The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention FIRST REACTION (Part 2)
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
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Intro: 0:00
Speech Bubbles: 0:19
Thin Thing: 4:12
Open The Floodgates: 8:53
Free In The Knowledge: 10:58
A Hairdryer: 14:22
Waving A White Flag: 16:45
We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings: 19:17
Skrting On The Surface: 22:40 
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Getting a jazz drummer involved just propelled this project to new heights for me. Love the composition of the entire album.
I feel like having a jazz drummer for more rock oriented music always helps it sound more interesting. Gavin Harrison from porcupine tree would be a great example
this album was legit 10/10
maybe 9.5/10 for me,bu this album is just fresh, consistent and mindblowing
Easily AOTY 2022. Don’t need to wait to hear anything else over the last half.
I wasn't expecting much of this record tbh and the first time I listened to it I was like "yeah it's alright I guess" but nothing special. As the days followed the instrumentals of every song kept popping in my head at the most random times. Decided to listen to the full thing a second time a few days ago and it clicked. Now I love it! This click ALWAYS happens in anything Radiohead related so I don't know why I still get all Pikachu face when it does. But it's always a great feeling when it happens. Speech Bubbles is my favorite song, probably up there with my favorite songs from In Rainbows and all.
I love how youthful Thom's voice sounds on We Don't Know what Tomorrow Brings!
Thin Thing is one of my favourite songs in years, it's so creative and unique and fun
Skrting on the Surface debuted live in 2012 during the King of Limbs tour, sounded completely different though
You absolutely know how to listen to an album, man, this is fantastic thank you
We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings is complete early 80s nostalgia, including Thom's voice.
I didn’t think about that before but you’re right!
Have you ever listened to "the eraser" ? Thoms first solo album? I think you would definitely enjoy it.
Eso estaria bien, discazo.
And it rained all night
I feel the same about Skrting On the Surface. Also, Jonny's end solo in that song was amazing in the livestream concerts I saw earlier this year, it's just as beautiful without the horns.
Free in the knowledge is one of the best songs i ever heard
Would perfectly sit inside AMSP concept
I really love how skrting on the surface opens up twice with the horns and everything, and i think its funny how you mention the radiohead resemblance in part of the song, cause as far as i know it was composed as a radiohead song, but it was mostly a demo and not even close to how beaultiful the end product is (in my opinion)
Initially it was written for Atoms for Peace, then Radiohead played it a couple times on the KOL tour.
@@RustinChole so that probably means that this thing was in the oven for a while and it was worth it imo
@@gebrelius7442 100% agreed. When they played it at the AFP and Radiohead sets it didn’t have that cool 11/8 time signature!
@@RustinChole this goes far back to ok computer days actually.
Here's some text that shows skrting on the surface appearing as a lyrical link that appeared on radiohead's website during the ok computer period.
"people aware, but not that bothered, as they skate along the shifting surfaces, parisien, huge, blue, grey, metal shine. i am sitting at a table in a destroyed room pushing cocaine around it shines like tiny diamonds. we are smuggling it in white cake
caged birds accept each other.
but flight is what they long for."
@@Sly34591 that’s a stretch. But ok buddy. Just cause he pulls lyric ideas from decades back, like any songwriter, doesn’t necessarily connect those lyrical scraps to the actual song conceived decades later.
He wrote the bass line to national anthem at 16. What the song ACTUALLY became has nothing to do with the initial idea, in either case. People aren’t like “well national anthem was a song long before Kid A!”
I don’t know if you’re a songwriter, but that’s how it works. You save ideas that serve as sparks. But the sparks in themselves are far removed, beyond any conscious actions on thom’s part, from the realized pieces. They might build a song around it later, but the quote you included barely has five words that tenuously relate, and nothing to do with the actual piece of music.
Thom has STACKS of lyrical notebooks. It’s not surprising he’d glance through to find a cherry on top for a new song.
First time listening to Skrting On The Surface made me tear up. The first sound Thom makes is like a cry of a delicate, intelligent creature. That got me immediately, it's so unique. Also the lyrics really resonate with me.
Dude, your reaction to Thin Thing's first ripper riff was the same as mine. Like "WTF?" Amazing!
I also lost my mind with Thin Thing, you are not alone
btw, i've watched ur radiohead reactions, i'm really glad u did The Smile, thank you!
Same here!
Nightwalk Skirting on the Surface was originally a Radiohead song it premiered in 2012 on The King of Limbs Tour
08:55 the same smile with eyes closed every single time that I hear that song. This álbum is something else. A masterpiece. Saludos desde Argentina!
I knew you'd be surprised by "Thin Thing"
The Smile create a Sci-Fi Soundtrack for modern day. Not sure if everyone is ready for it, but it’s landed regardless. Some will fully appreciate it in 2022. And many others will finally come aboard in 2042. One of the faults in some of the previous Radiohead side projects is the underwhelming use of Thom’s voice. Not so on this album. Thom certainly brought his A game, with stellar vocals throughout. And the atmospherics are just ridiculous. The way the classical instruments complement the guitars/drums/vocals is a match made in audio heaven! This is the album of the year. Whichever year you happen to be reading this in.
Loved this reaction pal! Skirting is absolutely blissful
"What you laughin at me for thom" 😭😭😭
I was also expecting something very different from The Smile, but what we got is absolutely brilliant - so much packed in to it. Definitely deserving of being ranked with Radiohead albums.
this album is up there with in rainbows and ok computer for me
Agreed. Exceeded already high expectations.
Hell no
A moon shaped pool for me
Yay!! I clicked so fast lol. I’m glad you were able to do this not too long after the first one bc I’ve been so excited! My favs in no particular order are Free in the Knowledge, Skirting on the Surface, Speech Bubbles, A Hairdryer, Open the Floodgates, Panavision but of course every song is fantastic.
Just want to say that it is a pure joy to listen to your reviews. Couldn’t wait to listen to this 2nd half with you. Pure Joy!!! - now gotta get some shuteye for work in the morning. 👍🏻✌🏻 😴
Thom and Jonny premiered a New song on The Smile Tour called
Bodies Laughing
There’s also ears and mouth (or something) and another song that will be released on the peaky blinders soundtrack. 🤞🤞really hoping this isn’t a one off, I’d love another album from these guys.
by now there are already 6 new songs existing 😊
Can’t wait to hear the studio of all the new songs they wrote, plus just eyes and mouth
I tear when I hear skirting almost every time, song is so incredible.
Thin thing is so underrated its a banger
i appreciate ur appreciation for radiohead stuff :)
it was pure joy seeing you react to this brilliant album. I totally feel the same everytime I listen to it (and I listen A LOT). I saw them live and it was a phenomenal experience. Since the start of their tour they've played like 6 more songs, they just wrote while on tour. I'd reallly love to see you react to those, too. Please.
Great reaction as always. Album's definitely got the feeling that it's thom and johnny's way to get their less abstract ideas out into a more straightforward album. In terms of suggestions you should listen to the song Slow by black midi, their a young newer band and are absolutely amazing for their age.
I recommend checking out, or perhaps reacting too, a live version of Cymbal Rush Thom did at Fuji Rock with Flee on Bass and a cameo from Nigel Godrich on electric guitar. It rocks so hard, one of the best live performances I've seen!
Isn't that just the atoms for peace band members then?
(check them out if you haven't heard them, their album is very similar to Yorke's debut!)
That live performance of cymbal rush is one of my favorite Thom live footage experiences ever, along with Idioteque on SNL.
Love love love your reaction videos take it easy buddy
after a bunch of listens of this album since it came out i have to say my favourite songs are A Hairdryer, Waving a White Flag and maybe Speech Bubbles as well
Some of Thom and Johnnys finest work, love it. Check out the 3 livestream concerts in a 24 hour period they did in January 2022, and then made a live concert film out of them called “Forget everything you knew”!!!🖤♥️❤️
Skrting On The Surface might be the best song of 2022.
Speech Bubbles and Thin Thing are perfection
Seeing them in November in Brooklyn, can’t wait. I love this album.
As I was watching it just crossed my mind that Waving a White Flag somehow has Muse vibes to me, almost like Exogenesis or something idk
According to your reaction to specific moments on this beautiful album, I'm almost 100% sure that you would love to hear Talk Talk's albums 'Spirit of Eden' and 'Laughing Stock'!
YES! Such great albums, and would be great to hear a reaction to them.
Yeah the use of the orchestra in skirting especially. What incredible albums those are!!
open the floodgates my fav. followed by thin thing and skirting
I think Speech Bubbles has the "Shape of my heart" by Sting about it.
Definitely Sting inspired. Reminded me of Fragile.
Open the Floodgates ist so incredible!
This is a great album. But for me, it's not a Radiohead album if only because makes evident for me the importance of the guitar of Ed O'Brian or the bass of Colin for the sound of Radiohead. In The Smile there's not weird guitar noices or solid basslines. But we get more beautiful orchestations courtesy of Jonny and Thom strenghts are in full force. That's the identity of this album and it's very good for that, in my opinion of course.
Idk man. Imo the bass is pretty solid and there’s some pretty weird guitar sounds. It’s just leaner.
Besides, thom wrote most of the most iconic bass lines anyways (like National Anthem).
I mean you still get weird guitar noises (see. A Hairdryer, Thin Thing, Skrting On The Surface), and solid basslines (The Opposite, The Smoke, Thin Thing, We don't Know). What Ed brings to the table is ambience, and background textures, which is replaced in The Smile by the brass and the strings and woodwinds. Ed really did all that shit by himself in Radiohead.
Love O’Brian, but Thom & Jon are doing perfectly fine in the guitar department. Likewise, missing Colin, but, objectively, the Lennon & McCartney of Radiohead are doing perfectly fine.
@@RustinChole Heresy. Thom only wrote that one. Colin has written the basslines for Airbag, Where I End and You Begin, 15 Step, Nude (was responsible for jumpstarting the reworked version on In Rainbows), Bloom, My Iron Lung, Talk Show Host, Ful Stop, Identikit, among others.
I listened to a good track from this whist being arrested
Most of them are radiohead unrealized song from around 2010 , skrting on the surface in 2010 was totally différent
Most? I thought it was just OTFG and SOTS
@@moonillusions832 a hairdryer is aka blue eyed fox , it is an old song
@@philippegohier6992 so three out of 13? That’s still not “most.”
Thin thing 🤌
Now do The Smile LP 2!
reacts to the concert of 'the smile - glastonbury' that is in bilibili. It's similar to 'from the basement by radiohead'
I remember how happy I was when I first saw that online last year, then the concerts in January. I watched it a hundred times. By time the album came out I knew every song
First half of this album put me a "Mm, ok? " reaction but this half..
Man this half caught me from my nuts :D
Probably it will grow on me but for now i liked second half wayyy more than the first one.
プレミアータ・フォルネリア・マルコニ Reaction
you ever thought about reacting to some nine inch nails stuff? enjoy your radiohead videos so i'd love to see that
But KOL from the basement part 3? :(
The Smile, to me, are Radiohead's creativity, ie Thom and Johnny, unshackled. Easily as good as a Radiohead album snd actually better than some in my opinion. Still Radioheaf but evolved and pure if that msles sense
do yourself a favor and react to ‘Ants From Up There’ by Black Country, New Road
It’s true. Personally I think listening to their debut “for the first time,” it’s crucial to understanding the growth of the band, but that’s me.
@@RustinChole and I actually agree with you, couldn’t say which one is my favorite. I just feel like FTFT is more experimental and there’s a chance Nightwalk could not really get into it, while AFUT is more likely to get him more interested.
@@pipe for me it was the first album - but it’s cause there’s a lot of stuff like… slint, unwound, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence - I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t know unwound, or a minor forest. It was the darker stuff that made me really appreciate the second, just my personal experience, I came up
listening to bands like Drive Like Jehu Slint, Unwound, etc, so that one really was a cool find for me - I’d been hoping to find kids carrying the torch for that kinda stuff for a long time. Sunglasses was such a revelation.
But if I was showing a friend for the first time, 90% of the time it would be the second album, for sure.
Still bummed Issac had to step away.
I remember the days when you thot Muse were better than Radiohead 😂
I’d say if i had to rank this album with the actual Radiohead albums it’d go:
10. Pablo Honey
9. Hail To The Thief
8. The Bends
7. The King Of Limbs
6. A Light For Attracting Attention
5. A Moon Shaped Pool
4. Amnesiac
3. Kid A
2. In Rainbows
1. Ok Computer
As much as I adore Radiohead, I hope their next album doesn’t sound too much like this one
How could you do that to Hail to the Thief! Lol I know it's subjective but I love that one.
SAME!
@@chadwickmcfaggins9734 this isn’t Radiohead tho. Personally I’d much prefer a second the smile record over another Radiohead record. And they’ve been premiering new stuff on tour… they have at least three out there that aren’t on this album.
Hail to the thief is in my top 3
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Love radiohead but struggle with this disjointed stuff...i really do think that thom will put anything out and people will say its amazing....just dont get it