1 - RADIOHEAD

First off, I want to say thank you to all of you who kept up with my blog during this countdown, whether daily (which would be more than me) or every now and then. It's been great sharing my interests with you all and here's hoping that something along the way caught your interest and you can now appreciate it for the hard work that the people behind it put into it. There are probably 100 more bands that deserve my and your ears here's hoping we find them.

Second, do not worry. After this is over, my blog will return to the trademark wit and creativity that it's known for... or something like that.

I wanna live, breathe

I wanna be part of the human race

At long last we have finally reached the end. And what an end we've reached. The acquired taste of alternative rock, the prime rib of the music steakhouse, my favorite band, Radiohead is at number one.

I'm not going to lie, there are plenty of times I wonder if Radiohead is really my favorite band. I mean Pearl Jam puts on amazing shows, changes their setlist a bagillion times, and the frontman buys beer for fans. Tool writes songs in 9.5/8 time signature and has a song that has words' syllables in the Fibonacci sequence. Incubus was the first concert I've ever been to and produced the sounds of my middle school. And Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse has a lyric in just about every song he writes that makes you think, re-think, double think and then grin because you think you understand...until you hear it a second time.

And I think for a moment of telling myself I have a new favorite band. But there's really only one thing I need to do to reinforce my favorite band. And that is listen to Radiohead's OK Computer on my bed with headphones. This will always be my favorite album, and listening to it from start to finish is one of the greatest joys I think a person can achieve solely through music. Their other albums (Pablo Honey excluded, still above average) are all also great musical achievments.

Wiki - Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, beats), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboard, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass guitar, synthesisers) and Phil Selway (drums, percussion).

Radiohead released their first single, "Creep", in 1992. The song was initially unsuccessful, but it became a worldwide hit several months after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey (1993). Radiohead's popularity rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their second album, The Bends (1995). Radiohead's third album, OK Computer (1997), propelled them to greater international fame. Featuring an expansive sound and themes of modern alienation, OK Computer has often been acclaimed as a landmark record of the 1990s.

Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001) marked an evolution in Radiohead's musical style, as the group incorporated experimental electronic music, Krautrock, post-punk and jazz influences. Hail to the Thief (2003), a mix of guitar-driven rock, electronics and lyrics inspired by war, was the band's final album for their major record label, EMI. The band's first six albums, released via EMI, had sold more than twenty-five million copies by 2007. Radiohead independently released their seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), originally as a digital download for which customers could set their own price, and later in physical form to critical and chart success.

Radiohead's work has appeared in a large number of listener polls and critics' lists. In 2005, Radiohead were ranked number 73 in Rolling Stone's list of "The Greatest Artists of All Time". Radiohead's live shows have also received acclaim. In 2004, Q readers voted the band's headlining performance at the 1997 Glastonbury Festival as the greatest British gig of all time, and in 2008, the band were ranked 14th in Classic Rock's "50 Best Live Acts of All Time". While the band's earlier albums were influential on British rock and pop music, musicians in a wide variety of genres have been influenced by their later work.

Discography -

1993: Pablo Honey
1995: The Bends^
1997: OK Computer*^
2000: Kid A
2001: Amnesiac
2003: Hail to the Thief
2007: In Rainbows
*-best album
^-top 10 fave albums

top 25 Radiohead songs

25 - Just
24 - Everything In Its Right Place
23 - Lucky
22 - Talk Show Host
21 - There, There
20 - 15 Step
19 - True Love Waits
18 - Electioneering
17 - How to Disappear Completely
16 - Idioteque
15 - No Surprises
14 - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
13 - Anyone Can Play Guitar
12 - High And Dry
11 - You And Whose Army?
10 - Karma Police
9 - Optimistic
8 - Go To Sleep
7 - The National Anthem
6 - Fake Plastic Trees
5 - Airbag
4 - Let Down
3 - Paranoid Android
2 - My Iron Lung
1 - Subterranean Homesick Alien




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