ok computer

[bassguy]

yea, i just bought the cd, and love it, Karma police is like my new fav song

[ToeJamFootball]

oh i just love it

 

 

ToeJam

[LanEvo]

 

Originally posted by bassguy yea, i just bought the cd, and love it, Karma police is like my new fav song

Try to find a copy on vinyl. The sound quality is incredible and some of the songs are mixed differently (plus, there are a couple of extra tracks).

 

Emre

[seraphim7s]

If you like it, it's worth getting hold of the Airbag EP and the various B-sides from the singles released off it.

 

I was mental for that album when I first heard it (I was about 16 or 17) and I listened to it again recently after a gap of at least a year or two. It still packs an emotional whallop, and the arrangements are fantastic.

[sunburstbasser]

Love that album.

 

Finding vinyl might be troublesome but its uber cool. I've got a vinyl copy of Hail To The Thief that has some differences and is just flat out cool in its own right.

[Benjamin]

+1

[bassguy]

im picking up kid A next week

[Benjamin]

I loved Kid A and Amnesiac. Hail to the thief was great too, probably the right combination of real songs and bleeps and squeals.

[Tag]

Can't go wrong with any of their albums...except Pablo Honey.

 

But I love all the other stuff. I go back and forth as to whether Kid A or OK-C is the best.

 

Anyone else feel like #8 (Electioneering) on Ok Computer doesn't really fit in with the rest of the album? I still really dig the song, but I always thought it somewhat broke up the cohesiveness of the album as a whole. Interestingly, I mentioned that to a musician buddy once, and he said he thought the exact same thing...

[FARGreg]

Originally posted by Taganov Can't go wrong with any of their albums...except Pablo Honey.

 

I don't think Pablo Honey is up to par with their other stuff but it's still a pretty good album, not essential by any means but good.

[Tag]

Originally posted by ToeJamFootball oh i just love it ToeJam

 

I have yet to meet a Motley Crue fan that also liked Radiohead...or vice versa.

 

[zenfascist]

If anyone has trouble finding something on vinyl, look here. If it exists on vinyl, you'll probably be able to find it there. Most of my music is on vinyl (new stuff too), and that's where most of it comes from.

 

You might want to check out Kid A too, I like that one most of all.

[T. Alan Smith]

 

Originally posted by Benjamin +1

 

 

What HE said!

[sunburstbasser]

Kid A is probably my least favorite Radiohead album. I can't listen to all of it, only about a song or two at a time and only recently have I gotten into it really.

 

My order:

 

1. HTTT

2. OK-C

3. Bends

4. Amnesiac

5. Kid A

 

Don't have Pablo Honey, don't really want it.

 

Though I'm eagerly awaiting the new album.

[FARGreg]

 

Originally posted by sunburstbasser Though I'm eagerly awaiting the new album.

 

 

Is their a new one coming soon? Or are you just awaiting an unannounced album?

[ARES]

Originally posted by Taganov Anyone else feel like #8 (Electioneering) on Ok Computer doesn't really fit in with the rest of the album? I still really dig the song, but I always thought it somewhat broke up the cohesiveness of the album as a whole. Interestingly, I mentioned that to a musician buddy once, and he said he thought the exact same thing...

i agree completely!

 

Kid A is my favorite Radiohead, but there's no denying the awesomeness that is OK Computer.

[sunburstbasser]

They are working on a new album, from what I can figure out on their site (not the best source of information).

 

I wouldn't expect it before the middle of 2006, though.

[FARGreg]

when did hail to the theif come out? I know it was a couple of years ago, at least.

[Tag]

Originally posted by ARES i agree completely! Kid A is my favorite Radiohead, but there's no denying the awesomeness that is OK Computer.

 

Ah, great minds...

 

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a new radiohead album too much...I wonder what they're up to these days. HTTT seemed to me sort of like they were trying to mix a bit of the Bends, OK C, and Kid A/Amnesiac all in one. Didn't seem to progress in a new direction as much as all the albums before it, but I still liked it. I just hope they don't make that same album again.

[sunburstbasser]

 

Originally posted by FARGreg when did hail to the theif come out? I know it was a couple of years ago, at least.

 

 

I'm gonna say early 2003, maybe? That or 2002.

[LanEvo]

It's funny for me to think of someone (like bassguy) buying these records and listening to them for the first time now.

 

For me, Radiohead was always very impressive...but one reason was the context. When OK Computer came out, it was really something. Totally different from what other bands were doing at the time and totally unexpected. Ditto for Kid A and Amnesiac. They took sounds and inspiration from guys like Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) and integrated that into rock.

 

I remember at the time Kid A came out, I was listening to stuff by Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, DJ Shadow and that type of thing because rock was so stale and I was bored out of my mind with it. Then Kid A comes out and blends the best elements of these electronic acts with rock. It got me excited about rock again.

 

When you listen to these records today, they're still very good...but you don't get the same sense of awe as you would when they first came out.

 

Hail to the Thief didn't resonate so much for me as the rest. There were too many other bands doing the same thing and it just didn't have the edge of the previous 2-3 albums. Musically, it doesn't stand up as well as OK Computer and Kid A as far as I'm concerned.

 

Emre

[Tlaloc]

I think Hail to the Thief was an excellent album. It probably just doesnt impress too many people because Radiohead already did Kid A and Amnesiac and were really different because of that. And they decided to keep that kind of sound. I guess you just cant expect a band to revolutionize the face of music each time they put out an album, you know what I mean?

 

 

Probably not. I cant phrase things eloquently enough.

Goodnight.

[pbass_groovin]

Radiohead is proof great bands don't have to be in the Limelight (Rush too)

[LanEvo]

 

Originally posted by Tlaloc I think Hail to the Thief was an excellent album. It probably just doesnt impress too many people because Radiohead already did Kid A and Amnesiac and were really different because of that.

I just don't find the songs as interesting on HTTT. Kid A/Amnesiac and especially OK Computer had amazing songs that all stood on their own individually...but added up to something really special collectively.

 

For me, there are a couple of interesting songs on HTTT and a lot of what I would consider filler. That's kind of what turned me off to HTTT...a lot of it sounds like background music to me. Not very memorable.

 

Emre

[LanEvo]

 

Originally posted by pbass_groovin Radiohead is proof great bands don't have to be in the Limelight (Rush too)

One of the things that really gets me about Radiohead is how well the albums are recorded and mastered. They sound great (especially on vinyl).

 

I'm a Hi-Fi weenie and I can't stand the over-compressed, overly loud, "in your face" sound of almost all modern rock albums. Only Radiohead, Beck, and a small handful of artists seems to care about that anymore.

 

Even guys who used to put out great sounding albums (like Rush, U2, Lenny Kravitz, etc.) have been putting out albums that sound lousy lately.

 

Emre