I bought this album on the day it was released. The thing is, the first copies that were sold in the region I live were misprints. They started with 20 seconds of Pearl Jam finishing a liveshow before the actual album started. After that the trackmarking would be 20 seconds of for the rest if the album. The record company admitted their mistake and announced that people could trade their misprints for the proper album one week later. I never traded my copy.
I was really into music when OK Computer came out, and it blew my mind. I listened to postrock music like Tortoise/Slint and other experimental music like Mr. Bungle, Bjork, Aphex Twin, etc., but Radiohead at the time was not just experimental, but also accessible to the emotions in such a beautiful way. Kid A was so good that it was almost like we couldn't comprehend how good it was, but at the same time we knew it was genius. I guess it was just cathartic, so there was no reason to talk about it too much. How to Disappear Completely got me through so many depressed days.
It also has a videogame / virtual gallery that visualizes the songs and lets you explore a bizarre world inspired by art from the two albums. It's absolutely mindblowing.
Everything In Its Right Place - This album definitely took a lot of people by surprise back in the day, and I think for most Radiohead fans Kid A was not immediately embraced on first listening. I remember I had to sort of get used to it, but it really did grow on me. About half the tracks are now on my list of favorites, including this one. It helped that I already liked electronica. This song was used to great effect in the trailer for a 2016 film called The Accountant. Great trailer, great film. Kid A - I have played a lot of Minecraft while listening to Radiohead. It's not my usual Minecraft playlist, but Radiohead gets a lot of play when I'm at my computer so it has definitely happened quite a bit whether by accident or on purpose. National Anthem - You're spot on about talking about the emotion of the musicians coming out in the music. This track is really jazzy, and often the key element of jazz is about just putting the performer's emotion into the song, just finding the "groove" that feels right and playing off of the other musicians without a formal structure. Do you have much experience with jazz music? In Limbo - This song always makes me think of Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box from Amnesiac, and vice versa. Idioteque - I think it's meant to be pronounced like discotheque. Anyway, one of my favorite tracks from the album. Morning Bell - I prefer this version to the one on Amnesiac, although they both have their merits. Thom has said some weird and contradictory stuff about this song. I'm pretty sure any interpretation is valid. Motion Picture Soundtrack - Absolutely devastating ending to a magical album. My favorite track from it. To answer your questions at the end, my favorite album is The Bends, and my favorite song is arguably Thinking About You from Pablo Honey, just going by my listen count. I always go back to that one. That said, in recent years, some songs have certainly taken up more room in my head. Everything In Its Right Place, Pyramid Song (Amnesiac), Reckoner (In Rainbows), Videotape (In Rainbows), Last Flowers (In Rainbows Disc 2), 4 Minute Warning (In Rainbows Disc 2), Morning Mr. Magpie (The King of Limbs), Codex (The King of Limbs), Burn the Witch (A Moon Shaped Pool), Daydreaming (A Moon Shaped Pool), The Numbers (A Moon Shaped Pool), and True Love Waits (A Moon Shaped Pool) are most representative of where I am with Radiohead right now.
This is all so awesome, I appreciate such a thoughtful response. Thinking about you is definitely my favourite track from Pablo honey so I can’t definitely get behind that
I went to a pre-listening event for this album at the IMAX theater in NY and we had no idea what to expect and I don't think I've ever had a more revelatory experience with music in my life. We watched underwater 3D ocean videos while this played. Before it started, someone from EMI was there and he introduced the record to all the press that was there and sounded almost like he was apologizing for it. He seemed sad, because he was anticipating people hating it. After we heard it, I was embarrassed for him. He didn't even understand what they were doing, and it was his job to introduce it. That day probably changed the way I look at music forever.
Amnesiac is not the most cohesive album (like Hail To The Thief) but it has some fantastic songs on it including the opener which I have always thought was criminally underrated.
Sardines is such a weird opener because it sounds like an album opener but it doesn't fit the vibe of the songs after it that have a more Jazz/Western sound to it, but whenever i look at the album cover while listening to the song it just feels like it belongs there but also not
It was very cool seeing your reaction to this. I was in college when it came out. I had seen some of the 'blips' (the mini commercials) that they put out beforehand and then MTV played the entire album around midnight before it released. I remember that the only thing on the TV was a closeup of a record spinning and i was just in awe of the sounds.
Enjoyed listening to you talk about your relationship with music and its significance. I was hooked on Radiohead with the Bends and OK Computer, but Kid A and Amnesiac initially frustrated me because of the lack of guitar. However, I probably listen to these albums more repeatedly than any others. Their music really touches my soul
One tidbit I read about the bandis being schoolmates, they all took interest in in music class. and the music teacher gave them free reign to all the instruments afterschool.
@@fakecubed Spot on - they met in High School, all went off and graduated University - except Jonny which is ironic as he is the one actually highly trained musical theorist, classical music composer, and in a band full of multi-instrumentalists, he has them all beat by miles. When they came home 4 years later (they'd meet and play and practiceon holidays and breaks) they went all in with their band, calling it "On A Friday" as that's when they'd usually meet up to practice or play gigs.As soon as they started to gain a buzz about them they decided on a better name and chose "radiohead" after a '"talking Heads" songs, one of their influences. IN the history of major top level sucess bands of Radiohead's Tier, or most below them, i think one would be hard pressed to find any that never lost a member or had to swap someone or add or take away - they are about to hit 40 straight years from grade achool to middle age with the same 5 guys in the lineup. And we are so blessed, fortunate - whatever the word is - that 2 of the preminent musical geniuses - Thom and Jonny - of this era of the past 4 decades happen to front the band, with a Grammy winning producer - Nigel Godrich - having been onboard since the 2nd album to this day - hell, even their artist the incredible Stanley Donwood - highly celebrated without Radiohead - is their in-house artist as he and Thom were best frineds in college - so really those are the 6th and 7th band members. A million things make Radiohead special but I think it starts with all of this. Apologies fo the long comment to be thorough! Glad you made th original comment as I wasn't even thinking about it.
I got into Radiohead with OK Computer, then went back to the Bends, and loved both of those, and then waited. They next released an EP called Airbag/How Am I Driving? That included Airbag and some extra tracks from the OK Computer sessions. Then came Kid A, and it was a shock at first - so much more atmospheric, so much less guitars, but brilliant, chilling, haunting songs. I always thought the cover art was perfect for how this album sounded.
Great reaction! Radiohead of this period was very much one of my formative musical experiences. The first gig I went to when I was 18 was to see Radiohead on their Amnesiac tour. Sept 14 2001, 3 days after 9/11! I was (and still am) a huge fan of The Bends, at the time it took me a few years to really get on board with Kid A. What really sold me on the "new" Radiohead was Pyramid Song, which to this day is still my favrouite RH song.
And still one of my favorite songs and music videos from Radiohead is Daydreaming! So hauntingly beautiful, always gives me chills and tears me up, and the fact that the video was actually made to be watched in reverse! ❤️🤘🏼
I guess with 42 im one of the old fucks who can finally say "well, back than..." Well, back than... Radiohead caught my attention with their 2nd Album "OK Computer" when it was released and only later i listened to "The Bends". And i've got to admit, first listening to "Kid A" stupid 20yr old me was kinda disappointed, just because it was different. But i realized how brilliant it was / is.
I actually am grateful for the rambling and could have listened to it for much longer because you helped me understand how people are processing this band and what these guys say about the world we live in!!
My Kid A story is that I got into OK Computer about 10 years ago and really liked it as well as some of the singles I heard from Pablo Honey and The Bends, however I often heard Kid A being paraded as one of the best albums of all time and not to mention I share a birthday with it (although I'm older by 2 years) So I put it on and was immediately overwhelmed by the weirdness which is very odd as I do like a lot of electronic based things. The vocals on the song Kid A I just found too unsettling and had to switch it off after a while and never really picked the album up again. However a podcast I listen to called What Is Music? did a season on Radiohead's discography so I decided I'd listen along and fully dive in deep. It eventually came to their Kid A/Amnesiac episodes and hearing the context and the story behind the certain stylistic and artistic choices behind the album and songs, it definitely help me appreciate it more and finally a guided a hand to get into it properly. A little side note but there is an amazing brass band version of Motion Picture Soundtrack that is worth checking out. It was initially performed at a funeral for one of the band's members and I believe it's a tradition for that song to be played when a member leaves or dies or certain ceremonies however this particular performance of the song at this funeral is really beautiful, words cannot really do it justice
A late comment to this video, but if you have access to a PS5 or a decent computer, I highly suggest downloading the free Radiohead game that blends Kid A & Amnesiac into a really wonderful and trippy experience. Talk about spiraling. When I turned the game off I felt like I had transported back down to Earth. It felt life changing to me, I cannot recommend it enough.
Favorite album - In Rainbows. A lot of people agree. They released the digital version as a "pay what you want" album. Whether that was $20 or free, it was innovative for the time. They have an accompanying live performance of the album called In Rainbows - From The Basement, which you should also check out. It's just as good, if not better than the studio version
new viewer here, great vid!! as a huge radiohead fan myself this is literally me emotionally when I listen to this album lol - for better or for worse a lot of radiohead's discography is very much subdued and depressing. not sure how much you know about their music going forward after this but def recommend in rainbows (their peak of musicianship imo) as well as the king of limbs (unpopular opinion and def took more time to enjoy this lol) for a more left-field music experience like Kid A. keep up the good work!!
Oh I definitely am a big fan of The King of Limbs, I don't think that's too unpopular a view. Some great tracks on that album. Admittedly it is a bit of an oddball, like Kid A, but there's nothing wrong with that. I think A Moon Shaped Pool is currently getting the most play for me these days. All their albums are good, even if some are more gooder than others. In Rainbows is probably their magnum opus (so far), but a lot of that has to do with how long an album it is; with the two discs the sheer volume of exceptional tracks is hard to beat. Probably most people consider OK Computer their best work, and it's hard to argue with that perspective either. My favorite, however, is The Bends. There's those early hints that they are way more complicated than they first appeared, and were willing to take risks. I don't think anyone should have been surprised by the monster success and impact of OK Computer after The Bends. They were at the beginning of their evolution but they were clearly on the path.
I was a senior in High School when this album came out, and me and all my friends were "cool music kids", we played in bands and cared about the art of it, and didn't ONLY listen to metal or punk or rap or emo or grunge or whatever, we were "music fans" and fans of Radiohead, even! Damn, The Bends and OK Computer are still perfect records! This still blew us away. We were not prepared but we all still loved it somehow.
I was lucky enough to start with Radiohead early. Saw them play The Bends tour in a tiny barn in Saratoga NY in 1995, and got to experience the full release and inflection of OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, and the rest. You're right, it was crazy and I feel super lucky to have been able to experience these albums as they came out. Not taking anything away from anyone else's experience, but it almost feels more personal having been along for the ride. Great reaction video - cheers!
This is my favourite album of all time and I've listened to it hundreds and hundreds of times. It still takes me to places that only this music can do. About the Untitled song, as you read afterwards, in the original presses it was not listed. It just came after around one minute of silence after Motion Picture Soundtrack. For me, I always listened to Untitled as a response to the last words of Motion Picture 'I will see you in the next life'. Thoroughly enjoyed this video and your reflections. If it hasn't been recommended here yet, I will be that guy and recommend you to do the same with the album Lateralus by Tool. You'll keep spiraling ^^
What a great video! I appreciate YOUR appreciation for what it may have been like to experience the Radiohead creative arc. When Kid A came out, it was so different from OK Computer. And I thought it would never be as good. But I kept playing it. Over and over. Then I slowly realized this was a better record than some of those all-time records in my top 10... and, later, top 5. Again, it's great to hear you ponder what it was like to be there when their creative arc was happening in real-time. I often ponder what it was like during Pink Floyd's arc, Jimi Hendrix's, and even John Coltrane's when he left Miles Davis. Oh, and King Crimson's unique prog arc of the early 70s. It must have been a great time to be alive. Now, like you for Radiohead, I can only imagine. I will end with this. In about 20 years, young souls (now unborn) will listen to the bands you are currently listening to as they release their records this year and next. They will ask, "What was it like?" Now, you get to take mental notes of YOUR experiences so you can share them (in 2044) about what it was like here in the now frontier.
One of the saddest parts of finding older music is that you’ll never get to attend a concert. However, one of the great blessings of living today is all the concert video that is available. I saw Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl in 2003 or 2004. It’s one of the best shows I ever saw in my life. Also, Supergrass opened, which was frikkin’ awesome. (I think the other best shows of that period was seeing the White Stripes two times at the Greek. Jack White live is like adding a whole new dimension.) Edit: How many of you have dropped acid? Tripping ballz acid, not party microdoses. Acid was such a fun part of my life (until it wasn’t, but that’s another story). I was under the impression that people didn’t really dabble in psychedelics anymore.
You are lovely. I really enjoyed watching this. I was 14 when Kid A came out and I asked for it for Christmas. Listening to it on Christmas Day is an experience that will always be with me. Melted my brain. Had no frame of reference for what I was hearing.
Randomly found this channel, keep going! I really like the vibe you give off and the way you are talking and what you are talking. I see the potential you got a new sub!
I think you'd like early era Genesis. Very experimental for their time, their song 'Firth of Fifth' is considered to have the best solo in all of the prog rock genre.
Really enjoyed this, you have a lovely way of talking about music and of course in particular Radiohead. It surely has to be Amnesiac next which for me is still one of their best albums. It’s probably their darkest but has some of their very best songs. And maybe after that you could consider the Kid Amnesia game before HTTT? 🙂
I worked in a local college record store when this album came out and was already a huge Radiohead fan. We were allowed to pick one CD to add to the changer to play on rotation while we worked, and I chose this one for several weeks straight. Still one of my fav Radiohead albums to this day.
Being around for all the releases was pretty glorious. Me and my friends also got to see them live for every tour. I didn’t see them for OK Computer, but every release after that - including Thom Yorke solo and The Smile. It’s been amazing. The first time I saw them they opened with The National Anthem. It was outdoors, beautiful , we were high. It was truly magical.
Most of my favorite Radiohead songs are deep tracks from lesser-acclaimed albums, songs you wouldn't hear on the radio or get licensed for a film or TV show. I do love a lot of their most famous songs too, but music is a very personal thing and everyone has different tastes. What's great about Radiohead is they have gone on such an incredible evolution over so many years, there's something for pretty much anyone, or for any mood, if you go looking for it. I'm an old fan since Pablo Honey, but it's great to see younger people discover this band and get into them. I am certainly interested in hearing your history with this band. And I fully expect they will continue releasing albums, by the way. They are childhood friends/family who keep their egos very much in check and are in no danger of breaking up. They are reported to meet regularly to work on new music, and while we have no idea when their next album is coming out, they definitely have an interest in releasing more at some point in the future. In the meantime, as you may already be aware, the band members have done various solo projects or projects with other artists outside the band, so you can still hear their creative outputs under other names. I'm not _as much_ a fan of these, but nonetheless it's there and some of it is pretty interesting too.
That’s so cool & such a good point that there’s something for everyone to enjoy. I’ve dipped into a bit of Thoms solo work and some of The Smile but that’s pretty much it as of now. I’m excited though because there’s still so much music for me to explore by them. Thanks for watching!
Around 2009 or 2010, I made an effort to find and download bootleg Radiohead using LimeWire and BitTorrent. It’s all stuck on a hard drive somewhere in my apartment. I should go look for it. Anyway, it was about 10 hours of unreleased material and I’d listen to it for days. Maybe some of it has been released as rarities.
An 11/10 album. The segue from Treefingers into Optimistic and then In Limbo may be the best three-song run in the Radiohead catalogue. The crazy thing is this isn't even their best album. In Rainbows takes the prize for me, mostly for All I Need and Reckoner, 2 of the most beautiful songs ever written. Love the reaction, thanks for sharing!
I was alive when this came out. I bought it, heard a few tracks and returned it. 😂 It was just too weird. However, the songs (specially EIIRP) kept coming back to me, I couldn't stop thinking about them. So I bought it again. Fought with it. Cursed at it. And eventually fell in love with it. It is my number 1 album of all time.
Ok computer is probably still my favorite, but it’s very close between that and in rainbows. My favorite song is exit music for a film, it’s just beautiful
I’m actually not convinced it’s an actual harp at the end.. though as you said, if it is it’s bound to be the multi instrumentalist in the band!! Also, Arcade fire used a harp and full orchestra in neon bible ( second album)!
The last track used to be a hidden track on the original release, with minutes of silence between it and Motion Picture Soundtrack. Spotify ruins it by putting it on as it's own track. On the original, Motion Picture Sountrack was just like 10 minutes long with lots of empty space in the middle. It's not called "untitled" it just really doesn't have a title.
Also, note that the narrator basically commits suicide at the end of the album. Motion Picture Soundtrack is a suicide note. Then there is lots of space, and "untitled" is being reborn. So if you listen to the album on CD and it starts over, it works like a loop and you're reincarnated at the beginning.
I used to love this album but now it's kinda just the past... i have way too many memories with Motion Picture Sountrack which is why is still respect Kid A tho
Have you listened to any of their b-sides/EP tracks? There's another world of Radiohead music out there that didn't make the LPs. "A Reminder," "Gagging Order," "Cuttooth," "Trans-Atlantic Drawl" and on and on. Take the time. You've got the time.
I remember a tune on a version of The Bends I copied off someone called "How Can You Be Sure" that was and yet wasn't Radiohead- ish. Got very into it for a while in the 90s...
I've just got back into Radiohead after I became obsessed with the heartbreaking One Day series on Netflix and hearing "Thinking about you" from Pablo Honey which I still think is their best album. I loved the Bends but couldn't get into Ok Computer at all at the time so tried again and still can't get into it. Your reaction to this album is fantastic my first listening too but won't be the last.
You are my mood every evening. Edit: my favorite album is either in rainbows or kid a. But maybe the best song they’ve ever put together is daydreaming from their last album… or weird fishes… or how to disappear completely… look I don’t know, I can’t choose
Loved your reaction!! 😎. I highly recommend watching the official fan made music video for Everything in its Right Place.. it’s absolutely amazing and heartwarming/heartbreaking ❤️🤘🏼
I was so happy back in the days when this came out. Difficult album in that time and hard to understand. And then I went to a concert and they played this whole album live. And then I got it it was magic what they did. Still my favourite album.
That was onw of the most genuine refreshing reactions I have seen in a while. Your curiosity not just to the music but to the overall impact it would have on yourself but also must have had in general, was a fascinating take. Just like when you said "I want More!" I felt like myslef saying the same about your video, especially since there is, fro in the form of Amnesiac. Written in the same sessions as Kid A,, with the same experimentation to try new things for the art they wanted to do and push boundaries with sounds. Anf of course do this while still conforming to the level of finished product they felt they had and wanted to continue to maintain - surely for the the fans and critics as they are a mega-band, - at this point THE MEGA BAND - that has to matter (especially for their hardcore fans who had help them achieve theur syccess they wanted to keep that musical magic lantern turned on and WAY UP - but always for themselves most of all. Not to overly confuse it, but they released a remix in 2021 called "Kid Amnesiac" combining the 2 into disc 1 (Kid A) and disc 2 (Amnesiac) but there is a disc 3, with a lot of cool variants, remixes and song experiemnts, BUT for the sake of a reaction, 2 Tracks recorded as 'new' tracks are both incredible and worth adding to an Amnesiac reaction. Tracks 25 and 26 - "If You Say the Word" and "Follow me "Around" - and underground online, 'chase it down' on various places 'hidden treasure' for 20 years finally put on disc (FYI there are still a couple of those floating around), I just cannot recommend any more how worth it those are. I too struggled with these albums upon release and it was "In Rainbows" which brought me back and just a few multiple listening sessions, and sounds, textures, rhtyms and thus songs I couldn't get before began to grow and grow. This band has a twice Academ Award nominated film composer - suffice to sat their songs have many layers which unveil over time. It is hard when you love a band so much and get older, they stay kind of as all you want to listen to - aside fro other stuf from your hey-dey which for me was the 90s which makes me lucky as that was an insne decade for crazy good mysic in every genre - so great in every way possible. I did just hear the UK artist Ren, and he blew my mind, and continues to the more I listen, so after 25 years I found a new artist I love! But hopefully I can follow your lead and open my mind! It would make my life much richer, just as I know this venture with Radiohead will do for you. Thanks for thestandout video and I truly look forward to more, Love & Life! Peace/
Oh I love this album and it haves really emotional songs to me, but my favorite all time radiohead's album is In Rainbows and my favorite song its Videotape, in particualr the live version From The Basemente. BTW if you are reintroducing yourself in experience radiohead albums and want to continue with Amnesiac, I definetely recommend to give a try to "Kid A Mnesia Exhibition" is a virtual experience for the 20th anniversary of Kid A release.
before kid a i was not a big radiohead fan. in the end of the 90's in my teens i listened to metal and heavier stuff, just as Korn, Meshuggah, Dillinger Escape Plan, also to british electronic music (prodigy, chemical brothers, aphex twin) and cool hip hop stuff. and then there came kid a into my life. i remember watching MTV late at night and then there came the song idioteque and it was a studio live version (they didn't have any singles for that album). the energy of thom's singing and his performance and the song itself blew me away. that was the beginning for my love for radiohead. then i bought the album and everything in its right place is til this day one of my all time favourites. Kid A is in my top 3 albums of all time, if not THE best album for me. it opened everything for me. the brass section in national anthem is sooooo damn good. and its composed by jonny greenwood. in my opinion one of the best musicians of our time. i absorbed the album like a sponge or otherwise the album absorbed my like a sponge. and: after so many years i've never felt anyone more emotional in the singing and in the writing expression as thom yorke. radiohead was and is pure musical genius.
@@growupslowlypod thank you! If you haven't heard it, I would highly recommend their Album amnesiac. It came out a year after kid a and radiohead recorded both albums in the same period. It has so beautiful and good songs on it. Thank you for your time and interest for something like kid a and sharing your thoughts.
Experiencing media outside it's socio-cultural environment is always a challenge. You talked about this release in relation to Radiohead's other releases, but you also needed to be there to listen to it in context of other music that was being made and released and world events in general. It's especially important for Radiohead because they're very much a _vibes_ band.
Fun fact I bought this cd when it came out and about a decade later I read they included a hidden art book behind the CD case so I looked for it in my old stuff and found it and opened it and it was there and it was awesome
Amnesiac is the songs from the Kid A sessions that didn't fit on the album and is the album you should listen to next. I wanted OKC 2 so badly that I was furious at them for Kid A and when the next album came out it pissed me off even more and I stopped listening to them for a number of years. I just wasn't mature enough for these records because now they're like Dark Side Of the Moon in that they're so immersive it's insane and I can't believe I didn't like them then. My point is that you may not have liked these albums at all back in the day and a lot of fans didn't. A lot of people will say they were enlightened listeners and loved them right away but even the critics (for the most part) didn't like them and then a bunch of the mags and web critics changed their reviews after they blew up. It took incredible balls to release this stuff when they were being hailed as the saviours of rock and roll and everybody was waiting for the next record, then they release no singles so no one knew what was coming. They were as big or bigger than Oasis when they were on top, man did they hoodwink so many people.
Yes amnesiac is next on my list to listen too!! And that’s so interesting, I love the fact that with time our minds adjust and become more open to new sounds. It’s definitely Radioheads creative process and bravery to innovate that fascinates me about them the most.
@@growupslowlypod In a lot of ways they are the most important band since the Beatles. They remind me so much of the Beatles, their evolution is actually very similar and they just don't repeat themselves. Don't listen to the negative crap about The King Of Limbs, the trick is to watch/listen to the basement session instead of the studio album. That basement session is otherworldly and I can't recommend it enough. It's so groovy with incredible percussion that's ground breaking. Please I beg of you to listen to the better version or you may not like it much. It comes alive with the more organic instruments and it'd made to be played live and as a bonus there's 3 extra songs and 2 of them are stellar and the other one's very good.
@@jameshannagan4256yes I’ve actually heard quite a lot of people compare them to the Beatles. & I just did a episode on the Beatles so I can definitely see what people are saying in the sense of the world putting both bands into a “box” and the bands deciding to do the opposite and continually challenge the norms of music. And sounds good I will listen to that version instead, thanks!
I became a casual fan of Radiohead during 'Pablo Honey'. I continued as a casual fan during 'The Bends'. I became a big fan during 'OK Computer'. I absolutely hated 'Kid A' when it came out. As much as I wanted to like it, I couldn't get into it. I stopped listening to Radiohead for years. I came back sometime after 'A Moon Shaped Pool' and went back and revisited old Radiohead albums again, and listened to new ones that I'd never listened to before. I'm now a huge Radiohead fan. Oddly enough, coming back to Radiohead I was finally able to get into 'Kid A'. I just wasn't ready for it at the time that it was released. 'The King of Limbs' was another album that I absolutely hated when I listened to it the first few times. I couldn't get into TKOL until I watched the From The Basement session. Anyway, I enjoyed the reaction. I hope you'll listen to the other albums.
I’ve heard a lot of good stuff about the basement session for King of Limbs so that’s definitely on my list! And that’s one of my favourite things about music, that our ability to connect with it is constantly changing!
@@growupslowlypod Please also check out the From The Basement session for 'In Rainbows'. As amazing as the original studio album is, the basement session is an absolute masterpiece!
"Untitled" songs were commonly hidden on the ends of CDs by lots of bands back then. They didn't at the time officially "exist" except for an in crowd of fans... Streaming music these days the tracks are listed as "Untitled" but that wasn't the original intent.
@@growupslowlypod The "hidden" tracks of the CD era were sometimes noticeable when the digital readout on a stereo would show the final track being much longer than the primary song. "The Zamboni Song" that you hear relatively frequently at hockey games is a hidden track on the Minnesota band Gear Daddies' album "Billy's Live Bait." There are a lot of them if you look up a list, but a couple other notable albums with hidden tracks are Nirvana's "Nevermind" and Green Day's "Dookie."
@@alecerdmann8505I'd forgotten about that feeling. The last track would end, you'd glance at the display and the frisson of excitement when you realised there was still 10 minutes to go!
Don't know if anyone else has answered you yet, but I've heard that the title of Treefingers is a play on how simple the song is (it can be played with "three fingers").
A friend once told me that U2 was his Beatles and that was the moment I knew he was an idiot with bad taste in music, because Radiohead is the correct answer.
Best decision made getting rid of tik took, your generation needs to get back to self, and not validation allow yourself to grow as a person in your own terms the problem with all social media is its not social at all its quite the opposite I'm going to show my age here so don't beat up on me,I remember the only validation you needed was from the people around you and you grew from that today is so complex that how do you even know what's real.
I bought this album on the day it was released.
The thing is, the first copies that were sold in the region I live were misprints. They started with 20 seconds of Pearl Jam finishing a liveshow before the actual album started. After that the trackmarking would be 20 seconds of for the rest if the album.
The record company admitted their mistake and announced that people could trade their misprints for the proper album one week later.
I never traded my copy.
Omg what a cool thing to have!!!!
I was really into music when OK Computer came out, and it blew my mind. I listened to postrock music like Tortoise/Slint and other experimental music like Mr. Bungle, Bjork, Aphex Twin, etc., but Radiohead at the time was not just experimental, but also accessible to the emotions in such a beautiful way. Kid A was so good that it was almost like we couldn't comprehend how good it was, but at the same time we knew it was genius. I guess it was just cathartic, so there was no reason to talk about it too much. How to Disappear Completely got me through so many depressed days.
Completely agree with you on how Radiohead has mastered how to portray emotion
I bought Kid A and Gorillaz on the same day in like spring of 2001 and the rest of my summer was pure bliss.
They released a special edition "Kid Amnesiac" version with both albums and tons of bonus songs and versions
It also has a videogame / virtual gallery that visualizes the songs and lets you explore a bizarre world inspired by art from the two albums. It's absolutely mindblowing.
Everything In Its Right Place - This album definitely took a lot of people by surprise back in the day, and I think for most Radiohead fans Kid A was not immediately embraced on first listening. I remember I had to sort of get used to it, but it really did grow on me. About half the tracks are now on my list of favorites, including this one. It helped that I already liked electronica. This song was used to great effect in the trailer for a 2016 film called The Accountant. Great trailer, great film.
Kid A - I have played a lot of Minecraft while listening to Radiohead. It's not my usual Minecraft playlist, but Radiohead gets a lot of play when I'm at my computer so it has definitely happened quite a bit whether by accident or on purpose.
National Anthem - You're spot on about talking about the emotion of the musicians coming out in the music. This track is really jazzy, and often the key element of jazz is about just putting the performer's emotion into the song, just finding the "groove" that feels right and playing off of the other musicians without a formal structure. Do you have much experience with jazz music?
In Limbo - This song always makes me think of Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box from Amnesiac, and vice versa.
Idioteque - I think it's meant to be pronounced like discotheque. Anyway, one of my favorite tracks from the album.
Morning Bell - I prefer this version to the one on Amnesiac, although they both have their merits. Thom has said some weird and contradictory stuff about this song. I'm pretty sure any interpretation is valid.
Motion Picture Soundtrack - Absolutely devastating ending to a magical album. My favorite track from it.
To answer your questions at the end, my favorite album is The Bends, and my favorite song is arguably Thinking About You from Pablo Honey, just going by my listen count. I always go back to that one. That said, in recent years, some songs have certainly taken up more room in my head. Everything In Its Right Place, Pyramid Song (Amnesiac), Reckoner (In Rainbows), Videotape (In Rainbows), Last Flowers (In Rainbows Disc 2), 4 Minute Warning (In Rainbows Disc 2), Morning Mr. Magpie (The King of Limbs), Codex (The King of Limbs), Burn the Witch (A Moon Shaped Pool), Daydreaming (A Moon Shaped Pool), The Numbers (A Moon Shaped Pool), and True Love Waits (A Moon Shaped Pool) are most representative of where I am with Radiohead right now.
This is all so awesome, I appreciate such a thoughtful response. Thinking about you is definitely my favourite track from Pablo honey so I can’t definitely get behind that
My favorite tunes from PH are You and Blow Out.
I went to a pre-listening event for this album at the IMAX theater in NY and we had no idea what to expect and I don't think I've ever had a more revelatory experience with music in my life. We watched underwater 3D ocean videos while this played. Before it started, someone from EMI was there and he introduced the record to all the press that was there and sounded almost like he was apologizing for it. He seemed sad, because he was anticipating people hating it. After we heard it, I was embarrassed for him. He didn't even understand what they were doing, and it was his job to introduce it. That day probably changed the way I look at music forever.
Wow that in an incredible story! What an experience!!!
Amnesiac is not the most cohesive album (like Hail To The Thief) but it has some fantastic songs on it including the opener which I have always thought was criminally underrated.
Sardines is such a weird opener because it sounds like an album opener but it doesn't fit the vibe of the songs after it that have a more Jazz/Western sound to it, but whenever i look at the album cover while listening to the song it just feels like it belongs there but also not
It was very cool seeing your reaction to this. I was in college when it came out. I had seen some of the 'blips' (the mini commercials) that they put out beforehand and then MTV played the entire album around midnight before it released. I remember that the only thing on the TV was a closeup of a record spinning and i was just in awe of the sounds.
Enjoyed listening to you talk about your relationship with music and its significance. I was hooked on Radiohead with the Bends and OK Computer, but Kid A and Amnesiac initially frustrated me because of the lack of guitar. However, I probably listen to these albums more repeatedly than any others. Their music really touches my soul
One tidbit I read about the bandis being schoolmates, they all took interest in in music class. and the music teacher gave them free reign to all the instruments afterschool.
They had a great music teacher, introduced the boys to a whole bunch of different kinds of music.
@@fakecubed Spot on - they met in High School, all went off and graduated University - except Jonny which is ironic as he is the one actually highly trained musical theorist, classical music composer, and in a band full of multi-instrumentalists, he has them all beat by miles. When they came home 4 years later (they'd meet and play and practiceon holidays and breaks) they went all in with their band, calling it "On A Friday" as that's when they'd usually meet up to practice or play gigs.As soon as they started to gain a buzz about them they decided on a better name and chose "radiohead" after a '"talking Heads" songs, one of their influences. IN the history of major top level sucess bands of Radiohead's Tier, or most below them, i think one would be hard pressed to find any that never lost a member or had to swap someone or add or take away - they are about to hit 40 straight years from grade achool to middle age with the same 5 guys in the lineup. And we are so blessed, fortunate - whatever the word is - that 2 of the preminent musical geniuses - Thom and Jonny - of this era of the past 4 decades happen to front the band, with a Grammy winning producer - Nigel Godrich - having been onboard since the 2nd album to this day - hell, even their artist the incredible Stanley Donwood - highly celebrated without Radiohead - is their in-house artist as he and Thom were best frineds in college - so really those are the 6th and 7th band members. A million things make Radiohead special but I think it starts with all of this. Apologies fo the long comment to be thorough! Glad you made th original comment as I wasn't even thinking about it.
It's cool reliving discovering Radiohead through your experience! Easily one of, if not the most influential bands in my life!
I got into Radiohead with OK Computer, then went back to the Bends, and loved both of those, and then waited. They next released an EP called Airbag/How Am I Driving? That included Airbag and some extra tracks from the OK Computer sessions. Then came Kid A, and it was a shock at first - so much more atmospheric, so much less guitars, but brilliant, chilling, haunting songs. I always thought the cover art was perfect for how this album sounded.
you got a good way of putting thoughts to words
Thanks!
Great reaction! Radiohead of this period was very much one of my formative musical experiences. The first gig I went to when I was 18 was to see Radiohead on their Amnesiac tour. Sept 14 2001, 3 days after 9/11!
I was (and still am) a huge fan of The Bends, at the time it took me a few years to really get on board with Kid A. What really sold me on the "new" Radiohead was Pyramid Song, which to this day is still my favrouite RH song.
Must’ve been so cool to grow up with!
And still one of my favorite songs and music videos from Radiohead is Daydreaming! So hauntingly beautiful, always gives me chills and tears me up, and the fact that the video was actually made to be watched in reverse! ❤️🤘🏼
I guess with 42 im one of the old fucks who can finally say "well, back than..."
Well, back than... Radiohead caught my attention with their 2nd Album "OK Computer" when it was released and only later i listened to "The Bends". And i've got to admit, first listening to "Kid A" stupid 20yr old me was kinda disappointed, just because it was different. But i realized how brilliant it was / is.
I actually am grateful for the rambling and could have listened to it for much longer because you helped me understand how people are processing this band and what these guys say about the world we live in!!
My Kid A story is that I got into OK Computer about 10 years ago and really liked it as well as some of the singles I heard from Pablo Honey and The Bends, however I often heard Kid A being paraded as one of the best albums of all time and not to mention I share a birthday with it (although I'm older by 2 years)
So I put it on and was immediately overwhelmed by the weirdness which is very odd as I do like a lot of electronic based things. The vocals on the song Kid A I just found too unsettling and had to switch it off after a while and never really picked the album up again.
However a podcast I listen to called What Is Music? did a season on Radiohead's discography so I decided I'd listen along and fully dive in deep. It eventually came to their Kid A/Amnesiac episodes and hearing the context and the story behind the certain stylistic and artistic choices behind the album and songs, it definitely help me appreciate it more and finally a guided a hand to get into it properly.
A little side note but there is an amazing brass band version of Motion Picture Soundtrack that is worth checking out. It was initially performed at a funeral for one of the band's members and I believe it's a tradition for that song to be played when a member leaves or dies or certain ceremonies however this particular performance of the song at this funeral is really beautiful, words cannot really do it justice
Wow, that sounds incredible I’ll have to look that up, thanks!
Fantastic reaction, love your different takes on the songs!🌞✨
A late comment to this video, but if you have access to a PS5 or a decent computer, I highly suggest downloading the free Radiohead game that blends Kid A & Amnesiac into a really wonderful and trippy experience. Talk about spiraling. When I turned the game off I felt like I had transported back down to Earth. It felt life changing to me, I cannot recommend it enough.
Oh my gosh that sounds crazy cool, thanks for the piece of info!
Favorite album - In Rainbows. A lot of people agree. They released the digital version as a "pay what you want" album. Whether that was $20 or free, it was innovative for the time. They have an accompanying live performance of the album called In Rainbows - From The Basement, which you should also check out. It's just as good, if not better than the studio version
new viewer here, great vid!! as a huge radiohead fan myself this is literally me emotionally when I listen to this album lol - for better or for worse a lot of radiohead's discography is very much subdued and depressing. not sure how much you know about their music going forward after this but def recommend in rainbows (their peak of musicianship imo) as well as the king of limbs (unpopular opinion and def took more time to enjoy this lol) for a more left-field music experience like Kid A. keep up the good work!!
In rainbows is definitely one of my next listens!! glad you enjoyed the video!
Oh I definitely am a big fan of The King of Limbs, I don't think that's too unpopular a view. Some great tracks on that album. Admittedly it is a bit of an oddball, like Kid A, but there's nothing wrong with that.
I think A Moon Shaped Pool is currently getting the most play for me these days. All their albums are good, even if some are more gooder than others. In Rainbows is probably their magnum opus (so far), but a lot of that has to do with how long an album it is; with the two discs the sheer volume of exceptional tracks is hard to beat. Probably most people consider OK Computer their best work, and it's hard to argue with that perspective either. My favorite, however, is The Bends. There's those early hints that they are way more complicated than they first appeared, and were willing to take risks. I don't think anyone should have been surprised by the monster success and impact of OK Computer after The Bends. They were at the beginning of their evolution but they were clearly on the path.
I was a senior in High School when this album came out, and me and all my friends were "cool music kids", we played in bands and cared about the art of it, and didn't ONLY listen to metal or punk or rap or emo or grunge or whatever, we were "music fans" and fans of Radiohead, even! Damn, The Bends and OK Computer are still perfect records! This still blew us away. We were not prepared but we all still loved it somehow.
Suchhhhh great records
I was lucky enough to start with Radiohead early. Saw them play The Bends tour in a tiny barn in Saratoga NY in 1995, and got to experience the full release and inflection of OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, and the rest. You're right, it was crazy and I feel super lucky to have been able to experience these albums as they came out. Not taking anything away from anyone else's experience, but it almost feels more personal having been along for the ride. Great reaction video - cheers!
No I absolutely would agree that getting to experience them in consecutive order as they were released would be such a cool experience
This is my favourite album of all time and I've listened to it hundreds and hundreds of times. It still takes me to places that only this music can do. About the Untitled song, as you read afterwards, in the original presses it was not listed. It just came after around one minute of silence after Motion Picture Soundtrack. For me, I always listened to Untitled as a response to the last words of Motion Picture 'I will see you in the next life'.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video and your reflections. If it hasn't been recommended here yet, I will be that guy and recommend you to do the same with the album Lateralus by Tool. You'll keep spiraling ^^
Sweet!! Thanks for the recommendation!
What a great video! I appreciate YOUR appreciation for what it may have been like to experience the Radiohead creative arc. When Kid A came out, it was so different from OK Computer. And I thought it would never be as good. But I kept playing it. Over and over. Then I slowly realized this was a better record than some of those all-time records in my top 10... and, later, top 5. Again, it's great to hear you ponder what it was like to be there when their creative arc was happening in real-time. I often ponder what it was like during Pink Floyd's arc, Jimi Hendrix's, and even John Coltrane's when he left Miles Davis. Oh, and King Crimson's unique prog arc of the early 70s. It must have been a great time to be alive. Now, like you for Radiohead, I can only imagine. I will end with this. In about 20 years, young souls (now unborn) will listen to the bands you are currently listening to as they release their records this year and next. They will ask, "What was it like?" Now, you get to take mental notes of YOUR experiences so you can share them (in 2044) about what it was like here in the now frontier.
Absolutely! That is such a great reminder to remain aware of the ways music is evolving right now as well.
this album feels like a scream room turned into music in the most complimentary way possible
😭😭 yes
Kid A Kid A KidA. What a great fking album. This album dropped my junior year of hike school. What a time to be alive.
One of the saddest parts of finding older music is that you’ll never get to attend a concert. However, one of the great blessings of living today is all the concert video that is available.
I saw Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl in 2003 or 2004. It’s one of the best shows I ever saw in my life. Also, Supergrass opened, which was frikkin’ awesome. (I think the other best shows of that period was seeing the White Stripes two times at the Greek. Jack White live is like adding a whole new dimension.)
Edit: How many of you have dropped acid? Tripping ballz acid, not party microdoses. Acid was such a fun part of my life (until it wasn’t, but that’s another story). I was under the impression that people didn’t really dabble in psychedelics anymore.
You’re right! I’ll have to check out some live recordings. And I don’t haha, that was purely a joke on my end 😅😂
You are lovely. I really enjoyed watching this. I was 14 when Kid A came out and I asked for it for Christmas. Listening to it on Christmas Day is an experience that will always be with me. Melted my brain. Had no frame of reference for what I was hearing.
Core moments like that are the best
Randomly found this channel, keep going! I really like the vibe you give off and the way you are talking and what you are talking.
I see the potential
you got a new sub!
Thank you! Appreciate the kind words
I think you'd like early era Genesis. Very experimental for their time, their song 'Firth of Fifth' is considered to have the best solo in all of the prog rock genre.
Cool thanks I’ll check it out!
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Noice.
It's on the album Selling England By The Pound. Have a look at the reviews, 'tis very good.
@@growupslowlypod Noice. It's on the album Selling England By The Pound.
Really enjoyed this, you have a lovely way of talking about music and of course in particular Radiohead. It surely has to be Amnesiac next which for me is still one of their best albums. It’s probably their darkest but has some of their very best songs. And maybe after that you could consider the Kid Amnesia game before HTTT? 🙂
Yes I’m definitely thinking Amnesiac is next!!
I worked in a local college record store when this album came out and was already a huge Radiohead fan. We were allowed to pick one CD to add to the changer to play on rotation while we worked, and I chose this one for several weeks straight. Still one of my fav Radiohead albums to this day.
That’s awesome 😅
Being around for all the releases was pretty glorious. Me and my friends also got to see them live for every tour. I didn’t see them for OK Computer, but every release after that - including Thom Yorke solo and The Smile.
It’s been amazing.
The first time I saw them they opened with The National Anthem. It was outdoors, beautiful , we were high. It was truly magical.
Jealoussss !!
Love this reaction, and how you related to the album
Morning Bell is my favourite, I kind of get lost in it.
Love your reflections. Keep it up.
Most of my favorite Radiohead songs are deep tracks from lesser-acclaimed albums, songs you wouldn't hear on the radio or get licensed for a film or TV show. I do love a lot of their most famous songs too, but music is a very personal thing and everyone has different tastes. What's great about Radiohead is they have gone on such an incredible evolution over so many years, there's something for pretty much anyone, or for any mood, if you go looking for it.
I'm an old fan since Pablo Honey, but it's great to see younger people discover this band and get into them. I am certainly interested in hearing your history with this band. And I fully expect they will continue releasing albums, by the way. They are childhood friends/family who keep their egos very much in check and are in no danger of breaking up. They are reported to meet regularly to work on new music, and while we have no idea when their next album is coming out, they definitely have an interest in releasing more at some point in the future. In the meantime, as you may already be aware, the band members have done various solo projects or projects with other artists outside the band, so you can still hear their creative outputs under other names. I'm not _as much_ a fan of these, but nonetheless it's there and some of it is pretty interesting too.
That’s so cool & such a good point that there’s something for everyone to enjoy. I’ve dipped into a bit of Thoms solo work and some of The Smile but that’s pretty much it as of now. I’m excited though because there’s still so much music for me to explore by them. Thanks for watching!
Around 2009 or 2010, I made an effort to find and download bootleg Radiohead using LimeWire and BitTorrent. It’s all stuck on a hard drive somewhere in my apartment. I should go look for it. Anyway, it was about 10 hours of unreleased material and I’d listen to it for days. Maybe some of it has been released as rarities.
An 11/10 album. The segue from Treefingers into Optimistic and then In Limbo may be the best three-song run in the Radiohead catalogue.
The crazy thing is this isn't even their best album. In Rainbows takes the prize for me, mostly for All I Need and Reckoner, 2 of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Love the reaction, thanks for sharing!
I’m so excited for my In Rainbows introduction 😅 I’m hearing such good things about it. And thanks for the kind words, appreciate it!
I was alive when this came out. I bought it, heard a few tracks and returned it. 😂 It was just too weird. However, the songs (specially EIIRP) kept coming back to me, I couldn't stop thinking about them. So I bought it again. Fought with it. Cursed at it. And eventually fell in love with it. It is my number 1 album of all time.
The best music always challenges the listener, love this story thanks for sharing!
Ok computer is probably still my favorite, but it’s very close between that and in rainbows. My favorite song is exit music for a film, it’s just beautiful
I’m actually not convinced it’s an actual harp at the end.. though as you said, if it is it’s bound to be the multi instrumentalist in the band!! Also, Arcade fire used a harp and full orchestra in neon bible ( second album)!
Arcade fire is such a great pull, of course they used a harp 😭😭
The last track used to be a hidden track on the original release, with minutes of silence between it and Motion Picture Soundtrack. Spotify ruins it by putting it on as it's own track. On the original, Motion Picture Sountrack was just like 10 minutes long with lots of empty space in the middle. It's not called "untitled" it just really doesn't have a title.
Also, note that the narrator basically commits suicide at the end of the album. Motion Picture Soundtrack is a suicide note. Then there is lots of space, and "untitled" is being reborn. So if you listen to the album on CD and it starts over, it works like a loop and you're reincarnated at the beginning.
@@liadcohen8327thank you so much for this insight!!
I used to love this album but now it's kinda just the past...
i have way too many memories with Motion Picture Sountrack which is why is still respect Kid A tho
Have you listened to any of their b-sides/EP tracks? There's another world of Radiohead music out there that didn't make the LPs. "A Reminder," "Gagging Order," "Cuttooth," "Trans-Atlantic Drawl" and on and on. Take the time. You've got the time.
No not yet! So excited to go through everything
I remember a tune on a version of The Bends I copied off someone called "How Can You Be Sure" that was and yet wasn't Radiohead- ish. Got very into it for a while in the 90s...
@@dkb219 Yeah that's another good one! They've recorded good b-sides since day one.
Been a Radiohead fan since Creep first came out.. but Kid A and OK Computer made me obsessed.
Those opening chords..my favoritr moment in music history
I've just got back into Radiohead after I became obsessed with the heartbreaking One Day series on Netflix and hearing "Thinking about you" from Pablo Honey which I still think is their best album. I loved the Bends but couldn't get into Ok Computer at all at the time so tried again and still can't get into it. Your reaction to this album is fantastic my first listening too but won't be the last.
That’s awesome, I know exactly which scene you’re talking about too😅 wishing you the best with your journey back to Radiohead!
You are my mood every evening.
Edit: my favorite album is either in rainbows or kid a. But maybe the best song they’ve ever put together is daydreaming from their last album… or weird fishes… or how to disappear completely… look I don’t know, I can’t choose
No that’s fair I don’t think I have an answer 😅
@@growupslowlypodok good😂have you listened to the rest of Radiohead’s discography or did you only listen to the first 3 or 4 albums?
Loved your reaction!! 😎. I highly recommend watching the official fan made music video for Everything in its Right Place.. it’s absolutely amazing and heartwarming/heartbreaking ❤️🤘🏼
Sweet I’ll check that out thanks!
I was so happy back in the days when this came out.
Difficult album in that time and hard to understand.
And then I went to a concert and they played this whole album live.
And then I got it it was magic what they did. Still my favourite album.
It’s so cool how music has this affect!
I was in college when radiohead came out and I can tell you when I got to KID A I knew I liked it but I could not explain why.
That was onw of the most genuine refreshing reactions I have seen in a while. Your curiosity not just to the music but to the overall impact it would have on yourself but also must have had in general, was a fascinating take. Just like when you said "I want More!" I felt like myslef saying the same about your video, especially since there is, fro in the form of Amnesiac. Written in the same sessions as Kid A,, with the same experimentation to try new things for the art they wanted to do and push boundaries with sounds. Anf of course do this while still conforming to the level of finished product they felt they had and wanted to continue to maintain - surely for the the fans and critics as they are a mega-band, - at this point THE MEGA BAND - that has to matter (especially for their hardcore fans who had help them achieve theur syccess they wanted to keep that musical magic lantern turned on and WAY UP - but always for themselves most of all. Not to overly confuse it, but they released a remix in 2021 called "Kid Amnesiac" combining the 2 into disc 1 (Kid A) and disc 2 (Amnesiac) but there is a disc 3, with a lot of cool variants, remixes and song experiemnts, BUT for the sake of a reaction, 2 Tracks recorded as 'new' tracks are both incredible and worth adding to an Amnesiac reaction. Tracks 25 and 26 - "If You Say the Word" and "Follow me "Around" - and underground online, 'chase it down' on various places 'hidden treasure' for 20 years finally put on disc (FYI there are still a couple of those floating around), I just cannot recommend any more how worth it those are. I too struggled with these albums upon release and it was "In Rainbows" which brought me back and just a few multiple listening sessions, and sounds, textures, rhtyms and thus songs I couldn't get before began to grow and grow. This band has a twice Academ Award nominated film composer - suffice to sat their songs have many layers which unveil over time. It is hard when you love a band so much and get older, they stay kind of as all you want to listen to - aside fro other stuf from your hey-dey which for me was the 90s which makes me lucky as that was an insne decade for crazy good mysic in every genre - so great in every way possible. I did just hear the UK artist Ren, and he blew my mind, and continues to the more I listen, so after 25 years I found a new artist I love! But hopefully I can follow your lead and open my mind! It would make my life much richer, just as I know this venture with Radiohead will do for you. Thanks for thestandout video and I truly look forward to more, Love & Life! Peace/
Amnesiac is next on my list for sure!! & in rainbows as well, I’ve heard so many good things about that album. & im so glad you enjoyed the video!
Oh I love this album and it haves really emotional songs to me, but my favorite all time radiohead's album is In Rainbows and my favorite song its Videotape, in particualr the live version From The Basemente. BTW if you are reintroducing yourself in experience radiohead albums and want to continue with Amnesiac, I definetely recommend to give a try to "Kid A Mnesia Exhibition" is a virtual experience for the 20th anniversary of Kid A release.
Ooooh cool thanks for the tip!
before kid a i was not a big radiohead fan. in the end of the 90's in my teens i listened to metal and heavier stuff, just as Korn, Meshuggah, Dillinger Escape Plan, also to british electronic music (prodigy, chemical brothers, aphex twin) and cool hip hop stuff. and then there came kid a into my life. i remember watching MTV late at night and then there came the song idioteque and it was a studio live version (they didn't have any singles for that album). the energy of thom's singing and his performance and the song itself blew me away. that was the beginning for my love for radiohead. then i bought the album and everything in its right place is til this day one of my all time favourites. Kid A is in my top 3 albums of all time, if not THE best album for me. it opened everything for me. the brass section in national anthem is sooooo damn good. and its composed by jonny greenwood. in my opinion one of the best musicians of our time. i absorbed the album like a sponge or otherwise the album absorbed my like a sponge. and: after so many years i've never felt anyone more emotional in the singing and in the writing expression as thom yorke. radiohead was and is pure musical genius.
this is such a cool story!
@@growupslowlypod thank you! If you haven't heard it, I would highly recommend their Album amnesiac. It came out a year after kid a and radiohead recorded both albums in the same period. It has so beautiful and good songs on it.
Thank you for your time and interest for something like kid a and sharing your thoughts.
You should check out the early acoustic versions of motion picture soundtrack they are beautiful
Ooooh sweet thanks
Experiencing media outside it's socio-cultural environment is always a challenge. You talked about this release in relation to Radiohead's other releases, but you also needed to be there to listen to it in context of other music that was being made and released and world events in general.
It's especially important for Radiohead because they're very much a _vibes_ band.
Yes I agree for sure
Fun fact I bought this cd when it came out and about a decade later I read they included a hidden art book behind the CD case so I looked for it in my old stuff and found it and opened it and it was there and it was awesome
ahhhhh that is so fun!!!
Amnesiac is the songs from the Kid A sessions that didn't fit on the album and is the album you should listen to next. I wanted OKC 2 so badly that I was furious at them for Kid A and when the next album came out it pissed me off even more and I stopped listening to them for a number of years. I just wasn't mature enough for these records because now they're like Dark Side Of the Moon in that they're so immersive it's insane and I can't believe I didn't like them then. My point is that you may not have liked these albums at all back in the day and a lot of fans didn't. A lot of people will say they were enlightened listeners and loved them right away but even the critics (for the most part) didn't like them and then a bunch of the mags and web critics changed their reviews after they blew up. It took incredible balls to release this stuff when they were being hailed as the saviours of rock and roll and everybody was waiting for the next record, then they release no singles so no one knew what was coming. They were as big or bigger than Oasis when they were on top, man did they hoodwink so many people.
Yes amnesiac is next on my list to listen too!! And that’s so interesting, I love the fact that with time our minds adjust and become more open to new sounds. It’s definitely Radioheads creative process and bravery to innovate that fascinates me about them the most.
@@growupslowlypod In a lot of ways they are the most important band since the Beatles. They remind me so much of the Beatles, their evolution is actually very similar and they just don't repeat themselves. Don't listen to the negative crap about The King Of Limbs, the trick is to watch/listen to the basement session instead of the studio album. That basement session is otherworldly and I can't recommend it enough. It's so groovy with incredible percussion that's ground breaking. Please I beg of you to listen to the better version or you may not like it much. It comes alive with the more organic instruments and it'd made to be played live and as a bonus there's 3 extra songs and 2 of them are stellar and the other one's very good.
@@jameshannagan4256yes I’ve actually heard quite a lot of people compare them to the Beatles. & I just did a episode on the Beatles so I can definitely see what people are saying in the sense of the world putting both bands into a “box” and the bands deciding to do the opposite and continually challenge the norms of music. And sounds good I will listen to that version instead, thanks!
@@growupslowlypod I second the motion from James on From the Basement - Ling of Linbs! I agree plus he is the smartest Radiohead commenter out there.
Jonny plays harp on speech bubbles by The Smile
I really enjoyed watching your life change.
I became a casual fan of Radiohead during 'Pablo Honey'. I continued as a casual fan during 'The Bends'. I became a big fan during 'OK Computer'. I absolutely hated 'Kid A' when it came out. As much as I wanted to like it, I couldn't get into it. I stopped listening to Radiohead for years. I came back sometime after 'A Moon Shaped Pool' and went back and revisited old Radiohead albums again, and listened to new ones that I'd never listened to before. I'm now a huge Radiohead fan. Oddly enough, coming back to Radiohead I was finally able to get into 'Kid A'. I just wasn't ready for it at the time that it was released.
'The King of Limbs' was another album that I absolutely hated when I listened to it the first few times. I couldn't get into TKOL until I watched the From The Basement session. Anyway, I enjoyed the reaction. I hope you'll listen to the other albums.
I’ve heard a lot of good stuff about the basement session for King of Limbs so that’s definitely on my list! And that’s one of my favourite things about music, that our ability to connect with it is constantly changing!
@@growupslowlypod Please also check out the From The Basement session for 'In Rainbows'. As amazing as the original studio album is, the basement session is an absolute masterpiece!
"Untitled" songs were commonly hidden on the ends of CDs by lots of bands back then. They didn't at the time officially "exist" except for an in crowd of fans... Streaming music these days the tracks are listed as "Untitled" but that wasn't the original intent.
That’s really cool, I appreciate the explanation thanks!!
@@growupslowlypod The "hidden" tracks of the CD era were sometimes noticeable when the digital readout on a stereo would show the final track being much longer than the primary song. "The Zamboni Song" that you hear relatively frequently at hockey games is a hidden track on the Minnesota band Gear Daddies' album "Billy's Live Bait." There are a lot of them if you look up a list, but a couple other notable albums with hidden tracks are Nirvana's "Nevermind" and Green Day's "Dookie."
@@alecerdmann8505I'd forgotten about that feeling. The last track would end, you'd glance at the display and the frisson of excitement when you realised there was still 10 minutes to go!
So I'm guessing (based on the harp thing) that you haven't explored Björk yet? I couldn't recommend her more.
If you want to hear some good modern harp, I'd recommend Joanna Newsom.
Don't know if anyone else has answered you yet, but I've heard that the title of Treefingers is a play on how simple the song is (it can be played with "three fingers").
Ohhh! That’s so cool, thanks for mentioning that I really appreciate the extra context!
Lucky for you there is more hahaha Amnesiac
omg you’re right, I totally forgot. Looks like I have plans later lol😎
Best band ever ❤
listen to ok computer or hail to the thief, both are even better albums
RADIOHEAD ARE THE TRUE GOAT
A friend once told me that U2 was his Beatles and that was the moment I knew he was an idiot with bad taste in music, because Radiohead is the correct answer.
9:13 THATS NOT GUITAR THATS BASS !!
You sure? It might just be a baritone guitar.
Best decision made getting rid of tik took, your generation needs to get back to self, and not validation allow yourself to grow as a person in your own terms the problem with all social media is its not social at all its quite the opposite I'm going to show my age here so don't beat up on me,I remember the only validation you needed was from the people around you and you grew from that today is so complex that how do you even know what's real.
No I definitely agree!
React to The Avalanches - Since I Left You
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