This is a good proper introduction to Radiohead. This is easily Radiohead's warmest album, and probably the most radio friendly since they started getting experimental. Love this album. My favorite is definitely Kid A, but it's purely subjective. I would suggest going back to OK Computer and then going chronological to get a gist of the evolution we experienced as long time fans.
@@FernStone I think the 1st album Pablo Honey is pretty skippable. It's a pretty mediocre album and bad by Radiohead standards. It's maybe something worth visiting just out of sheer curiosity if you end up really taking a liking to their other work. The Bends is a great album, but it's pretty straightforward 90s Brit Rock, it's just really really polished song writing, with Thom's voice and Jonny's guitar work sticking out. If you're more into experimental, it might be a little too straightforward. A lot of the older head musicians that grew on Led Zep, Hendrix, The Beatles, etc., seem to love The Bends and OK Computer and then get lost at Kid A and beyond. If I were you, I'd go chronological from OK Computer, and if you happen to make it all the way to the end, to A Moon Shaped Pool. Go back and at least give The Bends a try. Or start from The Bends in order. Pablo Honey really isn't worth wasting time on. They have 8 other fantastic albums. And then there's Thom and Jonny's solo work and side projects and their newest band The Smile which is incredible in its own right. The Radiohead B Sides alone could make another set of great albums. All the more reason to avoid Pablo. Since you clearly have a music background, you might enjoy (and I think fans would too) reacting to their Live From The Basement sessions. They did 1 for In Rainbows and 1 for The King Of Limbs. A lot of people didn't "get" The King Of Limbs til they watched the songs played live. That would be a dope thing to react to. Either way, its nice to see someone who is involved and has a mature take on music dissect great albums. You deserve a lot more subs. Best of luck.
@@moonillusions832 Agreed. I think You, Creep and Anyone Can Play Guitar are all great songs too, but Blow Out stands out. But half of Pablo Honey is very forgettable.
@@memetherapy Amazing ! Thanks so much for all this helpful and interesting information. I will start from Ok Computer, but I'm certainly curious about the ones before. would love to see what I think in comparison after I've heard everything up from Ok Computer. Also, the basement sessions sound great , I love watching live performances on my channel and I don't do enough so thank you for telling me :) Also appreciate your kind words.
@@FernStone that’s what I love about Radiohead (and one of the reasons why they’re my favorite band). Very rarely you get instant gratification, but with patience and attention for detail, there’s so much to experience
So yes , I definitely don't know a lot abut Radiohead ,as I have stated in the video ! The songs I have heard / remember weren't as experimental !!! It's funny how my dads fav album is Ok Computer , yet I don't know any song names or anything. I guess he would play it in his own time or when I was a lot younger. But I hadn't any idea that they have been quite experimental since OK Computer. So sorry if that came across super dumb, I just need to get to know them more. I really would love to listen to more Radiohead and journey through their albums. Mainly because it gave me such a nice feeling when listening , it felt like home. Thanks everyone !
Kid A is by far their most experimental album, imo. it has such a unique atmosphere and reaches such emotional highs, its quite a journey of an album and totally out of left field from them at the time of release.
Ok Computer was probably the last album with radio-friendly songs. It's experimental in itself but nothing compared to what came after. Personally I'm a post-OK-Computer fan but it's all good. Kid A & Amnesiac are two of the most psychedelic albums I know. In Rainbows probably my favorite all rounder.
Seeing you trying to figure out Videotape's time signature is interesting bc there's actually a video on YT about Thom struggling to get the right tempo for the song when writing it. That's the great thing about Radiohead, they put so much time into everything they write and it never goes unnoticed by anyone willing to engage with the music. Great reaction!
It's not exactly the tempo. The song originally had lots of impulse and drums as played live before getting a studio version. The thing is that the melody on each bar starts an eight note/quaver after the first beat, and the band couldn't get the production right, the instrumentation didn't quite make sense. Eventually someone came up with this stripped down version and they recorded that instead, effectively nullifying the syncopation because the drum sounds like it's in the previous bar and the melody in the first beat instead.
It's the sound of the videotape playing.. It starts out in step and falls out, this syncopation you hear is the noise, the click clacking of the tape in the machine, it's especially noticeable towards the end of the song. It's beautifully done.
I literally cried watching you experience "Videotape." That song is a dirge, an absolute funeral march, with lyrics drenched in the imagery of oldschool VHS tape-recorded "last words" messages people used to leave their families when they knew they were terminally ill. THIS SONG helped my dad and I emotionally survive in some very difficult times; a point made all the more meaningful to me when you mentioned that your connection to Radiohead came from YOUR dad. Thanks for this video, it really was incredible watching you revel in the textures and lush production that makes this album one of the most moving and impactful I've ever heard. You do amazing work in all of these videos, and bring such a personal and very emotionally open experience to your first listens.
This is a beautiful comment , I absolutely love connecting in this way . Thank you and I’m so glad you and your dad could have Radiohead to help you through some difficult moments on your life. I totally understand that . Very meaningful 💕
The oddly timed beats are actually the noises of the videotape playing, out of time with the music, it's, especially notable more near the end of the song. It's the tape catching now and then. This whole album is beautiful and poignant and emotional, and I'd expect nothing less from Radiohead, they are just out of this world
You are going to love this band. Damn, especially Kid A, The King of Limbs, and A Moon Shaped Pool, I feel you'll probably love all of those. Probably my favorite band of all time
Nice that you're a fan of Sigur Ros. They supported Radiohead on tour and have collaborated on a project. I'll be seeing Sigur Ros live for the first time soon.
Track 3 “Nude” is my favourite Radiohead song. And this is my favourite of their discography, by quite a wide margin actually. Their music is always hypnotic and masterfully done, but I find that with some of their albums, they go on a little too long. But In Rainbows is absolute perfection in length, songwriting, production and experimentation. “Nude” is one of the most beautiful sounds I’ve ever heard and the whole album deserves your full attention from start to finish. These reactions assure me that great music will always be rediscovered and meaningful for generations to come.
Watch the Basement Sessions - still amazing to watch these sounds being created in front of your face. Weird Fishes in the Basement will take that song to a whole ‘nother place.
I love watching videos yours because I'm able to relive and re-experience Radiohead through someone else's eyes and ears and it makes me fall in love with their music all over again
My favorite radiohead song has always changed, but Nude took it for awhile. Watching you get into it, especially seeing the appreciation for the beat drop, made me recall a specific feeling I got when I first started listening to it haha. Love it
Also, check out the 2006 Bonnaroo version of Videotapes, has a complete different sound. Huge disagreement in the RH Fandom which is better. It's syncopated
This is a great reaction! You made a comment at the beginning of this video about how you expected this one to be more experimental since it was recommended to you, but Radiohead has always been quite ahead of its time. OK Computer basically defined an entire genre of music after its release. Kid A was a beautiful experiment in electronic rock. They are definitely a band worth exploring more of.
Please do Kid A and Amnesiac next! Very different from In Rainbows I also recommend In Rainbows' deluxe version (In Rainbows Disc 2) I love Reckoner the most because of nostalgia. This album is my all-time favourite because it came out on my birthday. Videotape is in 4/4 but the instruments are syncopated, so much that Thom had a hard time playing that song live because it was hard to play along to the rest of the band. And the song is actually an old song and was originally fast paced with a more bright and optimistic sound. In Rainbows was a very influential album by them which was released independently and invented the idea of a "pay-what-you-want" album or technically FREE album. The album is mainly and philosophically about love and life, inspired by the story of Faustus who was looking for happiness and that theme echoes throughout the album and looking for true love and all. BTW FUN FACT: idk if you noticed but Poppy sampled the song All I Need for her song Nothing I Need (which is on I Disagree) and is an antithesis to the themes of this album.
It’s odd that I felt the same way as you when I first heard Weird Fishes, it sort of left me cold, it’s probably my favourite now along with Reckoner, give Lianne Le Havas’ cover a listen.
Weird Fishes is definitely a grower. From not being even top 5 in this album in my first few listens in 2007, to probably having been my favourite RH song for a few years now. Masterpiece (though I've always loved everything up to the outro way more than the outro itself)
Also, I'm working on moving rn so funds are tight, but as soon as I get stabilized again I will definitely support your Patreon❤️ you deserve every penny!
It's my favorite album by Radiohead. I also like a moon shaped pool. It was a good experience to see reaction on album that you know. Some explanations of your feelings were really interesting and described me why i love some songs. Also it was like i show my favorite songs to the friend and he enjoyed them)) Thanks for this hour, have a nice day :)
loved your reaction. Im a bit of an old Radiohead obsessive but the reason why is because they make me react like a child to their music... You feel the tears as the piano comes in on All I need or towards the end of Videotape - you feel the smile when all the guitars kick in on Bodysnatchers or the peak of Jigsaw... Keep reacting to them - they can be frustrating but always interesting :)
You should probably start with the Bends so you can follow their Beatle-like evoloution and any music fan should check out the two basement sessions I had sort of given up on them because they really went off the deep end but when i caught those sessions live I really started to appreciate how great they were all over again.
Ok Computer and In Rainbows are my favorite Radiohead albums, despite them being so different. What I love about Ok Computer is that despite it being more traditional, the production is so perfect that it sounds completely timeless. The best way I can describe it is that Radiohead is trying to push 'normal' rock music to its limit, especially on tracks like Paranoid Android, Exit Music, and Climbing Up the Walls.
The song Reckoner was rearranged and used in a Cancer Research ad here in the UK. Possibly due to Thom's ex Rachel who died of cancer and reportedly left him so as not to put him through the pain of watching her die.
Hey, I love Radiohead and I thought this video would be more like a superficial analysis, but after listening to the way you express yourself and combined with your accent it is pleasant to hear your thoughts about the album and the band. By the way, I am yet improving my English and your way of talking is really something that I would love to achieve. Ah, and I love Muse too lol Greetings from Spain!
madame I haven't even finished the video yet but I just wanna know I dig your style and your (seeming) enjoyment of the album this far! you earned a new subscriber today 🤗
House Of Cards is quite eerie sounding to me. The echoey sound effects make me feel like I am in an empty cave or building and things are crumbling around me. Notice the sounds that play right after Tom sings “Infrastructure will collapse”, it almost goes right along with what he’s saying.
I love reaction channels. I have listened to many full album reactions. I must say your reaction here is one of the most interesting ones I have ever heard. Music is very emotional and very visual. Listening to you describe abandoned buildings with shaky foundations and Tom playing guitar inside, and then saying that that is where the previous song took you. I don't normally do this but I'm giving you a sub after only one reaction. I guess technically it's multiple reactions cause it was multiple songs. Kid A was a very divisive album to Radiohead fans. So much so it almost broke up the band. Very experimental. If you enjoy experimental music I would suggest looking at OK Computer and then Kid A. Great reaction, well done.
Btw please react to Tamino in the Future, he's amazing. Very Jeff Buckley+ Lana del Rey + greek good's vibes lol and Radiohead's Bass player is on his Band.
The best album for getting into Radiohead, and one that will always keep you coming back. I would go for The Bends and then OK Computer next. A Moon Shaped Pool and Kid A have some hauntingly amazing tracks as well
In Rainbows is my favorite Radiohead album, I’ve always loved the discordance between de beautiful melodic almost shoegaze-y guitars and the violent beats that sometimes even go a faster pace, it creates a beautiful chaos
A great reaction to such an emotional album. Would love to see more male vocalists on the channel! For crowd pleasers in the r&b/pop/hip hop realm: Kendrick Lamar - good kid, M.A.A.D city Frank Ocean - Channel Orange Post Malone - beerbongs & Bentleys If you’re feeling ~spicy~ for a little more prog/rock/metal: Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God Soen - Lotus The Black Peaks - All That Divides
this is my favourite album of all time a friend introduced it to me during a hard time for me and wow it really helped it was so beautiful and perfect there are many relatable moments in it for me and I love how people have so many unique interpretations to the songs. the sound palette is just so amazing as well it is the most pleasing sound to my ears and brain and really my heart. My favourite song is Reckoner (also my favourite song of all time closely followed by Let Down and How to Disappear Completely both which are also by radiohead) because like you said it kind of embodies the whole album and it's just such a beautiful song and I think it's extremely interesting. Some other standouts and some of my favourite songs off this album are bodysnatchers, all I need, jigsaw falling into place and weird fishes/arpeggi your interpretation of videotape is actually very similar to mine which I found interesting also I really like the visual you created from house of cards. I actually picture a vast mountain scape with that song and someone retreating to it to listen to the wind echo and blow through its peaks
Haha! I love that I am about to listen to you listening to the world's greatest record of all time. Half way into 15 step now and I love how this record blows everyones mind. Clicking subscribe now :) Muse did not come at the same time as Radiohead !! Muse listened to Radiohead and made their style ;) I think most of Radiohead don't know how to read music, but you have the calssical genius Jonny Greenwood, and that fixes that. Thom and the others are more just following their gut I think :) Nude is devine. You HAVE TO do a reaction to Radiohead's "A moon shaped pool" :D
I started listening to Radiohead for real by OK Computer in 1997, and this album came out when I was just doing the rest of my studies and was really longed for. I HATED it the first time I heard it, but it is very often the case with me and Radiohead, after a few rounds I start loving little aspects here and there and then I just digg and dig and dig and find more and more details that I love more and more. You as a musician should really react to In Rainbows - Live from the basment. There you will se how they actually do it!!! It's like looking behind the curtain! Please do ti!! :D I think this is the best album ever made and that is the best live recording ever. and .... there is a cd 2 ... you know that, right? :D
You started placing the "1" in 15 Step in the "wrong" place. Idk how to explain this over text, but like, when he says "Soft as your pillow", the syllables "Soft", "as", and "pill" are all falling on the 1 of the 5/4 measures. Not tryna be pretentious or be mean or anything, just pointing it out so you feel the groove intended. Really dig your reactions
The wonky feeling to the timing of Videotape is due to the piano actually being subliminally syncopated a 1/16 note behind the beat. It's like the actual beat is implied and never shown. If you add the beat in your head right before each piano note, you'll feel the song much better. Like this: *beat**piano*--*beat**piano*
Personally, I'd checkout" live at the Astoria" video live in concert, it's early Radiohead and it's guitar heavy worth turning up. A spliff will put you there in the front row
17:17 FS, I love the expression after listening to great music. This album is as good as the third album(OK COMPUTER). Listen to disc 2 of this album. Especially "go slowly" on disk 2. You'll know it's not music in this world. (Sorry for the stupid English, in South Korea)
This is easily their best overall work to date, and can you believe they gave this album away for free?! I downloaded it free when i was in a web design back in high school and burned it to a disc by the end of class lol.
Love to see this reaction, is my favorite Radiohead album. And to Fern and everyone interesting on Videotape, take a look to a video made by Vox about the rhythm on Videotape. The structure behind the song thats why i really love Videotape and Pyramid Song from Amnesiac.
The version of Weird fishes of the singer Lianne la havas is incredible, in her version the song got more soulful, you should react to that version, you gonna love it.
For all that Fern Stone talks about them branching out and trying different things, I'm not quite sure if she knows about the artistic efforts of Radiohead just after Ok Computer.
Oh well, if you choose to react to Kid A or Amnesiac, the albums following Ok Computer, I think you might be surprised. Or should I say, you would have been surprised just as much or even more than you were with this, if you hadn't listened to this album.
that whole "radiohead got pretentious" argument is so disingenuous. they just stopped caring what the masses thought about the message they REALLY wanted to send. the lyrical content sorta heading deeper down its own rabbit hole necessitated the musical content followed.
@@FernStone You should give the albums between OK and In Rainbows a listen, since you appreciate experimentation. Kid A from 2000 was when they completely overhauled their sound. My favourite song, How to Dissappear Completely, is on it.
Jigsaw falling into Place is one of my favorite tunes already had ever and that’s saying something considering there’s probably about 50 if not all of them. When this album came out I was beside myself with admiration and nobody listened to it. You cannot force feed people good nourishment they have to find it themselves. Do you think that you go through your life and not listen to this album or anything they do in the western world is a travesty
Videotape is in 4/4 but its syncopated so the hits on the piano are technically on the "e" if you're doing a "1 e and a 2 e" type of count. That's why the drums sound off. The piano sounds like its the downbeat but its not. The band themselves said is one of the hardest songs to perform and get right because of that
This is a good proper introduction to Radiohead. This is easily Radiohead's warmest album, and probably the most radio friendly since they started getting experimental. Love this album. My favorite is definitely Kid A, but it's purely subjective. I would suggest going back to OK Computer and then going chronological to get a gist of the evolution we experienced as long time fans.
So glad you said this because I really want to go chronologically!!
@@FernStone I think the 1st album Pablo Honey is pretty skippable. It's a pretty mediocre album and bad by Radiohead standards. It's maybe something worth visiting just out of sheer curiosity if you end up really taking a liking to their other work. The Bends is a great album, but it's pretty straightforward 90s Brit Rock, it's just really really polished song writing, with Thom's voice and Jonny's guitar work sticking out. If you're more into experimental, it might be a little too straightforward. A lot of the older head musicians that grew on Led Zep, Hendrix, The Beatles, etc., seem to love The Bends and OK Computer and then get lost at Kid A and beyond.
If I were you, I'd go chronological from OK Computer, and if you happen to make it all the way to the end, to A Moon Shaped Pool. Go back and at least give The Bends a try. Or start from The Bends in order. Pablo Honey really isn't worth wasting time on. They have 8 other fantastic albums. And then there's Thom and Jonny's solo work and side projects and their newest band The Smile which is incredible in its own right. The Radiohead B Sides alone could make another set of great albums. All the more reason to avoid Pablo.
Since you clearly have a music background, you might enjoy (and I think fans would too) reacting to their Live From The Basement sessions. They did 1 for In Rainbows and 1 for The King Of Limbs. A lot of people didn't "get" The King Of Limbs til they watched the songs played live. That would be a dope thing to react to. Either way, its nice to see someone who is involved and has a mature take on music dissect great albums. You deserve a lot more subs. Best of luck.
@@memetherapy Blow Out off PH is one of their best songs
@@moonillusions832 Agreed. I think You, Creep and Anyone Can Play Guitar are all great songs too, but Blow Out stands out. But half of Pablo Honey is very forgettable.
@@memetherapy Amazing ! Thanks so much for all this helpful and interesting information. I will start from Ok Computer, but I'm certainly curious about the ones before. would love to see what I think in comparison after I've heard everything up from Ok Computer. Also, the basement sessions sound great , I love watching live performances on my channel and I don't do enough so thank you for telling me :) Also appreciate your kind words.
"I feel like there's a part where a bass will come in or something"
*me shaking in antecipation knowing the bass is coming*
I really love how it makes you wait !!
@@FernStone that’s what I love about Radiohead (and one of the reasons why they’re my favorite band). Very rarely you get instant gratification, but with patience and attention for detail, there’s so much to experience
So yes , I definitely don't know a lot abut Radiohead ,as I have stated in the video ! The songs I have heard / remember weren't as experimental !!! It's funny how my dads fav album is Ok Computer , yet I don't know any song names or anything. I guess he would play it in his own time or when I was a lot younger. But I hadn't any idea that they have been quite experimental since OK Computer. So sorry if that came across super dumb, I just need to get to know them more. I really would love to listen to more Radiohead and journey through their albums. Mainly because it gave me such a nice feeling when listening , it felt like home. Thanks everyone !
Kid A is by far their most experimental album, imo. it has such a unique atmosphere and reaches such emotional highs, its quite a journey of an album and totally out of left field from them at the time of release.
New jeans 'Cookie' Reaction plz~!!!
Ok Computer was probably the last album with radio-friendly songs. It's experimental in itself but nothing compared to what came after. Personally I'm a post-OK-Computer fan but it's all good. Kid A & Amnesiac are two of the most psychedelic albums I know. In Rainbows probably my favorite all rounder.
OH MY FUCKING god YESSSS fern you're COMING THROUGH with these album choices
Easily the best rock album of 2000's, still cutting edge to this day
Seeing you trying to figure out Videotape's time signature is interesting bc there's actually a video on YT about Thom struggling to get the right tempo for the song when writing it. That's the great thing about Radiohead, they put so much time into everything they write and it never goes unnoticed by anyone willing to engage with the music. Great reaction!
It's not exactly the tempo.
The song originally had lots of impulse and drums as played live before getting a studio version.
The thing is that the melody on each bar starts an eight note/quaver after the first beat, and the band couldn't get the production right, the instrumentation didn't quite make sense.
Eventually someone came up with this stripped down version and they recorded that instead, effectively nullifying the syncopation because the drum sounds like it's in the previous bar and the melody in the first beat instead.
It's the sound of the videotape playing..
It starts out in step and falls out, this syncopation you hear is the noise, the click clacking of the tape in the machine, it's especially noticeable towards the end of the song.
It's beautifully done.
I literally cried watching you experience "Videotape." That song is a dirge, an absolute funeral march, with lyrics drenched in the imagery of oldschool VHS tape-recorded "last words" messages people used to leave their families when they knew they were terminally ill. THIS SONG helped my dad and I emotionally survive in some very difficult times; a point made all the more meaningful to me when you mentioned that your connection to Radiohead came from YOUR dad. Thanks for this video, it really was incredible watching you revel in the textures and lush production that makes this album one of the most moving and impactful I've ever heard. You do amazing work in all of these videos, and bring such a personal and very emotionally open experience to your first listens.
This is a beautiful comment , I absolutely love connecting in this way . Thank you and I’m so glad you and your dad could have Radiohead to help you through some difficult moments on your life. I totally understand that . Very meaningful 💕
The oddly timed beats are actually the noises of the videotape playing, out of time with the music, it's, especially notable more near the end of the song.
It's the tape catching now and then.
This whole album is beautiful and poignant and emotional, and I'd expect nothing less from Radiohead, they are just out of this world
Videotape was also about the end of his marriage, and his wife was terminally ill and dying slowly.
I clicked on this video SO fast. This is legit my favorite album ever and I’m so glad you enjoyed it
You are going to love this band. Damn, especially Kid A, The King of Limbs, and A Moon Shaped Pool, I feel you'll probably love all of those. Probably my favorite band of all time
Please do A Moon Shaped Pool! If you loved Nude, you'll like that a lot.
THIS ^^^^
@@greenmeanshealthy8128 nice pfp
Nice that you're a fan of Sigur Ros. They supported Radiohead on tour and have collaborated on a project. I'll be seeing Sigur Ros live for the first time soon.
Track 3 “Nude” is my favourite Radiohead song. And this is my favourite of their discography, by quite a wide margin actually. Their music is always hypnotic and masterfully done, but I find that with some of their albums, they go on a little too long. But In Rainbows is absolute perfection in length, songwriting, production and experimentation. “Nude” is one of the most beautiful sounds I’ve ever heard and the whole album deserves your full attention from start to finish. These reactions assure me that great music will always be rediscovered and meaningful for generations to come.
Nice! This is the only album where I paid for the digital release, the cd, AND the vinyl.
yesss omg probably my fav album of all time! im so happy u are reacting to that one, its such a masterpiece. < 3
The "dance, dance, dance" portion of Jigsaw, that change in the arpeggio...bliss.
Watch the Basement Sessions - still amazing to watch these sounds being created in front of your face. Weird Fishes in the Basement will take that song to a whole ‘nother place.
Videotape gets me every time. It's such a haunting, beautiful song. It's definitely one of my favorites on the album.
I love watching videos yours because I'm able to relive and re-experience Radiohead through someone else's eyes and ears and it makes me fall in love with their music all over again
My favorite radiohead song has always changed, but Nude took it for awhile. Watching you get into it, especially seeing the appreciation for the beat drop, made me recall a specific feeling I got when I first started listening to it haha. Love it
Also, check out the 2006 Bonnaroo version of Videotapes, has a complete different sound. Huge disagreement in the RH Fandom which is better. It's syncopated
This is a great reaction! You made a comment at the beginning of this video about how you expected this one to be more experimental since it was recommended to you, but Radiohead has always been quite ahead of its time. OK Computer basically defined an entire genre of music after its release. Kid A was a beautiful experiment in electronic rock. They are definitely a band worth exploring more of.
Please do Kid A and Amnesiac next! Very different from In Rainbows
I also recommend In Rainbows' deluxe version (In Rainbows Disc 2)
I love Reckoner the most because of nostalgia.
This album is my all-time favourite because it came out on my birthday.
Videotape is in 4/4 but the instruments are syncopated, so much that Thom had a hard time playing that song live because it was hard to play along to the rest of the band. And the song is actually an old song and was originally fast paced with a more bright and optimistic sound.
In Rainbows was a very influential album by them which was released independently and invented the idea of a "pay-what-you-want" album or technically FREE album. The album is mainly and philosophically about love and life, inspired by the story of Faustus who was looking for happiness and that theme echoes throughout the album and looking for true love and all.
BTW FUN FACT: idk if you noticed but Poppy sampled the song All I Need for her song Nothing I Need (which is on I Disagree) and is an antithesis to the themes of this album.
AMAZING INFO !! thank you so much .. also I love that it came out on your birthday
Amazing choice!! Nice catch on the shoegaze as there are lots of songs with dream pop influences throughout this album.
Yeah. I love Radiohead.
omg please listen to their entire catalogue. you'll love!
I’m making this my mission 💕
Jigsaw falling into place if my favourite Radiohead song.
I love it so much !!
Pleaseee A Moon Shaped Pool next - one of the best albums of the 2010’s
It’s odd that I felt the same way as you when I first heard Weird Fishes, it sort of left me cold, it’s probably my favourite now along with Reckoner, give Lianne Le Havas’ cover a listen.
Yes , and now I like it a lot more after a few more listens , I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who felt that way on first listen ! And oooh I will ☺️
Weird Fishes is definitely a grower. From not being even top 5 in this album in my first few listens in 2007, to probably having been my favourite RH song for a few years now. Masterpiece (though I've always loved everything up to the outro way more than the outro itself)
One of my FAVORITE bands omg I'm so excited !! 🥰
Also, I'm working on moving rn so funds are tight, but as soon as I get stabilized again I will definitely support your Patreon❤️ you deserve every penny!
@@alyssamichaela Aww bless you , no pressure ever ! just hope you enjoyed this video and it put a smile on your face
This is one of my top 3 albums of all time! Thank you for the amazing reaction! More Radiohead please you would love A moon shaped Pool !
Yeeeah! A Moon Shaped is my favorite so far. Such a beautiful album. Love from Brazil, Fern!!! ❤️
@@gustavolacerda98 love from Texas!
It's my favorite album by Radiohead. I also like a moon shaped pool.
It was a good experience to see reaction on album that you know. Some explanations of your feelings were really interesting and described me why i love some songs. Also it was like i show my favorite songs to the friend and he enjoyed them))
Thanks for this hour, have a nice day :)
loved your reaction.
Im a bit of an old Radiohead obsessive but the reason why is because they make me react like a child to their music...
You feel the tears as the piano comes in on All I need or towards the end of Videotape - you feel the smile when all the guitars kick in on Bodysnatchers or the peak of Jigsaw...
Keep reacting to them - they can be frustrating but always interesting :)
I don't remember how much I actually paid to download this album in 2007, but it definitely worth way more...
So if you like different time signatures... PLEASE go for Pyramid Song. Me and two friends spent a whole afternoon figuring that out.
Amo que reacciones a Radiohead! Mi banda favorita! Su música es simplemente mágica, oscura y hermosa. Sigue reaccionando a RH!
Watch in the basement sessions. See them do it live . Its bang on
I love your reactions, you seem so sweet and genuine.
You should probably start with the Bends so you can follow their Beatle-like evoloution and any music fan should check out the two basement sessions I had sort of given up on them because they really went off the deep end but when i caught those sessions live I really started to appreciate how great they were all over again.
I feel like you've heard weird fishes a long time ago
and it came through your unconscious memory
Ok Computer and In Rainbows are my favorite Radiohead albums, despite them being so different. What I love about Ok Computer is that despite it being more traditional, the production is so perfect that it sounds completely timeless. The best way I can describe it is that Radiohead is trying to push 'normal' rock music to its limit, especially on tracks like Paranoid Android, Exit Music, and Climbing Up the Walls.
The melody in the first half of Weird Fishes has to be one of the dreamiest, sexiest things I've ever heard. Wow. Absolutely sublime.
This whole album is a work of art
get ready for a religious experience- i mean, weird fishes/arpeggi
The song Reckoner was rearranged and used in a Cancer Research ad here in the UK. Possibly due to Thom's ex Rachel who died of cancer and reportedly left him so as not to put him through the pain of watching her die.
Hey, I love Radiohead and I thought this video would be more like a superficial analysis, but after listening to the way you express yourself and combined with your accent it is pleasant to hear your thoughts about the album and the band. By the way, I am yet improving my English and your way of talking is really something that I would love to achieve.
Ah, and I love Muse too lol
Greetings from Spain!
madame I haven't even finished the video yet but I just wanna know I dig your style and your (seeming) enjoyment of the album this far! you earned a new subscriber today 🤗
At 19:14, during Nude you can hear Thom sing in a way that is highly evocative of certain sounds in OKC, specifically within SHA.
House Of Cards is quite eerie sounding to me. The echoey sound effects make me feel like I am in an empty cave or building and things are crumbling around me. Notice the sounds that play right after Tom sings “Infrastructure will collapse”, it almost goes right along with what he’s saying.
I love reaction channels. I have listened to many full album reactions. I must say your reaction here is one of the most interesting ones I have ever heard. Music is very emotional and very visual. Listening to you describe abandoned buildings with shaky foundations and Tom playing guitar inside, and then saying that that is where the previous song took you. I don't normally do this but I'm giving you a sub after only one reaction. I guess technically it's multiple reactions cause it was multiple songs. Kid A was a very divisive album to Radiohead fans. So much so it almost broke up the band. Very experimental. If you enjoy experimental music I would suggest looking at OK Computer and then Kid A. Great reaction, well done.
I start to dance as well with jigsaw falling into place, that song slap!!!!
This is how I wish non-musicians were able to react to songs
Btw please react to Tamino in the Future, he's amazing. Very Jeff Buckley+ Lana del Rey + greek good's vibes lol and Radiohead's Bass player is on his Band.
Such a good album
OK Computer and Kid A are masterpieces.
The best album for getting into Radiohead, and one that will always keep you coming back. I would go for The Bends and then OK Computer next. A Moon Shaped Pool and Kid A have some hauntingly amazing tracks as well
i love this album tbh
this is the best album of all time. jigsaw falling into place and weird fishes are some of the greatest songs of all time as well
In Rainbows is my favorite Radiohead album, I’ve always loved the discordance between de beautiful melodic almost shoegaze-y guitars and the violent beats that sometimes even go a faster pace, it creates a beautiful chaos
Nice one Fern this should be good get tissues ready for Nude x
more radiohead pleaseeeeee
A great reaction to such an emotional album. Would love to see more male vocalists on the channel!
For crowd pleasers in the r&b/pop/hip hop realm:
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, M.A.A.D city
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Post Malone - beerbongs & Bentleys
If you’re feeling ~spicy~ for a little more prog/rock/metal:
Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God
Soen - Lotus
The Black Peaks - All That Divides
this is my favourite album of all time a friend introduced it to me during a hard time for me and wow it really helped it was so beautiful and perfect there are many relatable moments in it for me and I love how people have so many unique interpretations to the songs. the sound palette is just so amazing as well it is the most pleasing sound to my ears and brain and really my heart. My favourite song is Reckoner (also my favourite song of all time closely followed by Let Down and How to Disappear Completely both which are also by radiohead) because like you said it kind of embodies the whole album and it's just such a beautiful song and I think it's extremely interesting. Some other standouts and some of my favourite songs off this album are bodysnatchers, all I need, jigsaw falling into place and weird fishes/arpeggi
your interpretation of videotape is actually very similar to mine which I found interesting also I really like the visual you created from house of cards. I actually picture a vast mountain scape with that song and someone retreating to it to listen to the wind echo and blow through its peaks
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Radiohead releasing In Rainbows be like: 2:19
Haha! I love that I am about to listen to you listening to the world's greatest record of all time. Half way into 15 step now and I love how this record blows everyones mind. Clicking subscribe now :) Muse did not come at the same time as Radiohead !! Muse listened to Radiohead and made their style ;) I think most of Radiohead don't know how to read music, but you have the calssical genius Jonny Greenwood, and that fixes that. Thom and the others are more just following their gut I think :) Nude is devine. You HAVE TO do a reaction to Radiohead's "A moon shaped pool" :D
I started listening to Radiohead for real by OK Computer in 1997, and this album came out when I was just doing the rest of my studies and was really longed for. I HATED it the first time I heard it, but it is very often the case with me and Radiohead, after a few rounds I start loving little aspects here and there and then I just digg and dig and dig and find more and more details that I love more and more. You as a musician should really react to In Rainbows - Live from the basment. There you will se how they actually do it!!! It's like looking behind the curtain! Please do ti!! :D I think this is the best album ever made and that is the best live recording ever. and .... there is a cd 2 ... you know that, right? :D
Re-watching this masterpiece of a video
You started placing the "1" in 15 Step in the "wrong" place. Idk how to explain this over text, but like, when he says "Soft as your pillow", the syllables "Soft", "as", and "pill" are all falling on the 1 of the 5/4 measures. Not tryna be pretentious or be mean or anything, just pointing it out so you feel the groove intended. Really dig your reactions
No, not mean at all , really appreciate it ! Thank you 🙏
who requested this on patrion, they took one for the team 😭❣️
All I Need...I feel it....in my plums.
You’re not wrong but there are two Arpeggios with different time signatures so it’s Arpeggi. Plural
this is it
The wonky feeling to the timing of Videotape is due to the piano actually being subliminally syncopated a 1/16 note behind the beat. It's like the actual beat is implied and never shown. If you add the beat in your head right before each piano note, you'll feel the song much better. Like this: *beat**piano*--*beat**piano*
Are used to work at Starbucks and I stole this album from my store I don’t regret it
Personally, I'd checkout" live at the Astoria" video live in concert, it's early Radiohead and it's guitar heavy worth turning up. A spliff will put you there in the front row
17:17 FS, I love the expression after listening to great music.
This album is as good as the third album(OK COMPUTER).
Listen to disc 2 of this album. Especially "go slowly" on disk 2.
You'll know it's not music in this world. (Sorry for the stupid English, in South Korea)
hahahaha yes ! your English is great ! thank you !
This is easily their best overall work to date, and can you believe they gave this album away for free?! I downloaded it free when i was in a web design back in high school and burned it to a disc by the end of class lol.
Love to see this reaction, is my favorite Radiohead album. And to Fern and everyone interesting on Videotape, take a look to a video made by Vox about the rhythm on Videotape. The structure behind the song thats why i really love Videotape and Pyramid Song from Amnesiac.
Maybe check out their newest album (moon shaped pool), or maybe their most controversial album (king of limbs)
Please do more radiohead
I LOOOOOVE this album!
You Need to watch from the basement with Radiohead you will lose your mind.
23:10 just a little thing but that harmony was fucking amazing
I like that you go in depth with your opinions on the music. Would love you to listen to TR/ST or Austra.
Videotape has a weird hidden syncopation. There are several videos on yt breaking it down.
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The version of Weird fishes of the singer Lianne la havas is incredible, in her version the song got more soulful, you should react to that version, you gonna love it.
For all that Fern Stone talks about them branching out and trying different things, I'm not quite sure if she knows about the artistic efforts of Radiohead just after Ok Computer.
I really don't know much about them at all , you are SO right hahahaha
Oh well, if you choose to react to Kid A or Amnesiac, the albums following Ok Computer, I think you might be surprised. Or should I say, you would have been surprised just as much or even more than you were with this, if you hadn't listened to this album.
@@antiksur8883 Brilliant :) I'm looking forward to hearing more ! Hope you enjoyed .
@@FernStone Of course. Always a pleasure to see someone react to one of my favorite albums ever.
The thing is, OK Computer is definitely the best Radiohead album, but In Rainbows is even better.
Best Radiohead album is In Rainbows. They gave it away for free. Your reaction to it will determine whether I subscribe... ^^
The polymeter in weird fishes arouses me.
How tf does Jigsaw slap so fucking hard lol
I think muse is hit and miss I like some of their stuff.
Loved this reaction. My favorite album for sure. Will you be reacting to Beyoncé new album?
Certainly.
that whole "radiohead got pretentious" argument is so disingenuous. they just stopped caring what the masses thought about the message they REALLY wanted to send. the lyrical content sorta heading deeper down its own rabbit hole necessitated the musical content followed.
my favourite is probably this album or kid a.
I love Reckoner, but it just reminds me of cancer now, thanks to the cancer research advert.
omg no !!!! that's awful ...
@@FernStone You should give the albums between OK and In Rainbows a listen, since you appreciate experimentation. Kid A from 2000 was when they completely overhauled their sound. My favourite song, How to Dissappear Completely, is on it.
@@PresidentHotdog Thanks so much !
Jigsaw falling into Place is one of my favorite tunes already had ever and that’s saying something considering there’s probably about 50 if not all of them.
When this album came out I was beside myself with admiration and nobody listened to it.
You cannot force feed people good nourishment they have to find it themselves.
Do you think that you go through your life and not listen to this album or anything they do in the western world is a travesty
ah yes, ahegao reaction to nude by radiohead
Until today I'd never heard someone mispronounce "computer".
Videotape is in 4/4 but its syncopated so the hits on the piano are technically on the "e" if you're doing a "1 e and a 2 e" type of count. That's why the drums sound off. The piano sounds like its the downbeat but its not. The band themselves said is one of the hardest songs to perform and get right because of that
I'd say the piano is early not late on the beat. If you think of it as a fast beat (around 160 bpm) it's P 1 & 2 P 3 & 4 P 1 [...]
react to bloom by beach house!!!
I second this.
Of course there's always a chance she's already heard a lot of Beach House.
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