Radiohead setlist from Hollywood Bowl

[TripletDaddy]

Went to the Radiohead show last night at the Hollywood Bowl. Really good setlist. I am posting this for those who enjoy the band (esp Archaea). I like to make a playlist of each show I attend so I can listen to them later on my ipod.

I am going with my wife tomorrow night in SD, so should be another fun evening.

1. Reckoner
2. Optimistic
3. There There
4. 15 Step
5. All I Need
6. Pyramid Song
7. Weird Fishes
8. The Gloaming
9. Videotape
10. Talk Show Host
11. Faust Arp
12. Tell Me Why? (Neil Young cover)
13. No Surprises
14. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
15. The Bends
16. The National Anthem
17. Big Ideas (Don't Get Any)
18. Bodysnatchers

Encore 1

19. House of Cards
20. Planet Telex
21. Go Slowly
22. Fake Plastic Trees
23. True Love Waits
24. Everything in it's Right Place

Encore 2

25. Cymbal Rush (from Thom's solo disc, The Eraser)
26. Karma Police
27. Idioteque

[YOhio]

Radiohead huh? Are they new? I'll give them a listen.

[scottie]

No "Creep" eh? I don't follow Radiohead very closely, but wouldn't you say that's their most popular song? (Probably why they didn't play it). Has some great guitar riffs, IMO.

[Runner Coug]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I am going with my wife tomorrow night in SD, so should be another fun evening.

I wish I was special. You're so f*****g special.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by scottie

No "Creep" eh? I don't follow Radiohead very closely, but wouldn't you say that's their most popular song? (Probably why they didn't play it). Has some great guitar riffs, IMO.

They rarely play that song anymore.

Their song "My Iron Lung" is written specifically about being trapped by the success that Creep brought them. I think they didnt want to be defined by that one song, or really by the Pablo Honey album.

I have been going to radiohead shows since The Bends and have seen them for every tour since 1992. Since the OK Computer tour, I have only seen Creep performed once. Hollywood Bowl, as a matter of fact.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by Runner Coug

I wish I was special. You're so f*****g special.

Fortunately, the CD also has the radio version, which says "You're so very special."

In concert, they do not do the radio version.

[Runner Coug]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

They rarely play that song anymore.

Their song "My Iron Lung" is written specifically about being trapped by the success that Creep brought them. I think they didnt want to be defined by that one song, or really by the Pablo Honey album.

I have been going to radiohead shows since The Bends and have seen them for every tour since 1992. Since the OK Computer tour, I have only seen Creep performed once. Hollywood Bowl, as a matter of fact.

They came *this* close to being a one hit wonder. If I was them, I wouldn't play it, either.

[Archaea]

Where's Iron Lung? So they won't play it because it was too popular?

Shows what I know.

Here's what the blogger said about the Tour.

http://radioheadtour2008.blogspot.co...eviews_07.html

What did you like the most?

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Where's Iron Lung? So they won't play it because it was too popular?

Shows what I know.

Here's what the blogger said about the Tour.

http://radioheadtour2008.blogspot.co...eviews_07.html

What did you like the most?

That blog was for a show back in May, so can't comment on it.

They didnt play My Iron Lung last night (not much off The Bends at all, actually).

Back in the ealry 90s, they had a huge hit single with Creep. I guess they felt a bit of pigeonholing as a result of having a smash debut single. They wrote My Iron Lung and put it on their second disc, "The Bends." My Iron Lung is a mataphor for this song that is largely responsible for much of their early success, yet also a burden and source of frustration for them ("we are grateful for our iron lung").

They stopped playing it altogether for a long time because they just wanted to move on. Also, their second and third albums (ok Computer) were such dramatic turns from their first one (Pablo Honey) that the songs made little sense on the setlists, anyway.

I think it is pretty common for bands to play less and less of their early catalogue as they release more discs.

My favorite parts of last night: live arrangement of Plantet Telex (with accompanying light show), the surprise Neil Young cover, seeing Cymbal Rush (rarely performed), and their interpretation of The Gloaming.

I love Reckoner, one of my favorite radiohead songs, so I was happy to hear that one live.

Also, House of Cards live was beautiful. Most of you have heard this song, although likely unknowingly. It is the song being played in the background of the NBA "split face" campaign from this year's playoffs.

http://www.youtube.com/user/radiohead?ob=1

[marsupial]

I always forget about Creep. The Bends, however, is one of my all time favorite albums.