Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool

[Kieran McConville]

King of Limbs is a glorified EP that happens to have one of their greatest tracks of this decade (Bloom) on it.

 

[LemonMirrorSky]

I still haven't listened to Supercollider, The Butcher, Staircase or The Daily Mail. But this time around I think I will listen to these along with Limbs and see if it makes the "album" better.

Edit: Bloom sure does have some interesting Radioheadesque imagery. The giant turtle's eyes....

 

[Kieran McConville]

Actually I also think Supercollider belongs with their best songs of the last six or seven years. maybe ever. The Butcher I could take or leave. The Daily Heil is great although harkening back somewhat to their Amnesiac era.

 

[cobl04]

I liked the first live version of Supercollider much more than the version we ended up with. It was a lot warmer, if memory serves me right.

Staircase/The Daily Mail was a hell of a release. I love both of those songs.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Damn I forgot all about Staircase, yes, it's a good one too. What a fun, sexy time for them.

 

[LemonMirrorSky]

This new album really harkens back to OK Computer days a bit. Decks Dark reminds me of Subterranean Homesick Alien and Tinker Tailor... has an almost Climbing Up The Walls vibe to it.

 

[Kieran McConville]

There are similarities here and there, but then there are things that have not figured hardly at all in their music until recent years. The orchestral work that's all over this record calls back to the seventies in my mind a little (a rock band, for whatever value of 'rock', involving orchestras in their records could be a recipe for utter shite, but this is Jonny we're talking about).

 

[Fullonedge3]

Tour starts today! I can't wait to see how they translate these songs live. I can totally see Decks Dark morphing into a heavy jam for instance.


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[cobl04]

Can't wait to see the setlists. Wonder what older material will fit with the new stuff, how many new songs they'll play, etc etc.

 

[Kieran McConville]

If they don't play Dollars & Cents, I'm walking out. Oh wait, I wasn't going.

 

[LemonMirrorSky]

Do they perform in Australia? When did they last tour down there?

 

[Kieran McConville]

Do they perform in Australia? When did they last tour down there?

Five years ago, then ten years before that. Never seen them, that's what youtube is for.

 

[LemonMirrorSky]

Five years ago, then ten years before that. Never seen them, that's what youtube is for.

Geez... North America (and Europe I guess) is spoilt for concerts! And the rest of the world takes what it can get.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Hey, the rest of the world doesn't exist. That's why it's called 'the rest of the world'.

I don't care though. Whatever, man. I'll make my own bands. Or stuff.

 

[kabigon]

Do they perform in Australia? When did they last tour down there?

Until today their last shows anywhere in the world were in Australia 3.5 years ago (I'm assuming setlist.fm is accurate)

 

[kabigon]

I've listened to this a lot now and afterwards I still find it difficult to think of individual songs rather than the album as a cohesive listen from start to finish, apart from the opener and closer.

 

[nielsgov]

They're playing 2 hours from my home and I'm not going...

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[LemonMelon]

Identikit is finally starting to grow on me. I love that slinky guitar line.

I think the only thing I'm not crazy about on this album is the lyrics to The Numbers. Pretty heavyhanded political stuff for an album about heartbreak; the last verse is a total miss for me.

 

[u2popmofo]

 

[cobl04]

Ballsy.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I'd hit that.

 

[LemonMelon]

-3 from King of Limbs, 2 from before 2000
-They're just straight up playing AMSP straight through for a bit and then in order throughout the night. That's cool.
-Not so cool: playing everything from the album but True Love Waits. Is that song too much for Thom right now? Not a great live track in the current arrangemnt?
-Dat My Iron Lung>Videotape transition
-WEIRD FISHES YES

 

[Lancemc]

The Gloooooooooaming

 

[lazarus]

Playing the first five songs in order is...dumb.

 

[cobl04]

Yet U2 did almost the same thing on the ZooTV tour and that's not dumb?

 

[martha]

I'd hit that.

Yep.

Fuck, I'd be happy with anything they played if I were there.

 

[LemonMelon]

Yet U2 did almost the same thing on the ZooTV tour and that's not dumb?

It was fucking awesome when U2 did it and I'm sure it was great last night too.

Ful Stop seems like a good spot to head into other places in the discography.

 

[joyfulgirl]

I would be thrilled to hear the first five songs played in order. And then I might feel a little meh at Magpie and then I'd be happy again for the rest of the show.

 

[u2popmofo]

OK Computer's 19th anniversary today. Crazy.

 

[Popmartijn]

-3 from King of Limbs, 2 from before 2000

Yeah, I'd hoped for more '90s stuff. Even though this is Radiohead and so wasn't expecting that many '90s songs I do think that only 2 is a bit meagre. Especially as those two songs got the biggest audience reaction (with Idioteque and Everything In Its Right Place next). New songs sounded good.