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13. Radiohead's OK Computer B-Sides and OKNOTOK
5th October 2021 • Anyone Can Play Guitar • Nick Kindelsperger and Austin Diaz
00:00:00 00:46:17

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To cap off season 2, Nick and Austin tackle the remaining OK Computer b-sides, coming up with a grand theory to explain why some of these songs aren't as impressive as b-sides from The Bends. The two also have very conflicting feelings about the three "new" songs that showed up on OKNOTOK, the 20th anniversary edition of OK Computer. Did the band rerecord them in 2015? Fortunately, the episode ends with the OK Computer awards, where they get to select their favorite songs.

Songs Discussed:

4:00 - "Lull"

7:33 - "How I Made My Millions"

12:20 - "I Promise"

18:20 - "Lift"

25:17 - "Man of War"

29:20 - The OK Computer Awards

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

Nick: "Paranoid Android"

Austin: "Let Down"

The "Blow Out" Award: Our Personal Favorite Song

Austin: "Climbing Up the Walls"

Nick: "Let Down"

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

Nick: "The Tourist"

Austin: "No Surprises" and "Subterranean Homesick Alien"

The "Million Dollar Question" Award: Best B-Side

Nick: "Lift" (Minidisc Version) and "Palo Alto"

Austin: "Palo Alto"

Pitchfork's review of OKNOTOK, including mention of "I Promise"

"I Promise" OKNOTOK video

Radiohead MiniDisc leaks

"Lift" OKNOTOK video

"Lift" live from 1996

"Lift" from the MiniDisc leak

Guide to the MiniDisc leak

"Man of War" OKNOTOK video

"Man of War" on "Meeting People is Easy"

Billie Eilish's "No Time To Die" James Bond theme song

Radiohead's cover of "Nobody Does it Better"

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"The Georgics" by Virgil

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