RU-vid needs a whole channel dedicated to just this. Telling the stories behind album artwork. I would tap that niche myself if i hadn't already picked one 😎 Great video!
Could be symbolizing Radiohead's rebirth after their hiatus from Hail To The Thief? Idk, I've always thought of the explosive cover art to the explosion of music that they bring on the album imo
A moon shaped pool is a pretty iconic cover too, the way that it was made and it just looks like reminds me of being this little piece in this unfathomably big universe
My interpretation of the glitchy text on the cover art, with the repeated title, represents a glitch in the mind or soul. A infinite loop of obsession and toxic love. It's that dangerous cycle many of us get trapped in, of limerence, nostalgia, dependency, hope. They feel good and very painful at the same time. A faulty line of code that repeats endlessly.
I am so fucking pissed everybody sleeps on Amnesiac, it's the best album art wise and it has the best RH songs in it and most importantly the art and the music express exactly the same thing, violence, anxiety, paranoia and depression.
Wow! For such a small channel, and this being your very first video, this is excellently made! Well researched, thoughtfully written and really well edited! Well done :)
I'm a saffer living in the UK and I recently bought two of Stanley's limited prints. Coincidentally Radiohead is one of my favourite bands too. This is a great video and was cool to hear a familiar accent. This channel has a lot of potential and I wish you the best with it.
You nailed everything other than: the release format set the precedent for bandcamp, not ask the other streaming services. Spoti and the like are really based on Napster which is what RH were trying to circumvent.❤
I absolutely agree with IR being one of Stanley Donwood's best album covers. If not for that, I probably wouldn't be making the art that I do to this day. I want to grab, at the very least, the ideas behind the art.
A friend of mine was talking about this artist but this video didn’t mention what he mentioned. He was saying there’s an interview where Donwood talked about how he takes a specific drug each time. Very curious what that might be.
Well, I'm going to have to strongly disagree with you on the glitch art label you've given, "In Rainbows", but nonetheless this was a fantastically interesting video, friend. In this single video you've produced more interesting content than almost all other popular music commentators/essayists.
Fascinating video/topic. I own some rh art books by donwood. Your comment regarding GLITCh was very interesting. I am a musician who collects and uses a lot of pedals. Many of the top innovators are creating “GLITCH” pedals (Chase Bliss etc) It is almost like the sounds and art are reflecting the human race…beautiful , but something is off, not quite right….made me think of how young people have develop the Tik Tok tick…which is like what a glitch would be like .The glitch makes me pause,…”are they ok? Am I ok?” Part of me wants to mention ok computer but that would be a bit cringe.That is all I got.
ok computer is the greatest album cover in the music history, imo. kid A is my #1 album in my top ten list greatest album of all times. talk talk " loughing stock" and miles davis " bitches brew" are #2 and #3
You missed 100% of the backstories behind the art. This video title deserves an actual video rather than a quick session review with multiple mess-ups. Read at least one of Stanley's books, before you pretend to take a deep dive.
