History AwesomeMusic / Radiohead

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocQImpRfPMk Blow Out]]". And people say "Creep" is their best song of the album.

* "[[https://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.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHK67LiMI8k My Iron Lung]]" is often considered the superior version of "Creep", and it shows: the sudden change from a britpop ballad to a harsh alternative song is as burtal as it is awesome.
** It's B-Side, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZ1DDs_cMM Lewis (Mistreated)]]", which can only be summarized as Radiohead at their most garage rock-y.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7sUENatUU Talk Show Host]]", the B-side to "Street Spirit" and easily the band's most popular B-side. It's based around a simple guitar riff but still manages to build a solid listening experience with brooding lyrics and the likes.

--> "''CLIMBING UP THE [[CarefulWithThatAxe WAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGHH]]''"

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuZYQvvLXVY Lucky]]". '''Especially''' the guitar solo.
--> "''It's gonna be a gloooorrrriiiiouuus dayy...''"
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAXRKPGKXWs The Tourist]]". What a beautiful song...

--> "''[[spoiler:Yesterday I woke up sucking on a lemon]]''"
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDAjFstQrTk The National Anthem]]". ESPECIALLY the horns section at the end.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTT6k3Q4JnQ Morning Bell]]" is already pretty awesome, but then the halfway point comes to accentuate to the weird awesomeness: [[spoiler:''Cut the kids in half.'']]

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5LT9X9F-YM The Amazing Sounds of Orgy]]", a B-side with a creepy, industrial feel to it. The layered vocals and eerie, pounding drum riff just make it sound all the more awesome... picture Radiohead doing a Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge song.

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

!!''Kid Amnesiae''
* Unreleased fan favorite "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcwy2YDyigA Follow Me Around]]." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxWiU_v9Qs was later released]] after being circulated for about 20 years as a proper studio recording for the 20th anniversary of ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' alongside "If You Say the Word" in 2021.

--> "''OVER MY DEAAAD BOOO-OOODY!!''"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySxUxvxrHeQ I Am Citizen Insane]]". Super-chill but slightly creepy.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbWBRnDK_AE Nude]]" is an amazing song: there is a single and sublime chord change (that happens multiple times) at the 2:26 mark. Thom Yorke's ethereal and wondrous vocal performance may be his greatest by a long shot.
** When they started a remix contest for this song, one of the contestants submitted a [[https://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.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3DrL8pwu1k Weird Fishes / Arpeggi]]" needs a mention. It is inextricably awesome, the massive buildup for an entire song and then completely stripped down at 3:03.

--> "''iiiiiiiin Raaaaaaainbooooooows...''"

* Meanwhile, a contender for best ''closing'' track is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Wu45h1HdY Separator]]". The beat is strangely addictive... and after the heartbreaking double of "Codex" and "Give Up the Ghost", this song wraps up the album on a comforting, calming and hopeful note. "If you think this is over, then you're wrong..."

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcwy2YDyigA Unreleased fan favorite Follow Me Around]]." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxWiU_v9Qs was later released]] after being circulated for about 20 years as a proper studio recording for the 20th anniversary of ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' alongside "If You Say the Word" in 2021.

--> "''It's gonna be a gloooorrrriiiiouuus dayy...''"

!!''Kid A Mnesiae''

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na5qrW032H4 Black Star]]". That chorus and riff... "Blame it on the black star / Blame it on the falling sky / Blame it on the satellite that beams me home..."

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDLkaISa-B8 Nice Dream]]" is just an all around beautiful song to listen to, led by an acoustic guitar and some glorious vocals on Thom's behalf.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcwy2YDyigA Unreleased fan favorite Follow Me Around]]." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxWiU_v9Qs was later released]] after being circulated for about 20 years as a proper studio recording for the 20th anniversary of Kid A and Amnesiac alongside "If You Say the Word" in 2021.

%%* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWDUJ8sKvMU basement version]] of ''The King of Limbs''.

!! Songs revolving around it

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbWBRnDK_AE Nude]]" is an amazing song: there is a single and sublime chord change (that happens multiple times) at the 2:26 mark. Thom Yorke's ethereal and wondrous vocal performance may be his greatest by a long shot.

* It's B-Side, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZ1DDs_cMM Lewis (Mistreated)]]", which can only be summarized as Radiohead at their most garage rock-y.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7sUENatUU Talk Show Host]]", the B-side to "Street Spirit" and easily the band's most popular B-side. It's based around a simple guitar riff but still manages to build a solid listening experience with brooding lyrics and the likes.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDhKICAm0OY Big Boots]]". Radiohead with an awesome, almost ''Film/JamesBond''-esque feel to it. After existing for twenty years as a bootleg recording ripped from ''Meeting People Is Easy,'' a proper studio recording (titled "Man O' War") will be released along with "I Promise" and "Lift" for the 20th anniversary edition of ''OK Computer''. Huzzah!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VzLn6DMCE "Pyramid Song"]] is strangely relaxing, especially the part where Phil Selway's drumming falls in. It's also a lesson in composition when you realize it's in CommonTime.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5LT9X9F-YM "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy"]], a B-side with a creepy, industrial feel to it. The layered vocals and eerie, pounding drum riff just make it sound all the more awesome... picture Radiohead doing a Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge song.
* The climax of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAUMgureA6o "You And Whose Army?"]]. "We ride tonight... ghost horses." So much punch delivered through such simple lyrics.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qvlh_dvmkk "I Might Be Wrong"]]. Everything about it, really, but especially the fake ending.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQBy3g0dMN0 "Knives Out"]]. An unnerving, yet fantastic single that deals with Cannibalism taking heavy inspiration from Music/TheSmiths. Johnny Smith had this to say about the song: "I was beyond flattered and quite speechless – which takes some doing. He (Ed O'Brien) explained to me that with that song they'd tried to take a snapshot of the way I'd done things in the Smiths – and I guess you can hear that in it."

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezOAxhYo9vE "Like Spinning Plates"]] is magnificent, especially when one considers [[http://citizeninsane.eu/music/amnesiac/spinningplates.html how it was made]].
* The entirety of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upl_rxmsu6s "Life in a Glasshouse"]]. ''Especially'' the full length version on the two-disc version of the album. It's five minutes of awesome!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcwy2YDyigA Unreleased fan favorite "Follow Me Around".]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxWiU_v9Qs was later released]] after being circulated for about 20 years as a proper studio recording for the 20th anniversary of Kid A and Amnesiac alongside "If You Say the Word" in 2021.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w6kHS_IRrE "2 + 2 = 5"]], the moment when Thom loses his ever-loving shit about halfway through and starts screaming: "YOU HAVE NOT BEEN! PAYING ATTENTION! PAYING ATTENTION!" See also: "DON'T QUESTION MY AUTHORITY OR PUTMEINABOX!!"
* The climax of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2aH-sluR5s "There There"]]. Take some guitars, heavy drums, "WEEEE ARRRRRE AAAAACIDENTS WAITIIIING TO HAPPENNNNNN!!!!" and a video with Series/{{Bagpuss}} and Thom Yorke grabbing golden clothes and experiencing its tree-morphing side effects and you've got yourself the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Alternative Rock Anthem of Awesome]]. It is, somehow, both ominous and uplifting.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgeKRbmUBns "Myxomatosis"]], 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.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isz01iv8Ls "A Wolf at the Door"]] is just amazing and unlike any other Radiohead song, with brilliant [[PatterSong pattering]] lyrics.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTjQsshhPtM "Backdrifts"]]. The small piano solo is pretty cool, and the beat sounds like a malfunctioning steam train. It's like {{Industrial}}, {{Ambient}}, Glitch and HipHop were thrown into a blender...
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0v8rCZazrA "We Suck Young Blood"]]. Never has a quiet song about vampires been so awesome. At one point in the song, the sound almost ''explodes.''
* The beautifully eerie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D05s_GuFOvA "The Gloaming"]], which starts off with a jittery IDM-y loop before turning into a warbling, claustrophobic piece with Thom's [[EchoingAcoustics echoing]] voice sweeping over the apprehensive soundscapes.
%%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWqlpvLjMyM Sit Down. Stand Up.]]". AND THE RAINDROPS AND THE RAINDROPS.
%%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-XynViVN3E Go to Sleep]]". ''OVER MY DEAAAD BOOO-OOODY!!''
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySxUxvxrHeQ I Am Citizen Insane]]". Super-chill but slightly creepy.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk "Creep"]], the emotion in that song, and the self loathing.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocQImpRfPMk "Blow Out"]]. And people say "Creep" is their best song of the album.

* [[https://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.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gDhsUWCHrg "Fake Plastic Trees"]], especially from around the 3 minute mark to the end.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na5qrW032H4 "Black Star"]]. That chorus and riff... "Blame it on the black star / Blame it on the falling sky / Blame it on the satellite that beams me home..."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnk4jiWamm4 "Just"]]. Special mention goes to the guitar and that epic solo at the end...

* It's B-Side, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZ1DDs_cMM "Lewis (Mistreated)"]], which can only be summarized as Radiohead at their most garage rock-y.
%%* [[TearJerker "Bullet Proof...]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkCgUI_g2oo I Wish I Was"]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDLkaISa-B8 Nice Dream]] is just an all around beautiful song to listen to, led by an acoustic guitar and some glorious vocals on Thom's behalf.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTB-iiecqk "Street Spirit (Fade Out)"]]. From the guitar buildup to Thom's broken voice, you have a magnificiently tragic AlbumClosure.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7sUENatUU "Talk Show Host"]], the B-side to "Street Spirit" and easily the band's most popular B-side. It's based around a simple guitar riff but still manages to build a solid listening experience with brooding lyrics and the likes.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNY_wLukVW0 "Airbag"]]. The guitars, the riffs, the cut-up beats and Thom's elated lyrics and singing combine to create a triumphant and awesome opening track.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF8khJ7P4Wg "Paranoid Android"]]. We all die of [[AwesomenessIsVolatile awesome overload]] the moment Thom shouts "YOU DON'T REMEMBER!"
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1tQFX_9ct0 "I'M JUST UPTIGHT! UPTIGHT!"]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmmedScLmY "Exit Music (For a Film)"]], possibly the coolest song inspired by ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' ever recorded. Its quiet start, accentuated by sheer guitar and electronic choir, is equally awe-inducing and chilling, but it gets real awesome when the drums and synths kick in, building up to one of the most incredible climaxes in Radiohead history. Never did you think the sentence "Now we are one in everlasting peace" could be uttered [[MundaneMadeAwesome with such grandeur]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWibEwJLzRs "Climbing Up the Walls".]] Especially Thom's bone-chilling MetalScream at the end.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBH97ma9YiI "Karma Police"]] starts with a calming piano and acoutsic guitar duet, then the tension rises to lead to the CreepyAwesome electric sirens.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HimvFbossU8 "Fitter Happier"]] is an example of CreepyAwesome, as well as summarizing what the entire album is all about.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DtgWrFTtQk "Electioneering"]] is a good song for those looking for a harder sound on the album.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg "No Surprises"]]. A different form of creepy than "Climbing Up The Walls", this song is a good embodiment of suburban ennui and the effects of modern life on the average person. Not to mention the Glock added in for extra irony.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuZYQvvLXVY "Lucky"]]. '''Especially''' the guitar solo.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAXRKPGKXWs "The Tourist"]]. What a beautiful song...

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_NvVMUcG8 "Let Down"]], especially the "You know where you are" bit. It's sparkly, it's simultaneously ecstatic and heartbreaking, and it manages to make something truly beautiful out of depression and alienation without glamorizing either.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDhKICAm0OY "Big Boots"]]. Radiohead with an awesome, almost ''Film/JamesBond''-esque feel to it. After existing for twenty years as a bootleg recording ripped from ''Meeting People Is Easy,'' a proper studio recording (titled "Man O' War") will be released along with "I Promise" and "Lift" for the 20th anniversary edition of ''OK Computer''. Huzzah!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtaAnOaec8 "Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2)"]], especially part 2. Another example of MundaneMadeAwesome with operatic declarations of "plastic bag, middle class, polyethylene" and "there is no significant risk to your health", not to mention the music itself. The way the song spirals out at the end as if it were a spacecraft launched into the atmosphere? Lovely.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrpGhEVyrk0 "Everything in Its Right Place"]] for being beautiful and sort of terrifying. The awesomeness may be either [[{{Narm}} diminished]] or [[NarmCharm increased]] for you once you figure out what he's saying...

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDAjFstQrTk "The National Anthem".]] ESPECIALLY the horns section at the end.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAF8D0ugyVk "How to Disappear Completely"]]. All of it. Especially when the trumpets come in in their strange arpeggiated patterns, they don't fit in but they just... do. Thom even at one point called it his best song, for good reason.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1On-ZHfTWOo "Optimistic"]]. The [[FadingIntoTheNextSong transition]] from "Optimistic" to "In Limbo" is also very well done.
* The big giant Apocalyptic disco beast that is [[https://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.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTT6k3Q4JnQ "Morning Bell"]] is already pretty awesome, but then the halfway point comes to accentuate to the weird awesomeness: [[spoiler:''Cut the kids in half.'']]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ju8xO_Zvfo "Motion Picture Soundtrack"]] is quite possibly the most simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting song in the universe.

[[folder:''OK Computer'']]

[[folder:''Kid A'']]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Amnesiac'']]

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWqlpvLjMyM "Sit Down. Stand Up."]]. AND THE RAINDROPS AND THE RAINDROPS.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-XynViVN3E "Go to Sleep"]]. ''OVER MY DEAAAD BOOO-OOODY!!''

* When they started a remix contest for "Nude", one of the contestants submitted a [[https://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.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbWBRnDK_AE original]] is just amazing on its own, too. There is a single chord change (that happens multiple times) at the 2:26 mark. It's sublime.
** We can't talk about "Nude" without mentioning the incredible vocal performance Thom Yorke gives on that track. It's his greatest by a long shot. Absolutely ethereal and wondrous.
* This [[https://vimeo.com/82265527 live performance]] of "15 Step" at the 2009 Grammys, where Thom is backed by the Spirit of Troy, USC's legendary marching band. It's especially awesome since it's Radiohead's first ever performance at the Grammys.
* The bridge in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOoCixFA8OI "Reckoner"]], when all the percussion cuts out and all you're left with are the rising voices and strings. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmmsMeHAaE And then Cee Lo Green covered it.]]
-->"iiiiiiiin Raaaaaaainbooooooows..."
* Of course, the ending of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVDSdDoD4Sg "Bodysnatchers"]] is spine tingling, with the guitar's going overload and Yorke screaming vocals.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3DrL8pwu1k "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi"]] needs a mention. It is inextricably awesome, the massive buildup for an entire song and then completely stripped down at 3:03.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-RllNyZt90 The beat goes round and round... THE BEAT GOES ROOOOOUND AAAAAND ROOOOUND]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqVcKwEJ2w4 "Morning Mr Magpie"]] sounds like Radiohead trying to do {{Funk}} music in their own way, and it works beautifully.
* The epic brass background in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5c9w6uWBOI "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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIupuBQ8W_c "Give Up the Ghost"]].

* On February 18th, 2011, a gleeful fandom began its ''The King of Limbs'' experience with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHjUI7OqEWc "Bloom"]], quite possibly Radiohead's best opening track yet. The wailing, echo-y vocals are just eerie and ominous enough to set the tone of the album. The Music/HansZimmer-produced [[RearrangeTheSong orchestral arrangement]] of the song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODsUpq0WAYY "(Ocean) Bloom"]], is equally powerful, if not more so.
* Meanwhile, a contender for best ''closing'' track is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Wu45h1HdY "Separator"]]. The beat is strangely addictive... and after the heartbreaking double of "Codex" and "Give Up the Ghost", this song wraps up the album on a comforting, calming and hopeful note. "If you think this is over, then you're wrong..."

* A hi-hat-heavy hip-hop style beat? Cool. Indie Rock-style guitar riffing? Nice. A manic synth solo? Great. [[GenreMashup All of these at the same time?]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRWQ5BhYcE "Identikit"]].

[[folder:''Other Songs'']]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDhKICAm0OY "Big Boots"]]. Radiohead with an awesome, almost ''Film/JamesBond''-esque feel to it. After existing for twenty years as a bootleg recording ripped from ''Meeting People Is Easy,'' a proper studio recording (titled "Man O' War") will be released along with "I Promise" and "Lift" for the 20th anniversary edition of ''OK Computer''. Huzzah!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtaAnOaec8 "Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2)"]], especially part 2. Another example of MundaneMadeAwesome with operatic declarations of "plastic bag, middle class, polyethylene" and "there is no significant risk to your health", not to mention the music itself. The way the song spirals out at the end as if it were a spacecraft launched into the atmosphere? Lovely.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySxUxvxrHeQ "I Am Citizen Insane"]]. Super-chill but slightly creepy.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iFS22yyXj8 "Supercollider"]]. They made a 7-minute-long song ''about a particle accelerator''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZ1DDs_cMM "Lewis (Mistreated)"]], which can only be summarized as Radiohead at their most garage rock-y.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcwy2YDyigA Unreleased fan favorite "Follow Me Around".]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxWiU_v9Qs was later released]] after being circulated for about 20 years as a proper studio recording for the 20th anniversary of Kid A and Amnesiac alongside "If You Say the Word" in 2021.
* And now, Radiohead's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen (almost)]] actual ''Film/JamesBond'' theme, [[https://soundcloud.com/radiohead/spectre "Spectre"]]. The strings, the bass, the drums, Thom's voice...

[[folder: Pablo Honey]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocQImpRfPMk "Blow Out"]]. And people say "Creep" is their best song off ''Pablo Honey''.

[[folder: The Bends]]
* "The Bends" in general - the guitar intro is awesome. Calls up images of a sunny morning on a city street. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8z8hLvjb_U WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL... FRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENDS]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gDhsUWCHrg "Fake Plastic Trees"]], especially from around the 3 minute mark to the end.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTB-iiecqk "Street Spirit (Fade Out)"]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7sUENatUU "Talk Show Host"]], the B-side to "Street Spirit" and easily the band's most popular B-side. It's based around a simple guitar riff but still manages to build a solid listening experience with brooding lyrics and the likes.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHK67LiMI8k "My Iron Lung"]] is one of the best songs they ever wrote.

[[folder: OK Computer]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWibEwJLzRs "Climbing Up the Walls."]] Especially Thom's bone-chilling MetalScream at the end.
-->CLIMBING UP THE [[CarefulWithThatAxe WAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGHH]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuZYQvvLXVY "Lucky"]]. '''Especially''' the guitar solo.
-->"It's gonna be a gloooorrrriiiiouuus dayy..."
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBH97ma9YiI "Karma Police, Arrest this man, he talks in maths..."]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg "No Surprises"]]. A different form of creepy than "Climbing Up The Walls," this song is a good embodiment of suburban ennui and the effects of modern life on the average person. Not to mention the Glock added in for extra irony.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNY_wLukVW0 "Airbag"]]. The guitars, the riffs, the cut-up beats and Thom's elated lyrics and singing combine to create a triumphant and awesome opening track.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1tQFX_9ct0 "I'M JUST UPTIGHT! UPTIGHT!"]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg "No alarms and no surprises..."]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DtgWrFTtQk "Electioneering"]] is a good song for those looking for a harder sound on the album.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HimvFbossU8 "Fitter Happier"]] is an example of CreepyAwesome, as well as summarizing what the entire album is all about.

[[folder: Kid A]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrpGhEVyrk0 "Everything in Its Right Place"]] for being beautiful and sort of terrifying. The awesomeness may be either increased or diminished for you once you figure out what he's saying...
--> [[spoiler:Yesterday I woke up sucking on a lemon.]]

[[folder: Amnesiac]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VzLn6DMCE "Pyramid Song"]], especially the part where Phil Selway's drumming falls in.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5LT9X9F-YM "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy"]], a B-side with a creepy, industrial feel to it. The layered vocals and eerie, pounding drum riff just make it sound all the more awesome... picture Radiohead doing a Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge song.
* The entirety of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upl_rxmsu6s "Life in a Glasshouse"]]. ''Especially'' the full length version on the two-disc version of the album. It's five minutes of awesome!

[[folder: Hail to the Thief]]

[[folder: In Rainbows]]
* When they started a remix contest for "Nude," one of the contestants submitted a [[https://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.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xN-H5QTYWs This live performance]] of the B-side "Bangers and Mash." Thom [[CrazyIsCool playing a second set of drums like a madman]] and singing at the same time.

[[folder: The King of Limbs]]

* On February 18th, 2011, a gleeful fandom began its ''The King of Limbs'' experience with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHjUI7OqEWc "Bloom,"]] quite possibly Radiohead's best opening track yet. The wailing, echo-y vocals are just eerie and ominous enough to set the tone of the album. The Music/HansZimmer-produced [[RearrangeTheSong orchestral arrangement]] of the song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODsUpq0WAYY "(Ocean) Bloom"]], is equally powerful, if not more so.
* Meanwhile, a contender for best ''closing'' track is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Wu45h1HdY "Separator"]]. The beat is strangely addictive... and after the heartbreaking double of "Codex" and "Give Up the Ghost," this song wraps up the album on a comforting, calming and hopeful note. "If you think this is over, then you're wrong..."

[[folder: A Moon Shaped Pool]]
* "Burn the Witch," a track teased and anticipated for ''years'', was finally released as the first single of the album on May 3rd, 2016. And it was worth the wait.

[[folder: Other Songs]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtaAnOaec8 "Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2)"]], especially part 2. Another example of MundaneMadeAwesome with operatic declarations of "plastic bag, middle class, polyethylene" and "there is no significant risk to your health," not to mention the music itself. The way the song spirals out at the end as if it were a spacecraft launched into the atmosphere? Lovely.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcwy2YDyigA Unreleased fan favorite "Follow Me Around."]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxWiU_v9Qs was later released]] after being circulated for about 20 years as a proper studio recording for the 20th anniversary of Kid A and Amnesiac alongside "If You Say the Word" in 2021.

* 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?]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRWQ5BhYcE "Identikit"]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezOAxhYo9vE "Like Spinning Plates"]] is magnificent, especially when one considers [[http://citizeninsane.eu/likespinningplates.html how it was made]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcwy2YDyigA Unreleased fan favorite "Follow Me Around."]]
** Like "Big Boots" above [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxWiU_v9Qs "Follow Me Around" was also later released]] after being circulated for about 20 years as a proper studio recording for the 20th anniversary of Kid A and Amnesiac alongside "If You Say the Word" in 2021.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xN-H5QTYWs 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.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQBy3g0dMN0 "Knives Out"]]. An unnerving, yet fantastic single that deals with Cannibalism. Not to mention the song taking heavy inspiration from Music/TheSmiths. Johnny Smith had this to say about the song: "I was beyond flattered and quite speechless – which takes some doing. He (Ed O'Brien) explained to me that with that song they'd tried to take a snapshot of the way I'd done things in the Smiths – and I guess you can hear that in it."

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQBy3g0dMN0 "Knives Out"]]. An unnerving, yet fantastic single that deals with Cannibalism. Not to mention the song taking heavy inspiration from Music/TheSmiths. Johnny Smith had this to say about the song: "I was beyond flattered and quite speechless – which takes some doing. He explained to me that with that song they'd tried to take a snapshot of the way I'd done things in the Smiths – and I guess you can hear that in it."

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JWH3dXYis "Blow Out"]]. And people say "Creep" is their best song off ''Pablo Honey''.

* "The Bends" in general - the guitar intro is awesome. Calls up images of a sunny morning on a city street. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_QqX5ioWM WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL... FRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENDS]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKd06s1LNik "Fake Plastic Trees"]], especially from around the 3 minute mark to the end.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO_ESqpGWUA "My Iron Lung"]] is one of the best songs they ever wrote.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qMagfZtv8 "Just"]]. Special mention goes to the guitar and that epic solo at the end...
%%* [[TearJerker "Bullet Proof...]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CppqiKdA_Co I Wish I Was"]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tejkhFyjoGE "Lucky"]]. '''Especially''' the guitar solo.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvTNWWL4CW4 "Airbag"]]. The guitars, the riffs, the cut-up beats and Thom's elated lyrics and singing combine to create a triumphant and awesome opening track.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG_iD8epJag "Electioneering"]] is a good song for those looking for a harder sound on the album.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLycHY_4nU "Optimistic"]]. The [[FadingIntoTheNextSong transition]] from "Optimistic" to "In Limbo" is also very well done.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAwGWptsOls "Morning Bell"]] is already pretty awesome, but then the halfway point comes to accentuate to the weird awesomeness: [[spoiler:''Cut the kids in half.'']]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BopLWdixRkM "I Might Be Wrong"]]. Everything about it, really, but especially the fake ending.
* ''Kid A''[='=]s "Morning Bell" was already an awesome song, but then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPQfiH78XaE it was rerecorded and revamped]] with a much more orchestral overtone for ''Amnesiac''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUV9IGC5qC4 "2 + 2 = 5"]], the moment when Thom loses his ever-loving shit about halfway through and starts screaming: "YOU HAVE NOT BEEN! PAYING ATTENTION! PAYING ATTENTION!" See also: "DON'T QUESTION MY AUTHORITY OR PUTMEINABOX!!"
* The climax of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuaPkGZ-HIA "There There"]]. Take some guitars, heavy drums, "WEEEE ARRRRRE AAAAACIDENTS WAITIIIING TO HAPPENNNNNN!!!!" and a video with Series/{{Bagpuss}} and Thom Yorke grabbing golden clothes and experiencing its tree-morphing side effects and you've got yourself the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Alternative Rock Anthem of Awesome]]. It is, somehow, both ominous and uplifting.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg4q_ZUiTNA "A Wolf at the Door"]] is just amazing and unlike any other Radiohead song, with brilliant [[PatterSong pattering]] lyrics.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNA6mJ7ppYk "Backdrifts"]]. The small piano solo is pretty cool, and the beat sounds like a malfunctioning steam train. It's like {{Industrial}}, {{Ambient}}, Glitch and HipHop were thrown into a blender...

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

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%%* The climax of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmmedScLmY "Exit Music (For a Film)"]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg "No Surprises"]]. A different form of creepy than "Climbing Up The Walls," this song is a good embodiment of suburban ennui and the effects of modern life on the average person. Not to mention the xylophone added in for extra irony.

* On February 18th, 2011, a gleeful fandom began its ''The King of Limbs'' experience with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHjUI7OqEWc "Bloom,"]] quite possibly Radiohead's best opening track yet. The wailing, echo-y vocals are just eerie and ominous enough to set the tone of the album.
** The Music/HansZimmer-produced [[RearrangeTheSong orchestral arrangement]] of the song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODsUpq0WAYY "(Ocean) Bloom"]], is equally powerful, if not more so.

* This [[https://vimeo.com/82265527 live performance]] of "15 Step" at the 2009 Grammys, where Thom is backed by the Spirit of Troy, USC's legendary marching band. It's especially awesome since it's Radiohead's first ever performance at the Grammys.

* "A punchup at a wedding. (no no no no no no no no.)" has a smooth bassline and slightly discordant, jazzy piano melody, over which Thom sings a beautiful, [[TranquilFury quietly angry]] song, which he stated in interviews was about a critic who went to a Radiohead show and basically made up a load of crap about the fans because he couldn't think of any good criticisms of the band, which Thom took exception to. However, even not knowing the context, the song's anger will still be relatable to anyone who's ever had a fight, verbal or physical, with somebody, especially if they were in the wrong or made up lies.
--> ''{{Hypocrite}}. Opportunist. Don't infect me with your poison.'' \\
''A bully in a china shop. When I turn around [[DirtyCoward you stay frozen to the spot]].'' \\
''The pointless [[DeadpanSnarker snide remarks]] of hammerheaded sharks;'' \\
''The [[PotCallingTheKettleBlack pot will call the kettle black]], it's [[TitleDrop a drunken punchup at a wedding, yeah.]]''
** Also, if you're an anime fan, you might notice the song's backing track sounds weirdly similar to "Logos Naki World" from the original ''{{Anime/Hellsing}}'' series.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq_a8f24UJI&t=1880 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.

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

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO_ESqpGWUA "My Iron Lung"]] is one of the best songs they ever wrote.

* [[TearJerker "Bullet Proof...]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CppqiKdA_Co I Wish I Was"]].

* The climax of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmmedScLmY "Exit Music (For a Film)"]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBH97ma9YiI "Karma Police, Arrest this man, he talks in maths..."]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg "No Surprises"]]. A different form of creepy than "Climbing Up The Walls," this song is a really really good embodiment of suburban ennui and the effects of modern life on the average person. Not to mention the xylophone added in for extra irony.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1tQFX_9ct0 "I'M JUST UPTIGHT! UPTIGHT!"]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg "No alarms and no surprises..."]]

* 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 Series/{{Bagpuss}} and Thom Yorke grabbing golden clothes and experiencing its tree-morphing side effects and you've got yourself the [[AwesomeMusic Crowning Alternative Rock Anthem of Awesome]]. It is, somehow, both ominous and uplifting.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWqlpvLjMyM "Sit Down. Stand Up."]]. AND THE RAINDROPS AND THE RAINDROPS.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-XynViVN3E "Go to Sleep"]]. ''OVER MY DEAAAD BOOO-OOODY!!''

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWDUJ8sKvMU basement version]] of ''The King of Limbs''. That is all.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDhKICAm0OY "Big Boots"]]. Radiohead with an awesome, almost ''Film/JamesBond''-esque feel to it.
** After existing for twenty years as a bootleg recording ripped from ''Meeting People Is Easy,'' a proper studio recording (titled "Man O' War") will be released along with "I Promise" and "Lift" for the 20th anniversary edition of ''OK Computer''. Huzzah!