I saw my first Radiohead concert in Philadelphia last night. Not so great sa eat, but a great show, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. However, Thom Yorke’s on-stage dancing bore an eery similarity to that of the Martin Short character Ed Grimley. Doing a Google search I find that I’m not the first person to make the comparison. While it certainly won’t reduce my enjoyment of the music, I just have this fear that whenever I listen to O.K. Computer I’m going to see Martin Short in my mind’s eye. <shudder>
The news page at Greenplastic.com has some footage of Thom dancing during a famous Radiohead SNL performance. It’s weird, to say the least.
The third one from the bottom? Weird. What song is that anyway? It sounds discoey.
That’s Idioteque. It’s an odd song that I’ve never really loved; they released it almost six years ago and I feel like I’m still ‘getting’ it. Though I like it a lot more than I used to. Anyway, that’s the signature performance of the song.
After 10 years of worshipping Radiohead I finally saw them last month in London. I love Thom’s dancing, especially the bit where he had his bands in a triangle above his head. I much prefer a more freestyle way of dance when it comes to rock music as anything too choreographed goes against the spirit of rock n’ roll.
Oh and Idioteque is a favourite of mine. 
Hands not bands! :smack:
Weird. I always thought of that as Kid A’s most accesable track, even for rock kids.
I was at the June 1 show in Philly, and can’t think of one moment where I paid attention to his dancing. The venue (Tower theater - about 2000 seats) has such good sound and the music is so dynamic, I just get lost in their unique dynamic music. Also, security was very cool/lax, and the floors were so slippery… I left my Row P seat for the carpeted aisle, and then ventured down to MM and enjoyed a great concert dancing with everyone else.
After seeing Pearl Jam 2x last weekend and then Radiohead on Thursday, this may be the best week of my life, music-wise.
I definitely agree on the sound, but the dancing was so, um, odd, that it did make an impact, though in no way did it detract from the music. I was up in the nosebleed section, so getting down front wasn’t much of an option. Then again, my ears are a little too old for the complete rock concert experience, so where I was was just fine. A few years ago I was at the Jam on the River and was standing in front of the speakers during the Cowboy Mouth set, and I had tinnitus for a week.