In Rainbows - From the Basement
Radiohead’s video album In Rainbows - From the Basement is incredible. About an hour ago I downloaded their album from iTunes and I’ve been watching/listening to it ever since. I’m amazed at how many instruments lead singer Thom Yorke plays on various tracks — guitar, piano, drums.
I’m not one to watch music videos but I found myself glued to my screen as Radiohead played 10 tracks from their last album, In Rainbows. The performances are flawless and show how tight the band is when they play live.
It is also interesting to see how the band creates their sound — you get to see who is playing a xylophone or guitar or singing during each song. Very few elements of the music are sampled and most of it is performed live.
At the bargain basement price of $7.99, Radiohead has one of the best video albums I’ve seen to date.
Posted in Music at 11:41 PM
Comments
Is it called In Rainbows to go along with PRIDE week?
JB
Posted by: JB on June 25, 2008 6:53 AM
JB, don’t be silly. You’ve been teaching those grade 6 students for too long and you’re starting to sound like one! In Rainbows is awesome — better than anything Garth Brooks has put out.
Posted by: Jay 
on June 25, 2008 11:04 AM
I grabbed this tonight on your recommendation, and yeah, it’s pretty great. There’s also a free Radiohead podcast that came out before the album did and it has lower-res different live versions of most of the songs. Not sure if it’s on the Canadian iTunes store (I have a US store account, too, and that’s where I grabbed it.)
Posted by: James McNally on June 26, 2008 12:39 AM
