This album got me through a very tough 2004. There were days that all I had was listening to that album. I was just getting back to a job after my Service in the Navy. I’m grateful to this album’s versatility
What makes Radiohead so special? Your genuine reaction and trying to figure out the band's excellent craftsmanship while listening to this fantastic album.
To me Radiohead's greatness is linked to their uncompromising artistry, they never settle for success of which of course they had plenty. They are each and every one of them so unbelievably gifted, each single song is a musical adventure and I don't care which album, what style, they always know how to grab me and so all their albums are one great playlist that I have and never tire of and even discover new details each time and this album is maybe a minor one, but a minor Radiohead is still leaps and bounds ahead of its contemporaries in my book. There's quite a few songs of them that I often think it might have been the Beatles if they stayed together (like the fantastic Daily Mail song), not all of them, but some, funny, maybe nonsense. Anyway they are surely one of the greatest bands of all time.
It is such a treat to have someone of your caliber take the time to explore Radiohead, my favorite band. It was Pink Floyd, then Stevie Ray Vaughan, then Robert Johnson, then Radiohead came and blew my brains all over the floor with "Ok Computer" in college, and though their mega album I don't thin you have done, Kid A, was too much for me to comprehend when it came out I diverted for a few years, when In Rainbows (you did the live Basement version which is the best version) came out I was reminded how incredible they are and I returned with a vigor and have never looked back, many of their songs and albums take many listens to begin to really take hold of you - that always sounds like an easy excuse for convoluted overstuffed bands, but in this case when you have 3 Apex musical minds - Thom Yorke is IMO an unparalleled songwriter, singer, guitar/piano lead man for Gen X - Johnny Greenwood now has 2 Academy Award nominations for orchestral soundtrack music - he plays a killer Tele lead guitar but also never hurts to have one of Modern Classical music's most esteemed composer to arrange Thom's ideas into direction and compose these layers which sink into your mind and begin to emerge slowly over listens - and their producer since their 2nd album of 9 (he was engineer on that one - John Leckie - Dark Side of the Moon - had Production credit, but by OK Computer Nigel Godrich took over and is the unofficial 6th member working magic as a producer and is again one of the most sought out guys in the industry the last 3 decades but Radiohead is home base - given those minds of such musical next-level capability, they choose these songs which are so challenging to pick up on the first listen - some times it has taken me 5 years later I return and it has clicked - life is short enough without such endeavor for most other than true fanatical fans - but they were transitioning between Amnesiac and Kid A - very experimental and never been anything else made like those works - to "In Rainbows" - ironically their most accessible album debatably (maybe "The Bends" is similarly approachable right away and nearly as impactful if not more for many). Thanks again for taking these guys on, and adding your thoughtful and earnest comments and being very straight forward about what works what you like etc. It is a real treasure/treat to find you doing a Radiohead album or any songs - thanks for this - turned my bad day good. "The Smile" side project is hitting right now and is fantastic.
This is Radioheads post 9/11 anti-war/anti-George Bush/anti-Tony Blair album. (Hail to the Thief is a referance to George Bush stealing the election) A lot of these songs are hitting home with what is happening in Ukraine right now. Probably their most political album.
That's the beauty of Radiohead. Almost everyone has a different opinion of what is their best and worst albums. I feel that this is one of their best albums, alongside In Rainbows, OK Computer and A Moon Shaped Pool. It's funny how if you ask ten people what the best Radiohead album is, there is a high chance that no more than 3 of those people will agree on a single album. The fact that they continue to create masterpieces over the course of 3 decades that are on the same level as each other, which is already a high standard to begin with, is outstanding. Truly one of the greatest bands of all time.
Excellent choice to react to. Great album! And yeah, Hail to the THIEF makes a big difference.... All their albums have surprises on them. Such interesting sounds and ideas. Your observation that Radiohead songs really take you on a trip is pretty astute. I think the band is on a trip from album to album and takes us along with them. They are always stretching themselves to try to keep things interesting, and they are fantastic live! IMO OK Computer and The Bends are genius-level albums.
As Colin expressed, Thom Yorker’s music helped me survive a very tough time. I was undergoing cancer treatment and I was one sick puppy. His Erasure album was a mixture of emotion and trance like music. It allowed me to turn off the pain for awhile.
I was clinging to The Bends and Ok Computer....i struggled to believe that they could be diverse and any better than those two salient albums.....This album broke me into mature Radiohead......mega!
Why I love Radiohead and feel they are the most important band of the last 50 years….? They are experimental while staying both relevant and palatable to so so many people. They push the boundaries of music and sound like Pink Floyd did before Radiohead. Radiohead goes further than Pink Floyd because they are not afraid to reinvent themselves from one album to the next, yet always being Radiohead.
3:12 so excited for you to hear the big break in 2+2=5! I saw them live in Scotland about 19 years ago, and when they played this the crowd went absolutely bezerk!
The thing I like about them the most is how great they evoke an amazing emotional landscape just with their musicianship it doesnt even matter what Thom is singing half the time but they make me very emotional in a great way.
One of the most famous hits of the king of rock 'n' roll in an unrivaled gorgeous, phenomenal performance by Diana Ankudinova ( 18 y.o.) Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley / DARK VERSION cover) Please react to Diana Ankudinova ! Meet the singer with the most unique voice (dramatic contralto with polyphonic overtones), reactors call her the goosebump queen. "Together with her tessitura, it identifies her potential voice type as dramatic contralto, the deepest, darkest, and most powerful contralto voice." (Wikipedia about Diana) Full vocal range - 4 octaves. The number of reactions to Diana exceeded the number of 12 thousand reactions. In my playlist section there are 3 playlists (5k+5k+2k reactions each).
Ok, I GUESS I can forgive you saying the album name wrong. After you listened to the album I just really loved your patience and “absorbtion” I made that word up. Thank you for NOT talking through the music like everyone else has. Please listen to “Do You Realize” by The Flaming Lips. They are from Oklahoma.
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This album got me through a very tough 2004. There were days that all I had was listening to that album. I was just getting back to a job after my Service in the Navy. I’m grateful to this album’s versatility
thats cool man, makes me proud to be english that radiohead affect so many people
Thank you for your service.
I was an Army wife for that same very tough year. I can relate. Music saves. ❤️✌️
@@sarahzentexas It’s true. 2004 was not great at all to me, except this album.
LOL STB: "You have to pay attention when you're listening to Radiohead." Radiohead: "You have not been...payin' attention, payin' attention..."
Haha yes
This is in my opinion their best work. Beautiful and jagged and intelligent without sacrificing emotion. So much to offer.
What makes Radiohead so special? Your genuine reaction and trying to figure out the band's excellent craftsmanship while listening to this fantastic album.
To me this is their most underrated record it is a bit disjointed and unpolished at times but I love it.
To me Radiohead's greatness is linked to their uncompromising artistry, they never settle for success of which of course they had plenty. They are each and every one of them so unbelievably gifted, each single song is a musical adventure and I don't care which album, what style, they always know how to grab me and so all their albums are one great playlist that I have and never tire of and even discover new details each time and this album is maybe a minor one, but a minor Radiohead is still leaps and bounds ahead of its contemporaries in my book.
There's quite a few songs of them that I often think it might have been the Beatles if they stayed together (like the fantastic Daily Mail song), not all of them, but some, funny, maybe nonsense.
Anyway they are surely one of the greatest bands of all time.
It is such a treat to have someone of your caliber take the time to explore Radiohead, my favorite band. It was Pink Floyd, then Stevie Ray Vaughan, then Robert Johnson, then Radiohead came and blew my brains all over the floor with "Ok Computer" in college, and though their mega album I don't thin you have done, Kid A, was too much for me to comprehend when it came out I diverted for a few years, when In Rainbows (you did the live Basement version which is the best version) came out I was reminded how incredible they are and I returned with a vigor and have never looked back, many of their songs and albums take many listens to begin to really take hold of you - that always sounds like an easy excuse for convoluted overstuffed bands, but in this case when you have 3 Apex musical minds - Thom Yorke is IMO an unparalleled songwriter, singer, guitar/piano lead man for Gen X - Johnny Greenwood now has 2 Academy Award nominations for orchestral soundtrack music - he plays a killer Tele lead guitar but also never hurts to have one of Modern Classical music's most esteemed composer to arrange Thom's ideas into direction and compose these layers which sink into your mind and begin to emerge slowly over listens - and their producer since their 2nd album of 9 (he was engineer on that one - John Leckie - Dark Side of the Moon - had Production credit, but by OK Computer Nigel Godrich took over and is the unofficial 6th member working magic as a producer and is again one of the most sought out guys in the industry the last 3 decades but Radiohead is home base - given those minds of such musical next-level capability, they choose these songs which are so challenging to pick up on the first listen - some times it has taken me 5 years later I return and it has clicked - life is short enough without such endeavor for most other than true fanatical fans - but they were transitioning between Amnesiac and Kid A - very experimental and never been anything else made like those works - to "In Rainbows" - ironically their most accessible album debatably (maybe "The Bends" is similarly approachable right away and nearly as impactful if not more for many). Thanks again for taking these guys on, and adding your thoughtful and earnest comments and being very straight forward about what works what you like etc. It is a real treasure/treat to find you doing a Radiohead album or any songs - thanks for this - turned my bad day good. "The Smile" side project is hitting right now and is fantastic.
This is Radioheads post 9/11 anti-war/anti-George Bush/anti-Tony Blair album. (Hail to the Thief is a referance to George Bush stealing the election)
A lot of these songs are hitting home with what is happening in Ukraine right now.
Probably their most political album.
Total anti GWB and the Iraq war and response to 9/11
They named a 2003 album after a 2004 election?
@@mollykearny5903The 2000 election, I believe?
“Scatterbrain” was my theme for a while
That's the beauty of Radiohead. Almost everyone has a different opinion of what is their best and worst albums. I feel that this is one of their best albums, alongside In Rainbows, OK Computer and A Moon Shaped Pool. It's funny how if you ask ten people what the best Radiohead album is, there is a high chance that no more than 3 of those people will agree on a single album. The fact that they continue to create masterpieces over the course of 3 decades that are on the same level as each other, which is already a high standard to begin with, is outstanding. Truly one of the greatest bands of all time.
I clicked thumbs up before I saw your video because you are one of the best reviewers out there. You absolutely get Radiohead. Keep going bro.
Excellent choice to react to. Great album! And yeah, Hail to the THIEF makes a big difference.... All their albums have surprises on them. Such interesting sounds and ideas. Your observation that Radiohead songs really take you on a trip is pretty astute. I think the band is on a trip from album to album and takes us along with them. They are always stretching themselves to try to keep things interesting, and they are fantastic live! IMO OK Computer and The Bends are genius-level albums.
This is my favourite Radiohead album
I am so glad everyone is finally doing Radiohead reactions but you were one of the first and you deserve credit for that.
Could you react to Beck's "Sea Change"? It's a masterpiece of heartbreak and isolation. Love your channel.
Your interpretations are really incredible. Keep going with Radiohead!
Really enjoy these album reactions!
Thanks for giving a serious listen to RADIOHEAD. I really enjoy your Radiohead reactions!
Glad you like them!
Thanks man! I was able to listen to it “for the first time” again
“Sail To the Moon” is a dream
Yeaahh,.one of my favorites,.listen to this song everyday under the shower
I think the best thing about Radiohead for me is their ability to make beautifully complex musicianship sound simple and whole.
As Colin expressed, Thom Yorker’s music helped me survive a very tough time. I was undergoing cancer treatment and I was one sick puppy. His Erasure album was a mixture of emotion and trance like music. It allowed me to turn off the pain for awhile.
Great analysis as usual
Much appreciated
TKOL & AMSP are inevitable then, i guess
You should do a reaction to "In Rainbows" studio album as well
he did react to Live from the Basement/In Rainbows!
I was clinging to The Bends and Ok Computer....i struggled to believe that they could be diverse and any better than those two salient albums.....This album broke me into mature Radiohead......mega!
Why I love Radiohead and feel they are the most important band of the last 50 years….?
They are experimental while staying both relevant and palatable to so so many people. They push the boundaries of music and sound like Pink Floyd did before Radiohead. Radiohead goes further than Pink Floyd because they are not afraid to reinvent themselves from one album to the next, yet always being Radiohead.
3:12 so excited for you to hear the big break in 2+2=5!
I saw them live in Scotland about 19 years ago, and when they played this the crowd went absolutely bezerk!
The thing I like about them the most is how great they evoke an amazing emotional landscape just with their musicianship it doesnt even matter what Thom is singing half the time but they make me very emotional in a great way.
A gift
You are my favorite reactor on RUclips brother!
I appreciate that
Sail to the Moon is a song for his son.
I tried to learn how to play “Go To Sleep” on guitar 🎸 and promptly EMBARRASSED myself!! Radiohead is perfect instrumentation
One of the most famous hits of the king of rock 'n' roll in an unrivaled gorgeous, phenomenal performance by Diana Ankudinova ( 18 y.o.)
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley / DARK VERSION cover)
Please react to Diana Ankudinova !
Meet the singer with the most unique voice (dramatic contralto with polyphonic overtones), reactors call her the goosebump queen. "Together with her tessitura, it identifies her potential voice type as dramatic contralto, the deepest, darkest, and most powerful contralto voice." (Wikipedia about Diana)
Full vocal range - 4 octaves.
The number of reactions to Diana exceeded the number of 12 thousand reactions. In my playlist section there are 3 playlists (5k+5k+2k reactions each).
Can’t Help Falling in Love
ruclips.net/video/M-znD6QKbrg/видео.html
Ok, I GUESS I can forgive you saying the album name wrong. After you listened to the album I just really loved your patience and “absorbtion” I made that word up. Thank you for NOT talking through the music like everyone else has. Please listen to “Do You Realize” by The Flaming Lips. They are from Oklahoma.
You didn't make it up, you just spelled absorption wrong.
This album helped me understand how we,as Westerners, will never understand the middle East
Look for the Pyramid Song and pay attention to what he does with his piano. It’s a real mind fu*k
That’s on Amnesiac…
doing Radiohead albums out of order is ill advised
for real. but Im here for it
Thief
Hail to the Chief? What the heck
Completely different meaning innit?
Big deal indeed.
Original idea a reaction's channel ... 2022
Ur rankings a bit low maybe 6 out of 5