r/radiohead 2m ago

💬 Discussion Met Colin Greenwood in Borough Market!

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Happened last night. He was eating an ice cream. We had a brief exchange about music- bloody nice lad.

That’s all


r/radiohead 31m ago

💬 Discussion Hey, arent we forgetting some albums? Thought i should continue u/NukeL3AR 's legacy. So without further ado, which song is only A Moon Shaped Pool?

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Also, some stuff i think i need to adress:

>No i dont hate or forgot Pablo Honey, i just think that since its a whole different world considering the albums that are left, i thought not including it would be the best option to make a more accurate diagram overall.

>Yes i am not using the Reddit diagram app. Since its basically a data farm for AI and i don't give my consent to that, i am going to try and manage the whole thing manually. I apologize highly if something seems low quality in the future.

>Yes i took permission from u/NukeL3AR

Thats all for now, have fun deciding!


r/radiohead 1h ago

🖼️ Art let down (inspired by u/Repair-Bulky)

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got inspired by a recent post by u/Repair-Bulky and made something. first finished piece in months lol


r/radiohead 2h ago

💬 Discussion Best covers of Radiohead songs?

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I wanna hear your guys’s picks for this. I think Radiohead is a really difficult band to cover but nonetheless there have been a few great ones—for me it’s Lianne La Havas’s “Weird Fishes”, The Punch Brothers’s “Kid A” or Gillian Welch’s “Black Star”—all of which genre switch in a beautiful way


r/radiohead 4h ago

💬 Discussion Name some released Radiohead songs that you think either have an outtake or concert performance better than the finished product

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r/radiohead 6h ago

🎸 Cover Thoughts on this?

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Was listening to the attached cover (I think it was quite nice) and in the comments I saw something that I thought articulated what I think I’ve been feeling for the longest time.
The commentor said “Radiohead is notoriously difficult to cover and I think this proves a theory I’ve had for a long time : Radiohead is only hard to cover if you’re trying to be Radiohead. A good Radiohead cover is transformative.”


r/radiohead 6h ago

📹 Video Radiohead - Live at Bonnaroo (June 2006) is this the greatest set of all time???

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r/radiohead 7h ago

💬 Discussion What is your favorite Radiohead song?

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123 Upvotes

Mine is Jigsaw falling into place


r/radiohead 8h ago

💬 Discussion What is the name of the haircut that Thom Yorke had during the In Rainbows era?

5 Upvotes

I want to get a haircut and i think the one that had Thom Yorke in the In Rainbows era is so cool, but i can't found the name or the type of haircut that I need to specify. Someone knows the name of this haircut?


r/radiohead 9h ago

📷 Photo Creep now at 3 billion Spotify streams (don’t get mad)

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68 Upvotes

r/radiohead 9h ago

💬 Discussion 'Modifieds' as Radiohead Fanbase name

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Hi! As far as I know Radiohead fans didn't have a Fanbase name, and I thought in this while I was cooking.

Any opinion about call yourself as a 'Modified'?


r/radiohead 10h ago

💬 Discussion Radiohead songs chart: COMPLETE (corrected)

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109 Upvotes

This is the corrected chart. While How To Disappear Completely was the clear winner for most of the day, at some point beating every other entry by about 3 times the upvotes, at the very last moment Bulletproof... I Wish I Was beat it by only 10 upvotes!!!

Also forgive my poor image compositing skills


r/radiohead 11h ago

📹 Video What if Creep sounded like Daft Punk?

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r/radiohead 13h ago

💬 Discussion Treefingers is one of the best songs i have ever heard

28 Upvotes

I listened to Kid A for the first time a week ago , and the song that left me with the biggest impact is treefingers

Its so beautiful, it feels like the depths of the ocean, like crying in your partners arms and them telling you everything is fine , it gives me so much hope, its like a world i get lost in, I feel so much emotions i cant explain with words

I have always been the biggest fan of OK Computer, The Bends and In Rainbows, and I finally gave Kid A a shot, and its my favorite album of all time right now

So good, and the placement of treefingers is absolute perfection as well

I dont remember when a song left me with so much feelings, so much impact as this one did, and the whole album


r/radiohead 13h ago

💬 Discussion Dispelling Radiohead myths:

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EDIT 1: Editing to add more sources:

EDIT 2: Listen, I'm not forcing any of you to look at my post. If you don't care about any of this, then you don't have to go out of your way to tell me that you don't care - you can simply scroll past. I'm addressing misinformation I've seen all over this subreddit concerning Ed. If you want an example, look at any of the comments under the "what does Ed do for Radiohead" posts. If you're lucky enough to have never been under the illusion of such misinfo, then congrats, this post isn't for you.

As a preface: I'm not trying to slander anyone with this post. Simply put, I'm passionate about Radiohead and would like to attempt to address some of the misinformation I've seen on this subreddit, mostly concerning Ed since that's where I've seen most of it. The majority of what I write is established fact, though some of this post is speculation (speculation with good cause and facts, that is).

Part 1:

-Ed did not write the Street Spirit riff, it was written by Thom and performed by Ed in the studio version. Ed confirmed this himself.

-Ed mentions in this same interview that it's the only part he's played on a studio recording that was written by another member (from what he can remember). This is absolutely true for the studio versions of their songs: members play what they write. However, when it comes to live performances, it's not as true. Ed in particular has plenty of live parts that were written (and likely played) by other members on the studio versions, a few of which I'm going to mention.

-I've seen comments north of 100 upvotes say that, since Ed performs it in the live versions, he must have written the No Surprises riff. There's not a whole lot of evidence to support this. Early versions of the riff appear on Thom's minidisc demo, meaning it was likely Thom who wrote and performed it (I'm not denying that Ed could've altered it into its final state). There's also an excerpt on the citizen insane website in which Thom details showing the band No Surprises on his acoustic guitar https://citizeninsane.eu/music/okc/nosurprises.html.

-Again, if we're going off of Thom's minidisc demos, Ed's live part in Climbing Up the Walls was written and likely performed by Thom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d25dO-2Rqs&list=RD4d25dO-2Rqs&start_radio=1.

-Same thing with Let Down: While Ed plays it in the live version, it's evident from Thom's demo that Thom wrote the core riff/chord progression (Jonny wrote the 5/4 polyrhythm).

-Ed did write the main riffs for Lull, Meeting in the Aisle, and Man of War (as well as the bridge for Let Down). Can't find the OG interviews in which Ed said he wrote Meeting in the Aisle and Man of War but I remember reading them pretty distinctly.

Part 2:

-There is still zero tangible evidence to suggest that Ed wrote the Go to Sleep riff, besides him playing it in most of the life versions. For something so regularly stated as a fact, you'd think there'd be much more proof but I digress.

-I've seen people say that Dollars and Cents originated from Ed: not true. It originated from Colin. Also, according to Ed's diaries (you can read them on the citizen insane website), the guitar on this track comes from Thom https://citizeninsane.eu/music/amnesiac/dollarsandcents.html.

-I've seen people commonly attribute Myxomatosis to both Ed and Colin: It was Thom. Thom made the first demo in 2001 or 2002 (and handed it off to Cristian Vogel for Remyxomatosis on the Com Lag EP).

-I've seen comments say that Ed wrote Weird Fishes: Ed did not write the titular (Edit: yes, I'm using that word correctly, it's both an adjective and noun (harry potter is the titular character of the harry potter series, for example)) arpeggios in Weird Fishes / Apreggi, that was Jonny. I've also seen people say that Ed wrote the "rain down" section of Paranoid Android - again, that was Jonny, not Ed. I don't think I'll link a source here being that these tidbits are pretty common knowledge amongst Radiohead fans.

-While Ed sings most of the live backing vocals, nearly all the studio vocal harmonies are composed and performed by Thom. In this vein, all of the lyrics are written and sourced by Thom (including songs that originated from Jonny like A Wolf at the Door or The Tourist) minus a few lines from Colin on Trans-Atlantic Drawl.

Part 3:

-This is me being petty, but I got into an argument on my alt account over this point (before my comments were promptly deleted by a moderator), so I'll repeat the facts again: Thom does play bass on the studio version of Kid A. Colin was not available that day. Also, that track was basically all Jonny, including the vocal melody. See the above link again for a source on that.

-I've seen this sentiment floating around, so I might as well address it: "The Smile is simply Radiohead without Ed, Colin, and Phil." This is false as it relies on the presupposition that Thom/Jonny write and edit for both bands with the same approach. Jonny himself stated that The Smile was an outlet for a quicker and less deliberate creative process without all the baggage and expectations that come with being in Radiohead.

Now, I want to make something abundantly clear: I love Ed. The band wouldn't be the same without him (or Colin, Phil, and Nigel for that matter) and his many textural contributions (lots of The Bends, Airbag, Lucky, How to Disappear, Treefingers, Idioteque, Bloom, Separator, Ful Stop, etc.). I just see a lot of misinfo concerning mainly him under the Ed-centric threads.


r/radiohead 14h ago

📷 Photo Almost shat myself at record store:

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365 Upvotes

May be the first and last time I just stumble upon a Radiohead vinyl I don’t already have… jaw was just picked up off the floor, praise the comlag goddesses!


r/radiohead 16h ago

🎸 Cover Creep played by some teenagers

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r/radiohead 17h ago

💬 Discussion Which album do you prefer and what makes you prefer it?

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I see Kid A as a coherrent album more than Amnesiac. I know the "Kid A B-sides" title isn't true, but Amnesiac sounds more like a Compilation than Kid A. Still I think Amnesiac wins this one for me, eventho I put them on par with eachother.


r/radiohead 18h ago

💬 Discussion Just for me that Wolf at the door looks like this music?

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Well, I was listening to this Beatles song (I want you(She's so Heavy) ) and I noticed that this song has a riff (in 3:17) that (for me) looks like Wolf at Door's progression, someone who knows about music theory can explain or its just madness of my head


r/radiohead 19h ago

💬 Discussion Fake plastic trees 2 meter session

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Am I the only one finding the 2 meter session of fake plastic trees even better than the original ?


r/radiohead 19h ago

💬 Discussion Esto es normal?

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Mi edición argentina de ok computer trae el dibujo trasero invertido con la contratapa quería saber si es un error de impresión o así salieron todas aquí.

(la última imagen es como debería verse para que la contratapa no este al revés)


r/radiohead 20h ago

💬 Discussion Does anyone else prefer the studio version of true love waits to the live version?

21 Upvotes

It’s kinda empty and sad feeling idk.


r/radiohead 20h ago

📹 Video Nigel Godrich and Dhani Harrison start a band called Dragonflies, and they released their first single

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The debut album "Dragonflies" is out on September 18th


r/radiohead 21h ago

📹 Video Radiohead - 15 Step (2009 Grammys) 4k

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So so good
Gwyneth Paltrow, then wife of Chris martin describes radiohead so aptly
Chris martin himself was a fan of radiohead


r/radiohead 1d ago

📹 Video Radiohead theme idiotheque !

134 Upvotes

Yo ! Les amis voici ma petite version guitare de ce chef d’oeuvre 🎶