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Rapid Solutions In Proxies Revealed

Posted by Linwood Beall on July 14, 2013 at 6:08pm
Without private proxies you can lose everything as the hackers can hack your all types of information. This will enable busy parents who are always away for a business trip or those frequently in the office to monitor closely their kids' online activities. When it comes to paid surveys, just like any other online money making method, you have to be vigilant and stay alert. Remember that the proxy is an intermediary, it's a server that sits between you and the web sites you visit. Make sure you read about the separate Proxy Foxy Video Utility to visit You - Tube, Face - Book etc.

And to do this, let's move tax into a different realm - not work, but sport. All this factors are general and therefore are not limited. This facebook proxy will help you unblock facebook so you can enjoy your freedom to social accessibility. Fans of Hulu across the world are living in disappointment because talks between Hulu and other television enterprises around the world all have failed. In addition, the computer must be turned on and hooked up to the Internet in order for the circumventor to work.

Of course, the naysayers would criticize a consumption tax on the grounds that it would penalize the poor most. ) You can click to select the Bypass proxy server for local addresses check box (optional). By way of it, you happen to be reassured that your surfing experiences will not backfire on you simply because personal proxies will retain you anonymous. Some of the problems range from not offering any kind of anonymity to making surfing the internet very painful to near impossible. So if you are serious about website promotion you need to get top-class SEO tools that will effectively shoulder all routine SEO job and save your precious time.

You can discover more abut this option by surfing the Internet. Just because your IT manager cannot see, what pages you browsed, i. Furthermore, privacy just isn't guaranteed simply because secure pages are in a position to recognize a proxy server and block access. It proactively hinders web sites which are known to contain harmful code, "fake" websites that capture sensitive information, and those that are not business-related or appropriate. Forced Proxy - A forced proxy server handles all of the requests from the client to the internet.

Beyond just saving money, your own elite proxy server is the only way to be absolutely sure you are anonymous online and getting your monies worth. * FAST - Typically, you will find yourself using proxies that are so slow, you feel like jumping out a window. There are those hackers that simply may feel like playing with someone by sending viruses or spyware over to an oblivious Internet user. These kinds of websites range from forums to social networking sites. But lots of person can be confusing dealing with proxies.

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Tips On Finding Discount Hotels For Last.

Posted by Armand Montgomery on July 9, 2013 at 12:33pm
Traveling in the last minute could be inconvenient: you have to pack up a great deal of clothes to get to that you want to go, however you need only a little time to make sure that you pack your clothes well and you don't miss anything or forget any necessities and toiletries.

You should get your tickets, have a ready schedule of all of the things that you might be supposed to do ? and book an inn without having to spend big money on using a last minute trip. A great deal of travel agencies and hotels know this tendency of folks to do things on the last minute, and so they promptly up their rates to be able to get more money beyond last minute travelers.

Strategies that you can avoid this, however, regardless if you are anticipating plenty of last minute travel, or you're already within the fray and looking for a accommodations in. there will be no dearth of discounts specifically if you are in a tourist friendly city, where a lot of hotels can not wait to acquire clients or customers regardless of what time of the year, no matter how long it took to get making the booking.

One method to avoid ever getting bad rates is always to actually speak to your travel agent beforehand and request for discount rates for hotels in case the day comes once you actually need those reductions for some last second travel. Your agent may have contacts at some hotels, possibly at some hotel chains that may extend their professional services abroad, so you can talk to your tour operator about what minute rates are good even before you need them.

An additional way to get good discount hotels for eleventh hour travel is usually to do last minute travel during non-peak months in a certain country or location. Of course this looks counter intuitive, but when you suddenly need to go on a vacation and would like to go immediately, and you are at a non-peak time, next the can be a wonderful means for you to spend less, and by simply going within a time when all hotels will have discounts anyway.

Still another way is to book your last minute hotel stay online. You will find many online reductions for hotel bookings in the first place, and last second bookings might have some special discounts attached to them providing you are not bumping facing a hotel that carries a lot of guests on its reservations list. It's also possible to access hotels online through kiosks inside your international or local airport, and if you're at the airport and awaiting your flight, or if you have downtime between packing sessions, it is possible to go online and quickly build your bookings.

Lastly, if you're already at a location and it's really the last minute, locate a hostel or pension house first. In this way, you can spend the night time or the first two nights in a decent location, keep yourself safe and sleeping soundly, then get to see the sights while searching for a hotel. That knows? You may actually like your cheaper lodgings, particularly when you're following your sights continuously and will spend more time outside in comparison to!

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Compared - Speedy Plans In Proxies

Posted by Linwood Beall on July 16, 2013 at 10:22am
We were all born into a world where people pay tax. It can speed up the access to documents and site contents as it will always look in its local cache of previously downloaded results of all requests like pictures, and other static graphical content. Within these days, a great number of companies are into that trade of selling private proxies to a number of people in any purpose that these proxies may actually serve them. The reason is that even if you find a fast server today, there is no guarantee that it will still work in the next couple of days. Server proxies who circumvent override the content material filtering proxy directions for attaining access to blocked sites.

Apart from colleges, employers will also put a block on a number of URLs that they do not want employees spending their time visiting. When your personal computer connects towards the World wide web it queries different servers and passes on requests for information or resources. For every Internet application, there is a separate software proxy. Prepare for the gun ban revolt, NY's Cuomo working on strict laws. In reality they really should be but alas all as well often they are exactly the reverse.

VPN or what are commonly known as VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnels, are frequently used by corporations and government bodies, to allow remote workers to make secure internet connections to the office network. The price you pay resellers who setup proxy IPs and then rent them out to other people is inflated. As well, the proxy server adds an additional level of security next to your corporate firewall. But the question who did what to whom (and even why) is irrelevant. In fact, unless you're able to guarantee that your Facebook connection is safe and secure, you should seriously consider not using the service at all.

That means the DHCP server is the ultimate source to issue static IP to any section of the network ports. While buying private proxy services dont go for the free private proxy as the paid private proxies can be reliable. For instance, you may be sitting guiding your computer inside the uk and appear like youre in Madeira, if the proxy server purposes an IP address for that united states. Well, a flat tax would remove one element of a corrupt and perverse system - the payment of an increasing rate of tax for increased effort. As such, a SOCKS proxy can handle or work with other protocols such as POP3, FTP, SMTP, HTTP, and NNTP.

Keep in mind that even if preferences are configured proxy in a general area, there is no guarantee that the software will support these preferences. Most people will be more than happy to give you some links. Acknowledged as pc methods or apps that are applied by consumers to establish connection to other networks, proxies act on file, internet page connection and source requests that are forwarded to a different server. Called proxy software applications allow a computer to perform queries on the Internet from another computer. Scientists look to readings of global average temperature when collecting data from ice cores, tree rings, pollen, and other 'climate proxies' ('Global Warming: Fact and Fiction,' 2010).

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2009 --The Best In Music.

Posted by SubSickAlien on December 13, 2009 at 12:00am

The music industry has continued to slowly adapt to this new digital-era of music which has presented itself to be a challenge both to the record labels as well as the artists themselves. Despite this, it's still has been a good year for music. Musicians everywhere have relied on the word-of-mouth bloggesphere to create enough buzz that will land them on some listener's iPod next time they decide to take a break from watching Mad Men or playing guitar hero. This is the times we live in. With bands such as The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart having plenty of buzz at the start of this year while other bands like XX ended the year with plenty of buzz of their own. Established artists saw the release of new albums while other bands took breaks from their own collective groups to create what is now becoming a new trend in these new so-called "super-groups". As far as the decade goes, the way I see it, it began with Kid A and ended with Merriweather Post Pavilion, two key albums that will forever be linked to the 00s. In looking forward to next year and into the next decade, one can only imagine what directions music will take and what steps the music industry will need to take in oder to continue to make profits from legitimate and talented artists and not have to rely so much on just another manufactured one-hit wonder "rock band". With that being said, here are the lists of favorite albums and songs of the year, albums of the decade and even a favorite MJ songs list as a way of paying tribute to the man's legacy.In hoping Nickelback finally goes away in the coming decade, happy new year everybody!-SSAY2K9 ALBUMS:[50] Passion Pitt - MannersKey tracks: "Little Secrets" & "The Reeling"[49] Peter Bjorn & John - Living ThingKey tracks: "If It Don't Move Me" & "Nothing To Worry About"[48] Handsome Furs - Face ControlKey tracks: "Legal Tender" & "I'm Confused"[47] jj - n° 2Key tracks: "Things Will Never Be The Same Again" & "Ecstasy"[46] Sonic Youth - The EternalKey tracks: "Antenna" & "Sacred Trickster"[45] Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague LoversKey tracks: "Peeled Apples" & "Journal For Plague Lovers"[44] Islands - VapoursKey tracks: "Switched On" & "Vapours"[43] M. Ward - Hold TimeKey tracks: "For Beginners" & "Rave On"[42] Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz FerdinandKey tracks: "Ulysses" & "No You Girls"[41] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic ZerosKey tracks: "Carries On" & "Home"[40] The Flaming Lips - EmbryonicKey Tracks: "Convinced Of The Hex" & "I Can Be A Frog"[39] Mastodon - Crack The SkyKey tracks: "Oblivion" & "Quintessence"[38] Camera Obscura - The Maudlin CarreerKey tracks: "French Navy" & "Honey In The Sun"[37] Dan Auerbach - Keep It HidKey tracks: "Trouble Weighs A Ton" & "I Want Some More"[36] Dinosaur Jr. - FarmKey tracks: "I Want To Know" & "Pieces"[35] Volcano Choir - UnmapKey tracks: "Island, Is" & "Husks & Shells"[34] Bob Dylan - Together Through LifeKey tracks: "Life Is Hard" & "I Feel A Change Coming On"[33] Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy"Hindsight" & "Oh Yeah"[32] Doves - Kingdom Of RustKey tracks: "Winter Hill" & "Kingdom Of Rust"[31] Arctic Monkeys - HumbugKey tracks: "Crying Lightning" & "Cornerstone"[30] Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's BlitzKey tracks: "Heads Will Roll" & "Zero"[29] Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx Pt. IIKey tracks: "House Of Flying Daggers" & "Pyrex Vision"[28] Japandroids - Post-NothingKey tracks: "The Boys Are Leaving Town" & "Young Hearts Spark FIre"[27] The XX - XX (Album)Key tracks: "Crystalised" & "Basic Space"[26] Andrew Bird - Noble BeastKey tracks: "Oh No" & "Effigy"[25] Phoenix - Wolfgang AmadeusKey tracks: "1901" & "Lisztomania"[24] Bat For Lashes - Two SunsKey tracks: "Daniel" & "Pearl's Dream"[23] The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At HeartKey tracks: "Young Adult Friction" & "Contender"[22] Wilco - Wilco (The Album)Key tracks: "One Wing" & "You And I"[21] Tiny Vipers - Life On EarthKey tracks: "Eyes Like Ours" & "Slow Motion"[20] Antony & The Johnsons - The Crying LightKey tracks: "Aeon" & "Another World"[19] The Horrors - Primary ColoursKey tracks: "Who Can Say" & "Sea Within A Sea"[18] Neko Case - Middle CycloneKey tracks: "People Got A Lotta Nerve" & "This Tornado Loves You"[17] Mount Erie - Wind's PoemKey tracks: "Through The Trees" & "Wind Speaks"[16] Sunset Rubdown - DragonslayerKey tracks: "Silver Moons" & "Black Swan"[15] Girls - AlbumKey tracks: "Lust For Life" & "Laura"[14] Real Estate - Real EstateKey tracks: "Pool Swimmers" & "Suburban Beverage"[13] Cymbal Eat Guitars - Why There Are MountainsKey tracks: "And The Hazy Sea" & "Some Trees (Merritt Moon)"[12] The Antlers - HospiceKey tracks: "Bear" & "Atrophy"[11] Dirty Projectors - Bitte OrcaKey tracks: "Cannibal Resource" & "Stillness Is The Move"[10] Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To MaliKey tracks: "Sabali" & "Masiteladi"[09] Isis - Wavering RadiantKey tracks: "Ghost Key" & "Hand Of The Host"[08] Sun O)) - Monoliths And DimensionsKey tracks: "Alice"[07] Lightning Dust - Infinite LightKey tracks: "Antonia Jane" & "Dreamer"[06] Atlas Sound - LogosKey tracks: "The Light That Failed" & "Walkabout"[05] Wild Beasts - Two DancersKey tracks: "Hooting & Howling" & "This Is Our Lot"[04] St. Vincent - ActorKey tracks: "Black Rainbow" & "The Party"[03] Fever Ray - Fever RayKey tracks: "If I Had A Heart" & "When I Grow Up"[02] Grizzly Bear - VeckatimestKey tracks: "Two Weeks" & "Ready Able"[01] Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavillionKey tracks: "In The Flowers" & "My Girls"Y2K9 SONGS:[20] "People Got A Lotta Nerve" by Neko Case[19] "Daniel" by Bat For Lashes[18] "One Wing" by Wilco[17] "Contender" by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart[16] "Dominos" by The Big Pink[15] "Hold The Line" by Major Lazer[14] "1901" by Phoenix[13] "Zero" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs[12] "The Reeling" by Passion Pit[11] "Percussion Gun" by White Rabbits[10] "Cheerleader" by Grizzly Bear[09] "Home" by Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros[08] "Some Trees" by Cymbals Eat Guitars[07] "The Party" by St. Vincent[06] "These Are My Twisted Words" by Radiohead[05] "Stillness Is The Move" by Dirty Projectors[04] "My Girls" by Animal Collective[03] "When I Grow Up" by Fever Ray[02] "Ready, Able" by Grizzly Bear[01] "A Thousand Eyes" by Crystal AntlersTHE 00s BEST ALBUMS:[20] Sleater Kineey - The Woods[19] M.I.A. - Kala[18] Liars - Drum's Not Dead[17] Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker[16] The White Stripes - White Blood Cells[15] Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R[14] Ambulance Ltd - Ambulance Ltd[13] Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun[12] Jay Z - The Blueprint[11] TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain[10] Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes[09] Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Fever To Tell[08] Sufjan Stevens - Illinois[07] …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes[06] The Strokes - Is This It[05] The Libertines - Up The Bracket[04] Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion[03] Arcade Fire - Funeral[02] Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot[01] Radiohead - Kid ABONUS LIST: Michael Jackson's FAVORITE SONGS:[20] Remember The Time[19] Heaven Can Wait[18] Smooth Criminal[17] Butterflies[16] Black Or White[15] Just Good Friends[14] Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough[13] The Way You Make Me Feel[12] Wanna Be Startin' Somethin[11] Dirty Diana[10] Human Nature[09] Man In The Mirror[08] Stranger In Moscow[07] Rock With You[06] In The Closet[05] You And I (Jackson 5)[04] Beat It[03] P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)[02] I Just Can't Stop Loving You[01] Thriller
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The Best Albums Of 2008

Posted by SubSickAlien on December 5, 2008 at 7:18pm

It was a good year for music but not for the music industry. With this uncertainty the music industry is faced with today I'm glad to see musicians continue to make good music. Many of you reading this list will agree or dissagree with some of my picks for this year's best albums and I would like to see what some of you picked for YOUR top albums of 2008, so please do share. If you are wondering why I did not include 'In Rainbows' in this list... well it's because 'In Rainbows' was released on October 10, 2007 and I know that even those without a computer got to listen to it as well... and besides, it was last year's number one if you ask me.Cheers!-SSA[50] Unkle - End TitlesKey Tracks: 'Chemical' & 'Ghosts'[49] Underoath - Lost In The Sound Of SeparationKey Tracks: 'Breathing In A New Mentality' & 'A Fault Line, A Fault Of Mine'[48] Vampire Weekend - Vampire WeekendKey Tracks: 'A-Punk' & 'Mansard Roof'[47] Cold War Kids - Loyalty To LoyaltyKey Tracks: 'Something Is Not Right With Me' & 'Every Valley Is Not A Lake'[46] The Hold Steady - Stay PositveKey Tracks: 'Constructive Summer' & 'Sequestered In Memphis'[45] R.E.M. - AccelerateKey Tracks: 'Living Well Is The Best Revenge' & 'Hollow Man'[44] The Walkmen - You & MeKey Tracks: 'Dónde Está la Playa' & 'In The New Year'[43] The Roots - Rising DownKey Tracks: 'Rising Up' & '75 Bars'[42] Esoteric - The Maniacal ValeKey Tracks: 'Circle' & 'The Order Of Destiny'[41] Primal Scream - Beautiful FutureKey Tracks: 'Can't Go Back' & 'Beautiful Future'[40] The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The LonelyKey Tracks: 'Salute Your Solution' & 'Many Shades Of Black'[39] Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaustKey Tracks: 'Gobbledigook' & 'Inní mér syngur vitleysingur'[38] Okkervil River - The Stand InsKey Tracks: 'Lost Coastlines' & 'Blue Tulip'[37] Conor Oberst - Conor OberstKey Tracks: 'Cape Canaveral' & 'Lenders In The Temple'[36] Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts Vol. I-IVKey Tracks: (Any and all)[35] Gnarls Barkley - The Odd CoupleKey Tracks: 'Who's Gonna Save Your Soul' & 'Would Be Killer'[34] Mates Of State - Re-arrange UsKey Tracks: 'Get Better' & 'The Re-Arranger'[33] Black Mountain - In The FutureKey Tracks: 'Tyrants' & 'Bright Lights'[32] Hot Chip - Made In The DarkKey Tracks: 'Shake A Fist' & 'Ready For The Floor'[31] Mount Eerie - Lost WisdomKey Tracks: "Lost Wisdom' & 'Flaming Home'[30] Santogold - SantogoldKey Tracks: 'You'll Find A Way' & 'Creator Vs Switch'[29] Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb LineKey Tracks: 'Ghost Under Rocks' & 'Too Too Too Fast'[28] Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout SeaKey Tracks: 'What Is Not But Could Be If' & 'San Francisco B.C.'[27] Calexico - Carried To DustKey Tracks: 'Victor Jara's Hands' & 'Writer's Minor Holiday'[26] Girl Talk - Feed The AnimalsKey Tracks: 'Set It Off' & 'Shut The Club Down'[25] Autechre - QuaristiceKey Tracks: 'Perlence' & 'Simmm'[24] Spiritualized - Songs In A&EKey Tracks: 'Soul On Fire' & 'Sweet Talk'[23] The Cure - 4:13 DreamKey Tracks: 'Underneath The Stars' & 'Hungry Ghost'[22] Crystal Castles - Crystal CastlesKey Tracks: 'Crimewave' & 'Magic Spells'[21] Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IIIKey Tracks: 'Mr Carter' & 'A Milli'[20] Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common LifeKey Tracks: 'Royal Swan' & 'Golden Seal'[19] Fleet Foxes - Fleet FoxesKey Tracks: 'White Winter Hymnal' & 'Ragged Wood'[18] Cut Copy - In Ghost ColoursKey Tracks: 'Feel The Love' & 'Nobody Lost, Nobody Found'[17] Foals - AntidotesKey Tracks: 'Red Socks Pugie' & 'Cassius'[16] Sun Kil Moon - AprilKey Tracks: 'The Light' & 'Tonight The Sky'[15] The Verve - ForthKey Tracks: 'Rather Be' & 'Noise Epic'[14] Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!Key Tracks: 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!' & 'Midnight Man'[13] Beck - Modern GuiltKey Tracks: 'Orphans' & 'Chemtrails'[12] MGMT - Oracular SpectacularKey Tracks: 'Weekend Wars' & 'Electric Feel'[11] Goldfrapp - Seventh TreeKey Tracks: 'Caravan Girl' & 'A&E'[10] The Bug - London ZooKey Tracks: 'Angry' & 'Insane'[09] No Age - NounsKey Tracks: 'Eraser' & 'Teen Creeps'[08] Elbow - The Seldom Seen KidKey Tracks: 'Grounds For Divorce' & 'On A Day Like This'[07] TV On The Radio - Dear ScienceKey Tracks: 'Halfway Home' & 'Family Tree'[06] She & Him - Volume OneKey Tracks: 'Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?' & 'I Should Have Known Better'[05] Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks The Jicks - Real Emotional TrashKey Tracks: 'Elmo Delmo' & 'Real Emotional Trash'[04] Deerhunter - MicrocastleKey Tracks: 'Agoraphobia' & 'Microcastle'[03] M83 - Saturdays = YouthKey Tracks: 'Couleurs' & 'Graveyard Girl'[02] Portishead - ThirdKey Tracks: 'Hunter' & 'Plastic'[01] Flying Lotus - Los AngelesKey Tracks: 'Comet Course' & 'Riot'
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My Top 50 (er... 52) Favorite Radiohead Songs (Part 1)

Posted by NoSurprises11 on July 6, 2008 at 12:30am
Top 50ish Favorite Radiohead Songs
52/ Palo Alto - Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP - 1998It was only last week that I finally got my hands on a special edition of the Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP. I've always had the EP digitally but I never bought a physical copy. So as I was driving home from the record store with the songs blaring in my car, the CD player came to "Palo Alto" and I remembered just how much I love this song. I still think that this is the only b-side from the OK Computer era that could have had a place on the album without the album being made worse. I just love the explosions of guitar on "But I'm OK (BADADADA) How are you? (BADADADA)"51/ Backdrifts (Honeymoon Is Over.) - Hail To The Thief - 2003How could you not like this song? I absolutely love it. Album version and live version. I love the way this song starts and when the beat comes in with Thom's vocals. The song does suffer from an ending that's slightly too long but I love it regardless. I really, really want an instrumental version!50/ Go Slowly - In Rainbows (Disc 2) - 2007When this song first appeared in a set at a gig in England back in 2006, it was ok. Nothing to go on about. It was neat to hear a brand new song but the song itself wasn't very comparable with the rest of material that was debuted in both the same gig and later gigs. Then they released In Rainbows and I got my discbox in the mail and listened to the studio version. WOW. The song has such a cold and dark and pretty feel to it. Like a mysterious dark-haired girl. The song never really builds into a proper climax but the acoustic guitar at the end is more than enough. Not to mention the beautiful glockenspiel and electric guitar riffs. And that guitar "solo!" One detail I really miss from the live version is a riff that Jonny played during the verses that gave the song a slight "desolate desert" sound to the song. Oh well.49/ (Nice Dream) - The Bends - 1995One of my favorites off of The Bends. I absolutely love the chord changes in this song. I would be close to tears if I heard this played live at a future concert. Good tears, of course.48/ Scatterbrain (As Dead As Leaves.) - Hail To The Thief - 2003I've never fully understood why I love this song so much but it's such a perfectly formulated song. The sound, guitars, drums, singing, chord changes all fit the constant mood of the song: looking out a large window at a rainy, windy, messy-weather day. The trees blowing back and forth and the rain causing the whole image to distort.47/ Videotape - In Rainbows - 2007I would feel confident in saying this is one of the more "controversial" songs of Radiohead's repertoire. Not for the lyrics or singing. But for what they did to the studio version. Essentially, they took everything that made the song a fan favorite during its trial runs at live venues and got rid of it. The best live version of this song is definitely the Hammersmith Apollo debut of the song. It was the first time it was ever played publicly and it EXPLODED with energy. But when they got into the studio, they took away the proper drums and guitar and replaced them with a quiet electronic beat and... no guitar. But the twist? The studio version is actually a lot better and more fitting for the song. The lyrics go with the new version so much better than the 2006 live version. It took a couple of months before it clicked. But when it did, it became a personal favorite.46/ Where I End and You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In.) - Hail To The Thief - 2003This song features some of my favorite drumming and one of my favorite themes (musically) of all time (the opening notes). Also some fantastic lyrics. My favorite live performance of the song definitely has to be the performance I experienced firsthand in Atlanta this year.45/ Optimistic - Kid A - 2000I fell in love with this song when I picked up Kid A so long ago... and then I stopped listening to it. It became boring to me. And then Radiohead performed it in Atlanta this year. And I fell back in love with it. The studio version is so rich with "bony-sounding" guitars and a tribal sound unlike any other song they've done before. The lyrics follow the same theme with the opening line: "Flies are buzzing round my head. Vultures circling the dead. Picking up every last crumb." This song just ties together the overall sound of Kid A so perfectly. "Dinosaurs roaming the earth."44/ You and Whose Army? - Amnesiac - 2001I was stuck on this song for a good two weeks when I first got Amnesiac about 4 years ago. It starts so muddled... it reminds me of a man tired and weak from battle, the obvious loser of the fight, continuing to egg on the oversized army ahead of him. He then leads his small force against the larger in their last battle. This is also a live favorite of mine.43/ Fog (Again) - Com Lag 2plus2is5 - 2004"Fog (Again)" is just that song that is irresistable to sing along to. I love every inch of it. It makes me want to cry when I hear it just because it's such an emotion-riddled song. I'm not a huge fan of the electronic (or, original) version of the song though.42/ A Wolf at the Door (It Girl. Rag Doll.) - Hail To The Thief - 2003As I was listening to Scatterbrain while writing this, the song ended and skipped to the next song, "A Wolf At The Door." And I completely forgot how incredibly badass this song really is. Apologies for not originally considering it but when you have a few hundred songs to pick from the task gets a little daunting. Please find and listen to the Atlanta 2003 performance of this song. Amazing.41/ Lift - Live in Salamanca - 2002I don't think I need to describe why I like this song. Or why it needs to be on LP8. Or why I want them to play it live soon. Or why I love Thom's voice in it.More to come!
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