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Paranoid Android #1

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WOW! No matter if you are a new fan, old fan, if you like amnesiac best, or pablo honey... you really need to get this single. Paranoid Android could be not only the best radiohead song on ok computer, but maybe their best song ever. To put this song on a single accompanied by two b-sides that will leave you speachless makes this purchase totally worthwile.

Ok, so heres what the songs are like... Paranoid Android is just such a good song. Once you hear the 4 beeps in the beginning of this song you'd better take a seat. It has such an unbelievable feel to it created by possibly thom's best ever singing, and a guitar riff that gives you the chills. The background sound effects and such make the song all the more breath-taking. It goes into an electric guitar hardcore part towards the end proving the variety and talent involved in the making of this song. If there is one song that will leave a lasting impression on you from the OK computer cd it will be this.

Polyethylene (parts 1 & 2) comes next on the single. It begins with a nice little accoustic guitar and voice piece (part 1), that would do fine as a song on its own. But then you hear 2..3.. and the electric guitar comes in adding so much to this song. Thoms singing in this part is quite powerful and meaningful, it has a cool kind of off-beat to it. Would definitely go well on the ok computer cd.

Pearly* is the next and final song on this great single. As if they needed another great song after the first two, but hey, we're talkin about radiohead here... This song sounds somewhat beatles-esque in a way but with a great radiohead twist to it. I would buy the cd for this song alone. Interesting crashing of cymbals and bells lead the way in this song accompanied by a harmony of singing and guitar. Outstanding song for an outstanding cd.

This single surpasses many of Radiohead's (and other artist's) singles. Not only is Paranoid Android an unforgettable alternative rock song, but the bsides are fantastic as well.

Polyethylene (Parts 1 And 2)--such a great track. this could have definitely been on OK computer. it begins with an acoustic, calm snippet (part 1). but then, it breaks into an all out rock song (part 2). the track has great, meaningful lyrics and such an incomparable tune. one of their very best bsides ever.

Pearly*--also a great bside. it has a different sound to it, like it could fit into OK computer in some ways, but not completely. it does have great repeat listenablity value and an addictive theme.

Quite simply this is the greatest record of all-time.
To hear this work of genius in your living room played very loud after a hard days graft is special. To have heard it played very loud with 45,000 other people in Oxford one rainy Saturday was the one of the highlights of my life.

Forget music listen to this.

It was because of this song that I and many others got into Radiohead in the first place and it remains a pure, complicated gem. But it's not just Paranoid Android - Polyethylene could quite easily have made it onto Ok Computer and Pearly* rates as one of the better guiter-driven B-sides of recent years. Together they make a perfect monument to a great song.

As I understand it, these were the last two songs to be cut from OK Computer. It's easy to understand why. Polyethylene starts off as a quiet solo, then breaks into a loud rock song. Similar in energy to Electioneering. Pearly has a strange almost tango-like tone to the beat and guitar riff, but is another out-and-out rock song. These both appear on Airbag, although a different version of Pearly appears on the Running from Demons EP (it's the same version as this, but they appear to have re-dubbed the main guitar line as it sounds different, and comes to a cold stop at the end instead of fading out). If you can't get Airbag, definitely get this.

Apart from the wonderful title track culled from Radiohead's musical masterpiece "OK Computer," this single features two great songs previously unreleased: "Polyethylene" and "Pearly*." Don't let the askew time signature of "Polyethylene" distract you from its genius; it sounds reminescent of The Bends, only recorded OKC-style. "Pearly*" (and yes, that asterisk is part of the title) is another great song, often performed live on the tour in support of "OK Computer." Its mystic-sounding drum beat supports its surreal atmosphere. Pick up this disc if you're a Radiohead fan - these are two must-have songs!

THIS IS NOT A "NO SURPRISES CD-SINGLE" THIS IS PARANOID ANDROID PT. 1!!! Please make sure you know that, I did, and this is much better. Track listing- 1. Paranoid Android 2. Polythylene (Parts 1 & 2) 3. Pearly*

"Paranoid Android" is such a great Radiohead single, and quite an essential song to OK Computer. This is one of the songs that really got Radiohead's fame going.

"Polythylene" is an awesome B-Side, the first part is a nice Thom solo singing a guitar savvy song that moves into this full blown out piece with great guitars and some of the best Radiohead vocals. This is really a wonderful B-Side. A lot like all those great OK Computer songs that they became famous for. Not quite up to Kid A nor down to the Bends. REALLY A GREAT SONG!

"Pearly*" is another great Radiohead song. Another OK Computer-like song. Very cool song, sounds a little like futuristic 80s rock or something, if thats at all possible. I really like it, and Thom performed it recently as an acoustic solo. Its a really powerful song, I dont know how else to explain it.

These songs are great company to "Paranoid Android" and are excellent B-Sides. This is really one of the best Radiohead Singles I have, and Im a collector... that says a lot.

At a time when solid music fans seem to have lost a voice in solid music, Radiohead steps in and keeps us complaining....for a little while. From a musical standpoint (what other one matters, right?) the UK lads remind that soft rock can still be highly engrossing. Radiohead creates music that makes you think, as opposed to just make you smash your head on a wall. This single serves up more of the O.K. Computer formulated tunes that any serious music junkie can appreciate. No passing music fads here, my friends!! Just good stuff we'll still be hearing in 10 years.