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View Poll Results: Favorite Radiohead Album?
Pablo Honey 17 2.79%
The Bends 97 15.93%
OK Computer 219 35.96%
Kid A 129 21.18%
Amnesiac 30 4.93%
Hail to the Thief 30 4.93%
In Rainbows 85 13.96%
The King of Limbs 2 0.33%
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Old 02-14-2009, 10:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Are you saying that Fitter Happier ISN'T solely about the lyrics? Cause if it is, I stand by my indifference to it. If it isn't, then I'll give it another whirl.
i'm really lost, what's your point again? Are you saying you're judging it as a song or what? I don't know where you got that quote from and it's not a concept album with a clear thread but it basically summarises one of Radiohead's consistent lyrical/bleakly musical themes i.e. 'consumerism sucks man'

If you don't sympathise with that then you're a poor excuse for a fanboy lol
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Old 02-14-2009, 10:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Got the quote from the Wikipedia page.

And I only look at the lyrics AFTER I like the music. I'm saying if there's anything more to Fitter Happier than just a robotic voice talking about consumerism, then please tell me. Doesn't look hopeful though.
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Old 02-14-2009, 10:24 PM   #3 (permalink)
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well I won't defend it to the ends of the earth as a pop masterpiece but that's not it's intention is it? It's not a verse-verse-bridge-chorus-verse-etc rock song, but then how many hundreds of thousands of pieces of music aren't!

Having said that it's very atmospheric from what I remember, but in a 'Radiohead songs that suck' poll I don't think you can fairly compare it to the others
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I always loved Fitter, Happier, thought it slotted into Ok Computer just nicely... it fills out the bleak,hopeless theme running through much of the songs, and it aptly describes the darker side of the consumerist world it was born into...

I am also a sucker for the description "a pig, in a cage, on antibiotics", just always thought thast sounded cool...
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One of those sh!t tracks that, had it appeared on anyone else's album, everyone would hate it.
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I dunno, I wasn't into Radiohead AT ALL when I first heard Ok Computer but Fitter, Happier actually stood out for me as a really cool track to segue between different songs, not an album highlight for sure, but a cool way to go from one song of one style to another song that sounded different.
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Here's a little poll for you guys: which albums by RH would you say are perfect? I'd say Pablo Honey, The Bends, Kid A, and In Rainbows are all perfect. OKC is out because of Fitter Happier, and HttF and Amnesiac have several mediocre tracks.
Fitter Happier > Electioneering. Fitter Happier sets a mood/tone in the album. It does its job very well. No one is claiming it to be a "song" that you would listen to on it's own or a song that they would play live. It does however work very well in the context of the full album, establishing that feeling of sheer chaos and terror.
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Fitter Happier > Electioneering. Fitter Happier sets a mood/tone in the album. It does its job very well. No one is claiming it to be a "song" that you would listen to on it's own or a song that they would play live. It does however work very well in the context of the full album, establishing that feeling of sheer chaos and terror.
Lies, all lies. Electioneering is a great track.
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Lies, all lies. Electioneering is a great track.
Meh. It's not bad, but to me it's the track I'm most likely to skip over when listening to OKC.
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Fitter Happier > Electioneering. Fitter Happier sets a mood/tone in the album. It does its job very well. No one is claiming it to be a "song" that you would listen to on it's own or a song that they would play live. It does however work very well in the context of the full album, establishing that feeling of sheer chaos and terror.
I'm sorry but thats bullsh!t. Electioneering is a pivotal track on the album, by far one of the best songs. Fitter Happier is filler. I rate Ok Computer a lot (although not as much as others), but it dooes have some filler... as all Radiohead albums do
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