Comments on: Creeped out

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:47:28 +0000

Radiohead remix of Big Ideas - by ZX Spectrum. Awesome. Must be seen:

http://www.vimeo.com/1109226?pg=embed&sec=1109226

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:53:23 +0000

I saw Radiohead at a festival in Arras, France. Firstly, they played 2 hours. 2 HOURS. Pretty amazing for a festival. Secondly, while I think that every concert go-er is entitled to an opinion and has specific expectations of what he/she hopes to see, I think that you have to put aside your naustalgic 17 year-old memories sometimes and realise that just as you have grown up so, too, have the band (or so one would hope). The reason that Radiohead continue to be relevant and inspiring is that they have evolved in tandem with their fans and did not decide after the massive success of the first albums to stick with the same sound. Thirdly, given the variety and depth of their music not only do there have to be cuts but they need to reflect the feel and atmosphere the band want to create and therefore require some sort of coherence. It would seem that this is currently in the direction of the new album and what more closely preceded it - and I for one say good decision. Lastly, I love love LOVE the first three albums and would be over the moon to hear a concert overflowing with those songs but I feel more strongly that to wish that the amazingness I experienced Sunday night could be replaced by my musical whims would be an abominable shame and waste of a ticket. Here’s to looking forward (and not backward).

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:45:03 +0000

Radiohead are exceptional in that their new stuff continues to be amazing, unusual and interesting. I accidentally saw The Verve recently (I went to watch the support act) and they played about two of their old hits, not including Bittersweet Symphony, and then expected us all to sit through their entire, very un-amazing, unusual or interesting, new album.

By: Rob G

Rob G — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:50:27 +0000

I went to the Glasgow Green gig lastnight and while i agree that many songs were not played, Radiohead have such a vast back catalogue that it would be impossible to play all their hits. Yes, Pablo Honey was left out totally, I myself would love to hear Stop Whispering live but as more songs come out it is going to be the older ones which were less successful (Pablo Honey sold much fewer albums and got much less air-time than The Bends and OK Computer) that are going to be overlooked.

As for the encore, in Glasgow we heard Karma Police, Idoiteque and Paranoid Android as well as Just. Their are always some sing-a-long classics included but unless you want a 24 hour set you;re never going to get it all into one gig.

I think the moral of the story is don’t sneak a peek at the second gig and you wouldn’t have been so disappointed.

By: David Inglis

David Inglis — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:36:00 +0000

I’m with you Mr. Poole though I’m now starting to wonder whether they are just uber intelligent (maybe it’s the Oxford link), in that we’re debating their gig like no other, feel cheated and yet amazed and definitely feel the need to go again to see what they feel like playing, in the hope that a few old favourites are on their minds! Warped geniuses.

By: Phil Brooks

Phil Brooks — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:53:51 +0000

i went to both nights!

i think bands have to consider the atmosphere of the album and what will fit with it, as well as considering how many songs they can realistically rehearse for one tour. radiohead could have played for 5 hours and there will have been good songs missed out.. personally, i prefer the new stuff, anyway!

By: Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:32:27 +0000

I’m definitely in the play-the-hits camp. That said, there was a lot of truth in that Big Train sketch, with Ralph McTell deperately attempting to play something, anything that isn’t Streets Of London.