Radiohead - Amnesiac FIRST REACTION (Part 2)
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Life in a glasshouse is just something else man
I’m getting controversial here but... Life in a Glasshouse is the best ending track to a Radiohead album.
@@galacticgam3r105 that and The Tourist. Have you listened to the full length version? it's on spotify, on the Knives Out single album. It's spectacular
Street Spirit (fade out)
The Tourist
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Glasshouse
A Wofl At The Door
Videotape
All are great songs!!!!!!!
Also mthafckin' Separator and True love Waits!
GALACTIC GAM3R separator is the best
“long buildup for a 2 minute song”
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
i laughed so hard
That song is like an interlude like Tool would do on one of their albums.
*laughs in GY!BE*
@@noicemcnoiceface4006 lets get Nightwalk to react to GYBE
@@i_dont_know_who_i_am69 dude yessssss
"I doubt there's a lot of people who go to this song" Knives Out is literally my go to
Mine too
That's one of their best
same :D
it's literally one of my fav radiohead songs of all time.
Exactly my thoughts...
I love Knives Out. The chorus is really creepy.
Pretty sure its about cannibalism.
Richard Roberson it’s such a beautiful track
The music video is awesome
james Of course, it was by Michel Gondry!
@@richardroberson2564 It is
“Cut the kids in half” = divorce
I don't doubt the lyric could be referring to that but it also seems to be a reference to a biblical story about 2 women claiming motherhood over a child and the king suggests cutting the child in half so they can share it.
yup, iirc the where song in about divorce and the lyrics are meant to be snapshots of parents arguing, hence "you can keep the furniture" and "where'd you park the car"
also surprised Dakota didn't notice these lyrics on the Kid A version, maybe it's just easier to hear Thom's voice on the Amnesiac version? I still prefer the Kid A version anyhow, although I prefer Amnesiac as an album
I thought the lyrics in kid a were random and meaningless. Or was that just a few songs.
0:09 Knives Out
2:39 Morning Bell/Amnesiac
4:49 Dollars And Cents
7:38 Hunting Bears
8:54 Like Spinning Plates
11:37 Life In A Glasshouse
Thank you, Jesus
Amen
@@omnithea I said that on part 1 😂
Edit: Where have I seen that profile pic before?
Also you should totally listen to the piano version of Like Spinning Plates!
Yes. Much better song without the reversed production elements and just played as originally composed.
Definitely.
One of the best piano songs ever
@@reactions5783 uh it was not played as originally composed lmao. they made the piano version based off the album version.
That's how I first heard the song, and I think its the best
While King Of Limbs: Live from the Basement is generally accepted to be far better than the studio version (and I agree), you can’t listen to the live album first. To truly appreciate the live version you have to hear The King Of Limbs studio album beforehand
Sam Frank thank you for saying it !
I'm part of the minority that like both equally in their own different ways it seems
Idk, maybe it’s more interesting to just dive into the live version
Sam Frank AGREED
agree
Knives out IS one of my favourite radiohead songa
Fair enough!
Songa!!!
I knew someone would comment this the moment he said that lol
@@NightwalkReal Knives Out is my N1 Fav Radiohead song without even considering it.
I have to, havvvvve to downvote it, it just does something to me that makes me feel...wrong...outta kilter. Billious. Peculiar. Wrong.
Vid is cool though.
The time signature
Morning bell kid a 5/4
Morning bell amnesiac 4/4
@Jay Sharp yes
I thought that was your rating and I would agree tbh.
@@nicksidiropoulos802 the time signature
@@Ajixxxx Yeah I got it
Really? That explains how I like Amnesiac’s version but absolutely adore Kid A’s master piece.
I love how you always have a positive vibe in your videos but don’t fake liking every song like many reaction channels do
Firmly in the “Knives Out is one of the greatest Radiohead songs” category. One of the most heartbreaking and gorgeous songs ever!
Like Spinning Plates is something else. It's haunting and somehow digs deep emotionally even though you don't know exactly what's going on. Just brilliant
Amnesiac is a slow burn. You gotta be patient. The closing tracks are probably the best they’ve ever done to close out an album.
Street Spirit: Am I a joke to you?
The 1-2 combo of Plates and Glasshouse are the best RH closing pair of tracks
The Tourist, Motion Picture Soundtrack, and True Love Waits: Am I a joke to you?
@@calicoelacanth
Relax.
@@alvifadhollah
Relax
Forgot one thing: did you know that Exit Music and Life In A Glasshouse were originally one song? One of the recently leaked (and then officially released by Radiohead themselves on their Bandcamp account for 18 days) Minidisks that featured a healthy amount of the actual OK Computer sessions (the very first one) has a song called Poison on it, which is basically Exit Music with different lyrics and a section of Life In a Glasshouse after a verse.
Get,get away!
I did NOT know that.
How very Neutral milk hotel of them. Lovely biscuits.
Listen to the live version of Spinning Plates. It's absolutely amazing.
I think you would really enjoy Sigur Ros’ album: Agaetis Byrjun. They’re an icelandic band that have sonic similarities to Radiohead and muse
Yes! One of my favorite ever
I think he'd like kveikur too
You are totally right!
Stretching a bit with the Muse comparison.
Yeah, I’d say it is more like Radiohead. Either way, it sounds like something he’d like
Life in a glasshouse is just perfect
You should really listen to Spinning plate live its incredible!!!
CaveWang I love both versions so much. Top 5 Radiohead songs.
Yes, indeed.
Life in a Glasshouse extended version is fire. 9/10
This album might not be the most consistent (still fairly consistent though), but it definitely has a great jazzy beautiful atmosphere. This album is an 8.5-9.0 for me.
It's my 2nd favourite RH album because a lot of the music on the album sound like film score to me. So much imagery in the songs. Beautiful and haunting
@@_CoasterNinja Kid A is probably my favorite.
@@wizard1370 Mine too! Just think it flow better as a whole album where are Amnesiac is a bit disjointed.
Most bands best album would be King of Limbs. It's another amazing album.
Dan Finkel most bands play at small bars their whole lives and only have one or no albums
@Dan Finkel Yes
Knives Out is probably my favorite video of all time, I highly recommend it.
Absolutely love it. Very weird, but it got me going into the song and now its one of my all time favorites.
that and There There!
@@charlie172011 Agreed, my second favorite video of theirs!
Yeah, Michel Gondry really outdid himself with this video.
Agreed. Totally.
However, as I've previously stated, along with 15 steps its my least favourite of all their discography. Leaves me feeling...uneasy?
Edit: uneasy is wrong, Radiohead IS uneasy. Billious. Billious is the word.
I don't understand why people dislike King of Limbs. It's beautiful. There's not a bad song on it imo, and Seperator is one of my favorite final tracks they've done.
Eric Flaherty Took me a long time to love Give Up The Ghost, but now that I do… wow.
And then to follow up with Seperator…
Agreed, it's one of my favorite albums ever. But that's the beautiful thing about Radiohead-.their discography is so diverse that there's an album for every mood, and every person has a different set of favorites.
I love Separator; I once had a really challenging encounter with a boss in a former job, and as I walked away from her in my head I was singing ‘if you think this is over then you’re wrong’...
fully agree
100% agree
Also about The King of Limbs, it is true that it is very experimental, definitly not my favorite album, but the second half is actually really good and has some of the most beautiful Radiohead songs imo, you should definitly check it out
Last 3 songs of King of Limbs are absolutely stunning
4*
*Last 4 songs plus the 1st song...add in the 2nd and 3rd song as well
Do the ANIMA short film by Thom Yorke on Netflix!! it would be a different type of content, but in the same area as Radiohead.
He likely wouldn't be a very big fan
Ashkan Mazarei yes plsss
@@cellofellow5115 Yeah, I don't think Thom's solo stuff (excepting maybe the Eraser) would resonate here. But the reaction to Thom's acting performance would be pretty awesome. I don't think anyone has done that?
I would say maybe he would like suspiria more
Knives Out actually was one of my favourites for a while
For me, King Of Limbs is insanely underrated, some amazing tracks on there. Make sure you listen to it.
Knives out is probably the most beautiful song on the album, probably my favorite.
Life in a Glasshouse is great, but I enjoy the "Long Version" off of I believe the Knives Out ep. Anyone else agree?
YES! I also love cuttoth off of that ep what an epic song!
Worrywort is 🏆 as well
Life in a Glasshouse remains a top 10 Radiohead song of mine, even after all these years. Everytime i listen to it, it gives me chills. Such an unique song.
-The King of Limbs (studio version)
-In Rainbows-Hail To The Thief from the basement.
Sincerely, EVERYONE. ❤️
Listen to King of Limbs, the only negative about the album is that it did not included Staircase and The Daily Mail (two great songs)
This. The songs they released from the same sessions- Daily Mail, Staircase, Supercollider, The Butcher- are easily as good or better than most of the actual album, but the album is still really great.
Adolfo Avila I personally would include The Butcher in that notion. A VERY underrated Radiohead song.
Shazzasaloon91 AGREED.
Supercollider is literally the only song I like on King of Limbs...and it isn’t even on it. Lotus Flower is cool too.
All 4 non album tracks released from the sessions are better than everything on king of limbs bar Lotus Flower.
Mind some of my very favourite Radiohead tracks were never on main albums like Last Flowers and I want none of this.
The last two tracks are peak music
Dollars and Cents is one of my favourite Radiohead tracks. So much going on under a stomping bass line dance.
Dollars and Cents is so underrated, I wish they'd play it live once in a while.
Check out live recordings of Like Spinning Plates with Thom playing the piano. Quite beautiful.
So, The King Of Limbs is very experimental and electronic, but in a completely different way than something like Kid A or Amnesiac. I would describe it as being really funky and playful. It is consistently ranked as one of their least-sad records, with A Moon Shaped Pool being the saddest, of course. It took me a while to get into it though. You should watch the live basement version only after having heard the studio versions of the songs. It will definitely give you an appreciation and better understanding for what they were going for with that record.
I love some of the tracks on Amnesiac, but Kid A is a masterpiece
Hey look, its the public concious!
Please listen to the *studio version* of TKOL first, then to the basement version. The studio version is very short (less than 40 minutes). It might surprise you at times. The basement version features some of Radiohead’s best B-sides but I think it’s very important to listen to the studio version first.
Studio for sure, but definitely In Rainbows From The Basement before TKOLFTB. The former is RH at their peak live in my opinion.
king of limbs takes time. a lot of time. i absolutely love it. my only gripe is that it's not longer
Knives Out is one of the best Radiohead songs! I love it SOOOOO much!!!
Lotus Flower is one of their best! I love Bloom and Feral too, but The King of Limbs needs time to really appreciate it.
Still their least interesting tbh.
I think it's one of their most interesting tbh. Opinions are fun.
@@circling-girl That's kinda... weird, but you do you.
Life in a glasshouse reminds me of a New Orleans style jazz funeral
There is a b-side to this album that I will forever be baffled by the decision not to include. It's called "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy" and it's one of my favorite Radiohead songs. I loved it before I was a huge fan of the band, even. I think I randomly downloaded it from Kazaa at some point. You really have to listen to it, it's like nothing else.
That song was cool and novel the first dozen listens for me but then I came to understand why it got b sided
Knives out is one of my fav Radiohead songs 🤷♂️
Wow I expected you to absolutely hate LSPP, can't believe how much you loved it, a very pleasant surprise indeed :)
You touched on something I appreciate a lot about “Like Spinning Plates”. That song could have easily just been a big gimmick-experiment, and yet in true Radiohead fashion, they clearly put a lot of thought and care into the real meat of the song and to make it emotionally resonant and substantive. No matter how brainy they get, they never forget about the heart. Very rare for a band.
I love all of these songs. I personally rank Amnesiac above Kid A. I'm not surprised that I like the leftovers better than the main dish.
I think you'll actually like The King of Limbs, just make sure you listen to the Basement session so you can check out Staircase and The Daily Mail: they're some of the best songs off that period, and they're not included in the actual record.
Honestly, I love Knives Out the most from this album I think.
You should Listen to Sigur Ros albums! Agaetis Byrjun, Takk and () are just OTHERWORDLY beautiful (i know, they are from Iceland, probably that's why)
I still would love to see your reaction to Takk by Sigur Rós. I think you would love that album. I definitely do.
Agætis Byrjun too, these are sooo good albums
I think he'd be more into kveikur at first, but takk... Is just in the next fucking level
Ooooo yeeeessss, or ( )
Sigur Ros is a bit too slow of a tempo for him. But yeah, it's Agætis Byrjun's 20th anniversary so he should probably do a reaction to that one.
@@ataensichahgwehdiyu9479 First off, he likes songs like How to Disappear from Radiohead, so I don't think it will be a problem. And also, Takk has more tempo than Agaetis Byrjun. It's also easier to get into and better mixed. Hoppipolla, Saeglopur and Glosoli are songs he will immediately love, I'm pretty sure of it.
I was hoping that he would notice hunting bears is an interlude for I might be wrong
You disappoint me with Knives Out
Listen to the Live version of Like Spinning Plates on I Might Be Wrong!
Watching these videos makes me feel like I'm listening to the albums for the first time as well. I'm impressed on how well you pick on a lot of cool stuff on the first listening. Keep it up ✌️
Thom yorke plays spinning plates live on piano and its amazing, you might wanna check it out
Check out the eraser, Thom Yorkes first solo album
I personally like Amnesiac slightly more than Kid A, but they're both awesome. Kid A definitely takes a lot of listens, and so does Amnesiac but that one clicked faster for me
Cant wait for the basement sessions they are amazing. King of Limbs is also amazing, you will love it.
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People keep recommending this to our dude Nightwalk here and although it's possibly my favourite album of all time and I would be stoked to see a reaction I'm really not sure if it would be his cup of tea. It's one of those albums that a lot of people I've played it too have really hated. It's a beautiful masterpiece to the people who love it but it might be a bit too lo-fi and strange for people who haven't grown up listening to similarly obscure and eccentric stuff. It's almost as far as you can get from the super slick polished rock-based sounds of a band like Muse.
@@TapeCollageForEloise I didn't grow up listening to that kind of music, yet that album was an instant love for me
@@TapeCollageForEloise in the aero plane of the sea is????
If you liked the album version of spinning plates wait until you listen to the live version ahaha
Been binging your Radiohead reactions so I love that you capped this review off when I finished everything else.
Man I was waiting for this, and finally it's here. But yes, after this you should hear King Of Limbs (both versions), In Rainbows (from the basement too), I Might Be Wrong (live) and even Pablo Honey, not saying you must to react, but give them a listen, they're good:)
Alex GT505 agreed!! Both the King of Limbs & Pablo Honey are criminally underrated! Then again I love just about everything Radiohead’s ever put out but I really hope he listens to those albums & their b-sides bc it’s all worth it.
@@bohemiandream6259 Yes definitely, and it could be more easy if he listens to the collector's edition of the albums and OKNOTOK, are genuine gems like Talk Show Host or I Promise.
Alex GT505 totally!! He really needs to hear stuff like Polyethylene & Last Flowers
You have to do King of Limbs. Separator is my favourite song ever, pleeeease listen to it
Me too. I've never heard anyone else ever remark on Separator, it seems a very overlooked track. I think it's also the one track from TKOL which is better on the album rather than from the basement. There's something transcendental about it.
Looooooove seperator!!! One of my top ranking songs!!!
The King of Limbs does have some great standouts, especially Separator which is easily one of my favourite songs and Bloom, with the piano version being tied as my favourite Radiohead song.
You NEED to listen to the live piano version of Like Spinning Plates. Also, I can't believe you put Kid A as their "worst" album, I mean, WTH. It's their BEST. Please listen to it again.
RedVIII agreed. The live version is so good.
Kid A is my second favorite, but it's definitely a grower. Took me like 4 years of on and off listening for it to be my 2nd.
One last thing lolol
Like Spinning Plates isn’t the same “I Will” as on Hail to the Thief. Well it is, but it was an earlier version of the song that they decided to make into what it became on Amnesiac, and then release the final I Will on HttT
I've got to say that it does matters where you were when you first broke open that cd package and inserted this cd in your car stereo and took a drive to nowhere and you just let the music play and speak to you and didn't have to break it down. It was just a beautiful experience you and Radiohead took by yourselves near the beach. I'm thankful for those memories.
React to Agætis Byrjun (album of Sigur Rós) please!! You're gonna be amazed for the quality. Good video, guy!
I feel like it’s a misconception to call The King of Limbs an electronic album, because even tho it uses electronics, it isn’t a Kid A. Instead, I think of it as an album that heavily uses live recorded loops to build the songs up. And in my honest opinion, I like it over The Bends for sure and maybe Hail to the Thief on some days.
Also no one can deny the last 4 tracks on the King of Limbs are absolutely incredible, and gotta love Bloom.
Oh, TKOL is 100% better than The Bends. Imo, Pablo Honey has some good stuff ("You" and "Blow Out" mostly) and The Bends is good. But starting with OK Computer, they hit their stride and just never stopped. I fucking love TKOL.
Gotta listen to the studio version of TKOL. You’d love Lotus Flower!!!
Life in a Glasshouse is just on another level
. The outro kills me everytime
Oh boy, his TKOL reaction should be interesting 😂
TKOL is a forgotten gem.
It's a very good album, it's so consistent and pure, yeah the electronics might sound repetitive at first but I guarantee there's like a "spirituality" to them, they're gentle and hypnotizing, almost sensual. I think their live versions are even better, but the studio album has more of that dazing feeling, I think they purposefully went with a more synthetic sound to accentuate it.
Hey I hope you read my comment cos I want to answer your question about King of Limbs. I think this album is quite underrated probably for many different reasons, but the concept behind the music of this album was to jam in the studio and then play with these recorded jams to make songs out of loops and write melodies over them. One of the most interesting thing about these songs is that they are driven by complex weird rhythm sections, most of the time with two or three drums at the same time. The bigest downside for me is that yes the idea is cool, but after a while it becomes really repetitive..
But after the album came out, they also did another live in the basement session for it, and it's cool how these songs have so much more energy live, so I think you might enjoy the basement session of this album more, like a lot of people. It worth a listen for sure, at least for the songs Bloom and Codex, among others :).. And I agree with others that to trully enjoy the live session, you should hear the album first, so you know the process behind those songs
cheers :), can't wait for your ranking of their albums and keep up the good work, your original songs are really good to :)
Life in a Glasshouse makes me cry, and that's a good thing.
The King of Limbs is an amazing album. I think a lot of people don’t appreciate it as much because of the heavy electronics and loopy feel. But the songs are undeniable, the live from the basement session proves that. Bloom is one of the most masterfully crafted songs I have ever heard, little by little is one of their most interesting songs on any album, feral has a ridiculous groove as well as lotus flower. Finally Codex and Give Up The Ghost are fantastically beautiful and impactful. Not my favourite Radiohead album but it’s still amazing.
Amnesiac is a major grower, if you found it interesting on your first listen but were'nt blown away, definitely come back to it occasionally and you'll feel added appreciation for it every time. Also regarding TKOL, it's one of my favourite Radiohead albums, like, easily top 3. I know a lot of people don't like it, but I feel like you'll love a few tracks
Amnesiac is their Black Sheep album - but for me it’s up there with their best for me! Looking forward to your thoughts on TKOL!
finally, i was so impatient!! TMI but today i found out i passed my college year so this video's a great gift :')
Hello Nightwalk!
Now that we're aproaching the end of Radiohead's discography, I believe you only have left King of Limbs and Pablo Honey, what other bands did you have in mind to react to?
Also What do you think about bands like The Beatles and The Strokes? Those are my two favorite bands alongside Radiohead, I would be really interested to see what you think about their records.
To be honest, I really enjoy Tkol and its album version. In my opinion it REALLY dont deserves the hate it gets because once you get into it a little bit its such a great experience, you are in this groovy world of electronic sounds and dreamy melodies of thom. It is one of my favorite radiohead albums. I LOVE lotus flower, everything in this song just fits so perfect, Codex is a beautifully sad piano ballad and bloom is such an orchestral overwhelming experience. However I really recomend to anyone reading this to eventually just take 40 minutes of time, close your eyes and listen to the king of limbs once again and maybe then you will see what I mean :)
There a version of Spinning Plates on the live album “I Might Be Wrong” that will give you a better idea of what the song sounds like with tradition instruments, it has a regular piano progression, which is a must listen in juxtaposition to the Amnesiac version.
Knives out is criminally underrated. You said I doubt there is any people who say "this is one of my favourite radiohead tracks", well I definitely do.
Like spinning plates is so otherworldly.
Good review. I recommend the studio version of The King of Limbs. Then try out Dennis Wilson ('Pacific Ocean Blue'), The Beach Boys ('Pet Sounds'), deLillos ('Hjernen er Alene'), Kurt Vile ('Wakin on a Pretty Daze'), Marvin Gaye ('What’s Going On') etc etc etc 😂
I got chills over Life in A Glasshouse...
Nightwalk at the beginning of Life in a Glasshouse: “Theres like elements of jazz in it”
Me: oh shit oh fuck oh shit
Alright here's my comment reaction...
Knives Out - okay so the video for this one might be my favourite music video of all time. Watch it and think about how it was filmed. Incredible. Also interesting how the riffs and ideas in this follow on from things like Paranoid Android. Yeah you definitely can lose yourself in that one.
Morning Bell/Amnesiac - Oh this is gonna be weird. Yep, you're making a weird face. I think this version may have been the earlier one timeline-wise which is interesting.
Dollars and Cents - this one took years for me to like. Saw it live in 2008 and blew my mind. Cant believe I slept on how good that ending is. Ebbing and flowing! Great way to describe the whole album actually.
I love the perpetually confused look on your face. So great.
Oh jeez Hunting Bears. Long build up for a 2 minute song! Ahaha!
Like Spinning Plates. Okay this one is gonna freak you out for sure. And everyone will be demanding you hear the live version! Oh I'm so excited waiting to see you react to Thom's backward vocals kicking in. YES. NOT DISAPPOINTED. People have reversed it - on RUclips. I think Thom intentionally messed up a few of the sounds to really make the backwardsness stand out. There's a great page on the Citizen Insane website about this.
And the creepy jazzy closer! Here we go. Ahaha, this is funny to watch you hear. Is someone listening in?
I think everyone takes a long time to really digest Kid A and Amnesiac. I'd love to see you come back to these in like a year. Both of them totally changed the way I hear music.
Re: King of Limbs. It's electronic in its production. The actual sounds on the album are all organic - the band went out of their way to find ways to make typically electronic sounding things with real instruments, and then looped/treated/sampled that. It's an album that was heavily about the process, and the songwriting took a backseat. It's beautiful, weird, very obtuse and a lot like Amnesiac in its experimentation.
You get a like for liking like spinning plates.....the god damn studio version that is. Its a masterpiece.
shirastro it was hard to read “a like for liking like spinning plates” lol
Yes, I love the live version too, but the studio version is incredible. And it makes me happy that he sang the lyrics backward and flipped it, Twin Peaks style.
The King of Limbs is my favourite Radiohead album. It's the one that really got me hooked in. The second half of it is just out there in terms of songwriting quality, melodies and raw emotion.
I LOVE king of limbs. This expand their discography and the experimental atmosphere just flows in an incredible way
King of Limbs is amazing. Side 2 has some of their best songs on it.
Alright so you got amnesiac done woo hoo! Now just for The King of LImbs and Pablo Honey. And who knows, maybe by the time you finish those another Radiohead album could be out :) Fingers crossed!
Like Spinning Plates was constructed from components of another song, I Will, which the band had tried to record in the same sessions. Unsatisfied with the results, which Thom Yorke described as "dodgy Kraftwerk", the band reversed the recording and used it to create a new track. Yorke said:
"We'd turned the tape around, and I was in another room, heard the vocal melody coming backwards, and thought, 'That's miles better than the right way round', then spent the rest of the night trying to learn the melody."
Yorke was recorded singing the melody backwards; this recording was in turn reversed to create "backwards-sounding" vocals. I Will was later released in a different arrangement on Radiohead's subsequent album Hail To the Thief (2003).
oh boy TKOL is coming
Fun fact, a good chunk of songs from this record is used in the Netfllix series Peaky Blinders! Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army, I Might Be Wrong, Life In A Glasshouse
I realy love king of limbs. It has some of my favorite songs. Little by little, good morning mister magpie, give up the ghost
While Like Spinning Plates is absolutely beautiful and up there with the very best of Radiohead, I do feel like people over-hype the novelty/innovative aspect of the reversed arrangement a little bit. The Beatles were doing that shit back in the 60's on songs like Tomorrow Never Knows and Strawberry Fields Forever (though definitely not with such a large element of the instrumentation being reversed). Another great song that everyone is completely sleeping on that employs the technique of having the majority of the arrangement being reversed and that came out just a few years before Amnesiac is Neely O'hara by Bright Eyes. Obviously much more rough-around-the-edges and lo-fi than Radiohead but a really interesting and emotional piece of music.
Not taking anything away from Spinning Plates though. It is hauntingly wonderful and Thom's approach of learning the vocal melody in reverse definitely takes things a step further experimentation wise.
Anyone else know any other great songs that employ this technique? I think My Bloody Valentine might have used it a bit as well?
David Cassette Woah. I’m glad I saw this comment. Amnesic is my favorite Radiohead album and Neely O’Hara is my favorite Bright Eyes song! I never made that connection.