Radiohead is still the best band in the world

August 25, 2003

The sound was amazing, the crowd was great, I couldn’t complain with the song selection, and the place smelled really good! But it sucked not having a good view of the band from the lawn, where most of the 30,000+ fans were. And we were standing relatively close to the front of the lawn area. Watching the band on the screens just isn’t the same as being able to see the band up close.

The cool thing about playing so few shows in America is that kids will drive from all over to see a band like Radiohead. There were cars from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Missouri, Colorado, California, Manitoba and Ontario. And everyone seemed very friendly. I didn’t run into any of the annoying fans you usually see at an outdoor concert, except for the jackasses that wouldn’t let us merge in while exciting the lot.

Highlights for me were Kid A, Paranoid Android, Idioteque, There There, National Army, and still my favorite Radiohead song, Street Spirit (fade out). Some people get really annoyed when the crowd sings along with the band, but I love hearing such a huge sound of fans yelling out during songs like Fake Plastic Trees and Karma Police.

Compared to most other shows, this of course was one of the best. But I still enjoyed the show a few years ago outside of Seattle a little more. Either way, I’ve been so lucky to see Radiohead as many times as I’ve had. From a half full show at First Avenue right after The Bends was released, to the State Theater after OK Computer, and the last two at The Gorge and Alpine Valley Amphitheaters. I guess the only place better left would be at a festival in England. Maybe next year?

Setlist
2+2=5
Sit Down.Stand Up.
Where I End & You Begin
Kid A
Backdrifts
Lucky
Paranoid Android
We Suck Young Blood
Fake Plastic Trees
Go To Sleep
Sail To the Moon
Just
Scatterbrain
Idioteque
No Surprises
The Gloaming
There There

Encore 1
You and Whose Army?
The National Anthem
Myxomatosis
Street Spirit (fade out)

Encore 2
Karma Police
Everything In Its Right Place

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the scooter Says:

August 26, 2003 at 12:07 am
i’d seen cars too.
ones that we’re driven by a-holes who cut us off from merging. most of thems were wisconsin ones. i did stood by one (so for to let us in,), and i’d seen they’re lisence plates, so i shood no.

Moen, please proof your text.

j/k
ps – you’re supacute when you snore.
pps – sorry if i was singing too loudly at the show.

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