Radiohead, Rasta Style
It Happened Last Night
New York-based reggae collective Easy Star All Stars made their full length live debut of Radiodread -- a song-for-song reggae replica of Radiohead's OK Computer -- at Athens, GA's Georgia Theatre last night. Each song from the original album was played in succession and was intertwined with highlights from the All Stars' previous project, Dub Side of the Moon, which pays homage to Pink Floyd. The All Stars gave a horn arrangement to "Paranoid Android" and an optimistic energy to "No Surprises," while "Electioneering" featured lush vocal harmonies resounding in stark contrast to the sound of Yorke's frenzied desperation. Despite an initial flurry of doubt in the crowd, the Easy Star All Stars produced a stellar reinterpretation of OK Computer, reflecting the album's same extent of urgency, darkness, and triumph. SAMANTHA PROMISLOFF
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We asked: Which one of your favorite bands or albums would you like to hear redone in a different style? COMMENT
Name: Justin Brimer
Age: 23
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Occupation: Writer
"Peter Tosh's 1976 single 'Legalize It' in bluegrass would be amazing."
Name: Fred Behrens
Age: 19
Hometown: Mequon, WI
Occupation: Tree waterer
"I would love to hear old Smashing Pumpkins songs done more in the style of Billy Corgan's solo stuff."
Name: Robin Fried
Age: 21
Hometown: Gainesville, GA
Occupation: Student
"I'd want to hear the Grateful Dead as rap...but not really."
Name: Amy Blumenfeld
Age: 21
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Occupation: Pizza artist
"I grew up with Paul Simon's Graceland. Imagine Graceland as rap."
Name: Perry McCall
Age: 21
Hometown: Aiken, SC
Occupation: Panhandler
"Kid A as classical would be mindblowing."
Name: Andy Graycheck
Age: 23
Hometown: Macon, GA
Occupation: Nature trail maintenance
"Anything thrown back to old school disco would be hilarious."
Name: Rachel Dunlap
Age: 24
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Occupation: Bartender
"The Libertines as old country western...and I mean old."
Name: Sean Price
Age: 25
Hometown: St. Mary's, GA
Occupation: Fishmonger
"Dolly Parton as death metal? That would be kind of intense."
