![]() OK Computer (1997) [ larger cover art ] |
Karma police, arrest this man, he talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio
Karma police, arrest this girl, her Hitler hairdo
Is making me feel ill and we have crashed her party
This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get when you mess with us
Karma police, I've given all I can, it's not enough
I've given all I can but we're still on the payroll
This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get when you mess with us
For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself
Phew for a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself
Oh for a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself
Phew for a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself
| kobkob (alloney aba israel) | Posted: May 02, 2013 - 01:43 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xt4ObtKas intersting |
| lemonfergie (Troll Capital of the World) | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 13:53 AcesUp wrote: Awesome cover that is deserving: http://youtu.be/t7Xt4ObtKas A Middle-Eastern flavored version from Tel Aviv-based singer Rotem Shefy on vocals, Leat Sabbah on cello, Awesome cover! Thanks so much for sharing this link!!! |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 13:48 kingart wrote: Perhaps part of my point is my anguish on hearing Thom Yorke's anguished vocals. Apart from the fact that I can't quite understand his anguished vocals. Or that his vocals always seem to be anguished. Hey Artie - if you don't quite understand listen more closely. And over the course of 20 years of music making, Thom has expressed the whole range of emotions, not just anguish. And from your info, you are a fellow Brooklyner who is my senior by a mere two years, but what speaks volumes is that the youngest artist you have given a 10 to is Dire Straits. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 13:46 ewisor wrote: One of the best bands from the late 90s. And the early "00s, and the late "00s, and the early "10s. And in the history of rock and roll |
| hanssachs (Hawaii) | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 13:45 Arrrgh ... more than one Thom Yorke song a day is too much Thom Yorke - it's just not growing on me. Quit WHINING! |
| AcesUp (Athens, Georgia) | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 05:42 Awesome cover that is deserving: http://youtu.be/t7Xt4ObtKas A Middle-Eastern flavored version from Tel Aviv-based singer Rotem Shefy on vocals, Leat Sabbah on cello, |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 08:58 robh wrote: The whole point is Thom Yorke's anguished vocals Perhaps part of my point is my anguish on hearing Thom Yorke's anguished vocals. Apart from the fact that I can't quite understand his anguished vocals. Or that his vocals always seem to be anguished. |
| musicdan (West Coast of Michigan) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 08:57 Great song for a gray Friday morning |
| musicdan (West Coast of Michigan) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 08:57 Great song for a gray Friday morning |
| Nitsuo13 (Arles, FRANCE) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 08:55 Godlike... Absolutely ! |
| ewisor (Corvallis, OR USA) | Posted: Mar 31, 2013 - 22:20 One of the best bands from the late 90s. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 24, 2013 - 18:04 marvelous... |
| robh (up t'north UK) | Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 14:13 MassivRuss wrote: Nearly an OK song, then Yorke sings. The whole point is Thom Yorke's anguished vocals |
| MassivRuss (The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - God Save It!) | Posted: Feb 28, 2013 - 11:25 Nearly an OK song, then Yorke sings. |
| markg063 | Posted: Feb 28, 2013 - 11:24 JUST wanting to hear some Radiohead... perfect timing! |
| Tana (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Feb 15, 2013 - 12:27 johnjconn wrote: Possibly the greatest song ever made Until Lotus Flower and Separator and Staircase came along! |
| MassivRuss (Massachusetts) | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 19:58 |
| MassivRuss (Massachusetts) | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 19:57 johnjconn wrote: Possibly the greatest song ever made The. Greatest. From Radiohead? The KoolAid is strong in this one. |
| mixter47 (huntington beach ca) | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 19:51 great song .... great video....my karma ran over my dogma... |
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 13:28 johnjconn wrote: Possibly the greatest song ever made I agree — wholeheartedly - and I have great taste in music. . . ![]() . . In that world where there are about 23 different songs - depending on time and place - that are the greatest songs ever made. . Part of it is knowing how ridiculously good OK Computer is as a whole — which is certainly, without a doubt, one of the best LP's ever made. Matter of fact, I think I'll go Spotify it! |
| :+:_DL (RVA) | Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 11:02 johnjconn wrote: Possibly the greatest song ever made Who are you kidding? |
| d48m02h1918 | Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 11:00 Unique sound - an explosion of different noises coming together at the right time!! |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 14:46 Possibly the greatest song ever made |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 13:04 Stingray wrote: One of three VERY-VERY GOOD "Head"-songs I know, the rest...? Forget it! Pseudo-intellectual bull! I'm going to use Stingy's usual randomly thoughtless rant as a starting point. When this came out, I savaged it, especially the lyrics and Yorke's grating whine of a voice. It's taken me some time, but despite the borderline trite title (Really? Karma Police? A small toss from the equally awful "Dream Police"), this is an amazing song. The composition is a soaring paean to The Beatles and its execution something of which George Martin would approve. Yorke's voice hasn't gotten any better, and I've learned not to pay too very much attention to the lyrics, but with one song after another, this band rips out one classic after another. Amazed that they've hung in together so long. |
| cely (the tropics of discourse) | Posted: Jul 23, 2012 - 17:37 This band amazes me. I usually feel like I know what makes them so good—instrumentation, counterpoint, texture—they're some of the best at all that. But this song is comparatively uninteresting that way, and yet though I've heard it 100 times it's always great. A strange and powerful melody. Who comes up with the basic melodies for Radiohead? Whoever is pretty much a genius. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 14:51 love this whole cd. not my fav song on it, but it's still really great. |
| Somaosteo (Bendigo) | Posted: May 08, 2012 - 03:11 First encountered when moved to Japan and feeling depressed about it all. Great CD to listen in the bedtowns of Tokyo. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Apr 19, 2012 - 17:21 Echoes of Sexy Sadie. |
| grogg | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 06:45 10. The defining album of the 90s. |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 06:43 Ummmmm.......??? GODLIKE!!!! |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 12:00 Great way to start a new month. And I would never consider Radiohead pop music. |
| RadoRamon (North East, Italy) | Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 11:53 ... Thom Yorke is continuing with his miaow!! It's enogugh!!! |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 11:49 This song is the definition of Perfection |
| salzburg4321 (Salzburg, Austria) | Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 11:48 Song good, but the vocalist! |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 12:36 Poacher wrote: I just adore the ending of this track. . . I just came here to say that very thing |
| Alexandra (Here and Now) | Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 12:33 Zep wrote: + a million. |
| Zep (Holding the runner at first) | Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 18:56 flapser wrote: By far one of the best cd's ever made and of the best bands in the world. + a million. |
| rtwingo (Ramat Gan, Israel) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 23:40 flapser wrote: By far one of the best cd's ever made and of the best bands in the world. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 07:31 I just adore the ending of this track. . . |
| tulfan (One of the last ones in SE MI) | Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 07:27 Automatic break time whenever I detect RH |
| Mandible | Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 07:26 palad1 wrote: I'm feeling old. I listened to this when I was 20, I would never have thought then I would be 33 one day. Although dark and thoughtful, this album brings back awesome memories Blaring Karma Police and Electioneering on my crappy Ford Fiesta CD player after returning from a booty call! Oh yeah !!! Hello London. Feeling is shared by a person of just about the same age in Colorado. Just so ya know. Well, except for the booty call part. |
| stub30 (East Wenatchee) | Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 10:04 Is anyone else hearing Elmer Fudd on this song? |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 09:26 For a minute there, I lost myself. . . ![]() |
| palad1 (London UK. A froggie in exile.) | Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 09:25 I'm feeling old. I listened to this when I was 20, I would never have thought then I would be 33 one day. Although dark and thoughtful, this album brings back awesome memories Blaring Karma Police and Electioneering on my crappy Ford Fiesta CD player after returning from a booty call! Oh yeah !!! |
| grant | Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 09:23 Brilliant pop music - I love the ending of this song it builds to an awesome bleeping squealing screeching crescendo. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 15:10 One of three VERY-VERY GOOD "Head"-songs I know, the rest...? Forget it! Pseudo-intellectual bull! |
| (former member) | Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 15:02 gatorade wrote: "This is what you'll get....when you mess with us". I do get it. 10. Sexy Sadie, what have you done? You made a fool of everyone.. |
| scrubbrush | Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 13:09 Super-Cuts owes that guy a refund calypsus_1 wrote: ![]() Radiohead @ Southside 2008 by chrys http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/ Friday night at Southside Festival , Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany. |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 12:59 satp wrote: jools, I want to take you one a little adventure. An adventure of the mind. Join me won't you? First, close your eyes. Unless you're driving. Are they closed? Good. Now, imagine you're a passenger taking a cross country trip, free as the wind, on a cool fall afternoon. The sun is setting casting radiant colors into the sky, and the corn is swaying in the gentle breeze. You glance at the dashboard in front of you. It's an older car, back when they made dashboards out of metal and seatbelts were an afterthought. You still with me? Good. Now, look at the radio. It has those big silver buttons you pull out to set stations you like, and a little needle that slides to the left and right behind some numbers. Now, concentrate here. On one side of that needle, there's a knob. This makes the music louder if you turn it clockwise (the direction a clock's hands move) and quieter if you turn it the other way. Now, the other knob, get ready for it, this changes the station. These two knobs are your keys to the universe, really. From the comfort of where you sit, you can make the music quieter, louder, or change it entirely. You can even turn the volume knob completely counter clockwise and the sound stops altogether. Now, you can make these changes with autonomy! You can do it, really. Your decisions for the volume and choice of music you prefer are of keen interest to yourself, of course, and by default the person driving will take an interest in it. People in the back seat? I suppose they'll be wanting your feedback too. But unless you're journey of the mind has you driving some version of the blues-mobile with a gigantic bullhorn on the top, or a flaming-lips inspired mini-radio station, you can simply make these little choices for yourself and feel very satisfied in making them, without the added effort of broadcasting them to the rest of the planet earth. Okay, you can open your eyes now. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 12:55 calypsus_1 wrote: ![]() Radiohead @ Southside 2008 by chrys http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/ Friday night at Southside Festival , Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany. Nice Pic, tune?? not so much!! |



