THE ASTORIA LONDON LIVE

Do you remember that early days, when they had just released Pablo Honey, when Creep was a hit around the world and some poeple thought about Radiohead as if they were a one-hit wonder band, when people didn´t imagine that band would later release some monsters like OK Computer or Kid A, when Thom had blond hair, Colin long hair and Phil even had hair. So yes, this DVD features a concert of the very early Radiohead.

This was the latest Radiohead purchase i made and i am very pleased with it since i really love this band and enjoy all it´s eras, no matter how they music was, obviously i prefer some album than other, but after all i like them all and have had a great time watching this DVD.

This concert features a mix of their first two albums, "Pablo Honey" being the only one released at that time, and their magnific "The Bends" which was soon to be released, so as you can imagine the music here is more guitar oriented, Jonny Greenwood is a show he has a unique style and its amazing to see him playing, also here we will find probably their less complex songs their most alternative compositions, talking about prog rock, here we will find almost anything, just "My Iron Long" with it´s sudden changes might be considered as a prog song. Also we will find a couple of B-Sides such as "Maquilladora" which is a song i really like and the classic "Pop is Dead", Radiohead die- hard fans should know them both very well.

Here we can enjoy 67 minutes of early Radiohead, 17 songs and my particular favorite moments are the performances of "The Bends", "Maquilladora", "Vegetable", "Fake Plastic Trees", "Street Spirit" and "Blow Out", most of these songs are short with 3 to 4 minute-lenght average, i personally enjoy this concert a lot, but that is mainly because i love the band, a 3 star grade would be fair in any rock site because the DVD is good but non - essential, but in a prog rock site i believe i should grade it with 2 stars, only for fans of the band, or fans of early Radiohead.

Anyway, enjoy it!

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