Casual Reacts To Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

This Album Broke Me.
Intro 0:00
2:13 burn the witch
5:23 daydreaming
8:19 decks dark
10:52 desert island disk
13:13 ful stop
15:17 glass eyes
17:58 - identikit
20:00 the numbers
22:16 present tense
23:01 tinker
24:46 True Love Waits

[@mhtbfecsq1]

Radiohead songs which seem 'meh' at first can become your favourites later on. They do that on purpose to an extent I think.

[@onetakeonly3293]

That happened to me with a few of the songs on the bends and even this one with like ful stop

[@Simon0]

The best songs are the ones you like immediately but then every time you listen again you find more and more you like in the song each time

[@levilee207]

@@onetakeonly3293 Sulk was a very slow burn for me. Wasn't too keen on it at first but now when Sulk comes on I'm belting it out along with Thom

[@elbrio2003]

that happened to me with weird fishes

[@jaredplantulli4288]

@@onetakeonly3293 ful stop didn’t hit me till like a month after I first heard the album. I am Ful on obsessed with it today

[@colemandias3212]

I'm telling you, that's part of the greatness to Radiohead. They're always experimenting with new sounds. And no album sounds alike. And even crazier, they're all good! Don't let anyone tell you differently. Even some of those less popular albums you named, bet you add more than half of them to the Playlist. Keep going brotha! Love the videos

[@onetakeonly3293]

Really appreciate that bro, means a lot. I definitely will get threw they're projects!

[@nickgoodson9918]

Just that intro, Pyramid Song on piano, you're the man. Greetings from Blighty. :)

[@onetakeonly3293]

Ayyye England Stand Up!!! Thanks Man

[@Seab3551]

“is this song gonna be optimistic?” oh dear

[@onetakeonly3293]

AHAHAHA this comment wins😂

[@novawolfx232]

true love waits just hits so much harder after knowing what happend to his first wife. THe first 95 version is a kid falling in love and being joyous and faithful and the second is an old man losing his love betgging her not to go. Damn how time passes.

[@alexaguilar8546]

I cannot listen to True Love Waits particularly this version without tearing a bit. Its heart breaking, but yet has a glimpse of comfort while listening. I miss my ex. But thats ok. We’re all human. I miss her crazy kitten smile, but we departed ways forever. 😔 just for that stupid line, I will never be able to get over her. That was her single trade mark thing. (Her kitten smile)

[@tessacyclone6329]

Keep listening and cry fully you'll get over the smile . Don't hold it In forever.noone is worth that

[@kevinwilkinson2972]

Same with me.

[@jameshannagan4256]

Hail to the Thief is a really great record its just kind of all over the place not very cohesive but still really great.

[@onetakeonly3293]

That’s good to know

[@onetakeonly3293]

I’ll listen to that Radiohead album next

[@veevamm3642]

I am a mega RH fan. I love ALL of it. Was lucky enough to see the Moon Shaped Pool tour on Thom's BDay 2016 in Austin. Was a fulfillment I've not known until then. A cherished memory for me. 💖

[@onetakeonly3293]

Aww, that's sick, do they still perform?

[@markpalmer932]

The ABSOLUTELY correct reaction to hearing ‘Daydreaming’. Well done.

[@ChristopherGun]

Tears flowing everytime I listen to true love waits

[@wimmywhamwamwozzle]

A great Radiohead album is a 10, whereas a ‘weak’ one can still be an 8 (let’s ignore Pablo Honey). Does Hail to the Thief maybe have too many ideas? Sure, but Where I End and You Begin is my all time fav song. Does Amnesiac sometimes sound like Kid A b-sides? Sure, but who doesn’t want more Kid A? Is King of Limbs maybe a bit clinical and cold? Sure, but Lotus Flower might be their biggest banger, and Codex is perfection. It’s all worth it. Also, just found you and I’m loving what you’re doing. Keep it up!

[@onetakeonly3293]

I’ve heard alot of interesting takes, can’t wait to get into it and I appreciate it 👏🏾 glad your here

[@iHateMondays98]

Man, it’s so great to find someone who loves this album as much as I do. Loved this reaction man

[@JonMatthias]

I knew i was in the right place when i heard your opening piano.

[@radiofoot1035]

Daydreaming and identikit probably my favs on this album, you should listen to Hail to the thief next, such an underrated album :)

[@onetakeonly3293]

My favs where daydreaming and true love waits

[@onetakeonly3293]

Hail to the thief is the next Radiohead album

[@derk486]

Yo i thought i commented on this lmao

[@justayoutubecommentator3059]

That’s crazy, those two are my faves off the album as well, but Decks Dark might replace Identikit. But those are definitely my top 3!

[@dreww1609]

Thanks for the shout my brother. This is Radiohead at their most mature and rich soundscape level after all that came before. "True Love Waits" has been around with Thom just playing alone on an acoustic guitar for 20 years and has been a treasure always - so much when I am fortunate to get married it will be my dedication song (less sadness in the original version) - worth listening to it is on their one live album studio release. Hail to the Thief has a lot of different ideas as they bridge the gap from Kid A and Amnesiac (you obviously know the highlight "Pyramid Song" but so much else to love) back to In Rainbows but while some may not get you for a long while there are many stupendous songs. As is true of Amnesiac. King of Limbs will make more sense to you as the bridge from In Rainbows to A Moon Shaped Pool. Their sound is so refined by 2016 this beautiful album s the result of master artists doing what they do as well as anyone or better. Pablo Honey is filled with 90s rock songs as they begin the long journey of their boundary expanding career so it gets the short end of the stick just due to the magnificence that followed. Then the best 12 B-Sides they have would be most major popular bands' best album. So plenty more to look forward to. You can tell Johnny Greenwood's ever growing proficiency as an orchestral composer (that is an understatement - he may well be the most sought after movie score composer in the film world at the moment) at play here with the near perfect strings throughout. I feel "Present Tense" is the best song - when you get a chance listen to the live video of Thom and Johnny and a drum machine playing it, directed by Radiohead affiliated Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, The Master, etc - one of our generation's most amazing film maker who uses Johnny exclusively to score his movies). That rendition is unreal and might push this album up your list. When the same exact 5 guys literally almost never happens) stay and grow and improve together across 9 albums and 30 years, this album here is one of the results. There isn't a single bit out of place.

[@onetakeonly3293]

I most definitely have to check out that live version now! I Definitely appreciate it. It’s super crazy how the same guys grew together. Beautiful to see honestly 🙌🏾

[@el_mal_de_ojo]

Perfect comment. A Moon Shaped Pool is 100% the band in complete mastery of who they are as musicians, an evolved and refined sound, the synthesis of everything they've done leading up to it. While I'm selfish and I would of course want more from the band, it's such a perfect album to close a career that I'd be glad if they never release anything else as Radiohead.

[@jacobneylon647]

This album is so gorgeous. I remember when it first dropped; I had it on repeat every day on the bus rides to high school and back. I fell in love with it instantly. Here I am now, just graduated from college, and it sounds just as fresh as it did back then. I think it’ll always be my favorite. Thanks for taking the time to dive into this record, and taking us on your journey with you! I’m always glad to see others getting into Radiohead. Such an incredible band, through and through.

[@onetakeonly3293]

Thank you so much, the just surpassed foo fighters as my favorite band ever

[@jeffsartor6577]

Man you are BOSS playing Pyramid Song. More of that please?

[@onetakeonly3293]

Every video I’ll play a Radiohead song. Thanks 😂🙌🏾

[@joaquinbaume1291]

glad to see you enjoyed glass eyes that much, such a slept on little song, i didn't like it at first but it grew sooo so much on me, masterpiece

[@kaicox139]

this album fucks

[@onetakeonly3293]

Hard bro… hard

[@kaicox139]

@@onetakeonly3293 Daydreaming is really just one of those songs man !

[@Høbøbiłłz]

Great pick for favorite radiohead track! Such a great song. I was just listening to it like an hour ago. Also, a moon shaped pool might be my favorite album of theirs.

[@adamdodgshon638]

They don’t do “bad”. Whoever told you Hail To The Thief is “meh” is….mistaken. It’s a brilliant album. But then they all are. Amnesiac too. Don’t sleep on either. But yes. This was a welcome addition to their cannon. Saw them live on this tour. Blew me away.

[@onetakeonly3293]

Never trusting tiktok again😭

[@user-xi1nm4ir7y]

If anything they did was bad, it’s definitely Pablo Honey, certainly not HTTT

[@ROArecords2]

@@onetakeonly3293 Don't listen to anyone about Radiohead albums, There are bits of genius in everything (some more, some less) and everyone has different opinions. Make your own mind up. I would suggest giving every song a few listens before giving up on it.

[@helenhunt5414]

@@ROArecords2 THIS!!!👏👏👏

[@rpineda8373]

Usually this is regarded as the 4th best album, the top 3 usually being kid a, okc, and in rainbows

[@onetakeonly3293]

Yea i found that out after the fact lol, I saw somebody's ranked list off tiktok and went of that lol

[@Simon0]

I found kid a overrated. I prefer in rainbows or the classic ones

[@naturalbornalchemist8507]

This is the best one. Everyone saying it is not is wrong. 🙏

[@Simon0]

@@naturalbornalchemist8507 it's good but it's not the best. Imo.

[@sudipvyas2040]

OKC Moon Shaped Pool Kid A HTTT In Rainbows Bends Pablo Honey

[@brianrossiter2547]

They broke up while she was battling cancer. She died a few months after the album came out 😥 For what it's worth, "Present Tense" is my favourite

[@TrueNorth10]

I think for me as well. Then "The Numbers", Decks Dark, Desert Island Disk, Identikit. Pretty much the entire middle, but all are so good.

[@collinbeal]

My favorite is Tinker Tailor. Whenever strings quickly rise and fall at the same time like that it just destroys me. Same thing happens in Hollow Knight when you become one with the Abyss

[@ROArecords2]

I definitely like "Hail to the Thief" better than most people. I would put it in the top 5 or 6. Better than The King of Limbs or Pablo Honey for sure.

[@jeffsartor6577]

Dude! Totally. It’s tied with Kid A and Amnesiac for me. The Bends and OK and In Rainbows are my 3 favs. Then the above mentioned. Then A Moon Shaped Pool, which I’m just now getting into.

[@Simon0]

Agreed hail to the their is very decent *Thief

[@TB_2006]

It's as high as in my top three Radiohead albums. I just really love so many tracks on that album. OK Computer and In Rainbows are my favorites. Kid A and AMSP are pretty much just as good as HTTT.

[@el_mal_de_ojo]

This is my favourite Radiohead album. A lot of their history is about constant experimentation, which produced some of the best albums of the last 30+ years, but in this album everything seems to just 'click' - like they're firing on all cylinders, they have complete mastery of their craft in every imaginable way, they've fully synthesised everything they have ever done. If True Love Waits is the swan song of the band, it truly is the perfect closer to the history of one of the all-time great bands.

[@franskel9647]

A moon shaped pool is my favorite Radiohead album. I listened to it during a healing period after I was discharged from the psych ward after being in there for a month due to a psychotic break. It's very personal to me. Anyway, loved your reaction!

[@StricklandVanessa]

True Love Waits is so full of yearning and sadness. I remember first hearing the live version on the "I Might Be Wrong" EP(?) and it was my own personal anthem for so long (high school). Then I heard this version, and my life is completely different now, and knowing the circumstances surrounding the inspiration/creation of this album (Rachel), that song is so crushing and beautiful.

[@midwintersnight]

Bro. You should totally do a record reaction of The King of Limbs. It’s sooo underrated.

[@crh4878]

I'm with you on that.

[@crumbtember]

agree, but i think it should be from the basement

[@zulhazim8124]

love your reaction, loveeeee radiohead

[@collinbeal]

This album is one of very few that has been my favorite album at a given time. It was My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, then Gorillaz - Demon Days, then Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head, then John Coltrane - Giant Steps, then Opeth - Pale Communion, then Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues, then this album, then Yoshiko Sai - Mangekyō, then Joanna Newsom - Ys later that same month, and now it's just all Joanna Newsom albums and some Ichiko Aoba ones. Idk it's too difficult to decide anymore. Anyways, it's a list stretching back almost 15 years to when I started to appreciate whole albums that includes at most 10 albums.

[@CL2-]

A rare radiohead and coldplay fan Previously thought only to be a legend

[@collinbeal]

@@CL2- LMAO

[@jaredthompson1440]

That was my first reaction to True Love Waits as well

[@Jesstryfox]

I love Hail to The Thief. And Moon Shaped Pool. Both are lovely

[@brendanlucas6830]

Definitely a love album, but straight up one of my favorites. Every album is different

[@thirdeye147]

Try UNKLE - Rabbit in the headlights with your thommmm

[@thirdeye147]

The present tense is the shps

[@levilee207]

Been listening to this album for the past few days. A very slow burn, _much_ more moody and ambient than even Amnesiac I'd say. Lots of space. Wasn't super keen on it at first but a few songs so far have clicked with me

[@brendanlucas6830]

I think you'll find, too, when listening to every album again, that you'll enjoy more and more songs the more you listen

[@thirdeye147]

This is a low flying panic attack

[@mattysoho]

Liked the video right after the intro. Love those chords in pyramid song. 👍

[@crumbtember]

I had the same reaction at so many spots as you lol. when "the truth will mess you up" bit came on i was like DAAAAAMN

[@falcongal63]

I think it's interesting that you pull specific songs from their albums to download when to me all Radiohead albums starting from OK Computer are full album listens. There might be songs that don't do well as standalone listens, but they contribute to the greatness of the whole of the album. Just put on In Rainbows from the beginning and sink into the magic that they have created. Also, Hail to the Thief is very very good.

[@onetakeonly3293]

Yea there’s very few that don’t make it and hail is next 🙌🏾

[@OfficialNIKMIK]

Hail to the thief is good by the way (lots of BANGERS). I like it more then the bends

[@markpalmer932]

Tinker tailor is my favourite!

[@anthonyorr8868]

"which is your favourite radiohead album?" "yes."

[@onetakeonly3293]

😂😂😂😂

[@onetakeonly3293]

Naw literally 😂

[@abovebeyondandforever6571]

IN RAINBOWS.

[@crh4878]

I don't have a favorite album but I have listened to A Moon Shape Pool more than any other since it was released 7 years ago

[@apollo_gen]

If you're willing, there's an underground NY hardcore band called Show Me The Body you should react to. Talk, Trash, Camp Orchestra, and Drought are some great songs by them. Great reaction btw!

[@cheek1983]

This album is so laid back and honestly why I love it. Probably my third favorite

[@ashleyhill7137]

I'm not sure you've heard it, as it's not on an album, but if you like AMSP, (and it's in my top 3 alongside OKC and In Rainbows), check out 'Harry Patch'. Simply beautiful song, with stunning strings, and potent lyrics, especially the last line, and Google the story of Harry himself. Enjoy.

[@Johro66]

Yeah love this reaction man.. When you get to King of Limbs, please listen to the "from the basement" recordings.

[@crh4878]

I wish they put Staircase on an album. It's pretty luscious on From The Basement, though.

[@joaquinbaume1291]

this album and in rainbows are my favourites as well, and i agree, this album has the best sounds, the production and mixing is off this world, just another level also the arranging, the sound design, everything about this album is eargasms

[@snapsro2978]

thanks for reacting to this heavily under rated Radiohead album!

[@beatlebum7057]

I feel like AMSP could be the score/soundtrack for a movie. Great album.

[@keef82]

I love this album. It’s right up there for me.

[@huhuh9]

3rd best Radiohead album

[@onetakeonly3293]

can see why!

[@richardsimpson2439]

True Love Waits was actually written way back in 1995.

[@abovebeyondandforever6571]

Pyramid song is DEFINITELY my favorite by radio head, hands down!

[@corbinthepieguy0249]

This album is in my opinion fantastic. Daydreaming, burn the witch and true love waits are my favorites. Burn the witch my be my all around favorite because it’s so different and haunting and pretty

[@normanshoulda4749]

"I need that again"

[@Philoglossos]

Really curious to see how you feel about TKOL. One of my favorite albums but I didn't like it on first listen and didnt come back to it for years.

[@onetakeonly3293]

im gonna do that project soon and amnesiac

[@cameron4225]

Pyramid song ❤❤I love that song cool favorite 😇

[@samwilcox-brown1483]

Dude love your reactions, also a sucker for the keys 🎹 hope one day when I have an album you can hear it!

[@imcarlover3911]

What a great reaction video buddy, I wish the best to your channel👍

[@toiletjoseph4167]

try hail to the thief next, so good

[@OfficialNIKMIK]

And last suggestion would be one song that isnt on the major albums called "The Daily Mail" there is an in the basement version on youtube that i would bet 10$ on will floor you

[@makkietakkie]

The Basement version is the studio version actually! (:

[@j.kevvideoproductions.6463]

MSP is actually one of my top 3. I'd include it with Ok Computer and and In Rainbows in no particular order...

[@veevamm3642]

Rachel Owen died in 2015.💔

[@onetakeonly3293]

Rip😔

[@The_RedVIII]

Ask anyone who has listened to the entire Radiohead discography, and everyone will tell you that A Moon Shaped Pool is great, so I don't think it is being slept on. Honestly there is no real bad Radiohead album, even Pablo Honey is just a mediocre rock album, not bad. And the only bad thing you could say about HTTT is that it might be too long, but it's an amazing album still. Amnesiac is also extremely underrated.

[@memile]

Identikit will grow on you, it will

[@christopherhobbs1196]

If you love “True Love Waits”, please, please, please have a listen to the live version on the “I Might Be Wrong- Live Recordings”. I have always loved the song, but very much prefer this version.

[@pattyfree2970]

Anyone who has ever heard pyramid song is no "casual" sir, lol. By accident or otherwise, once heard, you don't have a choice but to be a fan. I think its some kind of law of nature. 😅

[@GIBKEL]

In Rainbows…No slouch either. I love King of Limbs…but not loved and I can’t figure that one. Moon Shaped Pool….deep territory.

[@tessacyclone6329]

I always hear it as I truly will mess you up . Becuase it sounds like an vaguely angry song

[@veevamm3642]

Have you done the Thom Yorke SUSPERIA album? 🙌

[@onetakeonly3293]

Soon

[@StricklandVanessa]

Also keeping in mind Yorke's SUSPIRIA album is the score/soundtrack to a film. His *first* work on a score, which always surprised me. There's an awesome video interview out there of him talking about what it was like to do a score for the first time. He's so humble.

[@OfficialNIKMIK]

the only other song worth listening to from pablo honey is "You" King of limbs has some really good songs on it and some chill songs that may seem underwhelming but i think the album wasnt meant to be ground breaking in the first place its more sit back, relax

[@lamestream]

Correct. Pyramid Song is the best Radiohead song (and deep down, everybody knows it)...

[@seatedpenguin3521]

and so begins the depression xd

[@mr.nihilz3283]

So? Where does it rank? 1A) In Rainbows 1B) OK CPU 2) Moon Shaped Pool 3A) Hail to The Thief 3B) In Rainbows II 4A) Kid A 4B) Amnesiac 5) King of Limbs 6) Bends 7) Pablo

[@genequist3859]

Even the worst Radiohead albums are great albums. Pablo Honey notwithstanding perhaps, although there are some good tracks on there.

[@Elis_Gallacher]

Yo, I really recommend just listening to this version of True Love Waits in your spare time kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5O5fHqinZianZY It’s different but really nice 👍 It’s actually a really old song, being performed in ‘95 the first time. The version in the link is probably their most famous, or one of their most famous unreleased song. This is the first version (the one on this album that is) of the song to be featured on an actual album.

[@crumbtember]

imo, the bends doesn't hold a candle to anything post OK computer. I love planet telex, but that's about it.

[@bjrnbrynemo9059]

13:43 those weird twinkly sounds are giving me brain problems

[@tessacyclone6329]

I want beats to these lush piano keys and strings sounds so I can dance it out . And thr kid a keys too

[@collinbeal]

#4, #5 my foot. AMSP #1 BABY

[@collinbeal]

In Rainbows a close second

[@collinbeal]

Then Kid A and Insomniac are close

[@collinbeal]

Then OK Computer

[@collinbeal]

And The King of Limbs sits there with Hail to the Thief

[@collinbeal]

The Bends trailing behind

[@BT405]

OK Computer, Kid A, In Rainbows, Bends are definitely NOT where the "great" albums end. That's just where the "undeniable certified classics that are ranked as some of the best albums ever made" category ends LOL

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

Identikit is one of their best songs imo , but at first it didn't stick with me. Same will happen with u

[@huhuh9]

Hail to the Thief is better than the Bends

[@onetakeonly3293]

Pretty sure that’s next on my list. I don’t know if I’ll react to king of limbs

[@noor6668]

@@onetakeonly3293 Think you should, it's really worth a reaction as it's very interesting.

[@jameshannagan4256]

@@onetakeonly3293 When you do react to the basement version it is far better than the studio effort the more organic sound really brings the album to life.

[@TomasPidal]

@@onetakeonly3293 yess, react to the kings of limbs live from basement, so much better for a first reaction and they play bsides who are IMO better than some songs on the album

[@bulletfastspeed]

@@onetakeonly3293 ngl The King of Limbs is HEAT. Easily the most slept on Radiohead album. Damn near every song is incredible. Their most rhythmically interesting album. Top 5 imo

[@cforbes3528]

In Rainbows Ok Computer Kid A AMSP The Bends Amnesiac HTTT KOL Pablo Honey

[@amirsaleh_ag3917]

your hands so white..maybe thats why you like radiohead