THom Yorke TuesdayS

Today we have a special guest blogger doing the TT's by the name of Paul Atreides whos a huge Radiohead fan such as myself. What he did not know was that his selection also has a dance video made by my T.A.G. team featuring the talented Jacoby&Pronk. Killing two birds with one stone so without further doodoo.......THOM YORKE TUESDAYS!

Radiohead – Up On The Ladder



Since it’s been almost three full years since the release of Radiohead’s In Rainbows, I can’t help but feel like the album’s 2nd disc never got the love from fans it deserved. Granted the dividing of tracks between the album’s two discs was a source of much frustration for the band. Thom would want one song on the main album disc, and other band members would want different tracks. The weakest aspect of In Rainbows is certainly the shaky track listing across both parts, that leaves in question that if a band finds peace with what they’ve come up with at some point during the creative process of making an album, can that be as much true artistry as seeing it through to its originally-envisioned conclusion? I say absolutely yes. A great example of a stellar track caught in the limbo of track division politics is “Up On The Ladder”, a stand-out from the 2nd disc. Coated in an eerie groove with crackling phonographs and a subtle driving beat, “Ladder” not only sets the bar for the latter (…ha) half of the album, it gives us a preview of some of the newest flavors Radiohead’s been tasting. Between the solo hits Thom Yorke has been putting out and the individual singles released by the band, I can only hope that if there is a huge-hit new record anywhere on the horizon in the near future, songs like this one will help guide the way.

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- Guest Posted by Paul Atreides