Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44724 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-08-04
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 35 minutes

Synopsis
Videos taken from the British band's critically acclaimed "The Bends" and "OK Computer" albums: "Paranoid Android," "Street Spirit," "No Surprises," "Just," "High and Dry (U.S. version)," "Karma Police," and "Fake Plastic Trees."

Customer Reviews

High quality, but short-lived.
The first thing you will notice about this DVD is the excellent cover artwork. The cardboard case is stylish and well-represents the image Radiohead were portraying at that time. It was co-designed by lead singer Thom Yorke (aka Tchocky) and regular Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood. So, that's the design out of the way, what's inside?

The seven Radiohead music videos on here are all of a high standard. There's no faulting the excellence of each. You'll find that each of the videos are filmed and made completely differently.

The videos on here, if you hadn't already discovered are:

Paranoid Android
Street Spirit
No Surprises
Just
High and Dry (U.S. Version)
Karma Police
Fake Plastic Trees

The total running time is 34:03 minutes.

The one's that stand out are the now famed 'Just' video with the ever-questioned ending and the wonderfully produced 'Street Spirit'. The most lacking video is probably Karma Police, which simply doesn't offer any replay value, but you should find yourself engrossed into each one.

There simply isn't enough material on here to warrant you paying anything more than say £10. Whilst hardcore fans will lap it up, when you compare this to say Pavement's 'Slow Century' DVD with all 13 videos plus so much more, it is difficult to justify spending a lot on this. The videos are excellent, but the experience is short-lived. The only special feature is a useful 'Play all' button, which is nice, but far from what we all should expect. It needs more videos, maybe a nice Radiohead booklet, and maybe some live performances. In fact, at the very least both this and the documentary DVD 'Meeting People is Easy' should come together on the same disc.

Visual Masterpiece
This is one of the great collections of art ever seen. This (often overlooked) Radiohead video allows us to see the genius of some of the 90s best directors including Johnathan Glazier, Jamie Thraves and Grant Gee (the man who was also behind the camera for Radiohead's other major video; "Meeting People Is Easy").

The video for "Paranoid Android" is a thing of beauty, summing up Radiohead's touchingly bleak view on society today, as one-by-one, in detailed animation, the video exposes corruption in politics, alcohol abuse and prostitution. Other videos of note include the equally wierd "Street Spirit" featuring dancing nuns and rabd dogs, and the profound "Karma Police" video which proves that even the rich and famous have to show good will to all.

Clichéd though it is, if you only buy one Radiohead video this year, make it this one, if you buy two, get "Meeting People is Easy".

Needs to be kept in context
When I first watched this DVD, I was slightly disappointed. I thought to myself beforehand - This is Radiohead. It only lists 7 songs on the case, but there must obviously be more stuff, ie extras. I mean, who releases a dvd with 7 videos on it? Radiohead wouldn't be so shoddy, I thought. I was wrong - there are only 7 videos and NOTHING more on the DVD. But, to my pleasant surprise, I also realised this wasn't half as shoddy as I first imagined.
Each video, now seldom played on MTV, is superb and tells it's own unique story. Just and Paranoid Android especially have strong (and amusingly cynical) storylines.
Also, it must be worth noting that this is a 7 track DVD that costs just £10. If the DVD was £20 (like most similar music DVDs are - Smashing Pumpkins, U2, NIN, etc) then the 'not enough content' argument would work. But, at £10, the DVD is practically a steal.