Karma Police is about how we judge people and become worse than the people we are criticizing. At the end of the song he realizes and says “phew, for a minute there I lost myself”
From the Paranoid Android lyrics - "the yuppies networking" yuppie is a slang term for "young urban professional" and networking is a cynical take on them trying to socialise to gain influence. A lot of the lyrics in this song are influenced by a bad night Thom Yorke had in a bar in LA, where he was "surrounded by demons from another planet" in his words. Great reaction, really enjoyed it.
Airbag is about real event. Thom York had been involved in a car accident roughly a decade before recording this album, his life saved by an airbag. This song is about feeling ‘a thousand times more alive’ after catastrophic events, being ready to metaphorically ‘save the universe’ like superhero. That’s why in the final track he sings ‘Idiot slow down’ ,he says it to his past self, who lived life at fast speeds without appreciating it. Also nice taste in anime, I got into Radiohead after watching ergo proxy
Its nice to see your goofier side. I love your reactions 🙂 and yeah this album is a masterpiece, I saw them live when they were touring for In Rainbows and they put on an incredible show
This album can be heard on a loop... the last song The Tourist with the lyrics "Hey man, slow down.." being an idea of someone driving too fast with "In a fast German Car..." from Airbag...
Always love to see Climbing up the Walls getting the respect it deserves. I know it's so hard to pick favourites on OKC but that track has to be up there.
hallo Lugga....mega job von dir.... Danke dass du dich auch um die texte kümmerst.... und du verdaust das ganze zum ersten mal ? kaum zu fassen....respekt für deine performance..... du bist ein sympathisch wacher kerl..
Airbags were a brand new technology when this album came out. That is why he is amazed the airbags saved his life. This album is a masterpiece. In Rainbows is the second best.
best radiohead album reaction i've seen so far, insta subscribed. :D would love to see you react to ''In Rainbows'', that's my favorite album i'd say, it sounds so different from anything i've ever heard not only from them, but also in music in general. it's so freaking good
What effect did you put on the music in the background when you’re commenting ? Love it, actually would listen to the album entirely like that just to see, it somehow fits the mood of the record idk 😂
@@luggareviews what do you trigger tho ? Is it one specific effect or you just play around to add distance ? It sounds as if it’s playing afar in an old empty subway gallery
Kid A next because it comes next chronologically and is sonically SO much different yet so good still. In rainbows would be awesome too it’s my favorite and imo is better then ok computer 🙏
I really did think you had heard this album, welcome to the album that predicted the future. One of the greatest albums ever made! You should react to Kid A next, which is completely different. You would probably like it.
1997, had only heard "Paranoid Android" and loved it (it was on an old MTV animation show, the 90's was an incredible time for music so I bought the CD) sitting in my rented house in college, put on a psychedelic screensaver, I had really loved "Fake Plastic Trees" but had no other preconceived idea about Radiohead. first reaction I had was 'this is the most perfect album I've ever heard.' That was it...25 years later I still feel the same. And the band just kept evolving and continued to blow me away - I even took 6 years off to go down a blues journey, then heard "In Rainbows" another perfect album, and to this day I have never had a connection to a band like Radiohead, they are my generation's .................fill in the blank. How they became this good, this great - I suppose it is an question one cannot answer. The next album I wanted to be Part 2 to "OK Computer" but it is SO different, it threw me for such a loop I took years to come back, "Kid A" but now I see it as their most artistic, experimental master work. 'Ok Computer' is the overall master work greatest album, 2000's 'Kid A' requires more time and thought and allowance for the songs to seep into your brain and is the once-in-a-lifetime album nothing has ever sounded like before or probably ever will again and it gets better every time I hear it - and it took me a decade to finally get it - and 2007 "In Rainbows" is the band in its absolute finest form, an apex of sorts. The band hitting on all cylinders. And all the rest in between, some hit immediately some take weeks some take literal years, for me - but it was really cool to see you have a very similar experience as I did to "OK Computer." Whether you become a fan of the band, time will tell as we each have our own personal likes and feelings, but thanks for sharing this. I love hundreds and hundreds more bands and dozens upon dozens of genres, but nothing has ever touched this record. Hope you enjoyed your lasagna! Here is to great music and how it can touch the soul. Peace//
Aside from the timeless quality of the music, another thing I’ll always love this album for was that as a teenager it was a gateway into a lot of other rich music. If you hear the interviews from 1997, they talk about influences that include Bitches Brew, Lou Reed’s Transformer, Can, DJ Shadow, Portishead, Pet Sounds…
OK Computer considered to be One of The Greatest Album of All Time, released in 1997, at that time this album was like came from the future. Radiohead predicted the future technology so well. Exit Music (For A Film) is written for Romeo and Juliet. definitely one of my favorite song of all time. If you love Björk, you'll love Radiohead, the frontman Thom Yorke adore Björk, you can see their featuring on Björk song I've Seen It All. Also, love your reaction man! Highly recommend to do their entire discography.
@@GatoQLO Oh, you're right. My bad. I was about to argue that their following albums production-wise were more experimental (thanks to the rise of IDM scene), but I see that my comment was useless in that sense. Ok computer is still one of the greatest albums.
Great reaction. I will say though, when talking, I don't think the background music you added is necessary (as someone with ADHD, it makes it is pretty annoying/hard to concentrate on your commentary when the music is there)
Climbing Up The Walls is about schizophrenia. "Either way you turn, I'll be there, open up your skull, I'll be there." It's like an inability to escape yourself. Climbing up the walls as an expression essentially means going crazy. The sounds they put in this track are amazing. It feels like an abandoned mental hospital.
It was actually written about when thom Yorke worked in a mental hospital, one of the patients used to say something about "they're climbing up the walls" or something like that. Such a terrifying thought
Thom Yorke was in a car crash in his younger days. Airbag is inspired by that incident and is about the illusion of safety. In the moment he felt both very vulnerable and indestructible at the same time at the fact that he could have died but was saved by this piece of technology.
Masterpiece. That they jumped from The Bends to this seems like a crazy leap, but there are some ambient sounds and details in The Bends that indicated where they were going. There are also some really good B sides from this period (Talk Show Host, Bishop’s Robes, A Reminder, Lull) in which they were experimenting with different atmospheres and styles.
ich höre das album seit knapp dreißig jahrem ...vom ersten tag an ....aber du hast mir tatsächlich neue aspekte gezeigt..... danke .... vor allem dass du dich wirklich um die texte kümmerst.... damals hat Tom Yorke quasi die zukunft vorhergesagt mit "OK Computer"..... es war ende der neunziger....und zum glück war alles mit computer noch sehr langsam und beschränkt unterwegs...... er hat uns gefragt mit dem album , ob wir als menschheit bereit für den unsinn sind ,..... uns von computern leiten zu lassen...... und heute.... alle hängen zuhause am netz . alleine.......verbunden über handies .... trauerspiel .....sehr alleine....OK COMPUTER ....1997
Much respect to u I just hate how u took through the song or pause it to talk or try to dissect past lyrics during listening to the song. Like listen and comment after
What Yorke is saying in the first song is that he is surprised to be saved by this technology when he sees the utter destruction of the car. Now he has a new lease on life and feels born again, as if he died and was resurrected.
Also, it's incredible that we rely on technology to save lives, when we also decry it taking over our world... to complain is all a lot of hot air, ironically like an airbag..
