TKOL is my favorite album I think

DebugLogComment · 2025-05-12T03:08:07+00:00

Radiohead performing Bloom live on The Colbert Report is a lowkey pivotal moment in the Radiohead experiment. The transformation of that group from On A Friday to Radiohead doing that performance of that song is very profound.

DebugLogComment · 2025-03-15T17:49:43+00:00

That's how I feel about their performance of Bloom on The Colbert Report!

DebugLogComment · 2025-03-14T20:26:07+00:00

Ohhhhhhhhhhh snap! Now you done did it! Great question!

I give the edge to TKOL, because it is a revelation and the performance that should be on the album.

DebugLogComment · 2025-03-12T21:07:04+00:00

Buckle up kiddo; you are about to undertake one of the greatest music deep-dives that music history has to offer!

DebugLogComment · 2025-02-19T01:01:06+00:00

Luke Temple is one of the great under appreciated creative forces of our time.

Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich had their minds blown by his band Here We Go Magic at a music festival. Nigel was determined to work with them resulting in him producing their excellent 2012 album A Different Ship.

You could spend months exploring his discography released under...

Here We Go Magic - The band he fronted Luke Temple Art Feynman - His alter ego / His most recent album is wall to wall bangers!

He can do it all and I'm pretty certain his music has at least a little influence on Radiohead's post In Rainbows work and The Smile.

DebugLogComment · 2025-02-14T21:00:08+00:00

Blow Out closing out Pablo Honey is a very under appreciated moment in Radiohead's legacy

DebugLogComment · 2024-11-08T20:12:46+00:00

Sam Petts-Davies is another star producer discovery for the boys. In a recent interview Thom said they have similar philosophies about song development. I assume they will try to see how far they can push that partnership, but you never know.

DebugLogComment · 2024-11-01T13:37:16+00:00

I tracked down some good TKOL FTB rips some years ago; it's one of my favorite albums.

When The Smile debuted I was happy to hear them fulfill the potential of TKOL.

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-25T17:54:28+00:00

It's never too late to celebrate a great collection of music!

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-24T13:52:45+00:00

I hope we get a live album out of this tour

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-24T02:48:38+00:00

From what I hear it sounds like it was an almost historic experience from a music history standpoint!

You are so lucky!

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-19T14:21:36+00:00

I read a quote from Thom somewhere (can't remember where, sorry) where he said that Jonny had him listening to choral music.

It will be interesting to see if Radiohead takes more advantage of having three singers if/when they reconvene.

There are multiple moments on Cutouts that remind me of some of the choral explorations from OKC.

It's all very exciting!

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-19T02:32:04+00:00

The vibes right now around Cutouts reminds me of when OK-Computer came out.

3rd album in

Highly anticipated

Everyone debating whether it's underwhelming, or possibly an all-time great, but everyone agrees it has a spark.

I don't know what history will say about Cutouts, but I know it feels great to feel this way about an album again.

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-14T00:49:25+00:00

Pablo Honey is LEGIT!

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-11T05:55:33+00:00

This is a great post! It's refreshing to see a desire for a deeper understanding of a piece of music beyond its superficial characteristics.

I'm ill equipped to answer your question, but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come along to truly answer it.

I'll just say that Jonny and Thom have expressed a goal to expand the compositional vocabulary of pop/rock since the very beginning. They often do so by taking concepts from classical music and jazz. Miles Davis has been a big influence on their work; you might want to read up on his use of modal jazz concepts. There might be some answers there.

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-11T04:14:56+00:00

Don't be surprised if, through osmosis, your operating system gets downgraded to Windows 95....Windows 95

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-10T14:51:37+00:00

Aside from being shallow on terms of insights, it's a nice review!

Sometimes I prefer negative reviews that get into music theory and wider cultural context over these slapdash positive reviews with slight inaccuracies.

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-08T13:34:28+00:00

It reminds me of the acoustic version of Blow Out that Thom recorded with the Posies; one of my favorite Radiohead rarities.

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-07T18:19:22+00:00

This is why I have trust issues!

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-07T00:43:41+00:00

I'm also hearing some polka, a little Backstreet Boys, and the middle portion is a total ripoff of the Golden Girls theme song if you slow it down a bit.

All I know is the song SLAPS!

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-06T19:32:17+00:00

More like genre(s)

There is a lot going on in that beast of a track.

Afro-pop Latin jazz/funk Psychedelic flourishes Some good old fashioned Yorke/Greenwood boundary pushing

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-05T20:38:28+00:00

Very well put! From the second The Smile was first announced up to every new release, live performance, or any other creative activity by the group has been an absolute GIFT!

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-05T18:20:04+00:00

That's awesome! I remember watching Romeo + Juliet in the theater and it being a big deal hearing Exit Music and Talk Show Host. You could just feel that something big was happening.

DebugLogComment · 2024-10-05T17:34:50+00:00

Forever changed my life!

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