I just wanted to let everyone know that I thought Let Down was the best song on OK Computer before all the NPC normalcattle discovered it.

>>127162792 (OP)
? Is Let Down a meme now? I agree it's either the best or top 3 anyway. It's kind of like a better version of the music on he Bends

nah it's obviously the plinky plonky suicide song and paranoid android, we knew this back then and we know it now

OK Computer [Capitol, 1997]
My favorite Pink Floyd album has always been Wish You Were Here, and you know why? It has soul, that's why--it's Roger Waters's lament for Syd, not my idea of a tragic hero but as long as he's Roger's that doesn't matter. Radiohead wouldn't know a tragic hero if they were cramming for their A levels, and their idea of soul is Bono, who they imitate further at the risk of looking even more ridiculous than they already do. So instead they pickle Thom Yorke's vocals in enough electronic marginal distinction to feed a coal town for a month. Their art-rock has much better sound effects than the Floyd snoozefest Dark Side of the Moon. But it's less sweeping and just as arid. B-

>>127162812
"Let Down is underrated" has been a meme for like 20 years. It's now one of the band's most popular songs because of a Tiktok trend. Time makes fools of us all.

>>127162880
It's one of the most conventional songs on the album. Like it's just straightforwardly beautiful and emotional

>>127162792 (OP)
Best song is The Tourist

Just was my favourite song when my mum and dad got me The Bends for xmas in 95. Can't remember listening to OKC when that came out, altho my brother had it so I almost certainly did.

Loads of my normie mates who are really into football were even into it. It was immediately NPC on release, at least in my neck of the woods..

>>127162962
Are you British? Radiohead is definitely seen differently in Britain compared to the US

>>127162792 (OP)
>was the best song on OK Computer before all the NPC normalcattle discovered it.
t. cattle

>>127162792 (OP)
1. The Tourist
2. Airbag
3. Exit Music (For A Film)

>>127162918
spot on

>>127164288
Is the Tourist the "sloooow doooowwn" one or the "gonna be a glorious day" one? The former is definitely the better one

>>127162792 (OP)
This board is so fucking boring and lame and full of actual children

Shittiest rh song ever, yes worse than anything on king of limbs

>>127162792 (OP)
I’m just glad when I hear Radiohead it reminds me of high school and all the memories I created during those special years. Much better that then it being associated with a 5 hour long tiktok doomscroll

>>127162792 (OP)
Elliott Smith

>>127162792 (OP)
>before all the NPC normalcattle discovered it.
ugh
you sounds like these insufferable mucus drippings:
>>127161474
>>127161503
>>127161516

>>127162792 (OP)
>music for """men""" whose wives will only fuck them if consent forms are involved

>>127162792 (OP)
It's fucking Radiohead, get over yourself

>>127164288
I usually skip and listen to something else by the time The Tourist comes on, is it really that good?

>>127162792 (OP)
Bad news, OP. I discovered it before you and they did

That said, TY is a lily livered leftist. Hail to the Thief indeed

>>127164288
Agree with 1 and 3 but what the hell is so good about Airbag? I feel like I’m listening to a different song than all of you.

>>127166176
I think it's charming, but maybe not one of the album's best. It's a good rock song, the guitar and bass guitar are used to great effect. I think the lyrics are funny but it's maybe 60-80 seconds too long

>>127162992
Yea

>>127166560
To add: High and Dry, and Creep basically made them NPC here, long before OKC.

>>127166575
Oh and No Surprises.

>>127166176
If I had to describe Airbag in one word I’d say it’s triumphant. But really I don’t know how to properly describe why I love it, it just sounds kino.

>>127166584
>No Surprises
pretty sure that's on OKC anon, maybe you're thinking of Street Spirit (#5 in the UK)

Did you also realize how Paranoid Android fell out of popularity ? 10 years ago it was just behind Creep and Karma Surprises and now it's nowhere to be seen

>>127166960
maybe the same reason Bohemian Rhapsody fell off

>>127166960
Yeah my bad, must be Street Spirit I'm thinking of, or Lucky when the vid came out in 95 because of that charity compilation (even though it was on OKC)

>>127167784
meant for
>>127166922

Google says the vid was released in 97 but there was definitely some version of a vid being played on MTV long before OKC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4A5LmDr06o

Yeah this is definitely it.

>>127162792 (OP)
But silly anon, Exit Music is the best one. Man of War is close second, even the band itself is silly for not including it the first time :)

>>127164345
Lucky is gonna be a glorious day

>>127164288
1. Subterranean Homesick Alien
2. Paranoid Android
3. The Tourist

why is subterranean homesick alien forgotten

I find it interesting how some of the songs on this album have such a summery feeling despite how bleak a lot of it is. Not just saying that because I first listened to this album in the summer either, it was actually the middle of winter for me.

>>127168221
I love SHA, that’s probably no4, if not in the top 3.

>>127162792 (OP)
I said "Ok Computer" right before I shut down my Apple Macintoush. It was 1994 and I was surfing the worldwide web, and suddenly Thom Yorke appeared on my screen as a glowing apparition and he said, "Yo DUDE! You want to explore the cyber-realm with me?" As it turns out, all he really wanted to do was play this song in my ear every day. I will not forget what a horrible thing he did to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngVXg8W6K4