Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

[grieves]

so i see now why everyone was roffing about "broken hearts" etc

 

black keys backing vocals aside, it's a great track

[Whiskey Clone]

slight bias that the non-obsessed haven't actually heard it yet perhaps.

Oh yeah, there's no fucking way it'll stay that way. Neat to see though,however brief it may be.

 

Pretty sure the same thing happened with To Pimp a Butterfly.

[Jethro]

Yeah I heard this properly last night - magnificent.

[biggie p]

we've said a lot about the choir in Identikit but has anyone mentioned the awesome as fuck synth (or whatever) that accompanies it? cause it's awesome as fuck

[Bluebelle]

we've said a lot about the choir in Identikit but has anyone mentioned the awesome as fuck synth (or whatever) that accompanies it? cause it's awesome as fuck

oh yeah I love that synth

[babydoctor]

It was in the live version but interestingly they changed the chord progression it's being played over

[snow]

i mean that synth part was on there from the live version from way back so i was already used to it.  though yeah it rules

[biggie p]

it just shimmers though when the choir comes in, the effect is really cool

[jediStick]

I have to say I'm surprised to see so many people didn't like the live version of True Love Waits. I had assumed it was a unanimous favorite of the unrecorded tracks.

[shep proudfoot]

It's one of my faves and I shat myself when I saw it on the track listing

[Pickled Dog]

Cannot deal with all this ranking and rating so soon. Feels like bludgeoning it to death to get at its insides rather than just spending some quality time with it. I felt such a release after this was released - pun intended - and I don't know how you're all keeping the hype up over an album that is so chill. It is exhausting.

 

Not a criticism. I'm sort of impressed? But also you make me want to delete my internet.

 

I wonder if the band's retreat from the web signals a new approach to us. It seems like previously they've always shared so much and they've openly championed the web as a place for them to talk to and share stuff with fans directly - particularly surrounding IR which was typically mysterious despite us having an insane amount of visual and other material to go on and discuss. It feels like they've actively encouraged this kind of pouring over from their fan base but maybe they're not into that anymore and maybe that's a lot to do with how personal lives are providing inspiration which is the one thing they've always spurned and even been hostile about when asked.

 

I think that'd be fine at this point but could MT adjust?

[babydoctor]

Loved it way back in the day but kind of got over it.

[FictionalCharacter]

I have to say I'm surprised to see so many people didn't like the live version of True Love Waits. I had assumed it was a unanimous favorite of the unrecorded tracks.

 

True Love Waits and How To Disappear Completely are my two least favorite (major) Radiohead songs because of how crude, obvious, and over-the-top I feel they are.

 

That said, True Love Waits is a great finisher on this album and this version is growing on me.

[box]

for some reason "ya gotta be kidding me" is my favorite line from AMSP

Yep

 

I react to that like its some fire bars or something

 

Just whewwww lad

[babydoctor]

Cannot deal with all this ranking and rating so soon. Feels like bludgeoning it to death to get at its insides rather than just spending some quality time with it. I felt such a release after this was released - pun intended - and I don't know how you're all keeping the hype up over an album that is so chill. It is exhausting.

 

Not a criticism. I'm sort of impressed? But also you make me want to delete my internet.

 

I wonder if the band's retreat from the web signals a new approach to us. It seems like previously they've always shared so much and they've openly championed the web as a place for them to talk to and share stuff with fans directly - particularly surrounding IR which was typically mysterious despite us having an insane amount of visual and other material to go on and discuss. It feels like they've actively encouraged this kind of pouring over from their fan base but maybe they're not into that anymore and maybe that's a lot to do with how personal lives are providing inspiration which is the one thing they've always spurned and even been hostile about when asked.

What else is gonna happen when you log into a website for discussing Radiohead right after a new Radiohead album releases. I don't think anyone's visualizing the calculus for their song rating when they actually listen. I'm certainly not.

[box]

Thom doesn't want to talk about all the road strange he's getting this tour I assume

[HubertCumberdale]

Seriously. That song makes me want to call the whambulance. Motion Picture Soundtrack blows it out of the water.

blows it out of the water? I mean I guess if you need to rank things and constantly compare. personally, I love both and both are absolutely essential to the album.

[shep proudfoot]

Thom doesn't want to talk about all the road strange he's getting this tour I assume

lmao

[FictionalCharacter]

blows it out of the water? I mean I guess if you need to rank things and constantly compare. personally, I love both and both are absolutely essential to the album.

 

I don't, actually. I find one song enjoyable and one annoying. That's all the ranking I need for myself.

[Pickled Dog]

What else is gonna happen when you log into a website for discussing Radiohead right after a new Radiohead album releases. I don't think anyone's visualizing the calculus for their song rating when they actually listen. I'm certainly not.

Dont really care about the song ratings. To each their own but doesn't really tell anyone anything about an impression or insight you have about a song. But I see the appeal. It's more the feverish accumulation of "where the album fits amongst the stuff we've already sat with for a few years" lists. Just do not get it. I kinda expect everything but that from GRT. So much over-analysis and hype and inventive speculation and then suddenly there's pages of lists.

 

Giving me whiplash.

[FictionalCharacter]

Dont really care about the song ratings. To each their own but doesn't really tell anyone anything about an impression or insight you have about a song. But I see the appeal. It's more the feverish accumulation of "where the album fits amongst the stuff we've already sat with for a few years" lists. Just do not get it. I kinda expect everything but that from GRT. So much over-analysis and hype and inventive speculation and then suddenly there's pages of lists.

 

Giving me whiplash.

 

It's a bit ridiculous, in my opinion, although it also usually takes me months to really get a feel for new music.

 

That said, if there's a place where this kind of thing is going to happen, it's here. If people are having fun with it, more power to them.

[babydoctor]

Basically all I've done since Sunday anytime I'm on the the internet is post in this forum about moon poo, I'm sure ive racked up a good 200 posts doing so and I'm not the only one. Can't be bothered with the numbered ranking stuff but we're running out of shit here. Half of today's posts have been about past releases.

[Pickled Dog]

It's a bit ridiculous, in my opinion, although it also usually takes me months to really get a feel for new music.

 

That said, if there's a place where this kind of thing is going to happen, it's here. If people are having fun with it, more power to them.

Yeah sure. Don't want to piss on anyone's parade.

 

I'm just finding myself listening to the album and relaxing, coming here and reading the fevered discussion and then having to run back to the album, put it on in a dark room and counting back from ten. But just as numbers. No value allocation going on here.

 

I think this is what Burn The Witch is REALLY about.

[HubertCumberdale]

I think if you die and go to heaven, it takes 53 minutes to ascend...

[savemefromthedark]

every post that makes this thread longer without CP is awesome