Cut the kids in half refers to the splitting of children during a divorce, which ties in with other lyrics on Morning Bell, like "You can keep the furniture" and "Clothes are all out on the lawn with the furniture."
A little note about the end of this album. When it was release on CD, "Untitled" didn't have a track listing, it was hidden at the end of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" after a couple of minutes of silence. The idea being that the protagonist of "MPS" kills himself at the end of the song, since the song is basically a suicide note. "Untitled" is the sound of him being reincarnated. When you listened to it on CD, the whole thing would repeat, and you'd be back into "Everything in its Right Place" after being reincarnated and the loop would start again.
I can’t imagine this album being my first experience of this band, so glad you enjoyed it. They arguably have the best discography out there, so much variety! For something else a bit different try Geogaddi by Boards of Canada 😊
Radiohead gets a lot of praise from modern musicians like Kendrick and Kanye. You can find clips on Reddit of Kanye saying he listens to Radiohead twice as much as anyone else. You can also find Frank Ocean covering their song Fake Plastic Trees. They’ve had such a massive impact on music in the 21st century, that it’s still surprising to see people discover them for the first time. I hope you enjoy the journey of discovering my favourite band!
Dwight(Rainn Wilson) from the office said(I'm paraphrasing here) that the closet he ever got to having a god like interaction or experience was at a RH show. That he just got lost in song after song that it really hit him hard. You'll also find their music in tons of movies and many of the best shows on TV. Because they are sound so cinematic compared to most bands out there. But back on to the hip-hop guys liking RH, I'm pretty sure MF Doom was a fan as well. They did a collab with "JJ Doom" on a song called "Retarded Fren", it's pretty badass and I think Thom and Jonny worked on the background music/beats for the song.
@@SR91313you’re absolutely right about the cinematic feel to their music. I’m always pleasantly surprised when I’m watching a show like Black Mirror, Westworld or Three Body Problem, and they start posting Radiohead. Pesky Blinders is another show I haven’t watched yet, but I know uses a ton of Radiohead/The Smile
Yeah, this was a great reaction, glad you liked the album that much. "Kid A" was definitely ahead of its time, just imagine listening to this in the year 2000. P.S: Hope you show your doggy in the other reactions :)
Awesome to see you discover Radiohead. People compare Kendrick just because they're so inventive in their respective lanes. I would listen to all their albums. They are so different but all so magical.
Radiohead is a double edged sword. They are GOATed. So its great to discover them and they have an extensive diverse discography. This along with In Rainbows are my favorites, but really every album aside from their 1st is out of this world. But the bad thing is that it's hard to find other music of this calibre with such an extensive catalog. Radiohead is easily the best band that walks the tight rope of experimental/fresh and catchy/melodic, and as you can tell the production by Nigel Godrich is maybe the best in modern rock/indie. So, you'll find other great inventive artists, but Radiohead really is a sort of miracle band... Thom Yorke is a musical alien from another universe and Jonny Greenwood is an incredible composer and multi-instrumentalist... and the band has had the same members for 40 years! So its hard to duplicate this formula. They are also one of the best live bands of all time. I highly recommend both the In Rainbows and King Of Limbs In The Basement sessions. Aside from their first album Pablo Honey, everything is a must listen if you already dig this on first listen. Thom Yorke's solo albums, his Atoms For Peace band and his new 3 piece band The Smile are also worth a listen. But there are some less long lasting bands that have managed some great catchy and fresh experimental works too. Boards of Canada instrumentally is trippy as hell and they clearly inspired Radiohead. I'd probably recommend Portishead first. All 3 of their albums are classics. Most people think their first album Dummy is their masterpiece, but I'd go with their last called Third. Since you're a Kendrick fan (as am I. he's my favorite rapper), you should check out the remix of N95 with Everything In Its Right Place... that shit slaps so fucking hard. It makes me wish they'd collab. I know Kendrick is a big fan of Radiohead, and its no surprise. When I first heard my first Kendrick album, the first thing I said was "holy shit hip hop finally got their own Radiohead!"
This album is like a life journey. It starts off with a kind of "birth"-- finding structure, learning to understand disparate sounds, there are two colors in my head (babies only discern black and white initially)--everything has to be put in its right place. Kid A is about nightmares and fantasies, a lullaby gone horribly wrong. The pied piper sings and takes the children away. The person gradually comes of age, wants to disappear, comes out of a shell, engages with the world, etc.
I'm hearing influence from Pink Floyd, J Dilla, U2... I'm also hearing a lot of similar elements to one of my favorite Bjork albums, Vespertine, which came out around the same time. They maybe shared some inspirations. The album also has some Nu Metal vibes. I don't know man, crazy album, glorious experience.
Everyone seems to think Morning Bell is about a divorce (not a bad interpretation) but Thom Yorke has said in at least one interview that it's about a poltergeist or some sort of ghostly haunting.
Radiohead is some strong medicine but so deeply rewarding. When I first heard them I had to take awhile between albums (and sometimes just between songs) to process and think about what I had heard. I'm very happy to see someone new discovering them! Congratulations!
Cut the kids in half refers to the splitting of children during a divorce, which ties in with other lyrics on Morning Bell, like "You can keep the furniture" and "Clothes are all out on the lawn with the furniture."
It is also a reference to a biblical story if I recall
A little note about the end of this album. When it was release on CD, "Untitled" didn't have a track listing, it was hidden at the end of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" after a couple of minutes of silence. The idea being that the protagonist of "MPS" kills himself at the end of the song, since the song is basically a suicide note. "Untitled" is the sound of him being reincarnated. When you listened to it on CD, the whole thing would repeat, and you'd be back into "Everything in its Right Place" after being reincarnated and the loop would start again.
I can’t imagine this album being my first experience of this band, so glad you enjoyed it. They arguably have the best discography out there, so much variety!
For something else a bit different try Geogaddi by Boards of Canada 😊
Radiohead gets a lot of praise from modern musicians like Kendrick and Kanye. You can find clips on Reddit of Kanye saying he listens to Radiohead twice as much as anyone else. You can also find Frank Ocean covering their song Fake Plastic Trees. They’ve had such a massive impact on music in the 21st century, that it’s still surprising to see people discover them for the first time. I hope you enjoy the journey of discovering my favourite band!
Yeah they get praise from everyone. I learned recently that pewdiepies favourite album is in rainbows
Dwight(Rainn Wilson) from the office said(I'm paraphrasing here) that the closet he ever got to having a god like interaction or experience was at a RH show. That he just got lost in song after song that it really hit him hard.
You'll also find their music in tons of movies and many of the best shows on TV. Because they are sound so cinematic compared to most bands out there.
But back on to the hip-hop guys liking RH, I'm pretty sure MF Doom was a fan as well. They did a collab with "JJ Doom" on a song called "Retarded Fren", it's pretty badass and I think Thom and Jonny worked on the background music/beats for the song.
@@SR91313you’re absolutely right about the cinematic feel to their music. I’m always pleasantly surprised when I’m watching a show like Black Mirror, Westworld or Three Body Problem, and they start posting Radiohead. Pesky Blinders is another show I haven’t watched yet, but I know uses a ton of Radiohead/The Smile
@@liamdickinson8170 I had no idea they were referenced by so many people I listen to all the time!! And look how it worked out! 😩🤯
Yeah, this was a great reaction, glad you liked the album that much. "Kid A" was definitely ahead of its time, just imagine listening to this in the year 2000.
P.S: Hope you show your doggy in the other reactions :)
Awesome to see you discover Radiohead. People compare Kendrick just because they're so inventive in their respective lanes. I would listen to all their albums. They are so different but all so magical.
Radiohead is a double edged sword. They are GOATed. So its great to discover them and they have an extensive diverse discography. This along with In Rainbows are my favorites, but really every album aside from their 1st is out of this world. But the bad thing is that it's hard to find other music of this calibre with such an extensive catalog. Radiohead is easily the best band that walks the tight rope of experimental/fresh and catchy/melodic, and as you can tell the production by Nigel Godrich is maybe the best in modern rock/indie. So, you'll find other great inventive artists, but Radiohead really is a sort of miracle band... Thom Yorke is a musical alien from another universe and Jonny Greenwood is an incredible composer and multi-instrumentalist... and the band has had the same members for 40 years! So its hard to duplicate this formula. They are also one of the best live bands of all time. I highly recommend both the In Rainbows and King Of Limbs In The Basement sessions. Aside from their first album Pablo Honey, everything is a must listen if you already dig this on first listen.
Thom Yorke's solo albums, his Atoms For Peace band and his new 3 piece band The Smile are also worth a listen.
But there are some less long lasting bands that have managed some great catchy and fresh experimental works too. Boards of Canada instrumentally is trippy as hell and they clearly inspired Radiohead. I'd probably recommend Portishead first. All 3 of their albums are classics. Most people think their first album Dummy is their masterpiece, but I'd go with their last called Third.
Since you're a Kendrick fan (as am I. he's my favorite rapper), you should check out the remix of N95 with Everything In Its Right Place... that shit slaps so fucking hard. It makes me wish they'd collab. I know Kendrick is a big fan of Radiohead, and its no surprise. When I first heard my first Kendrick album, the first thing I said was "holy shit hip hop finally got their own Radiohead!"
This album is like a life journey. It starts off with a kind of "birth"-- finding structure, learning to understand disparate sounds, there are two colors in my head (babies only discern black and white initially)--everything has to be put in its right place. Kid A is about nightmares and fantasies, a lullaby gone horribly wrong. The pied piper sings and takes the children away. The person gradually comes of age, wants to disappear, comes out of a shell, engages with the world, etc.
I'm hearing influence from Pink Floyd, J Dilla, U2... I'm also hearing a lot of similar elements to one of my favorite Bjork albums, Vespertine, which came out around the same time. They maybe shared some inspirations. The album also has some Nu Metal vibes. I don't know man, crazy album, glorious experience.
check out "in rainbows" by radiohead
Everyone seems to think Morning Bell is about a divorce (not a bad interpretation) but Thom Yorke has said in at least one interview that it's about a poltergeist or some sort of ghostly haunting.
Idioteques is siiick!
The drums have an Aphex Twin vibe.
@@joshuapocalypse-I believe the band are big fans of Aphex Twin and often talked about their influence on some of their music around this time.
You mentioned Kendrick Lamar, but also at one point Kanye said that about 60% of what he listens to is Radiohead.
lol...."Morning Bell" is about divorce
"Cut the kids in half"........
if u listen to ok computer, you will understand the shock people had listening to this album
HEREEEEEEE IM ALIVEEEEE EVERYTHING ALL THE TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Amnesiac is the sister album to this one
If you like this vibe, you may enjoy Gran Turismo by The Cardigans. Not as trippy/experimental, but very vibey with a female vocalist.
More Radiohead sir!
Do OK Computer.
I really like Idioteque too. It goes pretty hard and Thoms high voice cuts right through it. I pronounce it Idiot Que; like a line of idiots.
BROOOOO LISTEN TO OK COMPUTER
Radiohead is some strong medicine but so deeply rewarding. When I first heard them I had to take awhile between albums (and sometimes just between songs) to process and think about what I had heard. I'm very happy to see someone new discovering them! Congratulations!