Glitchd 97 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Stunning comment. I'm leaving, but I'll remember that - it's good to see wisdom out here, in superfan land Take care Bunker, you're one of the good ones, and I've saved your list to Notepad for my own perusal - hopefully you take that as the compliment it is 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twist 32 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I can't believe this original version of Last Flowers. Jonny absolutely shredding, completely different choruses... I mean WHAT?! This is so fun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tiban 7 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 10 hours ago, bunker_underground said: Thanks. I dove in hard and took notes as I went along. I agree with your earlier comments about how this shows how good they are at editing and being discerning with regard to their songs, melodies, tones, style, etc ... editing and perspective may be Radiohead's best skill. That was my big takeaway. They're obviously geniuses, but the true genius might be their ability to hone in on the best of what they've created and make it as good as can be. I would say that the cream definitely rose to the top for the OK Computer material. That said, a lot of this stuff is pure gold to someone like me who loves to speculate about and learn from their creative process. I hope they're at peace with the leak. I imagine that is why recording is (used to be?) so stressful for them. It must be super hard to hold yourself to an aesthetic in such a way that you throw away perfectly serviceable and quite OK material in the name of what you perceive as “going forward”. I imagine the Kid A session archives are filled with lots of songs and versions of songs that would’ve been fine and even great in an “OK Computer 2”. Follow me around comes to mind. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forward 120 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 17 hours ago, Glitchd said: That song about anorexia is pretty fun Wait where? 18 hours ago, First Against the Wall said: Tomorrow Night in Paris from end of Disc 17 is a treasure. I seriously can't believe this wasn't resurrected at some point. It is very nice but I think there's a reason it wasn't included: typical Radiohead stinginess (not that I disagree with it – I'd be the absolute same in a band) in that they want to make another go of it. They might be trying it every album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forward 120 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 17 hours ago, Glitchd said: That song about anorexia is pretty fun Wait where? 18 hours ago, First Against the Wall said: Tomorrow Night in Paris from end of Disc 17 is a treasure. I seriously can't believe this wasn't resurrected at some point. It is very nice but I think there's a reason it wasn't included: typical Radiohead stinginess (not that I disagree with it – I'd be the absolute same in a band) in that they want to make another go of it. They might be trying it every album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forward 120 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 17 hours ago, Glitchd said: That song about anorexia is pretty fun Wait where? 18 hours ago, First Against the Wall said: Tomorrow Night in Paris from end of Disc 17 is a treasure. I seriously can't believe this wasn't resurrected at some point. It is very nice but I think there's a reason it wasn't included: typical Radiohead stinginess (not that I disagree with it – I'd be the absolute same in a band) in that they want to make another go of it. They might be trying it every album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KidAmnesiac 18 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Thom acoustic LIAGH on Disc 9 is my jam right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skehan 38 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 These full-band funk jam at the end of disc 7 is blowing my mind right now. Other than Thom's easily-recognizable voice, I never would have guessed that it was Radiohead playing, if someone played it for me and didn't tell me what it was. Super funky and super fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phillipa C. 10 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 On 6/8/2019 at 6:13 AM, tiban said: I think one of the best parts of the minidiscs is that we can hear the band working out airbag and paranoid android the most interesting thing about that is that the hook of the song (Airbag), the opening riff.... was written at the very last minute. it’s absent from all demo / rehearsal versions. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tiban 7 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Phillipa C. said: the most interesting thing about that is that the hook of the song (Airbag), the opening riff.... was written at the very last minute. it’s absent from all demo / rehearsal versions. what I like about that riff is that it used to be a chord progression over the main “theme”, I think the airbag they were rehearsing at first felt too grounded and kinda heavy, like the whole band was playing to the chords of the song, I love that they decided to uncouple the bass from following the chords changes, it gave the song a sort of confused, ambiguous feel that their later work tends to have. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bunker_underground 13 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 5 hours ago, tiban said: what I like about that riff is that it used to be a chord progression over the main “theme”, I think the airbag they were rehearsing at first felt too grounded and kinda heavy, like the whole band was playing to the chords of the song, I love that they decided to uncouple the bass from following the chords changes, it gave the song a sort of confused, ambiguous feel that their later work tends to have. My thoughts exactly. The very first version on disc 1 sounds like an outtake from The Bends, chords-heavy acoustic guitar driven. So cool to hear how the song got deconstructed melodically, plus the addition of the riff - curious how that was added so late, though. There's another electric version about halfway through disc 4 that is another gem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRUE LOVE 30 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) Would be good to have a sort of Evolution of a song with early version followed by the next version and so on. Edited June 9, 2019 by TRUE LOVE 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
inalittlerowboat 5 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Recognizing that I never want to hear "I Promise" again 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JamiroFan2000 6 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Early Rehearsal Of 'Palo Alto'/sheer majestic evolution of "Motion Picture Soundtrack"/"Lift"/"Paranoid Android"/"Airbag" for me 😉 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRUE LOVE 30 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 On 6/8/2019 at 10:20 AM, forward said: Wait where? It is very nice but I think there's a reason it wasn't included: typical Radiohead stinginess (not that I disagree with it – I'd be the absolute same in a band) in that they want to make another go of it. They might be trying it every album. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkGrace 173 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 6/9/2019 at 2:46 PM, JamiroFan2000 said: Early Rehearsal Of 'Palo Alto'/sheer majestic evolution of "Motion Picture Soundtrack"/"Lift"/"Paranoid Android"/"Airbag" for me 😉 Was never a big fan of Palo Alto, but do quite like this early version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chernobyl2 177 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Hearing Palo Alto and A Reminder acoustic demos is a real treat. Some of these versions of Attention (Sorry, ATTENZIONE!) are really fun too. But yeah biggest things for me are Tomorrow Night in Paris, MPS demos, TLW demos, and Lift. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KidAmnesiac 18 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) Pitchfork weighed in with their highlights: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/radiohead-ok-computer-leak-best-songs/ Edit: they didn’t include Thom beatboxing so fuck them. Edited June 12, 2019 by KidAmnesiac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
section 917 168 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Thom should play Tomorrow Night In Paris live In Paris. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
olde Bean 1 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 That disc 3 version of Nude is remarkably like that fake version of "Big Ideas" that came out many years ago. Except if Radiohead had done it. I just love the organ in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reallybigboots 3 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, olde Bean said: That disc 3 version of Nude is remarkably like that fake version of "Big Ideas" that came out many years ago. Except if Radiohead had done it. I just love the organ in it. I first heard Big Ideas as Thom Solo acoustic, just like True Love Waits that's basically the only way I wanted to hear the song. Wish a proper studio recording WITHOUT the organ would have surfaced. A more stripped down version. I wonder if they ever recorded it that way in the OKC era or if every arrangement featured the organ? I just think that sometimes less is more. I did really like the final In Rainbows session though as well. It turned out beautifully. If they were going to do an embellished version, the strings work much better JIMHO. Edited June 12, 2019 by reallybigboots 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bacon 176 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 5 hours ago, KidAmnesiac said: Pitchfork weighed in with their highlights: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/radiohead-ok-computer-leak-best-songs/ Edit: they didn’t include Thom beatboxing so fuck them. Including the MPS from MD114 when both of the ones on MD112 are superior in every way? wtf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forward 120 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 What's Tomorrow Night in Paris called then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkGrace 173 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) Taking a run back through some of the highlights now that I've listened to the full thing. Really love the MPS on disc 3 with just Thom on guitar. The "beautiful angel" verse is so nice Does anyone know what this performance is from? Edited June 12, 2019 by MarkGrace Quote Link to post Share on other sites
no452 31 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, MarkGrace said: Taking a run back through some of the highlights now that I've listened to the full thing. Really love the MPS on disc 3 with just Thom on guitar. The "beautiful angel" verse is so nice Does anyone know what this performance is from? Rockville, "Just Passin' Thru" rado show. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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