Although many songs have been described as a 'modern day Bohemian Rhapsody', this song comes closer than most. This song really shows the difference between this and their previous albums, due to it's increased complexity, and has one of the best lyrics on here in, 'In an interstellar burst, I'm back to save the universe.' The song also breaks down near the end, leaving Yorke wailing over the backing band, while effects go off in the background. The song itself is about the feeling of getting out of a car safely after an accident, a theme very dear to Thom Yorke who once admitted he is very conscious of the dangers of getting in a car, and is amazed that more people do not feel the same way. This is one of the heavier songs on here musically, with the track being heavily based over Phil Selway's cut up drum loops, displaying some of Radiohead's trip-hop influences, as also evident on Climbing Up The Walls. OK Computer, however, is a suite of music that redefined the band's sound, a trick they would repeat 3 years later, and works as both a brilliant album, but also as a truly remarkable set of individual songs.ġ. Second album The Bends, while very accomplished, and excellent in parts, is nevertheless a rock album more than anything else, and nowhere near the sound of this. Their debut, Pablo Honey, is generally accepted as a mediocre rock album, with the exception of one brilliant single, Creep, that blasted them to fame, much to the ire of some of the band. Radiohead had been a band who had never really hinted at making an album like this. 2 months after this government was swept into power, Radiohead released their third studio album, and suddenly the critics, and the music world as a whole, realised that the whole ballgame had changed.

Britrock was at the height of its popularity, we were looking like a successful sporting nation for the first time in a long while, and we were looking forward to a fresh new government, sweeping 18 years of conservatism out of the door. Jonny Greenwood (Guitar, Keyboard, Mellotron, Other Instruments)ġ997 was, broadly speaking, a good time to be British.

The Band: Thom Yorke (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards)

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