come on rain down on me
veni vidi vici. radiohead came. radiohead saw. radiohead conquered. last night, in the midst of a torrential downpour, i pledged my allegiance to a motley crew of art-rockers from oxford. i know that mere photos or words could never truly capture the experience that is radiohead live. so this’ll have to do. deal with it. it’s not my fault you couldn’t pony up 120 bucks for the highly-coveted ducat on craigslist.
well, as they say: “less talk, more rock”. so here’s a quick setlist blow-by-blow for your ”listening” pleasure:
01. 15 Step (Thom, ‘We brought the weather with us.’)
02. There There (Thom ‘How do you like the rain? It’s ok, you’ll get used to it.’)
03. Morning Bell
04. All I Need
05. Where I End And You Begin (Thom, ‘Alright no one get hurt out there tonight’)
06. Talk Show Host
07. Nude (Thom addresses crowd surfers, ‘Take it easy guys! Its not fucking Rage Against The Machine.’)
08. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
09. The National Anthem
10. Bangers And Mash (Thom, ‘This is a nasty little song.’)
11. Faust Arp (during the middle of the song Thom tells a heckler, ‘Shut the fuck up, you’re not funny you just don’t get out much.’)
12. Videotape
13. Karma Police (Thom, ‘I think we are confused. This one is called Karma Police.’)
14. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
15. Just
16. Exit Music [For A Film] (someone yells out ‘I love you Thom’. Thom replies whilst singing, ‘I love you too darling.’)
17. Bodysnatchers
Encore 1
18. House of Cards (Thom, ‘During this song you have to snog the person next to you.’)
19. Optimistic (Thom, ‘Ok we know its raining and that’s a bummer, but fuck it this is Optimistic.’)
20. You And Whose Army? (Thom, ‘That’s show business!’)
21. Planet Telex (Thom, ‘Thank you everybody.’)
22. Everything In Its Right Place
Encore 2
23. Reckoner (Thom, ‘Ok, this is for making you feel warm inside.’)
24. 2+2=5
25. Paranoid Android (Thom,’This is the last song and you the viewers get to choose. Idioteque or Paranoid Android?’)
but the best line of the night goes to some guy in the crowd behind me who remarked at the mirror image of frontman thom yorke splashed on the big screen:
“it looks like thom’s making out with himself…i think i’m getting a boner!”
