OK Computer is the greatest album of all time

Undertoad · 11-10-2012, 07:59 PM

Sgt Peppers? Dark Side of the Moon? All well and good, very impressive accomplishments for their time. But Radiohead caught lightning when they made OK Computer. It is genius.

footfootfoot · 11-10-2012, 08:13 PM

I'll move it ahead in my queue.

Ibby · 11-10-2012, 08:29 PM

*scoff* *snort* pshaw, fuck that half-assed shit.

jimhelm · 11-10-2012, 10:16 PM

Underwhelmed, I am.

Led Zeppelin II

jimhelm · 11-10-2012, 10:18 PM

Field of 64¿?¿

Ibby · 11-11-2012, 12:56 AM

seconded. f64 that is, not Zep II. I like Zep III better even i think.

Ibby · 11-11-2012, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Ibby

seconded. f64 that is, not Zep II. I like Zep III better even i think.

You know what? We should not only do a field of 64: Albums; we should do it book-club style. One pair of albums a week, say; you HAVE to listen to both albums during that week, no matter how many times you've heard them before, and discussion is encouraged before voting. So no leaving out worthy votes just because you've never heard something before!

Trilby · 11-11-2012, 05:31 AM

I LOVE that idea!!

DanaC · 11-11-2012, 05:36 AM

I'm more or less with UT on this one. Not sure I'd go with the greatest, but certainly one of the greatest.

I can't listen to it these days. It takes me to such a strange place. That was my go to album during the dying days of my relationship with J. 'No Surprises' in particular is like timetravel for me.

Griff · 11-11-2012, 05:42 AM

My faith is shaken.

Undertoad · 11-11-2012, 09:51 AM

"No Surprises" Jonny experiments with making the guitar sound like a bell. And then they put a bell sound over it. And then the bell and guitar interchange. It is deeply "pretty"... and then Thom writes the most sarcastic lyric, which subverts it. Takes all that brightness and makes it deeply dark.

You cannot deny the pretty and you cannot deny the ugly. It's something that runs all through OK Computer.

fitter, healthier and more productive
a pig
in a cage
on antibiotics

Undertoad · 11-11-2012, 10:02 AM

And Led Zep 2 is a fine work... but who wrote it?

OK Computer is so totally original, you can't see where it came from. That's part of its charm.

jimhelm · 11-11-2012, 11:38 AM

A lot of old blues men, from america wrote it. A British band distilled it. John Henry Bonham made it bounce off your bones.

You can invent a lot of flowery descriptions of an average album, and fool some people. You can come to appreciate the beauty of a cat poop if you spend enough time gazing at it.

Lz2 is your favorite album the first time you hear it. 30 years later, it still gives you nipple erections.

All that said, I only listened to ok comp once and didn't feel it

Undertoad · 11-11-2012, 11:57 AM

OKC is a difficult work, you have to listen to it 3 times before it settles in. And you know, that's what I like about it.

DanaC · 11-11-2012, 12:09 PM

I love the video to No Suprises as well.

"No Surprises"

A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal

You look so tired and unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide

No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Silent, silent

This is my final fit, my final bellyache with

No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises please

Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden

No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises please (let me out of here)

11-10-2012, 07:59 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	OK Computer is the greatest album of all time Sgt Peppers? Dark Side of the Moon? All well and good, very impressive accomplishments for their time. But Radiohead caught lightning when they made OK Computer. It is genius.

11-10-2012, 08:13 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'll move it ahead in my queue. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-10-2012, 08:29 PM	#3
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	scoff snort pshaw, fuck that half-assed shit. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

11-10-2012, 10:16 PM	#4
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Underwhelmed, I am. Led Zeppelin II __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

11-10-2012, 10:18 PM	#5
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Field of 64¿?¿ __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

11-11-2012, 12:56 AM	#6
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	seconded. f64 that is, not Zep II. I like Zep III better even i think. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

11-11-2012, 05:31 AM	#8
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I LOVE that idea!! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-11-2012, 05:42 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	My faith is shaken. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-11-2012, 09:51 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	"No Surprises" Jonny experiments with making the guitar sound like a bell. And then they put a bell sound over it. And then the bell and guitar interchange. It is deeply "pretty"... and then Thom writes the most sarcastic lyric, which subverts it. Takes all that brightness and makes it deeply dark. You cannot deny the pretty and you cannot deny the ugly. It's something that runs all through OK Computer. fitter, healthier and more productive a pig in a cage on antibiotics

11-11-2012, 10:02 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	And Led Zep 2 is a fine work... but who wrote it? OK Computer is so totally original, you can't see where it came from. That's part of its charm.

11-11-2012, 11:38 AM	#13
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	A lot of old blues men, from america wrote it. A British band distilled it. John Henry Bonham made it bounce off your bones. You can invent a lot of flowery descriptions of an average album, and fool some people. You can come to appreciate the beauty of a cat poop if you spend enough time gazing at it. Lz2 is your favorite album the first time you hear it. 30 years later, it still gives you nipple erections. All that said, I only listened to ok comp once and didn't feel it __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

11-11-2012, 11:57 AM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	OKC is a difficult work, you have to listen to it 3 times before it settles in. And you know, that's what I like about it.

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