Radiohead Headlining 2017

[dentalplan]

We don't deserve a Radiohead headline slot now.

[SwedgeAntilles]

I regret nothing. 

[arcade fireman]

I love In Rainbows, it's one of my absolute favourite albums. But for me the highs on OK Computer are that bit higher. The range of emotions, themes and sounds on it are a lot broader than on In Rainbows. 

[Gucci Piggy]

1 hour ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

So, cause I obsess over these kind of things the other day I decided to compare the two in a song by song vs battle in order to finally solve which was better. First issue was that OKC has 12 tracks to IR's 10. So 'Fitter Happier' is disregarded, and I've also decided to chop off 'The Tourist'. Now you may say that this already puts OKC at a disadvantage but it's the only way I could properly rate them side by side. Now to the individual results;

Yeah but this doesn't take into account how much better each song is than its opposition song, so in reality this achieved nothing.

Well done Swedge, you just played yourself.

But now I'm curious, so...

Airbag vs 15 Step - both good tunes but Airbag definitely the winner for me

Paranoid Android vs Bodysnatchers - see above 

Subterranean Homesick Alien vs Nude - SHA is a bit meh for me and Nude is beautiful

Exit Music vs Weird Fishes - Exit Music is a lovely song but Weird Fishes is one of their best

Let Down vs All I Need - Song of the life

Karma Police vs Faust Arp - Not a huge Karma Police fan compared to other Radiohead songs but it's still a top tune and Faust Arp is a bit meh

Electioneering vs Reckoner - Electioneering makes me want to die and Reckoner is a belter

Climbing up the Walls vs House of Cards - House of Cards the worst song on In Rainbows

No Surprises vs Jigsaw Falling Into Place - No Surprises is nice but quite unimpressive; Jigsaw is a contender for top 5 Radiohead

Lucky vs Videotape - Closest one of the lot but I think Lucky just edges it; I do like Videotape though

6-4 to OK Computer, however all my In Rainbows wins were easy wins whereas some OKC victories were much less clear cut.

All in all I've learned nothing here. Well done Will, you just played yourself.

[Chawk]

http://thenumbers.rocks is good website to automate this shit 

I haven't done too many so my personal rankings aren't 100% accurate yet 

http://thenumbers.rocks/share/1744

Edited August 6, 2016 by Chawk

[jparx]

3 hours ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

So, cause I obsess over these kind of things the other day I decided to compare the two in a song by song vs battle in order to finally solve which was better. First issue was that OKC has 12 tracks to IR's 10. So 'Fitter Happier' is disregarded, and I've also decided to chop off 'The Tourist'. Now you may say that this already puts OKC at a disadvantage but it's the only way I could properly rate them side by side. Now to the individual results;

Airbag vs 15 Step - Score draw. Both tracks float around (and just outside) my top ten. Both have been in there and I find it difficult to definitively rate one over the other, so it's honours even

OK Computer  1-1 In Rainbows

Paranoid Android vs Bodysnatchers - 1-0. I'm a fan of Bodysnatchers, especially live, but Paranoid Android is arguably their GOAT, it's their magnificent octopus, it has to win this round

OK Computer 2-1 In Rainbows

Subterranean Homesick Alien vs Nude - 1-0. Had a conversation on here the other week about how Nude isn't one of my favourite tracks on the album or live, SHA wins this comfortably.

OK Computer 3-1 In Rainbows

Exit Music vs Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - 0-1 A solid top ten contender, one of the defining tracks of In Rainbows, although I enjoy the slow burn on Exit Music there was only going to be one winner here.

OK Computer 3-2 In Rainbows

Let Down vs All I Need 1-0. A walkover

OK Computer 4-2 In Rainbows

Karma Police vs Faust Arp 1-0. Karma Police tends to suffer from over-play, but to take a step back and consider it's an absolutely great track. Up against Faust Arp it was a bit of a romp. Past the halfway stage and OK Computer opens up a healthy lead;

OK Computer 5-2 In Rainbows

Electioneering vs Reckoner 0-1. My favourite Radiohead song. Get Electioneering out of my face.

OK Computer 5-3 In Rainbows

Climbing Up The Walls vs House of Cards 0-1. Again this was a tough one. I think both tracks are okay without loving either. Climbing Up The Ways has sounded good when playing live recently, but if I go on what I play the most House of Cards sneaks it.

OK Computer 5-4 In Rainbows

No Surprises vs Jigsaw Falling Into Place 1-1. A nightmare choice. The two tracks that alongside Reckoner make up my top three. Like Airbag and 15 Step they tend to swap places regularly. And like those two tracks in was impossible to choose. A second score draw

OK Computer 6-5 In Rainbows

Lucky vs Videotape - 0-1 I think Videotape is the ultimate album closer, whether it was Lucky or The Tourist in this last spot Videotape would have been the comfortable winner. A last minute equaliser for In Rainbows.

OK Computer 6-6 In Rainbows

So after all that I still don't have a definitive answer as to which album is better, thereby rendering this whole exercise - much like my existence - utterly pointless. At least it wasn't a list though eh?

Amazing. 

Following your working, it confirms that In Rainbows is indeed the superior album.

And dude, you need to get on board the Nude train 

[SwedgeAntilles]

My favourite train!

[Gucci Piggy]

2 hours ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

I like it but only if I get on at the first stop. Don't like sitting in a recently vacated seat on that train!

This took me so long to work out I am so dumb

[Amy Lawn]

[dentalplan]

When I am king you will be first against the wall

[Mardy]

So, I'm back in the UK for the summer and after my spring dalliance/investigation of Radiohead, I've got Amnesiac on vinyl. Helluva thing. I tell you, could be my favourite Radiohead song so far - 'life in a glasshouse'. Sounds like 45rpm Tom Waits on a serious comedown, that's some good strong stuff right there.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Ah, Radiobread.

[arcade fireman]

2 hours ago, Mardy said:

So, I'm back in the UK for the summer and after my spring dalliance/investigation of Radiohead, I've got Amnesiac on vinyl. Helluva thing. I tell you, could be my favourite Radiohead song so far - 'life in a glasshouse'. Sounds like 45rpm Tom Waits on a serious comedown, that's some good strong stuff right there.

Yeah it's probably in a few people's top 10s including mine. Still possibly their most underrated song though for me, never really gets talked about among the pantheon of all time great Radiohead songs. Possibly because they don't do it live I guess. 

[Little Andy]

On 06/08/2016 at 11:26 AM, SwedgeAntilles said:

Let Down vs All I Need 1-0. A walkover

Is it bizarre that OK Computer is my favourite Radiohead album, but I prefer All I Need to Let Down? Maybe.

Edited August 7, 2016 by Little Andy

[jparx]

3 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Ah, Radiobread.

Filth.

[Chawk]

4 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Ah, Radiobread.

They're All I Knead

[stuartbert two hats]

12 hours ago, Chawk said:

They're All I Knead

The Doughming

 

[jonodillieono]

Jigsaw falling bread place

[Tommy101]

Bun the witch

[stuartbert two hats]

Pittabrain

Bake Plastic Trees

Burn the Schnitzel

 

 

[stuartbert two hats]

21 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

No!

I was particularly proud of that one!

[Quark]

Bread Air Space

Paranoid Naandroid

 

 

 

Pablo Honey

[stuartbert two hats]

5 minutes ago, Quark said:

Paranoid Naandroid

 

[fatyeti24]

10 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I was particularly proud of that one!

it's not even bread related

[Quark]

6 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I thank you.  Pretty sure I'll do no better than that for the rest of the year.

2 minutes ago, fatyeti24 said:

it's not even bread related

A good point.  Were you confusing schnitzels with pretzels Stuart?