I've seen it 3 or 4 times live now and it's consistently the one song in the set where i'm like "How on earth did they come up with this song" It's jaw-droppingly beautiful live.
Bloom is definitely a grower! (Plant reference). I saw them play it in 2012 and they fucked it up. Good to know their human, the rest of the concert was amazing.
YESSSSS, that's the comment, I put it on the speakers yesterday and it felt kinda flat, was afraid I was "growing out" of this album, but today when I listened to it again with headphones I had the most pleasing experience. That experience disparity doesn't really happen with any of their other albums, least nowhere near the level it does with The King of Limbs.
@@jonnykhatru Nah brother I'm telling you I've listened to Kid A on speakers multiple times and it sounds fine, the same doesn't happen with The King of Limbs. That's my experience, at least.
I love this album. Maybe it’s my love of more experimental or repetitive music (which most people tend to not like so much), but Radiohead proves with this album that they can dabble in other genres besides just alt-rock. I also have a deep connection to the album’s themes of nature, which I prefer over the themes of love on In Rainbows. Hard to explain really, but this album speaks to me on a spiritual level, and I’ll def get the boys on the album art tatted next to my Amnesiac tattoo.
TVFilthyFrank2 And the flow is fantastic! Despite being only 8 songs, they all flow well from track to track. Plus I own the Newspaper Edition, which is easily one of the coolest boxsets of any album.
Really the biggest tidbits about this album are that (1) they relied on looping much much much much more than usual on this record (2) a vast majority of what they looped (or at least played as repeating bars) had some sort of organic origin (not as much programming as you'd think for such an "electronic" record) (3) aside from electronic music, there was a huge influence coming from Ed (the "oh, that's what he's doing on this song" guy) and his growing love of Brazilian music (4) Basically, where a lot of Radiohead's earlier music can be seen as having a huge emphasis on interweaving harmonies, this record is their love letter to polyrhythm.
Dav Mag20 yup I’m surprised how many people think it’s Brazilian, the rhythms are blatantly African and AFP came out two years later- again full of African polyrhythms.
This is one of my favourites. It's one of the most relaxing albums ever. Bloom, Lotus Flower, Give Up the Ghost and Separator are some of my favourite songs ever. You will love King of Limbs eventually I almost guarantee it. Especially after multiple listens and watching live versions. I don't get why everyone describes this album as electronic. It's mostly real instruments. Only Lotus Flower is heavy on the electronics. Most of the drums on this album are two drummers. They got Clive Dreamer from Portishead to play a second kit alongside Phil.
Descendant of Kraff THIS so much! It baffles me when people describe this album as “electronic”, even Anthony Fantano did that. Everything about this album, besides the looping, is basically 100% real instruments and not electronics. People make this album out to sound like its Kid A 2 or something
I would really suggest you to listen to Thom Yorke version of Bloom, Live from Electric Lady Studios. It's a really stripped down version of the song that features only a modular and a piano and of course his beautiful voice. In that version the beauty of the progression that in the original song is only present in the bass line can really shine with its full potential. Hope you will end up listening to that, even on your own!
I kind of get the discourse around this record, especially at the time of its release, I can see how it was a disappointing follow-up to the behemoth that is In Rainbows, but I love it! I really don't think there's a weak moment on this record, I just wish it were longer. This is also my Dad's favorite Radiohead album, he was so shocked when I told him it's not very well-liked haha TKOL-HIVE, RISE UP!
I'll maintain that the production of some of the songs that have since become live staples (Bloom, Lotus Flower) made the songs come off a little more flat than they do in live recordings. Lotus Flower in particular really benefits from that fuzzy synth coming front and center.
One interesting 'tid-bit' about this album is the fact that most of the music is constructed from samples of each band member which were edited and looped. Thom then wrote lyrics and melodies over the top of the collage of loops. According to Jonny Greenwood, "we didn't want to pick up guitars and write chord sequences. We didn't want to sit in front of a computer either. We wanted a third thing, which involved playing and programming". That said, the second half of the album is much less frenetic, more varied and melodic too, so I think it'll be more up your alley.
I still want to see you do a review of David Bowie's Blackstar. There's so much food for reaction there! Such a dark and mysterious album that came just before his death...
The live In the Basement version is superior to the studio version, almost like the music was intended to be performed live. It’s supposed to combine the acoustic sounds with the synthetic sounds in such a way that it’s difficult to distinguish the two from each other but for me it’s the live version where that effect was accomplished in such a way where I got the “aha” moment, “not so much with the studio version.” I just thought the studio version was alright.
No. Simplistic versions don't make it a superior version. A lot of people don't get Bloom on the album, but they love the live version. Well, it's because the rhythm is different. The live version strips away the African beat of the studio version (i can even say that Johnny plays it extremely, frustratingly wrong live). But that's what the mainstream ear can digest. But don't call it "a superior version".
Mahdi Saddar “mainstream” no dude- tbh I’d consider it superior due to the imperfections making it feel more human than oddly inexpressive and repetitively calculated like the studio version
@@nasto2457 I wouldn't be opposed to that, but i think doing the short film would provide more interesting content and something new for NightWalk. I really love the short film and all parties involved.
Looking forward to your reaction to the Basement version of 'Bloom.' That version is one of their best songs in my opinion. The live horns, the live drums, just glorious.
Whoa - was revisiting all your previous Radiohead reactions just yesterday! You absolutely have to finish the discography with Pablo Honey soon. Edit: I would also recommend listening to the Electric Lady Studios live version for Bloom - so good. that or the Blue Planet version they recorded with Hans Zimmer.
After listening to every other album, I feel he kinda has to. ;) But seriously, though that album has some fun stuff and one song foreshadowing Radiohead's greatness ('Blow Out'), I think it will be a bit of a let down (no pun intended) for him.
@@GReduxZ It's not a bad album by any means and I do think it appeals particularly to rock enthousiasts. 'Thinking About You' is a stand-out song. It's filled with the self-loathing and insecurity you hear throughout the entire album, but kept simple and personal.
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea The Microphones - The Glow Pt.2 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven You need to react to these.
Great reaction! Love your honesty bro. I really love Bloom and Feral, I'm really looking forward to part 2 and the King of Limbs from the basement reaction as well.
@@reactions5783 my reasoning is that the album version and FTB are very similar, whereas the piano live is a completely different beast, so it may seem weird to go from electronic to piano and then back
Check out the Orchestrated version of Bloom that Radiohead did for Blue Planet II. For that they collaborated with, the legend himself, Hans ducking Zimmer!
Watching them play king of limbs material live is INSANE. It definitely put things together for me when I felt a little lost with this record. Codex is one of their most beautiful tracks ever fight me. I’m pretty sure that they had a tough time with this album and almost came out of recordings with nothing they were happy with, and some of it was recorded in Drew Barrymores house, she’s mentioned in the album credits. Also look up the “newspaper edition” of this album, some of the coolest most creative album packaging out there Id say.
You'll love part two, compared to the first four songs, I think. Radiohead's been my favourite band since I was about 14 years old (37 now). TKOL is easily one of my favourite albums. It still amazes me how this band can be so diverse and still sound distinctly 'Radiohead' in every single song. As someone else already mentioned, this album gets far more vivid when played live. I've seen Radiohead live 13 times now, and especially songs like 'Feral' and 'Morning Mr. Magpie' are an absolutely hypnotising experience. Considering 'Bloom', I can really recommend Thom Yorke's solo version at the Electric Lady Studios in which he merely sings and plays piano over a looped piano melody. It's hauntingly beautiful and mesmerizing. You can also try the version Radiohead recorded with legendary composer Hans Zimmer. It's called 'Ocean Bloom' and it's used for the BBC documentary 'Blue Planet II'.
Please check the B-Sides of this record too on the 2nd part, really captures the zeitgeist of this album and RH era in my opinion. Staircase (one of their best songs imo) The Daily Mail The Butcher Supercollider These Are My Twisted Words
IT'S HERE. I've grown to love this album, although I still admit that the first half is comparatively weak. Only Bloom truly stands out for me after all these years, and even then I'm not a fan of the mix and think it sounds better live. Thom Yorke's solo rendition on piano (search Thom York Bloom Electric Lady) is astounding. The second half is where this album shines. All four songs are fairly excellent (although Lotus Flower, like Bloom, really shines live where a weak mix can't restrain it), and it ends on two absolutely astounding numbers.
What i like about your reaction vids is that you actually react. Not just making some :o faces. But actually reacting to the music :D. One of my favourite channels, keep it up man!
everyone who says this album is weak or not good at all is so wrong. The instrumental is crazy and the album is just great and beautiful. I hope you can enjoy it and love it as the album deserves to be loved 😭
I honestly went from a massive muse fan to someone who would listen to this album over anything Muse have ever put out. Give it a chance because it is utterly phenomenal
your ending commentary was amazing. forever subbed now, lol. But yeah this is (next to amnesiac) Radiohead's most abstract album, and I appreciate you appreciating those who appreciate this album
I really didn't get this album when I heard it. I tried over and over and couldn't get into it. Then I did. Took maybe 2 years. I love it now. Absolutely love it. My one and only gripe is it's not long enough.
If you haven't, sometime in the future you should listen to Thom Yorkes "The Eraser". Has some of his best vocal work, and it's what got me more into that style of repetition in the music he does electronically
Honestly this is one of my favourite Radiohead albums, listening to this while revising kind of got me through A levels, and the second half is just truly special. Interesting tidbit about the album, Johnny actually wrote the program they used to compile and sequence all the samples for the album.
Bloom from the basement is amazing, as well as Thom's solo piano version. The first listen to this version is definitely jarring. I couldn't figure out where the beat even was my first couple listens.
I highly recommend checking out the live version of Bloom by Thom in Electric Lady Studios. It really made me appreciate the original song so much better. Because lets face it, the song is really messy but that version helped me out understanding it. I also recommend the combination of this album with the 4 singles released that year, The Butcher, Supercollider, The Daily Mail and Staircase. Together they make The King Of Limbs a way better experiencie. The problem of the album is not the sound, the length is.
Radiohead were guests on the Colbert Show for this album and performed an stunningly well performed and produced five set with a horn section. The sound is magical, tight, gorgeous and powerful, and brings the songs to life in a way even the incredible "From the Basement" recordings can't.
The King of Limbs is my favorite album by any band! You will like Bloom when you understand how the song is constructed (which instrument does which part, the layering) after watching the live from basement. Im glad you like Little by Little, it’s my second favorite song from this album. The second half of the album is very different, easier to listen and understand. It’s basically four ballads. In the live from basement they play the whole album plus two b-sides from the album (Staircase and The daily mail) which are as good if not better than the regular songs. Can’t wait for part 2 and the live version :) I forgot, you should also listen to the Thom Yorke solo piano version of Bloom, it’s astonishingly beautiful!
If by the end of the studio reaction you're not sure about how to feel for this album's eccentricity and the emotion it's trying to evoke, I recommend you have an open mind on the live version as it will clear that uncertainty and will affirm that this is a very good (if not great) album. It's a grower not a shower. Ps keep up the good work brother, good work!
This is such an interesting album because people have such different opinions on it. I personally love this album. I was so shocked at the “Little by Little” reaction because that was the one song I didn’t connect with at first but one I’ve come around to. Later songs on the album hit me immediately and I still love them. Even Bloom didn’t hit me at first and it’s one of my favorite Radiohead songs now. I’d give this record some time, though I can’t promise anything because some still can’t come around to it even after so many listens. What a weird record.
This time Radiohead were literally buiding up their songs like houses: starting with the foundation and walls (rhythmic carcas) they were then facing it with bass and guitar sounds. And when the building (the skeleton of a song) was finished, they began populating it with words and melodics. It’s interesting to see how a life in a new house germinates: you never know what it’s gonna be until all the neighbours are in place.
After listening to this album a bunch, I really like it. It’s so beat-driven, it kinda reminds me of new order’s PCL. Everything from bloom to lotus flower is rhythmic and fun, and the last 3 tracks are great too (although I prefer the first half). Completely fair if you don’t like it, but I’ve been listening to it regularly these days. It’s a lot more fun than I initially gave it credit for.
Radiohead's 2nd live drummer is Clive Deamer of the band Portishead. I'm not sure if you've heard much of Portishead but I'd love to see a reaction video to their Roseland Ballroom gig in New York from 1998, which is available in its entirety on RUclips. It's great.
This one is my favorite album of theirs. I prefer the From the Basement live performance but I do love the album as well. They had 2 drummers for this album
You’re gonna appreciate this album so much more after the basement version. Also, the second half is when TKOL gets really good. I like Bloom but it’s a lot better live/stripped down
The second half of this album is fantastic, very excited to see what you think of it! Also, if you ever want to react to some of their live stuff in a short video like you did with the trickster, I HIGHLY recommend Thom’s live performance of Ingenue on the Jools Holland show (4 minutes), as well as Thom and Jonny’s performance of I Might Be Wrong/There There/Knives Out (13 minutes), both probably my favorite Radiohead related videos of all time. Nice description by the way.
Side B is so much better than Side A, unless you hear the From The Basement version, then all the songs are just as amazing. Edit: Except for both versions of Feral
The first half is much more interesting IMO. I love Radiohead ballads and stuff, but Bloom kicking off the album is so strange and challenging and I absolutely love it.
ACM1PT512 I actually think Feral is one of the few good songs off it. I like the random background songs on it. Lotus Flower and Magpie are also great. The rest of the album is pretty meh imo
Make sure you watch the live from the basement version right after this album. It’s so interesting to see these compositions interpreted in a live form. You also get the brass section in the basement recording, something they don’t have on the tours. It makes it extra special.
The King Of Limbs didn’t click with me at all on the first listen. A good week after, Bloom was my favourite song of the month. It’s definitely a grower!
This album will grow on you. I initially thought it was alright but now I love it. It’s really a beautiful album Also I do like the 2nd half a lot more than the first soooooooo that’s just me lol
Bloom is one of the best Radiohead songs, as well as Lotus Flower, I think it will grow on you. I recommend Thom's piano version of Bloom - clear perfection.
Ranking TKOL Songs: 1 - Separator 2 - Lotus Flower 3 - Give Up The Ghost 4 - Bloom 5 - Codex 6 - Little By Little 7 - Feral 8 - Morning Mr. Magpie If you ask me to slot in some of the singles/b-sides, I'm putting Staircase at 2.5 and The Daily Mail at 4.5.
@@ExileOnDaytonStreet well, i mainly dislike the song because it's the one song that the people who hate TKOL like in TKOL. And TKOL is my favorite album
This is one of my favourite albums ever for the exact reason you said at the start. I had 0 reference points going into it and it absolutely blew my mind. Also just wait for codex. My god, you will love it.
Feral gang where we at
I enjoy the studio version, but basement version just eclipses it.
We here, we feral.
yo
I think it will grow on him
Please don't judge
I think Bloom is the biggest grower in Radiohead's discography. Can't wait to see your reaction to the live version.
I've seen it 3 or 4 times live now and it's consistently the one song in the set where i'm like "How on earth did they come up with this song" It's jaw-droppingly beautiful live.
@@mikeoley13Yeah, seeing Bloom live was quite the experience. Like the entire crowd was in a kind of meditative state.
Bloom is definitely a grower! (Plant reference). I saw them play it in 2012 and they fucked it up. Good to know their human, the rest of the concert was amazing.
Bloom, studio and live version, will always be in my top 5 Radiohead songs
Completely agreed, the piano live version is tied as my favourite Radiohead song. The energetic live versions are also amazing.
This is their ultimate 'headphones' album.
chaosmos24 naw that’s kid a or AMSP
YESSSSS, that's the comment, I put it on the speakers yesterday and it felt kinda flat, was afraid I was "growing out" of this album, but today when I listened to it again with headphones I had the most pleasing experience.
That experience disparity doesn't really happen with any of their other albums, least nowhere near the level it does with The King of Limbs.
It's great in headphones for sure but Kid A is the ultimate headphones album
@@jonnykhatru Nah brother I'm telling you I've listened to Kid A on speakers multiple times and it sounds fine, the same doesn't happen with The King of Limbs. That's my experience, at least.
I think In Rainbows is the best with headphones, but listening to TKOL with headphones is much better than without them.
I love this album. Maybe it’s my love of more experimental or repetitive music (which most people tend to not like so much), but Radiohead proves with this album that they can dabble in other genres besides just alt-rock. I also have a deep connection to the album’s themes of nature, which I prefer over the themes of love on In Rainbows. Hard to explain really, but this album speaks to me on a spiritual level, and I’ll def get the boys on the album art tatted next to my Amnesiac tattoo.
TVFilthyFrank2 And the flow is fantastic! Despite being only 8 songs, they all flow well from track to track. Plus I own the Newspaper Edition, which is easily one of the coolest boxsets of any album.
I’m pleasantly surprised Papa Franku’s successor likes Radiohead
Thank you for the thoughtful comment! 🥺
papa franku come back, we miss the kids
i guess Im kinda off topic but does anyone know a good site to stream new movies online ?
Really the biggest tidbits about this album are that
(1) they relied on looping much much much much more than usual on this record
(2) a vast majority of what they looped (or at least played as repeating bars) had some sort of organic origin (not as much programming as you'd think for such an "electronic" record)
(3) aside from electronic music, there was a huge influence coming from Ed (the "oh, that's what he's doing on this song" guy) and his growing love of Brazilian music
(4) Basically, where a lot of Radiohead's earlier music can be seen as having a huge emphasis on interweaving harmonies, this record is their love letter to polyrhythm.
And the album was written about a tree
The influence was coming from Colin, this isn't Brazilian music, it's African
Feral is literal an Afro beat experimental dance track
@@frenchguitarguy1091 And lots of "Brazillian rhythms" came from Africa xD
Dav Mag20 yup I’m surprised how many people think it’s Brazilian, the rhythms are blatantly African and AFP came out two years later- again full of African polyrhythms.
I don't care what anyone says, I love this album. It might be my third or fourth favorite by Radiohead. Just vibes with me personally for some reason.
This is one of my favourites. It's one of the most relaxing albums ever. Bloom, Lotus Flower, Give Up the Ghost and Separator are some of my favourite songs ever.
You will love King of Limbs eventually I almost guarantee it. Especially after multiple listens and watching live versions.
I don't get why everyone describes this album as electronic. It's mostly real instruments. Only Lotus Flower is heavy on the electronics.
Most of the drums on this album are two drummers. They got Clive Dreamer from Portishead to play a second kit alongside Phil.
Descendant of Kraff THIS so much! It baffles me when people describe this album as “electronic”, even Anthony Fantano did that.
Everything about this album, besides the looping, is basically 100% real instruments and not electronics. People make this album out to sound like its Kid A 2 or something
I thought the second drummer was only for the tour?
ironic legacy nupe
cant agree more, tkol quickly became my favourite album after much neglect due to poor reccomendation
I would really suggest you to listen to Thom Yorke version of Bloom, Live from Electric Lady Studios. It's a really stripped down version of the song that features only a modular and a piano and of course his beautiful voice. In that version the beauty of the progression that in the original song is only present in the bass line can really shine with its full potential. Hope you will end up listening to that, even on your own!
amazing version
also Hans Zimmer arranjement
@@PlasticSinks that too! It's amazing how many wonderful and very different versions of that single song exist. I still cannot pick a favourite
AMEN!
Oh my god yeah
"Sometimes I just wonder, like, how do they make all these sounds?"
Mood af
codex, for me, is all-time. one of their best.
for sure. definitely one of their best ballads.
Trufth
I love this album. I get why people don’t, but I think it’s really great.
I kind of get the discourse around this record, especially at the time of its release, I can see how it was a disappointing follow-up to the behemoth that is In Rainbows, but I love it! I really don't think there's a weak moment on this record, I just wish it were longer. This is also my Dad's favorite Radiohead album, he was so shocked when I told him it's not very well-liked haha
TKOL-HIVE, RISE UP!
I'll maintain that the production of some of the songs that have since become live staples (Bloom, Lotus Flower) made the songs come off a little more flat than they do in live recordings. Lotus Flower in particular really benefits from that fuzzy synth coming front and center.
hes gunna trip when he watches the basement on this
It was the album that made me a Radiohead fan so it has a sweet spot in my heart
I think you’ll absolutely love the basement version of Little By Little
One interesting 'tid-bit' about this album is the fact that most of the music is constructed from samples of each band member which were edited and looped. Thom then wrote lyrics and melodies over the top of the collage of loops.
According to Jonny Greenwood, "we didn't want to pick up guitars and write chord sequences. We didn't want to sit in front of a computer either. We wanted a third thing, which involved playing and programming".
That said, the second half of the album is much less frenetic, more varied and melodic too, so I think it'll be more up your alley.
I still want to see you do a review of David Bowie's Blackstar. There's so much food for reaction there! Such a dark and mysterious album that came just before his death...
definitely
It’s been four years now and I still can’t listen to that album without crying
The second half of The King or Limbs is fantastic! And the version of Bloom From the Basement really made the track click for me.
The second half? How about the first?
The live In the Basement version is superior to the studio version, almost like the music was intended to be performed live. It’s supposed to combine the acoustic sounds with the synthetic sounds in such a way that it’s difficult to distinguish the two from each other but for me it’s the live version where that effect was accomplished in such a way where I got the “aha” moment, “not so much with the studio version.” I just thought the studio version was alright.
No. Simplistic versions don't make it a superior version. A lot of people don't get Bloom on the album, but they love the live version. Well, it's because the rhythm is different. The live version strips away the African beat of the studio version (i can even say that Johnny plays it extremely, frustratingly wrong live). But that's what the mainstream ear can digest. But don't call it "a superior version".
Mahdi Saddar finally someone gets it
Mahdi Saddar “mainstream” no dude- tbh I’d consider it superior due to the imperfections making it feel more human than oddly inexpressive and repetitively calculated like the studio version
I'll say it again. Please review ANIMA - the video shortfilm by Thom Yorke and Paul Thomas Anderson on Netflix.
It would also be something different for the Nightwalk channel to review. Highly agree!
Why not the album also?
@@nasto2457 I wouldn't be opposed to that, but i think doing the short film would provide more interesting content and something new for NightWalk. I really love the short film and all parties involved.
Looking forward to your reaction to the Basement version of 'Bloom.' That version is one of their best songs in my opinion. The live horns, the live drums, just glorious.
I feel like the only person who likes studio Bloom.
I love it.
Drum machine... Haha just you wait till you see this live.
Whoa - was revisiting all your previous Radiohead reactions just yesterday! You absolutely have to finish the discography with Pablo Honey soon.
Edit: I would also recommend listening to the Electric Lady Studios live version for Bloom - so good. that or the Blue Planet version they recorded with Hans Zimmer.
Or MTV BEACH HOUSE!!!!!!!
After listening to every other album, I feel he kinda has to. ;)
But seriously, though that album has some fun stuff and one song foreshadowing Radiohead's greatness ('Blow Out'), I think it will be a bit of a let down (no pun intended) for him.
@@ThelemicMagick Pablo Honey really has interesting things like Lurgee or Vegetable (and maybe Thinking About You, but that´s just my guilty pleasure)
@@GReduxZ It's not a bad album by any means and I do think it appeals particularly to rock enthousiasts.
'Thinking About You' is a stand-out song. It's filled with the self-loathing and insecurity you hear throughout the entire album, but kept simple and personal.
ThelemicMagick imo You is one of the best on the album. Anyone Can Play Guitar and even Creep are actually really good too
This album deserves more love.
At first I didn't like Bloom (the studio version), but man.... from the basement version blew my mind completely!
The album is so short, just post part 2 today.
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
The Microphones - The Glow Pt.2
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
You need to react to these.
He did say in this video that a lot of experimental stuff doesn't work for him, so The Microphones and Godspeed might not click lol
@@Michael-ks3rl It's why it's experimental, not as accessible but it can grow on you
I can't wait to see your reaction to the second half! It's so good!
YES. FINALLY OH MY GOD
Great reaction! Love your honesty bro.
I really love Bloom and Feral, I'm really looking forward to part 2 and the King of Limbs from the basement reaction as well.
I legitimately can’t imagine not liking Bloom- it’s one of my favorite Radiohead tracks!
You've got to hear Bloom Live from Electric Lady Studios after Live from the Basement!
...or before? ... I mean, it's only one song after all. :)
@@reactions5783 my reasoning is that the album version and FTB are very similar, whereas the piano live is a completely different beast, so it may seem weird to go from electronic to piano and then back
Check out the Orchestrated version of Bloom that Radiohead did for Blue Planet II. For that they collaborated with, the legend himself, Hans ducking Zimmer!
Bloom Live from Electric Lady Studios is even better though, imho.
The second half is miles better, less electronic, more guitars and piano.
But Bloom is the best song they have made
@@waterglas21 One of the best... In my opinion of course.
I mean, that's the best four song streak on any album, ever.
Bodysnatchers, Nude, Weird Fishes, All I Need
James Kovacic excuse me dont discount 15 step
Watching them play king of limbs material live is INSANE. It definitely put things together for me when I felt a little lost with this record. Codex is one of their most beautiful tracks ever fight me. I’m pretty sure that they had a tough time with this album and almost came out of recordings with nothing they were happy with, and some of it was recorded in Drew Barrymores house, she’s mentioned in the album credits. Also look up the “newspaper edition” of this album, some of the coolest most creative album packaging out there Id say.
I’m glad you liked Little by Little, it’s criminally underrated
You'll love part two, compared to the first four songs, I think.
Radiohead's been my favourite band since I was about 14 years old (37 now). TKOL is easily one of my favourite albums. It still amazes me how this band can be so diverse and still sound distinctly 'Radiohead' in every single song.
As someone else already mentioned, this album gets far more vivid when played live. I've seen Radiohead live 13 times now, and especially songs like 'Feral' and 'Morning Mr. Magpie' are an absolutely hypnotising experience.
Considering 'Bloom', I can really recommend Thom Yorke's solo version at the Electric Lady Studios in which he merely sings and plays piano over a looped piano melody. It's hauntingly beautiful and mesmerizing. You can also try the version Radiohead recorded with legendary composer Hans Zimmer. It's called 'Ocean Bloom' and it's used for the BBC documentary 'Blue Planet II'.
Please check the B-Sides of this record too on the 2nd part, really captures the zeitgeist of this album and RH era in my opinion.
Staircase (one of their best songs imo)
The Daily Mail
The Butcher
Supercollider
These Are My Twisted Words
Humza Ashraf yes please!!
Staircase and The Daily Mail are genuinely astounding songs.
ExileOnDaytonStreet yes!!
Staircase and The Butcher are so great
IT'S HERE.
I've grown to love this album, although I still admit that the first half is comparatively weak. Only Bloom truly stands out for me after all these years, and even then I'm not a fan of the mix and think it sounds better live. Thom Yorke's solo rendition on piano (search Thom York Bloom Electric Lady) is astounding.
The second half is where this album shines. All four songs are fairly excellent (although Lotus Flower, like Bloom, really shines live where a weak mix can't restrain it), and it ends on two absolutely astounding numbers.
What i like about your reaction vids is that you actually react. Not just making some :o faces. But actually reacting to the music :D. One of my favourite channels, keep it up man!
“Drum machine”
No sir that’s 100% Mr. Phil fuckin Selway
I don't mind most of this album, but the live versions of the songs are just better.
A lot of the songs kind of grew on me but I still hate Morning Mr Magpie
You definitely need to react to RADIOHEAD IN MTV's BEACH HOUSE
ANYWHEREEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAAAUGGHHHHH
FAT
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DEAD
haahahahahahaah grow my hair, i wanna be jim morrison
Oh, I can't wait for your reaction to Live in the Basement: In Bloom
You are not ready. :D
everyone who says this album is weak or not good at all is so wrong. The instrumental is crazy and the album is just great and beautiful. I hope you can enjoy it and love it as the album deserves to be loved 😭
Personal taste is personal taste. Not sure how something objectively subjective could be objectively wrong.
ThinWhiteAxe I can totally understand if someones dislikes the album, but like it or not, the album is still great
especially Bloom, Codex, Give Up the Ghost and Separator
I honestly went from a massive muse fan to someone who would listen to this album over anything Muse have ever put out. Give it a chance because it is utterly phenomenal
French Guitar Guy same dude, i went from Muse to Radiohead a few years ago (i still like Muse ofc) and Tkol is my favorite album
your ending commentary was amazing. forever subbed now, lol. But yeah this is (next to amnesiac) Radiohead's most abstract album, and I appreciate you appreciating those who appreciate this album
*three minutes in*
Codex will blow your mind
underrated masterpiecde and im so glad youre finally listenign to it, im so excited haha
interesting, to me Bloom was the only song I liked from the first half on the first listen
I really didn't get this album when I heard it. I tried over and over and couldn't get into it. Then I did. Took maybe 2 years. I love it now. Absolutely love it. My one and only gripe is it's not long enough.
If you haven't, sometime in the future you should listen to Thom Yorkes "The Eraser". Has some of his best vocal work, and it's what got me more into that style of repetition in the music he does electronically
Second half of this album is so much better than the first it’s almost astonishing
Yes, that is so true!
Ok, I respect your opinion...but your wrong
@@waterglas21 I respect your opinion... but YOUR wrong
For me, the first half of this album isn't so great, but the second half is a contender for the best half a Radiohead album there is.
For me all songs of this album are great, all of them. But the second half are better. But still that I love TKOL
Honestly this is one of my favourite Radiohead albums, listening to this while revising kind of got me through A levels, and the second half is just truly special. Interesting tidbit about the album, Johnny actually wrote the program they used to compile and sequence all the samples for the album.
Bloom from the basement is amazing, as well as Thom's solo piano version. The first listen to this version is definitely jarring. I couldn't figure out where the beat even was my first couple listens.
Please react to Pablo Honey, it’s honestly a decent 90s alternative rock album
TKoL is a grower for sure... glad you went with the studio version before the Basement. Live Bloom is what sold it for me.
I highly recommend checking out the live version of Bloom by Thom in Electric Lady Studios. It really made me appreciate the original song so much better. Because lets face it, the song is really messy but that version helped me out understanding it.
I also recommend the combination of this album with the 4 singles released that year, The Butcher, Supercollider, The Daily Mail and Staircase. Together they make The King Of Limbs a way better experiencie. The problem of the album is not the sound, the length is.
i didn't get TKOL until my like 6th listen, it really opens up the more you listen to it, i love it lots now
Radiohead were guests on the Colbert Show for this album and performed an stunningly well performed and produced five set with a horn section. The sound is magical, tight, gorgeous and powerful, and brings the songs to life in a way even the incredible "From the Basement" recordings can't.
You can watch the full version of the live from the basement in the Radiohead Library now !
Check out Thom singing Bloom solo in the electric lady studio- really shows the inherant beauty of the song
I would love to see your reaction to TOOL especially now that they're on spotify.
This.
The King of Limbs is my favorite album by any band! You will like Bloom when you understand how the song is constructed (which instrument does which part, the layering) after watching the live from basement.
Im glad you like Little by Little, it’s my second favorite song from this album.
The second half of the album is very different, easier to listen and understand. It’s basically four ballads.
In the live from basement they play the whole album plus two b-sides from the album (Staircase and The daily mail) which are as good if not better than the regular songs.
Can’t wait for part 2 and the live version :)
I forgot, you should also listen to the Thom Yorke solo piano version of Bloom, it’s astonishingly beautiful!
That noise at 7:20... you need to get yourself a tube amp and CRANK IT lol. I grew up with that sound. So cool they put it on there.
If by the end of the studio reaction you're not sure about how to feel for this album's eccentricity and the emotion it's trying to evoke, I recommend you have an open mind on the live version as it will clear that uncertainty and will affirm that this is a very good (if not great) album. It's a grower not a shower.
Ps keep up the good work brother, good work!
You know what this mean...
King of Limbs Live from the Basement reaction coming soon lol
This is such an interesting album because people have such different opinions on it. I personally love this album. I was so shocked at the “Little by Little” reaction because that was the one song I didn’t connect with at first but one I’ve come around to. Later songs on the album hit me immediately and I still love them. Even Bloom didn’t hit me at first and it’s one of my favorite Radiohead songs now. I’d give this record some time, though I can’t promise anything because some still can’t come around to it even after so many listens. What a weird record.
You're looking extra dapper in this vid
This time Radiohead were literally buiding up their songs like houses: starting with the foundation and walls (rhythmic carcas) they were then facing it with bass and guitar sounds. And when the building (the skeleton of a song) was finished, they began populating it with words and melodics. It’s interesting to see how a life in a new house germinates: you never know what it’s gonna be until all the neighbours are in place.
"the intention is to mess around with really cool sounds in a really pleasing way." A fair variant on how to describe music in general.
Bloom from the might be the best thing they ever did.
The second half is so much better! Every song on the second half you will love
Can't wait for part 2 that's where the gems are in my opinion. Then of course the Basement to really tie it together. Please do this Mr. Nightwalk
After listening to this album a bunch, I really like it. It’s so beat-driven, it kinda reminds me of new order’s PCL. Everything from bloom to lotus flower is rhythmic and fun, and the last 3 tracks are great too (although I prefer the first half). Completely fair if you don’t like it, but I’ve been listening to it regularly these days. It’s a lot more fun than I initially gave it credit for.
Can't wait for you to hear the 2nd part some of my favourite Radiohead songs
Bloom will just get better with time, trust me
Radiohead's 2nd live drummer is Clive Deamer of the band Portishead. I'm not sure if you've heard much of Portishead but I'd love to see a reaction video to their Roseland Ballroom gig in New York from 1998, which is available in its entirety on RUclips. It's great.
This one is my favorite album of theirs. I prefer the From the Basement live performance but I do love the album as well. They had 2 drummers for this album
It's a cliche recommendation, but check out Aphex Twin and Autechre if you haven't listened to much electronic music.
I agree to some level.
For someone with virtually no experience in electronic music, I'd go with artists like Moderat, Björk and Orbital first.
Part 2 is easier to listen. In from the basement everything blows up
You'll definitely end up appreciating Bloom more. It's really special.
Bloom is the best song of the decade IMO
waterglass21 this
You’re gonna appreciate this album so much more after the basement version. Also, the second half is when TKOL gets really good. I like Bloom but it’s a lot better live/stripped down
this album is fucking brilliant.
Listen to The Butcher, Staircase, and The Daily Mail. They're B-sides from TKOL. Personally, I like them more than anything on the album .
cookumms staircase and the daily mail are on the live from basement so he will hear them
9:17 "I don't think I've ever heard a song that sounded like this" -- number one reason Radiohead is my favorite band.
The second half of this album is fantastic, very excited to see what you think of it! Also, if you ever want to react to some of their live stuff in a short video like you did with the trickster, I HIGHLY recommend Thom’s live performance of Ingenue on the Jools Holland show (4 minutes), as well as Thom and Jonny’s performance of I Might Be Wrong/There There/Knives Out (13 minutes), both probably my favorite Radiohead related videos of all time.
Nice description by the way.
yeah second part is where it's at. get it out asap pls :)
Side B is so much better than Side A, unless you hear the From The Basement version, then all the songs are just as amazing.
Edit: Except for both versions of Feral
Feral it's just like "Uh, no"
feral is really good live
i actually like the first half better. it becomes a bit too slow for me halfway thru
The first half is much more interesting IMO. I love Radiohead ballads and stuff, but Bloom kicking off the album is so strange and challenging and I absolutely love it.
ACM1PT512 I actually think Feral is one of the few good songs off it. I like the random background songs on it.
Lotus Flower and Magpie are also great. The rest of the album is pretty meh imo
Make sure you watch the live from the basement version right after this album. It’s so interesting to see these compositions interpreted in a live form. You also get the brass section in the basement recording, something they don’t have on the tours. It makes it extra special.
The King Of Limbs didn’t click with me at all on the first listen. A good week after, Bloom was my favourite song of the month. It’s definitely a grower!
Nearly choked when I saw this on my feed!
This album will grow on you. I initially thought it was alright but now I love it. It’s really a beautiful album
Also I do like the 2nd half a lot more than the first soooooooo that’s just me lol
He will love bloom live
Bloom is one of the best Radiohead songs, as well as Lotus Flower, I think it will grow on you. I recommend Thom's piano version of Bloom - clear perfection.
TKOL is he best album of the last decade, followed by David Bowie's Black Star and PJ Harvey's Let England Shake. Change my mind.
Check out Thom's live piano version of 'bloom'. Its beautiful
This is the type of album that doesn't demand your attention but when you give it oh man it's so worth it.
Ranking TKOL Songs:
1 - Separator
2 - Lotus Flower
3 - Give Up The Ghost
4 - Bloom
5 - Codex
6 - Little By Little
7 - Feral
8 - Morning Mr. Magpie
If you ask me to slot in some of the singles/b-sides, I'm putting Staircase at 2.5 and The Daily Mail at 4.5.
ExileOnDaytonStreet my ranking:
1. Bloom
2. Little by little
3. Codex
4. Give up the ghost
5. Separator
6. Feral
7. Magpie
8. Lotus Flower
@@Neorigg Lotus Flower at the back? Man, goes to show what variety you can get in Radiohead opinions.
@@ExileOnDaytonStreet well, i mainly dislike the song because it's the one song that the people who hate TKOL like in TKOL. And TKOL is my favorite album
@@Neorigg Spite is a powerful drug
This is one of my favourite albums ever for the exact reason you said at the start. I had 0 reference points going into it and it absolutely blew my mind. Also just wait for codex. My god, you will love it.
I love how this album is such a grower, and is heavily themed to nature. A happy little coincidence!