Old Man Reacts to RADIOHEAD | Ok Computer [Full Album Vinyl Livestream]

[@What890]

For anyone who wants timestamps of each song: 9:54 - Airbag (Thoughts at 14:36) 22:54 - Paranoid Android (Thoughts at 29:17) 35:13 - Subterranean Homesick Alien (Thoughts at 39:39) 43:25 - Exit Music (For a Film) 47:50 - Let Down (Thoughts at 52:45) 1:01:52 - Karma Police (Thoughts at 1:06:17) 1:11:33 - Fitter Happier 1:13:30 - Electioneering (Thoughts at 1:17:21) 1:21:47 - Climbing Up the Walls (Thoughts at 1:26:33) 1:44:13 - No Surprises (Thoughts at 1:48:00) 1:52:26 - Lucky (Thoughts at 1:56:41) 2:00:22 - The Tourist (Thoughts at 2:05:45) Seriously amazing reaction and I'm glad you got to share your first listen with all of us

[@VinylJunkies666]

Thanks for doing this!

[@chazmuzz]

@@VinylJunkies666 dude put this in your description!

[@fkiner]

Thank you so much. I felt like was sitting there with you and listening with you. It was an album of my 20’s and I haven’t heard it for years. I felt same as I did when I heard it first time because of you.

[@andiraquelcanales354]

Thank you thank you thank you

[@kjwelch27]

Well done 👍🏻

[@bozo8603]

"I connect more to music and other things then I do to other human beings." Dude was born to be a Radiohead fan lol.

[@nicem2229]

TRUE.

[@TheFusedplug]

I am glad I listened to Kid A and Amnesiac and Ok Computer. I have separated Pablo and Bends away from every album. I'm glad Radiohead changed it up and got as serious as the Beatles about their music

[@TheFusedplug]

This is the first time on your channel I'm enjoying it .. because you're green to Ok Computer and it's making me listen to the album a lot more attentively as I'm intrigued by your reactions lol

[@TheFusedplug]

I'm still more at home with music than I'll ever be with people

[@TheFusedplug]

Homesick Alien does the same to me Brother

[@bakedbeings]

No one should be allowed to go into *Exit music* that vulnerable.

[@kegster12002]

Yeah, that song would destroy the toughest of hearts.

[@Amanda-si1qz]

Totally relate, my close friend’s beautiful daughter and her partner, barely just twenty one, committed suicide at the time OK was issued. A gorgeously warm bright young girl with so much ahead of her. I still absolutely adore the song but it breaks my heart with every listen...throws me right back to the day I received the news. I couldn’t have felt more sorrow for my friend if I tried, still can’t, as her daughter was an only child. Unbelievably heartbreaking song for me personally but gorgeous none the less.

[@christopherjarrett9067]

Heck ya, I looked at him then noticed the next track and just felt sorry (and elated) for him.

[@drakor001]

Damn

[@StrangerRecords]

HAHAHAHA

[@Chellariat]

“i didn’t like Pablo Honey, at all” that’s alright dude, neither does Thom.

[@djstarsign]

Blow Out is the only good song on that album.

[@SprinkleB0mb]

@@djstarsign I mean... Creep isn't that bad... I'll leave

[@alguienconunvideojuego4606]

Anyone Can Play Guitar is good

[@ToneSherpa]

it's one of their weaker albums and yet still it's great. not sure why it gets the hate it does. It's solid. Just not their best. (its better than the last couple albums they have put out tho)

[@dannyluo6635]

@@ToneSherpa More like their weakest

[@8Clips]

Start of video: "I'm afraid I'm not going to like it" One hour in: (crying) "This is one of the greatest moments of my life"

[@l3p3]

You forgot the reaction to the second-last song. I hate red pepper in meals, even in my favourite meals, I would hate it. I never heard of Bongo but I understand.

[@joshshrum2764]

Louis Irvine When he busted in tears i got my heart smashed in.

[@joshshrum2764]

L3P3 Purification In Progress. *Pepper Steak starts playing.* Honesty i get not enjoying peppers in your meals they do help keep your prostate healthy though.

[@brodestalixtocaun6262]

wHAT DOES HE MEAN ABOUT bONGO? X'D?

[@carlclancy]

@@brodestalixtocaun6262 Bono I think!

[@JaguarSpeedo86]

I saw Radiohead perform Paranoid Android at Lallapalooza. When Thom Yorke began singing the bridge “rain down” it literally started raining. That is when I realized Thom Yorke is actually a God.

[@ivankarpenko7313]

What year it was?

[@awokethelion316]

A similar situation happened to me! Saw them in Tampa on the In Rainbows tour, they played “The Gloaming” when the “it should be raining” part hit it literally started raining. SURREAL best show I’ve ever seen!

[@jacklapeyrouse7974]

god loves his children, that’s why he kills them yeah

[@tr-x-sh8248]

@@jacklapeyrouse7974 if only Radiohead released it later on

[@JamesAllenJr]

@@jacklapeyrouse7974 God doesn't kill them but when they die they come to Him... so it's cool.

[@Firehead33]

He gets emotional and then Exit starts playing. Perfection.

[@mr.nihilz3283]

Yup. Like it was destined.

[@samsonmcgloughlin]

"Drying all your tears"

[@davidwilliams4837]

Agreed

[@guinabis]

That made me tear up. It was so emotional but at the same time it brings energy!

[@LizaAsiyah]

Yes!!! How fucking perfect!!!!!!

[@Fox_Moulder]

Radiohead is a slow burn, once that spark is lit you will never be able to put it out. It only gets better

[@mrmadisonlv]

Indeed, Radiohead songs get better and better with each listen. The slow burn turns into a bonfire with time!🤘🔥 🤘Radiohead will always be my #1

[@Fox_Moulder]

Madison Alexander the only other band that comes close to the volume of greatness is Pink Floyd (and I love me some Led Zeppelin) but I always feel sad after a Floyd session

[@mrmadisonlv]

Adrian Garcia Respect bro! OK Computer and Dark Side of the Moon are my 2 favorite albums. I had a chance to see David Gilmore play and I missed it:/ Long live Floyd and Radiohead. Soundtrack to my deeper moments.

[@Fox_Moulder]

Madison Alexander I would kill for a colab album called “Floyd Radio”

[@mrmadisonlv]

Adrian Garcia The ultimate collab!

[@Charlesjkd]

“Great art shouldn’t start nerd fights on the internet. Stop being an asshole” Immediately subscribed.Thanks.

[@jlhita]

I love the fact he listens to the full song instead of pausing every 5 seconds to make a stupid comment like other channels do.

[@areader2253]

I agree. How can you enjoy a song when you stop it every 5 seconds?

[@averyjenson]

Yeah jesus christ that is irritating

[@claudioa.6187]

It's irritating but they do it for copyright issues, this man has been lucky YT hasn't taken it down yet... and I hope they never do that.

[@peterobinson3678]

Yeah, agreed, but does he want copyright strikes? Because that is how you get copyright strikes... :/ It's obviously 'fair use' , but that doesn't seem to matter much, nowadays.

[@inspir.edmusic]

If he had done that I would have clicked away so god damn fast.

[@gaelsarmiento4496]

Can't wait to see your confusion for Kid A.

[@The_RedVIII]

Kid A is a masterpiece and my favorite Radiohead album by far. And I didn't like it the first time hearing it after coming from OK Computer. But for some people it takes some time to get it.

[@amaneciamosiameses]

me too!!!!!

[@DamonAlbarn21]

Kid A is the best of Radiohead, i need to see this reaction too.

[@JMyrk]

@@DamonAlbarn21 A moon shaped pool is my personnal favorite, it took me 5 or 6 listen to start enjoying it, now i listen to it twice a week.

[@414pancake]

@@The_RedVIII Love Kid A!!

[@Malisteen]

"I was expecting it to sound like 1997." So was everyone back in 1997.

[@juleswins7186]

What time does he say that, trying to find lol

[@Londeton]

​@@juleswins71861:18:09

[@slash196]

Man, I'm jealous of this dude. "I like Johnny Greenwood" *puts on Paranoid Android for literally the first time in his life*

[@hashem5957]

We all want to get back to this moment

[@frauddetector6129]

Hashem get me out of this 2020 hell hole.

[@chelyzmarx7477]

@@frauddetector6129 through music, theres an escape...

[@beamertoy]

Exit Music right after he gets emotional. If there was a time in his life to hear it for the first time. This was it.

[@dmrsk1899]

"I like Jonny Greenwood." Me too, man. Me too.

[@tburrus]

I wonder if he knows about Ed and that Thom plays guitar on many songs too? I think it would be difficult to single out Jonny's guitar listening to the songs for the first time.

[@christiaanbruin4989]

*cries in Ed O'Brien*

[@salski70]

@@redjakOfficial johnny did the score for the daniel day lewis movie "there will be blood" with paul dano. he's a great musician.

[@joseahurtado2566]

And then Paranoid Android was next.

[@alistairwadey6452]

I like breathing in and out, ah sound, you’ll like ok computer

[@jovenintensa]

I just cannot fathom the idea of a Gen X music fan that hadn't ever heard of Radiohead. It's mindblowing. Seeing someone that age experience one of the key albums of their generation is for the ages.

[@phoenix.]

I just don't believe that. I was 17 in 1997, he just refuses to acknowledge he had heard it. 😑

[@stevebennett5089]

Same - I don't even like them and I must've heard that album a dozen times...reaction videos are odd.. People wilfully display their ignorance to the world through video uploads which are consumed by those who've seen lots and now get pleasure out of viewing that ignorance of others chipped away at...

[@l1zzyV1]

In 97, i was 8 -i remember Paranoid Android (video even,dad would let us watch all the graphic stuff on tv😀) and my dad loving Radiohead.I thought it was a banger then and i still do

[@richardlittle8285]

​​​​@@stevebennett5089That's your view point!? This has got to be just about the most negative assessment that one could derive with regard to the whole thing. Hahaha. I certainly hope you are not as disgruntled and bitter as it would seem solely based on this comment

[@faeriehaus8835]

My mother is this guy’s age and has also never heard most radiohead songs outside of creep, definitely hasn’t heard ok computer

[@AikenDrum1715CE]

In May 1997 I was 27 years old and working in a government server farm, 12 hour night shifts. We had a decent CD player that could be heard across the entire hall. Gavin bought this CD in and popped it on the player around 11pm. There were complaints. Bob, shift leader, in his early 60s a rock and roll fan; Raj, also 60s, huge bollywood fan; Sam, the archetypal raver; Stephen, the clean cut northern soul groupie. End of the first track, complaining subsided, grudging interest ensued. By track three we were all entranced. When it ended, we put it on again. When it ended, we put it on again. When it ended, we put it on ag.... you get the idea. It was all we listened to that night. Finished my shift, drove into town and bought the CD that morning. I listened to it again as I fell asleep. 23 years later, I'm still listening to it. Sam, I've never watched your channel before. KZbin randomly threw this in the mix. I have to say it was a fucking joy seeing you hear this album for the very first time. I am so chuffed you liked it.

[@jovenintensa]

A very british story.

[@jorgebautista2737]

Great story man. I was 18 years old from mexico... and just living in uk. A friend bought it... and played.... its Change my Life ... today its my favorite récord ...

[@jorgebautista2737]

3 montths later ... we went to see them live..!! It blowes my mind!!!

[@hededcdn]

Great story!

[@onecoldnightinwinter]

One great memory my friend, thanks for sharing.

[@alejandromitre1591]

When he said: "your opinion doesn't mean shit. Just listen..." Such good advice for consuming art, but also for living life in general.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Uh huh

[@MrDuneedon]

@@redjakOfficial You mean Bongo? ;-)

[@GonzaloMassa]

- We're gonna do this the fun way, get a drink! That's also good advice for file :)

[@peterk.rosenthal1417]

"With your opinion which is of no consequence at all"

[@goctagonrecovery3270]

I’m so happy you let “Let Down” play after “Exit Music” ...that is such a beautiful moment on this record.

[@Straaaayyyy]

Yeah, exit music sounds like the absolute loss of hope while let down is sad acception

[@joelcprice]

OK Computer, in my opinion, as almost exclusively a metalhead, is one of the single greatest pieces of music ever composed.

[@NFLBiz]

Unknown Pleasures

[@kimmaravilla7903]

Dark Side of the Moon sir

[@noparkingtuesday4283]

I agree.

[@davidwilliams4837]

I miss older and heavier Radiohead [though I like In Rainbows]. Pablo Honey deserves more love.

[@davidwilliams4837]

@Numinous123 Anyone Can Play Guitar is a masterpiece. Pablo Honey is the most misunderstood album ever created. The melodies were beautiful. Great b-side songs like Maquiladora and Trickster are appreciated while Pablo Honey is spit on. I'll never understand it.

[@stephenryan1912]

I love Johnny Greenwood, but there are a lot of guitar parts attributed to him that are actually Ed O'Brien. He doesn't get enough credit for his playing.

[@yuriamorim]

Yep. I've thought/felt the same all the way thru. Ed O'Brien's guitar atmospheres is greatly underapreciated for what they do for Radiohead music. For me they're all equally great and play an important part for the sound. But I do understand that on hearing them for first time it might be expect a little too much from someone to pick it all up and atribute it to the correct parties

[@computerhole]

In Rainbows is quite possibly Ed's finest moment.

[@davidwilliams4837]

@@computerhole Yes.

[@ddragon64]

I was one of those folks, until I saw them live in 2014. Johnny IS amazing- he plays guitar, mandolin, keyboards, pedals, theramin seamlessly, live. Now I Need the Ed O'Brian Strat!

[@sebastianskopp4949]

Stephen Ryan and singing

[@BOWS3R]

I didn’t plan on sitting down and listening to this whole album tonight... but with this guy it’s worth it

[@IvanFlavin]

Before listening: "I'm afraid I'm not going to like this" 3 songs later: (crying)

[@odpunk23]

Right BEFORE arguably the saddest song on the record too, haha. Good shit.

[@IvanFlavin]

Yeah its interesting how different things hit different people. Videotape still almost makes me cry everytime, SHO usually makes me feel more uplifted, but I could see how it could bring someone to cry

[@odpunk23]

Oh for sure...for me personally Exit Music (For a Film) is one of very few songs that makes me cry 100% of the times I hear it. I just thought it was funny to break right before that one. Also, thanks for the like Sam! Keep up the good work :).

[@PeteOliva]

TO THIS DAY, since first hearing Subterranean Homesick Alien in the 90s it often makes me tear up when I listen to it with headphones. It's just such a BEAUTIFUL song. So lush and so intricately arranged. I don't use the term "perfect" very often, but I think it just is truly a perfect song.

[@TR-ru7wl]

For me Pyramid Song makes me tear up.

[@unworthy5962]

I don't know why I searched for ''ok computer reaction'' at 6 am but I'm glad I found you and this channel. this is a gift from universe for me

[@robingoose]

Same here, my dude

[@shamaem2736]

Same

[@luismedrano29]

im watching at 5 am lul

[@mrdomofan56]

In an interstellar burst, he was a gift from the universe

[@justinwegiel5209]

No idea how I stumbled across this gem of a channel, but thank fuck it happened.

[@agustingonzalez6541]

Wow -- im a massive Radiohead fan and just stumbled upon this. I love how he just leaves it all out on the table. His commentary is sincere and loving. People like this give me hope. Stay strong brother. I'm going to your Patreon.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Much love to you, welcome and humble thanks for your support patreon.com/vinyljunkies

[@stevewilken9243]

Electioneering would have been the best song R.E.M. ever recorded and it is the worst song on OK Computer

[@Siggney1]

@@stevewilken9243 electioneering goes so fucking hard tho?

[@bobbykbobette7426]

When he started to cry in between songs, right before playing Exit Music i was almost like "Man... Don't..."

[@JDeissreVIEWSFROMHELL]

I wish I could hear Paranoid Android for the first time again. Idk many other songs that blew my mind as much as that, all the way back in 6th grade.

[@BillyKangas]

Hearing that song for the first time is possibly the most significant musical moment of my life

[@chrisd6736]

Ya I remember being in 6th grade praying that video would come on MTV lol. Miss those days.

[@hettel_visual]

This entire album was the soundtrack to MANY late night smoke sessions with my best friend in high school. That lead to Pink Floyd obsession, and even deeper.

[@chrisd6736]

Luke- ha ya we were big Floyd heads in high school. Radiohead and Floyd are prob my two all time favorite bands.

[@hettel_visual]

@@chrisd6736 Incredible depths of melancholy, energy, explorations of the sublime. Craftsman of music! Never gets old

[@frances2912]

This album was basically my sound track for leaving home for the first time. I remember visiting my parents then setting off again and just as the train set off slowly crawling Exit music came on, as the motion of the wheels finally kicked in to a fast pace so did the drums and the climax to the song. I burst into tears it was so epic. Watching the trees rush by as this beautiful music washed over me. This album is life changing, so chuffed for you. This is the closest I'll get to experiencing it for the first time again. Thank you 🙏

[@VinylJunkies666]

My pleasure

[@Nutricidal]

An amazing memory told picture perfect👌 .

[@griffinsdad9820]

Great pic! Had a similar feel catching the Big Chief to Detroit from Seattle. Textbook: 44 yrs old, broken heart, life a mess, mom in Toronto with cancer, "about that time", etc. Train pulls out of Seattle with this on my headphones. Magnetic Fields carried me the rest of the way back home.

[@davidstephens3235]

Johnny Greenwood is the best thing about radiohead, even when he doesn't have a guitar. He created the software they used to record and play their songs, so even the electronic side is his literal creation. Guy is getting nominated for Oscars now for original film scores, and conducts and writes for a full symphony orchestra as his day job.

[@jeffferguson4776]

Afaik he uses Cycling 74, max/msp, so didnt write that, but does get technical with modifying it.

[@joshshrum2764]

David Stephens It’s honestly Thom’s singing for me.

[@callum6224]

jeff ferguson Max/MSP is technically a visual programming language, it gets insanely complex and can now include straight up Python and low level/math stuff. It’s just way faster to get ideas out rather than straight up coding.

[@HEADSPACES]

I wasn’t expecting to get into this kind of reaction video thing but stuck around out of curiosity. An hour in and I’m crying with you. It’s wonderful to find other humans who feel as deeply about music as a shared art form for connection and communication. Hats off to you for figuring out how to anchor your life in your passion, sir! Huge respect.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Thank you, welcome

[@thomthum2000]

Ed's contributions to the band are often overlooked. He's responsible for many of the haunting and dreamy atmospheric textures in the music.

[@sarajohnson5653]

Yup! Completely. A lot of his work is often attributed to Jonny. But thom himself said Ed’s guitar work often drove the songs to a new level

[@Guizambaldi]

If you look at his solo work you can see he is the ambience guy.

[@sketis2012]

I think it's just generally un uninteligent thinking of what makes a band. Generally, in EVERY band, EVERY member is important to the sound.

[@thomthum2000]

@@sketis2012 Ah, a double negative. So, you’re saying it’s intelligent! I agree!

loved how you simply didn't wanna stop from exit music to let down

[@VinylJunkies666]

Glad you dug it. Welcome to our channel, thanks for your comment

[@theforeverpuddle8754]

I mean how could you possibly. Exit music is just SUCH a pretty song.

[@SaumBodhi]

Nobody wants to exit that early

[@Jok3er271]

Let Down is beautiful... it’s honestly one of the greatest piece of music ever written

[@joshshrum2764]

Jok3er271 JKlilmonkey I really love the lyric “I’M GOING TO GROW WINGS!.”

[@hectords164]

the build up and the melodies hit so good.

[@johnnyjohnny6174]

My favourite song on the album. So bittersweet, about the disappointments of modern life, but somehow joyous as well.

[@masonb9788]

Yep.. and it's sad to me that it took me about 10 years to really appreciate that song. I was more focused on the last three songs, which are just perfection..

[@joshshrum2764]

Mason B Honestly the whole album is though i actually got into it more once i heard it live on KZbin, and realized how beautiful it was not just really depressing.

[@subspeciez]

He gets emotional, and then I get emotional. That's life. That's the beauty of art.

[@andyworth2273]

I asked myself why the f**k do I enjoy watching/listening to people who are watching/listening to stuff I love. You my friend have answered that question; “We are human beings”. Good experiences are great experiences when shared. I have always loved this album but when my 17year old daughter said she loved it too, then it was beyond special.

[@Wadepenn_]

She must be pretty cool. I’m 19 right now and I don’t know anyone else in my age that listens let alone enjoys Radiohead.

[@noelle478]

My dad gave me this album when I was 9. We would listen together all the time. Radiohead has been my favorite since...32 now!

[@northcountryboy808]

Love it! I’m got my 7 year old daughter into Radiohead. She’ll be ok.

[@solartypo47]

Drew Pennington we are out here

[@Wadepenn_]

Solar Typo I’m glad to hear. What other stuff you like?

[@tiptoebum2951]

Mate, that was so beautiful to watch. In '95 at the age of 11, my parents sent me to boarding school in the UK from Taiwan. With only a handful of English at the time and ignorant of the Western way of life, everything confused me. When I eventually made some friends, they introduced British culture to me and I remember listening to OK Computer with them for the first time and even without completely understanding the lyrics it opened up my heart and mind and I was able to accept the confusion with which I was living because Radiohead had allowed me to emotionally connect with my friends. Watching this video reminded me of that and it's truly beautiful to see how the music touched you the same way it has and still does with me. I didn't know about this channel at all before this video, but once again thanks to Radiohead, I've discovered more ace people in the world. You're wicked, mate. Look after yourself.

[@andrewjolly319]

right on!

[@VinylJunkies666]

thanks for your message. More Radiohead old man vids coming, LIVE! Stay tuned... kzbin.info

[@davidwilliams4837]

Your comment is very moving. I hope you are well. God bless you.

[@masonb9788]

You can hear at various points in the album how they practically "invent" Coldplay and Muse..

[@user-no2ez9qw5w]

my dad made the same comment when I was introducing him to radiohead

[@sufifix0199]

Oh dude I’m heavily agreeing on people saying Pablo honey is Showbiz but the rest of muse is truly it’s own thing

[@masonb9788]

Sufifix 01 yes. But also with some Queen..

[@sufifix0199]

Mason B true

[@superice1234]

no lol

[@denisschulz3814]

This is so amazing. Listened to Ok Computer for the first time too (I mean I knew a few songs, but that's it). So I listened along, I cried along, I sobbed along. Thank you for this! I downloaded this video, just in case it get's taken down soon. Love you!

[@IFeelSoTongueTied]

amen brother welcome...

[@johnnycampbell3422]

Just rewatching to catch the beginning. Hope you are doing good

[@jesusandrade3390]

Crying before tourist guy didn't stand a chance

[@onecoldnightinwinter]

A very brave public display of emotion in a difficult time to a timeless record. Big old virtual hug coming your way man xx

[@VinylJunkies666]

Much love. Thanks for your kindness

[@johnmavroudis2054]

This made me a subscriber... the swearing... the skepticism... the derision... the honesty... the heartfelt emotion... the overwhelming joy at discovering a true treasure. Thanks for sharing... and looking forward to going on more journeys with you! (An unknown brilliant album: The Able Tasmans: Store In A Cool Place... it was their swansong... but they went out brilliantly... Amazing album from New Zealand on Flying Nun records)

[@lennonmahoney7302]

Airbag is such a great open to an album

[@pstrokeslibsarctic]

It is

[@richardreeder]

We went to the first date of the OK Computer Tour in 1997. They opened with Airbag .... it was incredible

[@adambrown1653]

Airbag is my favourite Radiohead song. It's the guitars in the background in the breaks between the vocals... That's Thom i guess

[@lucasrhys0363]

@@adambrown1653 thats my favourite part of the song too

[@djstarsign]

I used to really clown on Radiohead, especially Thom bc he was such a wounded soul who hated being famous. Of course, my way of internalizing it to fit my narrative was extremely myopic, dismissive, and annoying. Being the stubborn young twat I was, I always felt they were just an average band with a few catchy songs but I didn’t think there was anything special about them. I still remember watching Meeting People is Easy on MTV (they aired the entire documentary one night) and my initial reaction was telling my friend, “hey let’s watch this so we can make fun of them for being miserable Rock Stars”. Very quickly, I realized there was way more to this band than I had ever given them credit for. Midway through I tell my friend, “I hate to say this but, they’re actually kind of good”. I had just dismissed them as a trendy rock band who fit the mold of what was current at the time. By the end of the doc (I was so compelled, I watched the entire film), I had completely changed my opinion of the band. They had “actual talent”. I literally went to the record store and bought OK Computer a few days later and listened to it with so much care and attention. And I kept listening to it daily. Then I got all the singles from OKC and loved their b-sides and remixes. I had become such a Radiohead fan when Kid A was being recorded, I literally couldn’t wait until the record was released. Listening to Kid A for the first time, as a fully converted fan still remains one of my favorite experiences ever. I was very fortunate to see them tour in support of Amnesiac just a year later. At that time they were still playing a good chunk of songs from The Bends and it was pretty special to hear all those songs covering a big range of styles. I’ve seen them about 5-6 more times and they never disappoint. I’m a massive fan by now.

[@ijustneedmyself]

I thought they were boring and overrated until I actually gave them a chance. So glad we both did!

[@djstarsign]

@Cat playing guitar On a Guitar okay sure. The pink elephant is that way.

[@7bean3]

This was almost my journey to a tee. Scoffed when a coworker put OKC into the tape deck but I knew right from the sleigh bells that this was something different and special as much as I wanted to not accept that. By the third listen, I was fully on board. Became a fantic before Kid A came out and also got to see them for Amnesiac (Beta Band opened in Vancouver). That was like 20 years ago, my god. Radiohead is the greatest band of a generation.

[@mridulmohan3213]

this is the reaction video I've been searching for ever since i got wind of people reacting to music on youtube.. love you brother.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Thanks, Mridul. Welcome to Vinyl Junkies, come hang out during one of our live shows sometime

[@johnnycampbell3422]

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[@GoogleVideoMan]

The album that created a many existential crisis in a many first time listeners.

[@NamelessFacelessWhoa]

Andrew Rhodes well I mean it’d be good to listen to anyway, it’s really healthy to hear criticism of things you’re a fan of because it provides insight into what people disagree on. It’ll help with discourse about art and if you’re particularly careful to be empathetic to the critic’s argument you might be able to appreciate it from a new angle.

[@napppstar0]

@@NamelessFacelessWhoa that's fair, it's just when the criticism is focused on a superficial thing like that he sounds like bono it gets triggering

[@PeggyR70]

This is the album that caused me to break with U2 who had been my favorite band up to then. I could never really go back. R.E.M. only came out looking better just saying. There is definitely a before OKC and after OKC in my life

[@Killadey]

@@PeggyR70 Same here, but with me it was Eric Clapton. OKC changed my life for sure.

[@Moontea1]

I remember being a teenager at a Sam Goody's store. I picked up a Blink 182 album. My older brother took that album out of my hand and gave me OK Computer. "If you're going to waste your allowance on a cd, make it a good cd." Man, I love my older brother xD

[@man0utoftime]

"Goody got it." Takes me back. There and the mail order rip-offs like BMG were how I got my first CDs. Sadly, I missed out on this album for a few years.

[@danwebb1756]

That’s probably the best advice you could have possibly been given at that time. No hate for Blink, but Radiohead is all time great level shit

[@scottn7jirosenfeld412]

Waxie Maxie's.

[@YvngSheldonGang]

Hey, I’m really glad that youtube didn’t take this down. Radiohead means a lot to me emotionally, I’ve gone through ups and downs in my life, and this reaction/review is the best thing I could’ve asked for. Keep doing what you do and I’ll support you in any way I can. Much love ❤️

[@VinylJunkies666]

Glad you enjoyed it, welcome

[@LuckykidA]

Wow. That was an experience. I literally couldn't breathe during the first half of Exit Music for a Film. That was moving. I don't know if I've ever seen such an immediate real reaction to something I'm already SO attached to. I'll send you the lyrics if you need me to brother. Thank you!

[@alexjones7043]

Mate... wow. This is my first time seeing any of your content. It is uncanny how many things you said throughout this video that I regularly say. I have a love/hate relationship with the internet but this video might be one of my favourite experiences on the internet. Cheers from Australia

[@VinylJunkies666]

Thanks and welcome

[@Mirrale]

This is one of the best reaction videos I've ever seen. I can't believe this wasn't taken down, I'm very thankful for that.

[@titouleb4100]

I wouldn’t have thought I could have had such a good and emotional time watching someone react to an album I know so well and love so much... Thank you so much for the musical sensibility you share mate ! Was a very special moment to me, really.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoy our channel, welcome!

[@titouleb4100]

Vinyl Junkies I do ! Thanks for offering such a good quality of videos ! I saw the reactions after kidA have been blocked by YT... is there any way I can see them ? I hope there is 🙏🏻

[@rafikix1152]

"I want to be able to soundtrack every fucking moment that I have." I relate to that so much. So much.

[@nknighton70]

Thom York doesn't look anything like Bono. He looks more like an orange tabby cat.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Cats = awesome

[@9000ck]

He looks like a beaten up mouse, in my opinion.

[@kinetikx]

Maybe an orange tabby cat that has been run over at least once.

[@Elsunseeker]

There is this one live version of creep where he actually looks like bono xD glasses and all

[@ronnietornado396]

I thought he was saying Bongo the whole time!! I’m like who the f is Bongo and why does this guy hate him so much. But yeah Bono, I get it now haha.

[@rossfregia6922]

the electronic flourish at the end of Let Down changed my life.

[@usctrojanfreak]

same lol

[@Frei_Zeit]

Masterpiece arrangement right there for sure.

[@vanoccupanther9958]

i remember seeing them perform Let Down on MTV of all places and was blown away and still go back to it often

[@wespy15]

This is so fucking genuine and real. I truly appreciate the time and dedication you have to music, art, and sharing those moments with everyone. Keep it up, my dude. You've got a new fan here!

[@Ozzpot]

This album means so much to me. I was 18 when it came out. Having tested for a high IQ at school, I was labelled a "child prodigy" and told I would change the world. My life was set out for me from that point with no consideration for what I actually wanted. Well, the pressure of all this, and the stress of having my fate in the hands of others, took a heavy toll on me and by 18, mounting mental health issues had derailed my education. At that point I just wanted to be like my friends. I wanted to earn a bit of money and be a teenager. So I got a job as a Christmas temp in my local record shop, a branch of Our Price here in the UK. This was October 1997. I was all very exciting. I loved being around music all day, and especially having my musical horizons broadened by getting to listen to basically every single record that came out. Practically every week I discovered a new band that found a place in my top ten. But this experience also came with a huge amount of disillusionment. The more I learned about the music industry, the more I realised it was just a big sausage machine. No-one in higher management seemed to know or care very much about music. The "recommended" panel in the shop was actually sponsored, places on it having been paid for by the record companies. Nothing there was chosen by merit, and the same applied to the music played in store. For all but one golden hour of the day, we had to play music specified, i.e paid for, by the record companies. As Christmas neared, the workload increased dramatically, and all the fun began to be sucked out of it. I was going to work so early it was still dark, and it would be dark long before I headed home. The shop had no windows, and being permanently short-staffed by the financial pinch felt by retailers at that time, especially music retailers, lunch breaks were a luxury we couldn't afford. So I often went a week without seeing the Sun, and work consisted of serving a long queue of increasingly impatient and ill-tempered customers the latest pop CDs to have bought their way into the charts. Everything had become about money, shifting the latest CDs the record companies wanted to push, in as big a volume as possible. But one album in the charts at the time caught my attention. As it happened, OK Computer was on the playlist, and it captured my attention in a way that nothing else had done before, and has not done since. The lamentation, the sense of alienation, the unashamedly depressive nature of it. The sense of someone sliding inexorably down a spiral of a life turned cold and grey by the disillusionment of growing up and discovering the world is not full of magic and wonder, but rather, it's a mechanical and cynical place, and growing up means being shackled to a treadmill and made to endure a grim life of someone else's design, and for someone else's profit. It was, as all our most cherished albums tend to be, a seemingly bespoke soundtrack to my life. The dynamic nature of it, the unpredictable mood swings captured by the range of instrumentation, tempo and volume, from maudlin sentimentality to fulminating anger. It was the embodiment of every aspect of my disposition, which had at that point been diagnosed as bipolar, encompassing everything I was feeling, and everything that had been bottled up for the last few years. I can't say it cheered me up. Radiohead is probably not the best thing for that, but at the very least, it made me feel a little less alone in my plight. This life may be grim, as compared to what I had imagined in any case, but I was not suffering alone. I immediately put a copy aside, bought it that evening, and listened to it, pretty much on repeat, for the rest of the year and beyond. It is still firmly in my top five favourite albums of all time, the only one from the 90s to have that honour. When I listen to it now, and I frequently do, it reminds me of being 18, and brings with it a rush of all those emotions I was going through at the time. It is funny, but tragic to think, that with the benefit of hindsight, those were the best days of my life.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Reading this was amazing! Thanks for sharing

[@OkYasser]

This is without a doubt one of the best comments I’ve ever read on KZbin. Ok Computer is such a masterpiece and I have a similar relationship with it, but I couldn’t explain it as well as you especially since English isn’t my first language, but all I’m gonna say is that Ok Computer gives me a unique feeling that’s beyond explaining, and it might be my all time favorite album. And thank you so much for sharing your beautiful experience.

[@funkydankspliff]

That’s crazy bro, music is such a gift to us straight up

[@PhaedruS007]

Izzy of Albion doesn’t always post YT comments, but when he does... I graduated high school in 1995 and tracked this album along in life similar to your story. People say RH is depressing- I say no way. They’re so good I feel validated and human and ultimately things will be OK even if I get depressed. It’s normal and even beautiful to be at the fringes of emotion, even as we are coming to realize that life isn’t full of magic as you described. @vinyljunkies This album being a masterpiece means it stands on its own in any time, but if you were a formative 18-22 when this came out and then watched the landscape of music ripple out from the bow of its wake- MAN that was livin.

[@Ozzpot]

@@PhaedruS007 I think you've got something there Paul. I wonder if Radiohead's effect on mood is subjective, relative to one's default disposition. I suppose a happy person might listen to "Exit Music" or "No Surprises" and be brought down by it. On the other hand, a depressive might find solidarity therein, and with it a glimmer of light in the otherwise inky, all-consuming darkness. This is lithium in musical form. Radiohead is our generation's Pink Floyd I think. The same complaints about these things that timelessly plague the human condition apply to both, and both bands apply their philosophies so beautifully to hypnotic and progressive instrumentation. OK Computer is not dissimilar to "Wish You Were Here", "Animals", perhaps even "The Wall" in ideology and mood. Those of us contemporary to it should consider ourselves lucky that it has become part of us, hardwired into our brains during those formative years, forever to course through our veins, but you're dead right, just like the timeless efforts of Pink Floyd, this album is a masterpiece no matter what generation you belong to.

[@pamelasercos8127]

“As a kid ,I didn’t connect to human beings as well as I connected to art!” .... Fucking beautiful, never could I have explain my life better than you just did 😭 felt this in my soul.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Welcome, Pamela. Come check out the live shows, you might like them!

[@thejtown1]

Exact fuckin same. Except still

[@NationalistsRuinAmerica]

Hey people, art is great, but some friends can't hurt.

[@alexkingvideo]

This is seriously the best thing I’ve watched in a long time. I never imagined I would be watching this entire video, but here I am, and it’s 100% worth it.

[@sjamesvfx]

This guy will like Kid A. This guy gets it.

[@stevegiglio7027]

I just found this randomly as a recommended video, probably due to me binging Radiohead concerts on here. When I first started watching I was worried you were going to get stuck on hating Thom Yorke, but by the third song he had you in tears. I am so glad that you took the time to sit down and listen to this album and let us be a part of this experience. Cheers!

[@impek667]

Your thought after Subterranean Homesick Alien followed by the song "Exit Music (For a Film)" is just... wow. Raw emotion! Absolutely beautiful reaction, thank you so much for sharing it with us!

[@spencerplunkett9920]

In rainbows should be a special one for you

[@lucasmarchand1928]

Crying on videotape every time

[@malthus101]

@Alexis Pequeno I've never listened to it; or Kid A. Only Bends, OK Computer and Amnesiac. Now... Amnesiac is pretty special...

[@halfalligator6518]

I think this is the best Radiohead album. Just so groovy and kind of mixes their old and new in a satisfying way. Also the most consistent and playable to new-comers (imo).

[@andrewjolly319]

Its my favourite Radiohead album. And I bought OK Computer the day it came out and have seen them a whole bunch of times. Having said that, I will always love this.

[@inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493]

Word up, I bet! 👍

[@likespinningpats]

This is amazing. Just found you randomly as a Radiohead fan. I watching as you finished side one and it's amazing to see this piece of art draw the same reaction out of you that I've had many times over.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Glad you enjoyed it. Welcome to Vinyl Junkies

[@jamieguy2132]

I didn't know what to expect when watching this. I am a huge Radiohead Fan it came up in my suggestions so I press play. What a wonderful 2 hours, dude your reactions were real, unfiltered and from the heart. I really appreciate that. We definitely share a love for music. It was really great watching you loose yourself in the music. Bravo man, Subscribed.

[@JodiCurtis]

Watching you cry when you "get it" was one of the most beautiful moments I've ever seen. They package an emotionally complete hit in their music with a consistency I've not encountered with other artists

[@414pancake]

Really cool watching you hear this for this first time. That was an amazing magical moment when you got emotional after "Subterranean Homesick Alien" and the words of "Exit Music" started up. Gave me goosebumps. Love your commentary, your passion, and your honesty. New fan for sure!

[@414pancake]

...and dead on about the progression of their albums (up to OK Computer)

[@pitmatix1457]

Old guy listens to Radiohead OK Computer (while U2 is already playing in his head and making him angry). Watching you break through the "Bongo" thing and let the record was a beautiful thing, thanks for sharing it. Subscribed.

[@merdufer]

Nobody mentions Nigel Godrich, so I'm just going to say he did an amazing job mixing an album with so many layers and elements. Radiohead apparently thought so, too. They invited him back for every one of their albums after that.

[@stevielichous]

I saw Thom with Nigel and Tarik Barri last October at the Greek in Berkeley and it was *the* most amazing live music experience I’ve ever had. The energy was unreal!

[@joeboonmusic4004]

Nigel is a genius, totally agree with you.

[@frd9423]

He's their Fifth Beatle.

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

Trent has been slowly converting the nine inch nails discography into surround sound. You get a new appreciation for how dense and layered those records are. I'd love to hear some of radioheads records like this.

[@curious_toy]

Amazing producer!

[@johncrawford]

Heaven to me would be waking up every morning and discovering “OK Computer”

[@danwebb1756]

No doubt

[@swimnmex8988]

One of my best friends sent me this and even I got emotional. I grew up in a similar situation of having trouble connecting with others. But music was always an escape for me. To feel something. Thank you for sharing your experience with us

[@VinylJunkies666]

I guess we're not so alone after all. Welcome.

[@gregthomas1346]

Radiohead at glasto ' 97 was akin to a spiritual awakening, tens of thousands of people all having a " moment" witnessing something fucking awesome and together in reverential awe, barely a sound, it was an I was there thing never to be forgotten

[@chrisd4860]

I was there too, but thanks to my feet being glued in place by mud i was facing backwards for the 1st 15minutes

[@gregthomas1346]

@@chrisd4860 it's in my top 5 gigs of all time, and I've seen hundreds of bands famous and not so, Thom said later it wasn't great from their pov but from mine it was awesome and I wasn't alone in that

[@stevehewitt9140]

Extra points if you ate a lump of cannabis resin and watched the bootleg beatles first.. What a great double bill :-p

[@final_mile_music9713]

Greg Thomas Honestly, that’s what Glasto is about. Many of us have a moment like that. For me, it was Suede, pyramid stage ‘93. A combination of the music, the sun setting, the mood, friends, connectedness and togetherness. I highlight of my life that I will NEVER forget. As close to a religious moment as I’ll ever get.

[@gregthomas1346]

@@final_mile_music9713 I'd only ever been to 1 till then, that was 94 to see rage against the machine, I was more a donington goer but yes absolutely right a religious moment that sums it up

[@joe99173122]

Of all the reaction channels, and of all the reaction videos ever published, across all media platforms... this was easily the greatest ride of them all. I loved every minute of this. First time viewer, instant subscribe.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Awesomeness! Thanks dude

[@dopebingus]

love it when someone validates somethin i love. What an emotional rollercoster knowing that you are in tune with the album. Hats off to you brother.

[@mattb.4333]

Track 4 at the moment he was choking back tears Thom said "breathe." Radiohead knows what the feeling is and how to control emotions better than just about anyone.

[@davidwilliams4837]

Damn. Exactly.

[@starryeyes4301]

YES I got chills

[@braderickson1421]

That’s when I started chopping onions.

[@hestonblumenthal4263]

Just discovered you’re channel and this video. You’re incredibly heart felt reaction regarding listening to the album for the first time with a community and the lockdown situation was very powerful to me. I’m now a fan and can’t wait to explore with you!

[@Killadey]

Food for thought eh Heston? 😉

[@joeboonmusic4004]

Damn... So special to see someone who truly loves and appreciates the FULL listening experience so honestly and non-judgementally. Thank you for spreading the love for great pieces of art like this album and for doing what you do. Off to patreon I go!

[@VinylJunkies666]

Thanks, Joe. Glad you dig it enough to be a part of it. patreon.com/vinyljunkies

[@yasmin_thelight6789]

Radiohead did it again for me - this was fucking out of nowhere. I was just listening in the background and then Let Down played and I cried and cried and cried and, I found catharsis I didn't even know I needed - I was soo busy surviving. Thank you for doing this.

[@davidwilliams4837]

The purity of emotion: the greatest songs make us feel what the writer felt during composing it. I hear you.

[@jacobfairey8325]

I've had this reaction at the Lollapalooza version (think it's 2016, it's on YT). Amazing how much it's matured in the years between -feels like Thom singing to his younger self. "One day, you'll know where you are" etc.

[@Nutricidal]

Not listened to in years and accidentally hit this. Yep..😢 😿 😹

[@RogerCRocha]

By the end of side A he has an epiphany. 😆 ‘OK Computer’ does this. This is priceless. Thank you for sharing this moment. ❤️ I’m 41 and I wish I could go back and listen to it for the first time, like you just did…

[@LL-mf6dr]

OMG I’m crying that you’re crying and at Let Down no less...my favorite song and for a reason. I listen to it literally every day because no matter what, when I hear the opening chords, my stress level just drops. Radiohead are fellow travelers.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Thanks, Laura. Welcome

[@sisifoexiste5811]

"Let down" is not a song. It's a miracle, Laura. I know the feeling

[@LL-mf6dr]

Sísifo Existe the a great way to say it. It’s such a comfort. Yes, a miracle.

[@ccal6441]

Fav radiohead song,THE LYRICS!!! also love that arcade sound at the end!

[@MrArohtaeko]

I am Spanish. This album changed the way I see and feel the music. Everything changed. It was the first album I heard from Radiohead, 20 years ago. They are still my favorite band and I have not found anything like it. It is impossible to describe the moments they made me spend with my friends and what I felt the first time I saw them live in Barcelona. They are simply a gift of our time.

[@mufasio]

That was absolutely beautiful man. I have been a Radiohead fan since I first saw them play The National Anthem and Idioteque on Saturday Night Live in 2000 when it first aired live. I remember exactly where I was and how I felt when I first saw them perform and Jonny Greenwood working the analog synths. I was absolutely blown away and went on a deep dive on everything Radiohead after that and they have been my favorite band ever since. Watching you listen to OK Computer for the first time brought up so many emotions of my first time. I was a 15 year old kid, dealing with my parents getting divorced, not fitting in with my peers, just trying to find my place in the world. And Radiohead, and the community around Radiohead got me through that. But I was still brought to tears during Exit Music (For a Film) just like I often did in my room late at night as a teenager. Watching you tear up made me straight up ball like I haven't done in years and it was wonderful and cathartic so thank you so much for letting us watch you experience this raw.

[@lionelraoul]

Just a beautiful video. Discovered it today. Bless you and your family.

[@9000ck]

. In my opinion radiohead is best listened to while driving, or on the train, or on a boat, or on a plane. It's travelling sort of music. Daydream sort of music.

[@Pholcusphalangioides8]

This is exactly how I started listening to Radiohead. This album specifically. Going through Bulgaria/Sofia on a bus trip on a holiday. Hooked ever since. They are also good to listen to when doing the dishes at 3 in the morning

[@davelarue618]

Very true love listening to it in car ona long road trips

[@GiuseppeDeStefano]

Dreamers, they never learn...

[@misterj1396]

For me it’s about to go to bed music

[@axelg5]

@@misterj1396 used to listen to this and kid a as sleeping music. Also tripping music.

[@petsounds3612]

So beautiful to literally see you fall in love with the music. I feel incredibly blessed to share this experience with you, and everyone else watching. This is a wonderful thing that music can do to us, individually and collectively. Thank you dearly. I needed this right now, and I'm sure many other people did too.

[@DanCrippsPhotographerHobart]

Thom York on Bono: 'The difference between me and Bono is that he's quite happy to go and flatter people to get what he wants and he's very good at it, but I just can't do it. I'd probably end up punching them in the face rather than shaking their hand, so it's best that I stay out of their way. I can't engage with that level of bullshit. Which is a shame, really, and in a way it would help if I could, but I just can't. I admire the fact that Bono can, and can walk away from it smelling of roses.' Epic reaction, bro.

[@ghostramen3768]

Ok Computer is the summon of psychdelic music, experimental rock and german electronic, but with a british pop touch, thats why it broked the scene and blew everyones head, is still a big deal both in popular culture and music in general

[@rubercoober]

This is incredible. It feels like I'm hearing OK Computer for the first time again, really enjoyed sharing this experience. Can't wait til you hear the rest of their discography.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Wow, thank you!

[@mrkristopher]

My brother, I was an avid lover and follower of music for many years. Then I got into music recording. I became a home studio owner. I recorded bands. And all the digital tweaking, all of the buttons and knobs, and all the time I spent trying and failing to do well as a music engineer burnt me out. I stopped listening, I stopped playing my bass. Now I'm watching you having such a reaction to an album that meant so much to me as a teen. And now I'm ready to feel that again. I'm ready to have these experiences again. I don't know you, but thank you. Much love to you man. Thanks for finding your way into my life.

[@brandonw7622]

The power of the emotion he had about lockdown was just so poignant to me. I just rediscovered Radiohead again at the beginning of quarantine and it made me feel everything that he felt when he broke down there. How great this album is, how emotionally overpowering it is in certain places and how you can't help but have it take over you. I air guitared, drummed, laughed and bawled all in the same sitting listening to it . You can not put a price on any of it...you can just be thankful that you have it in your life.

[@nicholasdelcrognale22]

Man this is one of my favorite albums of all time and I just loved how you put “I air guitared, drummed, etc” cause that’s exactly the same feeling and reaction I have. A truly priceless experience!

[@lizzyredmond8111]

So understand, Brandon. Radiohead has been the only thing to get me through this madness. Not sure why Radiohead got the nod, but can't listen enough... Thankful.

[@brandonw7622]

​@@nicholasdelcrognale22 Cheers both. Good to hear from some like-minded lockdown peeps.

[@brandonw7622]

@@lizzyredmond8111 Cheers both. Good to hear from some like-minded lockdown peeps.

[@tobyridley9273]

The album starts with airbag, a song about thom in a car accident and how an airbag saved his life and the album ends with the tourist, a song about getting into a car accident so the album can be played in a loop

[@dastrn]

Wait till you try the 0 1 1 0 order for this and In Rainbows together. Look up the puddlegum blog for a playlist

[@tonyshazam6271]

@@dastrn wait what order?

[@dastrn]

@@tonyshazam6271 you can weave the songs back and forth from ok computer and in rainbows. Google puddlegum Radiohead to read the theory.

[@robvig]

dastrn it’s very hard to find a crossfader that does that playlist justice but if u can find one it’s uncanny how it kinda works. There’s also alot of clues that led to someone finding that signature. Spose u could just dj it yourself, that would really work but it would be a bit distracting coz i just want to listen with Radiohead. Not look at screens, drink, smoke, talk, etc etc... audiophile alert 🚨

[@campbellswan2517]

It's very clever that the last sound on the album somehow makes you want to listen to Airbag straight away.

[@IamZeZetheX]

i just gotta tell you how much I enjoyed you enjoying OK Computer. You brought me back to the first time I heard it in August 1997. I listened to it in bed with headphones on after a night out with friends. I remember crying during many parts as the sound combinations opened deep chambers of my soul I didn't know existed. It felt as if the ghosts of my ancestors had been awakened - it was a mourning for the loss of being human and a reluctant embrace of a new world to come.

[@djgray1200]

I've never considered this: knowing what Thom Yorke looks like is sorta integral to understanding the sounds that come out of his throat.

[@VinylJunkies666]

Never thought of that....

[@stephenworthington-white8294]

Kid A is the album that got me into Radiohead. Really connected with it. I was living in Tokyo and the music and environment and my lifestyle at the time created a crazy harmony. That album kept me sane, no joke or exaggeration. Props to what you’re doing here dude.

[@FranceOM1]

Four months later. Maybe you’ve realized this but “Lucky” doesn’t stick out for the first many listens because it doesn’t have the production gimmicks but it’s one of the best songs on the records and best lyrics- “the head of state has called for me by name, but I don’t have time for him. It’s gonna be a glorious day- I feel my luck could change.” Beautiful song to play on guitar and sing if you can sing well enough

[@tbprodutions]

I think it was the first song they wrote for the album and they did it right after The Bends, so I guess that's why it sounds so different.

[@separator94]

Seriously great video. Out of the 350+ vinyl albums I own (collected for over 30 years and including many genres from classical to modern music) Radiohead have 3 which are firmly seated in my personal top 10 of all time list. Those being OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows. Really glad you liked this album so much. Although I do like the albums Pablo Honey and The Bends ( although to a lesser extent), this album is where the band really came into their own and took-off. From here on their albums get more complex, experimental, artistic, mature and nuanced. All of which are great albums. Their next album, Kid A, is their most experimental album and a big departure from their first three. It's also my personal favorite of their entire catalogue and one of my personal favorite albums of all time. Possibly my favorite but it's hard to pick a single favorite when you have between three and four hundred albums in your mind and counting. Many of which being masterpieces. Judging by your impressive collection I'm sure you can understand what I mean. Kid A is one that takes many listens to fully appreciate due to it's overall depth and complexity. Due to this most people aren't sure what to think upon first hearing it but after subsequent listens they end up connecting with it and realizing it's brilliance. It's one that grows and grows on you over time. Make sure to give it your undivided attention and be open minded when you listen to it. Also read up on it before hand to get an idea of it's concepts as they can be difficult to discern at first but are very clever and meaningful. (It's artwork is also the best of any of their albums.) * I also just wanted to say that I completely understand and appreciate what you said about being able to connect better to art than people growing up as I was the same way. My childhood was very abusive which led to me being an introvert and loner in school. I just didn't like people very much for a lot of my life. That led me to diving heavily into music from an early age forward and allowed me to develop a deep understanding of it and art as a whole. I was always looking for the next best thing. Steering away from pop music, for the most part, and looking for those hidden gems that touch the subtle emotional parts of my mind that are either rarely reached or I didn't know were there previously. *Kid A* is one of those albums. Same with *In Rainbows* . *Recommendations:* Also some lesser known albums you may or may not have heard of like *Fever Ray (2009 self titled)* (the first solo album by Karin Dreijer Anderson) and *Boards of Canada's* album's *Geogaddi* and *Music has the Right to Children* , which are also seated in my top ten of all time. Some of the very best experimental electronic ambient music I've ever heard in my life right there (as I'm very well versed in the genre). If you're not familiar, do yourself a massive favor and check those out. Just understand they are in the genre of experimental/electronic/ambient. They are life changing works which have the ability to further open the mind to just what music is capable of and where it can go emotionally. A couple other seriously great albums by *Boards of Canada* are *The Campfire Headphase* , *Trans Canada Highway* and *A Beautiful Place Out in the Country* . They are true masterpieces of the genre and highly sought out by vinyl collectors and music lovers. Seriously brilliant stuff but *Geogaddi* and *Music Has the Right to Children* should be heard first. I'd love to see and hear your reactions to these at some point if you're so intrigued. out of everything I've heard in my life these two artists are the ones I suggest to you. While they are a bit different I think you'll be able to understand why I chose them. As far as *Fever Ray* is concerned the first, self titled album is by and far the best one and the only one by her I submit. Please consider these recommendations. * Great video by the way. Really enjoyed it. I just subscribed and look forward to going through your videos and seeing what else you have to offer.

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Thanks so much for your thoughtful response. I'm glad to see I was able to generate such an amazing comment, welcome to Vinyl Junkies

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@@VinylJunkies666 Thank you. And check out that Fever Ray album. (Self titled) It, as well as the others I mentioned, is in my personal top 10.

[@renison47]

well... i completely broke down in furious tears along with him with that transition from Exit Music to Let Down when Thom sings "And when it comes it's so, so disappointing..." Yikes... maybe it's the PTSD but sometimes you forget how emotionally powerful radiohead can be.

[@joshshrum2764]

renison47 Radiohead is super emotional.

[@pitcherrendon]

So glad I found your channel. So genuine man. I felt like I really connected to you and I wish I was present during the livestream. So happy KZbin left it up. Im sure you had to go through some trouble to keep it up but i appreciate you. I now feel the anticipation you felt for radiohead for watching your next video. P.S, not just 55, but 386,000 of us. Cheers brotha

[@jerrybush254]

So good man. Seriously. How'd I sleep on this channel? You've got heart man. I'm a big Radiohead fan. Now I'm a big Vinyl Junkie fan. I feel the same about this music. Kid A saved my life.

[@evanhouston7246]

Somehow this is still up, and I'm loving it!

[@kingbee1971]

This album means so much to me. So many meaningful life moments have been framed by songs on OKC. Example: I remember playing the album the first night in my new apartment after splitting up with my life partner. I was broken, devastated and felt truly disconnected from reality. Scared. I put on OKC, rolled a joint, opened a window over the street below, turned off the lights, sat down and listened. During Let Down I suddenly found myself being serenaded by a group of young fans as they passed by under my window. It was at that moment, listening to a group of strangers singing my favorite song off the album, that I knew I'd be whole again. At that moment everything was perfect, no regrets about the past and no anxiety about the future. "For a minute there / I lost myself". Thank you, Radiohead and the group of fans who brought me back from a pit of despair. And thank you Vinyl Junkies for the memories. Peace✌

[@nikolairbw01]

i love watching people hear life changingly good music for the first time,,, well done sir!

[@VinylJunkies666]

Thanks Nikolai. Welcome to our channel