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Drugstore (Ft. Thom Yorke) – El President
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This song is a tribute to Salvador Allende, the president of Chile, a Marxist democratically elected in 1970. When the CIA sponsored a coup d'état in an attempt to overthrow his
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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 – 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 – Fitter Happier
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Fitter Happier is a list of bullet points that diagnosed society for what it was, and where it was headed at the time of this song’s release and arguably the world we live in now.
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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 – Climbing Up the Walls
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Sung from the perspective of paranoid fear itself, “Climbing Up the Walls” takes the English idiomatic expression for utter unpleasant feelings, such as worry and doubt giving the
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Radiohead – Lucky
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“Lucky,” the penultimate track from OK Computer, was written around the time of the 1990’s Bosnian conflict and recorded to be featured on relief record The Help Album.
The song
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Radiohead – Let Down
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Featured on Radiohead’s 1997 alternative-rock classic OK Computer, “Let Down” was recorded at 3 AM in a ballroom at the historic St Catherine’s Court. The song structure features
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Radiohead – Airbag (early acoustic)
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This is an earlier recording of their song Airbag, with the lyrics differing in a few places. It appears to be a later version of the draft that Thom Yorke wrote in a book of
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Radiohead – Airbag
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“Airbag” is the first song off OK Computer.
The song is somewhat autobiographical – Thom had been involved in a car accident roughly a decade before, his life saved by an airbag
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Radiohead – Pearly
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“Pearly*” was released in 1997 on the “Paranoid Android” single.
It can also be found on the Collector’s Edition of OK Computer, OK Computer OKNOTOK and on the Airbag/How Am I
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Radiohead – Climbing up the Walls (Thom 4Track)
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[Verse 1] / I am the key to the door in your house / That keeps your toys in the basement / And if you look too hard in your mind / You'll often see my reflection / It's always
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Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)
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Radiohead was in the middle of their 1996 tour when they were approached by director Baz Luhrmann to record a song meant for his upcoming film, Romeo + Juliet.
The band was shown
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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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Read All The Lyrics To Thom Yorke’s New Album ‘ANIMA’
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The British legend teased the album with cryptic ads for a “Dream Camera.”
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Radiohead – A Reminder
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“A Reminder” was released in 1997 as part of the “Paranoid Android” single and included in the “Airbag/How Am I Driving” EP.
It also appears on the Collector’s Edition of OK
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Radiohead – Airbag MD114.1
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[Verse 1] / In the next world war / In a jackknifed juggernaut / I am born again / In the neon sign / Scrolling up and down / I am born again / [Chorus] / In an interstellar burst
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Radiohead – Man of War
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For a long time considered one of Radiohead’s “lost classics,” (akin to “Lift” and “True Love Waits”), this song first emerged in setlists supporting The Bends in 1995.
It was
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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 – Lull
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“Lull” was released in 1997 on the “Karma Police” single.
It can also be found on the Collector’s Edition of OK Computer.
A bright melody of Velvet Underground simplicity, Lull
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Radiohead – The Tourist
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“The Tourist” is the final track on OK Computer, punctuating the album with soaring guitar solos and ethereal vocals. The track is about enjoying life; when a tourist visits a
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Radiohead – Palo Alto
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Palo Alto, California is the home of Stanford University and a major center of the Silicon Valley. When Radiohead performed in the city in 1996, they toured the offices of several
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Radiohead – How I Made My Millions
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“How I Made My Millions” was released in 1998 on the No Surprises single. It can also be found on the Collector’s Edition of OK Computer, as well as on the second disc of OK
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Radiohead – Paranoid Android M8 MD114
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Take 1 / [Bridge 1] / You, you / You don't remember, you don't remember / You don't remember my name / You're so important, if you're so important / Why don't you remember my name
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Radiohead – Meeting in the Aisle
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Radiohead’s first ever instrumental – programmed entirely on synthesizers by Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker (those responsible for the “Climbing Up the Walls” Zero 7 remix). “It was
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Radiohead – Alternative Paranoid Android Ending Live in Pittsburgh
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There was, there was, there was / There was, there was, there was / There was, there was, there was / There was, there was, there was(?) / You obviously don't think so, you
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Radiohead – Electioneering
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One of the straightforwardly political songs in the Radiohead catalogue, it captures the unrest against neoliberal policies that plagued the globe in the late 1990s, and would soon
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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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Radiohead – Lift
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One of the band’s “lost classics,” Radiohead originally performed “Lift” in 1996 as part of sets that included early arrangements of songs that would end up on OK Computer
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Radiohead – Airbag Samples
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See all of “Airbag” by Radiohead’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Radiohead – Paranoid Android MD111
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Part 1 / [Verse 1] / This girl is gone and all I think about is you / I watch you sleeping and I want to sleep like you / What's that? What's that? / [Verse 2] / 'Cause every lie's
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Radiohead – Thom's Acoustic as Microphone in Climbing up the Walls
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This is presumably one of the tracks used in the OK Computer song ‘Climbing up the Walls’, with Thom Yorke’s vocals being particularly prominent (if muffled). The fact that it’s
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue
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The first single off of Californication describes the struggles addicts go through to get sober and how they are viewed different when they return to reality. Scar tissue is a good
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Radiohead – Paranoid Android Loud Room at St Catherines
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[Instrumental]
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isaac gracie – No Surprises (Radiohead Cover)
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[Verse 1] / A heart that's full up like a landfill / A job that slowly kills you / Bruises that won't heal / You look so tired, unhappy / Bring down the government / 'Cause they
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Radiohead – The Jumbled Words of Climbing up the Walls Read by Little Dan Clements
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I am the key to locking your dress / That keeps your toys in the basement / And if you get too far inside / You'll find you came out where you went in / So tuck the kids in safe
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Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film) Interpolations
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See all of “Exit Music (For A Film)” by Radiohead’s interpolations
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Radiohead – Lift Samples
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See all of “Lift” by Radiohead’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Radiohead – Airbag Interpolations
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See all of “Airbag” by Radiohead’s interpolations
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Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ Reissue Shows The Album That Almost Was
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Thom Yorke’s message still resonates today.
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Radiohead – Let Down Covers
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See all of “Let Down” by Radiohead’s covers
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Radiohead – Karma Police Samples
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See all of “Karma Police” by Radiohead’s samples
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