Kevin's Watch

Just to digress a wee bit I liked most albums up to Kid A, and haven't found much I've enjoyed since Kid A. I really tried to like Kid A, but in the end it didn't to anything for me. I think you're right about it being a polarizing album - to use a Regurgitator term: "I like their old stuff better than their new stuff"

Have you listened to In Rainbows? It's surprisingly sweet after the challenging and dark three albums that preceded it. Its probably their easiest album to listen to since The Bends. Probably the only Radiohead album I could listen to on a pretty Sunday morning.

There are moments on that album of cathartic aural bliss. (Like the break in the middle of Bodysnatchers) It's rare to see such huge talent manage that much restraint and taste.

I haven't given it a good listen. I'll stick it in the car stereo and see how it goes.

Radiohead got me with a live version (on SNL years ago) of 'National Anthem'. Best RH song ever....

As for my fave band...
King Crimson
(in no particular order)
1. Starless
2. Lark's Tongues in Aspic, parts 1-4
3. Providence
4. Industry
5. Thrak (off the Vroom ep)

those are the top 5 that come wailing in to my head....

The Dreaming wrote:Have you listened to In Rainbows? It's surprisingly sweet after the challenging and dark three albums that preceded it. Its probably their easiest album to listen to since The Bends. Probably the only Radiohead album I could listen to on a pretty Sunday morning.

There are moments on that album of cathartic aural bliss. (Like the break in the middle of Bodysnatchers) It's rare to see such huge talent manage that much restraint and taste.

Yeah, I do like In Rainbows, but I suppose their darker stuff is my favorite. I remember, though, when In Rainbows came out, sitting in front of Windows Media Player's Battery Visualization and just spacing out for the entirety of such tracks as Nude and Faust Arp.

What was your opinion of the way they released the album; on the net with people paying what they thought it was worth?

StevieG wrote:I really tried to like Kid A, but in the end it didn't to anything for me.

matrixman wrote:

StevieG wrote:I really tried to like Kid A, but in the end it didn't to anything for me.

Sorry! I did try!

For the record, my top x favourite Radiohead songs off the top of my head are:

1) Fake Plastic Trees
2) High and Dry
3) Just
4) Paranoid Android
5) No Surprises
6) Creep (sometimes...)

Probably gives you an idea of the era I like

Neil Young (probably 10 more songs, including No More, Don't let it Bring You Down, Winterlong, Cowgirl in the Sand, After the Goldrush, Rocking in the Free World and Alabama should be crammed in there)

Southern Man
Down by the River
Ohio
Like a Hurricane
Thrasher

Genesis:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Duchess
Ripples
Carpet Crawlers
Squonk

Rush:
A Farewell To Kings
Xanadu
Jacob's Ladder
Vital Signs
One Little Victory

Spocks Beard:
June
At The End Of The Day
Great Nothing
She Is Everything
I'm The Guy

Frank Zappa:
Dong Work For Yuda
Montana
San Ber'dino
Dancin' Fool
In France

Yes:
Starship Trooper
And You And I
Wondrous Stories
Into The Lens
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

I've been wracking my brains trying to pick. I guess this is subject to mood...

Yes
Wondrous Stories/Awaken: Part 1, Part 2 (for me, they must always be played together)
Gates of Delirium: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
On the Silent Wings of Freedom
I've Seen all Good People
Heart of the Sunrise

Pink Floyd

Echoes (Royal Albert Hall): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Brain Damage/Eclipse
Comfortably Numb
Astronomy Domine
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

Genesis

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
The Musical Box
Carpet Crawlers
The Cinema Show
Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea

Moody Blues

Procession/The Story in your Eyes
Nights in White Satin
Late Lament
The Word and Om
The Other Side of Life

I <3 "Knights in White Satin".

Kaydene wrote:What was your opinion of the way [Radiohead] released [In Rainbows]; on the net with people paying what they thought it was worth?

I thought it was a daring move. A dare to greedy record companies. In other words, the band was nuts. (heh)

However, as a consumer, I went and bought the CD at the store. (I don't buy stuff online.) I fully admit that I've only listened to it once, but I don't regret paying for the CD. (It was only $10, a very reasonable price.) Radiohead is a band that has earned my support.

Menolly wrote:Pink Floyd

Echoes (Royal Albert Hall): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Brain Damage/Eclipse
Comfortably Numb
Astronomy Domine
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

Nice to see someone select stuff from Floyd's first album as favorites. Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a tremendously fun listen.

Also, thanks for the link to Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea. First time I've viewed a live performance of the songs. Impressive stage!

matrixman wrote:Nice to see someone select stuff from Floyd's first album as favorites. Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a tremendously fun listen.

I feel both Piper and Saucerful are under appreciated these days. But I still enjoy them both.

matrixman wrote:Also, thanks for the link to Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea. First time I've viewed a live performance of the songs. Impressive stage!

It was the best piece they did at the concert Hyperception and I saw at the then Joe Robbie! But the entire show was awesome!

Oh, and you are welcome.
It took me about three and a half hours to choose which videos I wanted for each song in that post.

Menolly wrote: It took me about three and a half hours to choose which videos I wanted for each song in that post.

I appreciate the effort you put into it! I figured your post wasn't something you whipped up in a minute - not with all those links. I was going to watch all the vids, but I got distracted. Will resume later.

The 5 Bowie songs that strike me right now?

Sons of the Silent Age
Moonage Daydream
Ziggy Stardust
Never Let Me Down
Rebel, Rebel

Kaydene wrote:

The Dreaming wrote:Have you listened to In Rainbows? It's surprisingly sweet after the challenging and dark three albums that preceded it. Its probably their easiest album to listen to since The Bends. Probably the only Radiohead album I could listen to on a pretty Sunday morning.

There are moments on that album of cathartic aural bliss. (Like the break in the middle of Bodysnatchers) It's rare to see such huge talent manage that much restraint and taste.

Yeah, I do like In Rainbows, but I suppose their darker stuff is my favorite. I remember, though, when In Rainbows came out, sitting in front of Windows Media Player's Battery Visualization and just spacing out for the entirety of such tracks as Nude and Faust Arp.

What was your opinion of the way they released the album; on the net with people paying what they thought it was worth?

In a word - Genius. I payed 4 pounds for it. The studio system is an anachronistic parasite that deserves to be toppled. An individual with some powerful software on a home computer can come pretty damn close to recreating anything a studio can put our these days. We frankly don't need the middlemen anymore.

Fearless is a powerful adjective to throw around, but it's apt when describing Radiohead. They are one of the few bands that has the balls to give something their fanbase isn't ready for, to trust in aesthetics over commercial viability. Brass Balls is what they have, and damn if I don't love 'em for it.

I can never pick one band, so I'll give you 3 of my favs. Excluding the Beatles because everyone and their mom loves them (even my mom).

King Crimson

Islands
Starless
Cadence and Cascade
Lizard
In the Court of the Crimson King

The Who

Baba O'Reilly
Love Ain't For Keeping
The Real Me
Bargain
I Can't Explain

Pink Floyd

Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun
Time
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
Comfortably Numb
Echoes

Man, that was a hard list. I should have just named every album.

Blue Rodeo
5 days in May
Falling down blue
Lost Together (This was the wedding song from my recently failed marriage...but I still love the SONG at least!)
Cynthia
Side of the Road

the swell swason

1] I Have Loved You Wrong

2] When Your Mind's Made Up

3] Falling Slowly

4] Low Rising

5] Say It To Me Now