Whiskey Clone 0 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 TKOL is mostly alright lyrics wise if you ask me. I s'pose Magpie and Little By Little are a bit on the dull side, but, Bloom, Seperator, GUTG, Staircase, The Butcher are definitely highlights. Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Clone 0 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Amok had some mediocre lyrics - Before Your Very Eyes, Stuck Together Pieces, that spaghetti line in Amok. Dropped and Unless' lyrics are just straight up shit. Link to post Share on other sites
StreetSpirit 0 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Best lyrics in the TKOL era was Separator (not great though). IR is brilliant in comparison. Bodysnatchers, Jigsaw, All I Need, Videotape, all great. Link to post Share on other sites
milton_friedman 0 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Two new songs! It looks like they're RH songs since in the first one Thom says "this is Johnny's bit"http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/watch-tom-yorke-perform-two-new-suspected-radiohead-songs-in-paris-a6763606.html Link to post Share on other sites
snow 0 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Best lyrics in the TKOL era was Separator (not great though). nah, it's lotus flower Link to post Share on other sites
SpyInTheCab 0 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 I think Morning m'lord/Mr. Magpie (acoustic version on Most Gigantic Lying Mouth) is amazing. Maybe it's because I watched that DVD so much, lol. Joking aside, I have always loved hearing Thom's early versions of songs that he did with only an acoustic guitar or the piano l(basement versions for example). I just love seeing the original and rawness that some of his songs have. Sometimes they become improved immensely when he brings it to the band and Nigel and sometimes the original simplistic version just sounds better to me.There There is a good example of that but opposite. the original jam they did of it sounded almost grunge like and heavier but then it ended up being one of the best songs they have ever written to this day. I'm just glad that The Present Tense still has the same solid original structure. You can hear some changes in the Paris version that obviously is in reflection to whatever they have done to it studio wise but I think that it will stay quite close to how it sounds now, hopefully with some faster electronic drum patterns and a full string section to go with that beautiful guitar piece. I really think it has the potential of being one of their best songs. I think this album will be quite the good mix of Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows but with a K.O.L accent to it. I think it's going to be an album that is immediately well received as well for the most part, definitely surpassing King of Limbs. And also a little longer as I feel they have quite the good amount of material and have succeeded in finishing most of them. Id say 12 tracks plus 2 to 4 b-sides. They still have the ability to write one of their best albums yet.Definitely ready for it and even though it probably won't happen until February, it would be the perfect Christmas present, lol. Just hearing the final version of The Present Tense would be a great Xmas gift alone! Link to post Share on other sites
SpyInTheCab 0 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 I think Hail to the Thief had some of their best lyrics: Myxomatosis, There There, Wolf at the door, Sail to the moon, etc etc. Link to post Share on other sites
babydoctor 48 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 i didn't mind tkol's lyrics, they weren't as groany as some of his solo stuff, most was ignorable at worst, but IR has possibly the best lyrics he's ever done so it was a bit disappointing. tkol is more of a sound tapestry sort of thing though so it works regardless. hail to the thief had some great lyrics as well but the lyrics span the quality spectrum much like the music does, just a function of the massive amount of songs that made the cut i guess. Link to post Share on other sites
long fork 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 https://www.instagram.com/p/_FgI4PsNhg/ Stanley is teasing again...last time he did that we got TMB...time before that we got the tkol announcement... Link to post Share on other sites
Razor Bikini 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 But what was the length of time between the tease and the announcement in those cases? It wouldn't necessarily mean anything but now you got me curious. Link to post Share on other sites
Razor Bikini 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 But also doesn't Stanley always just post shit like that? Link to post Share on other sites
long fork 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 The weekend before Valentine's 2011 Stanley said something about "Valentine's Day and the suprises it may bring" Tkol was announced Monday February 14th Similarly with TMB he started posting cryptic shit and records being pressed, the album dropped the next week I'm not saying this means lp9, but something Radiohead is going to be announced within the week, I guarantee it Link to post Share on other sites
biggie p 27 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 https://www.instagram.com/p/_FgI4PsNhg/ Stanley is teasing again...last time he did that we got TMB...time before that we got the tkol announcement... nice. also, that would be a fucking dope album cover, though it doesn't seem like one they'd use Link to post Share on other sites
long fork 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I doubt they would let Stanley spoil the cover like that ahead of a proper announcement. It could very well be in that vein however Link to post Share on other sites
Gazbo-d 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Stanley comments further down that it's 'not anything to do with music'. Bubble burst... Link to post Share on other sites
geese 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Best lyrics in the TKOL era was Separator (not great though). IR is brilliant in comparison. Bodysnatchers, Jigsaw, All I Need, Videotape, all great. and as that woman blows her cover in the eye of the beholder i'm a fish now out of water i dont think that's very good for best never cared much for all i need either Link to post Share on other sites
snow 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 nah, it's lotus flower Link to post Share on other sites
snow 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 tbh i don't get why people are so hung up on lyrics. i get it if they're so bad that they stick out and ruin the song a bit (see ph and a good chunk of httt), but if they're just in the middle, than lyrics are the last thing i'm thinking about when hearing a song. Link to post Share on other sites
Black-eyed Angel 0 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Stanley postet again: "Something's still coming..." Link to post Share on other sites
rose 10 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 tbh i don't get why people are so hung up on lyrics. i get it if they're so bad that they stick out and ruin the song a bit (see ph and a good chunk of httt), but if they're just in the middle, than lyrics are the last thing i'm thinking about when hearing a song.yup Link to post Share on other sites
biggie p 27 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 also yup, except aside from ph I'd never say Thom's lyrics are so bad they stick out and ruin a song Link to post Share on other sites
Tim77 0 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 also yup, except aside from ph I'd never say Thom's lyrics are so bad they stick out and ruin a song "Peel all of your layers off, I want to eat your artichoke heart" from 'Atoms For Peace' is SHIT. Link to post Share on other sites
snow 0 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 doesn't sound that bad to me *shrug* Link to post Share on other sites
Harrison Ford 0 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 "Peel all of your layers off, I want to eat your artichoke heart" from 'Atoms For Peace' is SHIT. I've always really really like that part. No more leaky holes in your brain and no false starts... Link to post Share on other sites
bedroomghost 10 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Stanley comments further down that it's 'not anything to do with music'. Bubble burst... Stanley could have said that just to get people to quit bringing up Radiohead. Why would he even admit to it being anything related to music/LP9 even if it were related to music/LP9? Link to post Share on other sites
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