Great stuff, RP! Always glad to hear Faithless and this song is a particular favourite.
Although Faithless are perhaps best known for featuring Dido on vocals, the singer on this track is a lady called Zoë Johnston. I think you'll agree with me that she does have the most incredible voice - silky, sultry yet with a perfect clarity and pitch.
If you can get to see Faithless live please do - they are such a great live band.
Well done! Always nice to hear a Radiohead song, but especially SHA. Do agree with others, though, that The Bends is the better album. I think that's the one we'll still be listening to in 20 years, not OK Computer.
Sorry to sound heretical but as a keys player I prefer the piano solo to all the other solos on here!
I know, I know, Bird was a genius and everything, but there's just something I get from the tinkle of the piano that I don't get from a horn.
And toss in Ambrosia's "How Much I Feel"..the chord progression's dead on. Ah, the trappings of too much music in one person's head...we're all victims. ;-)
Gotta say, Wilco rarely disappoints. This one's no exception.
Why are you people unable to listen to a song without comparing it to every song that's gone before?
It's like some pretentious wine-taster saying they get flavours of honey and vanilla, and scents of rasberry and, I don't know, pineapples and god knows what else! Please.
As soon as this came on I thought, "uh oh, a Counting Crows song, here come the negative comments."
It seems to me that some people just think "oh great, a Counting Crows song, now I can post some comments about how much I hate them, etc" instead of just listening to it and giving it a chance.
Sad.
Did Peter Buck forget his electric guitar for this album?
This tune is ok but am I the only one who misses the raw mid-90s REM?
Ok, maybe I am. But this album and the last one get so bogged down with acoustic guitar and mandolin. Where's the anger? Where's the passion?
To enlighten those who may not know, Terry Wogan (mentioned in the quiet middle-8 section) is an old and slightly cheesy radio DJ and sometime light entertainment presenter. To hear him namechecked in a song like this is very funny to us Brits!
Great song, with great lyrics but it's the soaring middle 8 that makes this song stand out for me.
Superb!
And yes, what a great album. Although they've never been a commercially well-liked band, "Twisted" is their masterpiece - an genuine example of an album without a bad track. Shame they couldn't keep it up.
Well, what a little pearl of wisdom. I bow down before you, oh succinct one, for you and you alone have cut through the verbosity and cumbersome baggage of modern criticism, and gone right to the heart of the matter. I take my hat off to you, who so brilliantly convey your message with just one word: "Formulaic".
You didn't feel the need to say why you thought this, or even make it clear what exactly you mean, but that doesn't matter. The important thing is you got your message across in no more than 9 keystrokes. Genius!
Hmmm, why is this here?
This is the first song on the album and it works best in the context of what follows. Presented on its own like this it is rather dull and pointless.
There are far better cuts from this album, such as the brooding and magnificent "Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking".
Awful. A poor imitation of Bjork getting sick on Alana Morisette's shoes.
Quite how you can compare Kelli's sultry, smoky tones to either Bjork or Alanis really mystifies me.
Oh wait. . . they are all female. Er, that's where the similarity ends. Honestly, some people just cannot hear a female vocal without wanting to compare it to every other female singer there has ever been.
Lest we forget, George Harrison was himself sued for plagiarism in the 70s over the song "My Sweet Lord".
Radiohead may have appropriated two chords from Sexy Sadie, but come on, is that really a good reason to "write off" a band's work?
I like both songs. And it's nice to see a relatively obscure Beatles song getting some air-time.
This guy had a wretched hit back in the 80s called Lady in Red. Pure drivel, as is this.
Please, please, please get your facts right before posting. Lady in Red was by Chris de Burgh.
There's nothing so bad as a person who is both ignorant AND confident.
Although Faithless are perhaps best known for featuring Dido on vocals, the singer on this track is a lady called Zoë Johnston. I think you'll agree with me that she does have the most incredible voice - silky, sultry yet with a perfect clarity and pitch.
If you can get to see Faithless live please do - they are such a great live band.