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Wysp
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Canada2299 Posts
June 13 2006 09:18 GMT
#1
Why is "The National Anthem" such a favorite? I love Radiohead but this one just makes my hears hurt.

an overdeveloped sense of self preservation
Wysp
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Canada2299 Posts
June 13 2006 09:42 GMT
#2
Searched for Radiohead and found this...

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=22196#11

*boggle
an overdeveloped sense of self preservation
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
June 13 2006 09:50 GMT
#3
That's one person. I don't know a single other person who would put that in their top 10 radiohead songs.

Kind of a stupid question, really. People have different tastes. It's been that way for quite some time now.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
Wysp
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Canada2299 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-06-13 09:53:43
June 13 2006 09:53 GMT
#4
No, it really is quite boggling. After reading concert reviews, the pitchfork and many other reviews (mainly in boredom) it always seems that this song gets the best response.

I know TL has a large base of radiohead fans and I was hoping for someone who could explain what makes this song so popular.
an overdeveloped sense of self preservation
Chibi[OWNS]
Profile Joined May 2003
United Kingdom10597 Posts
June 13 2006 09:54 GMT
#5
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a-game
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Canada5214 Posts
June 13 2006 10:07 GMT
#6
i do like that song, however your question is impossible to answer. why do some guys prefer blondes? because they are predisposed towards blondes.. some things are just like that
you wouldnt feel that way if it was *your* magical sword of mantouchery that got stolen - racebannon
Wysp
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Canada2299 Posts
June 13 2006 10:14 GMT
#7
uhh? Its possible to explain why you like a song...

But I see this has turned into a "this thread is irrelevent" thread, so I will stop defending it.
an overdeveloped sense of self preservation
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
June 13 2006 10:18 GMT
#8
Pitchfork's latest concert review mentions the song's name, but that's about it.

They didn't even play the song during the concert in Rolling Stone's latest review.

Maybe you could link me to the reviews you read.

Also, the song isn't that bad. What about it don't you like?
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
Wysp
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Canada2299 Posts
June 13 2006 10:25 GMT
#9
its bass bleets on until your ears burn and degrads into screeching horns.

I was very envious of a friend who went to Montreal for a radiohead concert so I read many of the reviews here: http://www.greenplastic.com/tourdates.php

"The crowd went wild when 'The National Anthem' started." The more I looked into crowd favorites and song reviews it just seemed this track kept on coming up.
an overdeveloped sense of self preservation
SchOOl_VicTIm
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Greece2394 Posts
June 13 2006 10:54 GMT
#10
bass sound just owns badly :D
mrmin123 *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Korea (South)2971 Posts
June 13 2006 11:46 GMT
#11
I like The National Anthem because it's just so out there. The music itself and the vocals blend together perfectly in a screeching, nonsensical way. There is no order, no harmony, just a cacophony of sounds that together build up into this brilliant nonstop audible sensation, that abruptly breaks down to a more mellowed down version of itself into a confusing finale.

Yet everything somehow makes sense.
Translator태양은 묘지위에 붉게 떠오르고 / 한낮에 찌는 더위는 나의 시련 일찌라!
mrmin123 *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Korea (South)2971 Posts
June 13 2006 11:46 GMT
#12
That said I can't say it's one of my top 10 radiohead songs.
Translator태양은 묘지위에 붉게 떠오르고 / 한낮에 찌는 더위는 나의 시련 일찌라!
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
June 13 2006 11:47 GMT
#13
On June 13 2006 20:46 mrmin123 wrote:
That said I can't say it's one of my top 10 radiohead songs.


What are your top 10?
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
June 13 2006 11:59 GMT
#14
1. Life in a Glass House - Amnesiac
2. Paranoid Android - OK Computer
3. I Want None of This - Help: A Day in the Life
4. Lucky - OK Computer
5. Fake Plastic Trees - The Bends
6. True Love Waits - I Might Be Wrong
7. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - The Bends
8. Karma Police - OK Computer
9. Exit Music (For a Film) - OK Computer
10. There There - Hail to the Thief

Those are mine I think.

There are more that are close, such as Pearly and Like Spinning Plates off of I Might Be Wrong, but only 10 spots is T_T.

I can't help but feel like I'm missing a couple though.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
a-game
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Canada5214 Posts
June 13 2006 12:00 GMT
#15
On June 13 2006 20:46 mrmin123 wrote:
I like The National Anthem because it's just so out there. The music itself and the vocals blend together perfectly in a screeching, nonsensical way. There is no order, no harmony, just a cacophony of sounds that together build up into this brilliant nonstop audible sensation, that abruptly breaks down to a more mellowed down version of itself into a confusing finale.

Yet everything somehow makes sense.

lol wtf it's not classical music bro, these guys are far from deserving the kind of masterpiece-esque dissection you just gave that song.

it's a few guys smoking pot and jamming, and that's all it should be digested as. my lord.
you wouldnt feel that way if it was *your* magical sword of mantouchery that got stolen - racebannon
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
June 13 2006 12:01 GMT
#16
On June 13 2006 21:00 a-game wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 13 2006 20:46 mrmin123 wrote:
I like The National Anthem because it's just so out there. The music itself and the vocals blend together perfectly in a screeching, nonsensical way. There is no order, no harmony, just a cacophony of sounds that together build up into this brilliant nonstop audible sensation, that abruptly breaks down to a more mellowed down version of itself into a confusing finale.

Yet everything somehow makes sense.

lol wtf it's not classical music bro, these guys are far from deserving the kind of masterpiece-esque dissection you just gave that song.

it's a few guys smoking pot and jamming, and that's all it should be digested as. my lord.


my lord. what a stupid post.

my lord.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
a-game
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Canada5214 Posts
June 13 2006 12:02 GMT
#17
nice retort
you wouldnt feel that way if it was *your* magical sword of mantouchery that got stolen - racebannon
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
June 13 2006 12:03 GMT
#18
On June 13 2006 21:02 a-game wrote:
nice retort


Well part of me thinks you're just another trolling, flame-baiting jerkoff, so I'm not gonna really try.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
June 13 2006 12:09 GMT
#19
wow what is it with you and stupid statements, guys who smoke pot and "jam" are mostly classified under a category called, "jam" bands. radiohead is from britain, they sing about suburbia among other things,
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
June 13 2006 12:09 GMT
#20
a-game STOP MAKING STUPID FUCKING COMMENTS AND THINK YOURE RIGHT
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