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| Author: | washing machine [ Fri January 18, 2013 4:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread! |
I think Give Up The Ghost is one of the prettiest Radiohead songs I'll ever hear. |
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| Author: | epilogue [ Fri January 18, 2013 4:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread! |
surface the north wrote: Do you mean that the song structures are repetitive or that each track on the album sounds the same? If it's the latter then I couldn't disagree more. I was referring more to song structure. I don't remember every song sounding the same. But I remember feeling like the individual songs weren't taking me anywhere unexpected or exciting. But, again , it's been a while. |
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| Author: | epilogue [ Fri January 18, 2013 4:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread! |
I don't think I've heard any of the non-album tracks - the b-sides, leftovers, etc - from the King of Limbs sessions. |
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| Author: | washing machine [ Fri January 18, 2013 4:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread! |
durdencommatyler wrote: I don't think I've heard any of the non-album tracks - the b-sides, leftovers, etc - from the King of Limbs sessions. |
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| Author: | epilogue [ Fri January 18, 2013 4:36 am ] |
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Oh man, Daily Mail is gorgeous. I like that more than anything on KoL. |
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| Author: | washing machine [ Fri January 18, 2013 4:38 am ] |
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It's great live, but I don't know that I would have liked it on the album. |
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| Author: | epilogue [ Fri January 18, 2013 4:42 am ] |
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I'll make revisiting KoL a priority. But already, Daily Mail grabbed me more than anything from the album on first listen. I've already listened to it again. I didn't do that with any of the album's tracks. |
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| Author: | Kevin Davis [ Fri January 18, 2013 5:43 am ] |
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theplatypus wrote: surface the north wrote: Joey (and anyone else), what was it about The King of Limbs that didn't resonate with you? The absence of any memorable melodies. Melody is one of Radiohead's strongest suits, even in their deliberately "difficult" records, and in TKOL it was more-or-less abandoned for an emphasis on dense textures and rhythm. Man, I couldn't disagree with this more. I think "Lotus Flower" and "Codex" are both wonderful melodies. |
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| Author: | Jorge [ Fri January 18, 2013 6:10 am ] |
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I don't know, I revisited the album thanks to this thread and I stand by my assessment. I still like the record, but less so than any other except for Pablo Honey. And Reid, I didn't say there were no melodies, I said there were no memorable ones. The only one that gave me pause to reconsider was "Lotus Flower"; other than that, I find them stiff and, honestly, pretty boring, almost like they're subservient to the rhythm and chord progressions instead of gliding elegantly above them like the best Radiohead songs. Compare "Codex" to something like "Sail to the Moon" and it pales in comparison, stale and lifeless. As textured and layered as this album is, and as good as it sounds, I find it melodically gaunt and anemic in comparison to their previous work. Perhaps this is by design, or perhaps Mr. Magpie did take their melody. |
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| Author: | washing machine [ Fri January 18, 2013 6:20 am ] |
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I guess I don't really know what to say. |
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| Author: | Jorge [ Fri January 18, 2013 6:24 am ] |
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theplatypus wrote: or perhaps Mr. Magpie did take their melody. This was cheesy I'm sorry |
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| Author: | washing machine [ Fri January 18, 2013 6:28 am ] |
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We clearly value different things in music, so I sort of understand what you're referring to, particularly when you touch on that interesting bit about the melody being "subservient to the music." Those are just things that I enjoy. I don't find the melodies "gaunt" at all. I guess that's sort of why this album resonates so well with me. |
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| Author: | Jorge [ Fri January 18, 2013 6:29 am ] |
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Sure. And like I said, I do like the album, just not as much as I like the others. "Lotus Flower" is pretty great. |
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| Author: | bodysnatcher [ Fri January 18, 2013 6:40 am ] |
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the Radiohead discography is far and away the hardest of any band for me to rank. |
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| Author: | joostone [ Fri January 18, 2013 10:06 am ] |
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OK computer The Bends Kid A In Rainbows Hail to the Thief Amnesiac The Kings of Limbs Pablo Honey That's how I would rate them, the Bends/OKC/Kid A remains essential to me...I think I was 16 when I first heard 'Street Spirit' and a couple of weeks later 'Paranoid Android' was released. Those years will always be my favorite RH years. |
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| Author: | VinylGuy [ Fri January 18, 2013 2:25 pm ] |
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I think Platypus is right, the melodies arent memorables...its like all the songs are about to take off but they finish quietly..i remember thinking where is the band as a whole? It was a letdown for me because i was so in love with In Rainbows i was expecting something else. |
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| Author: | Chris_H_2 [ Fri January 18, 2013 2:30 pm ] |
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I still think the version of Videotape that they played live on the tour before they released In Rainbows is one of the best songs the band has written. Then they messed it all up. |
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| Author: | Oh, Jimmy [ Fri January 18, 2013 2:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread! |
Hail To the Thief The Bends OK computer In Rainbows Kid A Pablo Honey Amnesiac The Kings of Limbs |
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| Author: | lowlight79 [ Fri January 18, 2013 3:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread! |
darth_vedder wrote: I love I can't and Lurgee. |
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| Author: | bart [ Fri January 18, 2013 5:03 pm ] |
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I didn't like King of Limbs until I saw the songs live. And usually I can't stand it when people say stuff like that. So I dunno. |
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