This is so weird, instead of comments saying "review this melon head, review that" we have "do a guide to that, to a guide this". Nothing changes, no matter the music channel.
3:30 Pablo Honey 7:03 My Iron Lung 8:00 The Bends 11:42 OK Computer 15:34 How am I driving? 16:05 Kid A 20:45 Amnesiac 23:50 Hail to the thief 28:52 In Rainbows 33:32 The King of limbs 40:33 A Moon shaped pool
How to Disappear Completely is such an incredible track. I fell in love with it the moment I heard it - sitting on the back of a bus on release day with a portable CD player while on a Geography field trip to some shithole,
I did the same thing on field trips in elementary school.. except with a walkman. I felt so cool. Not for the fact that I was listening to music, but that I was smart enough to make better use of our time :)
Yh when I heard this song I just cried my eyes out because it is so beautiful and sad, and the end when Thom’s vocals break through this atonal wall of anxiety and insecurities👌👌👌👌 Sorry for ranting btw
I totally agree with your need to take time to absorb their albums. My youngest brother introduced me to Radiohead in 2002/2003 (I think) with a compilation CD that started out with songs that he felt I would immediately like and then more of their experimental works. I already knew about but largely disliked 'Creep' from Pablo Honey, and didn't really know anything else from them. The CD he made me (which he entitled "I Could Have Sworn I Saw...") I gave a listen to but just couldn't get into. I realized later that my biggest mistake was not listening to the songs all the way through. I would listen to about 30 seconds or a minute, but then dismiss them and move to the next. With each song I almost got more and more impatient, waiting to hear something that caught my ear immediately. Jump forward to 2007 (yes that many years later), and I was driving my car on a nearly 2 hour trip alone, and I decided to put the CD in and play it without stopping or skipping it. I was completely floored by it. Songs like 'Everything IIRP' I was just mesmerized by. My brother had also included 'You And Whose Army?' which I had previously dismissed after like the first 15 seconds for being too bizarre. This became my favorite Radiohead song for a long time - it was such a brilliant score. After that, I went out and got all their albums. I remember talking to my brother on Skype after listening to that CD he had made me years earlier and telling him how sorry I was that I hadn't listened to it objectively when he made if for me. I can now say that Radiohead are still in my top 3 favorite bands. Although their sound has changed, I've never tired of them. Like you, I understand that with their music, you cannot simply listen to an album once or twice to see whether you'll like it. It takes a good amount of time; but the entire experience is always rewarding!
That’s such a relatable story man. When I was in my late teens and early 20s I had that same mindset of needing songs to click with me right away or I wouldn’t like it. For me Tom waits and Beatles were bands I knew I should listen to but didn’t for that reason. Cut to years later I gave them a relisten when I had some free time (once on a road trip, too, listening to Tom waits) and it just clicking. Reading your story was just so relatable thanks for sharing. I also have brothers with whom we are all constantly sharing our own artistic interests with. Some things I’ll come to discover that I like it many months after they’ve recommended it and will feel bad for not giving it a try sooner!
When you said Black Star i screeched. EVERYONE FORGETS THIS ONE, it’s criminally underrated. anyone who i’ve recommended it to (even my elder sister who introduced me to Radiohead way back) has had it worm it’s way into their hearts! and it’s so heartbreaking :( thank you.
19:56 "Kid A is my winter record" So true! I also feel a lot of records are particularly suited to a certain season, e.g. Sufjan Stevens' Illinois feels very spring-y to me.
I feel that radiohead has quietly been the most important, progressive and looked-up to band in the last 30 years. The excitement that's come with each radiohead release was only ever really matched by the beatles' discography.
You summed up In Rainbows perfectly with your first statement - "The biggest thing for me is the immense comfort I receive from this record, its the warmth of the production and the organic nature..." I couldn't have put it better myself.
Radiohead are my absolute favourite. I've tried articulating my unfailing love for them to lots of people around me, but haven't been able to with as much clarity as you have. Now, all of those people are going to receive a link to this video. I can't thank you enough for this. Cheers. :)
How did those 45 minutes go by in what felt like 10? I was desperate for you to go on for five times that, I could genuinely listen to you do every Radiohead release track by track. It’s also incredibly captivating that it’s just you, no videos, no music, just you from the shoulders up talking passionately and eloquently about one of the greatest sources of music of all time. Thank you.
THANK YOU for giving The King of Limbs a worthy review. I've always thought this was by far their most underrated album. To me, that album seems to me their flexing of their compositional muscles. Even songs like Morning Mr. Magpie and Little By Little are, in all their parts, some of the bands most unique pieces
This is one of the most fantastic music analysis I have ever watched. I am big Radiohead's - no, not a fan, let's try to invent another word - and it impresses me the love you have for music. I'm a journalist and my recent Master thesis was about the reign of streaming in the capitalism of music. We can share a few thoughts. Congrats for the work, I'll definitely share it with friends!
Absolutely brilliant and thorough commentary, coming from such a deeply lived experience. It resulted in one of the best 45-minute periods I've spent in a long time. Thank you so much!
Really like how you go over everything and draw attention to the strength of the song writing. Very down to earth and real, not some overly casual, hip review. Thumbs up.
This is the best review of Ok Computer/Kid A/Amnesiac I've ever seen. Just to hear your high praise and struggling to find the right words is exactly how I (and many many others) feel about Radiohead. Thanks for this.
For me, the most impactful song off of the King of Limbs for me was Little By Little. The morphing, kinetic sounds and the use of off-beats really keep me intrigued every time I hear it. I admit I didn't quite 'get' Supercollider/The Butcher the first time I listened, though, as you said with the rest of TKOL, the songs really mature with more listens. The lyricism of Supercollider is beautiful, possibly related to the brevity of existence - a song where every note feels like it is meticulously placed. The Butcher has a unique structure which contrasts adding pieces of the song together by a slow build in musicality with lyrics and chopping sounds that seem to represent the opposite - a song about severing/separation. Definitely worth another listen!
I don't usually watch retrospectives about musicians, but this channel is really amazing. So that's the first retrospective about Radiohead I ever watched (...and presumably the only one). I was very impressed when you spoke the word "cathartic", because that's exactly the main word I always use to describe what Kid A means to me. I guess you really got the point. Another great guide... no words can express how I deeply appreciate those videos of yours.
I have been a Radiohead fan for 20 years and this was phenomenal. I completely agree with your opinions. Thank you for this beautiful guide showing what an incredible band they are.
I'm a huge Radiohead fan and this was in my recommended videos. Superb guide. Has your playlist on today while doing my first bbq of the year, sipping a cold beer. It was heaven! I scrolled through your other videos and was delighted to see The Laughing Stock one. I got into this album a few months ago after Guy Garvey said on Desert Island discs that New Grass was the most beautiful song hes ever heard. Must have played that album on loop for a week straight! Currently working my way through all the vids. Keep up the great work, my new fave channel by a mile! Your passion and knowledge comes across and is really infectious. I now have a massive list of artists and albums I need to listen to!
I absolutely love this video, Radiohead changed my life. I know some people think that AMSP was their final album, and if that is true, I will cry for weeks.
Gosh I'm very impressed. A flowing virtuosic choice of words and an emotional response to Radiohead's music which I can absolutely relate to. I'll be going back for re-listens with some fresh ideas. Thanks for the On a Friday material which I have never heard !
I really do like Supercollider because it gives me a sort of calm feeling or the sense of being in control. A lot of Radiohead's discography push you to be an active listener, like your'e involved in the entire train of thoughs and emotions. Supercollider is in contrast with this stereo typical view and sort of just washes over your head like a warm wave of sound. If you find the song to be a bit boring in contrast with the context, try to listen to it in a more passive manner, in that way it almost feels like your brain is synchronising with the wobbling and shifting synths
This will definitely be contested but my order from most to least favourite albums goes: 1. In Rainbows 2. Ok Computer 3. Kid A 4. A Moon Shaped Pool 5. Hail to the Thief 6. Amnesiac 7. The Bends 8. The King of Limbs 9. Pablo Honey
Honestly, A Moon Shaped Pool Ok Computer In Rainbows Amnesiac Kid A The Bends Hail To The Thief King of Limbs Pablo Honey Although Radiohead, more than any other band, is very hard to rank definitively besides Pablo Honey in dead last
My ranking is: 1. Kid A 2. Amnesiac 3. OK Computer 4. The King of limbs 5. The bends 6. In rainbows 7. A moon-shaped pool 8. Hail to the thief 9. Pablo honey
I started this video thinking I'd watch the first couple minutes and ended up watching the whole thing! Coming from a life long Radiohead fan, I think you did a fantastic job here! Awesome work. I do think you should go back and revisit Supercollider and the butcher😉 They really grow on you, and after seeing them play supercollider live, it's become one of my go-to's.
Thank you so much for making an incredibly detailed video! You really break everything down and explain important details which is a huge help as a recently ordained Radiohead fan!
Very nicely laid down. I saw Radiohead in Kansas City this spring and it was truly cathartic to hear them live after listening to so many of their albums. Amnesiac is the album that is seared into my brain, but so much from so many of these other albums serve as defining moments for my early adulthood. Very, very well done. Thank you.
I saw your favourite albums video, went to the record store yesterday and got Aphex Twin's "...I Care Because You Do". It's a great album! Thanks for the recommendation and I look forward to seeing stuff from you in the future!
Kid A was my favorite album for a long time and is still Top 3 to this day. The experience of listening to that album for the first time in middle school has in no small part defined my perspectives on life, expression, and creativity in the decades since. I grew up a socially-isolated autistic "weird" kid, and music communities such as choir and online forums were some of the few places that made me feel a sense of belonging and connection with something greater than myself. My exposure to music growing up was quite narrow, only listening to 70's and 00's rock on repeat in the car. Tool was by far the most adventurous palette my family entertained. When I discovered this album on RUclips...I just couldn't believe music could SOUND like this! This LP was crucial to my adolescence because for the first time, I discovered something that understood my humanity. Embraced hard-to-process, inaccessible qualities and ideas wholeheartedly. Crafted an alien vision with so much worldbuilding I could lose myself in the passion-laden details. Opened my eyes to what LIVING could look like, how vividly I could sense each moment, how clearly I could feel every nuance of my complicated being, how deeply I can plunge into those facets of my identity and learn to love my totality intimately, even if that totality is shunned by so many. It is an incomparable gift that I was given in these 10 tracks: sublime beauty in being true to oneself. Lifechanging art in the most profound sense. It makes me thankful to be alive.
I really like A Moon Shaped Pool. When I first heard that, I thought that it was the sound they were going for since Kid A. That's only because I don't have nor have listened to Hail to the Thief or the other one that's escaping me right now. I got into them after watching the Basement Session for TKOL. From what I've heard, you did a good job at guiding those through it and am now pretty keen to check out the others I haven't heard yet. I own OK Computer, In Rainbows, The Bends and a few others... just some material that touches on every era and A Moon Shaped Pool seems to both sum up what I've heard without going heavy or gritty as well as deliver something new that flows/fits nicely into an an LP. Easily one of the favourite albums I've heard from anyone.
The leap from OK Computer to Kid A is one of the most epic from the last 30 or 40 years of music. I'll never forget my 1st time listening to Kid A, it was like discovering alien music.
The Butcher makes me cry. It's heartless and unfeeling as you see yourself on the chopping block, realizing your life means nothing to this world. Clearly a statement about the meat industry and modern man's relationship to the food he eats. Great video!
I've been listening to Radiohead consistently for about three weeks now. The three weeks have been up and down through different emotions. Once a joyous listen, the next a very depressing mood as I made a playlist of all their slow, sad tunes. Now I'm trying to ween myself off of them.
dude, really well done! my small critique is how you read the band's lyrics. it seems a tad too melodramatic, though that's to be forgiven with the depth of the band's work. thanks for doing this!
No matter what era of rock/pop music you speaking of there's no band that produced as much astounding music as they did. Like them or not you cannot deny their protein range and longevity, they're unprecedented string of masterpieces, there's only one RADIOHEAD.
I've never seen your videos before but I watched this whole video. I feel like you get a really good grasp of what makes Radiohead good. Over and over again when you describe the albums and things I feel like you say exactly what I feel subconsciously about the band. A Moon Shaped Pool is opalescent and shimmering, that sounds so accurate.
Man the way you describe the music itself is extremely intriguing I’ll definitely be checking out more of your content, great video and great commentary
here's a deep cut. Though the name Radiohead does come from a Talking Heads song the title of the song actually was suggested by close friend of David Burns Actor Stephen tobolowsky. so Stephen tobolowsky is responsible for the title Radiohead.
I'm a just discovered Radiohead like 2 years ago, in my country is pretty weird to find Radiohead's music, but once I started looking for records and stuff I discovered my favorite band of all the time, I have all their albums and some of their LP's and I can tell it was a little bit difficult at the begging to completely understand what music really is. I do not have a favorite record although I have my favorite Radiohead's song (Paranoid Android) , each record took me to a different place and made me feel different things. One day I will listen to them in live and that day would be one of the greatest days of my life.
My girlfriend made me start listening to Radiohead, I started listening to them in the order in which the albums started coming out. It took me like a year to listen to them, appreciate them and understand them. A few days ago my girlfriend and I broke up. "A moon shaped pool" was the last album that I still didn´t listen to. It broke my heart for the moment I listened this record, for everything I was living and the beautiful songs I was listening to.
TKOL is a criminally underrated album, I'm glad you gave it its due in this video. I'm shocked by the hate it receives from some of the fanbase, its like they expect them to remake In Rainbows over and over again or something.
Notification squad here, boyos. Can't wait to watch this. Also, Oliver, how familiar are you with the Slowcore/Sadcore genre, and it's proto forms in the shape of Codeine and Low? I believe you mentioned Mount Eerie before in passing, and Phil Elverum has delved into the genre at times. Your thoughts (and possibly a guide to it) would be absolutely stellar. Not only is it, in my opinion, an underrated genre, but an under analyzed genre. Some of its figurehead and seminal albums are both immensely beautiful, esoteric, and deep. Some thoughts put into words about it would be, as I said before, stellar.
+deep cuts Amazing to hear! I know it will probably be a low priority, but I'd really love to see it in a couple of months. If you want a great jumping in point, I'd suggest If I Could Live In Hope by Low. If you want a larger list, I can send you a DM on Twitter. But only if you want it. It might be better to freeform explore it though.
'How to Disappear Completely' was written by Thom when Radiohead played the RDS outdoors in Dublin, Ireland in June 1997 (middle of my leaving cert). Liffey is obviously the river in Dublin and outside the hotel he stayed in and the gig at RDS had speaker problems that were crackling, blowing up and failing - mentioned in the song too. And I think he said it was their largest concert at that time with so many people and that got to him that he wants to hide from. It was an amazing gig to be at!! Amazing guide video - thanks so much for this. Fantastic and articulate work.
My friend, I've just watched Glastonbury with Radiohead and then listened to ur brilliant and passionate expose and I have to admit u had me hooked!!! I saw them in Manchester in 1997/8 on their Ok Computer tour and I was blown away!! Thanx for taking the time to do this!!
I think only the Beatles and Pink Floyd enter the conversation with Radiohead when it comes to earth shattering, balls to the wall, genre expanding albums. One masterpiece after another.
I honestly think that Led Zeppelin should also be included in that conversation. They come right out the gate with what is essentially modern hard rock (characterised both by the fluidity and virtuosity of every member of the band), even if they weren’t the absolute first to have a harder sound, or a proto-punk number. I believe we can all appreciate how altogether different their sound was from contemporary psych rock. PS: The Beatles and Pink Floyd are no 1 and 3 for me… I don't debate their greatness at all.
I'm so glad I finally watched this. I've been listening to radiohead since the start of 2016, discovering their music by replaying Creep a bunch of times and realizing immediately that they were incredible. I have to disagree with your feelings on Supercollider and The Butcher, they definitely have no place on any of the albums but I love how long they are, it's like their building up their strength to rip a hole in you. Also, I can't believe you managed not to mention "Big Boots" or "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes". But, bless you and your love for them that we share and may they never stop making incredible, life-changing music.
I didn't care much about Radiohead until I recently heard a guitarist playing in the street Karma Police and other of their songs. It was incredible, I had the chance to meet him again and he gave me a Radiohead sticker that somehow made me think about them more. So, I wanted to know more about the band, their creative process and ended up here. You talk about them with so much passion, that's inspiring and make me want to explore more their songs. Thanks for all your work.
Love this! Thanks I have listened to A Moon Shaped Pool every morning since it came out as my alarm clock (randomising tracks)... just an awesome album! Never get bored of any of Radiohead's catalog ❤️
i have never left a video on for this long! And i have never heard a radiohead fan appreciate songs such as : a wolf at the door and a punch at a wedding!! My all time two fave songs... finally a true and real appreciating radiohead fan...
Great video! Really! Keep em comin :) I'm still jaming out to Original Pirate Material that you recommended :) Thoughts on a guide to Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode and/or Talking Heads?
This is the most in-depth Radiohead commentary that I have ever seen! It's like you read my mind. I'm a huge Radiohead fan myself, but still learned quite a lot from you ❤❤❤
Fantastic commentary--presenter has a rare gift for describing music with such accuracy that you can almost hear it in your mind, independent of the song itself.
Brilliant video mate! Great approach! Also, let me mention “You and Whose Army”, is one of my all time favorites, it was worth a mention. Since you talked about the b-sides, there are also a lot of unreleased songs or versions of songs that were amazing and that there are only bootleg or live recordings of. Great job all in all!
Another interesting point about 'Idioteque' is the amount of musical history that it captures. The synthetic bell sample loop which was taken from Paul Lanksy's 'Mild und Liese' (1973), built its note structure off Wagner's very contentious Tristan chord from his opera 'Tristan and Isolde'. You have over 100 years worth of musical history recorded in a song. Lanksy being a structuralist, took the tonality of the ambiguous chord (similar to what we would call a half dimished chord) and created the pieces systematic tonality. A pattern which is constantly collapsing on itself really fits into the whole 'feel' of the song. Listen to it (part 1) its only about 10min of Lanksy's 'Mild und Liese' and you'll here the exact moment where idioteque was sampled.
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You missed the MTV beach house Anyone Can Play Guitar video. A high point in their career
underrated comment
The highest point may i say
I bet Thom wakes up in cold sweat every anniversary of that performance and thanks god he never has to do it again.
It's kind of a masterpiece I think. I mean, it's one of the funniest things i've ever seen
Ah yes *Dives head first into pool fully clothed*
why did you just talk about creep for 40 minutes?
What about the stage where they learned barre chords? ;-)
Wait hold on. I didnt want to watch melon
Coz he IS a creep and a weirdo and what the hell is he even doing here (love the channel btw)
Lets keep the Melon banter confined to that page x
@Alexis Pequeno "Sarcasm font"? You know you can just sAy iT LiKe tHiS?
This is so weird, instead of comments saying "review this melon head, review that" we have "do a guide to that, to a guide this". Nothing changes, no matter the music channel.
At least it's constructive here though (for now). We haven't had *review my crippling depression* yet
Yeah, the depression one is a classic.
More like the whole of youtube. Comments have been shit for a long time
I don't get it. Weird looking at this talking head for forty-five minutes.
Street Hierarchy you simpleton
3:30 Pablo Honey
7:03 My Iron Lung
8:00 The Bends
11:42 OK Computer
15:34 How am I driving?
16:05 Kid A
20:45 Amnesiac
23:50 Hail to the thief
28:52 In Rainbows
33:32 The King of limbs
40:33 A Moon shaped pool
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Likening the first half of Weird Fishes to a fluttering butterfly was perfect. You think about music in a wonderfully synaesthetic way!
What a lovely compliment, thanks mate!
First song I ever heard while on acid. Amazingly beautiful.
How to Disappear Completely is such an incredible track. I fell in love with it the moment I heard it - sitting on the back of a bus on release day with a portable CD player while on a Geography field trip to some shithole,
I did the same thing on field trips in elementary school.. except with a walkman. I felt so cool. Not for the fact that I was listening to music, but that I was smart enough to make better use of our time :)
Yh when I heard this song I just cried my eyes out because it is so beautiful and sad, and the end when Thom’s vocals break through this atonal wall of anxiety and insecurities👌👌👌👌 Sorry for ranting btw
everything in its right place came out 17 years ago and still sounds futuristic
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IN ITS RIGHT PLACEEE
mwstriker98 Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
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The Bends and Hail to the Thief are ridiculously under appreciated. Love them to pieces.
Luke Berrie HTTF is my fave from them.
HTTT was the first Radiohead album I ever heard. It's no longer my favorite one (In Rainbows is) but it's definitely up there.
Luke Berrie HTTT has good tracks but shit album structure tbh
God I love In Rainbows and nobody ever talks about it!
TheAnthraxBiology In Rainbows is EASILY their best album for me!
I totally agree with your need to take time to absorb their albums. My youngest brother introduced me to Radiohead in 2002/2003 (I think) with a compilation CD that started out with songs that he felt I would immediately like and then more of their experimental works. I already knew about but largely disliked 'Creep' from Pablo Honey, and didn't really know anything else from them. The CD he made me (which he entitled "I Could Have Sworn I Saw...") I gave a listen to but just couldn't get into. I realized later that my biggest mistake was not listening to the songs all the way through. I would listen to about 30 seconds or a minute, but then dismiss them and move to the next. With each song I almost got more and more impatient, waiting to hear something that caught my ear immediately.
Jump forward to 2007 (yes that many years later), and I was driving my car on a nearly 2 hour trip alone, and I decided to put the CD in and play it without stopping or skipping it. I was completely floored by it. Songs like 'Everything IIRP' I was just mesmerized by. My brother had also included 'You And Whose Army?' which I had previously dismissed after like the first 15 seconds for being too bizarre. This became my favorite Radiohead song for a long time - it was such a brilliant score. After that, I went out and got all their albums. I remember talking to my brother on Skype after listening to that CD he had made me years earlier and telling him how sorry I was that I hadn't listened to it objectively when he made if for me. I can now say that Radiohead are still in my top 3 favorite bands. Although their sound has changed, I've never tired of them. Like you, I understand that with their music, you cannot simply listen to an album once or twice to see whether you'll like it. It takes a good amount of time; but the entire experience is always rewarding!
Jesse MacDonough thanks for sharing that experience, super cool
@Steve i like both
Steve 😄
That’s such a relatable story man. When I was in my late teens and early 20s I had that same mindset of needing songs to click with me right away or I wouldn’t like it. For me Tom waits and Beatles were bands I knew I should listen to but didn’t for that reason. Cut to years later I gave them a relisten when I had some free time (once on a road trip, too, listening to Tom waits) and it just clicking.
Reading your story was just so relatable thanks for sharing.
I also have brothers with whom we are all constantly sharing our own artistic interests with. Some things I’ll come to discover that I like it many months after they’ve recommended it and will feel bad for not giving it a try sooner!
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When you said "This album is my winter record, its icy, its almost like dying of frostbite" EGG-FUCKING-XACTLY
Hector DS me too!
When you said Black Star i screeched. EVERYONE FORGETS THIS ONE, it’s criminally underrated. anyone who i’ve recommended it to (even my elder sister who introduced me to Radiohead way back) has had it worm it’s way into their hearts! and it’s so heartbreaking :( thank you.
19:56 "Kid A is my winter record" So true! I also feel a lot of records are particularly suited to a certain season, e.g. Sufjan Stevens' Illinois feels very spring-y to me.
a rush of blood to the head is their best album
I like A Moon Full of Drones
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Fucking love this shit.
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I feel that radiohead has quietly been the most important, progressive and looked-up to band in the last 30 years. The excitement that's come with each radiohead release was only ever really matched by the beatles' discography.
I'm not living
I'm just killing time...
Vince Bruno that's my favorite song true love waits (acoustic live)
Yes!
Same
i think their best song is i love you jesus christ
I love me some Jesus Christ but where the heck can I find this song?
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You summed up In Rainbows perfectly with your first statement - "The biggest thing for me is the immense comfort I receive from this record, its the warmth of the production and the organic nature..."
I couldn't have put it better myself.
Radiohead are my absolute favourite. I've tried articulating my unfailing love for them to lots of people around me, but haven't been able to with as much clarity as you have. Now, all of those people are going to receive a link to this video. I can't thank you enough for this. Cheers. :)
I've always found Kid A and Amnesiac tie together quite nicely in the same way Bowie's Low and Heroes do.
Radioheads music was by my side in my darkest moments. 17 years on I find tears in my eyes just by hearing this guy talking about it.
How did those 45 minutes go by in what felt like 10? I was desperate for you to go on for five times that, I could genuinely listen to you do every Radiohead release track by track. It’s also incredibly captivating that it’s just you, no videos, no music, just you from the shoulders up talking passionately and eloquently about one of the greatest sources of music of all time. Thank you.
Hah, Radiohead b-sides are so good I wanna hear their c-sides
THANK YOU for giving The King of Limbs a worthy review. I've always thought this was by far their most underrated album. To me, that album seems to me their flexing of their compositional muscles. Even songs like Morning Mr. Magpie and Little By Little are, in all their parts, some of the bands most unique pieces
King of limbs ( to me ) is one of their best.. I love the electro weird beats and it’s not the usual introspective slow sorrow fest so I love it.
This is one of the most fantastic music analysis I have ever watched. I am big Radiohead's - no, not a fan, let's try to invent another word - and it impresses me the love you have for music. I'm a journalist and my recent Master thesis was about the reign of streaming in the capitalism of music. We can share a few thoughts. Congrats for the work, I'll definitely share it with friends!
i cant condone any HTTT tracklist that leaves off Punch Up At A Wedding. One of their most underrated tracks.
9outof10 same
I've tried many times but that song is just fucking annoying to me lol
I love how angry that song sounds, and it just mesmerizes me how they seamlessly put a piano into a rock song
It’s legit a top 5 track on the album.
Best track of the album.
Absolutely brilliant and thorough commentary, coming from such a deeply lived experience. It resulted in one of the best 45-minute periods I've spent in a long time. Thank you so much!
Guide to Godspeed You! Black Emperor and associated Canadian bands? Your videos are fantastic in every regard.
I have never seen a description of Radiohead with such a deep understanding. Amazing stuff. Good work.
I love Radiohead too much. Seen them in concert. Have all their albums. They're way too good.
Really like how you go over everything and draw attention to the strength of the song writing. Very down to earth and real, not some overly casual, hip review. Thumbs up.
I love this so much. Love Radiohead so much.
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Listening to Kid A saved my sanity while riding packed rush hour trains every morning in Tokyo 2000/2001
It made the unbearable boredom beautiful
This is the best review of Ok Computer/Kid A/Amnesiac I've ever seen. Just to hear your high praise and struggling to find the right words is exactly how I (and many many others) feel about Radiohead. Thanks for this.
For me, the most impactful song off of the King of Limbs for me was Little By Little. The morphing, kinetic sounds and the use of off-beats really keep me intrigued every time I hear it.
I admit I didn't quite 'get' Supercollider/The Butcher the first time I listened, though, as you said with the rest of TKOL, the songs really mature with more listens. The lyricism of Supercollider is beautiful, possibly related to the brevity of existence - a song where every note feels like it is meticulously placed. The Butcher has a unique structure which contrasts adding pieces of the song together by a slow build in musicality with lyrics and chopping sounds that seem to represent the opposite - a song about severing/separation. Definitely worth another listen!
I don't usually watch retrospectives about musicians, but this channel is really amazing. So that's the first retrospective about Radiohead I ever watched (...and presumably the only one). I was very impressed when you spoke the word "cathartic", because that's exactly the main word I always use to describe what Kid A means to me. I guess you really got the point.
Another great guide... no words can express how I deeply appreciate those videos of yours.
I have been a Radiohead fan for 20 years and this was phenomenal. I completely agree with your opinions. Thank you for this beautiful guide showing what an incredible band they are.
I'm a huge Radiohead fan and this was in my recommended videos. Superb guide. Has your playlist on today while doing my first bbq of the year, sipping a cold beer. It was heaven!
I scrolled through your other videos and was delighted to see The Laughing Stock one. I got into this album a few months ago after Guy Garvey said on Desert Island discs that New Grass was the most beautiful song hes ever heard. Must have played that album on loop for a week straight!
Currently working my way through all the vids.
Keep up the great work, my new fave channel by a mile! Your passion and knowledge comes across and is really infectious. I now have a massive list of artists and albums I need to listen to!
The Butcher is an amazing track. "Beauty will destroy our mind." One of my favorite Radiohead lyric line.
KIng of Limbs is a MASTERPIECE up there with KID A, In Rainbows, etc. BTW I love your well informed and intelligent reviews. Keep it up. Thank you.
oh hell yeah, looking forward to your super appealing way of explaining the albums. Much love, definitely my favourite music RUclips channel
and In Rainbows is 100% my favourite Radiohead record, it feels so cozy to listen to :D
Means a lot mate, thank you!
deep cuts good luck for the future m8
do you think the end of the world is coming?
familiar Same
I absolutely love this video, Radiohead changed my life. I know some people think that AMSP was their final album, and if that is true, I will cry for weeks.
Gosh I'm very impressed. A flowing virtuosic choice of words and an emotional response to Radiohead's music which I can absolutely relate to. I'll be going back for re-listens with some fresh ideas. Thanks for the On a Friday material which I have never heard !
I really do like Supercollider because it gives me a sort of calm feeling or the sense of being in control. A lot of Radiohead's discography push you to be an active listener, like your'e involved in the entire train of thoughs and emotions. Supercollider is in contrast with this stereo typical view and sort of just washes over your head like a warm wave of sound. If you find the song to be a bit boring in contrast with the context, try to listen to it in a more passive manner, in that way it almost feels like your brain is synchronising with the wobbling and shifting synths
This will definitely be contested but my order from most to least favourite albums goes:
1. In Rainbows
2. Ok Computer
3. Kid A
4. A Moon Shaped Pool
5. Hail to the Thief
6. Amnesiac
7. The Bends
8. The King of Limbs
9. Pablo Honey
Yes
Honestly,
A Moon Shaped Pool
Ok Computer
In Rainbows
Amnesiac
Kid A
The Bends
Hail To The Thief
King of Limbs
Pablo Honey
Although Radiohead, more than any other band, is very hard to rank definitively besides Pablo Honey in dead last
same dude like exactly
So true! In rainbows definetly best Album for me..
My ranking is:
1. Kid A
2. Amnesiac
3. OK Computer
4. The King of limbs
5. The bends
6. In rainbows
7. A moon-shaped pool
8. Hail to the thief
9. Pablo honey
Think i learned about 50 new words, thank you.
I really love Supercollider. The sounds are just gorgeous, and it's very hypnotic as it moves along, much like Bloom.
Might be just me but a guide on Bob Dylan would be really cool, never really got into him. Great video btw
I started this video thinking I'd watch the first couple minutes and ended up watching the whole thing! Coming from a life long Radiohead fan, I think you did a fantastic job here! Awesome work. I do think you should go back and revisit Supercollider and the butcher😉 They really grow on you, and after seeing them play supercollider live, it's become one of my go-to's.
Thank you so much for making an incredibly detailed video! You really break everything down and explain important details which is a huge help as a recently ordained Radiohead fan!
Make one for Sigur Ros!
Oliver you bloody legend!
Finally! Someone that has a soft spot for 'Anyone Can Play Guitar' as well!
Very nicely laid down. I saw Radiohead in Kansas City this spring and it was truly cathartic to hear them live after listening to so many of their albums. Amnesiac is the album that is seared into my brain, but so much from so many of these other albums serve as defining moments for my early adulthood. Very, very well done. Thank you.
Kid A est mon album préféré.
Perso avec in rainbows c’est ceux qui me parlent le plus
I saw your favourite albums video, went to the record store yesterday and got Aphex Twin's "...I Care Because You Do". It's a great album! Thanks for the recommendation and I look forward to seeing stuff from you in the future!
It's crazy how I just digging through your videos looking for a guide to radiohead video & surprisingly you just uploaded it!
Kid A was my favorite album for a long time and is still Top 3 to this day. The experience of listening to that album for the first time in middle school has in no small part defined my perspectives on life, expression, and creativity in the decades since.
I grew up a socially-isolated autistic "weird" kid, and music communities such as choir and online forums were some of the few places that made me feel a sense of belonging and connection with something greater than myself. My exposure to music growing up was quite narrow, only listening to 70's and 00's rock on repeat in the car. Tool was by far the most adventurous palette my family entertained. When I discovered this album on RUclips...I just couldn't believe music could SOUND like this!
This LP was crucial to my adolescence because for the first time, I discovered something that understood my humanity. Embraced hard-to-process, inaccessible qualities and ideas wholeheartedly. Crafted an alien vision with so much worldbuilding I could lose myself in the passion-laden details. Opened my eyes to what LIVING could look like, how vividly I could sense each moment, how clearly I could feel every nuance of my complicated being, how deeply I can plunge into those facets of my identity and learn to love my totality intimately, even if that totality is shunned by so many. It is an incomparable gift that I was given in these 10 tracks: sublime beauty in being true to oneself.
Lifechanging art in the most profound sense. It makes me thankful to be alive.
I really like A Moon Shaped Pool. When I first heard that, I thought that it was the sound they were going for since Kid A. That's only because I don't have nor have listened to Hail to the Thief or the other one that's escaping me right now. I got into them after watching the Basement Session for TKOL. From what I've heard, you did a good job at guiding those through it and am now pretty keen to check out the others I haven't heard yet. I own OK Computer, In Rainbows, The Bends and a few others... just some material that touches on every era and A Moon Shaped Pool seems to both sum up what I've heard without going heavy or gritty as well as deliver something new that flows/fits nicely into an an LP. Easily one of the favourite albums I've heard from anyone.
I clicked so fast to watch this. Fantastic channel.
Oh my god I love Radiohead they are the best I am so excited to watch this. Thom Yorke and the rest of the guys are amazing.
The leap from OK Computer to Kid A is one of the most epic from the last 30 or 40 years of music. I'll never forget my 1st time listening to Kid A, it was like discovering alien music.
The Butcher makes me cry. It's heartless and unfeeling as you see yourself on the chopping block, realizing your life means nothing to this world. Clearly a statement about the meat industry and modern man's relationship to the food he eats. Great video!
I've been listening to Radiohead consistently for about three weeks now. The three weeks have been up and down through different emotions. Once a joyous listen, the next a very depressing mood as I made a playlist of all their slow, sad tunes. Now I'm trying to ween myself off of them.
Would love a guide to Bob Dylan, he has released so much material I've got no idea where to start
I freaking love everything about this video. You sure did Radiohead justice by explaining every song and all but concisely and clearly
dude, really well done! my small critique is how you read the band's lyrics. it seems a tad too melodramatic, though that's to be forgiven with the depth of the band's work. thanks for doing this!
No matter what era of rock/pop music you speaking of there's no band that produced as much astounding music as they did. Like them or not you cannot deny their protein range and longevity, they're unprecedented string of masterpieces, there's only one RADIOHEAD.
How familiar are you with the works of The Microphones/Mount Eerie/Phil Elverum?? You should do a video about him!
Hah! Just mentioned him in my own comment. Definitely agree.
given that he did a review for Skeleton Key ,a review of ACLAM would be great(death albums)
A Guide to Phil Elverum would be incredible :D
Man that new Mount Eerie album really tore me up! That is just amazingly beautiful music (even considering it's very dark theme).
Ya I would love to see a review of 'A Crow Looked At Me'. Talk about a crushing album.
I've never seen your videos before but I watched this whole video. I feel like you get a really good grasp of what makes Radiohead good. Over and over again when you describe the albums and things I feel like you say exactly what I feel subconsciously about the band. A Moon Shaped Pool is opalescent and shimmering, that sounds so accurate.
props to one of the best music channel right now! anyway a guide to John Zorn?
or Steve Albini
Thanks mate! Both great suggestions!
Man the way you describe the music itself is extremely intriguing I’ll definitely be checking out more of your content, great video and great commentary
here's a deep cut. Though the name Radiohead does come from a Talking Heads song the title of the song actually was suggested by close friend of David Burns Actor Stephen tobolowsky. so Stephen tobolowsky is responsible for the title Radiohead.
This video is fantastic, can tell a lot of research went into it. Props to you dude!
I'm a just discovered Radiohead like 2 years ago, in my country is pretty weird to find Radiohead's music, but once I started looking for records and stuff I discovered my favorite band of all the time, I have all their albums and some of their LP's and I can tell it was a little bit difficult at the begging to completely understand what music really is. I do not have a favorite record although I have my favorite Radiohead's song (Paranoid Android) , each record took me to a different place and made me feel different things. One day I will listen to them in live and that day would be one of the greatest days of my life.
My girlfriend made me start listening to Radiohead, I started listening to them in the order in which the albums started coming out. It took me like a year to listen to them, appreciate them and understand them. A few days ago my girlfriend and I broke up. "A moon shaped pool" was the last album that I still didn´t listen to. It broke my heart for the moment I listened this record, for everything I was living and the beautiful songs I was listening to.
TKOL is a criminally underrated album, I'm glad you gave it its due in this video. I'm shocked by the hate it receives from some of the fanbase, its like they expect them to remake In Rainbows over and over again or something.
I always take ages watching these videos because It just makes me want to listen to the music and appreciate it and what you're saying so much!
And then that makes me want to go and write music as well haha.
Notification squad here, boyos. Can't wait to watch this.
Also, Oliver, how familiar are you with the Slowcore/Sadcore genre, and it's proto forms in the shape of Codeine and Low? I believe you mentioned Mount Eerie before in passing, and Phil Elverum has delved into the genre at times. Your thoughts (and possibly a guide to it) would be absolutely stellar. Not only is it, in my opinion, an underrated genre, but an under analyzed genre. Some of its figurehead and seminal albums are both immensely beautiful, esoteric, and deep. Some thoughts put into words about it would be, as I said before, stellar.
I'd love to jump into the genre and do a guide, watch this space Timothy!
+deep cuts Amazing to hear! I know it will probably be a low priority, but I'd really love to see it in a couple of months. If you want a great jumping in point, I'd suggest If I Could Live In Hope by Low. If you want a larger list, I can send you a DM on Twitter. But only if you want it. It might be better to freeform explore it though.
Listen to Red House Painters, they were pretty much the catalysts of the Sadcore genre.
'How to Disappear Completely' was written by Thom when Radiohead played the RDS outdoors in Dublin, Ireland in June 1997 (middle of my leaving cert). Liffey is obviously the river in Dublin and outside the hotel he stayed in and the gig at RDS had speaker problems that were crackling, blowing up and failing - mentioned in the song too. And I think he said it was their largest concert at that time with so many people and that got to him that he wants to hide from. It was an amazing gig to be at!!
Amazing guide video - thanks so much for this. Fantastic and articulate work.
I think Feral is a VERY underrated track. Hypnotic rhythm, spooky atmosphere, great progression, and some amazing bass work as well.
My friend, I've just watched Glastonbury with Radiohead and then listened to ur brilliant and passionate expose and I have to admit u had me hooked!!! I saw them in Manchester in 1997/8 on their Ok Computer tour and I was blown away!! Thanx for taking the time to do this!!
I think only the Beatles and Pink Floyd enter the conversation with Radiohead when it comes to earth shattering, balls to the wall, genre expanding albums. One masterpiece after another.
The velvet underground king crimson Black Sabbath Bowie Swans there’s plenty of others
@@baphometfathom5348 yeah you're right. Those are all in my top 10-20 innovators. Good to see another Swans fan.
I honestly think that Led Zeppelin should also be included in that conversation. They come right out the gate with what is essentially modern hard rock (characterised both by the fluidity and virtuosity of every member of the band), even if they weren’t the absolute first to have a harder sound, or a proto-punk number. I believe we can all appreciate how altogether different their sound was from contemporary psych rock.
PS: The Beatles and Pink Floyd are no 1 and 3 for me… I don't debate their greatness at all.
I'm so glad I finally watched this. I've been listening to radiohead since the start of 2016, discovering their music by replaying Creep a bunch of times and realizing immediately that they were incredible. I have to disagree with your feelings on Supercollider and The Butcher, they definitely have no place on any of the albums but I love how long they are, it's like their building up their strength to rip a hole in you. Also, I can't believe you managed not to mention "Big Boots" or "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes". But, bless you and your love for them that we share and may they never stop making incredible, life-changing music.
Genuine deserved respect for the greatest band of our generation.
I didn't care much about Radiohead until I recently heard a guitarist playing in the street Karma Police and other of their songs. It was incredible, I had the chance to meet him again and he gave me a Radiohead sticker that somehow made me think about them more.
So, I wanted to know more about the band, their creative process and ended up here. You talk about them with so much passion, that's inspiring and make me want to explore more their songs.
Thanks for all your work.
please do pixies they're my favorite band and they've had such a huge influence on music (especially 90s alt rock)
Love this! Thanks
I have listened to A Moon Shaped Pool every morning since it came out as my alarm clock (randomising tracks)... just an awesome album! Never get bored of any of Radiohead's catalog ❤️
why not make a podcast for this series? i would listen the fuck out of it everyday
In Rainbows is my favourite too, I love the background details and soft singing
You should do a 5 essential noise or harsh noise albums. (If you can deal with that) I think it would be interesting to watch.
Sebbacon :D dude, just listen to Merzbow
+Mark Jones I do. I'd like to hear what he would recommend.
Sebbacon :D Noice is only liked ironically for the memes boi. If you actually like it just try to achieve tinnitus by making your ears bleed.
I'd second this request actually, I've enjoyed a lot of noise that I've heard, but it's good to know what the essentials are.
Sounds good, I'll get around to this fairly soon
i have never left a video on for this long! And i have never heard a radiohead fan appreciate songs such as : a wolf at the door and a punch at a wedding!! My all time two fave songs... finally a true and real appreciating radiohead fan...
Great video! Really! Keep em comin :)
I'm still jaming out to Original Pirate Material that you recommended :)
Thoughts on a guide to Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode and/or Talking Heads?
This is the most in-depth Radiohead commentary that I have ever seen! It's like you read my mind. I'm a huge Radiohead fan myself, but still learned quite a lot from you ❤❤❤
The Butcher is one of the greatest songs in the King of Limbs era !!
Fantastic commentary--presenter has a rare gift for describing music with such accuracy that you can almost hear it in your mind, independent of the song itself.
I’d love to see one of these of The Beach Boys. They’d be a fun journey to go on
Brilliant video mate! Great approach! Also, let me mention “You and Whose Army”, is one of my all time favorites, it was worth a mention. Since you talked about the b-sides, there are also a lot of unreleased songs or versions of songs that were amazing and that there are only bootleg or live recordings of. Great job all in all!
Can you do a video on Sonic Youth and/or Fugazi?
TJ Hastie I second Fugazi
while we're on the subject of post/math/noise rock maybe we could throw a guide to Shellac in there as well? ;)
Sonic Youth will definitely be a guide I get around to sometime in the future...see how vaguely non-committal that was? ;)
A Sonic Youth guide would be much appreciated.
+Kacper Klimkowsk might as well do Albini in general
Another interesting point about 'Idioteque' is the amount of musical history that it captures. The synthetic bell sample loop which was taken from Paul Lanksy's 'Mild und Liese' (1973), built its note structure off Wagner's very contentious Tristan chord from his opera 'Tristan and Isolde'. You have over 100 years worth of musical history recorded in a song. Lanksy being a structuralist, took the tonality of the ambiguous chord (similar to what we would call a half dimished chord) and created the pieces systematic tonality. A pattern which is constantly collapsing on itself really fits into the whole 'feel' of the song. Listen to it (part 1) its only about 10min of Lanksy's 'Mild und Liese' and you'll here the exact moment where idioteque was sampled.