Nerrgghhh...I got kinda bored of Muse after Origin of Symmetry. Their first album was by far their best imo (although I've yet to meet someone who agrees with me). Although I have met the guys twice - once at Burger King at Manchester Piccadilly train station .
We're like that: *crosses fingers*
showbiz is the best muse album. By quite far imo.
its the only one i ever listen to anymore, all there other albums are boring and repetitive.
I haven't quite understood Muse. Radiohead has always been the one for me.
Irony: You have paraphrased the first line of 'space dementia' by muse ("H eight is the ooone for me!")
English student...you have absolutely got the point of "blame it on the sattelite...that beams me home". Neither I nor Kingslaw satisfactorily cracked it. It is about his girl watching hm on TV and realising how far apart they are, and how much she misses him. Might I also add that that it makes their relationship less personal, as everyone has as much access to Thom through the TV as she has. This must be frustrating.
Later I shall post 20 questions about radiohead/their songs, that people can have a go at answering. It is not so much a quiz, as a more structured, general version of the blackstar analysis.
Hey, was wondering if any of you had or have head this.
It's basically some of Radiohead's most awesome songs being done by a concert pianist who's a big fan. If you haven't heard it (or if you have) what do you think of the idea? Would be interesting I think.
I've got that album - it's awesome, go get it now! go on! It's really good background music, and the 'karma policeman' interpretation that christopher o'riley did is really sinister and creepy. He also does a really fast version of 'been thinking about you' which compared to the original slow version sounds really cool.
Oh yes, and does anybody get really irritated when you inflict 'KidA' (the album, not the person on here!) on people and they just don't 'get it'? I'm obsessed with that album, especially 'how to disappear completely'.
Although I shall impose a 5 post rule on all mebers. After 5 posts on this thread of some substance (this is to stop people posting 1 word posts in a desperate attempt to become a member of the hippest society in town), then they become members!
2) "How do you?" is brilliantly applicable to a certain American leader...although was obviously written 10 years too early to be about him!
"He's a dangerous bigot, but we always forget / And he's just like his daddy"
That's what you call a prophecy hey!
Phonicsdude
4) What the hell is idioteque about? I would try to start a dissection of it, but I am clueless! Help!
Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? Women and children first And the children first And the children I'll laugh until my head comes off I'll swallow till I burst Until I burst Until I
Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? I have seen too much I haven't seen enough You haven't seen it I'll laugh until my head comes off Women and children first And children first And children
Here I'm alllowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time
Ice age coming Ice age coming Let me hear both sides Let me hear both sides Let me hear both Ice age coming Ice age coming Throw it in the fire Throw it in the fire Throw it on the
We're not scaremongering This is really happening Happening We're not scaremongering This is really happening Happening Mobiles squirking Mobiles chirping Take the money run Take the money run Take the money
Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time
The First of the children The First of the children The First of the children
For me the references to "bunker", "women and children first", "scaremongering" all suggest something to do with a war. And particularly nuclear war (or at least bombs). But then "ice age coming" is how people thought things would turn out if there was a nuclear war. Scaremongering is what a lot of people would say is going on now RE: T.W.A.T. (The War Against Terror). But other than that and to do with nuclear war it'd maybe have been the Cold War.
The dancey beat is perhaps to demonstrate the mentality of the scaremongering. The beat is like a pulse (or rather impulse) and drives the song forward even when it starts to not makes sense:
"I'll swallow till I burst Until I burst Until I"
Also I think it's laughing at dance music in general. I mean discotheque.. idioteque.
Reminds me of those Carlsberg adverts. If Radiohead did dance music.... it would probably be the best dance music in the world!
Anyway, I'd say more but me need some sleep. Might put on some music when the lights go out. (Am I allowed to make a Libertines reference in this thread? )
thom hasn't told anyone the lyrics (even the band) and they're far from clear. infact all the other members got a bit annoyed when they were recording as they found it hard to play when they didn't have a clue what the songs were about.
thom hasn't told anyone the lyrics (even the band) and they're far from clear. infact all the other members got a bit annoyed when they were recording as they found it hard to play when they didn't have a clue what the songs were about.
Yeah. But some of it is pretty clear. But it's true you can't make it all out.
Here I'm alllowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time
wow, after the millions of times I've played that album I always pictured him saying 'eat them alive' not 'here i'm allowed'. Gonna have to go and check that out now!
I reckon radiohead should tour sometime next year as should the strokes since their album is nearly done. Idioteque is such a genius song has anyone ever heard it in a club? (i haven't i'm just curious as to whether it gets played)