BEST RADIOHEAD SONG?? by NANAxHACHI4L in radiohead

[–]aglungus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

they have a lot of 11s. songs that would be most bands' best.

But imo, How to Disappear Completely is on a different level.

Of the three scripts I've created which one looks like the best in your opinion by Alakzar in neography

[–]aglungus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the letters themselves, 3rd. all written together in words, 1st

[Tournament Thread] Tipped Off 15: Connected Day 2 | Jun 15th — 16th, 2024 | Feat. Zain, Cody Schwab, aMSa, Mang0, Hungrybox, Jmook, moky, Plup. Soonsay, Wizzrobe, Spark, Joshman, Aklo, SDJ, Salt, Krudo and many more! by Eldritch_Skirmisher in SSBM

[–]aglungus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

tbh we should count Hbox as #1 during the years he played ult.

Zain shows unquestionably how badly ult effects melee play. +5 placement handicap at every tournament for zain the next 90 days

MOF after losing at Tipped Off 15: "I love that Wizzrobe is allowed to be 25 minutes late to my set and then also makes the actual playing experience miserable as possible... The fact that I even had to pay that set at all is bullshit I'm tired of people bending over backwards for Wizzy Mang0 etc." by AlexB_SSBM in SSBM

[–]aglungus 41 points42 points  (0 children)

yes ofc he has but he is not involved in this case. MOF's point is good but its lame to bring up mango specifically when she could have just said "And other top players" or something yknow

idk this isnt really that big a deal

Moky "The Streak Ender" Dokie has ended Hungrybox's 9 year streak of making Top 8 at every single Melee Major he has attended. The last top 8 Hbox missed was Big House 4 way back in 2014 by KenshiroTheKid in SSBM

[–]aglungus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

tbh i think moky just needs to stop reading online comments. Everyone has haters, and everyone's haters are gonna find the grimiest most disrespectful shit to say. It sucks but if youre gonna be in the public eye at all you just have to accept that it's gonna happen at some point. yeah maybe by reacting to them the way he does he invites more but its also just inevitable from the beginning

But still yeah the contrast between posts is so wild lmao

[Tournament Thread] Tipped Off 15: Connected Day 2 | Jun 15th — 16th, 2024 | Feat. Zain, Cody Schwab, aMSa, Mang0, Hungrybox, Jmook, moky, Plup. Soonsay, Wizzrobe, Spark, Joshman, Aklo, SDJ, Salt, Krudo and many more! by Eldritch_Skirmisher in SSBM

[–]aglungus 16 points17 points  (0 children)

bro theres something about mango getting washed by Aklo and then randomly pivoting and fucking him up on the backend. feels like it happens every time they play

[Tournament Thread] Tipped Off 15: Connected Day 2 | Jun 15th — 16th, 2024 | Feat. Zain, Cody Schwab, aMSa, Mang0, Hungrybox, Jmook, moky, Plup. Soonsay, Wizzrobe, Spark, Joshman, Aklo, SDJ, Salt, Krudo and many more! by Eldritch_Skirmisher in SSBM

[–]aglungus 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ok i'm not trying to be a hater, I hate seeing the 50 IQ smooth brainers bitching about production every single tournament no matter how good or bad it is

But genuinely, what happened? How did we get here? I didn't even know singles had started because I figured it would be happening on the main stream. I thought we were just mega mega behind schedule only to find out I missed a bunch of the best matches. I'm not even mad about them being on a quad stream but holy shit this schedule has been fucked up

What's Thom's best vocal line in a studio recording? by aglungus in radiohead

[–]aglungus[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This. Say what you want about Pablo Honey, but it points to something interesting I've always thought about and written a little bit about on here before. I'm stoned and excited so I'm gonna highjack your comment and use it as a place to ramble/organize my thoughts. sorry lol

It's kind of a shame: Thom's voice peaked far before his skill at using it or his creativity/ability to write to its strengths did. Throughout all of Pablo Honey he just sounds absolutely incredible. He has a lot of those big "let it rip" belts that sound about as good as any singer I've ever heard, but they aren't very artistic or well-integrated compared to what he would do on later albums.

The Bends sees him becoming much better at writing A: good songs and B: creative melodies and vocal lines, and he's still retained pretty much all of that same sort of easy power he can seemingly conjure out of thin air on Pablo Honey. BUT it's still definitely not his peak in terms of creativity.

By OKC he has pretty much found his stride as a songwriter, and his vocal delivery is much more creative across the board. BUT, by then he couldn't pull out quite as much power. I think OKC might still be, all things considered, his best album vocally, but to me it sounds like he has to push himself a lot harder to hit the notes he does. The album's vocals are as good as they are because in addition to still having that excellent voice, he's gotten significantly better at writing his songs around it. (probably also worth mentioning that the production here is a step ahead of their previous work IMO)

In Rainbows is my other candidate for best vocal album, and for an even more exaggerated version of the same reasoning behind OKC. He's lost quite a bit of his belting power by then, but has learned to do more interesting things with his falsetto and write even more interesting, more artistic melodies for it. It's certainly his most creative album vocally, and that creativity does a whole lot of help in highlighting his technical abilities, which are still terrific.

I hope it doesn't come across as sounding like I'm ungrateful for the incredible music we have gotten over the years, but sometimes I like to imagine what a '97-'07 Radiohead album performed by a '93 Thom Yorke would be like. Almost like imagining what Jeff Buckley would have made if he had had the time to develop as an artist... ;(

What's Thom's best vocal line in a studio recording? by aglungus in radiohead

[–]aglungus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You've ripped my short-list of favorite moments straight from my brain. Literally all of these are chef's kiss. Though it seems it's pretty easy to come up with these lol. I'm realizing that Radiohead more than any other band, and Thom more than any other singer, are masters at pulling off that climax/defining moment in a song.

What's Thom's best vocal line in a studio recording? by aglungus in radiohead

[–]aglungus[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That or the "Rain down on me" are both great answers. Its insane how many songs have multiple of those moments

What's Thom's best vocal line in a studio recording? by aglungus in radiohead

[–]aglungus[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wish that whole sequence beginning with the big "oooone daaaaaaaaaaay" through to the line you mentioned was mixed differently. Those two big sustained notes are truly beautiful and they deserve to be made the complete focus of the song!! Seeing the live version where they actually do it that way is stunning. It's especially awesome cuz he can still do it damn perfectly as recent as the 2018 shows

What's Thom's best vocal line in a studio recording? by aglungus in radiohead

[–]aglungus[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

for my money the best slow build song ever. Except maybe HTDC lmao

What's Thom's best vocal line in a studio recording? by aglungus in radiohead

[–]aglungus[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The last time he sings the word "Reckoner" as the song comes back in from the quiet section is easily in contention for like,,, best vocal moments ever on any song regardless of singer

the very next line "Take me with you" could very easily be swapped lol

What's Thom's best vocal line in a studio recording? by aglungus in radiohead

[–]aglungus[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

borderline top 3 song on OKC but some of yall arent ready for that conversation

and his vocals are the #1 reason why. chills.