"radiohead's lp7": countdown and anticipation thread - part iii

[LemonMelon]

1. kid A- 10.0
2. OKC- 9.5
3. HTTT- 8.5
4. The Bends- 8.5
5 Amnesiac- 8.0
6. Pablo Honey- 0

Pfft...I'm not a good Radiohead fan? You have that phoned in piece of tofu HTTT equal to Bends? You are mad, sir.

 

[xaviMF22]

Pfft...I'm not a good Radiohead fan? You have that phoned in piece of tofu HTTT equal to Bends? You are mad, sir.

no sir

I am right

There There > you

 

[LemonMelon]

There There is the best song on HTTT, and I can name three songs on Bends that blow it out of the water:

The Bends
Fake Plastic Trees
Black Star



And yes, I know you'll pull out the old "oh, but Bones and Sulk suck sooooo hard!!!" (both of which I really like) argument, but you couldn't possibly tell me that We Suck......Young Blood and the miserable studio recording of Backdrifts aren't at least somewhere in that ballpark.

 

[xaviMF22]

There There is the best song on HTTT, and I can name three songs on Bends that blow it out of the water:

The Bends
Fake Plastic Trees
Black Star



And yes, I know you'll pull out the old "oh, but Bones and Sulk suck sooooo hard!!!" (both of which I really like) argument, but you couldn't possibly tell me that We Suck......Young Blood and the miserable studio recording of Backdrifts aren't at least somewhere in that ballpark.

this we suck young blood is meant to sound the way it does

it's a joke song...the band know that
I think it's a pity that more people don't understand that this song really isn't serious.


and backdrifts is awesome..especially live



and Stop mindlessly bashing HTTT

or I'll cut you

lets mindlessly bash HTDAAB instead

will you join me in sniffing babies heads?

I hear they smell like freedom

 

[LemonMelon]

Jokes aren't an excuse for not writing a quality musical piece to back it. Much like the majority of HTTT, it lacks energy and spark. The only good part of that song is the 10 seconds where it comes to life towards the end...only to die a horrible death immediately thereafter.

And I will never bash HTDAAB. At least U2 sounds like they actually care about recording on that record...even if they occasionally get a bit overzealous.

 

[xaviMF22]

And I will never bash HTDAAB. At least U2 sounds like they actually care about recording on that record...even if they occasionally get a bit overzealous.

:

but c'mon join me in sniffing babies heads??

 

[xaviMF22]

and I can guarantee that LP7 will

be RH's third masterpiece

 

[LMP]

Third?

The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, LP7.

That makes 4.

 

[xaviMF22]

Third?

The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, LP7.

That makes 4.

ok ok 4 masterpiece

 

[LemonMelon]

and I can guarantee that LP7 will

be RH's third masterpiece

Are you saying that Bends isn't a masterpiece???

Well, actually, I'd say OKC is their only masterpiece, but Kid A and Bends are both excellent records, while Pablo and Amnesiac are both good in different ways.

LP7 will join Kid A and Bends.

 

[namkcuR]

No Amnesiac love

You And Whose Army

Pyramid Song

Life In A Glass House

I Might Be Wrong

 

[xaviMF22]

Are you saying that Bends isn't a masterpiece???

Well, actually, I'd say OKC is their only masterpiece, but Kid A and Bends are both excellent records, while Pablo and Amnesiac are both good in different ways.

LP7 will join Kid A and Bends.

the bends masterpiece ???

The bends is great....great songs..

and LP7 will join KID A....OKC...

When people talk about RH's masterpiece....

it's always KID A....and OKC

LP7 will join that

 

[xaviMF22]

No Amnesiac love

You And Whose Army

Pyramid Song

Life In A Glass House

I Might Be Wrong

I love it

but LemonMelon is not an art fag like us


and pyramid song is a top 10 RH song

I might be wrong

 

[LemonMelon]

No Amnesiac love

You And Whose Army

Pyramid Song

Life In A Glass House

I Might Be Wrong

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...I like Amnesiac, but I don't think I've ever come across a record quite as frustrating as it is. This is because, though its defenders may say otherwise, it's nothing more than a slightly glorified b-side collection. Pull/Pulk, a pointless remix of Morning Bell, and Hunting Bears speak for themselves.

However, there are several songs on it I really, really like:

Packt Like Sardines (underrated)
Pyramid Song (bloody amazing)
You And Whose Army (wonderful ending, nice melody)
I Might Be Wrong (rocks hard)

I'm not big on LIAGH or Like Spinning Plates (it got good live) though. But, I do think D&C is pretty cool, and, though I consider it filler, I do enjoy Hunting Bears.

It's a mixed bag, but mostly enjoyable. 7/10.

 

[xaviMF22]

it's nothing more than a slightly glorified b-side collection. . 7/10.

I disagree with this erroneous statement

calling songs like

pyramid song

I might be wrong

Life in a glasshouse and

like spinning plates...B-Sides is a travesty


although the original track list for Amnesiac included Cuttooth
as track 9 instead of hunting bears


stupid RH for removing it

 

[LMP]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...I like Amnesiac, but I don't think I've ever come across a record quite as frustrating as it is. This is because, though its defenders may say otherwise, it's nothing more than a slightly glorified b-side collection. Pull/Pulk, a pointless remix of Morning Bell, and Hunting Bears speak for themselves.

However, there are several songs on it I really, really like:

Packt Like Sardines (underrated)
Pyramid Song (bloody amazing)
You And Whose Army (wonderful ending, nice melody)
I Might Be Wrong (rocks hard)

I'm not big on LIAGH or Like Spinning Plates (it got good live) though. But, I do think D&C is pretty cool, and, though I consider it filler, I do enjoy Hunting Bears.

It's a mixed bag, but mostly enjoyable. 7/10.

I agree with most of that, especially it being a glorified B-side album.

Life in a Glasshouse, You and Whose Army?, Pyramid Song, and Knives Out are insanely good songs, and I prefer the remix of Morning Bell to the Kid A version, but the rest is alright, at least for me.

 

[Lancemc]

Amnesiac gets too much flack in my opinion. It's a unique and wholly satisfying album. It's just not nearly as mindblowing as Kid A.

 

[namkcuR]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...I like Amnesiac, but I don't think I've ever come across a record quite as frustrating as it is. This is because, though its defenders may say otherwise, it's nothing more than a slightly glorified b-side collection. Pull/Pulk, a pointless remix of Morning Bell, and Hunting Bears speak for themselves.

However, there are several songs on it I really, really like:

Packt Like Sardines (underrated)
Pyramid Song (bloody amazing)
You And Whose Army (wonderful ending, nice melody)
I Might Be Wrong (rocks hard)

I'm not big on LIAGH or Like Spinning Plates (it got good live) though. But, I do think D&C is pretty cool, and, though I consider it filler, I do enjoy Hunting Bears.

It's a mixed bag, but mostly enjoyable. 7/10.

I don't view it as a collection of b-sides. I understand that Kid A and Amnesiac were recorded during the same sessions, but I always felt that they were made separate albums for atmospheric reasons rather than just, 'these are the songs that didn't make it onto Kid A'.

Kid A is an utterly cold, inhuman record. Detatched from all emotion save for its final track, 'Motion Picture Soundtrack'.

The songs on Amnesiac have a certain warmth to them that doesn't exist on Kid A.

What you call a 'pointless remix' of Morning Bell is actually the perfect illustration of what I'm saying. Compare Kid A's Morning Bell to Amnesiac's Morning Bell. The Kid A version is cold and sterile, while the Amnesiac version is much more human, the vocal track has a much broader emotional range, and the whole thing sounds less like a guy sitting at a synthesizer and more like four guys in a room.

Note that when I refer to Kid A's style as 'cold' or 'inhuman', these aren't criticisms, they're just descriptions of the musical atmosphere of the record.

 

[LemonMelon]

Amnesiac gets too much flack in my opinion. It's a unique and wholly satisfying album. It's just not nearly as mindblowing as Kid A.

I have a lot of fun when listening to Amnesiac...it has some great moments, and it feels a lot more lighthearted than Kid A...but it definitely isn't as mindblowing. No problem with that though...not all albums have to be life-changing.

Heck, I'm Magical Mystery Tour's biggest fan.

 

[xaviMF22]

What you call a 'pointless remix' of Morning Bell is actually the perfect illustration of what I'm saying. Compare Kid A's Morning Bell to Amnesiac's Morning Bell. The Kid A version is cold and sterile, while the Amnesiac version is much more human, the vocal track has a much broader emotional range, and the whole thing sounds less like a guy sitting at a synthesizer and more like four guys in a room.
d.

did you know the amnesiac version of Morning bell...was actually recorded first?

the kid a version came much later



and I agree with everything you said

Note that when I refer to Kid A's style as 'cold' or 'inhuman', these aren't criticisms, they're just descriptions of the musical atmosphere of the record.

Agreed

 

[LMP]

Ironically, Amnesiac's singles have three of Radiohead's best b-sides:

Fog, Worrywort, The Amazing Sounds of Orgy

 

[xaviMF22]

I prefer the remix of Morning Bell to the Kid A version,

not a remix

the Amnesiac one is the original version

I guess in a way the kid a version is the remix one

 

[LemonMelon]

not a remix

the Amnesiac one is the original version

I guess in one a way the kid a version os the remix one

Or, Amnesiac's is a demo version.

 

[LMP]

Okay, I prefer the better version on Amnesiac to the Kid A version then

 

[xaviMF22]

Okay, I prefer the better version on Amnesiac to the Kid A version then

me too

 

[LMP]

Releeeeeeeaaaaase meeeee, Releeeeeeeaaaaase meeeee.

 

[xaviMF22]

Ironically, Amnesiac's singles have three of Radiohead's best b-sides:

Fog, Worrywort, The Amazing Sounds of Orgy

cutooth

trans-Atlantic drawl

 

[xaviMF22]

Releeeeeeeaaaaase meeeee, Releeeeeeeaaaaase meeeee.

just beautiful

 

[LemonMelon]

I think the reason I prefer the Kid A version is because it shows that "cold and sterile" feel really paying off. Sorry guys, but there isn't a single moment of Amnesiac's Morning Bell that matches that beautiful moment where it comes out of the darkness, changing the melody entirely, and lifting off.

 

[LMP]

I think the reason I prefer the Kid A version is because it shows that "cold and sterile" feel really paying off. Sorry guys, but there isn't a single moment of Amnesiac's Morning Bell that matches that beautiful moment where it comes out of the darkness, changing the melody entirely, and lifting off.

Releeeeeeeaaaaase meeeee, Releeeeeeeaaaaase meeeee.