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I've been singing the praises of Obscured By Clouds for a while. And that's one of the great ones on there.
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I've been singing the praises of Obscured By Clouds for a while. And that's one of the great ones on there.
cobl04
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I would only rate it ahead of Pablo Honey, but I think Radiohead shot themselves in the foot with that record. Any other artist could put out that record and have it be a great one, but Radiohead's history worked against them. So putting out a short, somewhat slight record that ultimately felt more like an EP didn't work for them.
I never gave it that weight. In Rainbows is in my top handful of albums ever, so from the moment King of Limbs was announced I had my expectations in check, because how could a new record top In Rainbows?
It didn't, but it didn't matter, I was happy with a pretty good short album. I think that's what hurt that album with a lot of people.
I think the AMSP version destroys the live version. I can understand the affinity for the live (Oslo) version, with its acoustic guitar, but the AMSP version kills it for mine.
It's one of the biggest gut-punches I have ever heard in all my time listening to music. You know the story behind why it appeared on AMSP after all this time, right, tourist?
True Love Waits in its final form is the saddest song Radiohead have ever committed to tape, and for band with a cavalcade of sad songs, that's fucking saying something. I don't understand how this version could bum you out; even if you yearn for the I Might Be Wrong version, it just can't exist as that, because of what happened. And it's so fucking powerful because of it.
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Anyone check out the new Death From Above 1979 album yet? It's good and actually features and instrument called the guitar.
iron yuppie
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It's not Cirrus Minor, either.
Waiting for Ax to say that Summer '68 is his favorite Floyd song, which I would file under the strangest opinion ever expressed on this board. Sorry, Ax.
LemonMelon
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Summer '68 is a really great song though. I have a weakness for Rick Wright's songs in general.
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Checking out a preview of the new Wolf Alice. Other than one song that's totally out of place on the record, I like it so far.
bono_212
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Good. When I saw them last month they played a bunch of songs from it and I was very anxious by the end of the show because they just didn't feel that good. Maybe they're better on record.
corianderstem
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I need to listen to the debut again to compare; it's been quite a while since I've heard it.
Mack_Again
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that one song that's out place probably sounds like a bad ripoff of This Heat but, like, worse, right?
Mack_Again
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this is the duo i never knew i needed
corianderstem
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I have no flipping idea what you're talking about.
The new one seems to be more atmospheric
iron yuppie
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There's a really good new album out from Rostam, formerly of Vampire Weekend. If you liked some of the more quirky and catchy instrumentation from VW but weren't keen on the inane lyrics about boat shoes and the Hamptons, this album could be for you.
Waiting for Ax to say that Summer '68 is his favorite Floyd song, which I would file under the strangest opinion ever expressed on this board. Sorry, Ax.
It's just a fucking gorgeous track. Criminally underrated.
Though my favourite is probably, by a narrow margin, Sorrow. I will never understand how such a brilliant song came out of the otherwise almost consistently mediocre AMLOR sessions.
cobl04
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I am meaning to check this out. Kept meaning to listen to the record he did with Hamilton Leithauser, that got a lot of good reviews.
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I do not know why they released it when they did. You allude to something specific but I googled it and didn't find anything. I just know that they worked on it for multiple albums but never got it to where they liked it.
What I don't like about the studio version is the music and how incredibly slow it became. Also the music, for me, is very offputting. I especially do not like that low ticking shuffling loop that goes through the song. The chord changes feel awkwardly placed and the tinkling piano at times feels very arhythmic.
I guess since I was so incredibly used to the live version since it was one of my favorite Radiohead songs, the studio version just felt like something totally different - and it is. One version is very straightforward. The other version is very glitchy. I guess I just like straightforward more. (For the record, I also like the live version of Like Spinning Plates much more than the studio version, but I appreciated how they created that song in the studio.)
cobl04
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Well obviously as you know the song has been kicking around for ages. But a year before AMSP’s release Thom and his wife broke up; and then in the writing/recording process for the album she passed away (cancer). And so the song finally found its home. The live version is far too upbeat for the subject matter. I find it beautifully powerful, this song that was so well-loved for such a long time, took on a whole new meaning when his wife died. Heartbreaking.
I agree about Like Spinning Plates, the live version is far superior.
I agree about Like Spinning Plates, the live version is far superior.
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Nah, she died well after the release of the album. But your point still stands and I agree with you on the added emotional weight of the song/album in light of the circumstances. Just wanted to correct you on the details.
cobl04
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Ahhh I knew I'd screwed something up. I got it confused. It was the fact that the song took on heaps more weight after she died, when it was already super sad because of the breakup.
Mack_Again
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Man this new Death from Above record is better than I expected
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Never really noticed how rapey the lyrics to Voodoo Chile were.
Mack_Again
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that's the one thing i did not even think of reading and now i kinda regret that because i never focused on the lyrics
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LemonMelon
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That's Voodoo Child (Slight Return). I think IWB is referring to this verse in Voodoo Chile:
"Well, I make love to you,
And lord knows you'll feel no pain
Say, I make love to you in your sleep,
And lord knows you felt no pain"
"Well, I make love to you,
And lord knows you'll feel no pain
Say, I make love to you in your sleep,
And lord knows you felt no pain"
Mack_Again
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there ya go
Mack_Again
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but again, them keyboard solos in Voodoo Chile is amazing
DaveC
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oh right, i got those mixed up. yea that's rapey af. gross.
Mack_Again
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it's kinda hard to believe that same guy sang importance of love, like Power To Love and Message of Love
DaveC
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not really. the guy that wrote give peace a chance also wrote run for your life.
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DaveC
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double post. the app is acting weird today for me.
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Mack_Again
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sorry, it was like, saying "wow i cant believe Agharta and Kind of Blue are made by same person, wow" some stupid shit like that
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