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Radiohead — 15 Step
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subgyro
(Cowgary, AB)
Posted: May 08, 2013 - 08:44
 
Amazing amount of negative comments for a song with an average rating of 7.5, which I guess would be Most Likeable? I guess we Radiohead fans don't need to defend Thom and the boys.

Sure had me chair-dancing like a maniac at the computer... solid solid 9!

MassivRuss
(The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - God Save It!)
Posted: May 08, 2013 - 08:37
 
OUCH! It hurts to rip off my earphones that fast! PSD is just too slow sometimes.

Pezz9
Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 17:04
 
Canned Heat without the groove- really awful music
MassivRuss
(The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - God Save It!)
Posted: Feb 27, 2013 - 12:42
 
But mostly, really, what makes this SUCK is Yorke's so-called voice.  {#Moon}

waleed
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 05:51
 
Had an amazing experience with this in Amsterdam last week. 2 drummers and at least 15,000 bouncing, stomping steps!

adroc
(slightly left of centre)
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 14:35
 
 MassivRuss wrote:
Bleh. Hm, maybe a decent drum track, that could fit under a hundred other arrangements, but most of this is just hookless, minimalist noodling.  Ooo look, layers of found sound - Beck did it better 20 years ago. And then, ahem, but Yorke's voice is one of the most grating sounds in the musical universe.
 
That's a funny joke.

MassivRuss
(Massachusetts)
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 11:21
 
Bleh. Hm, maybe a decent drum track, that could fit under a hundred other arrangements, but most of this is just hookless, minimalist noodling.  Ooo look, layers of found sound - Beck did it better 20 years ago. And then, ahem, but Yorke's voice is one of the most grating sounds in the musical universe.

Odyzzeuz
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 15:18
 
drsteevo
(Location Location)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 10:21 < Reply >
 juanos wrote:

I am so with you... some people take me as illiterate but... I just cant' seem to understand what's so good about radiohead... I can count with the fingers of one hand the RH songs that I kind of tollerate and still have 3 or 4 fingers to spare!... 
  
I guess there is no accounting for musical taste.  Some have it, while some (like you) do not. 

Where I come from, this is what we call hitting below the belt. Allow other people their opinions. We don't need a Taliban mentality when it comes to matters of taste.



Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 08:57
 
 jr2571 wrote:

Everyone is always afforded their opinion, but RadioHead is one of the most influential and talented music groups of the past 20 years.  They definitley have a sound that I can see some not being into, but I so love this band- they give me hope for music. Play on.......

 

I totally agree with you, but many people don't see it that way.

jr2571
(NYC)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 10:32
 

Everyone is always afforded their opinion, but RadioHead is one of the most influential and talented music groups of the past 20 years.  They definitley have a sound that I can see some not being into, but I so love this band- they give me hope for music. Play on.......



drsteevo
(Location Location)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 10:21
 
 juanos wrote:

I am so with you... some people take me as illiterate but... I just cant' seem to understand what's so good about radiohead... I can count with the fingers of one hand the RH songs that I kind of tollerate and still have 3 or 4 fingers to spare!... 
 
I guess there is no accounting for musical taste.  Some have it, while some (like you) do not. 

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 10:21
 
Radiohead is pure effin genius.

juanos
(Somewhere between the US and Guatemala)
Posted: Jul 15, 2012 - 23:58
 
 modemhead wrote:

The mute function does not suffice here, the audio player must be stopped.  Somehow the fact that a stream of data is still being assembled into its insidious ear-fouling analog, unheard but lurking below the thin membrane of a silicon junction, is just too disquieting for me.
 
I am so with you... some people take me as illiterate but... I just cant' seem to understand what's so good about radiohead... I can count with the fingers of one hand the RH songs that I kind of tollerate and still have 3 or 4 fingers to spare!... 

modemhead
(Between the Blue Ridge and the deep blue sea)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 08:59
 
 xtalman wrote:
Okay I have figured out what it is about these guys that drive me to the mute button, the lead singers voice just is grating on my nerves.

Musically they are good and unique it is just York's voice that is terrible.  I guess it could be worse, it could be autotuned. 
 
The mute function does not suffice here, the audio player must be stopped.  Somehow the fact that a stream of data is still being assembled into its insidious ear-fouling analog, unheard but lurking below the thin membrane of a silicon junction, is just too disquieting for me.

markg063
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 08:58
 
Saw RH just recently. So Awesome! They did a great job with this!!{#Dancingbanana}

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 17:26
 
 socalhol wrote:
Whoa!  Thanks people who posted the You Tube video of 2009 Grammys — I missed that the first time around.  Very cool!  Now it makes me want to see Tusk — maybe there's a video for that too?  My recent favorite was when James Durbin on American Idol performed Muse-Uprising with a marching band (well not a whole band).
 
Thank you greedy corporate assbags for blocking that link in the US.  I hate American Idol, but I love Muse and I was in marching band in high school, so I was really interested in seeing it.

It isn't like they didn't make enough money off it the first time, and I highly doubt that you will ever see American Idol on DVD.  At least I hope not, watching that show once is bad enough... 

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 04:18
 
Now I remember why this album was free and I still haven't listened to it in ages. Must we have the ping pong table back in the recording studio.  I know other people liked it on OK computer but really?  Somewhere buried under a mountain of crap I kind of suspect there may be a half way decent song but I can't drown out the rest of the annoying noise to hear it.

LifeIsMusic
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 11:59
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Sounds like they are imitating Robert Plant imitating Prince 
 
Hilarious & right on if you think about it! thanks for making me laugh!


xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 11:38
 
Okay I have figured out what it is about these guys that drive me to the mute button, the lead singers voice just is grating on my nerves.

Musically they are good and unique it is just York's voice that is terrible.  I guess it could be worse, it could be autotuned. 

sarahg70
(Skipton, UK)
Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 06:32
 
"You used to be alright ............................. what happened?"
Turn it up loud :) 

Krispian
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 17:23
 
Brilliant

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 16:13
 
Whoa!  Thanks people who posted the You Tube video of 2009 Grammys — I missed that the first time around.  Very cool!  Now it makes me want to see Tusk — maybe there's a video for that too?  My recent favorite was when James Durbin on American Idol performed Muse-Uprising with a marching band (well not a whole band).

bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Jul 09, 2011 - 07:20
 
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHS3ci9H_Uc

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Jul 09, 2011 - 07:18
 
Sounds like they are imitating Robert Plant imitating Prince 

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 15:50
 
 hcaudill wrote:

Heh:

11:05 am Radiohead - 15 Step
11:03 am Elvis Costello - 13 Steps Lead Down 

Maybe next time Bill will take this a bit further:

Nick Lowe: 12-Step Program
Throwing Muses: Two Step
Faithless: One Step Too Far
Grateful Dead: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 

 



hcaudill
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 11:14
 

Heh:

11:05 am Radiohead - 15 Step
11:03 am Elvis Costello - 13 Steps Lead Down 

Maybe next time Bill will take this a bit further:

Nick Lowe: 12-Step Program
Throwing Muses: Two Step
Faithless: One Step Too Far
Grateful Dead: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 



Byronape
(Purgatory)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 11:09
 
 sailorgirl wrote:

I think you mean 5/4 time, and, having been in a marching band myself, it WOULD have been tricky to learn!!...well, march to anyway...

 
Ah yes, the marching band days.  4/4 was easy as most music is written in 4/4.  3/4 was a bit of a challenge.

Of course, I was a percussionist, so there is an argument that was frequently made that we didn't march at all, just walking around the field with heavy drums on.


floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 15:55
 
WOW this actually sounds CLEVER!!!!!! Bit of a throwback to Pablo Honey with all the guitars..

sailorgirl
(Vancouver)
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 14:56
 
 cvandoren wrote:

I remember some sort of interview with the marching band about how hard this was to learn because it was in 4/4 time (if I have that correct).  I thought that was kind of cool.

 
I think you mean 5/4 time, and, having been in a marching band myself, it WOULD have been tricky to learn!!...well, march to anyway...


StoneyG
(Just east of The Rockies; north of the 49th)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 21:54
 
Zeppelin may be amazing.  Zeppelin may have been around first.  But Radiohead to some - including myself - are absolutely brilliant.  This track is no exception.


cvandoren
(Albany, NY)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 21:53
 
 malvey254 wrote:


As if the studio version wasn't awesome enough, they were able to recreate this amazing song with just Johnny on guitar and a marching band.

Radiohead - 15 Step (Grammys 2009)

jen | MySpace Video
 
I remember some sort of interview with the marching band about how hard this was to learn because it was in 4/4 time (if I have that correct).  I thought that was kind of cool.


djblitz
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Jan 08, 2011 - 07:45
 
Just because it's Radiohead doesn't mean this is an automatic 10.  In fact, I'm shocked this has more 10's than say a rarer Led Zep track played here. 

7 at best for me, what's so special about this track?

The_PopeJ^P
Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 19:02
 
RadioHead continues to reinvent themselves and there sound.....truely a unique album.

calypsus_1
Posted: Jan 01, 2011 - 13:06
 

Yes Stingray, you are viewing, so you stay very "best in photography" to make comments on this record. (Now, whenever you are angry with you girlfriend, hypothetical, you come here to release your frustration, hate to write in red ink, so there)




Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 13:12
 
Hello RP-Listeners!

I wish all of you "MERRY CHRISTMAS",
wherever you are - whoever you wanna be!

Christmas is a sweet-naive tradition -
not a religious event! 

I like it anyway!

Still - I hope Bill takes the chance
to rock the christmas-tree to pieces tonight!

"Happy Christmas
your "BAD SANTA",
aka STINGRAY
-from Cologne/Germany-
PS
Sermon of the day (promise: I'm serious):

The "Three Wise Men" - Melchior, Balthasar + Caspar
are buried in a golden sarcophage in"our" dome, the famous 
"Cologne dome" - the third highest church-building
in the world - right in the very centre of town, next to the Rhine.
A gothic building of extra-class!

Have a look:
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Koelner_Dom_bei_Nacht_1_RB.JPG&filetimestamp=20060517174554

The "grave" for the non-believers:
http://www.koelner-dom.de/17450.html?&L=1

+

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings



johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 16:56
 
Great album

roulleau
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 16:55
 
 xtalman wrote:
This really is annoying, I rarely mute but this just got hit by the old mute button.
 

It's useful to remind myself that the diversity of taste and opinion is what makes the RP community so interesting.

{#Think}

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 10:04
 
 Jelani wrote:
After checking the marching band version, I have to say I think that it's much more impressive/moving than this studio version, though I do like both.
Can someone fill me in on the Lindsay Buckingham comment? 
 
It was Lindsey Buckingham's idea for Fleetwood Mac to perform his song Tusk with the USC Marching Band, way back in 1979. . .



Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 09:45
 
After checking the marching band version, I have to say I think that it's much more impressive/moving than this studio version, though I do like both.
Can someone fill me in on the Lindsay Buckingham comment? 

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 09:44
 
This really is annoying, I rarely mute but this just got hit by the old mute button.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 11:31
 
 Stingray wrote:
The British Paul Auster's of music!
 
That's interesting; I don't think I've ever seen or heard any musician or band compared to Paul Auster.   Not that your comparison is inaccurate — he's just kind of a unexpected person to bring up.  I've barely heard any mention of Mr. Auster since the early 1990's.



Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 09:36
 
The British Paul Auster's of music!

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 09:03
 
 keller1 wrote:


Lindsay Buckingham is a friggin genius.
 
Hahaha, I checked...and YES, it was the USC Marching Band! Wow, I have to agree, I like this version better than the recorded, electronic version. Of course I love marching bands.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 10:33
 
 keller1 wrote:


Lindsay Buckingham is a friggin genius.
 
Too funny. . .


Leslie
(Antioch, CA)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 10:31
 
I love this entire album.

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 18:19
 
 malvey254 wrote:


As if the studio version wasn't awesome enough, they were able to recreate this amazing song with just Johnny on guitar and a marching band.

Radiohead - 15 Step (Grammys 2009)

jen | MySpace Video
 

Lindsay Buckingham is a friggin genius.

malvey254
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 09:47
 


As if the studio version wasn't awesome enough, they were able to recreate this amazing song with just Johnny on guitar and a marching band.

Radiohead - 15 Step (Grammys 2009)

jen | MySpace Video



MilSF1
(Arkadelphia, AR)
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 09:42
 
I think I like the Grammy live version better than the CD. Not too bad either way. Nice pairing with Elvis Costello Bill ;-)

sarahg70
(Skipton, UK)
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 09:35
 
This is a great track & was brilliant when I saw them live{#Dancingbanana}

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 12:39
 
 MojoJojo wrote:

I was just thinking about the same thing.  Another possibility is he heard it multiple times before it came on here and had already developed a well considered opinion.
 
It's more fun to just assume he is a tool, so I'm gonna go with that. 
 

For consideration:  read the string and ask yourself just who the "tool" is here.