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Everything, everything, everything, everything
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
Right place
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Everything, everything, everything
In its right place
In its right place
Right place
There are two colours in my head
There are two colours in my head
What is that you tried to say?
What was that you tried to say?
Tried to say, tried to say
Tried to say, tried to say
Everything in its right place
Somebody asked me to explain why I think this is so brilliant since, after all, the lyrics are dumb and the music boring. First, in a way they kind of reject the idea of lyrics being meaningful at all. Which, yaknow, so did Bach and Beethoven, so I don't think we need to worry about that one. Though I will say there is a nice mockery of the idea that lyrics have to be profound. They rarely are in rock I think we can all agree, even if there are lots of moments of lyrical brilliance it's not the point. Second, this person claimed that the music is repetitive. That one I kind of understand because IT IS repetitive. Intentionally. The musicality lies in taking that simple riff and mutiplying it in 100 different ways, through tone, modulation, rhythm, crescendo, and other stuff. There's a reason classical musicians are so crazy about Radiohead. If you put on your listening ears you will hear.
Not without reason Brad Osborn Ph. D. music named his splendid work after this song title.
One of the greatest albums of the 21st century. Ballsy and highly original.
My inner pedant insists that the year 2000 is the final year of the 20th century, but I concur with your assessment of the quality of the record.
They ... reject the idea of lyrics being meaningful at all. Which, yaknow, so did Bach and Beethoven, so I don't think we need to worry about that one.... They rarely are in rock I think we can all agree, even if there are lots of moments of lyrical brilliance it's not the point.
Lots to disagree with here. A religious composer like Bach by definition has to care about the lyrics -- you can start with St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B Minor and work outward on that one. As for rock, if you are talking about "Louie, Louie," you are correct. If you are talking about "I am the Walrus," things get more complicated because the words don't mean much but Lennon is playing with words. Other songs have lyrics that are not clearly meaningful but are extremely evocative. But, and here's my mine point, I hope that everyone has noticed that the songs that get played on RP--for the most part--have extremely meaningful, intelligent lyrics. In fact, one of the many joys and benefits of listening to the music here is sitting down and actually reading the lyrics of a song I've known for many years but never understood. I plead guilty to mostly just knowing the words of the chorus--until I became an RP listener ("Tangled up in blue, Tangled up in blue, tangled up in blue.") It may be serendipity, but this semester in my Government class I typically stop mid-class and just read the lyrics to a song I've been playing on RP before and during class and there's always some kind of tie-in to what we're talking about (not because they're political but because they're about life).
That must have been pretty weird for him to wake up sucking on a lemon.
When I was a teen, lemons were slang for Quaaludes. I don't know if that's why there were "two colours" in his head because I'm not sure what Quaaludes do to you. Just a guess, probably wrong.
That must have been pretty weird for him to wake up sucking on a lemon.
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That must have been pretty weird for him to wake up sucking on a lemon.
Inspired him to have a proper tidy up by the sounds of it.
Certainly interesting. I'm struggling to like it.
How do I rate something like that?
Now that is easy: 10, solely for the lyrics.
Great segue, William!
Adkrog "Quinquis" --> The Cure "Fascination Street" --> this.
Same segues 3 weeks later. Still works.
Adkrog "Quinquis" --> The Cure "Fascination Street" --> this.
How do I rate something like that?
My opinion is exactly the opposite.
hear, hear! This for instance is in its right place on 10
ixi music
happens to me all the time!
10.
My opinion is exactly the opposite.
Ditto. Not sure if I am not crazy about the song itself or just hate how it has been overplayed.
I don't get Radioheadheads, but they probably don't get deadheads...so there!
Some of us are the same people.
Yesterday I woke soaked in a limo….?
Somebody asked me to explain why I think this is so brilliant since, after all, the lyrics are dumb and the music boring. First, in a way they kind of reject the idea of lyrics being meaningful at all. Which, yaknow, so did Bach and Beethoven, so I don't think we need to worry about that one. Though I will say there is a nice mockery of the idea that lyrics have to be profound. They rarely are in rock I think we can all agree, even if there are lots of moments of lyrical brilliance it's not the point. Second, this person claimed that the music is repetitive. That one I kind of understand because IT IS repetitive. Intentionally. The musicality lies in taking that simple riff and mutiplying it in 100 different ways, through tone, modulation, rhythm, crescendo, and other stuff. There's a reason classical musicians are so crazy about Radiohead. If you put on your listening ears you will hear.
100% agreed
+1 to 10
Long Live RP!!
Somebody asked me to explain why I think this is so brilliant since, after all, the lyrics are dumb and the music boring. First, in a way they kind of reject the idea of lyrics being meaningful at all. Which, yaknow, so did Bach and Beethoven, so I don't think we need to worry about that one. Though I will say there is a nice mockery of the idea that lyrics have to be profound. They rarely are in rock I think we can all agree, even if there are lots of moments of lyrical brilliance it's not the point. Second, this person claimed that the music is repetitive. That one I kind of understand because IT IS repetitive. Intentionally. The musicality lies in taking that simple riff and mutiplying it in 100 different ways, through tone, modulation, rhythm, crescendo, and other stuff. There's a reason classical musicians are so crazy about Radiohead. If you put on your listening ears you will hear.
Frank Zappa felt the same way about lyrics.
“I detest love lyrics. I think one of the causes of bad mental
health in the United States is that people have been raised on 'love
lyrics'.
You're a young kid and you hear all those 'love lyrics',
right? Your parents aren't telling you the truth about love, and you
can't really learn about it in school. You're getting the bulk of your
'behaviour norms' mapped out for you in the lyrics to some dumb fucking
love song. It's a subconscious training that creates desire for an
imaginary situation which will never exist for you. People who buy into
that mythology go through life feeling that they got cheated out of
something.
What I think is very cynical about some rock and roll
songs -- especially today -- is the way they say: "Let's make love."
What the <f-word> kind of wussy says shit like that in the real world? You
ought to be able to say "Let's go <f-word>", or at least "Let's go
fill-in-the-blank" -- but you gotta say "Let's make love" in order to
get on the radio. This creates a semantic corruption, by changing the
context in which the word 'love' is used in the song.
When they
get into drooling about love as a 'romantic concept' -- especially in
the lyrics of sensitive singer/songwriter types -- that's another shove
in the direction of bad mental health.
Fortunately, lyrics over
the last five or six years have gotten to be less and less important,
with 'art rock groups' and new wavers specializing in 'nonjudgemental'
or 'purposely inconsequential' lyrics. People have stopped listening to
the lyrics -- they are now only 'pitched mouth noises'.”
―
Frank Zappa,
The Real Frank Zappa Book
Brilliant..... and an immersive experience with headphones or a high quality audio system! (Easy 10)
Excellent point. You are cheating yourself out of so much with most of the earbud types - yes, even Airpods.
If you have the disposable funds, get you some German ear goggles: Sennheiser or Beyerdynamics. It is like listening to all the songs you though you knew for the first time again.
A rather crap and over rated band.
This song typifies their dullness.
And they are entirely responsible for inspiring ( if that's the word) chris martin. need more be said?
I'd say Chris Martin took some inspiration and ran in another direction. I'm not seeing too much similarity. I guess they are both English?
My opinion is exactly the opposite.
"I really liked 'Love Me Do'...all downhill from there."
"Everything in it's Right Place"
A weird happy memory of hearing this song all over the world.
Kid A and OK Computer are when Radio Head peaked. Incredible albums both
Amnesiac isn't half bad... if you're into the minimalist aesthetic.
I don't get Radioheadheads, but they probably don't get deadheads...so there!
As someone who appreciates both bands, I guess I fall off the radar completely. Which is fine, I suppose
My opinion is exactly the opposite.
Kid A, was a bit difficult for me when it came out. Moon Shaped Pool however is one of the best albums I ever heard. I think they combined a lot of their previous experimentations.
Listening to Kid A after years, I enjoy it now. It needed a broader music ear I guess.
such a cool song...
Well stated cely - RH is definitely worth listening to with intense intentionality. LLRP!
LOL. Certainly in my case that's exactly right. Love Radiohead. Don't "get" the Grateful Dead at all...
This song typifies their dullness.
And they are entirely responsible for inspiring ( if that's the word) chris martin. need more be said?
Mumble.
Whine.
Drone.
Off key.
Tickle the keys.
Breathe.
Repeat.
Although I give this excellent tune a 9, the above is still pretty funny.
Mumble.
Whine.
Drone.
Off key.
Tickle the keys.
Breathe.
Repeat.
yeah but then perfectly done :-)
Love it!
Mumble.
Whine.
Drone.
Off key.
Tickle the keys.
Breathe.
Repeat.
You need to get your ears tested. It's not off key.
+2, my 3's a 5 now, and I rate my rating an 8 now (starting to like RH more) LLRP!!
Would you mind explaining the genius? At risk of sounding of substandard intelligence, the lyrics seem nonsensical, and the music seem repetitive.
why do lyrics have to mean something?
Good that you're around to correct folks.
This x1000
Would you mind explaining the genius? At risk of sounding of substandard intelligence, the lyrics seem nonsensical, and the music seem repetitive.
cosmicjoe54 wrote:
My opinion is exactly the opposite.
And employed to very good effect in my opinion, for the movie Anonymous...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xK7PLk_nX4
User4176 I have just congratulated you on a rating system for another song (The Cure's Fascination) and here you are the very next song rating a 1 to my rating of 9!
How do we meet in the middle? Well this song is about someone with OCD and trapped in their own mind and the music tries to convey what it might feel like to be inside the head of that person. Claustrophobic, repetitive, relentless - I don't know but it must be awful.
So the subject matter might not be 'normal' and even I would not play it at a party but you got to hand it to RH for attempting such a thing.
In my system I give extra rating kudos for tackling the non-normal.
It's not your fault.
All good things come to an end
Mumble.
Whine.
Drone.
Off key.
Tickle the keys.
Breathe.
Repeat.
Artists. . .
...never really listened to this album...does it need to be heard in context?
Obviously. After this song cames Kid A (that called the album), and after "Everything in its right place" they sing "Live in the shadows at the end of my bed". You must listen the entire album.
Funny. I was born in 1954 and was obviously influenced by the Beatles. My wife was born in 1964 and came of age after the Beatles had broken up. She shares your sentiment. She once told me that you can't go for a day without some sort of Beatles reference, whether it be hearing a song of theirs or a song by one of the four individual members, or as a reference to them somehow, something, anything. It's amazing how close she is to being correct.
1954? me too
i'll bet you watched the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964
we were normal the first 10 years of our lives
Can we stop comparing every band to the over rated long gone Beatles PLEASE !!!
Funny. I was born in 1954 and was obviously influenced by the Beatles. My wife was born in 1964 and came of age after the Beatles had broken up. She shares your sentiment. She once told me that you can't go for a day without some sort of Beatles reference, whether it be hearing a song of theirs or a song by one of the four individual members, or as a reference to them somehow, something, anything. It's amazing how close she is to being correct.
Did you keep the furniture?
And cut the kids in half?
(RH Morning Bell)
Somebody asked me to explain why I think this is so brilliant since, after all, the lyrics are dumb and the music boring. First, in a way they kind of reject the idea of lyrics being meaningful at all. Which, yaknow, so did Bach and Beethoven, so I don't think we need to worry about that one. Though I will say there is a nice mockery of the idea that lyrics have to be profound. They rarely are in rock I think we can all agree, even if there are lots of moments of lyrical brilliance it's not the point. Second, this person claimed that the music is repetitive. That one I kind of understand because IT IS repetitive. Intentionally. The musicality lies in taking that simple riff and mutiplying it in 100 different ways, through tone, modulation, rhythm, crescendo, and other stuff. There's a reason classical musicians are so crazy about Radiohead. If you put on your listening ears you will hear.
I love this and I happen to think the lyrics are deeply moving as they neatly express a state of mind which, if you've not experienced it, I hope you never do. It's just good to know you're not the only one.