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Radiohead – Just
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“Just” is a single from Radiohead’s second album, The Bends.
The song’s subject matter is traditional Radiohead fare: the depression, self-loathing, and alienation that modern
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Radiohead – No Surprises
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“No Surprises” is the fourth and final single from Radiohead’s third album, OK Computer. It was the first song to be recorded for the album, and the band actually stuck with the
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Radiohead – True Love Waits
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“True Love Waits” was first played in 1995. Since then, it has appeared in Radiohead setlists, and on their live album I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings in 2001. Fans consider it
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Radiohead – Creep
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According to Thom Yorke, “Creep” tells the tale of an inebriated man who tries to get the attention of a woman to whom he is attracted by following her around. In the end, he lacks
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Radiohead – There There
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Released on May 26, 2003 as the first single from Hail to the Thief, “There There” describes the human struggle against the evil forces of temptation that vie to lead us astray.
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Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling into Place
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Thom Yorke (and his close friend Adam Buxton, who directed the video for this song) has stated in interviews that ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ is based on the messy drunken nights
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Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
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A fine example of Radiohead’s “post-grunge” / “pre-electronic” phase on The Bends.
The song is supposed to be a call against consumerism. While recording the song, the band went
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Radiohead – Just Samples
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See all of “Just” by Radiohead’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Radiohead – Just (BBC Radio 1 Session)
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[Verse 1] / Can't get the stink off / He's been hanging 'round for days / Comes like a comet / Suckered you but not your friends / [Pre-Chorus 1] / One day he'll get to you / And
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Radiohead – The Bends
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In scientific terms, the bends, also known as decompression sickness, occurs when dissolved gas comes out of solution forming bubbles in the blood. This condition demonstrates
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Radiohead – Just Covers
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See all of “Just” by Radiohead’s covers
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Radiohead – House of Cards
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This song is certainly about a man that loves a girl that’s in a relationship. He wants to be her lover.
He talks about a “house of cards”, which means a “insubstantial or
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Radiohead – Sulk
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“Sulk” was written as a response to the Hungerford massacre that occurred in Hungerford, Berkshire, England on August 19, 1987. Seventeen people (including the perpetrator) were
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Radiohead – Daydreaming
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“Daydreaming” contains allusions to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. This is depicted in the music video, both at the beginning and end, just like the symmetry in the song. The video
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Radiohead – 4 Minute Warning
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Thom has said that In Rainbows is “about the fucking panic of realizing you’re going to die!” Keeping with that theme, “4 Minute Warning” describes a vague apocalyptic scenario
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Radiohead – Glass Eyes
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This watery piano ballad featuring a stark string section, tackles themes of anxiety and alienation as the character is frightened by society, leading him to escape the unknown.
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Radiohead – Like Spinning Plates
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The experimental “Like Spinning Plates” is a time distorted backing track (partly made up of Hail to the Thief’s “I Will”) and Thom’s vocals played backwards, which sound like
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Radiohead – Decks Dark
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This song continues the space narrative on A Moon Shaped Pool. Thom uses metaphors of a UFO and extraterrestrial matter in order to portray the questions and darkness of humanity.
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Radiohead – My Iron Lung
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The entire song is about Radiohead’s “Creep” from their first album Pablo Honey. An iron lung is a mechanical respirator that worked using negative pressure to assist breathing
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Radiohead – All I Need
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In the fall of 2005, Radiohead had already been working on new music for their 7th LP. On September 30th, they posted a photograph on their blog, Dead Air Space, revealing a black
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Radiohead – Lotus Flower
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Lotus Flower, a new addition to what you have to say is a fairly slender catalogue of Radiohead songs about having it all, is as plaintive and sensual as the preceding tracks are
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Radiohead – Subterranean Homesick Alien
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In “Subterranean Homesick Alien,” Thom speaks of being isolated or different from the rest of his brethren. He wishes an alien colony can take him away just so he could be a silent
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Streetlight Manifesto – Just
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Can't get the stink off / He's been hanging 'round for days / Comes like a comet / Suckered you but not your friends / One day he'll get to you / And teach you how to be a holy cow
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Radiohead – Paranoid Android
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“Paranoid Android,” the first single from OK Computer, is characterized by three distinct moods written in what Thom Yorke referred to as three different states of mind. The song’s
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Thom Yorke – A Conversation with Just Your Eyes
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[Instrumental]
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Thom Yorke – Suspirium
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“Suspirium” is a song taken from Thom Yorke’s soundtrack for the 2018 horror film Suspiria.
Thom sings about the dilemma of existence. He starts off with the beautiful line that “
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Radiohead – Optimistic
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“Optimistic,” the sixth song on the album, got more radio play than just about every other track. It seems to feature two potential reactions to the desolation of a consumerist
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Radiohead – Black Star
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The very lows of what it’s like to be romantically involved with someone suffering from mental illness – the one most sane is likely to use scapegoats and half-measures in whatever
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Radiohead – Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
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“Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)” was released in 1997 as track 2 on the “Paranoid Android” single. It can also be found on the “Collector’s Edition” of OK Computer.
According to
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Radiohead – Karma Police
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One of several stunning singles from Radiohead’s heavily influential masterpiece, OK Computer, “Karma Police” is a haunting and atmospheric track. Thom Yorke’s strained
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Radiohead – Thinking About You
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There are two studio versions of this track. The first one, with a faster tempo and more guitars was released in the Manic Hedgehog demo, and later on the EPs Drill and Itch, with
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Radiohead – High and Dry
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The first single from Radiohead’s second album, The Bends. “High and Dry” was released on a double A-side with the album’s opening track, “Planet Telex.”
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Radiohead – Separator
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Separator is a clear-eyed, mid-tempo closer that mixes 1990s–era Radiohead with a touch of Neil Young-inspired guitar work and ends on a sweet and easy note that’s miles away from
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Radiohead – (Nice Dream)
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Originally considered as an option for the first single from Radiohead’s 1995 release The Bends, “(Nice Dream)” was never released as a single. It wound up as track 6 on the album.
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Radiohead – A Punchup at a Wedding
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According to Thom Yorke, the song was born out of the frustration that bloomed when he came across a review bashing Radiohead’s performance at Oxford.
I happened upon…by accident
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Radiohead – Anyone Can Play Guitar
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“Anyone Can Play Guitar” is a single from Radiohead’s first album Pablo Honey, released just in advance of the album. It is the band’s second single, and their first to receive a
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Radiohead – Not All Angels Have Wings MD116.2
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If I'm gonna talk / I just wanna talk / Please don't interrupt / Just sit back and listen / And if I'm gonna talk / I just wanna talk / No evaluations / No deliberations / They're
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Distortgang – Just jersey distortmix
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One day he'll get to you / And teach you how to be a holy cow / You do it to yourself, you do / And that's why it really hurts / Is that you do it to yourself, just you, just you
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Radiohead – Videotape
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In September of 2005, “Videotape” was one of many In Rainbows-era songs listed on a blackboard in a photograph posted to the band’s blog, Dead Air Space. In March of 2006, the band
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Radiohead – If You Say the Word
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‘'If You Say The Word’‘ was released as the first single off of Radiohead’s compilation album Kid A Mnesia. It came as the first piece of previously unreleased material from the
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Radiohead – Last Flowers
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“Last Flowers” (previously titled “Last Flowers Till the Hospital”) apparently refers to a street sign on the way to Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK. Yorke refers to the poem “
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Radiohead – Maybe
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Maybe this is not the reason / This is not answer [?] / Maybe I'll just it back / Just like a melody I hide / On the outskirts of your [heart?] / Maybe this is alright / You're
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Radiohead – Like Spinning Plates (‘Why Us?’ Version)
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[Verse 1] / Why us? / Why not someone else? / Why us? / The cameras are turnin' off our lights / So run away / [Chorus] / And this just feels like / Spinning plates / Our bodies
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