I’d also love to hear stories about how it moved you on your first or 100th time listening to it.
The entire album is incredible, but I would say Videotape. Simply awesome. The syncopation is great even if I haven’t looked into it much. I honestly thought the repetiotnnof “in videotape” was weird but now its really grown on me. The entire album has really grown on me, my first listen I thought it was good but nothing special. Now its one of my favorite albums of all time. Kid A is still the best Radiohead album, though.
House of cards is one that has grown into me for the emotional content. Love weird fishes /arpeggio and all the others but that one is the one from in rainbows that I like a lot this season.
Love house of cards too, especially the lyrics, the second verse is beautiful.
Can I pick something off Disk 2? It’s Bangers + Mash.
The lyrics, Thom’s crazed singing, the way the instruments drop out and back in throughout the verses, the stumbling overlapped drum patterns, the opposing guitars, 1 repetitive and monotonous and the other with a frantic riff…
If we’re talking on the album, it’s Jigsaw Falling into Place. Bodysnatchers, 15 Step, Weird Fishes, and House of Cards are all very close though.
jigsaw
Not just once, not just twice
Jigsaw Falling Into Place.
Great use of dynamics on the vocal going from quiet and restrained to Thom’s higher register in the second verse.
The drums have a sort of understated franticism about them.
The bridge section where the title appears in the lyrics is beautiful and bittersweet sounding.
It’s a pretty interestingly-structured song, like it’s designed to be as emotionally impactful as possible.
Love the lyrics too, has that whole racing feeling throughout
My favorites:
- Jigsaw Falling into Place
- Reckoner
- Bodysnatchers
- 4 Minute Warning
Never heard the album before, so I skimmed it.
Bodysnatcher has a really cool riff that I’m trying to instrumentally wrap my head around.This isn’t an album to “skim”.
You are probably right, but having Gabbys Dollhouse on full blast in the living room while I wait for the kids’ bedtime doesn’t allow for much active listening.
I think it’s really impossible to pick just one, but gun to my head, I’d pick Weird Fishes. It’s got strong energy, but it’s still introspective and emotional, great backing vocals, great Thom vocals, and as a bassist I love a lot of the bass work in that song.
One of my favourite pieces of music, a treat for the ears and soul. Love the arrangement of the arppegiated guitars and rhodes piano, and ya when the bass kicks into the second half it rules.
At first, Jigsaw. Then I fell in love with Reckoner. Then 15 Step because it’s such a danceable 5/4 bop. Then the reverb of House of Cards. Now I think Nude is my favorite. I slept on All I Need until I heard the 01-10 album with 10 second crossfade because it fits in so fucking well with OK Computer. I used to actually really dislike Videotape until I recognized that the piano strikes are not on the beat, even from the very start; they slightly lag.
Anybody who’s a fan of the album and hasn’t heard the From The Basement set, I can’t recommend it highly enough. The performance of Nude may be even better than on the album. The way that Jonny rakes quiet upstrums in the chorus is strangely heartbreaking. But through the whole performance, they’re fucking with a ton of equipment and not just playing guitars in a traditional way like most bands. They’re tweaking knobs, using strange gear, and all somehow on the same page with some pretty awesome cues in unusual time signatures. They’re not everybody’s cup of tea, but it’s impossible to see them in their element and claim that they aren’t objectively skilled and passionate.
Ya this is me too, I will listen through and think this is the best song, and then each one moves me in a different way. I love Nude as well as all I need. I think my favorite which I haven’t seen anyone mention is faust arp, just such an interesting song
For me it’s either Weird Fishes or Jigsaw Falling into Place. They are both so nice to get lost in the rhythm.
I know I’ll get down-voted for this, but it’s pronounced overratediohead.
Lmao, don’t say that, it might hurt their feelings!!!
Oh, also, if Radiohead doesn’t tickle you, what do you enjoy instead?
You should probably reply to the user’s comment, not your own lol. They won’t see this
Then listen to the Smile, from Tom Yorke.
Have you actually given their stuff a chance? I feel like they have something for a lot of different tastes. Unless you only like power ballads or something
Reckoner! It’s got the most enthusiastic procession I can think of in a song.
The opener, 15 Step. I mean, it doesn’t live up to Creep, but nothing ever will.
I honestly don’t get the love for Creep. Ig it’s catchy, but musically, it might be one of the most boring Radiohead songs. I’ve heard that even Thom Yorke hates the song
It’s a nice reimagination of Albert Hammond’s ‘The Air That I Breathe’.
It’s a tough choice because the entire album is fantastic, but I would say All I Need is my favorite with Weird Fishes/Arpeggi a close second.
Also, “In Rainbows - From The Basement” is my favorite version of this album. Because it’s live, it has something to it that for me is missing from the studio album.
Ya, just a master class in performance, they all play their part so well together, hard to believe they can nail such intricate arrangements as well as they do on the record
Reckoner
But I like the From The Basement version more.
That lemon shaker 🍋
