New|old Radiohead Track

2017-06-05 by hobblepot | 35 Comments
English experimental rock band Radiohead have dropped a previously unreleased track from their upcoming compilation "OKNOTOK", the 20th anniversary edition of their critically acclaimed third studio album OK Computer. The song, entitled "I Promise" was recorded during the OK Computer recording sessions in 1997, but has not seen the light of day until now. You can listen to the track and watch the accompanying video below:


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Pangea
June 5th 2017
10507 Comments


great song

hobblepot
June 5th 2017
2945 Comments


I'm going through some awful fucking shit at the moment so I'm not going to listen to this because Radiohead aren't exactly uplifting, but I'm sure it's brilliant because it's Radiohead

Ryus
June 5th 2017
36547 Comments


not really feeling this

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
June 5th 2017
26567 Comments


old news good song

butcherboy
June 5th 2017
9464 Comments


song was a B-side for a reason.. competent 90's Radiohead track, that's about it..

Also, Sweeney, I hope whatever's going on, you're doing alright, dude.. drop me a line if you wanna chat about it..


IronGiant
June 5th 2017
1752 Comments


out of lift, man o'war, and this, it's easily the weakest of the three. not experimental or complex enough in structure, instrumentation, or lyrical content to stand aside other material from the OKC sessions... sounds more like a Bends b-side, but still mediocre none the less

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
June 5th 2017
26567 Comments


doesn't need to be experimental or complex, it's a mellow track and it works really well, hardly mediocre

bloc
June 5th 2017
69941 Comments


I like it

hobblepot
June 5th 2017
2945 Comments


"Also, Sweeney, I hope whatever's going on, you're doing alright, dude.. drop me a line if you wanna chat about it.."

thankyou so much dude, i'm getting proffessional help, i'm gonna pull through

Lavair
June 5th 2017
949 Comments


I think it's pretty good. But personally, I think it takes too long to go in a more powerful direction. I like the falsetto on some lines, though.

gotsthedewsdood
June 6th 2017
754 Comments


Really enjoy this song. If it was released as a single when they first recorded it I think it could've been a decent hit for them.

Titan
June 6th 2017
24926 Comments


glad it was left off

MeatSalad
June 6th 2017
18554 Comments


Sounds like a bends b-side but it ain't bad

wwf
June 6th 2017
7198 Comments


They probably didn't put it on the album cuz its not good

Satellite
June 6th 2017
26539 Comments


that's exactly what i said when i heard it @meat

good song but it would've been way out of place on okc

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 6th 2017
47582 Comments


nice to hear 90s Thom vocals again, that was a pretty powerful throwback for me. still not a great song though, too repetitive. Lift hype

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 6th 2017
47582 Comments


for some reason I assumed you wouldn't be a radiohead guy @satty

Satellite
June 6th 2017
26539 Comments


i'm a huge huge radiohead fan. seeing them live was life-affirming.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 6th 2017
47582 Comments


yeah, fair. never seen em but I hear it's the kind of experience that makes you appreciate some shit

MeatSalad
June 6th 2017
18554 Comments


would see em in a heartbeat if they'd ever come here. can't find any shows that they've done in Calgary since the 90's

Satellite
June 6th 2017
26539 Comments


well i was a huge fan even before seeing them but they were brilliant live.

they've only played one michigan show since like 1995. difficult band to catch for sure.

Jasdevi087
June 6th 2017
8122 Comments


new|old news

tempest--
June 6th 2017
20634 Comments


"nice to hear 90s Thom vocals again [...] still not a great song though, too repetitive."
123

MeatSalad
June 6th 2017
18554 Comments


One of those bands I'd likely have to go out of my way and travel and spend a fuckton of money to see, probably will end up doing that some day

butcherboy
June 6th 2017
9464 Comments


@Sweeney, fuck yea, you are.

Deadwing42
June 6th 2017
262 Comments


Song feels like a nice, pleasant sort of interlude/filler that could have gotten its point across effectively in like, a minute and a half but was instead stretched to a full song. It's definitely not bad, but certainly a b side for a reason.

As others have said, it sounds far more like The Bends than OK Computer, too.

Not bad, but I probably won't listen to it many more times.

JohnDillinger
June 6th 2017
334 Comments


weak song to be honest. makes sense it didn't make it on the album.

brnnnfrrll073
June 6th 2017
14 Comments


I'm OKNOTOK (I Promise)

iambandersnatch
June 6th 2017
1935 Comments


It's solid. Really nice feel to it but nothing crazy or special going on.

Radiohead has at least one of these per album (songs that are super simple/don't do much, but are still kinda cool) so not that surprising

cor22222
June 6th 2017
490 Comments


Like this one. Video from my country Poland. I'm proud of this

hasan
June 7th 2017
988 Comments


radio head a good song on it

Jasdevi087
June 7th 2017
8122 Comments


same

sharkmsc
June 7th 2017
446 Comments


Not necessarily Meatsalad, my one live viewing of them was at Bonnaroo 2012, which was a great year for the sub-$300 price tag.

Toad
June 8th 2017
2059 Comments


hearing this for the first time was pretty amazing. took me right back to my first spin of ok computer seven years ago. song is good but damn do i miss listening to radiohead before i overplayed all their tracks

hobblepot
June 8th 2017
2945 Comments


there was an arts thing in my town a couple of weeks ago and one of the stands had vintage concert tickets, one of them was for Radiohead in 1995 or something like that, and it was £5. Now, it's like £250 per person.



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