Anyone Can Play Guitar

It's the big one. After more than three years of learning every Radiohead song on guitar, Nick and Austin spend a few hours ranking their favorite albums, b-sides, and songs. They even find time to pick out the worst songs in the catalog, in case you want to know how they both feel about "I'm A Wicked Child." Along the way, Nick mentions the unconscious more than he should, and Austin talks trash about "Optimistic" again. 

Thanks for listening. 

But is this the end? 

1:32 - A discussion about learning each album on guitar 

12:50 - The Best Radiohead Albums 

34:00 - The Worst Radiohead Songs 

47:10 - A concise history of Radiohead b-sides

50:25 - The Best Radiohead B-Sides 

1:01:40 - The Best Radiohead Songs 

With the main album out of the way, Nick and Austin dig into the meager leftovers of A Moon Shaped Pool. Austin geeks out about 90s movie soundtracks, before bringing up the inspirational American football movie, Rudy. For some reason, Nick talks about the charity single, "We Are The World." Then they both debate the fundamental nature of the b-side, and whether one song released without a single can even qualify. 

1:00 - "Ill Wind" 

7:45 - "Spectre"

"True Love Waits" original version from Brussels

"Spectre" time signature?

James Bond "Spectre" 

"Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon

Radiohead cover of "Nobody Does It Better"

Rudy

The Sandlot

Hoosiers

"Big Boots (Man of War)" by Radiohead in "Meeting People is Easy"

Sam Smith "Writing's On The Wall" (from Spectre)

Michael Jackson "Earth Song"

Did Sam Smith copy 'Earth Song' in 'Writing's On The Wall'?

The Greatest Night in Pop

Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files

The "Creep" Award: The Best Song, Begrudgingly or Not

Austin - “Identikit” 

Nick - “Daydreaming” 

The "Blow Out" Award: Our Personal Favorite Song 

Nick - “Daydreaming"

Austin - “Present Tense"

The "I Can't" Award: Most Improved Song

Austin - “Decks Dark” 

Nick - “Present Tense"

They've reached the end of A Moon Shaped Pool. Will Nick convince Austin that this is an underappreciated classic, or will Austin spend the whole time saying negative things about "The Numbers?" Nick brings up The Beatles again, before pledging his love for Paul McCartney. Finally, the two spend a good twenty minutes discussing "True Love Waits."

1:50 - "The Numbers"

11:45 - "Present Tense"

19:40 - "Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief"

27:30 - "True Love Waits"

Radiohead - "The Numbers" Jonny, Thom & a CR78

Learn to play "Stairway to Heaven"'s interlude section

Beyoncé with Jack White - "Don't Hurt Yourself"

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - "Power to the People"

Paul McCartney - "Long Haired Lady"

Radiohead - "Present Tense" Jonny, Thom & a CR78

Tinker Tailor nursery rhyme

Radiohead - "True Love Waits" 12/5/95 Luna Theatre, Belgium

Drum heavy version of "True Love Waits" from OK Computer sessions

AI version of a theoretical full-band version from around 1996

Nearly two hours of different versions of "True Love Waits" ​​

Radiohead - "True Love Piano" tape loop version from OK Computer sessions

Pulk/Pull (True Love Waits Version) from Kid A Mnesia

Acoustic version of "True Love Waits" from I Might Be Wrong

News story that was supposedly the inspiration for "True Love Waits"

"I Might Be Wrong: Every Radiohead Song, Ranked" from Vulture

Radiohead acoustic guitar version of "True Love Waits" from 2018

35. Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool, Part 2 

Before realizing that they host a Radiohead podcast, the two give their thoughts on the latest by Taylor Swift. Will Austin check out of this album after the fourth track? Can Nick figure out the proper length of delay to perform the guitar pattern for Identikit? 

4:50 - "Desert Island Disk" 

13:00 - "Ful Stop" 

21:30 - "Glass Eyes" 

27:24 - "Identikit" 

Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

Bjork - "Post"

Can - "Future Days"

Desert Island Discs

Austin's desert island discs: "Apologies to Queen Mary" by Wolf Parade, "Alice" by Tom Waits, "The White Album" by The Beatles, "Vitalogy" by Pearl Jam, "Either, Or" by Eliot Smith. 

Nick's Desert Island Discs: "Mellon Colland the Infinite Sadness" by Smashing Pumpkins, "In a Silent Way" by Miles Davis, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles, "Moondance" by Van Morrison, and "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" by Kanye West. 

"Ful Stop" live

It's the last Radiohead album. Is this the last season? Before Nick and Austin contemplate what that means, they discuss why so many metal bands need to cover "Burn the Witch." Nick loses it a bit on "Daydreaming," while Austin gets to pine about Amnesiac again. Thanks for listening. 

5:00 - "Burn the Witch" 

17:30 - "Daydreaming" 

32:40 - "Decks Dark" 

"Burn the Witch" music video

"Burn The Witch" cello cover by Break of Reality

"Burn The Witch" cover by London Cello Quartet

"Burn the Witch" cover by The Fantasy Orchestra

"Burn the Witch" cover by Atomic Tom

"Burn the Witch" cover by 5th PROJEKT

"Burn the Witch" cover by Johari

"Burn the Witch" cover by Leo Moracchioli

"Burn The Witch" live at Lollapalooza 29/07/2016 (Chicago)

Øyvind Torvund: A Walk into the Future

"Daydreaming" music video

"Radiohead: The Secrets Of Daydreaming" by Rishi Kaneria

This week, we're stepping back in time. After getting teased for years by Austin, Nick finally learns all the Pablo Honey b-sides. Needless to say, taking up some of their earliest tracks after "The King of Limbs" was quite strange for both. Will they find some hidden gems or spend the whole time trashing "Pop is Dead" again? 

2:07 - "Inside My Head" 

8:48 - "Million Dollar Question" 

13:28 - "Yes I Am" 

18:05 - "Faithless the Wonderboy" 

22:12 - "Coke Babies" 

28:12 - "Pop is Dead" 

The Pixes - "Tame"

Rites Of Spring - "For Want Of"

Beefeater

"Inside My Head" live at Reading 1994

Live at Astoria 1994

The Offspring - "Come Out And Play"

The Cranberries - "Linger"

Ride - "Vapour Trail"

Radiohead - "Pop is Dead"

"The King of Limbs" might have been a meager album, but there are plenty of b-sides to discuss. Will Austin and Nick create a fantasy version of the album, or admit that these extras don't fit? Nick finally gets to geek out about supercolliders, while Austin goes on about trees. They finish by picking the best songs of the era. Join the discussion on Facebook.

1:23 - "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)"

8:30 - "These Are My Twisted Words" 

15:30 - "Supercollider"

19:45 - "The Butcher"

22:20 - "The Daily Mail" 

28:40 - "Staircase" 

Remembrance: Harry Patch recalls the trenches

Artwork for "These Are My Twisted Words"

Can (band)

Large Hadron Collider

Fermilab

Filter "Take A Picture"

Radiohead "Cuttouth"

What is Music Podcast

The "Creep" Award: The Best Song, Begrudgingly or Not

Nick - “Lotus Flower” 

Austin - “Lotus Flower” 

The "Blow Out" Award: Our Personal Favorite Song 

Austin - “Feral"

Nick - “Feral"

The "I Can't" Award: Most Improved Song

Austin - “Bloom” 

Nick - “Little By Little" 

How does everyone feel about Thom's unique dance moves in the "Lotus Flower" music video? Nick and Austin discuss that important topic while briefly touching on 90s-era Christian rock music and Homer's "Odyssey." Will they agree with the consensus that the album's second, slower second half is better than the more rhythmic first half? Or will they find a way to disagree with that narrative?

1:12 - "Lotus Flower"

21:15 - "Codex"

30:12 - "Give Up the Ghost"

38:00 - "Separator"

Lotus Flower music video

The Thom Yorke Dancing Meme

"Lotus Flower" From the Basement

"Moon on a Stick" from a Fist of Fun

Nelumbo nucifera

R.E.M. "Lotus" music video

Lotus-eaters

Audio Adrenaline

"Codex" From the Basement

Radiohead - The "Worst Possible Setlist" (r/radiohead)

Euclidean rhythm

Sunset Rubdown

Austin and Nick finally tackle The King of Limbs, an album that both admit to disliking when it was released in 2011. Will learning all the songs on guitar help them understand the thorny album or will it just be a universal sigh? Nick learns about magpies, while Austin gets into ocean documentaries. Why do they spend an inordinate amount of time discussing the Counting Crows? There's only one way to find out.

7:51 - "Bloom"

19:45 - "Morning Mr Magpie"

33:08 - "Little by Little"

39:30 - "Feral"

Radiohead - The King Of Limbs From The Basement (December 2011)

Thom Yorke - Bloom (Live from Electric Lady Studios)

Planet Earth: Blue Planet II | Radiohead & Hans Zimmer - (ocean) bloom | BBC America

Everything in its Right Place: Analyzing Radiohead by Brad Osborn

Aleatoric music

Why Arthur Schopenhauer thought music was the greatest of all art forms

"Morning Mr Magpie" Thom solo acoustic

"August and Everything After" by Counting Crows

"Round Here" by Counting Crows

Magpies And Superstition

Little by Little (From the Basement)

"Closer" by Nine Inch Nails

With In Rainbows over, Nick and Austin explore the polished leftovers found on the b-side disc. While a huge improvement over the Com Lag EP, the two do wonder why these songs don't stick in your head. Austin swears he'll never order bangers and mash, while Nick finds one of his least favorite songs of the project. Digressions abound, including more discussion about Seal than you'd ever imagine in a Radiohead podcast. Join the discussion on Facebook.

Songs Discussed:

2:04 - "Down Is the New Up"

8:45 - "Go Slowly"

13:48 - "Last Flowers"

20:25 - "Up on the Ladder"

24:25 - "Bangers + Mash"

31:50 - "4 Minute Warning"

"Down is the New Up" From the Basement performance

"Becoming Radiohead" in the New Yorker by Alex Ross

"Svefn-g-englar" by Radiohead

"Go Slowly" From the Basement performance

"Last Flowers" From the Basement performance

"Kiss from a Rose" by Seal

Switched on Pop podcast

Tool

"Bangers + Mash" From the Basement performance

"4 Minute Warning" live performance

The "Creep" Award: The Best Song, Begrudgingly or Not

Austin - “15 Step” 

Nick - “Weird Fishes” 

The "Blow Out" Award: Our Personal Favorite Song 

Nick - “Nude"

Austin - “Reckoner"

The "I Can't" Award: Most Improved Song

Austin - “Jigsaw Falling into Place” 

Nick - “Bodysnatchers"