Radiohead Tour Started! Reviews Here!

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  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    fowls wrote:
    I'm going again tonight, should be good (I figure they'll at least play Paranoid Android since yesterday was so devoid of hits). Although my friend who I was going with decided to sell her ticket to her brother so now I'm going alone. :( Wouldn't mind too much, but the crowd weren't very sociable yesterday :/

    I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya that you get a couple of hits. Suppose looking on the bright side by yourself you cand do what you want ... stand where you want .. move if you want to etc.

    I was by myself yesterday :o
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Yeah, I had one friend of a friend behind me talk LOADS through the set yesterday. People kept glaring at her and I felt mega embarrassed (I don't even like her!!!!).

    I'm not too bothered about the hits really, but hoping the setlist is a little better managed. Up until There There people looked a bit bored, not sure if mixing new tracks with obscure old tracks is reall the way forward. :p First time I saw them was V2006, where they played pretty much all of the main hits apart from Fake Plastic Trees and Morning Bell (and High & Dry, but they never play that anyhow), so I can't really complain if they don't play hits this show (although it does make me feel kinda sorry for the 10,000+ casual fans who paid 50 quid a ticket...).
    Paul
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    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
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  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    I was there last night, the setlist was okay, too many slow songs though; I thought the show dragged quite a lot. Airbag made the night for me. The queue for the Mile End train went pretty quickly which was nice.
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Tonight was so much better than yesterday! Instead of an hour of slow songs at the start they played There There 3rd song in and mixed up the fast and slow songs a lot more. A hell of a lot more hits too! No Just, but we did get Lucky, My Iron Lung, Karma Police, No Surprises, Myxomatosis, Optimistic, 2+2=5 and Paranoid Android! The set worked a lot lot lot better than yesterday's abysmal setlist.
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    Man, I was so pissed off when I saw the second night's setlist. SO much better. :(
  • Comfis
    Comfis Posts: 117
    here are a few videos from Radiohead London night 1
    and from Radiohead London night 2
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  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,220
    My god what ever happened to Radiohead?

    compare their live show of Glasto 1997 to the utter garbage they are putting out now, wierd fucking noises over wierd beats - all electronic, and Thom whining like a stuck pig....

    I cant think of a band who have lost it more.

    There cant be a person out there who thinks they would be such a huge fan of Radiohead if they had only released Kid A onwards....everything since is light years away from the bends and OK....
  • Comfis
    Comfis Posts: 117
    heh, once more, matter of taste! i enjoy HTTT and in rainbows more than every other album except for ok c!
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    pdalowsky wrote:
    My god what ever happened to Radiohead?

    compare their live show of Glasto 1997 to the utter garbage they are putting out now, wierd fucking noises over wierd beats - all electronic, and Thom whining like a stuck pig....

    I cant think of a band who have lost it more.

    There cant be a person out there who thinks they would be such a huge fan of Radiohead if they had only released Kid A onwards....everything since is light years away from the bends and OK....
    Wrong wrong wrong. Once a band gets a few albums under its belt why shouldn't they experiment a little? No band wants to be stuck in a rut, and writing in different styles fills up the gaps in the setlist. The new material sounds great interspersed between the old stuff, doesn't feel out of place at all.
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,220
    oh well I guess its all preference, put those records on your Cd player though...forget the live experience, and they are drivel, and totally dreadful....

    I maintain, if they hadnt of got huge off the bck of the bends and Ok computer and to an extent Pablo, they wouldnt have ever broken into the mainstream.

    I'm all for pushing the envelope but there are limits. I saw Radiohead both right at the start and again very recently, there is no comparison. to illustrate this I refer to Glastonbury experiences 1997 and I believe 2004 - the contrast was amazing, 1997 was intense, with a crowd lapping it up, the latter was just acceptable, with people starting to wander off once he started doing his weird electonic fit singing....
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,220
    Comfis wrote:
    heh, once more, matter of taste! i enjoy HTTT and in rainbows more than every other album except for ok c!

    really, you prefer those to the Bends??
  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    pdalowsky wrote:
    My god what ever happened to Radiohead?

    compare their live show of Glasto 1997 to the utter garbage they are putting out now, wierd fucking noises over wierd beats - all electronic, and Thom whining like a stuck pig....

    I cant think of a band who have lost it more.

    There cant be a person out there who thinks they would be such a huge fan of Radiohead if they had only released Kid A onwards....everything since is light years away from the bends and OK....
    HAHAHA! That is one of the funniest posts I've read in a long time. Pablo Honey and The Bends are by far the weakest albums Radiohead have released in my opinion. If you like them so much you miss the point of Radiohead entirely.
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,987
    Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:
    HAHAHA! That is one of the funniest posts I've read in a long time. Pablo Honey and The Bends are by far the weakest albums Radiohead have released in my opinion. If you like them so much you miss the point of Radiohead entirely.

    I like all their music, but to say The Bends is a weak Radiohead album is also a crime, my friend.
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  • hodge
    hodge Posts: 519
    a huge crime.
    ..and you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable
  • svenstephy
    svenstephy Posts: 182
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    I like all their music, but to say The Bends is a weak Radiohead album is also a crime, my friend.
    agreed
    it's funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind...
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i just downloaded the new in rainbows videos off of itunes... everyone should definitely check them out! great quality! ive just recently decided to make the move from simply loving their music to getting to know them as individuals the way i feel i know PJ... so this helps to get to know everyones faces :D

    cant wait for LOLLA!
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  • Comfis
    Comfis Posts: 117
    but why everyone feels so much surprise about the taste of other guys!

    anyway, if some of you are not satisfied with the music of Radiohead, you can enjoy the previous albums..

    but i will agree totally with the guy who says that experimenting is what a band should try when they reach success
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  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    Meh, The Bends just doesn't do it for me. I like about half of it, too many poppy songs.
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    I think The Bends is the album where Johnny really shines. His work on The Bends and My Iron Lung is great.
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • Comfis
    Comfis Posts: 117
    i hope noone has complains from Radiohead Glasgow setlist

    when RH play paranoid android i am always satisfied from the setlist!!

    and 2+2=5 and There There and almost the whole in rainbows..(except for house of cards)
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