Classical Composer Reacts to RADIOHEAD: OK Computer (First Six Songs) | The Daily Doug (Episode 590)

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    In this #masterpiecefriday edition of #thedailydoug, I'm diving into Radiohead's landmark album OK Computer. I've previously only heard Paranoid Android from this album. And, now that I have the 20th anniversary edition on vinyl, I really wanted to get to the rest of the album.
    Today, we're listening to the first six songs. I'll react to the second half of the album in a future video. Songs included:
    - Airbag
    - Paranoid Android
    - Subterranean Homesick Alien
    - Exit Music (For a Film)
    - Let Down
    - Karma Police
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  • @martinsmith1573
    @martinsmith1573 Год назад +1191

    Exit Music is an interesting one. We were commissioned to supply a restored Mellotron for this album plus a selection of tape frames. We had recently acquired 18 Tangerine Dream frames and took them along. Jonny and Thom auditioned all the frames and chose three. One of those frames had the Eight Voice Choir sound. They were so knocked out that after we said our goodbyes, they recorded Exit Music that evening with the 'tron supplying the haunting choir that makes Exit Music so special! There's a mellotron all over the album but it wasn't a TD machine....honest!

    • @AKAtAGG
      @AKAtAGG Год назад +24

      nice moves mate, i was under the impression exit music was written two years or more prior to this album for the Romeo and Juliet movie by Baz Luhrmann, who didn't end up using it.

    • @martinsmith1573
      @martinsmith1573 Год назад +55

      It may well have been! The version we all know was recorded one day in November 1996. I might have the exact date in a diary somewhere.

    • @AKAtAGG
      @AKAtAGG Год назад +36

      @@martinsmith1573 love it. Love that you have this story to tell and I'm very jealous about it

    • @papalaz4444244
      @papalaz4444244 Год назад

      Martin Smith
      @martinsmith15734 subscribersNo videos

    • @papalaz4444244
      @papalaz4444244 Год назад +9

      So, who are you and what was the name of the company? "martin smith"

  • @codybitterman2764
    @codybitterman2764 Год назад +643

    This album found me on a June afternoon in 2005. I was 14 years old, and had just gone through a traumatic and heartbreaking experience and walked 40 blocks across the island I grew up on in the Puget Sound. I was walking through down the hill to the ferry terminal to buy a ticket. Head down, holding back tears, and experiencing what I feel was my first real wave of depression in my life. As I passed the line of cars waiting to board, I heard a faint sound in the distance. I followed the sound to a car with its drivers window rolled down, the stranger inside was completely spaced out listening to No Surprises when I approached him, uninvited. When the song ended he opened his eyes and was startled to see me standing beside him crying. He asked if I was okay and I told him no, but I felt the song had changed my perspective of my day and life. He told me it was Radioheads album, OK Computer. I told him I had heard Creep and knew of the band, but never really listened to them. He hit eject on his radio, and handed me the disc. I have listened to it in its entirety almost every single rainy day since. I don't know if I would be alive if it weren't for that stranger. This album is a part of me, embedded in my spirit. I'm forever grateful for him, and all the members of Radiohead.

    • @Katt-._.7.
      @Katt-._.7. Год назад +22

      That’s beautiful 🤍

    • @Swenners
      @Swenners 11 месяцев назад +29

      I love reading comments like yours. Music saves me continually. I am glad you found this beautiful music when you needed it.

    • @tommygutts
      @tommygutts 10 месяцев назад +6

      Was this the Steilacoom Anderson island ferry?

    • @pitcherrendon
      @pitcherrendon 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@tommyguttsI really hope it was you lol

    • @Stoovey24
      @Stoovey24 10 месяцев назад +9

      It would be amazing if that kind stranger saw your comment here and was able to reconnect with you. Amazing event! So glad he was in the right place for you that day. Music is life.

  • @SodiumWage
    @SodiumWage Год назад +330

    Watching musicians geek out over Radiohead is one of my favorite things to do in the whole wide world.

    • @g8le
      @g8le Год назад

      Why

    • @Oxibase
      @Oxibase 11 месяцев назад +25

      @@g8leI can’t speak for @SodiumWage but I enjoy seeing people much more knowledgeable about the more intricate details of music theory discuss and analyze the details of the songs. It really does a great job of further exposing the exceptional musical talent on display.

    • @michaeljozwiak25
      @michaeljozwiak25 5 месяцев назад +3

      I like Radiohead, because the band is offbeat, electronic and rocks some. I like that it is minimalist at times, but mostly the music is dense and thick. Being mostly just a music listener, this analysis and breakdown are mind blowing.
      From another video, I learned that Major chords are happy chords and Minor chords are sad. To have a song alternate between Major chords and Minor chords is wow. What is the band trying to achieve a schizophrenic sound or an average the chords or going down the middle?

    • @Plus_Minus_Null
      @Plus_Minus_Null 3 месяца назад

      You are perfectly right....I am getting addicted to it too.....and I had this strange feeling about how great radiohead were 🥰 back when I was a teenager listening to them

  • @robj144
    @robj144 Год назад +417

    That vocal harmony at the end of Let Down is maybe my favorite part of any song ever.

    • @gonzalosalles6279
      @gonzalosalles6279 Год назад +5

      100%

    • @jamiebroadbridge4776
      @jamiebroadbridge4776 9 месяцев назад +24

      It does often change every now and then but I always come back to “Let Down” as being my favourite Radiohead song…. Very sad to say heard it live at a gig in Victoria park London but from the toilet as I ate some rough Jamaican food at this outdoor gig and got incredibly sick throughout a lot of the concert got to me my worst decision ever to eat that grub 😢 all the while my girlfriend saw the whole gig and said it was amazing 😂

    • @victorschinstock5887
      @victorschinstock5887 8 месяцев назад +5

      Absolutely. It makes me feel like I'm in Heaven.

    • @d_e_a_t_s
      @d_e_a_t_s 5 месяцев назад

      Yes, absolutely

    • @Paperwood360
      @Paperwood360 5 месяцев назад

      Soo much!

  • @kevinbladh5923
    @kevinbladh5923 Год назад +936

    Album came out 1997. At this time, rock guitar was going out of fashion. Classic rock Zeppelin-style was long gone, prog rock and punk rock was gone. Grunge was going out. Kurt Cobain passed away. Basically, Radiohead came along and said "here's a new way we can use electric guitar to compose music". A landmark album.

    • @monkeyhouse1672
      @monkeyhouse1672 Год назад +41

      Funny that as I was seeing, buying and enjoying prog and punk throughout that period with many others 😂

    • @dan.vitale
      @dan.vitale Год назад +47

      The irony to that is their prior album, The Bends, is very much a rock guitar album.

    • @ruffrydazz2032
      @ruffrydazz2032 Год назад +26

      Punk was kinda huge in 97…

    • @WayneKitching
      @WayneKitching Год назад +6

      Its a pity I was only into classic rock and metal at the time. This was a bit too sophisticated for me, even though I also enjoyed classical music... 🤷

    • @WayneKitching
      @WayneKitching Год назад +4

      I suddenly remembered that I liked Karma Police at the time.

  • @PM-fs2eg
    @PM-fs2eg 4 месяца назад +71

    Paranoid Android is like the Bohemian Rhapsody of alternative music.

    • @bucciarati3670
      @bucciarati3670 2 месяца назад +6

      you said what I have always thought

    • @Yarit_0
      @Yarit_0 Месяц назад +1

      Definitely true

    • @hrossaman
      @hrossaman 22 дня назад +1

      Absolutely perfectly right

  • @Zack-ws1oj
    @Zack-ws1oj Год назад +531

    Time stamp part 1
    3:29 Airbag
    9:12 Paranoid Android
    18:12 Subteranean Homesick Alien
    23:23 Exit Music ( for a film )
    30:20 Let Down
    36:55 Karma Police
    I really like ur reaction dough, this what people need to know, how gorgeus they are making this album
    I hope yall enjoy it

  • @vanilla_milkshake
    @vanilla_milkshake Год назад +294

    Radiohead has written some of the the best movie songs to never appear in any films.

    • @ElGwapo1927
      @ElGwapo1927 Год назад +48

      That track they did for 007 Spectre was brilliant. Far better than the one they opted for for the film

    • @amauryliscak3938
      @amauryliscak3938 Год назад +10

      Paranoid Android is the opening for an anime though.

    • @vanilla_milkshake
      @vanilla_milkshake Год назад +2

      @@amauryliscak3938 what anime?

    • @C0BR4.F4NG
      @C0BR4.F4NG Год назад +5

      @@vanilla_milkshake ergo proxy

    • @vanilla_milkshake
      @vanilla_milkshake Год назад +3

      @@C0BR4.F4NG holy shit 👀

  • @majorlybad
    @majorlybad Год назад +324

    The falsetto bit in Let Down = goosebumps every time

  • @mikedonoghues4018
    @mikedonoghues4018 Год назад +439

    *That* moment in Exit Music slays me every single time. And I must have heard this album a hundred times.

    • @kingary
      @kingary Год назад +7

      I cued to that point just to watch it.

    • @danthelewis
      @danthelewis Год назад +19

      I actually remember exactly where I was when I heard that bass come in for the first time

    • @wngmv
      @wngmv Год назад +19

      Exit music in black mirror (shut up and dance I think) was just beautiful and terrifying.

    • @jeremysette3657
      @jeremysette3657 Год назад +8

      Every. Single. Time. Goosebumps.

    • @geoffreynewland
      @geoffreynewland Год назад +10

      fuck yes. what a song. literally makes my spirit / soul stir and moves me to tears.

  • @daddyboy3546
    @daddyboy3546 Год назад +463

    Radiohead would probably hate this but- being 17 when Dark Side of the Moon was released and 42 when OK was released- I felt these recordings were similar in proving genius and serving as a musical touchstone for a generation. I hope OK sustains the attention it deserves as has Dark Side. Both made the world a better place to be an alienated music lover!

    • @deoTS1
      @deoTS1 Год назад +25

      i've heard that radiohead did not like prog rock, but even rejection is a response. if "ok computer" is their rejection of prog, then i'm thrilled we have it to listen to.
      music evolves, it takes all kinds. and this is irrefutably great commercial music.

    • @sarahzentexas
      @sarahzentexas Год назад +3

      I feel exactly the same, and I’ve actually said that to my friends, and they agreed. The connection is undeniable.

    • @grahamreece519
      @grahamreece519 Год назад +21

      Subterranean Homesick Alien is what Pink Floyd would sound like if they were born 25 years later.

    • @heats13crazyness
      @heats13crazyness Год назад

      Give a listen to The Flaming Lips "The Terror"

    • @sebastianrodriguezlemoine8013
      @sebastianrodriguezlemoine8013 Год назад +7

      Sgt Pepper's --> Dark Side --> OK Computer --> ¿¿??

  • @steve1751
    @steve1751 Год назад +365

    A masterpiece. I have listened to this album hundreds of times and it never gets old. There are so many nuances. It’s so complex but somehow all fits together perfectly. To me this is hands down the best album in the last 30 years.

    • @mojopin70
      @mojopin70 Год назад +10

      one of the best.....Grace Jeff Buckley is another...

    • @santiago.braulio
      @santiago.braulio Год назад

      Atemporal, perfectly balanced, each part, each note 🤲🏼 simply perfect ✨

    • @tony_1980
      @tony_1980 Год назад +8

      @@mojopin70 That album is overrated imo.

    • @josuerestrepo1476
      @josuerestrepo1476 Год назад

      ​@@tony_1980 You never be at the same level as Jeff Buckley

    • @tony_1980
      @tony_1980 Год назад +19

      @@josuerestrepo1476 Give me like 40 more good years, and I too will be 6 feet under.. xD

  • @GhostlyEcheveria
    @GhostlyEcheveria Год назад +62

    Subterranean Homesick Alien is still one of the most beautiful compositions I've ever heard. It never fails to completely suck me in. 26 years later and it still affects me the same way it did when I first heard it.

  • @levivalentinovideos
    @levivalentinovideos Год назад +79

    I watched Romeo and Juliet in the cinema and remember when Exit Music kicked in, everyone stayed in their seats and watched all the credits and listened to the song. An amazing song and perfect for the end of that film

    • @SamSquanch66
      @SamSquanch66 6 месяцев назад

      Yes. Not how it played in the film but the pacing is exquisite. ruclips.net/video/h0X-3tU6fiw/видео.htmlsi=sMg2IzVDO2_ZzWtc

  • @TheAlibabatree
    @TheAlibabatree Год назад +255

    I love this guy’s ability to pick out notes and chords out of thin air. Definitely provides a unique perspective.

    • @chadczternastek
      @chadczternastek Год назад +18

      I was thinking the same thing. I knew young in my life, I wanted to be into making music, but my brain was not wired to do so. It's unfortunate but it's either you have it or you don't.
      .but I get to appreciate it like I am now.

    • @Jan_Mac
      @Jan_Mac Год назад +6

      He has a PhD.

    • @801thirduncle
      @801thirduncle 10 месяцев назад +7

      @@Jan_Mac In picking out notes and chords out of thin air?

    • @Stoovey24
      @Stoovey24 10 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@801thirdunclehaving a PhD helps him to do that, because he is an expert in music theory and composition.

    • @gregsimmons3323
      @gregsimmons3323 8 месяцев назад +9

      @@chadczternastek People have differing levels of natural ability in that regard, but it's a skill that almost everyone can build with practice

  • @brianrossiter2547
    @brianrossiter2547 Год назад +29

    Came for "Let Down"
    Up there with the best songs ever recorded

  • @stephencrowley3939
    @stephencrowley3939 Год назад +150

    This album is absolutley sensational, like nearly all of Radiohead's music.
    I could say that "Exit Music" is one of their greatest ever songs, but they have so many.

  • @sebastianrodriguezlemoine8013
    @sebastianrodriguezlemoine8013 Год назад +81

    "Subterranean Homesick Alien" is one of my favourite tunes from Radiohead. If it starts playing in the background I can't pay atention to anything else...

    • @chrismartin2663
      @chrismartin2663 Год назад +3

      Completely agree. My favorite off the album in 1997 and still now. Such a beautiful and interesting soundscape.

    • @alexanderwood3465
      @alexanderwood3465 5 месяцев назад +3

      My favourite off the album and my desert island disc

    • @benbutterworth7584
      @benbutterworth7584 5 месяцев назад

      @@alexanderwood3465me too! ❤

    • @nikkicoetser1595
      @nikkicoetser1595 5 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutely...by a country mile my fav ...it's just sooo soothing.

  • @timcliffsmith
    @timcliffsmith Год назад +89

    I don't often revisit Radiohead, but whenever I do, it is always with a sense of wonder and appreciation.

  • @stevensuits734
    @stevensuits734 Год назад +105

    Absolutely love the theoretical analysis! Please keep going with Radiohead's discography. It only gets more interesting.

    • @Doug.Helvering
      @Doug.Helvering  Год назад +18

      Thanks Steven! I definitely will.

    • @ranica47
      @ranica47 Год назад +19

      ​@chetsenior7253In Rainbows isn't also a masterpiece?

    • @DJChizzlesworth
      @DJChizzlesworth Год назад +7

      @@ranica47 and I Still think A Moon Shaped Pool is up there with their best too!

    • @KEP3365
      @KEP3365 Год назад

      @@ranica47indeed a masterpiece

    • @kerrypayne4428
      @kerrypayne4428 Год назад +2

      ​@@DJChizzlesworthI honestly think that all of their albums except for debut and KOL are phenomenal.

  • @worstxb1playertylerteehc635
    @worstxb1playertylerteehc635 Год назад +112

    ALL Radiohead albums sound jarring at first but within jut a few plays they become all time classics. FACT!! I like to call them Punk Floyd.

    • @milesdoodling1054
      @milesdoodling1054 Год назад +9

      Punk Floyd?! That's actually quite fitting!

    • @jorgekech
      @jorgekech Год назад +3

      they was called punk floyd by the media

    • @maxwelltalley612
      @maxwelltalley612 Год назад +4

      They hated prog too, which is hilarious considering how they’re champions of it.

    • @worstxb1playertylerteehc635
      @worstxb1playertylerteehc635 Год назад

      @@jorgekech Oh yeah, I didn't create the term. But didnt read it in media.

    • @MikeCarvin
      @MikeCarvin Год назад +2

      Grunge Floyd is better........

  • @leonagnew895
    @leonagnew895 Год назад +103

    Let Down is by far my favourite Radiohead song.

    • @jackfuller5850
      @jackfuller5850 Год назад +13

      underrated

    • @jonesy19781105
      @jonesy19781105 Год назад +4

      Amen. I’ll never forget the first time I heard that track. It’s celestial

    • @fisheatsyourhead
      @fisheatsyourhead Год назад +6

      It took a few listens for it to "click". Just listening to the whole album one time and when the outro played I realised I had goosebumps and had been staring into the middle distance absorbing the song. Incredible track.

    • @vincentd8850
      @vincentd8850 10 месяцев назад +1

      Share your thoughts. During Kid A tour, I attend 3 concerts unfortunately,never got the chance to hear "Let Down" live. Pitty.

    • @stuartburns8657
      @stuartburns8657 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@vincentd8850I was a massive fan until Kid A tbh.
      Must have seen the a dozen times live, but baring a couple of songs on that album, it just never clicked with me.
      Their back catalogue is huge now, I need to get back into them and give the newer stuff a chance

  • @DJChizzlesworth
    @DJChizzlesworth Год назад +113

    OKComputer for me is probably the greatest album of all time, the production is immaculate and this is probably where Nigel Godrich really made a name for himself having been engineer previously but Thom liked working with him so much that he effectively made him the sixth member of the band.
    It's a true soundscape, without going into the wall of sound, everything is there for a reason and it all makes sense, even if you wouldn't normally do anything like this at all.
    The album still sounds as relevant and fresh today as it did when it was released - it sounds like it could have been released today, and that is the mark of a truly great album for me.

    • @bjam27
      @bjam27 Год назад +6

      I put it on top 3 with rubber soul and breakfast in America. Just my opinion, of course.

    • @TheClassicalSauce
      @TheClassicalSauce Год назад +5

      To me it competes with Dark Side of the Moon. ^ Rubber Soul. Good taste.

    • @businessenglishteacherus
      @businessenglishteacherus 9 месяцев назад +3

      "the first album of the 21st Century"
      (three years early, prescient as hell!)

    • @skywardstargaze1768
      @skywardstargaze1768 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@businessenglishteacherusI think OKC is a very good prediction of what 21st century life is like, but the album that makes me think of 21st century sound is Kid A

    • @PortnoyEric
      @PortnoyEric 5 месяцев назад

      I can't think of a single other album I would choose ovr this. It's never not fresh, original, rich, surprising, and completely satisfying. better with each listen.

  • @esabarbaridad
    @esabarbaridad Год назад +146

    imagine this kind gentleman reacting to the 1997 album Homogenic by Björk

  • @gpeddino
    @gpeddino Год назад +45

    Jonny Greenwood (who plays guitar, keyboards and several other instruments) has a background in music, and he's into stuff like Penderecki and Messiaen. Some of that influence bleeds into Radiohead's output, specially in more recent albums. He's even been nominated for two Oscars for his soundtrack work.

    • @elliotbaker5416
      @elliotbaker5416 Год назад +7

      An excellent musician, his work on There Will Be Blood is unbelievable

    • @adamthompson3562
      @adamthompson3562 6 месяцев назад +5

      The score he did for Norwegian Wood is also amazing!

  • @gtc9966
    @gtc9966 Год назад +70

    Ah man, the bass on Airbag. Still amazing after all these years.

    • @aperturius
      @aperturius Год назад +9

      Agreed. I don't know if it's true, but I saw somewhere that what you hear is actually just Colin's test track for the song with the intention to fill it out later. But they liked it so much that they kept it as is.

    • @tomscott4438
      @tomscott4438 3 месяца назад +3

      Check out "Where I End and You Begin". Colin is a monster on that.

  • @jjdecani
    @jjdecani Год назад +31

    One of those albums that just came along, raised the bar, and there that bar still stands.

  • @rachelcopeland5186
    @rachelcopeland5186 Год назад +36

    Well this was thoroughly enjoyable. My favorite Radiohead analysis vids are from people who really know music (whereas I have no words to describe what I'm hearing). It's a gift to be able to listen to music like this, so thanks for lending your expertise.

  • @ridefast0
    @ridefast0 Год назад +34

    The power of Exit Music hits me every time.

  • @jackfrosterton2530
    @jackfrosterton2530 Год назад +28

    What a treat to watch an educated guy getting into Radiohead for the first time like this. Very cool how closely he pays attention to the lyrics, trying to draw out every drop of the experience this album can offer

  • @TheClassicalSauce
    @TheClassicalSauce Год назад +37

    This album is perfect. A masterpiece.

    • @jordantewari
      @jordantewari Год назад

      Not perfect but close. Electioneering seems out of place.

    • @g8le
      @g8le Год назад

      Very overrated

    • @jordantewari
      @jordantewari 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@g8le I wouldn’t say very over rated. It’s very well made and nearly perfect. Just curious what you consider a very well deserving album that should be considered better than OK computer? that’s modern as well.

    • @user-tr3st4ms9g
      @user-tr3st4ms9g 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@g8lego away idiot 🙄

  • @BeyondFunction1
    @BeyondFunction1 10 месяцев назад +19

    The first three songs are brilliant, but I've always been especially blown away by the sound of Subterranean. What an act of creation.

  • @alipanroosendaal9503
    @alipanroosendaal9503 Год назад +19

    'Let down' is for me the centrepiece of a star-studded album. Lyrically and musically appropriate, telling and resigned.

  • @MrFloppyHare
    @MrFloppyHare Год назад +57

    I remember buying the album when it came out, in my late teens. I put it on, sat down on my bed….. and the world disappeared. When it finished, I was still sitting on my bed, the album still in hand and tears rolling down my face…..

    • @codybitterman2764
      @codybitterman2764 Год назад +5

      I relate heavily to this as I sit here in my 30s listening to it for the unknownth time with tears rolling down my face again

    • @Jan_Mac
      @Jan_Mac Год назад +1

      (64) Brilliant band, sublime music, Thom Yorke's voice is simply beautiful 🌟
      I've listened to so much wonderful music not just from my era, 70s, but my dad's too, 50s.
      I so love good music 🎶
      I've been blessed.

  • @LynneConnolly
    @LynneConnolly Год назад +65

    They knocked the world off its feet when this was released. Which was not at all what they wanted, to become celebrities. They took their own path, and their next album, Kid A, is about as different from OK Computer as it could be. They never stand still, always progress, going from one idea to another. Five brilliant musicians, and arguably two of them are geniuses.
    Johnny Greenwood also writes screenplays. He's been shortlisted for an Oscar twice (I think it's twice) for There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread. Something that marks out Radiohead for me is their honesty.

    • @gpeddino
      @gpeddino Год назад +3

      Jonny has been indeed nominated for two Oscars, but for "Phantom Thread" and "Power Of The Dog". He missed a nomination for "There Will Be Blood" because part of that soundtrack had already been released previously.

    • @LynneConnolly
      @LynneConnolly Год назад +1

      @@gpeddino oh right, thank you!

    • @ElGwapo1927
      @ElGwapo1927 Год назад +5

      Took me about 5 years but I ended up preferring Kid A - but thats like preferring one your kids isnt it

    • @kirlu50
      @kirlu50 Год назад +1

      Unfortunately, I think they actually didn't knock the world of it's feet except for the precious few who understand complex harmonies. Their entire catalogue is criminally underappreciated.

    • @geroutathat
      @geroutathat Год назад +2

      @@kirlu50 Well its heavily inspired by aphex twin, so if you knew Aphex twin or some of the IDM this wouldnt have knocked you off your feet, but instead been like a "oh this is cool" moment.

  • @dprahn02
    @dprahn02 Год назад +13

    Your reaction to Exit Music... It reminds me of the first time I listened to it and it completely blew my mind. The music and the story... Perfect.

  • @mymyscellany
    @mymyscellany Год назад +32

    I really like this reaction because you're not over doing it.
    A lot of these "react to x song" videos feel like they're mostly just fan service. Here I feel like you're not trying to project some huge emotion onto your analysis, you're just really good at analysis and that in itself is interesting

  • @THIRTYONEFILMS
    @THIRTYONEFILMS Год назад +15

    One of the most timeless albums ever produced.

  • @garyjohnson9459
    @garyjohnson9459 4 месяца назад +2

    Every time airbag finishes I automatically in my head go “boop boop boop”

  • @LudvikM
    @LudvikM Год назад +14

    Those background noises on Exit Music always paints for me a scene where tragic, troubled characters move through an obliviously happy world, like a sunny day with kids playing around. It makes it really emotional for me, and I find it (very appropriately) so cinematic. What a fantastic production.
    Also, I can't wait for Climbing Up the Walls! What an experience of a song.

  • @richardmoyse872
    @richardmoyse872 9 месяцев назад +6

    I have known about Radiohead for years but now, I've finally found them. I dont have any regrets that it has taken all these years to realise what i have been missing, but embracing the fact that i can enjoy there music "fresh" 😊
    happy days

  • @liamdickinson8170
    @liamdickinson8170 Год назад +4

    I came across your channel while I on a Radiohead reaction video binge just a couple of weeks ago. This is certainly a fantastic way to start off the weekend. Can’t wait for part 2!

  • @danieleciprari9041
    @danieleciprari9041 Год назад +5

    More or less 25 years loving this album, and now you make me discover and appreciate new aspects and details among the countless layers of these tracks; thank you 🙂🙂🙂

  • @garybradshaw5118
    @garybradshaw5118 Год назад +35

    There are no mistakes in Radiohead music, everything is where it’s supposed to be. Please try the earlier albums especially the bends. You will love it

    • @nelsintosh
      @nelsintosh Год назад +28

      Everything in its right place

    • @Tsureiki
      @Tsureiki Год назад

      @@nelsintosh did you wake up sucking on a lemon yesterday

  • @mightyV444
    @mightyV444 Год назад +15

    I love Doug's reactions; Especially his occasional questioning look towards the camera 😄

  • @Hollowsmith
    @Hollowsmith Год назад +11

    Exit Music sounds like a piece of music that could have been found on a scroll in the basement of a 17th century Austrian church. The structure of that song is on par with the finest pieces of classical music ever made. Such a sophisticated composition.

  • @Mike-rw2nh
    @Mike-rw2nh Год назад +6

    Your ear for progressions and melodies is the best part about this channel. Thank you!

  • @RJPennyPacker
    @RJPennyPacker Год назад +26

    This album completely changed the way I listened to music. In my opinion it was one of the masterpieces of the 90s. I was fortunate enough to see them play live 3 times between '97 and 2002. To see them play this music live was life changing musically for me.

    • @wasylyciatube
      @wasylyciatube Год назад

      hell yeah

    • @usualsuspect1983
      @usualsuspect1983 Год назад

      Was it glastonbury 97?

    • @RJPennyPacker
      @RJPennyPacker Год назад +1

      @usualsuspect1983 Vancouver, twice outside at Thunderbird Stadium and once at the Pacific Coliseum .

    • @wasylyciatube
      @wasylyciatube Год назад +1

      @@RJPennyPacker funny, the only time I've seen them live was in Vancouver. 2003 near UBC not sure what the actual venue is called but it was outside with REM

    • @tasallp
      @tasallp 10 месяцев назад +1

      It changed music, period

  • @galvinklatt5273
    @galvinklatt5273 Год назад +3

    Love watching someone connect with a band that I love and bringing their own observations and expertise! Thank you!

  • @riboid
    @riboid 5 месяцев назад +5

    This is one of the best albums ever. I hammered that album and listened to it for months and months - literally.

  • @Craigpyrog
    @Craigpyrog Год назад

    I needed this today - thanks Doug! What an amazing album. I also have the special vinyl edition released a couple of years ago and it sounds sublime. Can't wait to hear the next part.

  • @neilhowellmusic
    @neilhowellmusic Год назад +13

    This album blew my mind when it first came out, and still does.

  • @obscurazone
    @obscurazone Год назад +8

    Interestingly, Hans Zimmer (who wrote the score for Interstellar - I'm just reminded from the Airbag lyric) cites Jonny Greenwood as his favourite Film Composer. That's some acclaim!

  • @jamesdignanmusic2765
    @jamesdignanmusic2765 Год назад +11

    The perfect transition, from Radiohead's early quiet pop into more experimental music (I'd love to see you react to later experimental tracks, such as "Everything in its right place"). This album went into completely new and unexpected territory (who expected the King Crimson-like opening of "Airbag"?) and is so deep that you can hear it 100 times and find something new every time. Unforgettable and often spine-tingling music. BTW, the piano break in "Karma Police" is very heavily influenced by The Beatles' song "Sexy Sadie".

  • @RalphSpoiledsport
    @RalphSpoiledsport Год назад

    Thanks for letting me re-experience this work, especially with your expert commentary. I haven't listened to for for years.

  • @ViolentSpring
    @ViolentSpring Год назад +6

    I've been listening to this albums since the day it came out and it still astonishes me every listen. It's such a rich tapestry of sounds and ideas, I'll be listening to it forever.

  • @likecrazyhorse
    @likecrazyhorse Год назад +11

    At least once a year I have to sit in a dark room, get my head straight and listen to this album from start to finish with headphones. Nothing else like it on Earth.

  • @AmitabhaAsukin
    @AmitabhaAsukin Год назад

    Can't wait for part 2! Thank you, I've got a totally new view on the lyrics although came for music analysis (which also got). Thank you a lot.

  • @danielsinnott2343
    @danielsinnott2343 Год назад +9

    I can't tell you how much I enjoyed watching this. This band is special. This album truly is one of those that defined my musical tastes.

  • @davidochoa3675
    @davidochoa3675 Год назад +7

    Ok computer is radiohead’s most recognized and celebrated records but I think their best is In Rainbows, it really takes all of their records into one sound that is just masterful. Definitely worth checking out

  • @Dreyno
    @Dreyno Год назад +11

    Saw them just after this was released. Epic. The set was basically this album and “the Bends”. Massive, powerful and ethereal all at once.

  • @elspookyboi3874
    @elspookyboi3874 Год назад

    I have been waiting for this!!! Thank you Doug for reacting to this!

  • @azothoth666
    @azothoth666 4 месяца назад +1

    This album blew my head off 25 yrs ago and still does

  • @elevown
    @elevown Год назад +5

    Wow- it was amazing seeing someone hear this incredible album for the first time - so many amazing songs :) Super looking forward to part 2! (Though my fav few songs are on part 1)

  • @jacquesjrviens3384
    @jacquesjrviens3384 Год назад +19

    My top 5 albums of all time : The Wall (Pink Floyd), Ok Computer (Radiohead), Permanent Waves (Rush), Unforgettable Fire (U2) and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (Iron Maiden). Honorable mentions to : Dirt (Alice in chains), Little Earthquakes (Tori Amos), The Joshua Tree (U2), Mezzanine (Massive Attack) and Moving Pictures (Rush).

    • @franperez6388
      @franperez6388 4 месяца назад

      Have you ever listened to Grace, by Jeff Buckley?

    • @HitTheBricks89
      @HitTheBricks89 2 месяца назад

      Add one Tool LP

  • @AlbertoFloress
    @AlbertoFloress Год назад +1

    I want to see the next 6 songs!! amazing content! congrats!

  • @TsunamiBeefPies
    @TsunamiBeefPies Год назад +1

    Great work, as usual, Doug. Your ears are always open and ready to absorb whatever you encounter, analyze it, and give your considered opinion of what you've heard. And you always find at least some good in everything that I've seen you listen to. (It's why I've kept coming back for more.) Can't wait to hear you do the other six tracks. Thanks, Dr. Doug!

  • @gilles_h
    @gilles_h Год назад +5

    Great reactions, as usual. Many thanks!!

  • @lankmc1192
    @lankmc1192 Год назад +12

    Seeing Doug’s surprise at some of the chord choices is great 😂

  • @pawnshopfilms
    @pawnshopfilms 4 месяца назад +2

    Watching this made me incredibly happy. Thank you.

  • @macinteractive
    @macinteractive Год назад +2

    Loved this episode especially anticipating Doug’s reaction to what I knew was coming in the tracks. Can’t wait for part 2!

  • @stewux
    @stewux 5 месяцев назад +4

    Just randomly came across this video and channel. OK Computer completely changed my perspective on music. I was working in a jeans store in summer 97 when I bought this album, and my manageress allowed me to play it in the store. Watching your reaction as a composer to that opening to " Airbag " reminded me of how she reacted. In her case, she did a kind of dramatic impression of a classical conductor guiding their orchestra. It was quite a funny reaction.
    Musically it really wasn't her thing, much like everyone I knew at the time, but I could tell she was at least intrigued by it.
    I still love Radiohead to bits, but because I played this album to death when it came out, it's a long time since I've listened to it again in full. Seeing you listen this now has reminded me just how superb it was.

  • @doctortrouserpants1387
    @doctortrouserpants1387 6 месяцев назад +6

    It's amazing how quickly Radiohead songs become a part of you, like they always have been.

  • @whatdothlife4660
    @whatdothlife4660 Год назад

    Excellent reaction with nuanced insight into composition and musciality. I've been hoping for more Radiohead from you and here it is.

  • @thirdparsonage
    @thirdparsonage 5 месяцев назад +1

    I love it when people who were part of an album chime in like this! OK Computer probably is my favorite album ever. I bought the CD shortly after it came out and shortly after went on a road trip to Atlanta from Michigan and listened to the album over and over all the way down and back. Admittedly I felt a tad depressed while listening to the album 😂. But it is such a work of art. Thank you for chiming in on this!

  • @hamidisaidi2879
    @hamidisaidi2879 Год назад +5

    I was a Radiohead fan for the longest time...when i first heard OK Computer, i have already been hearing their past albums. OK Computer was evolutionary..it was magical and still is...to me, it is such a genius musical artwork. It accompanied me during my travels to and from school and everywhere during my teens. The emotions and feelings i got from listening to OK Computer just cant be described.

  • @bogrunberger
    @bogrunberger Год назад +15

    OK Computer is one of the best albums in my lifetime across genres. Every time I hear it I discover something new, and the harmonies are so beautiful.
    Moon Shaped Pool is almost as good imo.

    • @PortnoyEric
      @PortnoyEric 5 месяцев назад +2

      Agree, I listen to many genres, and at nearly 65, this is the album I most revere. gloriously original.

  • @stevegee9087
    @stevegee9087 Год назад +2

    What a great reaction! Thank you for giving me such an insight into Exit Music For a Film! I always appreciated it individually for it's dark theme, but I never knew about the connection to Romeo and Juliet! It has so much more resonance for me now.🙏

  • @bryceayoung
    @bryceayoung 5 месяцев назад +1

    I just have to say how much I appreciate this listening style. Listening to the album with Doug is a fresh way of hearing an album that i have listened to at least 100, maybe a couple hundred times. The research he’s done, the perfect pitch and awesome knowledge of music, and the expression of the sensations of listening to the music for the first time - it’s just an overall awesome video. Thanks, Doug, for the great content.

  • @timwinter7518
    @timwinter7518 Год назад +9

    So glad you truly appreciate RH. The first time I heard this album in ‘98 I played it 10 times straight. It just blew me away. What a perfect blend of composition and raw rock and roll attitude. So creative.
    You also need to listen to Johnny Greenwood’s film scores. He is just amazing.
    They are on the creative level of Gentle Giant for me, just expressed in such a different way.

  • @Zafersernikli
    @Zafersernikli Год назад +3

    I wish I had the opportunity to hear Exit Music for the first time. Your face and reaction were priceless. I wanted to go back to my teenage years and listen to this beautiful song and the album for the first time. They changed my perspective upon life, and music at the same time. Absolute masterpiece!

  • @stellajayne
    @stellajayne 22 дня назад

    Hi Doug, first time viewer of your channel here and I think it's excellent - you clearly know your subject inside out (and doesn't love listening to an enthusiastic expert?) and are obviously a decent, likeable human. It's a winning combo when aligned with the simple pleasure of seeing someone hear a piece of music you know and love for the first time. In a hellish world, it's a joy. Thanks.

  • @LMMusic947
    @LMMusic947 4 месяца назад

    I stumbled on this content completely by accident whilst looking for a guitar tutorial for Just which is from the Bends album. Also an amazing album but OK Computer shows so much growth and your insight and wonderful ear has given me renewed appreciation for OK Computer. It really is amazing. Thank you x

  • @MrPetermc199
    @MrPetermc199 Год назад +8

    You forgot to mention the amazing album artwork, which supports the music and the themes beautifully. All Radiohead artwork is amazing.

  • @charliepepper333
    @charliepepper333 Год назад +7

    Yep mellotron..good ear sir! These guys are brilliant and every album after this just gets more and more interesting..certainly worth your time!

  • @thedialectic6346
    @thedialectic6346 Год назад +2

    This is utterly enjoyable to see someone so knowledgeable about music listen to one of my most listened to bands, and albums of all time. It's nice to know, whether approached intellectually or emotionally, the notes hit the same emotive nerves for both listeners.

  • @volkanakdemir4186
    @volkanakdemir4186 Год назад +1

    Loved it ! Can’t wait for the next part !

  • @thenotsoguitarguy9429
    @thenotsoguitarguy9429 Год назад +6

    This record, in addition to being chock full of beautiful and interesting music, is a triumph in album sequencing. Its not just about nifty, if unusual harmonic structures and soundscapes. The record really takes you on a journey. The next song begins on an interesting interval from the end of the song before it. There is a wonderful juxtaposition between energy levels from song to song. The entire presentation is just so well thought out and so well put together. I really enjoyed your analysis, Doug. Magnificent record.

    • @rickkelley4618
      @rickkelley4618 Год назад +1

      I love it when album sequencing is as artistic as the songs in that sequence. This album is brilliant that way.

  • @tonymk618
    @tonymk618 Год назад +3

    I am astounded by your ability to find the keys in music. I have absolutely no concept of how you (and others) can do that. Fascinating! Great album and great response, by the way.

  • @armrugatewood9110
    @armrugatewood9110 4 месяца назад

    Thanks for playing this. I’ve wanted to buy some of Radioheads music, so I’m glad to have heard OK Computer. And I love Thom’s vocals- and the electronic effects throughout. Amazing

  • @MichaelNaydeck
    @MichaelNaydeck Год назад

    I love the soundscapes of this album. It brings back amazing memories for me. I moved to Tokyo in 2000 and this was one of my favorite albums to explore an alien landscape to. The use of flat 7ths and 5ths on this album is some of my favorite examples. The lyrics are a fantastic ride. Great pick. I really prefer these reaction videos when they begin to bring together the artistic vision of the enture piece of art and not just one track. Thanks to you.

  • @blackfrancis33
    @blackfrancis33 5 месяцев назад +4

    This is the album of my life. It came out when I was 12 years old, and the band defined my teenage years. I don't think I will ever love another piece of music as much.

  • @dggbl9974
    @dggbl9974 Год назад +14

    Every now and again a band seem to tap into a collective angst we all recognise without even realising it was there. Floyd did it and that sense of unease is present in Radiohead’s music too. This album was Dark Side for the next generation and for me it is every bit of a masterpiece as that legendary album.

    • @sundance9042
      @sundance9042 Год назад +2

      OK Computer was so right for the time.

  • @BlackMarketHoney
    @BlackMarketHoney Год назад +2

    I love how Let Down 'blooms'.

  • @Bradygunnmusic
    @Bradygunnmusic Год назад +1

    Youre awesome, subscribed! Please do a series with their whole discog. Hearing you break down all pieces of the music so swiftly and with such precision is very refreshing. Definitely an expert, and your pace is a great fit for my attention deficit haha. I really hope to see more!

  • @gerrydantone6834
    @gerrydantone6834 Год назад +9

    Certainly one of the greatest albums of all time - definitely top 10. If you said it was the greatest, I would not argue with you.

  • @DivaD-nk2bj
    @DivaD-nk2bj 11 месяцев назад +5

    Didn’t realise I needed a classical composer air drumming to Radiohead in my life, but it seems that apparently I do 😁 Fantastic review and video, I’ll definitely be subscribing to your channel.

  • @stockchartart1147
    @stockchartart1147 5 месяцев назад

    This dude is awesome. So appreciate this!!
    Such a treat one of the great albums of all time!

  • @mikerowlands4810
    @mikerowlands4810 7 месяцев назад +1

    Loved your analysis, thank you. For a first time listen you got a lot into and out of it, mainly the harmonic structures and a some into the dissonance/assonance of it. I’d be interested in a replay after you listening to it for a year. Fresh like a bug in the ground.

  • @barefootwanderer
    @barefootwanderer 6 месяцев назад +4

    This album is a masterpiece from start to finish, so many layers, vocals are incredible - it's an album i need to be in the mood for, but never fails to satisfy when i am in the mood.