A Taste Of What's To Come

Colid Greenwood of Radiohead posted this picture on the band's blog, Dead Air Space, last Wednesday. I'm speculating, as are most, that these are the new songs the band has been rehersing for their upcoming tour, due to the fact that "Tour" is written above them. As you can see I've highlighted two tracks, "Nude" and "Reckoner," both of which have been around for sometime and played live on several occasions, but never recorded. Both of these songs are also rumored to be strong contenders for ending up on Radiohead's next album, so here's a taste of what's to come. Keep in mind, these are early live versions of these songs and it is not unlikely that the recorded versions(assuming they're being recorded) may differ in some ways.

[MP3]: Radiohead :: Nude (aka Big Ideas)
This song was first performed acoustic by Thom in 1998 and was thought of to be a strong contender for OK Computer, but the band ultimately decided to leave it off. Musically, the song is beautiful. The standout in the song is obviously Thom's voice, but the keyboard, organ and glockenspiel melody is gorgeous and puts this song in the same category as say, "Motion Picture Soundtrack" or "True Love Waits."

[MP3]: Radiohead :: Reckoner
"Reckoner" unlike "Nude" is not what one would consider beautiful. This song is Radiohead at some of their rocking best, and the vocals are immensely engaging. The lyrics combined with Thom's whining and screaming give you feeling that Thom is losing his mind while performing this song, which could be entirely possible, mind you. This song isn't all Thom however, there's no way you can miss Jonny's brilliant police siren-sounding guitar riff that accompanies Thom's freakout.


A blog I've been reading a lot lately is I Guess I'm Floating. If you don't already read it daily, I highly recommend you begin doing so, today they've got a mess of Go! Team and Andrew Bird radio sessions. Plus, I've always loved that header.

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