Radiohead-head
On the occasion of the release of the new Radiohead album NME put together 50 Incredibly Geeky Facts About Radiohead. And we read the whole list. A couple of factoids:
* Jeff Buckley was a bigger influence on Radiohead than they would perhaps today admit. ‘The Bends’ producer John Leckie, recalling the profound effect seeing Buckley had on Thom Yorke, said: “It made him realise you could sing in a falsetto without sounding drippy.”
* Thom Yorke recorded the vocals to ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ in late 1994 just after seeing Jeff Buckley play the Garage in London. Apparently, an inspired Yorke rushed back to the studio, did two takes then broke down in tears.
Ach, we almost feel an affinity to Thom Yorke. That is not easy. (Although Radiohead got its name from a Talking Heads song and we were an extra in David Byrne’s book and album with Fatboy Slim. One degree of separation?)
Here’s a song off their new album:
Our favorite Radiohead album is Kid A. We want to make a movie so we can use it as a soundtrack. (We loved Jonny Greenwood’s work on There Will Be Blood and thought he should’ve gotten an Oscar.)
What happened to Radiohead’s Pay-what-you-want experiment? The buyers shelled out an average of 2.90 pounds, with most of them opting to pay nothing. Conclusion: the audience is cheap.
Resolved: Watch Radiohead in concert this year.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
February 19th, 2011 at 18:59
When you said, “Resolved: Watch Radiohead in concert this year” did you mean they are coming over here? Or would this fall in the “we love Radiohead so much we’d fly to Japan to see them live in concert” resolution?
February 19th, 2011 at 23:16
Something to watch over and over again. Master the movements and trundle it out as your entry for the Christmas party presentation contest at the office.
February 20th, 2011 at 01:07
No wonder why one of my favorite Radiohead song, You, can pass as a Jeff Buckley track. By the way, they’re no longer playing in Tokyo :(
February 20th, 2011 at 17:47
When I grow up, I wanna be like Thom Yorke. I could never get enough of In Rainbows. Only play it (loud) at night usually to bring some “meaning” to long stretches of numbing highways during my daily commute. They just sound weirdly out-of-place in the bright, especially during a hot, sunny day. I got pulled over for a speeding ticket, though, once while playing the album…lmao.
I must say, lately, there’s a lady named Esperanza Spalding who has captured my attention. Yeah, she was the one who upset the Justin Bieber fans for winning Best New Artist at last week’s Grammys. (They vandalized her Wikipedia entry…lol) This is probably one of the most inspired and correct decisions NARAS has ever done in its history. This woman is just beautiful and a breath of fresh air; and her work just beautiful and strange. I think I’m in love. Letterman was so correct, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXtAFOr9ahs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDxVz476VxQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Latnl1iMnnA