This is Radiohead’s second performance at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC back in September of 2011, before the band embarked on their world tour. YouTube user allbearsrule was nice enough (and diligent enough) to put together this multi-camera, 720p video and post it online for all to enjoy. I skipped through the video to watch a couple of my favorite songs performed, and the band were really on their game that night. Enjoy.
Are you KIDDING me? How gorgeous is this recording? Those last two and a half minutes are better than the original’s, by far. That last minute and a half? JESUS. Those guitars and synths are what always get me. This is why I love them.
There he goes.
Tonight I will see my favorite band of all time and biggest personal hero of all time: Radiohead and Thom Yorke, respectively. I can’t believe this is actually happening in a few hours. So far, “today is the greatest day I’ve ever known,” and it’s just going to get even better with this evening’s concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl. I probably should have included a Radiohead lyric instead of one by The Smashing Pumpkins. But I’ll just throw in a Radiohead lyric anyway:
Open your mouth wide.
Those words will be the first Thom Yorke sings on stage tonight. And I will be apeshit happy when he does. That I can count on.
“Identikit,” a brand new and already amazing sounding song that Radiohead first performed live last night on the first stop of their long The King of Limbs tour. I especially love ALL OF IT. Please release soon!
TKOL Live from the Basement is being released on dvd! i’m asking for it for x-mas. i hope i end up getting it!
Radiohead Live from the Basement: The King of Limbs.
one of the very first things i ever posted on Tumblr was Radiohead’s first Live from the Basement session. full circle. this show is brilliant!
“Separator,” performed at Glastonbury Fest 2011
“Separator,” my favorite song from Radiohead’s new album (The King of Limbs), as performed live here:
i finally got “thr king of limbs” newspaper album in the mail! it’s fucking amazing! yayayayayay.
excellent news {how uncommon!}
the king of limbs: live from the basement
i think my first or second post on tumblr was in rainbows: live from the basement, and there’s a reason it was: (1) it’s probably my favorite album ever and (2) it kicks ass like no other video can.
for those that don’t know (which is everyone, apparently), radiohead performed their seventh studio album, in rainbows, live via webcast from the basement (the studio) a few years ago. and now with their recent release of their eighth studio album, the king of limbs, the news of the band’s agreement with bbc to do another “show” live from the basement is exciting in fans’ eyes.
i can’t wait for this one. the band’ll perform the entirety of their recent aforementioned album; it premieres on bbc july 1st. i can’t wait.
in the meantime, i’m awaiting the delivery of “the king of limbs” newspaper album that i preordered many months ago. if all goes well, it’ll be on my doorstep this week!
sayonara.
ce n’est pas une critique.
“The King of Limbs,” I will admit, leaves me with wanting something more. But when it comes to Radiohead, such a yearning does not suggest that the album was left unwhole, unfinished. Quite the opposite, wanting more of their music is the tell-tale sign that “The King of Limbs” did its job; it stimulated us fans for about 37 minutes, leaving us blabbing to ourselves, mumbling something along the lines of: “Damn, I need more of that. That’s new.” I then hit the loop button and went far, far away…
As for the band, I’m still absolutely convinced that Radiohead are the most innovative, avant-garde, and eccentric band since the Beatles (though I’ll be the first to say that the latter weren’t exactly playing fairly with their LSD-inspired musical breakthroughs). With unfounded, controversial comparisons aside, I don’t consider Radiohead a rock band; they’re really not. But that’s great because I’ve never appreciated rock (classic or otherwise) as much as I do the genre of “Radiohead.” And I still see the band as a progressively-moving force in search of their true selves. Many critics and fans are disappointed with “The King of Limbs,” but I see the new album as a step forward, closer to that archetypical Radiohead sound, whatever it might end up being. Want to hear an understatement? Okay: I’m a fan of Radiohead. But what that means for me is joining the band on the musical and artistic journey that they have been leading since 1993. If that means experiencing different sounding music every album, then I’ll interpret it in such a way that the true genius of the music is clear. After all, I don’t want albums that are facsimiles of the band’s previous ones (if you want to hear more of “The Bends,” then listen to it!). With that said, I still found “The King of Limbs” brilliant. I love every song on the album for its own individual reasons, and the quality of their music cannot be explained in words. Thus, ce n’est pas une critique. Radiohead are at the point in their careers where everything they do is genius in its own way, despite what anyone has to say about it. Look at “Kid A.” It was not well-received by critics when it came out. Now look at it: it’s considered the best album of the decade. My point is that music from a band that requires a lot of understanding will not appear brilliant at first or second or third listen. As the axiom goes: the longer it takes to truly understand the genius of a song or album or band, the better it is. True, isn’t it?
Radiohead, through the years, have obtained the perfect balance between “it would be awesome if we tried this” and “who gives a fuck what they think.” With that balance, they continue to set precedents, break barriers, and walk all over that which the music industry has declared what “should be” and what “is expected.” For many reasons (including that one), Radiohead are my favorite band, and “The King of Limbs” has corroborated that statement; it hasn’t spoiled it.
Starting today, I resume my wait for the next Radiohead album.
awaiting an album {an apt, apropos alliteration}
i am waiting desperately (and impatiently) for the new Radiohead album. i’m thankful, though, that they have enough mercy towards us fans to not announce the album months before its release (they announced it 5 days prior: thank the god i dont believe in). only Radiohead has the power to keep their fans guessing like this. even loyal, obsessed fans (like me) have no idea what Radiohead could do at this point. it’s crazy (awesome crazy). they haven’t even given out the tracklisting to the album yet.
man, i love Radiohead; no one can relate at least not to the extent i’m talking about; sorry; it’s not your fault. my life is Radiohead; your’s isn’t (though i could be wrong, but i doubt it; though i often am wrong). okay, goodnight. i have to go to bed soon because yesterday Radiohead tweeted a japanese message referring to Tokyo at 6:59 pm or something, which i think is 7 am here (west coast). well, night.
“The King of Limbs”
I am not exaggerating when I say this: I have been waiting YEARS for this album. I have checked Radiohead’s website EVERY day for 20 months for this news, and it’s finally here. Finally. After all the waiting.
Unofficially, I’ve been waiting my whole life for this album. I am probably the biggest Radiohead fan within a 50 mile radius. That’s also not an exaggeration. Holy shit. Finally.
Finally.
