'Let Down' doesn't let me down!

sulawesigirl4 · 01-07-2002, 04:57 PM

A continuation to my "Okaayyy Computer" thread...but Let Down is fast becoming one of those songs that hits me as hard as a U2 song!

Especially in combination with Exit Music. Something about the quiet, comtemplative building into the soaring melody of "chemical reaction...hysterically useless..." combined with whatever it is about Thom Yorke's voice that I can't get enough of. lol. I am babbling. Anyways, I'm happy.

-sula

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Salome · 01-07-2002, 05:05 PM

good to hear you're happy

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Salome
Shake it, shake it, shake it

sulawesigirl4 · 01-07-2002, 05:19 PM

lol. You're so supportive, Salome.

btw, did you see I'm learning Dutch?

-sula

qball7200 · 01-07-2002, 06:57 PM

Yep, just as I was trying to tell you a month ago. Also, I think you should d/l Unison from Bjork's Vespertine and probably Pagan Poetry too while you're at it.

sulawesigirl4 · 01-07-2002, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by qball7200:
Yep, just as I was trying to tell you a month ago. Also, I think you should d/l Unison from Bjork's Vespertine and probably Pagan Poetry too while you're at it.

You told me that? (must go reread original thread. lol) btw, where would I find the afore-mentioned songs? I don't have any file-swapping programs and the only place I can d/l stuff is at work.

-sula

ACROB@T · 01-07-2002, 07:20 PM

sula, I tell you whats up there with the Exit/Let Down combo....Climbing Up The Walls/No Suprises..I spent countless hours and hours with the lights off enduring the finale of CULW and then finding a song like No Suprises light relief

afterwards..beatifully merged together

glad you are enjoying it..have you got The Bends yet?

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qball7200 · 01-07-2002, 07:51 PM

Sula, you can get them at the following link:

ftp://bjork:bjork@65.83.99.235/

brettig · 01-07-2002, 08:31 PM

my fave segue is paranoid droid into sub homesick alien...but all the songs are really well blended.

Kieran McConville · 01-07-2002, 10:00 PM

Let Down, for me, was the only Radiohead song that ever lent any credence to all those early U2 comparisons.

Sort of a Joshua-Tree-in-an-airport vibe, really.

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"I could walk into this room
and the waves of conversation
are enough
to knock you down
with the undertow

soooo alone..."

edgerulz · 01-07-2002, 10:57 PM

let is an amazing song. as is all radiohead music. although i'm not too big a fan of the tourist.

i have a great live version from nyc, not sure of the date. they never played any time that i saw them. it is a great song.

foray · 01-08-2002, 11:35 AM

Hi sula the gila,

Let Down is a personal favourite of mine as well. I think Thom's voice in this particular song is really amazing (and dare I say heavenly), especially the verse after the electronica-blips-solo..... if you know what I mean. When the voice harmonies come on. I also love how the guitars on this song sound like bells. I don't know how they do it.

Oh and my favourite R/head segue is In Limbo -----> Optimistic. Can't find a starker contrast of two songs!

foray

SicilianGoddess · 01-08-2002, 11:56 AM

I love Let Down, and Sula I see what you mean about the U2y ness of it.

The Alien sub song gets me too.

You'll all be happy to know I'm giving OK Computer another chance or three... and its growing on me.

But, nobody seems to like "Electioneering" !? Personally I think there should be more songs like that. Its so hard and beataful. Heh.

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But there's peace in the sound
Of the white and the black
Spilling over

Sicy's Website

Sicy's FTP

foray · 01-08-2002, 12:14 PM

Electioneering makes me bop my head and sing in a raspy voice.

4a

SicilianGoddess · 01-08-2002, 12:26 PM

Electioneering also reminds me of R.E.M.

Is it just me??

sulawesigirl4 · 01-08-2002, 04:47 PM

Sicy, I love Electioneering!

I like that echoey beginning and then when the single guitar starts the riff and then the whole band comes in. Nice and crunchy! (if it can be described that way) And one of the big highlights? That evil little Thom Yorke laugh "ha ha!" Ffffffreaky!

Oh and while we're on the subject of Thom vocals that scare me, how bout that shriek at the end of "Climbing up the Walls"!!!?? wow, if they didn't follow that song up with a soothing number like "No Surprises" I dunno if I could recover. It's like you said, Acrobat...soothing relief. lol. (still have to pick up The Bends tho

I've heard it but I don't own it)

-sula

p.s. Glad to see you're givin' OK Computer another chance, Sicy.

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~I want to play the guitar very badly, and I do play the guitar very badly - Bono~

Take a virtual tour of U2's Dublin... Crzy4Bono's U2 page with some of Sula's Dublin pic's

Sula's Europe and U2 Concert Pics

Ik ben een vrouw, hoor mij eens brullen!!

[This message has been edited by sulawesigirl4 (edited 01-08-2002).]

SailorJi_2 · 01-08-2002, 09:47 PM

I must say, Let down is one of my favorite radiohead songs, EVER!

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"The world is often a wicked place, when you look around, but it's also full of beauty...and beauty is the consolation prize really...and we just have to find more of it and we have to look for it in unexpected places...its not just in those fashion spreads,
that's not real beauty...There is beauty to be found in everyday things."
�Bono
http://home.pacbell.net/sylviaji/

01-07-2002, 04:57 PM	#1
sulawesigirl4 Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,415 Local Time: 01:45 PM	'Let Down' doesn't let me down! A continuation to my "Okaayyy Computer" thread...but Let Down is fast becoming one of those songs that hits me as hard as a U2 song! Especially in combination with Exit Music. Something about the quiet, comtemplative building into the soaring melody of "chemical reaction...hysterically useless..." combined with whatever it is about Thom Yorke's voice that I can't get enough of. lol. I am babbling. Anyways, I'm happy. -sula ------------------ ~I want to play the guitar very badly, and I do play the guitar very badly - Bono~ Take a virtual tour of U2's Dublin... Crzy4Bono's U2 page with some of Sula's Dublin pic's Sula's Europe and U2 Concert Pics Ik ben een vrouw, hoor mij eens brullen!! __________________

01-07-2002, 05:05 PM	#2
Salome you are what you is Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22,076 Local Time: 07:45 PM	good to hear you're happy ------------------ Salome Shake it, shake it, shake it __________________

01-08-2002, 09:47 PM	#16
SailorJi_2 The Fly Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: San Francisco Posts: 50 Local Time: 06:45 PM	I must say, Let down is one of my favorite radiohead songs, EVER! ------------------ "The world is often a wicked place, when you look around, but it's also full of beauty...and beauty is the consolation prize really...and we just have to find more of it and we have to look for it in unexpected places...its not just in those fashion spreads, that's not real beauty...There is beauty to be found in everyday things." �Bono http://home.pacbell.net/sylviaji/ __________________

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01-07-2002, 05:19 PM	#3
sulawesigirl4 Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,415 Local Time: 01:45 PM	lol. You're so supportive, Salome. btw, did you see I'm learning Dutch? -sula

01-07-2002, 06:57 PM	#4
qball7200 The Fly Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 168 Local Time: 06:45 PM	Yep, just as I was trying to tell you a month ago. Also, I think you should d/l Unison from Bjork's Vespertine and probably Pagan Poetry too while you're at it.

01-07-2002, 07:20 PM	#6
ACROB@T I serve MacPhisto Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,569 Local Time: 12:45 AM	sula, I tell you whats up there with the Exit/Let Down combo....Climbing Up The Walls/No Suprises..I spent countless hours and hours with the lights off enduring the finale of CULW and then finding a song like No Suprises light relief afterwards..beatifully merged together glad you are enjoying it..have you got The Bends yet? [This message has been edited by ACROB@T (edited 01-07-2002).]

01-07-2002, 07:51 PM	#7
qball7200 The Fly Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 168 Local Time: 06:45 PM	Sula, you can get them at the following link: ftp://bjork:bjork@65.83.99.235/

01-07-2002, 08:31 PM	#8
brettig New Yorker Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: heehee, ask george Posts: 3,194 Local Time: 01:45 PM	my fave segue is paranoid droid into sub homesick alien...but all the songs are really well blended.

01-07-2002, 10:00 PM	#9
Kieran McConville ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hi, Violet Posts: 10,253 Local Time: 04:45 AM	Let Down, for me, was the only Radiohead song that ever lent any credence to all those early U2 comparisons. Sort of a Joshua-Tree-in-an-airport vibe, really. ------------------ "I could walk into this room and the waves of conversation are enough to knock you down with the undertow soooo alone..."

01-07-2002, 10:57 PM	#10
edgerulz Acrobat Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: a room at the heartbreak hotel Posts: 433 Local Time: 06:45 PM	let is an amazing song. as is all radiohead music. although i'm not too big a fan of the tourist. i have a great live version from nyc, not sure of the date. they never played any time that i saw them. it is a great song.

01-08-2002, 11:35 AM	#11
foray Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: full of sound and fury Posts: 3,386 Local Time: 07:45 AM	Hi sula the gila, Let Down is a personal favourite of mine as well. I think Thom's voice in this particular song is really amazing (and dare I say heavenly), especially the verse after the electronica-blips-solo..... if you know what I mean. When the voice harmonies come on. I also love how the guitars on this song sound like bells. I don't know how they do it. Oh and my favourite R/head segue is In Limbo -----> Optimistic. Can't find a starker contrast of two songs! foray

01-08-2002, 11:56 AM	#12
SicilianGoddess Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Smiley Land ? Posts: 4,462 Local Time: 11:45 AM	I love Let Down, and Sula I see what you mean about the U2y ness of it. The Alien sub song gets me too. You'll all be happy to know I'm giving OK Computer another chance or three... and its growing on me. But, nobody seems to like "Electioneering" !? Personally I think there should be more songs like that. Its so hard and beataful. Heh. ------------------ It's cold in the ground But there's peace in the sound Of the white and the black Spilling over Sicy's Website Sicy's FTP

01-08-2002, 12:14 PM	#13
foray Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: full of sound and fury Posts: 3,386 Local Time: 07:45 AM	Electioneering makes me bop my head and sing in a raspy voice. 4a

01-08-2002, 12:26 PM	#14
SicilianGoddess Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Smiley Land ? Posts: 4,462 Local Time: 11:45 AM	Electioneering also reminds me of R.E.M. Is it just me??

01-08-2002, 04:47 PM	#15
sulawesigirl4 Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,415 Local Time: 01:45 PM	Sicy, I love Electioneering! I like that echoey beginning and then when the single guitar starts the riff and then the whole band comes in. Nice and crunchy! (if it can be described that way) And one of the big highlights? That evil little Thom Yorke laugh "ha ha!" Ffffffreaky! Oh and while we're on the subject of Thom vocals that scare me, how bout that shriek at the end of "Climbing up the Walls"!!!?? wow, if they didn't follow that song up with a soothing number like "No Surprises" I dunno if I could recover. It's like you said, Acrobat...soothing relief. lol. (still have to pick up The Bends tho I've heard it but I don't own it) -sula p.s. Glad to see you're givin' OK Computer another chance, Sicy. ------------------ ~I want to play the guitar very badly, and I do play the guitar very badly - Bono~ Take a virtual tour of U2's Dublin... Crzy4Bono's U2 page with some of Sula's Dublin pic's Sula's Europe and U2 Concert Pics Ik ben een vrouw, hoor mij eens brullen!! [This message has been edited by sulawesigirl4 (edited 01-08-2002).]