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Flies are buzzing round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones
Big fish eat the little ones
Not my problem, give me some
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
This one's optimistic
This one went to market
This one just came out of the swamp
This one drops a payload
Fodder for the animals
Living on animal farm
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
I'd really like to help you, man
I'd really like to help you, man
Nervous messed up marionettes
Floating around on a prison ship
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 18:33 MassivRuss wrote: Somebody please explain the transcendent genius of RH, cuz I'm just not getting it. Whingy vocals, droning, minimalist-for-minimalism's-sake arrangements. Bleh. I try, I really do. It's on the RP hitlist, and Bill knows great music. But this is my automatic PSD cue. Will nobody call this crap "crap"? This emperor has no clothes. (and ooo, bad English teeth too!) I don't think one can explain it. Like Dylan and so many others, Radiohead tend to be a "love 'em or hate 'em" band. I'm a member of the former camp. ; ) |
| MassivRuss (Massachusetts) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 08:21 Somebody please explain the transcendent genius of RH, cuz I'm just not getting it. Whingy vocals, droning, minimalist-for-minimalism's-sake arrangements. Bleh. I try, I really do. It's on the RP hitlist, and Bill knows great music. But this is my automatic PSD cue. Will nobody call this crap "crap"? This emperor has no clothes. (and ooo, bad English teeth too!) |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 08:16 vandal wrote: Re: Music in general: Its not about conventions like melody, rhythm, or groove - its about how I feel when I listen to it. Radiohead makes me feel so many good things. The fact that their song structure is unconventional and their singer has a unique approach only adds to the power of my attraction to them.  Very well said! |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 08:14 romeotuma wrote:  Can I get a translation please. Where are our French listeners when we need'em?! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 19:11 |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 01, 2012 - 22:04 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 00:19 BBOGDA wrote: Ha Ha - I always thought this was U2! Do they have a song that sounds like this? No. They have that song where the guitar goes "chinga-chinga-chinga-chinga-chinga-chinga". |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 20:49 I like Radiohead.  |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 10:17 This group is what music is all about. Radiohead is one of the best at what they do. |
| BBOGDA (Oswego) | Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 10:10 Ha Ha - I always thought this was U2! Do they have a song that sounds like this? |
| ScottN (Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM i saw the divot where the landmine was placed.) | Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 10:09 One of Radiohead's songs I really like. A year or two back BillG had this song following Gimme Shelter which was preceded by U2's Bullet the Blue Sky. I called it the "apocalypse set". Bring that back for spin, Bill |
| StoneyG (Just east of The Rockies; north of the 49th) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 18:55 Exene wrote: For me, this song is incredibly powerful and moving. It articulates something I could never manage to express. It's cathartic. Word! One of my favourite numbas. SO much better live in a lot of ways, and yet the studio version has another element to it that perhaps isn't quite reproduced live. Either way, absolutely love it! |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 19:42 out_to_lunch wrote: I'll tell you what I've told others: This is something I post frequently. It is not intended to be personal, nor uncivilized; it is facetious: (click here) "> Still no excuse for your comment. As for this song, I must say I like it and Thom Yorke's vocals are nice and don't grate on me like they often unfortunately do. |
| choderama (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) | Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 17:45 keller1 wrote: I have listened to the music, and for the most part it drives me up the wall. All the pretentious Radiohead fans do is aggravate the situation. Great comment, though, from a fellow Canadian. Understandable. Yes, we must stick together, lol. Seems there are quite a few Canadians on here for how little people live in Canada... Seems like that on almost every website though. I think we're a very connected people per capita. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Sep 01, 2010 - 17:35 choderama wrote: Too many people dislike bands because of their pretentious fans, sometimes subconsciously. If I did that, I would dislike alot of artists I listen to. I have listened to the music, and for the most part it drives me up the wall. All the pretentious Radiohead fans do is aggravate the situation. Great comment, though, from a fellow Canadian. |
| choderama (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) | Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 15:50 keller1 wrote: My ears are fine. My big problem with the RP comments pages is preachy Radiohead fans. Too many people dislike bands because of their pretentious fans, sometimes subconsciously. If I did that, I would dislike alot of artists I listen to. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Jul 05, 2010 - 06:41 ZedLeppelin wrote: If you can't hear a groove in Everything In It's Right Place, There There or Jigsaw Falling Into Place (or a melody in Karma Police or Fake Plastic Trees) then you need your ears checked. My ears are fine. My big problem with the RP comments pages is preachy Radiohead fans. |
| ZedLeppelin (South Of The Centre) | Posted: Jul 05, 2010 - 01:07 keller1 wrote: This guy has taken a righteous slagging for this comment, but in my own posts I've said much the same thing —- I don't hear a melody or a groove in anything Radiohead does and the voice is just painful. Once in while, I've even used big red letters to get my point across. So there you are, Radiohead fans —- this band seems to polarize people into "lovers" and "haters", and we haters, minority though we may be, really, really hate em. "Intensely", as one post put it. After untold thousands of plays of In Rainbows, to the point where I couldn't listen to RP any more, the world has come back into balance a bit and we maybe get RH every six hours or so. I can live with that —- the LRC is only a couple of mouse clicks away. If you can't hear a groove in Everything In It's Right Place, There There or Jigsaw Falling Into Place (or a melody in Karma Police or Fake Plastic Trees) then you need your ears checked. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 19:21  Thom Yorke of Radiohead by Keira Vallejo Photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/keira76/ A smiling Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs at Victoria Park, East London, on the first night of the London leg of their tour - 24th June 2008 © All rights reserved. |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: May 02, 2010 - 11:29 vandal wrote: Re: Music in general: Its not about conventions like melody, rhythm, or groove - its about how I feel when I listen to it. Radiohead makes me feel so many good things. The fact that their song structure is unconventional and their singer has a unique approach only adds to the power of my attraction to them. Exactly! |
| Exene (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 20:06 For me, this song is incredibly powerful and moving. It articulates something I could never manage to express. It's cathartic. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 22:03 milehighYinzer wrote: Yeah, you're right. I just think that some of it may be a generation thing. Maybe its just how willing you are to except new sounds of music. And new kinds of spelling, too, I guess. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Oct 25, 2009 - 12:08 Nasty! |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 22:33 There was a half decent song on this album? Or is this a b-side to a single. Doesn't reek of crappy synthesizer like most of their post-bends work. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 22:33 Horrendous. |
| lmic (Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | Posted: Jul 22, 2009 - 20:08 Thought it was Perry Farrell! |
| loversclub (cologne germany) | Posted: Dec 13, 2008 - 06:08 what ? that`s great ! |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Nov 23, 2008 - 09:00 Re: Music in general: Its not about conventions like melody, rhythm, or groove - its about how I feel when I listen to it. Radiohead makes me feel so many good things. The fact that their song structure is unconventional and their singer has a unique approach only adds to the power of my attraction to them. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Nov 11, 2008 - 17:31 Stingray wrote: great stuff....? Sorry...??? Where´s the melody? Where´s the rythm? Where´s the groove? Where´s the voice? In my opinion this is a piece of shit, though they have a few, very limited few, good songs! STINGRAY! This guy has taken a righteous slagging for this comment, but in my own posts I've said much the same thing —- I don't hear a melody or a groove in anything Radiohead does and the voice is just painful. Once in while, I've even used big red letters to get my point across. So there you are, Radiohead fans —- this band seems to polarize people into "lovers" and "haters", and we haters, minority though we may be, really, really hate em. "Intensely", as one post put it. After untold thousands of plays of In Rainbows, to the point where I couldn't listen to RP any more, the world has come back into balance a bit and we maybe get RH every six hours or so. I can live with that —- the LRC is only a couple of mouse clicks away. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 14:56 Пожалуйста сыграйте больше Radiohead |
| FlamingLotus (South Austin, baby!) | Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 12:00 Another awesome song from Radiohead brought to my attention by RP! My first thought was that this was Sonic Youth, until the vocals kicked in. |
| brewmonkey (Bend ORY_GUN) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 21:02 After a great song writing string; this was their last good song |
| arserocket (Way down South West Scotland near boredom) | Posted: Jul 08, 2008 - 06:37 STINGRAY! I'm with Stingray! |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jul 08, 2008 - 06:35 I've usually been quite complimentary about Radiohead's instrumentals and very rude about Thom Yorke, whose voice makes me want to give him the wet fish around the chops treatment. However, my respect for him's increased a tad after skimming the Wikipedia entry on him (click here). I don't like his voice any more, but he seems an interesting, intelligent and decent guy. |
| out_to_lunch (Philly by way of CT) | Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 11:01 Egrey wrote: Civility people...  I'll tell you what I've told others: This is something I post frequently. It is not intended to be personal, nor uncivilized; it is facetious: (click here) "> |
| Egrey (WASH, DC) | Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 08:35 out_to_lunch wrote: your MOM's a piece of shit!! Civility people... |
| out_to_lunch (Philly by way of CT) | Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 08:33 Stingray wrote: Where´s the melody? Where´s the rythm? Where´s the groove? Where´s the voice? In my opinion this is a piece of shit, though they have a few, very limited few, good songs! STINGRAY! your MOM's a piece of shit!! |
| out_to_lunch (Philly by way of CT) | Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 08:30 lattalo wrote: If you don't understand why those of us like radiohead, it's OK we understand why you don't understand why we like radiohead. Got it.
 well put |
| chilibob (Peachtree City, Georgia) | Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 08:25 Great Band and Song!  |
| lattalo (Montana) | Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 14:28 If you don't understand why those of us like radiohead, it's OK we understand why you don't understand why we like radiohead. Got it. |
| IMGoph (Washington, DC) | Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 14:22 only if you have no imagination and abhor creativity. SchoepTone wrote: One of the only good RH songs post The Bends and OK Computer. |
| SchoepTone (Duke City) | Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 14:21 One of the only good RH songs post The Bends and OK Computer. |
| out_to_lunch (Philly by way of CT) | Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 14:20 pelipeli wrote: Is it me, or are we on a 3 month play loop? yes, it seems it is. everywhere I commented today I saw the same exact songs with one, two and three months old comments that refer to the same playlist as today....take yours for example |
| out_to_lunch (Philly by way of CT) | Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 14:19 I personally think that this album, along with OK Computer and ...yeah, pretty much all their stuff....will be regarded much the way boomers regard Pink Floyd. And the similarities/reference to Syd Barrett's mental illness is absolutely intended (radiohead being a term to describe schizophrenic noise), as well as their style and inventiveness. In short....I heart this album too. Oh so much.  |
| secretsauce | Posted: May 24, 2007 - 12:41 Indeed ... the "older" comment is unwarranted. I love RadioHead. I also think Bill is making a little comment on influences with this sequence: 1. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 2. U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky 3. Radiohead - Optimistic Three generations ... a torch passed (in the form of a certain jangly guitar riff). Why does every generation feel it invented everything? |
| pelipeli | Posted: May 24, 2007 - 12:39 eskles wrote: Probably my favorite Stones song followed by one of my favorite U2 songs followed by my favorite Radiohead song - let the happy feet continue, RP.
Is it me, or are we on a 3 month play loop? |
| rocco1207 (the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat) | Posted: May 24, 2007 - 12:37 treatment_bound wrote: I agree with everything he wrote...except they have no, and I mean no, good songs!  I don't even want to know what you consider good:  |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: May 24, 2007 - 12:36 Stingray wrote: Where´s the melody? Where´s the rythm? Where´s the groove? Where´s the voice? In my opinion this is a piece of shit, though they have a few, very limited few, good songs! STINGRAY! I agree with everything he wrote...except they have no, and I mean no, good songs! |
| arserocket (Way down South West Scotland near boredom) | Posted: May 24, 2007 - 12:34 milehighYinzer wrote: That dude needs a swift kick in the ass if you ask me.
I'm with Doc Davin! Stingray...ooops...feck!! |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Apr 03, 2007 - 16:52 siandbeth wrote: Hey, I'm older and I love Radiohead. I was listening to Head on the Door when I was walking into my calculus class at college with my handy 5 pound Walkman. Old, young... it's a personal taste thing HEY! I resent that "older" comment. I was listening to Throbbing Gristle's 20 Jazz Funk Greats in my 12 pound head because the 5 pound Walkman had yet to be invented as I walked into my college calculus class. . . 
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