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Radiohead — How To Disappear Completely
Album: Kid A
Avg rating:
6.7

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Total ratings: 687









Released: 2000
Length: 5:49
Plays (last 30 days): 1
That there, that's not me, I go where I please
I walk through walls, I float down the Liffey
I'm not here, this isn't happening
I'm not here, I'm not here

In a little while I'll be gone
The moment's already passed, yeah, it's gone
And I'm not here, this isn't happening
I'm not here, I'm not here

Strobe lights and blown speakers
Fireworks and hurricanes
I'm not here, this isn't happening
I'm not here, I'm not here
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This song is a reminder of what it sounds like when whales die. Not that I've ever heard that sound before. 
The drums, bass, and voice are steady and the other instruments and sounds waft through that like phantoms through a house that is only framed in. At the end the voice joins the wafting sounds and fades away. At least that's I see.
Masterpiece. 
This sucks. 

The only bad one I''ve heard from them. 
Promises!
 aspicer wrote:

Factoid: Read that the line "I'm not here..." was advice Thom received from Michael Stipe on the pressure and overwhelm of stardom/touring. To avoid getting swallowed up by it.


And when asked about the track he is most proud of he answered this song.

I had to learn to listen to this song because it moves me emotionally too much. 
Chills!!
Well I was sure this was Other Lives "For 12" when this song started.
Factoid: Read that the line "I'm not here..." was advice Thom received from Michael Stipe on the pressure and overwhelm of stardom/touring. To avoid getting swallowed up by it.
Just add it to the list of Radiohead tracks that stop you in your tracks... Sublime.
 bialia wrote:

I've been a fan of Radiohead since the days of the Bends. What a ride it was to be on board during the journey between that and this, in particular.

They towered above everything else. They remain astonishingly, unfairly good. 

There is so much here. I honestly feel bad for the people who insist its just an awful dirge or that Thom can't sing. Sometimes his voice is the most beautiful thing in the world. Sometimes it speaks to the frailty of the human condition. Sometimes it's a frantic existential panic.  There's always a vulnerability there. He is utterly genuine.

This band are a universe unto themselves.  They are worth your time. They're probably the most important and rewarding rock band of the last quarter century. Let them in, for goodness' sake.


As I read somewhere else, his voice is a distinct instrument
I've been a fan of Radiohead since the days of the Bends. What a ride it was to be on board during the journey between that and this, in particular.

They towered above everything else. They remain astonishingly, unfairly good. 

There is so much here. I honestly feel bad for the people who insist its just an awful dirge or that Thom can't sing. Sometimes his voice is the most beautiful thing in the world. Sometimes it speaks to the frailty of the human condition. Sometimes it's a frantic existential panic.  There's always a vulnerability there. He is utterly genuine.

This band are a universe unto themselves.  They are worth your time. They're probably the most important and rewarding rock band of the last quarter century. Let them in, for goodness' sake.

Delicate yet Dissonant

Peaceful but Jarring

Epic and Austere

Timely to Timeless

Affirming while Disturbing......this is Art....


 pattiecovert wrote:

Radiohead is only for a few people. We know who we are.


 
Ok. You and your friends can please stop playing this one? {#Tongue-out}


lophrequa wrote:
the worst of the bad.
Ditto (this rating is the the most acurate I have read here, sorry yall.)
If they know how, why don't they just do it?
Perfect......
the worst of the bad.
The Bends and OK Computer are two of my favourite albums. How on earth did they go from that to this whining dreck? Very disappointing!
pattiecovert wrote:
Radiohead is only for a few people. We know who we are.
amen.
Radiohead is only for a few people. We know who we are.
I wish that Radiohead would just disappear! Mediocre!
Stefen wrote:
Find that key.
I like when Teri Gross interviewed him on Fresh Air and asked him some question about "perfect pitch" and he said something like he didn't "have any idea what that is" ! (click here)
It's ironic that the vocals give Radiohead it's distinctive sound, yet the vocal performance is so unsupported and wimpy. I like Radiohead, even bought "In Rainbows". The vocals are still wimpy....
next one, please....
This sounds like a vague attempt at "head" mood music but fails to even begin to approach groups like Yes, Moody Blues, Alan Parsons Project.
Unfortunatly, this song has failed to disappear completely... how flat is this ?
On first listen, I've given it a 2. It might be a 1 though.
Pips914 wrote:
This is one of the few songs that actually brings me to another place when I listen. But not to a place of memory, somewhere...different. love it
Absolutly.
Viv515 wrote:
That's who I thought it was before I checked! Same beautiful music and total lack of enunciation. Drives me nuts when I can't understand the lyrics -- why bother writing them if you won't enunciate them for others to understand.
Yeah i have that problem with the cocteau twins.
I've never seen such an even distribution of 8s, 9s, and 10s!
Find that key.
ThePoose wrote:
Rufusesque
That's who I thought it was before I checked! Same beautiful music and total lack of enunciation. Drives me nuts when I can't understand the lyrics -- why bother writing them if you won't enunciate them for others to understand.
ZedLeppelin wrote:
There's gotta be a reason why so many of us Zep-heads love Radiohead. It's probably just because we've got such damn good taste.
Yep...
Great lyrics, great tune!! Needs no further comment. After all, it\'s Radiohead...
I love this song - the slow loping groove, the sound effects, the slow build. It really works for me.
This is one of the few songs that actually brings me to another place when I listen. But not to a place of memory, somewhere...different. love it
leathepea wrote:
Radiohead is one of those bands that you either LOVE or HATE. I haven't seen much gray area for them. Personally, I gave this one a 9'r
For me its a per song basis with them.
Radiohead is one of those bands that you either LOVE or HATE. I haven't seen much gray area for them. Personally, I gave this one a 9'r
rgrace wrote:
Boy, I guess this is a love-it or hate-it kind of song based on the ratings chart.... I may have to give this disc another listen. This one grabbed me.
Put me in the former camp. It's time for a new Radiohead CD!
IMO, this loses something by being out of context with the rest of the album.
painful
i heard moaning and knew it was radiohead....yep!
Beautiful! …always great to hear.
Welly wrote:
There's nothing more depressing than Radiohead on a downer. Music to slit your wrists by.
Follow it up with some old Smiths and you're as good as gone.
Rufusesque
I love this song. Radiohead can do minimalism as good as any.
kazuma wrote:
In general, I agree, but this track gives me problems. I just can't quite get into it fully for some reason.
I think that's the point - least when I listen to it, I feel as if I'm disconnected; just like the lyrics say..I'm not here, this isn't happening. It's a transcending song...
tsirulnick wrote:
Definitely in the top 5 best Radiohead songs. Spectacular.
Absolutely.
Kinda boring but nice too. I give it a 6.
Then please go.
Boring
Welly wrote:
There's nothing more depressing than Radiohead on a downer. Music to slit your wrists by.
For sure. I really like Radiohead but sometimes...I can depress myself just fine thankyouverymuch
yeeeessssss! Godlike!
There's nothing more depressing than Radiohead on a downer. Music to slit your wrists by.
I suggested this today!! YEESSS!!!!
greenplasticboy wrote:
one of my personal favorites, simply beautiful...
shakylegs wrote:
Haunting.
Truly. I love this song.
Yeah, one of my favoritest Radiohead songs.
shakylegs wrote:
Haunting.
Why don't they just scratch their nails on a chalkboard?
No words...
Haunting.
Dobber wrote:
I can certainly understand why Radiohead is not to everyone's taste, and some of their music is a mystery to me, but songs like this convince me that they are working on a level that very few other bands can achieve.
In general, I agree, but this track gives me problems. I just can't quite get into it fully for some reason.
radiozep wrote:
Wow...
There's gotta be a reason why so many of us Zep-heads love Radiohead. It's probably just because we've got such damn good taste.
Filofox wrote:
A perfect example of all that I dislike about Radiohead. Dreary, whining, tuneless...ugh.
Seconded. Intersting rating distribution. Love it or hate it, I guess. . . .
A perfect example of all that I dislike about Radiohead. Dreary, whining, tuneless...ugh.
I can certainly understand why Radiohead is not to everyone's taste, and some of their music is a mystery to me, but songs like this convince me that they are working on a level that very few other bands can achieve. I love the tension and the longing expressed, and I really dig the way their sounds capture the ethereal.
This must be the "weird noises in the background" set...
Boy, I guess this is a love-it or hate-it kind of song based on the ratings chart.... I may have to give this disc another listen. This one grabbed me.
love it..ethereal, beautiful... radiohead is pure genius.
would be wonderful tune if the lead singer would stop singing
a great song.... for around 3am.
This song... There are very few songs which cause me to immediately stop whatever I'm doing, and focus solely on the music. This has always been such a song. Immensely beautiful, yet wholly depressing. I adore it.
andrewpickford81 wrote:
5:22 into this song, thom yorke sings with the strings, its the most beautiful thing ive ever heard
Wow...
Radiohead have revealed little details about the new album to be released in 2006. I have written a couple of articles, including an mp3 of "Arpeggi" and video link for "House of Cards." (click here) (click here)
one of my personal favorites, simply beautiful...
5:22 into this song, thom yorke sings with the strings, its the most beautiful thing ive ever heard
Originally Posted by davenyc: headache inducing noise. please make it disappear completely.
In complete agreement. Listening's like having self-pitying icepicks driven through my ears.