Ondes Martenot

what the fook/spook??? i'm just tired aka *can'tstandpeoplewhoaretalkingtoeachothereveryday...here* :nice: see ya

it has a great taste, yo how can you even compare European beer to American or Australian??? P.S just because you're ignoring the Radiohead thread :dance: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/06-05/24.shtml

mothafuckas :shifty: Heineken is da man and of course the czech beers :cool:

no i leave my views here *au revoir*

hahaha congrats to upcoming 8000 *drinking an American beer* :sick: :dance:

Pitchfork reviewed The Eraser :dance: Matthew Solarski reports: Major break-ups, deaths, and Thom Yorke records-- pretty much the only stories Pitchfork News wakes up on a weekend to break. A couple of Saturdays back, we caught wind that Yorke was planning his first-ever foray into, um, solitary territory ("i don't wanna hear that word solo," the man wrote in a W.A.S.T.E. e-mail), on a forthcoming album to be titled The Eraser. And now, we've had the distinct pleasure of hearing the album in its entirety. The Eraser is a sumptuous, Nigel Godrich-produced layer cake of plaintive piano, haunting synth squalls, and chugging guitars built atop skittish programmed beats and devoured by Thom Yorke's anguished ruminations on the pressures and paranoias attendant to fame and expectation. And no, it's not a techno record. Here's a track-by-track first glimpse at The Eraser: 1. "the eraser": The title track opens with a muffled, repeated piano chord. After a few bars and a chord change, programmed beats settle in, and Thom interrupts, "Please excuse me but I got to ask," scraping the upper register. Soon, a gaggle of disembodied, moaning Thoms joins in for the chorus, which seemingly takes a cue from Morrissey: "The more you try to erase me/ The more that I appear". 2. "analyse": Vocal and rolling piano lines launch this meditation on futility. "The fences that you cannot climb/ The sentences that do not rhyme," Thom laments, sad and clever all at once. And later: It gets you down/ You're just playing a part," one of many presumed jabs at self-identity. The chord progression somewhat recalls an accelerated "Knives Out", with a hesitant snare plodding along in the background, before Godrich drops in the first of The Eraser's many cinematic synth flourishes. 3. "the clock": A cyclical guitar line lends this track an almost motorik vibe, albeit one evoking a leisurely Sunday drive. Click-clack beats add to the pace before the inevitable opening line: "Time is running out/ For us." By the end, Thom is humming a simple, bluesy melody over the steady but relentless rhythm. 4. "black swan": Opens with an almost hip-hop beat, before a blues-inspired riff more than a little reminiscent of "I Might Be Wrong" drops in and sets the structure. "This is fucked up, fucked up," Yorke declares. Later, more identity crises are averted: "I don't care what the future holds/ 'Cause I'm right here and I'm today/ With your fingers you can touch me." 5. "skip divided": Samples of Thom drawing breaths help form the percussive foundation of this dark stalker-ly declaration. Yorke's at his most conversational here, almost pub-drunk, revealing, "When you walk in a room I follow you 'round/ Like a dog/ I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog/ I'm a lapdog/ I'm your lapdog." Creepy. 6. "atoms for peace": Thom returns, all homesick alien, beseeching you: "No more going to the dark side with your flying saucer eyes/ No more falling down a wormhole that I have to pull you out," and striving for some higher octaves during the chorus: "I wanna geeet ouuut/ And make it woooork." Celestial tones underscore a warm, bumbling bassline-- a relatively minimal arrangement compared to the rest of The Eraser. "So many lies/ So feel the love come off of them/ And take me in your arms," he sings. Thom's own "You're Beautiful"? 7. "and it rained all night": And it's back to the Dark Side for The Eraser's chilliest number, a tune awash in eerie synth and driven by a Joy Division-esque bassline. Thom assumes the role of the poet-observer, surrealistically detailing visions of post-downpour New York, clipped vocal samples later piggybacking the bassline. It culminates in a strained, desperate: "I can see you/ But I can never reach you." 8. "harrowdown hill": Don't get thrown off by the practically post-punk opening bass riff; more haunted synth and programmed beats soon drift in and turn things nocturnal once again. "I'm coming home to make it alight/ So dry your eyes," sings Thom-- one of the most conventional, pop-esque vocal melodies on the record. "I can't take the pressure/ No one cares if you live or die/ They just want me gone/ They want me gone." The moment is suspended to make way for some riffing, which closes out the song. 9. "cymbal rush": We're greeted here by what sounds like the Pac-Man death sound effect kicked down an octave kicked down an octave; then more funereal, ambient synth, along with pitter-patter programmed percussion not unlike that on "Kid A". "Try to build a wall that is high enough," sings Thom. "It's all boiling over." Finally, the climax: percussion picks up, guitar enters over melancholic piano chords, and more disembodied Thoms float about, moaning-- until all drops out for one final blip-bloop parade, which sputters out to an abrupt finish. Regarding The Eraser, Yorke also wrote "inevitably it is more beats & electronics. but its [sic] songs," and that pretty much sums it up. The record is song-oriented to a perhaps surprising degree-- no instrumentals, all tracks pretty much in the four-minute range, mostly standard time signatures-- and emphasizes the trademark textural richness of Radiohead and Godrich. The Eraser lands in stores July 11 in the U.S. (lucky Brits get it a day earlier) via XL Recordings, but for now, those of you who enjoy being puzzled, hop on over to http://www.theeraser.net for more (totally cryptic) album details. Oh, and incidentally-- that band Yorke sometimes sings for? Stereo-something? They're preparing to embark on a U.S. tour. Tickets available now! On eBay! For $900 a pop! Awesome!:

thank it to mc_squared and his pointless provocation and deffence. he made like 100 posts here

yeah, don't know why...it will gone maybe tomorrow maybe in 2 hours, but in this moment it's just like aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh *unborn chicken voices*

haha cool :kiss: enjoy your day, hun. to be honest my day was... what should i say??? shit!!! don't know why though, i just don't feel good at all. :/ i'm missing something i think...

well, i read that some months ago as well. not surprised by the way, considering how genius they are :cool: how are you btw? :)

so...would you be a fan then? i do believe some musicians are being under- or overrated just because of their looks. Coldplay make great music, it is a fact. but i can't imagine that they'd be that succesful or would have such a big fanbase if they'd be ugly. feel free to opine my point

well, actually they didn't really cover Pink Floyd (great band!!!). it was Sparklehorse and Thom Yorke just sang his part over the telephone. as far as i know they didn't cover any other Pink Floyd songs ;)

next year i think. but you never know for sure...it's Radiohead. they can release it tomorrow or in 2010...they like to surprise the public

ahhh it's wrong to say this. you should be positive and think you do it better than anyone else anyway, fuck this. i have a bad day, so fuck the perfection

http://www.lders.nl/ Videotape is here under the 18th show about Jools, i think they won't do any TV appearances before releasing of the new LP. so next year maybe

i'm kind of perfectionist. i always try to get the maximum of x or y. unfortuantely i realized that it's not always possible... so yeah, it doesn't exist.

sure i'll do :smug: i have to go now. see you soon Josce ;) P.S what a great spam thread do we have here :p

:D Dua, is it albanian? anyway, nice username you have/had. i hope i won't change mine once again :uhoh: even if i'll decide to "rename myself", it will be simple: like Nik or something

Viri? :p

this one is sexier :dance:

i think their first SNL appearance was in '01 they performed Don't Panic and Yellow then

it doesn't depend on that he's my buddy or not. i see positive and negative attributes in everybody, in him, in you, in myself. but i think he's isn't arrogant at all. i'm glad you opined it

i don't have wife, i'm gay you didn't know that?

explain his arrogance please! he's one of the few members here who's opened for anyone, he always likes to argue. my verdict is: Reillo's one of the "old" members who isn't arrogant

my wife says you're a moron