The Bends is an underrated masterpiece; not as well-received by critics or loved by fans as OK Computer, Kid A or even In Rainbows but it's probably my favourite album of theirs...just! (No pun intended! 😁)
The Bends is far and away my favorite Radiohead album. It was a huge evolution from the first album but not as electronic and experimental as everything after it, which can be hit or miss for me. I like every track on The Bends.
*Fake Plastic Trees* is another great one with a similar vibe as this. *My Iron Lung* is one of my faves that is similar to the rockout style of Creep.
And live they're on another level! Live from the Basement: Where I end and you begin & Weird Fishes, or Live from Glastonbury: There There (with 4 of them on drums, before they added a 2nd drummer to their tours).
You’ve found Radiohead’s music from their record The Bends. You must, must, must listen to “Just”. A very different tone and an intriguing thought provoking video. Radiohead is very ‘ artsy’ Amber and they put enormous effort into making an incredible package for the MTV video age. Acoustically and visually they were something new in the post grunge mid-90’s. Songs you should react to (beyond ‘Just’)… Fake Plastic Trees, My Iron Lung, Bulletproof…I wish I was, Street Spirit Fade Out. Amazing tracks on this record. You can begin to hear the sonic threads of musical experimentation that wove more closely on their 1997 record ‘OK Computer’ and became whole cloth with the ‘Kid A’ , ‘Amnesiac’ records and their subsequent musically adventurous work through the 2000’s to the present. These guys from Oxford are truly one of last “bands that mattered” in the alternative/rock world!
Radiohead's has so many great songs. You've gotta check out "Karma Police" and "Paranoid Android". "Fake Plastic Trees" is also really good, and "Just" is one of the coolest videos ever.
So many great songs. Highly recommend: Fake Plastic Trees, Street Spirit(Fade Out), Let Down, Paranoid Android, Lucky. Love your channel, Love you guys. ❤
I asked for "Just" after their last Radiohead video and I think it was the top thumbs up comment. I have no idea why they chose this one as I don't recall a lot of requests and I think it is terribly weak compared to many of their other songs. They had to struggle to find reasons to like it. It was a painful video to watch.
You guys are both beautiful and we're fortunate to hang out with you. I love that you are listening to early Radiohead, when they are so young. You get to see them and hear them like we did, and your reactions are genuinely similar to mine (and my friends). I'm on pins and needles waiting for you to explore more. This band really deserves to be heard Album by Album, and I know you don't do whole albums, but it's really a shame. Someday, promise yourselves that you will go back and listen to them all. Each song is a work of art. A Great band.
The Bends was where Radiohead made the quantum leap from one-hit-wonders, to one of the most influential bands of all-time. The album is a masterpiece.
@@barryevans791 They definitely didn't get worse, but they also stopped making straightforward Rock albums after this. The Bends is one of the best Rock albums of the 90s. Radiohead arguably made more "important" music later, but in what I would consider to be genres other than Rock. (Experimental? Electro-acoustic?)
@@Johnny_Socko OK Computer was still rock, they only got experimental on Kid A and started having rock songs again following Amnesiac. Hail to the theif was straight rock again. I would say King of Limbs is probably my favourite album of theirs. The Bends was good for the time but hasn't aged as well as their other albums imo.
"Exit Music for a Film" will rip your heart out, if you know your Romeo and Juliet. Trust me. English teachers should make it required listening. In the 1980s, when I was in college, I had a music professor ask me "what music of today will still be around in 200 years?" I have a few different answers to that question, but just about the top of my list is Radiohead - which came along many years later, of course. "High and Dry" is an early Radiohead song, like listening to Beethoven's first piano concerto, or Wagner's first opera. Things get really deep, really fast, in their subsequent albums and songs. I think "Exit Music for a Film" will give you precisely that depth, but in an accessible way.
When my nephew was a little kid, we used to put him to sleep by playing Radiohead. Now he's in his 20s and about to become a dad. Good memories attached to this group.
Radiohead just falls flat in this context because they're so dark and wormy and you guys are so full of positive energy, it's like a bright light exposing some mold.
So happy you guys returned to Radiohead. I cannot express how many solid albums this band has put out. It’s def a rabbit hole of a journey. Not everything they do is easy to listen at first but they have so many layers to explore. So far y’all have touched on the slower paced 90s stuff. I would recommend their rock guitar driven stuff next. Then their progressive experimental era. Ditto to those who already recommended: Just (official video), Paranoid Android (live at Jools Holland) next. Another thing to mention is this band is amazing live!
I don’t love every song but there’s at least a couple of songs on every album that I do love, love, love. Radiohead - Airbag Radiohead - There There Radiohead - Go To Sleep Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place Radiohead - [Nice Dream]
"Creep" got all the attention and airplay but this was one of my early favourites from Radiohead (along with "Fake Plastic Trees") and was on my regular playlist throughout the late '90s/early 2000s. A great track, and another good reaction review!
I knew " Creep " and other songs from Radiohead but This is the first time I´ve heard this song and you guys weren´t wrong , this is a nice song. Keep up with the good music , you guys are the best.
This is a great song. Radiohead were like Gods for a minute, worshipped, cause of songs like this. Have you done Karma Police? I freakin love that song 😊
I can't say enough how amazing Radiohead are all the way through their catalogue. Every album is different and unique and offers a different experience from the one before it. Truly musical geniuses. And Thom Yorke's voice is just magic! Karma Police, Weird Fishes, Lotus flower, Jigsaw falling into place, National Anthem, the Gloaming, Stand up sit down etc etc etc
If you want to hear a different side of Radiohead, go to one of their 2000s songs like Idioteque, How to Dissappear Completely, or Jigsaw falling into place
Paranoid Android was a huge transition from these radio-friendly songs to something more experimental and influential. This song will stretch you in surprising and delightful ways.
I can't wait to watch Amber rock out to Paranoid Android. I agree with the suggestion that you should follow Radiohead chronologically. Its like watching a seed grow into one of the most incredible trees with a canopy that extends into a huge expanse of talent, creativity and skill. One of my all time favorite bands. Much love to you two and the family.
Such a unique and talented band. THE BENDS is an incredible album from start to finish. Thom York has such a special voice, so easily recognizable. Deep is an excellent word to describe their music.
you MUST keep venturing down this path. radiohead is one of the most influential bands of their time. they paved the way for so many great bands. i don't think you've guys have heard anything from their album in rainbows, and you must. i'd recommended "jigsaw falling into place", "weird fishes/arpeggi", "reckoner", and "nude"
Would genuinely love to see full-length Radiohead album reactions from you guys. If ever there was a deserving band for full-album reactions, it’s Radiohead.
Haven't thought about this song in forever and this video is completely different than the one they always played on MTV. The one I remember was like a mini Guy Ritchie or Quentin Tarantino movie. There's like robbers making an exchange, a shady business guy who has some important documents in a briefcase. The diners and staff start singing different parts of the song. It's really good but I couldn't find a good copy on RUclips just now.
I believe this was the first single from The Bends. creep was the only song I got into from Pablo Honey, so this was the second song I immediately enjoyed. The rest of the album blew me away!
Omg you have to react next to 15 step of them you Will love that, ir Is a newer song from a decade ago, Radiohead are still active AND their art has evolved a lot
as a teen, i had their songs, took me a little bit time to appreciate and i had a lot to listen too (muse had a great success too). Now i know their were the most influencile rock of 90's 20's. So radiohaed won't always naturally open to you. Some musics need more time because they need more intellectual effort. Those bands were behind something new. They created and yet, even one year before a tour, you couldn't get a ticket.
Their style evolves so much, it's worth not going too far ahead too soon. I recommend you try and get a feeling for the first three albums before moving beyond that, as it sounds so different, still great, but many had trouble getting into it at the time.
More Radiohead, they are so good. Many of these suggestions are great. I covered this song on my channel too, Jamie Cullum's version. I really like There there, exit music, How to disappear completely, Paranoid Android,... there are so many great ones.
That entire album was magic.
❤💯
The Bends is an underrated masterpiece; not as well-received by critics or loved by fans as OK Computer, Kid A or even In Rainbows but it's probably my favourite album of theirs...just! (No pun intended! 😁)
Fuck yea 💯🔥
The Bends is far and away my favorite Radiohead album. It was a huge evolution from the first album but not as electronic and experimental as everything after it, which can be hit or miss for me. I like every track on The Bends.
It still is magic!
The more you two react to Radiohead, the more y'all will understand that Thom York has one of the best falsettos in the entire music industry. ❤✌
Hands down!
You have to do “Fake Plastic Trees”, from the same album as this song, it’s just beautiful!
Just don't watch the awful video, it's distracting.
@@sebastianblack6506I love that video 😅
+1 for Fake Plastic Trees. Would love to hear Amber’s breakdown of that one.
My favourite Radiohead song!
@@sebastianblack6506 It's a great video.
Artsy, deep and beautiful... "Street Spirit".... Definetely
Their best song. In my opinion. Nothing comes close.
Absolute classic
*Fake Plastic Trees* is another great one with a similar vibe as this. *My Iron Lung* is one of my faves that is similar to the rockout style of Creep.
And live they're on another level! Live from the Basement: Where I end and you begin & Weird Fishes, or Live from Glastonbury: There There (with 4 of them on drums, before they added a 2nd drummer to their tours).
I've been listening to Radiohead since their first album was released. They do not make bad music. Ever
“Everything in its Right Place”
Amber will dig it
You’ve found Radiohead’s music from their record The Bends. You must, must, must listen to “Just”. A very different tone and an intriguing thought provoking video. Radiohead is very ‘ artsy’ Amber and they put enormous effort into making an incredible package for the MTV video age. Acoustically and visually they were something new in the post grunge mid-90’s. Songs you should react to (beyond ‘Just’)… Fake Plastic Trees, My Iron Lung, Bulletproof…I wish I was, Street Spirit Fade Out. Amazing tracks on this record. You can begin to hear the sonic threads of musical experimentation that wove more closely on their 1997 record ‘OK Computer’ and became whole cloth with the ‘Kid A’ , ‘Amnesiac’ records and their subsequent musically adventurous work through the 2000’s to the present. These guys from Oxford are truly one of last “bands that mattered” in the alternative/rock world!
This ^^^^
Yeah, "Just" is a great song from that album.
I feel the need to put a beat behind "You must must must listen to 'Just'"
They're one of the most important alternative rock bands of all time, that's for sure.
"Just" is an amazing song, and beyond that I also can't figure out how "Planet Telex" was not a smash hit. That album was full of masterpieces.
Radiohead's has so many great songs. You've gotta check out "Karma Police" and "Paranoid Android". "Fake Plastic Trees" is also really good, and "Just" is one of the coolest videos ever.
Can't forget "Optimistic"
So many great songs. Highly recommend: Fake Plastic Trees, Street Spirit(Fade Out), Let Down, Paranoid Android, Lucky.
Love your channel, Love you guys. ❤
Let Down is pure chill.
Lucky is my favorite Radiohead song.
Street spirit (fade out) is just amazing
You'll have to check out "Just" by Radiohead after this. An unforgettable song and video.
Indeed - one of the greatest videos of all time
None of the big reactors ever checks this out. Too bad, 'cause it's a great song and video.
One of my favourite videos ever!
I asked for "Just" after their last Radiohead video and I think it was the top thumbs up comment. I have no idea why they chose this one as I don't recall a lot of requests and I think it is terribly weak compared to many of their other songs. They had to struggle to find reasons to like it. It was a painful video to watch.
As I was watching this reaction I was thinking of “Just” as the next one👍🏼
So glad you guys intend to do more Radiohead, you've only just scratched the surface of this truly amazing band.
Keep up the great work.
Superb, more Radiohead please guys!
You guys are both beautiful and we're fortunate to hang out with you. I love that you are listening to early Radiohead, when they are so young. You get to see them and hear them like we did, and your reactions are genuinely similar to mine (and my friends). I'm on pins and needles waiting for you to explore more. This band really deserves to be heard Album by Album, and I know you don't do whole albums, but it's really a shame. Someday, promise yourselves that you will go back and listen to them all. Each song is a work of art. A Great band.
Karma Police or Paranoid Android next ❤🙏. Always love some Radiohead.
Paranoid android would most likely get blocked for copyright which is a shame because it's a masterpiece.
They already done paranoid... Come on use your search bar
@@MLLPTODOS not showing up when I search. ✌️
OK Computer is the shit.
The Bends was where Radiohead made the quantum leap from one-hit-wonders, to one of the most influential bands of all-time.
The album is a masterpiece.
Compared to what they did after, The Bends is probably their worst album, which is saying something.
@@barryevans791 The other way round!
@@barnigranero5882 You think they have got worse?
@@barryevans791 They definitely didn't get worse, but they also stopped making straightforward Rock albums after this. The Bends is one of the best Rock albums of the 90s. Radiohead arguably made more "important" music later, but in what I would consider to be genres other than Rock. (Experimental? Electro-acoustic?)
@@Johnny_Socko OK Computer was still rock, they only got experimental on Kid A and started having rock songs again following Amnesiac. Hail to the theif was straight rock again. I would say King of Limbs is probably my favourite album of theirs. The Bends was good for the time but hasn't aged as well as their other albums imo.
There's evolution and exploration in each one of their albums. For me, it was fascinating to listen to each Radiohead album from start to finish.
Radiohead?? YES!!!
One of those perfect songs. Every lyric and cord just where it needs to be.
"Exit Music for a Film" will rip your heart out, if you know your Romeo and Juliet. Trust me. English teachers should make it required listening.
In the 1980s, when I was in college, I had a music professor ask me "what music of today will still be around in 200 years?" I have a few different answers to that question, but just about the top of my list is Radiohead - which came along many years later, of course. "High and Dry" is an early Radiohead song, like listening to Beethoven's first piano concerto, or Wagner's first opera. Things get really deep, really fast, in their subsequent albums and songs. I think "Exit Music for a Film" will give you precisely that depth, but in an accessible way.
so happy someone mentioned this song - this is an absolute masterpiece
One of my favorite Radiohead songs!
The sound of Radiohead really is something else. I heard this song for the first time just a few months ago. Love your reaction on this one guys!
When my nephew was a little kid, we used to put him to sleep by playing Radiohead. Now he's in his 20s and about to become a dad. Good memories attached to this group.
Thom Yorke has one of those unique stellar vocals.
Radiohead just falls flat in this context because they're so dark and wormy and you guys are so full of positive energy, it's like a bright light exposing some mold.
Love how much you are falling in love with Radiohead. Just play everything by them, I’ll be happy with that x
Karma Police is amazing and has a great music video!
So happy you guys returned to Radiohead. I cannot express how many solid albums this band has put out. It’s def a rabbit hole of a journey. Not everything they do is easy to listen at first but they have so many layers to explore. So far y’all have touched on the slower paced 90s stuff. I would recommend their rock guitar driven stuff next. Then their progressive experimental era. Ditto to those who already recommended: Just (official video), Paranoid Android (live at Jools Holland) next. Another thing to mention is this band is amazing live!
One of the aongs of my youth. Chills everytime. Such melancholy.
Radiohead is a band that's just on another level. Try: Just, Pyramid Song, I Might Be Wrong, Fake Plastic Trees, Knives Out, and Paranoid Android.
They need to do Paranoid Android at some point
Paranoid Android Live on Jools Holland show 'Later' is exceptional 👌.
Incredibly talented musicians. Outwardly they just look like a band playing instruments, but they are all so talented and creative.
Thank you thank you thank you
Radiohead is unlike any other band !!!
You should try "Street spirit" by them its very haunting
Karma police is the next one you should do by Radiohead guys. Keep up the great reactions
I don’t love every song but there’s at least a couple of songs on every album that I do love, love, love.
Radiohead - Airbag
Radiohead - There There
Radiohead - Go To Sleep
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
Radiohead - [Nice Dream]
Fake Plastic Trees is sublime, Paranoid Android is a trip, and the video for Just (an awesome song) has had people debating for almost 30 years.
Please do “Let Down” from their Ok Computer album!
You gotta listen to “Just” also. It’s on the same album. It jams!!
Great video too
"Creep" got all the attention and airplay but this was one of my early favourites from Radiohead (along with "Fake Plastic Trees") and was on my regular playlist throughout the late '90s/early 2000s. A great track, and another good reaction review!
I knew " Creep " and other songs from Radiohead but This is the first time I´ve heard this song and you guys weren´t wrong , this is a nice song. Keep up with the good music , you guys are the best.
Still one of my all time favorites by Radiohead. This one and Just!
I remember another video of this song...one with spies, a bomb abd stuff like that.
Best band in the last 30 years by an absolute mile
My Favourite Radiohead song by far .. thanks for the review :)
They're a great cure for happiness.
This is so 90s. Love it!❤
This is a great song. Radiohead were like Gods for a minute, worshipped, cause of songs like this. Have you done Karma Police? I freakin love that song 😊
They are still absolutely worshiped like gods
You have found another rabbit hole...great music by Radiohead.
The Bends is basically a perfect album and worth a listen.
Optimistic is my favorite song by them. Changed my life
I’m so glad I was 18 to 28 years old in 1990 to 2000! alternative rock grunge era ruled!
Never heard of this song before, it was nice.👍🎼🎵🎶♥️♥️
Listen to their song House of Cards :)
A GREAT band.. The term should not be overused.
Love to you both. ❤
I can't say enough how amazing Radiohead are all the way through their catalogue. Every album is different and unique and offers a different experience from the one before it. Truly musical geniuses. And Thom Yorke's voice is just magic!
Karma Police, Weird Fishes, Lotus flower, Jigsaw falling into place, National Anthem, the Gloaming, Stand up sit down etc etc etc
If you want to hear a different side of Radiohead, go to one of their 2000s songs like Idioteque, How to Dissappear Completely, or Jigsaw falling into place
How to disappear completely is a must listen
All the song on this album are magic❤
Paranoid Android was a huge transition from these radio-friendly songs to something more experimental and influential. This song will stretch you in surprising and delightful ways.
Funny you mention the artsy kids in school. That's exactly what they were, as Radiohead was formed as they were in school together.
I can't wait to watch Amber rock out to Paranoid Android. I agree with the suggestion that you should follow Radiohead chronologically. Its like watching a seed grow into one of the most incredible trees with a canopy that extends into a huge expanse of talent, creativity and skill. One of my all time favorite bands. Much love to you two and the family.
Radiohead is such a special mood
“Fake Plastic Trees” is a killer follow up to this one.
Love Radiohead and I love High and Dry!!!
Thom Yorke sings from the heart.
Such a unique and talented band. THE BENDS is an incredible album from start to finish. Thom York has such a special voice, so easily recognizable. Deep is an excellent word to describe their music.
The Bends is without a doubt my favorite record of theirs. Absolute masterpiece.
you MUST keep venturing down this path. radiohead is one of the most influential bands of their time. they paved the way for so many great bands. i don't think you've guys have heard anything from their album in rainbows, and you must. i'd recommended "jigsaw falling into place", "weird fishes/arpeggi", "reckoner", and "nude"
Would genuinely love to see full-length Radiohead album reactions from you guys. If ever there was a deserving band for full-album reactions, it’s Radiohead.
Yes!!! More Radiohead please...my favorite band ever ❤
Yay!!!! So good. This song gives me so many memories.
Great reaction as usual - you're giving out really feelings - priceless ❤
Yes, for its wonderful vocals and guitar-playing, it has to be "Street Spirit (Fade out)" next.
High and dry is my favourite radiohead song, i asked you to react to this over a year ago and happy you finally got round to it.
YES, thanks for this one. "Fake Plastic Trees" next please!
Nice. Good accessible stuff. Looking forward to seeing you venture into more challenging Radiohead territory.
Ok Computer is a phenomenal album Paranoid Android, Airbag or Subterranean Homesick Alien are some of my favorites, but the whole album is great.
Radiohead grows with each album. It's a fantastic musical journey. Your next one really needs to be Fake Plastic Trees. It is an excellent song.
Haven't thought about this song in forever and this video is completely different than the one they always played on MTV. The one I remember was like a mini Guy Ritchie or Quentin Tarantino movie. There's like robbers making an exchange, a shady business guy who has some important documents in a briefcase. The diners and staff start singing different parts of the song. It's really good but I couldn't find a good copy on RUclips just now.
Musical wizards of the highest level.
Paranoid Android live on "Jools Holland Later" is one of the greatest things I've ever seen. I watch it at least once a week and I'm always in awe.
I loved The Bends. Later albums got more attention, but, for me, The Bends is the one.
Yay, my equal second favourite band ever. Michael Stipe from REM once said that Radiohaed was so good it was frightening.
Radiohead, have a very deep pool of music, produced over decades. They may no longer be mainstream, but they’re definitely still relevant
I believe this was the first single from The Bends. creep was the only song I got into from Pablo Honey, so this was the second song I immediately enjoyed. The rest of the album blew me away!
"Planet Telex" or anything from The Bends...Masterpiece.
"The Bends" which has this song is a damn fine album,"planet Telex" is awesome
My favourite Radiohead song ❤
"DayDreaming" and "Burn The Witch". Both are deep, beautiful, melodic, but somewhat unsettling.
Alligators in the sewers and banana co are two really deep cuts from Radiohead that are beautifully eerie.
This was the peak era, their second album, The Bends. There are so many great songs on this album.
I still have this CD..this is my favorite from them
His voice is hypnotic
Omg you have to react next to 15 step of them you Will love that, ir Is a newer song from a decade ago, Radiohead are still active AND their art has evolved a lot
as a teen, i had their songs, took me a little bit time to appreciate and i had a lot to listen too (muse had a great success too). Now i know their were the most influencile rock of 90's 20's. So radiohaed won't always naturally open to you. Some musics need more time because they need more intellectual effort. Those bands were behind something new. They created and yet, even one year before a tour, you couldn't get a ticket.
love,love,love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! them!!!!!!!!!!
FYI - this video was shot at Vasquez Rocks. It’s north of LA. From Star Trek to the Mandalorian, it’s an epic location. 😁💖
I recommend How to Disappear Completely and Nude among others! Also Exit Music (For A Film)and The Tourist!
Definitely How To Disappear Completely, which I've heard is Thom Yorke's favorite song he's done.
Their style evolves so much, it's worth not going too far ahead too soon. I recommend you try and get a feeling for the first three albums before moving beyond that, as it sounds so different, still great, but many had trouble getting into it at the time.
More Radiohead, they are so good. Many of these suggestions are great. I covered this song on my channel too, Jamie Cullum's version. I really like There there, exit music, How to disappear completely, Paranoid Android,... there are so many great ones.
Such a variety of styles you bring us each night.
Blessed Christmas everyone!
Beautiful song. My top 3 bands