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It has some really good songs on it but then there's a load of balls on it and is only a slight step forward from Kid A/Amnesiac I feel. For a band that was so insistent on changing after Ok Computer they've managed to produce three albums of the same music area. It's still a good album though and but even the live songs last year in Spain were a lot better, I saw a version of 'There There' on radiohead.tv from 2001 last night and it has the same musical angle as Ok Computer and The Bends which makes me think they now feel like they must manipulate their music when really bah whatever.
Even though I've been listening to the songs since February and such it's not until now I've kinda concluded that I expected a bit more from it. And after posting on many Radiohead message boards I've came to the conclusion that the majority are arty student pr.cks that say Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors are their favourite tracks and they LOVE!!! the There There b-sides. And if you express a different view then you're scum, knobheads.
2+2=5 is excellent though.
Even though I've been listening to the songs since February and such it's not until now I've kinda concluded that I expected a bit more from it. And after posting on many Radiohead message boards I've came to the conclusion that the majority are arty student pr.cks that say Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors are their favourite tracks and they LOVE!!! the There There b-sides. And if you express a different view then you're scum, knobheads.
2+2=5 is excellent though.
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Melancholy wrote:
> In my harsh comment of the day: anyone that doesn't like the gloaming
> isn't intelligent/musical enough to understand this album.
Congratulations... your everything I hate in Radiohead fans.
> In my harsh comment of the day: anyone that doesn't like the gloaming
> isn't intelligent/musical enough to understand this album.
Congratulations... your everything I hate in Radiohead fans.
It's true. I see him singing live and I just want to ask someone if he should actually be out in public and not strapped down to a hospital bed with nurse watching him.
BEARDS. wrote:
> Thom Yorke singing live looks like he's going through cold turkey
> withdrawl of a highly addictive substance, while suffering from some
> sort of physical retardation. Thus I find myself incapable of taking
> him seriously.
hehehehehe :-D
> Thom Yorke singing live looks like he's going through cold turkey
> withdrawl of a highly addictive substance, while suffering from some
> sort of physical retardation. Thus I find myself incapable of taking
> him seriously.
hehehehehe :-D
BEARDS. wrote:
> Thom Yorke singing live looks like he's going through cold turkey
> withdrawl of a highly addictive substance, while suffering from some
> sort of physical retardation.
That's the funniest thing I have read today :-D
> Thom Yorke singing live looks like he's going through cold turkey
> withdrawl of a highly addictive substance, while suffering from some
> sort of physical retardation.
That's the funniest thing I have read today :-D
Thom Yorke singing live looks like he's going through cold turkey withdrawl of a highly addictive substance, while suffering from some sort of physical retardation. Thus I find myself incapable of taking him seriously.
RastaBillySkank wrote:
>Scatterbrain... Scatterbrain
Whoops.
On the whole I think this is one of their best albums. Overall not as good as The Bends or Ok Computer but has a lot of really really good songs and some growers aswell. It's more diverse than The Bends but less experimental and (lets face it) crap than Kid A. 3rd fav Radiohead album. Close, very close behind Ok Computer and The Bends though and ahead of Pablo Honey.
>Scatterbrain... Scatterbrain
Whoops.
On the whole I think this is one of their best albums. Overall not as good as The Bends or Ok Computer but has a lot of really really good songs and some growers aswell. It's more diverse than The Bends but less experimental and (lets face it) crap than Kid A. 3rd fav Radiohead album. Close, very close behind Ok Computer and The Bends though and ahead of Pablo Honey.
The version of The Gloaming that was leaked onto the internet is far superior to the version on the album. The album version is still very good in my opinion, but the early version just rocks.
Revised opinion after more listening:
Favourites on the album: 2+2=5,Drunken Punchup At A Wedding, Wolf At The Door, Where I End And You Begin, Myxamotosis, Scatterbrain, Sit Down Stand Up, Scatterbrain, The Gloaming, Sail To The Moon, There There
Best on album: Wolf At The Door
Worst: I Will or We Suck Young Blood
What deserved to be on the album: The early version of The Gloaming. Godamn them.
Revised opinion after more listening:
Favourites on the album: 2+2=5,Drunken Punchup At A Wedding, Wolf At The Door, Where I End And You Begin, Myxamotosis, Scatterbrain, Sit Down Stand Up, Scatterbrain, The Gloaming, Sail To The Moon, There There
Best on album: Wolf At The Door
Worst: I Will or We Suck Young Blood
What deserved to be on the album: The early version of The Gloaming. Godamn them.
In my harsh comment of the day: anyone that doesn't like the gloaming isn't intelligent/musical enough to understand this album. 2+2=5, though fantastic, is one of the poppiest on the album so I can see why Sheepy loves it (look at his picture on Special Observe compared to mine. It's obvious who's more manly)
I love every track with possibly possibly the exception of Where I end and you begin.
Also to Kyz22: STFU.
I love every track with possibly possibly the exception of Where I end and you begin.
Also to Kyz22: STFU.
Just thinking of my dream set list i saw this posted on at ease and thought i'd post it here too:
1. 2+2=5
2. The National Anthem
3. The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy
4. Exit Music
5. Anyone Can Play Guitar
6. No Surprises
7. Where I End And You Begin
8. The Tourist
9. Fake Plastic Trees
10. Pearly
11. Scatterbrain
12. You And Whose Army?
13. Paranoid Android
14. Backdrifts
15. Pyramid Song
16. Talk Show Host
17. A Wolf At The Door
18. Everything in it's Right Place
Encore 1
19. Idioteque
20. Like Spinning Plates
21. Karma Police
22. Street Spirit
Encore 2
23. Let Down
24. How To Disappear Completely
Encore 3
25. Creep
Very hopeful i know. But if they played this i would be absolutely amazed. I missed out a few songs i love because i thought i'd try and give it a bit more of a range too and include a bit of everything.
1. 2+2=5
2. The National Anthem
3. The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy
4. Exit Music
5. Anyone Can Play Guitar
6. No Surprises
7. Where I End And You Begin
8. The Tourist
9. Fake Plastic Trees
10. Pearly
11. Scatterbrain
12. You And Whose Army?
13. Paranoid Android
14. Backdrifts
15. Pyramid Song
16. Talk Show Host
17. A Wolf At The Door
18. Everything in it's Right Place
Encore 1
19. Idioteque
20. Like Spinning Plates
21. Karma Police
22. Street Spirit
Encore 2
23. Let Down
24. How To Disappear Completely
Encore 3
25. Creep
Very hopeful i know. But if they played this i would be absolutely amazed. I missed out a few songs i love because i thought i'd try and give it a bit more of a range too and include a bit of everything.
Kyz22 wrote:
> Basically they got a few good songs, some as singles, and decided to
> compile another album. However they realised they only had about 4/5
> decent tracks for it and so messed about in the recording studio for a
> few days and made some filler material so they could release an album.
Lol! I think not. Yes the album is great, loving it more and more. Myxomatosis is awesome, so too punch up, i will, scatterbrain, wolf at the door, where i end and you begin, sail to the moon, backdrifts and 2+2=5.
> Basically they got a few good songs, some as singles, and decided to
> compile another album. However they realised they only had about 4/5
> decent tracks for it and so messed about in the recording studio for a
> few days and made some filler material so they could release an album.
Lol! I think not. Yes the album is great, loving it more and more. Myxomatosis is awesome, so too punch up, i will, scatterbrain, wolf at the door, where i end and you begin, sail to the moon, backdrifts and 2+2=5.
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