Radiohead at Glastonbury

Yeah, had planned to do a load of work around the house today but after reading this thread decided to go down the offie and spent the day binge listening to OKcomputer, Kid A and Amnesiac with some beers. Thanks a lot lads. Thanks for ruining me work :pac:

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The Bends and OK Computer are great albums. Didn't like the next few albums (except the punch up at a wedding song) as they aren't really rock music which is what The Bends and OK Computer are.

Have you tried In Rainbows? You might like it.

ella23 wrote: »

Brought me straight back to the excitement of seeing them at 16 in Galway (and many more times since)
They never lost it! Thom seems a lot happier now though

I was at the Galway gig to
Was so amazing and u are right it brought back so many memories 😀

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buried wrote: »

You should give Amnesiac and Kid A another listen DD. Some great music up in those. 'Dollars and Cents' 'Optimistic' & 'The National Anthem'.
It's could be like what wandatowell said back up in this thread earlier, that it took them a very, very long time to enjoy it but they do now. Give it another go DD, see how it goes!! 'In rainbows' too, all of the rest of it!

When I go to see radiohead, dont care what they play as long as it includes Just. The National Anthem and Paranoid Android

They played the latter two in Dublin last week so I was happy out.

Surprised they didn't play Burn the Witch. Lyrics are quite cutting and maybe directed at the ex wife. However read earlier today that she passed away late last year from cancer. So, may no longer be appropriate for them to play it.

I was lucky and jammy enough to see them in Chicago the August of 2001, they played in Grant Park and the stage was in front of the skyline of the huge skyscrapers downtown. It was sweltering hot and I was very drunk. At some point Thom Yorke said something about Bush and how he was going to drag the world into hell. Looking back now it was crazy because the next month was 9/11. Was great show, but looking back now was f**ked up. The whole thing had a genuine effect on me I think, this was around the two years 'Kid A' & 'Amnesiac' were released. I think they played 'The National Anthem' & 'Pyramid song' back to back at that. It was absolute magic anyways. To me Thom Yorke is some sort of shaman of the modern age up along there with Alan Moore and Richard D James

micar wrote: »

When I go to see radiohead, dont care what they play as long as it includes Just. The National Anthem and Paranoid Android

They played the latter two in Dublin last week so I was happy out.

Surprised they didn't play Burn the Witch. Lyrics are quite cutting and maybe directed at the ex wife. However read earlier today that she passed away late last year from cancer. So, may no longer be appropriate for them to play it.

It's about 'others', black people, refugees, anyone that can take blame instead of a nation looking in at itself.

My favourite band. Saw them in Punchestown in 2000 after Kid A came out. Great gig.

In Rainbows is my favourite of their albums. OK Computer is a classic obviously and the back catalogue they've accrued over the years is second to none.

It's great they are starting to become more mainstream, makes them more accessible. Their music isn't immediate. I remember listening to Burn The Witch last year and initially thinking meh. Then listened again and thought it was alright. Then again and thought I like it. Then again and feeling it was class. That to me suggests that there's a depth to their stuff that is rewarding. Obviously they have some guff that I'll pass over too but that's the gist of listening to them. Thom getting old now and the live voice is waning I thought.

I think they have the correct mix of songs versus tracks. Where a song has lyrics, open to interpretation versus tracks where they experiment and try something interesting to them where it's either hit (The National Anthem) or miss (Dollars and Cents).

For example, they can play Fake Plastic Trees then they can segue into a 'track' like Idioteque. Their back catalogue allows that. Certainly not a one dimensional band as last night showed. Post OKC they leaned towards more track like albums, with some songs thrown in. In Rainbows twisted that around and it's their masterpiece imo.

Didn't play Reckoner though. Would have loved that

Recorded it last night. Not the biggest fan but holy Christ that was good. Love watching Glastonbury from my sofa. Coverage is so much better this year to. ..don't seem to be w*anking all over themselves this year as much. Just the music!

Burial. wrote: »

I'm still convinced Radiohead is just one big massive troll and their obsessed followers are just in on the gag. Absolutely awful stuff...but yeah each to their own.

Ah jaysus, stick to the Foo Fighters.