radiohead in real life

Thom Yorke, please don't
ever stop making music.

Did you really think I was just going to briefly mention that I saw Radiohead and be done with it?  Not a chance.  It was my very first time seeing them and aside from wishing I was front row AND they played 15 Step and House of Cards, nothing could have made it better.  Thom Yorke is amazing and plays all kinds of instruments, in addition to having one of the most hauntingly beautiful voices.  He bops and shimmies and skips around the stage the entire time (unless they are playing a slow song, silly). 

Their stage design was quite impressive, too.  The background was full of tiny lights and there were eight screens that hung directly above the band and moved to different heights and angles with each song.  The proscenium arch (the top area in front) was a row of screens and the projections coincided with the eight singular screens that hung above them.  It was a very well done stage and it gave the fans a clear & close-up view of each band  member.  

I absolutely love the album In Rainbows, so the five songs from that album were my favorites, with Reckoner being my absolute favorite Radiohead song of all-time.  I also love There There and Lotus Flower.  Watch the video to Lotus Flower here.  It is all Thom and he dances around - brilliant. 

The setlist went as follows:  

Bloom, Little by Little, Staircase, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, Morning Mr. Magpie, Meeting in the Aisle, Pyramid Song, Nude, Identikit, Lotus Flower, There There, Feral, Idioteque, The Daily Mail, Bodysnatchers, Reckoner

Encore:  Separator, All I Need, Myxomatosis, Everything In Its Right Place (True Love Waits Intro)

Encore 2:  Give Up the Ghost, Karma Police, Street Spirit (fade out)