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I'll keep score. 1 song = 1 point. 2 songs = .5 points each, etc. For ease of counting, please no more than 4 songs.

Ready.......go!

Idioteque

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

No Surprises

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

subterranean homesick alien
the tourist
kid A
just

― rajeev (rajeev), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

national anthem
just
wolf at the door

― Roz (Roz), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

Idioteque

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

Like Spinning Plates

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

Arpeggi

― van nostrum (Buck Van Smack), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Everything In Its Right Place

― StanM, Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:21 (twenty years ago)

How To Disappear Completely

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:28 (twenty years ago)

idioteque
let down

― stewart downes (sdownes), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)

Everything in its right place
Idioteque
2+2=5
There There

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

Karma Police

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

the one where he's all miserable like his puppy dog died or something
the one that just drones on and on and on
the one that sounds like a beached whale doing primal scream therapy
that other one where he's all miserable and angsty

(not v. good with titles, sorry)

― Koens (Koens), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

let down

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

(not v. good with titles, sorry)

You're not very good at being funny either.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Saturday, 18 June 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

You're not very good at being funny either.

Yeah. What he said. And while we're at it, we don't like people only putting down three song titles. Having to add .333s to all the .25s increases my feelings of alienation and dread, just like Thom.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 18 June 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Like Spinning Plates

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Saturday, 18 June 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

Let Down

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 18 June 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

idioteque

― latebloomer: We kissy kiss in the rear view (latebloomer), Saturday, 18 June 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

Fake Plastic Trees
Idioteque
Let Down
The National Anthem

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Saturday, 18 June 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

Seems like it's Idioteque vs Let Down so far, no?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 18 June 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

And while we're at it, we don't like people only putting down three song titles. Having to add .333s to all the .25s increases my feelings of alienation and dread, just like Thom.

Okay, add "How to Disappear Completely" to mine then.

― Roz (Roz), Saturday, 18 June 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

idioteque

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 18 June 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

exit music

― a banana (alanbanana), Saturday, 18 June 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

there there
pyramid song
true love waits
paranoid android

...in that order

― Lee F# (fsharp), Saturday, 18 June 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

Just
No Suprises

Add the .333s last, btw.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Saturday, 18 June 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

Life in a Glasshouse

― Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 18 June 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

Kid A

― Maciej, Saturday, 18 June 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, that's good too.

― Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 18 June 2005 22:11 (twenty years ago)

The Tourist
Pyramid Song
There There
National Anthem

― David N (David N.), Saturday, 18 June 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

No Surprises

― Keith C (kcraw916), Sunday, 19 June 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)

Let Down

― Aaron A., Sunday, 19 June 2005 00:04 (twenty years ago)

Idioteque
Like Spinning Plates

― - (smile), Sunday, 19 June 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

Idiotheque!

― daria g (daria g), Sunday, 19 June 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

Lucky

― teekay, Sunday, 19 June 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

How To Disappear Completely
Kid A
Like Spinning Plates

― sleep (sleep), Sunday, 19 June 2005 06:08 (twenty years ago)

Idioteque

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Sunday, 19 June 2005 07:09 (twenty years ago)

how i made my millions

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Sunday, 19 June 2005 07:33 (twenty years ago)

pyramid song
kid a

― mark h, Sunday, 19 June 2005 09:23 (twenty years ago)

"No Surprises"

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Sunday, 19 June 2005 09:26 (twenty years ago)

Jim chooses very wisely. It pains me to answer this question but I'll go with "Like Spinning Plates".

― Deluxe (Damian), Sunday, 19 June 2005 09:27 (twenty years ago)

Idioteque
Talk Show Host
Karma Police
2+2=5

― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 19 June 2005 10:29 (twenty years ago)

not v. good with titles, sorry)
You're not very good at being funny either.

OTM

― Joris (rizzx), Sunday, 19 June 2005 10:32 (twenty years ago)

Paranoid Android
2+2=5

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 19 June 2005 11:07 (twenty years ago)

Wolf at the Door
Life in a Glass House
How to Disappear Completely
Worrywort

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Sunday, 19 June 2005 11:53 (twenty years ago)

No surprised indeed....the scores so far

Idioteque 7.75
Let Down 3.75
No Surprises 3.5
Like Spinning Plates 3.5
Kid A 2.25
How to Disappear Completely 2
Everything In Its Right Place 1.25
Karma Police 1.25
Life In A Glasshouse 1.25
Exit Music 1
Just 1
Pyramid Song 1
Arpeggi 1
Lucky 1
How I Made My Millions 1
national anthem .75
2+2=5 .75
there there .75
paranoid android .5
wolf at the door .5
true love waits .25
The Tourist .25
Talk Show Host .25
Fake Plastic Trees .25
subterranean homesick alien .25
the tourist .25
Worrywort .25

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Sunday, 19 June 2005 12:07 (twenty years ago)

Let down

― Marty Innerlogic (marty innerlogic), Sunday, 19 June 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

My two favorite Radiohead songs are running away with it. But I do not understand all the love for Kid A and Spinning Plates. Those are just too weird for me.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Sunday, 19 June 2005 13:00 (twenty years ago)

Everything in its Right Place

― Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 19 June 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

My Iron Lung
Just
Paranoid Android
No Surprises

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 19 June 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

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The latest scores. Idioteque in a landslide.

Idioteque 10
Let Down 5
Like Spinning Plates 4.75
No Surprises 4.25
Fake Plastic Trees 4
Everything In Its Right Place 3.50
Just 3.50
Exit Music 3
Kid A 2.75
How to Disappear Completely 2.50
Karma Police 1.25
Life In A Glasshouse 1.25
Pyramid Song 1.25
Lucky 1.25
Arpeggi 1
there there 1
paranoid android 1
High and Dry 1
Creep 1
Talk Show Host 1
How I Made My Millions 1
The Bends 1
national anthem .75
2+2=5 .75
Airbag: .75
The Tourist .75
subterranean homesick alien .50
wolf at the door .50
Electioneering .50
true love waits .50
Worrywort .25
My Iron Lung .25
You and Whose Army .25
Climbing Up The Walls .25
Myxamatosis .25
The Amazing Sounds of Orgy .25
Optimistic .25
Cutthroat .25

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 20 June 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

What does OPO mean?

― Nigel (Nigel), Monday, 20 June 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

Only Pick One

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 20 June 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

So, just your favorite Radiohead song (or four songs)?

― Nigel (Nigel), Monday, 20 June 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

Pick 1 and it will get 1 point on the scoreboard. Pick 4, each will count for .25 on the scoreboard. Pick 2, they each count for .5

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 20 June 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

paranoid android

how do you think Ed and Colin feel about their band's OPO not even including them (in a necessary way, i know they play a maraca and synth note, respectively)?

― Richard K (Richard K), Monday, 20 June 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

Just
True Love Waits
National Anthem

― Jimmy_tango, Monday, 20 June 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

Where I End and You Begin. (The Sky Is Falling In.)

― Making off like a lucky bandit / Kate (papa november), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)

how do you think Ed and Colin feel about their band's OPO not even including them (in a necessary way, i know they play a maraca and synth note, respectively)?

-- Richard K

i think ed does weirdo guitar ambience (in addition to maracas) on Idioteque that's pretty integral to the song (live at least). Colin though, he's playing a synth part that's a sample on the record, so yeah...

― La Monte (La Monte), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)

and i think that by 'kid a' the point was the record wasn't made by "five people playing guitars live in a room" but was created and arranged on computers - which they make it clear all the band were involved with. so it's likely they had creative influence, even if there isnt the sound of an instrument they played live on the final mix of the track.

― mark h (mark h), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 09:12 (twenty years ago)

There There
Paranoid Android
Exit Music
My Iron Lung

― Ian Kynnersley (Wobble), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

Mooie Ellebogen

― Paul Peters (Paul Peters), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)

Karma Police

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:00 (twenty years ago)

Oh and go on, I'll have There There as well.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:00 (twenty years ago)

I hate Let Down, it's the second worst track on OKC.

Idioteque? It's okay, not the best song they've ever done though.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

there there

― joe schmoe (joeschmoe), Friday, 21 October 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

pyramid song and optimistic

― panoptican, Saturday, 22 October 2005 02:26 (twenty years ago)

Well anything off of Kid A should be instantly thrown out, just a bunch of shit that is given grandious status by followers and pompous music critics because it is so "modern" and they are secretly in love with Thom Yorke, squinty eye and all. I would rather listen to forks being twirled in a blender.

So anyways, back to the question.

"Fake Plastic Trees" is a classic and more memorable than any other song Radiohead has done. Gots to be #1.

Oh wait let me be cool and dig out some obscure song from Hail To the Thief. "The Gloaming", yeah that song is so rad!

So to all the followers: Scott Tenorman would like to buy your pubes.

http://svott.com/mt/archives/scott_tenorman_chili.jpg

― Ned Ragg, Saturday, 22 October 2005 10:02 (twenty years ago)

"I'm a little piggy, here's my snout, oink oink oink, oink oink oink"

Pyramid Song

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Saturday, 22 October 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)

grandious

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 22 October 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

Since I have nothing intelligent to say I will pick apart ever spelling and gramatical error ever made on ilx forums. Oh yeah, it's on bitches!!!

http://www.unt.edu/benchmarks/archives/2001/october01/haloween.gif

― ioseph cotten, Saturday, 22 October 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

Right on D Latin. 'Let Down?' C'mon people.

A Wolf At The Door
Subterranean Homesick Alien
The Bends
Pyramid Song

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Saturday, 22 October 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

pyramid song

― ronny longjohns (ronny longjohns), Sunday, 23 October 2005 02:31 (twenty years ago)

Subterranean Homesick Alien
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Exit Music (For a Film)

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Monday, 24 October 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

airbag
polyethylene pt. 2

― 6335, Monday, 24 October 2005 05:45 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Idioteque, DUH

― adasdAQS (joeschmoe), Thursday, 10 November 2005 05:46 (twenty years ago)

Bishops Robes
Exit Music
Polyethaline
Kinetic

― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 10 November 2005 06:01 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

There There

― joe schmoe (joeschmoe), Thursday, 15 December 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

National Anthem by far. That horn section is ridiculous

― fres (joeschmoe), Friday, 16 December 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

adasdAQS OTM

― 31g (31g), Friday, 16 December 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

Amazing Sounds Of Orgy
Pyramid Song
In Limbo
Palo Alto

― mzui (mzui), Friday, 16 December 2005 11:19 (twenty years ago)

Alright, you juvenile delinquents...no more putting 3 songs down, it @#$@# the math.

Idioteque 12
Let Down 5
Fake Plastic Trees 5
Like Spinning Plates 4.75
Pyramid Song 4.75
No Surprises 4.25
there there 4.25
Just 4
Everything In Its Right Place 3.50
Exit Music 3.50
Kid A 2.75
How to Disappear Completely 2.50
Karma Police 2.25
paranoid android 2.25
national anthem 1.75
Life In A Glasshouse 1.25
subterranean homesick alien 1.25
The Bends 1.25
Airbag: 1.25
Lucky 1.25
Arpeggi 1
High and Dry 1
true love waits 1
Where You End And I Begin 1
Creep 1
Talk Show Host 1
How I Made My Millions 1
2+2=5 .75
The Tourist .75
Optimistic .75
wolf at the door .75
Electioneering .50
Motion Picture Soundtrack .50
My Iron Lung .50
The Amazing Sounds of Orgy .50
Polyethylene Part 2 .50
Polyethylene Part 1 .25
Bishop Robes .25
Kenetic .25
In Limbo .25
Worrywort .25
Palo Alto .25
You and Whose Army .25
Climbing Up The Walls .25
Myxamatosis .25
Cutthroat .25

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 16 December 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Let Down
Everything In It's Right Place
Talk Show Host
Kinetic

― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Friday, 16 December 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

like spinning plates

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 16 December 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

National Anthem

― Schade (Schade), Friday, 16 December 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)

There There

― The King of Flop Threads, Friday, 16 December 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

Everything In It's Right Place

― pisces (piscesx), Thursday, 29 June 2006 12:30 (nineteen years ago)

Motion Picture Soundtrack

― unnamedroffler (xave), Thursday, 29 June 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

There There
National Anthem

― Officer Pupp (Officer Pupp), Thursday, 29 June 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

Let Down

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Thursday, 29 June 2006 14:05 (nineteen years ago)

Everything in it's Right Place
Pyramid Song

― Josh Smart (smartypants), Thursday, 29 June 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

oh, and Paranoid Android
and There There, to make it even

― Josh Smart (smartypants), Thursday, 29 June 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

Idioteque
Karma Police
Paranoid Android
The National Anthem

I'm waiting to hear the studio version of "15 Step", because that could easily become a favorite.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Thursday, 29 June 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

That would be "Exit Music (For Films)".

Lots of great other songs too, but that one is so great there's no need mentioning anything else by them in this thread.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

seems timely.

hey maybe someone can update the maths from 13 posts above ^.

― pisces, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

"Like Spinning Plates"

― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 00:41 (eighteen years ago)

paranoid android

― gman, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 04:09 (eighteen years ago)

let down

― pinkie, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 14:59 (eighteen years ago)

lucky
climbing up the walls
there there
life in a glasshouse

― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:50 (eighteen years ago)

Planet Telex

― aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

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