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what is radioheads best song?

jessejesse Posts: 170
edited March 2008 in Other Music
im just wondering what peoples thoughts are on this.
mine would have to be "everything in its right place'
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    I'd say The Bends is the quintessential Radiohead song. It's kinda hard to say since there are at least 2 sides to Radiohead. Difficult to sum up in 1 song. I love Electioneering and Drunken Punch Up, but as a solid all rounder goes The Bends takes some beating.
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    its impossible to pick one. among my favorites are:

    fake plastic trees
    the bends
    no surprises
    last flowers
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    fowls wrote:
    I'd say The Bends is the quintessential Radiohead song. It's kinda hard to say since there are at least 2 sides to Radiohead. Difficult to sum up in 1 song. I love Electioneering and Drunken Punch Up, but as a solid all rounder goes The Bends takes some beating.

    i agree. they have so much incredible music though and i find it hard to say that one is better than another. just such an unbelievable band.
  • Stupid BugStupid Bug Posts: 11
    karma police, and there there
  • Them-BonesThem-Bones Posts: 518
    Airbag is my favorite
    "If my thoughts, dreams, could be seen, they'd probably put my head, in a guillotine, but it's alright ma, it's life and life only."
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    How To Disappear Completely
    True Love Waits
    No Surprises
    are my top three.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • Its Evolution BabyIts Evolution Baby Posts: 849
    Paranoid Android is the correct answer. It features every aspect of radiohead (slow and melodic and loud 3 guitar attack)

    Followed by Street Spirit.
    10/31/2000 (****)
    6/7/2003 (***1/2)
    7/9/2006 (****1/2)
    7/13/2006 (**** )
    4/10/2008 EV Solo (****1/2)
    6/25/2008 MSG II (*****)
    10/1/2009 LA II (****)
    10/6/2009 LA III (***** Cornell!!!)
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    For me, it's Street Spirit
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • BrezBrez Posts: 570
    My favorite is probably airbag.

    A whoooollle lot of close seconds though.
    And before his first step... He's off again...
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    in limbo
    reigning champion

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    boroff89 wrote:
    For me, it's Street Spirit
    yup. followed closely by paranoid android for me
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    I'm disappointed I haven't seen Radiohead's best song mentioned yet. My Iron Lung trumps all.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Lucky
    or
    Idioteque
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • Joe2TheRevengeJoe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    "optimistic" is the only one i even like
    You can't spell "dumb" without DMB
  • deadmosquitodeadmosquito Posts: 729
    fitter happier
  • magikevmagikev Posts: 296
    What a tough question. Let's go with one of these:

    Everything in it's Right Place
    Jigsaw Falling Into Place
    Idioteque
    Faust Arp
    the bridge in Bodysnatchers
    Fake Plastic Trees
    Street Spirit
    Paranoid Android
    Kevin Viner
    http://www.kevinviner.net
  • hodgehodge Posts: 519
    Let Down.

    the "you know where you are" part with the layered vocals is bliss
    ..and you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    deadmosquito wrote:
    fitter happier

    funny.
  • mr bunglemr bungle Posts: 1,334
    There There... But how about Mixamatosis for one that hasn't been mentioned yet.
  • Man_Of_The_HourMan_Of_The_Hour Posts: 330
    silvia wrote:
    karma police, and there there

    Arrest this man (or woman for that matter) :D
    Well, do you need a lot of what you've got to survive?
  • cuyler41cuyler41 Posts: 383
    Street Spirit (Fade Out) and Just are my Favs
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    There are dozens. My favorite song ever, from any artist, is probably "Fake Plastic Trees"

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=3-F5L1S7LKU
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • Bangers_n_mashBangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    Killer Cars ftw! Or Talk Show Host. Or There There.
    uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɹ,ǝʍ 'punoɹ ʎɐʍ ɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ ןןɐ s,ʇı
  • Bangers_n_mashBangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    Here is Killer Cars on youtube. There is no official video but this is the only full version of the song I can find...
    uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɹ,ǝʍ 'punoɹ ʎɐʍ ɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ ןןɐ s,ʇı
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Climbing Up The Walls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Stop Whispering

    I'm old school, I think it's a brilliant song.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • releesemereleeseme Posts: 387
    My Iron Lung
    8-20-92 \ 6-16-08
    10-4-96 \ 5-6-10
    9-6-98 \ 5-7-10
    4-19-03 \ 9-22-12
    10-6-04 \ 7-19-13
    6-24-06 \ 12-6-13
    10-1-14 \ 4-16-16
    \ 4-26-16 \
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    I think paranoid android is my favorite.
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Them-Bones wrote:
    Airbag is my favorite

    x2
  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    Its Evolution Baby wrote:
    Paranoid Android is the correct answer.

    Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner... that song, performed live, ENGULFS YOU, takes over your body, I had never heard the song before an Alpine Valley 03 radiohead show... I was by myself, scored 3rd row tix at face the day of the show(Thanks for once to Ticketmaster), and ever since witnessing that song live, it gives me goosebumps to hear it.
    GREAT SONG!!!!!!
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