What are your top ten radiohead songs? (lyrics, bass, house)

Rage Against the Machine · 09-21-2008, 09:36 AM

1. Planet Telex
2. Videotape
3. High and Dry
4. Black Star
5. The Bends
6. Bones
7. Faust Arp
8. All I Need
9. (Nice Dream)
10. Pyramid Song

dac · 09-21-2008, 09:43 AM

1A. Exit Music - Michael Stipe said the part where the drums and bass kick in is the most powerful and emotional moment in music... I tend to agree
1B. Paranoid Android - Does anything need to be said here?
1C. Idioteque - I love the sometimes overlooked, frantic lyrics of this song
1D. Life in a Glass House - Possibly the most out there thing they've done, and boy did it pay off
5. National Anthem - The memories of seeing this live almost pushed it to "1E," it was that good
6. There There - Pretty much the same explanation as National Anthem
7. How To Disappear Completely - So much emotion, so much angst, so beatutiful
8. Street Spirit - The classic, the first Radiohead song I heard not called "Creep," the song that got me into my now favorite band
9. Reckoner - When listening to this song, I can't help but to shake whatever is in my hand at the time like a shaker or moracca
10. Morning Bell (Kid A Version) - The ultimate grower, every time i listen i like it more and more and more

Honorable Mentions:
Pyramid Song, Like Spinning Plates, We Suck Young Blood, The Gloaming, Everything In It's Right Place, Climbing Up the Walls, Talk Show Host

spark10036 · 09-21-2008, 10:22 AM

nobody mentioned "True Love Waits"!?!?!?!
great song.too bad they never made a studio version

kida · 09-21-2008, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spark10036

nobody mentioned "True Love Waits"!?!?!?!
great song.too bad they never made a studio version

That is a sweet song... But I don't know about it being a top 10

jackhammer · 09-21-2008, 12:18 PM

The lists with little write ups describing WHY you chose the track add an extra dimension to these threads.

Berate me all you like but I have never heard:

Kid A
Hail To The Thief

and so will not post a list.

kida · 09-21-2008, 12:38 PM

im going to add a small little write up

jackhammer · 09-21-2008, 12:58 PM

Top bombing

Brad Stengel · 09-21-2008, 12:58 PM

10. Optomistic
Found this song a year and a half after getting Kid A. Made me appreciate alot more.
9. Black Star
A 'Bends' epic stadium song with an amazing chorus
8. Airbag
A great riff, especially the way it melds the guitar with cello.
7. Paranoid Android
First radiohead song I ever heard. I remember it getting radio airplay next to Korn and Kid rock, REALLY wierd in retrospect. I fell in love with the "rain down" section in 4th grade.
6. The National Anthem
Its so modern its post-modern. One of the sickest bass riffs ever.
5. Everything In Its Right Place
The first time I did mushrooms I had a bad trip, and this song came on getting more and more chaotic, I thought my head was going to explode, and then-the climax-the noise all goes away, leaving yhorke's (sp?) voice and the lone syth melody. brilliant.
4. Bones
Best song on The Bends. Sounds like generic 90's alt rock, but the melody is SO GOOD
3. Polyethylene (Pts 1 & 2)
Underrated OK Computer B-Side. This and "Palo Alto" should have made the album.
2. Pyramid Song
Depressing songs like this usually put me asleep, but the fact that this one does the opposite is proof of its brilliance.
1. No Suprises
Awesome melody, great lyrics, the glockenspiel rules.

kida · 09-21-2008, 01:13 PM

I am ashamed to admit i have never heard Polyethylene (Pts 1 & 2) and I can't seem to find it

Edit:
I recently baught from ebay airbag/how am i driving hopefully its on there

debaserr · 09-21-2008, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad Stengel

5. Everything In Its Right Place
The first time I did mushrooms I had a bad trip, and this song came on getting more and more chaotic, I thought my head was going to explode, and then-the climax-the noise all goes away, leaving yhorke's (sp?) voice and the lone syth melody. brilliant.

nice story. i absolutely love listening to music on them

09-21-2008, 09:43 AM	#12 (permalink)
dac MB's Biggest Fanboy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 2,852	1A. Exit Music - Michael Stipe said the part where the drums and bass kick in is the most powerful and emotional moment in music... I tend to agree 1B. Paranoid Android - Does anything need to be said here? 1C. Idioteque - I love the sometimes overlooked, frantic lyrics of this song 1D. Life in a Glass House - Possibly the most out there thing they've done, and boy did it pay off 5. National Anthem - The memories of seeing this live almost pushed it to "1E," it was that good 6. There There - Pretty much the same explanation as National Anthem 7. How To Disappear Completely - So much emotion, so much angst, so beatutiful 8. Street Spirit - The classic, the first Radiohead song I heard not called "Creep," the song that got me into my now favorite band 9. Reckoner - When listening to this song, I can't help but to shake whatever is in my hand at the time like a shaker or moracca 10. Morning Bell (Kid A Version) - The ultimate grower, every time i listen i like it more and more and more Honorable Mentions: Pyramid Song, Like Spinning Plates, We Suck Young Blood, The Gloaming, Everything In It's Right Place, Climbing Up the Walls, Talk Show Host __________________

09-21-2008, 10:22 AM	#13 (permalink)
spark10036 locomotive power Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: too drunk to remember Posts: 518	nobody mentioned "True Love Waits"!?!?!?! great song.too bad they never made a studio version __________________ ...siempre es possible

09-21-2008, 12:18 PM	#15 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	The lists with little write ups describing WHY you chose the track add an extra dimension to these threads. Berate me all you like but I have never heard: Kid A Hail To The Thief and so will not post a list. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

09-21-2008, 12:38 PM	#16 (permalink)
kida Voodoo Child Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 149	im going to add a small little write up __________________ "Hi could I use you guy's is phone for a sec"

09-21-2008, 12:58 PM	#17 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Top bombing __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

09-21-2008, 09:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
Rage Against the Machine Jewish Cowboy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Franklin, TN Posts: 632	1. Planet Telex 2. Videotape 3. High and Dry 4. Black Star 5. The Bends 6. Bones 7. Faust Arp 8. All I Need 9. (Nice Dream) 10. Pyramid Song

09-21-2008, 12:58 PM	#18 (permalink)
Brad Stengel This Space for Rent Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 815	10. Optomistic Found this song a year and a half after getting Kid A. Made me appreciate alot more. 9. Black Star A 'Bends' epic stadium song with an amazing chorus 8. Airbag A great riff, especially the way it melds the guitar with cello. 7. Paranoid Android First radiohead song I ever heard. I remember it getting radio airplay next to Korn and Kid rock, REALLY wierd in retrospect. I fell in love with the "rain down" section in 4th grade. 6. The National Anthem Its so modern its post-modern. One of the sickest bass riffs ever. 5. Everything In Its Right Place The first time I did mushrooms I had a bad trip, and this song came on getting more and more chaotic, I thought my head was going to explode, and then-the climax-the noise all goes away, leaving yhorke's (sp?) voice and the lone syth melody. brilliant. 4. Bones Best song on The Bends. Sounds like generic 90's alt rock, but the melody is SO GOOD 3. Polyethylene (Pts 1 & 2) Underrated OK Computer B-Side. This and "Palo Alto" should have made the album. 2. Pyramid Song Depressing songs like this usually put me asleep, but the fact that this one does the opposite is proof of its brilliance. 1. No Suprises Awesome melody, great lyrics, the glockenspiel rules. __________________ These is the musics I own: http://rateyourmusic.com/collection/BradStengel/oo Last edited by Brad Stengel; 09-21-2008 at 01:05 PM.

09-21-2008, 01:13 PM	#19 (permalink)
kida Voodoo Child Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 149	I am ashamed to admit i have never heard Polyethylene (Pts 1 & 2) and I can't seem to find it Edit: I recently baught from ebay airbag/how am i driving hopefully its on there __________________ "Hi could I use you guy's is phone for a sec"