Thom and Ed discuss Hail to the Thief and Nigel Godrich

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14 жыл бұрын

Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien talk to Dave Fanning about making Hail to the Thief, the album's politics and problems with editing, and working with a record company. They also discuss working with the mighty producer Nigel Godrich, as well as how their music has progressed but has not been part of a scene (they are working in a vacuum). Thom admits he couldn't work alone...he'd never finish anything!

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@redwallchannel 14 жыл бұрын

I like Thom's facial expression when the word "Creep" is mentioned.

@souljubilant12 7 жыл бұрын

Nigel is Radiohead! Mind blown!!!

@Jasonlimitless 7 жыл бұрын

Can't believe they're not that proud of Hail to the theif! It's an incredible record. Songs like we suck young blood and there there are some of radioheads best songs!

@DaHatBat 7 жыл бұрын

feel like people hate beacuse it was the most experimental record. every song sounded very different. i think its one of their best just cuz of how raw and unedited the whole album is

@conorallen100 7 жыл бұрын

GuitarParts101 I think it was that it came in between kid a and in rainbows and is generally just looked over

@rachelleg2257 7 жыл бұрын

totally agree!! Not to mention myxamotisis and backdrifts, two of my faves

@user-dy2nh8zn4b 6 жыл бұрын

clap hands A very good record, but far from their most experimental. I'd save that spot for Kid A or Amnesiac

@brandoncluff5588 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe it’s because I’m not much of an aficionado on album adhesion, but it bothers me that people dislike Hail to the Thief for all the songs sounding different. All the songs on White Album sound different and that’s considered legendary. Anyway I love Hail to the Thief. Wolf at the Door, Myxomatosis, and 2+2 are some of my favorite RH songs.

@captaindeadpool92 12 жыл бұрын

What does Ed do? Try removing his tracks from Radiohead songs and it sounds empty. He is the sole backing vocalist (Phil is not even audible live) and his guitar parts are extraordinarily tricky. He doesn't need awesome solo's to be a fantastic guitarist.

@nikkoXmercado 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, comment from 7 years ago.

@Matthew-zv8qe 4 жыл бұрын

Nikko M hi, comment from 6 months

@anjalansh 4 жыл бұрын

@@Matthew-zv8qe Hi, comment from 1 week ago.

@jackprigge4551 4 жыл бұрын

Ansh hi comment from 6 days ago

@adelluum9855 3 жыл бұрын

@@jackprigge4551 hi, comment from 5 months ago

@Lateralus347 12 жыл бұрын

I agree "I Will" is a little underrated I think, one of my faves off the album

@emeraldcelestial1058 2 жыл бұрын

@Nick Sounds too sober to me.

@willthrills666 12 жыл бұрын

I personally would love absolutely love to hear them discuss the making of myxomattosis jeeeeesus what a song! id expect some long story and to them its probably no big deal lol damn

@gpeddino 12 жыл бұрын

"That's pretty scary. Can you not work without him then?" "Hmm... Well... No." LOL

@prod6mill.512 6 жыл бұрын

The way thom says “personally” lmao

@bernlin2000 2 жыл бұрын

"The Gloaming" would have been a better album name, fits well with "The King of Limbs" (maybe Thom's attempt to eliminate the old title lol). It makes more sense with the rest of their catalog, but I think it was purposeful to distinguish the album: it had a raw quality that no other Radiohead album has ever quite achieved (or really aimed for).

@samirar1990 2 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who loves the album , hail to the thief It’s on freaking repeat for the last few weeks

@kidamnesiac6823 2 жыл бұрын

Hail to the thief will forever be Radiohead’s greatest album ever. As a Radiohead fan people always say Ok Computer is the best album ever or Kid A is the best album ever. I love both!!! They’re both amazing records but hail to the thief just hits me hard and have a strong emotional connection to that glorious protest album. Made during my birth year 2003 when Bush was destroying America and the government brought corruption at its worst and still terrible to this day war is happening rn in Russia and Ukraine and America is freaking out and I’m scared. Hail to the thief brings me comfort and joy everytime I listen to it. I can feel the raw aggressive protest lyrics and heavy experimental songcraft and each song is different, from rock to electronica to blues, RnB, everything in one album with a strong message that still holds up of today Hail to the thief is their greatest album ever made!!! ******My opinion*****

@UndertaleFan-cx2mc Жыл бұрын

I think The Bends is their greatest It really doesn't overcomplicate itself and I like that

@Freesia84 13 жыл бұрын

thom is cute when he smiles

@MurakamiTenshi 12 жыл бұрын

I bet Thom scowls inwardly at the mere mentioning of Creep

@adelluum9855 3 жыл бұрын

@Michael H. it isn't

@adelluum9855 3 жыл бұрын

@Michael H. creep? it isn't

@Blakep1991 12 жыл бұрын

My issue is that there are too many tracks, and that it doesn't flow together as well as some of the other albums. It's got incredible songs, but a few tracks get some listeners lost (Like myself). It's still amazing.

@benmeehan1111 4 жыл бұрын

3:58 weird, it’s like he’s talking about Ed’s solo album that’s just come out

@minervavargas7596 3 жыл бұрын

This is the time when I need subtitling I didn’t not understand a lot of the expressions used regarding the inspiration for some of your albums precisely Hail To The Thief.. I’m Mexican and my first language is Nahuatl

@bobby58585 12 жыл бұрын

If you were going to do that I would put in 'I will' in between 'the gloaming' and 'sail to the moon', great little track, when he sings "I won't let this happen to my children" it's electrifying. Really though, I think that it's perfect in the way the white album was a perfect sprawling mess.

@Vartex 13 жыл бұрын

5:24 bus rolls by the window, little did they know radiohead is in the house ahead!

@BronzeEleven 10 жыл бұрын

HTTT is their best work, love it up and down. A lot of tracks, sure, but unlike most people, I find every single track besides one I suppose (I Will) to be at least exceptional, and the majority of them to be sheer brilliance. Myxomatosis and Where I End are my two favorite Radiohead songs. Awesome stuff, and for the life of me I will never understand why so many people (including the band themselves, evidently) dislike it or think of it so low.

@brianlaudrupchannel 9 жыл бұрын

+Humes Knife HTTT is aeguable there best but im not that fond of the 2 electro tracks

@michaelfraser2119 7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't necessarily say it's their best work but it definitely is their best collection of songs not including compilation albums, aside from MAYBE OK Computer. The revised tracklist in my opinion flows much better and is one of their best works ever.

@jonny26281 5 жыл бұрын

I love I will... horses for courses I guess

@Christian-97 2 жыл бұрын

The album is great but a couple of tracks could be removed.

@johnqpublic2718 14 жыл бұрын

@Jaguar1M It truly is my favorite as well. Then again, I bought it the day it came out and it cemented my appreciation for the group. It's surprising to hear how artistically unhappy they are with it.

@jiffinbigles 12 жыл бұрын

Damn, good thing it wasn't edited well. My head would've probably exploded.

@chrissvitreoushumour 8 жыл бұрын

Why did they have to make The Gloaming 10x better after they put out HTTT?

@conson2431 7 жыл бұрын

I agree, the bass when The Gloaming is played live is amazing, so disappointing on the album version compared to it.

@bnlang898 4 жыл бұрын

it happens

@dontoverthink4766 2 жыл бұрын

yeah, and the drum machine on studio version hurts my ears.

@bobby58585 12 жыл бұрын

To clarify, he generally doesn't actually do the backing vocals on the albums. You are totally correct though.

@CFCMahomet Жыл бұрын

Interesting how vital a good producer is as editor.

@ryanorourke1606 4 жыл бұрын

Hail is my runner up to the bends

@Lateralus347 12 жыл бұрын

"please respond" /mu/? anyways, they didn't say they didn't like it, just that it's a little flawed and overstuffed, which i would agree with. Thom put out his own personal tracklisting of Hail to the Thief and it flows much better, here it is: 1. There There 2. The Gloaming 3. Sail to the Moon 4. Sit Down. Stand Up. 5. Go to Sleep 6. Where I End and You Begin 7. Scatterbrain 8. 2 + 2 = 5 9. Myxomatosis 10. A Wolf at the Door

@trojanpony 6 жыл бұрын

Lateralus347 Where did you see this?

@ecg8510 Жыл бұрын

Hail to the Thief is still my favorite Radiohead album

@Darkious 13 жыл бұрын

why do they keep saying the editing on HTTT is crap? it sounds friggin great to me

@bnlang898 4 жыл бұрын

artists are their own worst critics

@aheendwhz1 3 жыл бұрын

I think, "editing" also means deciding which tracks are on it and it which order and stuff to them. And I have to say, although the album only contains amazing songs, and even some of my favourite songs of all time are on the record, as an album it is not as a good listen as A Moon Shaped Pool or Kid A is. The ladder ones really have a dynamic that makes them work as an album, not just as a collection of songs.

@Welcometotheslam5424 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure they're referring to the tracklisting, which has been criticized by many(including Radiohead themselves) as being overly bloated. Hell, a revised tracklisting posted on Citizen Insane by Thom Yorke himself removed 4 tracks(I Will - We Suck Young Blood - A Punchup At A Wedding - Backdrifts) and changed the order of the remaining 10 drastically, such as putting There There as the opening track, not 2 + 2 = 5

@Christian-97 2 жыл бұрын

@@Welcometotheslam5424 Shame he removed Punchup, really groovy track.

@Welcometotheslam5424 2 жыл бұрын

@@Christian-97 Yeah. I also think I Will should've been kept as an interlude track in the same vein of Fitter Happier and Treefingers

@LadderEnterprises 13 жыл бұрын

It seemed that Dave was giving them the shits. He didn't even sound interested in what they had to say

@riahlexington Жыл бұрын

I agree Hail could use some cuts but it’s still a really good album!!

@yeahyeahyaha2 14 жыл бұрын

@Jeser118 of course man, is his third eye of wisdom

@andrenewcomb3708 Жыл бұрын

Music is creativity and has avenues facilitated by a machine that is extremely liberal with the domestic tranquility of those avenues to the point that value takes on different values. The machine greases the cogs and sometimes misses the suspension. Who's the thief? Who's next? Whose day is more than another's day? Thief? All is quiet on New Years Day.

@andrenewcomb3708 Жыл бұрын

Madonna takes noises and make them into music . . . Ray of Light. These guys are exploring that dimension so nicely.

@locolow2011 12 жыл бұрын

I want my music to be "nigeled" haha

@BullyParkerMaguire 8 ай бұрын

Gloaming is so good

@plummetplum 3 жыл бұрын

HTTT turned me onto RH.

@UniversoBenfica 11 жыл бұрын

3:54

@PQ-yi7zs 11 ай бұрын

these guys don't have a clue that its the best record they ever made, astounding!

@Alex_Mac_ 13 жыл бұрын

What did they say was almost the title for "The Gloaming"?

@vincentkentermusic 4 жыл бұрын

In case you're still wondering 8 years later: The Gloaming was nearly the title for the album that became Hail To The Thief.

@Alex_Mac_ 13 жыл бұрын

@summer0619 thanks man

@Jeser118 14 жыл бұрын

Dude Thom right eye blinks without the other one.

@zynel413 3 жыл бұрын

His left eye is paralyzed.from what I heard. And yes I know I'm 10 years late.

@bartni 6 жыл бұрын

What does thom say at 4:57? Utter obsession with...?

@bootcornpolo6803 5 жыл бұрын

bartni I think "everything that involved guitars" or something like that

@bartni 5 жыл бұрын

thanks! :)

@anthonyrios2300 5 жыл бұрын

"Everything that didn't involve guitars"

@somekindofbox264 4 жыл бұрын

He says "everything that didn't involve guitars". You have to keep in mind, after OK Computer, Thom got bored to death with the music they had made up to that point and was waking up to the potential of electronic music. That is why Kid A was such a left turn coming from OK Computer.

@RonaldinhoReborn 13 жыл бұрын

@mahavishnuxc Good list. Srsly.

@brianrossiter2547 2 жыл бұрын

If they're talking about poor editing, they could look at Amnesiac as well.... That album has a very cut/paste feel to its arrangement. Really think they should have taken more time after Kid A to flesh out something more cohesive.

@riahlexington Жыл бұрын

Why did Thom hate guitars so much?