This is a Radiohead song that I had never heard before but that i ABSOLUTELY LOVED the first time that I heard it, which was earlier this month. Thom Yorke is a fantastic writer and an amazing guitar player. This wraps up my year of Music! enjoy!
Radiohead - True Love Waits
I'll drown my beliefs
To have your babies
I'll dress like your nurse
And wash your swollen feet
Just don't leave
Don't leave
I'm not living
I'm just killing time
Your tiny hands
Your crazy kitten smile
Just don't leave
Don't leave
And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love lives
On lollipops and crisps
Just don't leave
Don't leave
Just don't leave
Don't leave
About Me
- J
- I love writing. If you want to know anything else just ask me or else read up! I have two blogs ("A Pen Itching To Bleed Onto Paper" and "The Rebirth of J"). One of my blogs (A Pen...) is updated more frequently than the other. "The Rebirth” is more of a story I am writing with my life whereas "A Pen" would be my random thoughts past, present, and future in this unfolding journey I call life. If this is your first time reading my blog, please visit Post #2 for the month of April 2008 in my "A Pen" blog archives... Thanks!
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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.
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.
Review: Radiohead - In Rainbows
*1/2
Now you wouldn't expect to see a Radiohead album with such a low rating considering that they are thought of to be one of the most popular bands of all time, but this critic is honest.
The band released their most current album "In Rainbows" this year. The album goes through a large departure from their earlier work. The eerie semi-depressed haunting classics of their earlier albums have now been transformed into up tempo anthems, dangerously close to becoming pop music. Most bands do grow and mature musically lyrically but Radiohead is a band that did so in a distasteful way. Lyrically the band is on point, maturing nicely.
"Nude" is one of the songs slow ballads that also happens to be the only song that sounds like "classic" Radiohead with a touch of maturity. Tracks worth mentioning would be "15 step" which is upbeat but decent. Another would be "bodysnatchers" which is good lyrically but when added to a beat that sounds like it was created in the hippie era while high on acid, It would take a while to grow onto a person.
A quick quote by Thom Yorke, Radiohead Front man - "it's similar to OK Computer in a way. It's much more terrifying."
Absolutely not! In all the album failed to make a good impression and led me on a search for classic Radiohead...
Now you wouldn't expect to see a Radiohead album with such a low rating considering that they are thought of to be one of the most popular bands of all time, but this critic is honest.
The band released their most current album "In Rainbows" this year. The album goes through a large departure from their earlier work. The eerie semi-depressed haunting classics of their earlier albums have now been transformed into up tempo anthems, dangerously close to becoming pop music. Most bands do grow and mature musically lyrically but Radiohead is a band that did so in a distasteful way. Lyrically the band is on point, maturing nicely.
"Nude" is one of the songs slow ballads that also happens to be the only song that sounds like "classic" Radiohead with a touch of maturity. Tracks worth mentioning would be "15 step" which is upbeat but decent. Another would be "bodysnatchers" which is good lyrically but when added to a beat that sounds like it was created in the hippie era while high on acid, It would take a while to grow onto a person.
A quick quote by Thom Yorke, Radiohead Front man - "it's similar to OK Computer in a way. It's much more terrifying."
Absolutely not! In all the album failed to make a good impression and led me on a search for classic Radiohead...
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