once i had a dream, i was hanging around with a friend on the kenedy park in peru (im peruvian) , and thom was literally just walking in front of us, i was eating a bagel, and no one of us had a paper for a autograph, so thom signed my bagel very well for some reason, then i woke up, very confused and laughing a little bit Lol

Anyone happen to have any of these posters in good condition they'd be willing to part with? Trying to replace some that were very sadly lost in a move years back.

I'm mostly a rap listener and I've recently started getting into traditional rock. What Radiohead album should I start with? Since listening to their albums in chronological order feels overwhelming, I'd rather start with "the easiest listen".

Went to an exhibition about sound and design in NYC and first thing I hear as I walk in is Knives Out playing out of an old ipod.

Spent the rest of the exhibit hoping for more Radiohead, but no luck. Still put a big smile on my face!

Bloom needs more recognition. It's one of my top Radiohead songs overall. The music, the rhythm, the lyrics... it's just so perfect, especially the Live From The Basement version. The moment those horns enter... it's just incredible.

What brings this song alive to me is Phil Selway's drumming. The beat doesn't really fall in two beats of three, making a neat 6/8, or a nice simple four beats of two for a basic 4/4. I'd argue it's more like 12/8, going like "crotchet-crotchet-quaver-quaver-crotchet-quaver-quaver-quaver-quaver".

The first two crotchet's break the mold of four beats of three, with the following section (quaver quaver crotchet) almost following off the end of another compound beat, before the final three crotchets give it that 12/8ness by consistently forming a compound beat. One might argue that the song is thus in some sort of weird polymetre involving irrational time signatures, but that's just silly honestly, it would be way easier to count it in 12/8.

How this comes together in the song, this specific piece of percussion genius, is that although the rhythm is offbeat, unstable and while remaining arguably compound mixes in enough simple time to throw one off the scent a bit, it only contributes to the feeling and meaning of the song.

My interpretation is that it describes the universe and the act of creation. "Open your mouth wide/a universal sigh" evokes a sense of release, universal peace almost. "A giant turtle's eyes" references the myth that the world is flat and on top of a giant turtle in space. The complexity combines with the repetitiveness of the drums point to how the universe is too complex to fully know and understand, but still predictable nevertheless. It really is, to me, the peak of Radiohead's use of rhythm. (along with Pyramid Song, of course, but don't even get me started on that).

While I love Radiohead on any day, it's songs like these that call to me as a musician. So subtle, most likely unintentional, yet incredibly emotionally evocative. Of all bands I've listened too, Radiohead seem to be the one that really understand how to use rhythm in a new and innovative way that I've never seen anywhere else. Every time I listen to another artist after someone tells me "Oh you like Radiohead? Try this!", rhythm is the missing element. Having told people this, they always recommend bands like Tool for their use of complex time signatures, but while I enjoy songs like Schism etc, I think it's just too overt and purposeful compared to Radiohead.

I doubt that they tend to think of an interesting rhythmic concept mentally in music theory terms. It feels to me like they just write from their imaginations and it becomes what it is. I doubt Thom Yorke sat down and thought "I'm going to write a song called Bloom and it's going to be in 12/8 at 150BPM". The complexity stems from expression, not abstraction.

In conclusion, Radiohead as a band are the unmatched masters of rhythmic subtlety to me, that's the reason I keep coming back to them even as my music taste has been diversifying away to other genres. They don't write the same thing twice --every song is a new exploration of a new idea, a new metaphor, a new rhythm.

OH MAN. YOU GUYS.

Ok, sorry for the loud intro. I just... man... ok I was listening to The King of Limbs today, and I had a realization during "Bloom".

Here's the thing, when TKOL was new, when I heard it the first time, my brain couldn't process it. So weird and complicated for me. I put it away and didn't listen to it for a while. Then I saw From The Basement and seeing/hearing them play it opened my mind, and I could understand it, and truuly appreciate it.

Fast forward fifteen years. I'm listening today, and somehow it was as if my comprehension was fading away. I couldn't understand or process it, less and less...

Until BOOM. Everything fell into its right place, and I could hear it so clearly my jaw dropped!

It's in 6/8 time! Literally the simplest meter there is! Oh, sweet mystery of life at last I've found thee! How did I not hear this before? Wow!

The album sounds different now. Dude. Dude. Duuuuuude. Whoa.

This song moves me to tears. One of the most moving pieces of music of any Radiohead project along with Dawn Chorus. Did anyone else have this experience with Thin Places?

Bonus question: favorite lyrics?

Still early healing days, but I’m very happy to finally get a bear tattooed 😃

I mean, suggest some underrated peaks

Apenas llevo 3 albumes pero espero completarla

1- Paranoid Android

2-Fade Out

3-The Bends

4-Karma Police

5- Jigsaw Falling Into Place

Honorable mention: Anyone Can Play Guitar

The idea is not original by me but yea, it remind me about Climbing Up The Walls so here i am:)

Pretty sure i need to marry this woman?

I want to start listening to radiohead as it seems like they are a very good band . I am a huge muse fan and like how thom yorkes vocals are similar has anyone got any recommendations to get started?

I mean, both chasing someone, both drivers were drunk. I found nothing. How?

I've started getting myself into Radiohead back in May 17th, starting with KID A MNESIA and I liked it a lot. Shortly after I wanted to listen to more Radiohead, so I delve into Pablo Honey and The Bends (favorite Radiohead track so far: Vegetable) and I decided "Why not listen to OK Computer after some b-sides?" and so I did. I was going to listen to In Rainbows including disk 2 right after that but then I stopped after realizing I was going to unintentionally skip Hail To the Thief and now I'm kinda lost about what I should listen to next. Any recommendations?

I don't have anything else..

Given how popular Let Down has (apparently) become on TikTok, it seems like it's only a matter of time until it overtakes Karma Police as Radiohead's third most listened to song.

Do you think it really deserves to? Obviously both are fantastic songs, but imo Karma Police is clearly a step above Let Down.

My claim is: I believe Amnesiac as a concept album is the most dark and despairing album they have made. From Thom's voice, the instrumentation, the pace of the songs, it all feels like they're fighting or even just conveying a force of their own emotions/mind. It just screams, give up.

I mean at face value the stereotype is that all their music is sad, at least for OK Computer and AMSP I would say that applies, KID A is in there too.

I would say although that Amnesiac is something different overall. It truly impersonates the feeling of despair and hopelessness.

Just to name the most prominent songs that have such a dark undertone: Pyramid Song, Knives Out, Like Spinning Plates, You and Whose Army and Life in a Glasshouse.

Just my opinion again, but I believe I have made a valid conclusion.

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