True Love Waits (I bet Chris Martin dropped his arse when he heard this song!)
Daydreaming
THE BORING:
Desert Island Disk
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THE I-DON'T-QUITE-KNOW-YET:
Ful Stop
Tinker Tailor Soldier blah-de-blah
Glass Eyes
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 11, 2016 10:25:12 GMT -5
Always keeping moving, forever changing my style... just like the band themselves... |
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Post by KRRRRRRR on May 11, 2016 15:32:11 GMT -5
This is best of decade candidate. Each song stands tall on its own. Rarity for many acts to do that for an entire record. I find it hard to name records that truly possess this kind of craftsmanship on whole since 2010.
I generally agree with the rankings in the post above this in terms of where Id order the records, except its solid #3 for me. Order wise is basically the same otherwise.
The live interpretations since release should be interesting as people learn the songs. Identikit has potential to melt faces.
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Post by matt on May 11, 2016 17:59:39 GMT -5
Does anyone know when Decks Dark originates? Sounds like the kind of melody they wrote in the late 90s.
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 11, 2016 19:29:05 GMT -5
This is best of decade candidate. Each song stands tall on its own. Rarity for many acts to do that for an entire record. I find it hard to name records that truly possess this kind of craftsmanship on whole since 2010. I generally agree with the rankings in the post above this in terms of where Id order the records, except its solid #3 for me. Order wise is basically the same otherwise. The live interpretations since release should be interesting as people learn the songs. Identikit has potential to melt faces. I think my rankings would go........................ 1) Kid A
2) Ok Computer
3) The Bends
4) In Rainbows
5) A Moon Shaped Pool
6) Amnesiac
7) Hail To The Thief
8) The Kings of Limbs
9) Pablo Honey* I consider the first four masterpieces. |
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Post by glider on May 11, 2016 22:38:00 GMT -5
Hail to the Thief is so underrated, it hurts. I put it above the Bends in style and quality easily. You can't tell me these tunes:
There There
2+2 = 5
Sail to the Moon
A Punchup at a Wedding
A Wolf at the Door
Scatterbrain
Where I End and You Begin
Myxomatosis
are mediocre tunes. Is the album bloated? Yes, but there are some incredible tracks on it. The Bends has, well...Sulk. Never cared for that track.
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Post by The Escapist on May 12, 2016 2:23:21 GMT -5
If The Bends had Talk Show Host put on and Suk / Bones taken off, it'd be 10/10. Hail to the Thief needs a complete track list rethink.
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 12, 2016 6:40:36 GMT -5
If The Bends had Talk Show Host put on and Suk / Bones taken off, it'd be 10/10. Hail to the Thief needs a complete track list rethink. Sulk and Bones are amazing. Couldn't imagine the album without them. You are robbing me of songs I listened to nonstop for 20 years! |
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 12, 2016 6:44:36 GMT -5
Hail to the Thief is so underrated, it hurts. I put it above the Bends in style and quality easily. You can't tell me these tunes: There There 2+2 = 5 Sail to the Moon A Punchup at a Wedding A Wolf at the Door Scatterbrain Where I End and You Begin Myxomatosis are mediocre tunes. Is the album bloated? Yes, but there are some incredible tracks on it. The Bends has, well...Sulk. Never cared for that track. Some good tunes no doubt and "There There" is an all-time classic Radiohead song. However, I will always give The Bends the edge. I've never enjoyed the sequencing of Hail To The Thief and even the band thinks they screwed up the running order and track selection. - The Bends - High and Dry - Fake Plastic Trees - (Nice Dream) - Just - My Iron Lung - Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was - Street Spirit (Fade Out) Game. Set. Match. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 12, 2016 6:56:40 GMT -5
It would be cool, however unlikely, if Radiohead ever released a b-sides compilation. Loads of gems. Just like Oasis. Killer b-side band. And also like Oasis, an anthology release would blown the roofs off their perspective fandoms.
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Post by kingcrawler on May 12, 2016 15:32:16 GMT -5
1. In Rainbows
2. OK Computer
3. Kid A
4. Hail to the Thief
5. A Moon Shaped Pool
6. The Bends
7. Amnesiac
8. The King of Limbs
9. Pablo Honey
1-3 are the clear standouts, not much between them at all and all three are outstanding albums. 4-6 are all really great as well, Hail to the Thief maybe isn't as consistent as the other two but overall I prefer it for some reason. 7 and 8 aren't far behind but maybe lack something compared to the ones before it, both are still good albums though. Pablo Honey is way down.
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Post by Sternumman on May 13, 2016 7:17:43 GMT -5
Kid a
In Rainbows
Ok Computer
The Bends
Amnesiac
Hail to the Theif
A Moon Shaped Pool
KOL
Pablo Honey
Nothing touches the top four. They could go in almost any order. Go back to the last time we ranked them and they might be.
Disclaimer: I still don't think I've listened to PH in its entirety.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on May 13, 2016 7:32:31 GMT -5
If The Bends had Talk Show Host put on and Suk / Bones taken off, it'd be 10/10. Hail to the Thief needs a complete track list rethink. They have a song called Talk Show Host? That's pretty awesome. How might I get my hands on this (and any other of their good rarities) if what Lennon says is true and they have no anthology record? |
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Post by The Escapist on May 13, 2016 11:04:19 GMT -5
If The Bends had Talk Show Host put on and Suk / Bones taken off, it'd be 10/10. Hail to the Thief needs a complete track list rethink. They have a song called Talk Show Host? That's pretty awesome. How might I get my hands on this (and any other of their good rarities) if what Lennon says is true and they have no anthology record? They do, and it's fucking brilliant. The Airbag EP from 1997 is a great collection of gems. Some think Palo Alto should have had Electioneering's place on OK Computer (they're wrong - but still, great song), and the Street Spirit single has Talk Show Host on it. Also, the Amnesiac b-sides are immense. Fog, Cuttooth, The Amazing Sounds of Orgy, Worrywort, and even Kinetic are all brilliant songs. Everyone can agree at least two should have been on the album, but not which ones. The COMLAG EP released after Hail to the Thief is worth checking out if only for Gagging Order, which is heart-stopping. Finally, the second disc of In Rainbows has some amazing songs on it too. Go Slowly and Last Flowers in particular are definitely album-worthy. If you just want to check out some lesser known tunes, this might be a good playlist to start: 1. Talk Show Host (From the Street Spirit single) 2. Pearly (From the Airbag EP) 3. Go Slowly (From In Rainbows Disc 2) 4. Cuttooth (From the Knives Out single) 5. Meeting in the Aisle (From the Airbag EP) 6. The Amazing Sounds of Orgy (From the Pyramid Song single) 7. Fog (From the Knives Out single) 8. How I Made My Millions (From the No Surprises single) 9. Palo Alto (From the Airbag EP) 10. Polyethylene Parts I and II (From the Airbag EP) 11. Gagging Order (From the COMLAG EP) 12. Last Flowers (From In Rainbows Disc 2) 13. Worrywort (From the Knives Out single) 14. Kinetic (From the Pyramid Song single) 15. A Reminder (From the Airbag EP) |
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