Hacked Part 1

Being a long time  Radiohead fan how could I not resist them releasing almost 18 hours worth of 'not for public consumption'  music from the Ok Computer era.   So I bought it and have been listening to it ever since.  This is a blog series of each track, all 18 of them, so buckle in.

The most interesting bit in part one is the first track where two songs used to be one.  Both 'Exit Music (for a film)' from OK Computer and 'Life In a Glass House' from Kid A were at one stage one song.  Though their lyrics were slightly different.  But how fascinating is that?  One song had so many ideas that they had to split it into two and for two very different hours.

Listening to the first track makes me realise how much they work in advance.  One of their new songs is one called 'I Promise' and another called 'Lift', which both have only just been made into music videos in the last year, was written during the OK Computer era.  It must show that they have such a huge back catalogue that they can draw upon it when they need to.

One of things I love about Radiohead is their willingness to experiment within the pop/rock conventions- it just gives them a left field freshness that is unexpected yet appreciated.

There's a version of 'True Love Waits' that is accompanied by an oceanic synthesised keyboard just pulsating between points, which just goes on in a wonderfully trippy way.

Do I wonder if I will get fed up of 'I Promise' since it's played at least three or four times on this track and possibly many more later on.

There's some acoustic songs which I can't identify but just shows Thom playing around with ideas and themes, which I enjoy because I've never heard any of them before.

There'll be bits where Thom talks to the other bandmates and whether or not it's on tape and the like.  I like these bits because it shows them as a working band, trying out material, going back, re-working bits that don't work.  It is much more behind the scenes.

So this is my first blog out of eighteen and like Radiohead I am also going to donate money to Extinction Rebellion by matching whatever my Patreon support is.  If you wish to support me and Extinction Rebellion than come to my Patreon site and donate to me.    

Hacked

I'm just ten minuets off from downloading the new Radiohead album, like always yeah?  But no this is different...apparently their minidisk got hacked by someone who threatened the band to either give him a lot of money or he releases it to the whole world.

That was a while ago, round the time they did 'Ok Computer', so one wonders why he hasn't already released it.  Yesterday the band released the whole minidisk, a wopping 18 hours give or take, onto Bandcamp an online music site for just £18.

It's almost a pound for about an album's worth of material, and in one fucking go...I mean you knew they were different when they did 'In Rainbows' and you had to pay what you felt like, but this, it's on a whole different scale.

And the kicker to it all?  All the money raised by this album goes to Extinction Rebellion and their cause of casually saving the world.

As a hardcore Radiohead fan I just had to get it and I've only five minutes to go, so I've decided I'm going to chart this exquisite experience into 18 blog posts (one for each track) and I'll match whatever support I'll get from my Patreon page and donate the whole thing to Extinction Rebellion, following their incredible example.

If you want to listen to the music yourself and join me on this once in a lifetime journey then you only have 18 days to do so, after that life goes on.

Oh, I think it's done...