POLLD LIKE SARDINES IN A CRUSHD TIN BOX - ILM Artist Poll #56 - RADIOHEAD

i remember liking reckoner a lot when it came out but after going back and listening to it for this poll last week i gotta say m bison otm

but bodysnatchers is the best track on IR

yall im tellin you theres a reason thom is working with flea now
#ghostwriting

Flea is thom's muse

when flea did voiceover work for the wild thornberrys, he was just told to talk the way thom danced

Kedis is such a nanny

Thom won't keep you on a leash

lso some of thom's worst vocals on that record tbh, just lazy meandering falsettos.

i really like In Rainbows but there's definitely a trend with thom yorke's singing over the last few years where he's relying more and more on just humming and cooing in a falsetto as a replacement for actually singing words or doing something interesting. i'm sure some rh haterz would say he's ALWAYS done that, but it's grown more pronounced and frequent recently. i'm not sure where he started relying on it too much but i feel like it turned a corner in the in rainbows era?

I'm not a hater, but I'd say he turned that corner after The Bends, i.e. when things got really good

but when does he do it on OK Computer?

i feel like I might be the only person who voted for 'jigsaw falling into place' (though it was at #20).

one of two songs of in rainbows i quite like, and somehow it was the song that 'got me into' radiohead.

xp I feel like it's in 'let down' even if he's technically singing words

'bug in the ground' = 'bugginarouuhhahahahaound'

olly, I think you are special for appreaching jigsaw top 20. But I definitely like it. ooooooOOOh weeeee OOOOOH

Is it too late? I cant believe I let this slip my mind again

xxxxxp actually, there's a lot of aahhh-oooohs in Paranoid Android anyway.

so I'd say it started with the instrumental break of Paranoid Android

yeah that. i think thom's voice as an instrument prolly peaked at the bends, i mean he just fucking belts shit out and goes for it, i can see why ppl would be upset about him abandoning it because he had a rock n roll *voice* fw that's w, and i can imagine his years of touring and drinking in the 90s strained it. plus his tendencies for more "introverted" sounding music now have put a damper on those tendencies anyway. i dont mind the moan now, but he uses it so much in plac of an actual musical idea and it signifies nothing to me other than wet bathmat.

haha, 'Nude' was top 10 for me

Is it too late? I cant believe I let this slip my mind again

― a waxing interest in waning (Drugs A. Money), Monday, September 8, 2014 3:08 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm leaving for work soon so if you (or anyone else) can get a ballot in within the next six hours it'll be counted.

Awesome

Voted!

Ha, regarding Jigsaw - it was one of 4 songs fighting for my number 1 spot

63 ballots in now, is this a record?

haha, 'Nude' was top 10 for me

― post...aftermath (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, September 8, 2014 4:51 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

YEah, it's definitely the standout on IR for me. Feels like these last few albums all have at least one world-beating song on them and about 3 which leave absolutely no impression on me whatsoever. It's prob why my tracks ballot and my albums ballot don't really sync up so well because my top ten tracks are skewed towards those few late great songs while the earlier albums win out.

63 ballots in now, is this a record?

― nate woolls, Monday, September 8, 2014 5:56 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Steely Dan poll got 77 ballots. but right now you're tied with Classic Rock, I also got 63 ballots for that one.

Bowie's still the record at 80.

arrrgggh, forgot about this. Sent mine over just now, in case you'll still take it.

Re: Flea etc Paperbag Writer is basically an Atoms For Peace Flea track, surely?

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