zeb wrote:Saw the second night in Melbourne. Thom was on fire, almost a perfect setlist. Might've been a top five show of all time.
That's great to hear, zeb - these shows look amazing, wish I'd managed to make one.
Cheers Spen, felt like I couldn't miss the opportunity.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat November 02, 2024 5:54 am
by zeb
tragabigzanda wrote:Is he using drum machines or backing tracks or anything, or is just a guitar and a piano?
All of the above. His Radiohead material is mostly guitar (acoustic or electric) plus backing tracks, everything else is backing tracks, synths and loops/samplers. It all sounded flawless.
The background visuals are uniformly awesome too. A good portion of them reminded me of the House of Cards video.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat November 02, 2024 7:31 pm
by Jammer XCI
So wait, were you there when the heckler dude got into with Thom about Palestine and made him storm off stage like a little bitch?
Like seriously fuck him, he won't shut the fuck up about Tibet or the US but stays silent about Israel and runs away from someone challenging him, shut up and go back to Radiohead already.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat November 02, 2024 8:13 pm
by Ello Sailor
Honestly? Based. Thom is a little bitch. But his music rules.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat November 02, 2024 9:54 pm
by VinylGuy
yeah, it was weird he seemed so angry about it.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat November 02, 2024 10:43 pm
by ridleybradout
zeb wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
zeb wrote:Saw the second night in Melbourne. Thom was on fire, almost a perfect setlist. Might've been a top five show of all time.
That's great to hear, zeb - these shows look amazing, wish I'd managed to make one.
Cheers Spen, felt like I couldn't miss the opportunity.
I’m with you zeb - what an opportunity! I went to both Sydney shows this week and they exceeded my already lofty expectations.
After years of waiting for Radiohead to return to these shores and nothing came, I feel so lucky to have just seen so many favourite songs I hadn’t seen live and thought I never would - Packd like Sardines, Let Down, Jigsaw, How to Disappear, Airbag, Present Tense, All I Need to name a few (the latter a surprising show highlight). Plus I obviously I hadn’t seen any of his solo/AFP stuff since he’s never toured it here before, so that was special (Suspirium and Default were particularly great).
You wouldn’t think constantly switching between soft acoustic guitar/piano and energetic electronica would work but somehow it does. After restraining myself from looking at setlists in the lead up to my shows I’m interested to see what else he busts out over the Asian leg of the tour. Last night he debuted a solo arrangement of Idiotqeue
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sun November 03, 2024 6:10 am
by Higgs
Very very jealous of y'all. Sounds like fantastic shows.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Mon November 04, 2024 1:48 am
by zeb
ridleybradout wrote:
zeb wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
zeb wrote:Saw the second night in Melbourne. Thom was on fire, almost a perfect setlist. Might've been a top five show of all time.
That's great to hear, zeb - these shows look amazing, wish I'd managed to make one.
Cheers Spen, felt like I couldn't miss the opportunity.
I’m with you zeb - what an opportunity! I went to both Sydney shows this week and they exceeded my already lofty expectations.
After years of waiting for Radiohead to return to these shores and nothing came, I feel so lucky to have just seen so many favourite songs I hadn’t seen live and thought I never would - Packd like Sardines, Let Down, Jigsaw, How to Disappear, Airbag, Present Tense, All I Need to name a few (the latter a surprising show highlight). Plus I obviously I hadn’t seen any of his solo/AFP stuff since he’s never toured it here before, so that was special (Suspirium and Default were particularly great).
You wouldn’t think constantly switching between soft acoustic guitar/piano and energetic electronica would work but somehow it does. After restraining myself from looking at setlists in the lead up to my shows I’m interested to see what else he busts out over the Asian leg of the tour. Last night he debuted a solo arrangement of Idiotqeue
Glad to hear you saw both shows in Sydney, Rid. I really should have gone to both in Melbourne. How was the Opera House forecourt?
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Mon November 04, 2024 1:58 am
by zeb
Just echoing the part about their tours to Australia, I've only seen them twice and am not confident that they will tour here again.
Has made seeing Thom solo and Colin with Nick Cave all that more special.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Mon November 04, 2024 1:08 pm
by Happy Trees
Jammer XCI wrote:So wait, were you there when the heckler dude got into with Thom about Palestine and made him storm off stage like a little bitch?
Like seriously fuck him, he won't shut the fuck up about Tibet or the US but stays silent about Israel and runs away from someone challenging him, shut up and go back to Radiohead already.
VinylGuy wrote:yeah, it was weird he seemed so angry about it.
Y'all seem awful sure that Thom had a hissy fit, as per the typical dumb press hype. Listening to the audio, it doesn't sound like it to me.
Leaving the stage during a non-avoidable disruption (so the audience beats the shit out of the person responsible) is the oldest fake-out trick in the book.
Then the artist/comedian re-appears after the idiot is injured or removed, and everyone gets the feels. Oh wow.
All boxes are checked here. He even sets it up by calmly saying "You want to piss on everyone's fun?".
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Mon November 04, 2024 2:12 pm
by VinylGuy
i think he handled it very poorly yes.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Mon November 04, 2024 4:12 pm
by Happy Trees
VinylGuy wrote:i think he handled it very poorly yes.
Not really. The dude wouldn't stop yelling shit as he was starting an acoustic song. Should he have grandstanded political?
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Mon November 04, 2024 4:19 pm
by VinylGuy
well, its just my opinion but he could have said something more than just leave and point out the angry dude. But again, thats just my opinion.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Wed November 06, 2024 12:24 am
by ridleybradout
zeb wrote:
ridleybradout wrote:
zeb wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
zeb wrote:Saw the second night in Melbourne. Thom was on fire, almost a perfect setlist. Might've been a top five show of all time.
That's great to hear, zeb - these shows look amazing, wish I'd managed to make one.
Cheers Spen, felt like I couldn't miss the opportunity.
I’m with you zeb - what an opportunity! I went to both Sydney shows this week and they exceeded my already lofty expectations.
After years of waiting for Radiohead to return to these shores and nothing came, I feel so lucky to have just seen so many favourite songs I hadn’t seen live and thought I never would - Packd like Sardines, Let Down, Jigsaw, How to Disappear, Airbag, Present Tense, All I Need to name a few (the latter a surprising show highlight). Plus I obviously I hadn’t seen any of his solo/AFP stuff since he’s never toured it here before, so that was special (Suspirium and Default were particularly great).
You wouldn’t think constantly switching between soft acoustic guitar/piano and energetic electronica would work but somehow it does. After restraining myself from looking at setlists in the lead up to my shows I’m interested to see what else he busts out over the Asian leg of the tour. Last night he debuted a solo arrangement of Idiotqeue
Glad to hear you saw both shows in Sydney, Rid. I really should have gone to both in Melbourne. How was the Opera House forecourt?
It was great! I'd been twice before (Crowded House and The National) but this was the closest I'd been to the front of the stage (about 5 metres back dead centre). The sound quality was perfect and the audience was very respectful and quiet during the quieter songs - you could hear a pin drop. Thom did encourage some fun participation at times, doing Ed's 'Eeeeeeeeeeds' during Weird Fishes and the moaning during the outro to Airbag.
As for the protestor incident in Melbourne I agree with Trees - watching the video he really couldn't have handled it any better. Leaving the stage momentarily was the best way to end the incident and get a clear uninterrupted run at the last song, which was never in doubt. But don't let that get in the way of a good 'hissy-fit' headline
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Wed November 06, 2024 1:54 am
by Happy Trees
VinylGuy wrote:well, its just my opinion but he could have said something more than just leave and point out the angry dude. But again, thats just my opinion.
That's not what happened. Dude wouldn't stop yelling, was interrupting the next song and people were yelling at him to shut up, kept yelling after Thom called him out for ruining everyone's fun, would have yelled through the song.
It would have been a bitch move to have a meltdown and ask security to remove him, or to argue with him about politics. Instead he took a break and let his crowd handle it. They sang "na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye" as he was removed. Thom came back to cheers and continued.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Wed November 06, 2024 4:11 am
by zeb
ridleybradout wrote:
zeb wrote:
ridleybradout wrote:
zeb wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
zeb wrote:Saw the second night in Melbourne. Thom was on fire, almost a perfect setlist. Might've been a top five show of all time.
That's great to hear, zeb - these shows look amazing, wish I'd managed to make one.
Cheers Spen, felt like I couldn't miss the opportunity.
I’m with you zeb - what an opportunity! I went to both Sydney shows this week and they exceeded my already lofty expectations.
After years of waiting for Radiohead to return to these shores and nothing came, I feel so lucky to have just seen so many favourite songs I hadn’t seen live and thought I never would - Packd like Sardines, Let Down, Jigsaw, How to Disappear, Airbag, Present Tense, All I Need to name a few (the latter a surprising show highlight). Plus I obviously I hadn’t seen any of his solo/AFP stuff since he’s never toured it here before, so that was special (Suspirium and Default were particularly great).
You wouldn’t think constantly switching between soft acoustic guitar/piano and energetic electronica would work but somehow it does. After restraining myself from looking at setlists in the lead up to my shows I’m interested to see what else he busts out over the Asian leg of the tour. Last night he debuted a solo arrangement of Idiotqeue
Glad to hear you saw both shows in Sydney, Rid. I really should have gone to both in Melbourne. How was the Opera House forecourt?
It was great! I'd been twice before (Crowded House and The National) but this was the closest I'd been to the front of the stage (about 5 metres back dead centre). The sound quality was perfect and the audience was very respectful and quiet during the quieter songs - you could hear a pin drop. Thom did encourage some fun participation at times, doing Ed's 'Eeeeeeeeeeds' during Weird Fishes and the moaning during the outro to Airbag.
We had this too - already one of my favourite concert going memories.
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
