Review: Radiohead - OK Computer.

*****

The year was 1997. I was young, depressed and searching for music artists that would sympathize with my pain. Little did I know that compassion would come from the lyrics and video of a British rock band named Radiohead. The video to "Paranoid android" caught my eye as it portrayed a young man who seemed to be lost and depressed venturing through a messed up and disgusting world. He eventually meets what seems to be his guardian angel that saves him from death. Somehow watching this video made me feel...better!

Fast-forward a decade and Radiohead releases "In Rainbows" which made a bad impression on me and left me thinking, "I know Radiohead was good at some point?"

This led me on a journey through three music stores to find Radiohead's "OK Computer, until finally finding it at the underground, a small independent music store.

OK computer not only satisfied my need for hearing classic melodramatic Radiohead but kept me wanting to hear more. "Paranoid android" sounded foreign at first but then brought back distant memories of watching the video. The song itself is 6 minutes long, but is worth listening to over and over again.

"Karma police” is another song that I heard before and that I completely fell in love with again. The eerie sound of the words "climb up the walls" on "Climbing up the walls" sealed the deal on what seemed to be one of the best rock albums of its time. Purchasing this album was the one thing that redeemed Radiohead in my mind as one of the best rockbands to ever grace a vinyl record.