History AwesomeMusic / Radiohead

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8byXSML4bY&t=31m22s This live performance]] of the B-side "Bangers And Mash". Thom [[CrazyAwesome playing a second set of drums like a madman]] and singing at the same time.

* A hi-hat-heavy hip-hop style beat? Cool. Indie Rock-style guitar riffing? Nice. A manic synth solo? Great. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly All of these at the same time?]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilruofX3Ghk "Identikit"]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iFS22yyXj8 "Supercollider"]]. They made a 7-minute-long funk song ''about a particle accelerator''.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOa--Dhu11M "I Might Be Wrong"]]. Everything about it, really, but especially the fake ending.

* Let Down, especially the "You know where you are" bit.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk&ob=av2n "Creep"]], the emotion in that song, and the self loathing just blows me away.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBH97ma9YiI&ob=av2n "Karma Police, Arrest this man, he talks in maths..."]]

* The big giant Apocalyptic disco beast that is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNqv3nHyteM "Idioteque"]] is the musical definition of [=CMoA=].
** Not just the beat, but the vocals paired with the lyrics are superb.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ju8xO_Zvfo "Motion Picture Soundtrack"]] is quite possibly the most simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting song in the universe. It's also one of the most beautiful things this music geek troper has ever heard.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOa--Dhu11M&ob=av2e "I Might Be Wrong"]]. Everything about it, really, but especially the fake ending.

* The climax of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuaPkGZ-HIA "There There"]]. Take some guitars, heavy drums, "WEEEE ARRRRRE AAAAACIDENTS WAITIIIING TO HAPPENNNNNN!!!!" and a video with ''Bagpuss'' and Thom Yorke grabbing golden clothes and experiencing it's tree-morphing side effects and you've got yourself the [[AwesomeMusic Crowning Alternative Rock Anthem of Awesome]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVf_HGoY-1E&ob=av2e "Sit Down Stand Up"]].

* When they started a remix contest for "Nude," one of the contestants submitted a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfHHLfbjNQ version]] done on an oscilloscope, an old printer and scanner, and an answering machine(which played the vocals), played through hard drives instead of speakers.
** In saying that, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbWBRnDK_AE&ob=av2e original]] is just amazing on its own, too. There is a single chord change (that happens multiple times) at the 2:26 mark. It just blows my mind every time I hear it, it's sublime.

* "Videotape" always brings this troper to tears by the end. Especially when paired with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_a3PMJ5Y0I& this insanely awesome video]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFXozUCW6wc&feature=related "Big Boots"]]. Radiohead with an awesome, almost {{James Bond}}-esque feel to it.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtaAnOaec8 "Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2)"]], especially part 2
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySxUxvxrHeQ&feature=related "I Am Citizen Insane"]].

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* Oh, god. I can't believe I can't see "No Surprises" here!

* The climax of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuaPkGZ-HIA "There There (The Boney King of Nowhere)"]] from the same album. "WEEEEE AAAAARE AAAAACCIDENTS WAITIIIING, WAITIIIING, TO HAAAAAPPEN!!"

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTB-iiecqk "Fade Out"]].

* "Climbing Up the Walls." Especially Thom's bone-chilling MetalScream at the end.

* "The Tourist". What a beautiful song...
* "Lucky". '''Especially''' the guitar solo.

* "Karma Police, Arrest this man, he talks in maths..."

* "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy," a b-side with a creepy, industrial feel to it. The layered vocals just make it sound all the more awesome... picture Radiohead doing a QueensOfTheStoneAge song.
* The entirety of "Life In a Glasshouse"
** ''Especially'' the full length version on the two disc version of the album. It's five minutes of awesome!
* "I Might Be Wrong." Everything about it, really, but especially the fake ending.

* The climax of the "There There (The Boney King of Nowhere)" from the same album. "WEEEEE AAAAARE AAAAACCIDENTS WAITIIIING, WAITIIIING, TO HAAAAAPPEN!!"
* "Myxamatosis", with its strange time signature and awesome guitar part, not to mention the chilling part where everything drops out but the vocals and drums. "But now. I. Don't. Know. Why I. Feel. So. Tongue. Tied." And then it all comes back in again and goes on to become more and more awesome.
* "A Wolf at The Door" is just amazing and unlike any other Radiohead song, with brilliant [[PatterSong pattering]] lyrics.
* "There, There" and "Sit Down Stand Up".

** In saying that, the original is just amazing on its own, too. There is a single chord change (that happens multiple times) at the 2:26 mark. It just blows my mind every time I hear it, it's sublime.

* The bridge in "Reckoner", when all the percussion cuts out and all you're left with are the rising voices and strings.

* Of course, the ending of "Bodysnatchers" is spine tingling, with the guitar's going overload and Yorke screaming vocals.
* "Weird fish/Arpeggi" needs a mention. It is inextricably awesome, the massive buildup for an entire song and then completely stripped down at 3:03.

* "Morning Mr Magpie" sounds like Radiohead trying to do funk music in their own way, and it works beautifully.
* The epic brass background in "Codex" is amazing. It's scary and apprehensive and beautiful and nostalgic all at once.
* When the wall of distorted vocals singing "into your arms" hits at about the 3 minute mark of Give Up The Ghost.
* The Basement version of ''The King of Limbs''. That is all.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db2wd2DJLGI Big Boots]]". Radiohead with an awesome, almost {{James Bond}}-esque feel to it.

*** There's a better quality version [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFXozUCW6wc&feature=related here]]. Enjoy!
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtaAnOaec8 Polyethylene parts 1 and 2]] especially part 2
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySxUxvxrHeQ&feature=related I Am Citizen Insane]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JWH3dXYis Blow Out]]. And people say Creep is their best song off Pablo Honey.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XodXYdu7qOQ this]] live version of You also is spectacular
* Creep, the emotion in that song, and the self loathing just blows me away.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls Just.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKd06s1LNik Fake Plastic Trees,]] especially from around the 3 minute mark to the end.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXyrCRd1ikw Planet Telex]] ("EVERYTHIIING IS...brokennn..."), which is all the more impressive when you find out that the band recorded it after drinking copious amounts of wine, and Thom Yorke sang the vocals lying flat on his back, totally wasted.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTB-iiecqk Fade Out.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDhV5OTsnzY My Iron Lung]] is one of the best songs they ever wrote.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF8khJ7P4Wg Paranoid Android]]. We all die of [[AwesomenessIsVolatile awesome overload]] the moment Thom shouts "YOU DON'T REMEMBER!"

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrpGhEVyrk0 Everything In Its Right Place]] for being beautiful and sort of terrifying.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAF8D0ugyVk "How to Disappear Completely".]] All of it. Thom even at one point called it his best song, for good reason.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLycHY_4nU Optimistic]]. Need we say more?

** not just the beat but the vocals paired with the lyrics are superb
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ju8xO_Zvfo Motion Picture Soundtrack]] is quite possibly the most simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting song in the universe. It's also one of the most beautiful things this music geek troper has ever heard.

* The climax of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAUMgureA6o "You And Whose Army?".]] "We ride tonight... ghost horses." So much punch delivered through such simple lyrics.
* The part in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VzLn6DMCE Pyramid Song]] where Phillip Selways drumming falls in
** Everything about Pyramid Song is awesome!

** ''especially'' the full length version on the two disc version of the album. It's five minutes of awesome!

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-->CLIMBING UP THE [[CarefulWithThatAxe WAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA]][[HighOctaneNightmareFuel AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGHH]]

* "Climbing Up the Walls." Especially Thom's bone-chilling MetalScream at the end.
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* No mention of "Climbing Up the Walls". Shame on you.
* Or "The Tourist". What a beautiful song...

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