The BEST album of ALL TIME? - Ok Computer by Radiohead Reaction

[@garethcampbell8415]

This is such an amazing album! I’m so happy you’re finally doing a reaction to it! If you’re interested in doing more Radiohead, I cannot recommend In Rainbows enough.

[@nachobusinezzreacts]

Ooooo I’m gonna trust you and take your words for rainbows. I’ll be doing a reaction soon. Thank you for your support dude! And i really hope you enjoyed the video😁

[@pawTheVillain]

19:14 this album was made in 1997. it’s mostly about two things: isolation/loneliness and the advancement of technology in the late 90s thom yorke basically felt that way

[@263hamza]

Thats a mellotron on Exit Music not a real choir, good catch. The insane thing about this album is that almost each song is going to be a favourite of certain fans. The soundscape of this album is so deep that many of these songs will bring you back even if the first listen it doesn't feel that way (Let Down). Also I'm seeing a lot of people come back to this album beacuse simply put it's crucially relevant to the times and will continue to do so in the upcoming era.

[@adeptgopnik]

Let Down has been my fave on this album for many years now. It wasnt at first, but it grew more and more on me. I liked it the first time, but I love it now.

[@99Stutz]

Not to dunk on anyone but it's like, obviously not human, isn't it? I always just assumed it was a keyboard synth effect thing or something, but I was surprised he couldn't tell that right away

[@burnedmozzarella]

​@@99Stutz it is, it's from mellotron synthesizer

[@happycrimson]

it's always interesting to me hearing people's first reaction to let down. it seems like everyone feels that it's kind of just okay (relative to the rest of the album, that is) at first but then later comes to like it as one of the best on the album. it's somewhat odd because it's not like the chorus or verses are so complex that they go over everybody's head; i think it's just a lot of subtleties within the song that make it super beautiful the more you listen to it.

[@adotlex101]

It’s my favourite on OK Computer for sure!

[@AbbyMom100]

Absolutely. Let Down is one of Radiohead's best songs ever....one of many, but the best on this album.

[@leahduff9717]

It's the harmonies and the lyrics that are so beautiful and they make me tear up every time and then the build up at the end and I'm done

[@Walterwhite-of6nc]

I used to skip let down when I listened to ok computer, now I skip to let down!

[@happycrimson]

@@Walterwhite-of6nc wow walter i didnt know you were a radiohead fan!

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

I was 14 when this album came out. I remember listening to it and being absolutely blown away. There was nothing even remotely close to this sound in 97. I have argued that this is their best album for years, and I'm glad that after 26 years people are finally giving this album the respect it deserves. I think this album needed to marinate so people could see just how ahead of it's time this album was. I love the galactic sounds throughout the album.

[@Jakeyisdead]

If OK Computer was released today it would still be ahead of its time in my opinion I was 16-17 when I first listened to it which would be 2016-17 and I had never heard anything like it and still haven't

[@eitanaltman158]

Finally giving it the respect? This album has been hailed as a classic since it was released 😂

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

@@eitanaltman158 Not exactly. Radiohead fans thought it was a great album. Nobody had any idea how influential this album would actually be. I think it's substantially more appreciated now than it was when it was released.

[@ROArecords2]

Karma Police (to my understanding) is about a character judging others for their "social crimes" and then realizing at the end "whew, for a minute there I lost myself" that by being judgemental, they were just as guilty.

[@jaytravtulsa1]

Yes. They were in LA and their manager sent them out to the trendy clubs of the day to be seen among “the beautiful people”. As you can imagine, they didn’t fit in and it didn’t go well - RH wasn’t built to play the fame game. One particularly painful moment for Thom was getting blown off by a hot model with a short, choppy hairdo 😉

[@enygma7725]

Omg today I thought like: "What if I left a comment recommending Ok Computer to Nacho, maybe he'll look into it", and you posted this video damn...

[@nachobusinezzreacts]

NO WAY DUDE😂 i read your mind… I got powers like that😎 enjoy the vid dude🫶

[@infertype]

If I recall correctly, the “choir” on Exit Music (For a Film) are “samples” used on a Mellotron (very early sampler that used tape loops).

[@Straaaayyyy]

I really started to love this album when I understood the meaning and context of each song, the amount of little details here is crazy, mini musical metaphors that add a lot to the meaning like blip blops in the end of let down that imitate the collapse of a machine, or how Thom yorke sings about surviving a car crash in the opener song ‘airbag’ and in the final song ‘The tourist’ he says to past version of himself ‘hey man slow down’

[@wnk1984]

Thanks for your reaction, brother! I remember I first listened to this album back in 2004 when I was 19 years old and it absolutely blew my mind! When you said it gives you a feeling you've never felt before, I felt the exact same way. This album is a true masterpiece and it very well may be the greatest album ever made, in my opinion.

[@garethcampbell8415]

I'm surprised a little about your comment about relistenability for Let Down, just because every time I listen to it, I hear something new. It's also sort of become a comfort song for me, just because of the sad but slightly hopeful vibe. I'm glad you enjoyed listening to it, though!

[@trentboyd5919]

Same

[@nachobusinezzreacts]

You know, it might just be me. Sometimes I gotta listen to songs multiple times in order to actually like it and enjoy. I’m gonna go back and listen to it again see if anything changes, but I appreciate you watching the video and supporting! Much love!😁🫶

[@garethcampbell8415]

@@nachobusinezzreacts Don’t worry about it! Looking back on it, your reaction is actually pretty close to my first one when I listened to it. It only really clicked for me on my sixth or seventh listen to the album.

[@obsidianman50]

@@nachobusinezzreacts Its totally fine to have those reactions. Let Down honestly took me a few years from when I had first listened to OKC to when I started to strongly enjoy it and the same goes for many of their songs that the fans love, like "Nude" from In Rainbows which I can now see why is a top tier song but took me a while. For Let Down I find the built up to the cathartic end and the lush soundscape that comes with the outro to be most addicting, and is what eventually hooked me. But not everyone is bound to like these songs first go, or ever.

[@abananainspace]

Let down went unnoticed for me the first several times I listened to the album, but it has since become my favorite track of all time of any album or band. It's so apparently simple but has a million of complex subtleties that one doesn't really notice at first. The 5/4 time signature of the electric guitars against the 4/4 of the rest of elements, with all the subtle harmonic changes that it entails, all the amount of layering, the beautifully sad lyrics, vocal harmonies, the other-wordly climax of the song, the twinkling computer bleeps on both the left and right channels and how they contrast against the acoustic guitar during the outro, superimposing the human and the digital. All of which contributes to the emotional impact without feeling over the top. It's a masterpiece, but needs a bit of time to be appreciated

[@lilrobbie2k]

Exit Music (For a Film) was written for the 1996 movie Romeo and Juliet w/ Leonardo Di Caprio. While Radiohead were on tour with Alanis Morissette, Baz Luhrmann, who directed the movie, sent them a tape of the last part of the film and asked them to write some music for the closing credits (hence the name "exit music").

[@deeplyblue7299]

Paranoid android was 3 different songs coming into one but the feeling is the same it's the anxiety from being around people who are so deep into their own bs and superficial phony crap reaching it's most alarming moment when Yorke witnesses that woman losing her shit when someone spilled a drink on her . The entire chaos is happening with some looking and some going about their business normalizing something he feels is abnormal.

[@FSquid]

Well now you have to listen to their follow up album Kid A. OKC made a huge splash in the music world when it came out and everyone was wondering if Radiohead could do it again. Kid A surprised everybody by not only proving that OKC wasn't a fluke, but because it was also so different. Releasing Kid A after OKC was one of those special unique moments in music that had people talking. You can recreate some of that for yourself if you've never heard the two albums. Listen to OKC first (as you've done), let it marinate for a bit and get familiar with it, then listen to Kid A. The drastic turn in sound with no loss in the quality of the music is a very cool and interesting experience. It's part of what made Radiohead such a big deal and gave them the reputation that they have.

[@infertype]

The sound at the beginning of Paranoid Android is a digital metronome. If you were in a DAW and had it set up to do a one bar countdown before recording, that’s what you’d hear.

[@jawadali4530]

This has probably already been mentioned, Black Mirror makes perfect use of Exit Music on their episode called shut up and dance… it will leave you haunted and speechless for days

[@noor6668]

A really great episode that utilizes Exit Music (For A Film) is the episode Shut Up And Dance from Black Mirror (season 3 episode 3). The song was written for Romeo & Juliet but I think it was only used in the credits and not in an actual scene. So Black Mirror is a great alternative.

[@cathyaldridge4550]

But Baz Lurrman's Romeo + Juliet is amazing. Maybe watch both.

[@yuanyi89]

LET DOWN is my favourite on this album. It´s so beautiful, that part where he sings on stereo omggg goosebumps every single time since 1997

[@yuanyi89]

your description of the tracks is weird? it has 2 guitars at the same time but on different tempos, you cant sing to it.. and saying that the chord progressions are simple is just wrong, they are super complex and many songs change tempos midway using really unusual time signatures like 1/7 or 1/5, lots of sus chords and leftfield but they make it sound natural, hence why you think its simple.

[@yuanyi89]

THIS ALBUM IS PERFECTION. And a grower, if you liked it now..when you know every detail it becomes even better

[@JonMatthias]

Dude at @19:25 you nailed the concept of the whole album. Thom was envisioning a society dictated by technology. Exactly where we are today. This album is 26 years old.

[@infertype]

The “lasso” on the left ear sounds to me like a filter sweep with the input being white noise.

[@chaosmos24]

Airbag has to be one of the best album openers of all time. Epic way to start off.

[@jorgekech]

let down have alot replay value

[@paulkaufmann6546]

Id even say that you have to hear it a few times till you fully get it... at least it was this way for me. At first I thought it was nice, but far behind paranoid android and exit music (for example), but now its one of my favourite songs of all time, and a really emotional one too.

[@ninjadeathpoet8181]

This is my ring tone, so yes, it has a lot of replay value for me

[@satriaagungkalirasa3587]

@@paulkaufmann6546 that A4 head voice at the end is hits really hard

[@Toastrodamus]

I gotta respect a dude who will just show his entire media library on youtube for the length of a radiohead album. That's some heroic bravery

[@infertype]

The piano on Subterranean Homesick Alien that you mention is a Fender Rhodes Piano.

[@MrMurph73]

trust me...Let Down will become possibly your favourite tracks. Nobody is crazy about it at first. Mark my words

[@the_oslovian]

In Rainbows is the greatest album of all time, but this one is definitely top 3 of Radiohead albums and I was 17 and had my first boyfriend when this came out, so it is directly hooked up to my nervesystem. ❤ I still discover details!

[@po5283]

Best way I think to describe Radiohead, is existential crisis in musical form. A great many of their tracks are based off of the bands experiences and observations, whether regarding their rise to fame and musical careers, personal experiences, like with the track Airbag, being about an auto wreck that Tom Yorke was in, or about society as a whole with tracks like No Surprises and Fake Plastic Trees off their album The Bends. Another album that's definitely worth a listen, one of the greatest aspects of going through their discography is hearing their incredible evolution and experimentation.

[@grantbreslin8095]

Was waiting for this one bro💀

[@nachobusinezzreacts]

LMAO NO WAY BRO💀 I got your frank ocean cooking up😎

[@MrMurph73]

The lyrics of this album are 50% of its magic. Don't get so hung up on what they mean. They're just painting a picture - creating a vibe.

[@fraser-b3494]

Exit Music (For a Film) was written for the film Romeo and Juliet with DiCaprio and Danes

[@StephenReid-hk8hs]

The noise in the background that you hear in Exit music is children playing and being played backwards 👍

[@deeplyblue7299]

Subterranean homesick alien is about wanting to be taken away from this world because of how unhappy he is on earth even if it means being around beings that are unknown to him ...because earth is no longer a place he can call home.

[@ayamurayama3961]

Years later Elon is trying to take humans to mars to live there

[@deeplyblue7299]

@@ayamurayama3961 But first he will kill a few with his self driving cars

[@aternias]

My favorite album of all time, nothing comes close.

[@xx_flame_xxX]

one of my fave albums!

[@ejtoudt3161]

Karma Police meaning... The title lyric originates from an inside joke; the members of Radiohead would threaten to call the "karma police" if someone did something bad. Yorke explained that the song was about stress and "having people looking at you in that certain [malicious] way".

[@Fracpop]

Your comments are understandable even if the no replay value bit was very wide of the mark. To be fair it took me probably 25-30 listens before I realised Let Down is one of the greatest songs ever written.

[@maxmitchell4013]

The first time I heard Exit music, there where tears streaming down my face. Most beautiful song of all time in my humble opinion.

[@DavidTate-nn5ie]

We cannot ever say 'the best' about almost anything. Best to include the caveat 'One of ... '

[@RazbaqueDirge]

"I don't see much replay value in [Let Down]..." Hang around for a few more decades.

[@jacquesjrviens3384]

My 3 favourite albums of all time : Ok Computer (Radiohead) Moving Pictures (Rush) and The wall (Pink Floyd). Perfect records all 3 of them.

[@o5liviate]

incredible album! one of my favs by radiohead 🥰🥰🥰

[@nachobusinezzreacts]

ANNNAAAAAAA! I hope you enjoyed the video dude! Super happy to see you around here again🫶

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

We pierce holes in ourselves for adornments

[@lukecantwell7271]

Easy sub man, great reaction!!

[@jameshannagan4256]

Other than Radioheads second album which is almost a greatest hits record, all their albums require multiple listens to digest and you my find that many of the songs you did not like much on first listen become your favorites.

[@ptentacle1]

Dude, Let Down is possibly the best and most musically complex songs that Radiohead has ever written (and possibly one of the most complex pop/rock songs ever written). The genius is in how you don't notice. Just try and follow the guitar paterns as they layer and fit in to the rhythm, it's nearly impossible to do in your head. Musicologists have been trying to break this song down for over two decades. Give it some credit.

[@irishpaul3129]

It took me a few listens too I'll admit - but Let Down is one of the best songs I've ever heard - transcendent

[@Arey0187]

Dude, you don't get it, Let Down is a timeless classic. I hope some day will come and you " gonna grow wings" and there will be "a chemical reaction".

[@jameshannagan4256]

It was one of my least favorites the first time I listened to it as well it took multiple listens to appreciate (like a lot of their music to be fair).

[@jessemarshall5488]

@@jameshannagan4256yeah same. I don’t know what happened. The first time I listened to Let Down I wasn’t a big fan but now I come back to it again and again

[@jameshannagan4256]

@@jessemarshall5488 That happens with Radiohead more than any band by far for me. On almost all their albums there are songs I love now that I was not crazy about at all on first couple of listens Weird Fishes,Sit Down Stand Up, House Of Cards, Morning Bell and You And Whose Army and Packt Like Sardines In a Crushed Tin Box to name a few.

[@captgeech]

@@jameshannagan4256 Let Down is like the epitome of that kind of song. It has become an entirely different thing for me from the first time I ever heard it. A lot of my favorite music ever is that way as well, a lot of Radiohead, and a lot of Wilco.

[@adeptgopnik]

Definitely Radiohead at their peak at this time imo. I saw them a few times in this era and they recreated the albums pretty damn closely too which was amazing to see. The last time I saw them was at Coachella 2004 which there is a YT video of. Thom Yorke was sick with something, but they were still great.

[@alineSann]

YEAHH!! Really hope you listen to their album The Bends, it was the one before OKComputer but it's still incredibly good! Has some real gems like Just, My Iron Lung, (Nice Dream), Fake Plastic Trees and Street Spirit (Fade Out)! Hope you'll check it out at some point :)

[@mikeyben7]

Exit Music For a Film is easily one of the best songs ever❤

[@enygma7725]

I have to say, I didn't really enjoy this album when I listened to it for the first time, but it has kinda grown on me. I was curious to your reaction to it because to me this was nothing compared to MCR when I found it, but I kinda separate them now I guess. Also I have to say that I would still want to see your reaction to the album even if you didn't like it, to see what exactly would make you dislike it and maybe even learn more about what I think of the album myself. Just wanted to say that I would totally understand if you posted a reaction to an album that you wouldn't like, as long as you are giving your honest thoughts it will always be interesting to explore diferent opinions. We can't forget that no one likes every style of music.

[@Jakeyisdead]

My Chem is my favourite band but I think this is a better album even though The Black Parade is my favourite album. I didn't like OK Computer when I first heard it or the 3rd or 4th but something about it made me feel like there was something there I wasn't getting and when I got it I was blown away

[@liadcohen8327]

Do you mind if I ask how old you are? Just curious. Even comparing this to MCR and putting them in the same stratosphere of music is wild to me so I'm wondering if it's a generational thing.

[@Jakeyisdead]

@@liadcohen8327 Idk if you're asking me or the first comment but I'm 23 but I think the black parade is an all timer album

[@liadcohen8327]

@@Jakeyisdead that explains a lot. I think you missed out on what OK Computer was when it came out. It was paradigm changing. It's not something you compare to Black Parade. As good as you think Black Parade is, it isn't even in the same universe of greatness as OK Computer.

[@aternias]

“all the unborn chicken voices in my head” is because Thom is a vegetarian/vegan and the food industry’s treatment of animals haunts him

[@footckeyball]

That isn't true at all. Yorke has said explicitly that the line is about an experience he had at a crowded bar

[@ginafragata2947]

It's an amazing human bein amazing ❤😂loves this band forevet

[@John.Christopher]

lol idk where you dreamt this up but it made me laugh - thank you

[@paystation4pro15]

Lmaooo

[@Spudz76]

Paranoid Android is how the Cheesecake Factory menu makes me feel. the panic, the vomit, the panic, the vomit

[@Spudz76]

(yuppies networking)

[@ginafragata2947]

Best álbum ever time ooh yess 😂❤

[@deprincylanz220]

exit music is song for Romeo and Juliet... i think...

[@somadood]

great stuff

[@edgarsonora9346]

where’s the minute man

[@loisrabies8713]

There is no average song on this album they are all the best to me.

[@jameshannagan4256]

To a lot of people this is not even their best album it sits at two for me but there are a couple of others that are really close to each other in the top 5.

[@AngeloAbela]

You should listen to The Shape of Punk to Come by Refused. I'm sure you'll enjoy that

[@quynnyyy]

this is an amazing album, my first listen was literally life changing you should listen to more radtiohead for sure ! (black parade will aways be on top tho tbh)

[@nachobusinezzreacts]

dude i don’t think anything Can top the black parade for me. Greatest album of all time for sure, but this was for sure up there as well. Hope you were able to enjoy the video and thank you for your support!😄

[@quynnyyy]

@@nachobusinezzreacts of course! keep up the great work

[@zangin]

47:20. You’re right.

[@gavinoleary4550]

Incredible album but in my opinion it’s there 3rd best album.. In Rainbows and Kid A are better.. you should do both, you’ll love them

[@adamherman3976]

Play final fantasy and you’ll hear the orchestra

[@garethcampbell8415]

I’m pretty sure that this album is about a guy who looks down on society and all the songs are in his cynical point of view. Except Exit Music (For A Film), which was written for the 90s Romeo and Juliet that starred Leonardo DiCaprio.

[@ifym900]

İt is indeed the best Album

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

Btw KARMAPOLICE was a song about nothing, like a Seinfeld episode

[@itsmedrooms6071]

Claire Fisher liked it.

[@dbaileyosu]

You’ll need to be lying down when you review Kid A, otherwise you may pass out

[@rohnnyjotten3985]

Its not a hit on society at the time, its a hit on society now, what we have become, over-reliant on tech, addicted to social media with non-existent attention spans, out for ourselves... hes describing NOT wanting to become that, and they wrote it in 1997 !!! when 90% of people didn't even have a home Internet connection and if they did it was 56k dial-up !! They seen it coming and warned us ! Look, I'm not going to be over critical of some of your reaction and how you interpret it but you are missing so much... Most Radiohead albums (if not all of them) are so textured the they need a few listens, you were missing intricit (sic?) guitar work with 3 guitars going at once and playing all around each other, you were also confusing a lot of Jonnys guitar as keyboards, synths or just noises, you will pick up on them if you listen a couple of more times. This album becomes more rewarding the more times you hear it, thats the mark of a classic, because of that it stands the test of time. I enjoyed your reaction, I wll defo be back for part 2. 👍

[@nachobusinezzreacts]

Hey what’s up dude! I really appreciate the criticism! Believe it or not, it gives me another perspective for when I listen to part 2 of the album and I can start to figure out the band a bit more. I’ve never listened to Radiohead apart from the song creep, so these are complete new waters for me but I gotta say… ITS FREAKING AMAZING. And i was thinking that he was talking about the future and saw it coming but I wasn’t sure cause that’s very strange and uncommon for people in general to be able to do. Let me tell you… they did it PERFECTLY. I almost didn’t believe it was released before the 2000s. Once again, I appreciate you criticism and I’ll be soon you soon I’m part 2. Much love!😁🫶

[@sydIRISH]

True. radioehead is always decades ahead

[@infertype]

Paranoid Android is the best five songs on the album. 😂 All the rest are nearly as good, though.

[@justturki2519]

let down underrated

[@SalvadorJoli]

Let down is the greatest ever and has the most replay value. Nearly goaded me into a thumbs down, but I'll forgive, lol

[@nachobusinezzreacts]

CHILLLLLL LOL! Check out part 2! I went back to listen to it again and it had a lot of replay value. Sometimes I need a few replays to really catch the vibe of it. I’m glad that you watched the video tho, we all got different opinions. 😁🫶

[@SalvadorJoli]

@@nachobusinezzreacts I'm just playing. I think it took around 3 years before that song finally sunk in for me. Then I thought it was like this weird little song that only I thought was such a masterpiece until I found the endless meme of "let down is underrated" so ur still ahead of me if you're getting there on second listen. Granted I was 16 at the time, but still :)

[@tomw4322]

Paranoid Android is the pinnacle though

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

#Tranzīshīnz Lateralus album next lol

[@kidamnesiac1724]

Paranoid Android is the greatest rock song of all time.

[@yannhollister9091]

it's a good album but they have better ones : In Rainbows, Kid A. It's a bit overrated if you ask me.

[@ayamurayama3961]

crazy statement with overrated. Definitely properly rated not over imo

[@JMoney_TheGangster]

Fun fact: Any piece of popular media is overrated. There will always be that group of people that rate something more than it deserves

[@yannhollister9091]

@@ayamurayama3961 i guess it's all a matter of taste in the end, i never really connected with this one. I even prefer The Bends.

[@ceviss]

​@@yannhollister9091Nah, the bends is OVERRATED

[@kingshawukee]

Good video.. besides too much pausing during the songs.

[@ginafragata2947]

Hes a vegeterian 😂❤ok

[@DMegaTronMD]

Just started, 20 seconds in... Ok Computer is my all time favorite album. And I'm definitely not the biggest Radiohead fan. For me, the most incredible hour of music I've ever heard.