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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’

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...

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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").

let down have alot replay value

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).

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Was waiting for this one bro💀

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

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.

Easy sub man, great reaction!!

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!

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.

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

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 :)

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

My favorite album of all time, nothing comes close.

one of my fave albums!

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

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.

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

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".

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.

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

great stuff

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

We pierce holes in ourselves for adornments

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

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

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)

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

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

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".

47:20. You’re right.

where’s the minute man

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

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

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.

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

let down underrated

“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

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.

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. 👍

İt is indeed the best Album

Claire Fisher liked it.

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

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

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

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

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

#Tranzīshīnz Lateralus album next lol

Paranoid Android is the greatest rock song of all time.

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

Maybe not of 'all time'. But one of the best albums of the '90s, for sure.

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

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.