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Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

actionjackson posted:

That looks like some sort of 80s leisure outfit.

I just got "The Eraser" on vinyl. I haven't heard it before but I just assumed it would be good, and it is!
The Eraser's still my favorite solo album of his, followed by Anima. Does Atoms for Peace count as a Thom solo album? That's somewhere in there too.

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Bismack Billabongo
Oct 9, 2012

Wet

Filipino posted:

I know everyone hates ranking albums but how about choosing your favorite 10 Radiohead songs in no particular order? Would this be acceptable or just bad and dumb? I'd be really interested to see some posters lists.

This person got banned but The ten best songs are present tense, there there, morning bell, life in a glasshouse, weird fishes, pyramid song, the tourist, talk show host, reckoner, and............SPECTRE

Framboise
Sep 21, 2014

To make yourself feel better, you make it so you'll never give in to your forevers and live for always.


Lipstick Apathy
I feel like my top 10 changes pretty frequently. At this very moment though...

1. No Surprises
2. Nude
3. Lift
4. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
5. Daydreaming
6. Optimistic
7. Sail To the Moon
8. There, There
9. Knives Out
10. Lotus Flower

HD DAD
Jan 13, 2010

Generic white guy.

Toilet Rascal
If we’re doing this then...

1. I Might Be Wrong
2. 15 Step
3. No Surprises
4. Fog
5. Lotus Flower
6. Packt
7. Down Is The New Up
8. Where I End And You Begin
9. Ful Stop
10. The Amazing Sounds of Orgy

Paperback Writer
May 1, 2006

heh

Paperback Writer fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Feb 24, 2020

Bismack Billabongo
Oct 9, 2012

Wet
Separator is a really good song too

MoaM
Dec 1, 2009

Joyous.
Five things from Bends, four things from Kid A one thing from Hail/Amnesiac.

Post-Golden Age Radiohead is just OK; would never choose anything by them after 2004.

ICHIBAHN
Feb 21, 2007

by Cyrano4747
Ffs

Pontificating Ass
Aug 2, 2002

What Doth Life?
very wierd lists i hate them all

actionjackson
Jan 12, 2003

The track nude weirds me out and I always skip it

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
Radiohead albums, in order:

Pablo Honey
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief
In Rainbows
The King of Limbs
A Moon Shaped Pool

HD DAD
Jan 13, 2010

Generic white guy.

Toilet Rascal

Edward Mass posted:

Radiohead albums, in order:

Pablo Honey
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief
In Rainbows
The King of Limbs
A Moon Shaped Pool

Wrong

Sand Monster
Apr 13, 2008

actionjackson posted:

The track nude weirds me out and I always skip it

The only aspect of it that I don't like is that it ends too soon. I seem to remember the mid 90s version being longer.

Hackers film 1995
Nov 4, 2009

Hack the planet!

Edward Mass posted:

Radiohead albums, in order:

Pablo Honey
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief
In Rainbows
The King of Limbs
A Moon Shaped Pool

https://thehardtimes.net/opinion/opinion-pinkerton-was-the-second-weezer-record-of-all-time/

MoaM
Dec 1, 2009

Joyous.

Edward Mass posted:

Radiohead albums, in order:

Pablo Honey
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief
In Rainbows
The King of Limbs
A Moon Shaped Pool

I like you.

Dugong
Mar 18, 2013

I don't know what to do,
I'm going to lose my mind

Yesss, Thom Yorke is doing an acoustic set at the festival I’m going to in the summer. Already got Massive Attack and Young Fathers on the same day too :cheers:

hughesta
Jun 12, 2012

i know its super duper kooper
cool like up the bitches snitches
I think The Avalanches are playing that weekend too, hell of a lineup

Dugong
Mar 18, 2013

I don't know what to do,
I'm going to lose my mind

Yeah calling it a festival is a bit disingenuous because it’s just a series of day long gigs with no weekend ticket option (I think) and no camping but the lineups are normally very good.

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK3cm-xO2XY

This is going to be an interesting album.

Pontificating Ass
Aug 2, 2002

What Doth Life?
They released footage from a concert in 2000 playing the majority of Kid A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaJKOUQS1T4
that really hit the spot

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

Just getting around to this stuff.

Edward Mass posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK3cm-xO2XY

This is going to be an interesting album.
This is good, and so is this

Pontificating rear end posted:

They released footage from a concert in 2000 playing the majority of Kid A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaJKOUQS1T4
that really hit the spot

talktapes
Apr 14, 2007

You ever hear of the neutron bomb?

Pontificating rear end posted:

They released footage from a concert in 2000 playing the majority of Kid A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaJKOUQS1T4
that really hit the spot

Didn't they play this in full on MTV back around when the album came out?

Anyway this is my fav live recording from the Kid A era https://youtu.be/tZhnUWCDuo4

Jables88
Jul 26, 2010
Tortured By Flan
The radioED album is pretty cool on a first listen.

HD DAD
Jan 13, 2010

Generic white guy.

Toilet Rascal
Yeah, Earth probably takes second place behind The Eraser for best Radiohead solo project for me.

We all know Ed is the band’s secret sauce, but it’s lovely that he can finally show off his prowess here. (Ed’s Scary Song notwithstanding, of course.)

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

Just listened to Earth for the first time and it's not bad but it's certainly no The Eraser/Anima either. It's not an album I can see myself revisiting very often.

Banksters and Olympik were the coolest tracks.

SUNKOS
Jun 4, 2016


New song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgyHOfV-i1k

I like it :)

OldSenileGuy
Mar 13, 2001

Rageaholic posted:

Just listened to Earth for the first time and it's not bad but it's certainly no The Eraser/Anima either. It's not an album I can see myself revisiting very often.

Banksters and Olympik were the coolest tracks.

It's funny to me to see this being the prevailing opinion about Earth. Because while Thom's solo albums have never really clicked with me, Earth is extremely my poo poo.

Then again, I'm the worst kind of Radiohead fan that keeps hoping their next album will be a throwback to The Bends/OK Computer.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

I guess I will be the one to voice his love of Tomorrow's Modern Boxes. It's very chip tuney I know but it has a very consistent instrumentation and tone that I appreciate conceptually.
Interference is just sublime writing and music all the way through.

SUNKOS
Jun 4, 2016


If anybody cares given the current mess regarding Lowtax and more domestic abuse:


Kaedric posted:

https://breadnroses.net/

Go to an offsite that was created in reaction to the lovely moderation and nazis on SA instead of one created because people weren't allowed to be nazi enough, for a change.

WampaLord posted:

Anyone who wants an invite, just go to https://breadnroses.net/ and register, I will approve, let me know the username you select if it is different.

Also be patient if it takes a little bit, there is a queue I am getting through as quickly as I can.


BreadnRoses already has a lot of people who've moved over, seems rad and actually has good QOL features SA doesn't have (dark mode is freakin' nice). If you want to register they're letting everyone in for free while GBS burns and the entire admin/mod team is in some kind of standoff with Lowtax for apparently beating a third woman so yeah.

Sharing this where I can in threads I like in the hopes more people know and more of the community can make it over. Things seem good so far :)

Framboise
Sep 21, 2014

To make yourself feel better, you make it so you'll never give in to your forevers and live for always.


Lipstick Apathy
i joined bnr, needs more radiothread

actionjackson
Jan 12, 2003

I know have Anima, The Eraser and TMB on vinyl and I still can't believe how loving good Thom's solo stuff is. I think I actually like it more than radiohead in terms of consistent quality. I'm a huge electronic music person though so I'm sure I'm a bit biased :p

edit: can anyone tell me what the last track in this concert is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7nbO8YRzts

actionjackson fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Jul 7, 2020

Pontificating Ass
Aug 2, 2002

What Doth Life?

actionjackson posted:

I know have Anima, The Eraser and TMB on vinyl and I still can't believe how loving good Thom's solo stuff is.

I remember not thinking too much of The Eraser when it came out, but it really is a lovely, cohesive album worthy of deserving of its own pen-name. Each track really stands on its own but carries the Eraser vibe. The album peaks going with 'Rained all Night' into "Harrowdown Hill", which Thom said was "the most angry song" he'd ever written, so that goes for something. It really lends to the album's clean, darkly-playful minimalist tone though.

Check out the video for Harrowdown Hill on vimeo if you haven't
https://vimeo.com/6421959

Pontificating Ass
Aug 2, 2002

What Doth Life?
Speaking of solo-ish work, I've never seen a full-band live version of Rabbit in your Headlights until now. This performance is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMx7x0JkBCk

Carwash Cunt
Aug 21, 2007

Pontificating rear end posted:

I remember not thinking too much of The Eraser when it came out, but it really is a lovely, cohesive album worthy of deserving of its own pen-name. Each track really stands on its own but carries the Eraser vibe. The album peaks going with 'Rained all Night' into "Harrowdown Hill", which Thom said was "the most angry song" he'd ever written, so that goes for something. It really lends to the album's clean, darkly-playful minimalist tone though.

Check out the video for Harrowdown Hill on vimeo if you haven't
https://vimeo.com/6421959

I dug out my old CD collection and gave The Eraser another listen today. You are right, it is excellent. I had to check the release date, to see if it was after Kid A/Amnesiac, because to me it seemed to fit in so well with those.

I think it sounded to grim for me in 2006, but it captures the 2020 vibe perfectly.

Probably Magic
Oct 9, 2012

Looking cute, feeling cute.
I never really thought of the Eraser as grim. Maybe occasionally spooky, but mostly, it sounded very futuristic, the same way Ultaista would later. It fit the time more. I'm not sure if Radiohead quite does it for me these days, there's little prettiness in the world, but maybe I should just listen to The Gloaming a lot to truly get into a proper frame of mind for the current moment.

Bismack Billabongo
Oct 9, 2012

Wet
Honestly the songs from The Eraser and Amnesiac really fit this stupid bullshit year In My Opinion. Harrowdown hill and life in the good old glasshouse

Tenterhooks
Jul 27, 2003

Bang Bang
A great wee conversation with Ed on the Adam Buxton Podcast: https://overcast.fm/+FUW0FZO40. A fair amount about his solo record but loads of cheerful Radiohead chat too. Both seem like the goodest of eggs.

HD DAD
Jan 13, 2010

Generic white guy.

Toilet Rascal

Tenterhooks posted:

A great wee conversation with Ed on the Adam Buxton Podcast: https://overcast.fm/+FUW0FZO40. A fair amount about his solo record but loads of cheerful Radiohead chat too. Both seem like the goodest of eggs.

This is a pro click. Ed continues to just be the best. :3:

The bit about them filming the videos for Anyone Can Play Guitar and Stop Whispering had me in stitches, along with Ed excitedly showing them to his dad at the time. “I am not proud of you son”.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

Please be excited.



"When Radiohead made albums" Past tense :tinfoil:

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actionjackson
Jan 12, 2003

Pontificating rear end posted:

I remember not thinking too much of The Eraser when it came out, but it really is a lovely, cohesive album worthy of deserving of its own pen-name. Each track really stands on its own but carries the Eraser vibe. The album peaks going with 'Rained all Night' into "Harrowdown Hill", which Thom said was "the most angry song" he'd ever written, so that goes for something. It really lends to the album's clean, darkly-playful minimalist tone though.

Check out the video for Harrowdown Hill on vimeo if you haven't
https://vimeo.com/6421959

I love the first three tracks on the eraser especially, and cymbal rush is a really beautiful ending to the album. I did recently learn about the meaning behind harrowdown hill which was interesting.

Pitchfork kind of poo poo on the album which is why I realized pitchfork is garbage.

My one regret is despite loving radiohead, I somehow was not aware of the eraser until this year... 14 years later

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