 Genius Meanings
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Radiohead – Nude
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Originally written and recorded during the OK Computer era, this song was often played live and became a hardcore-fan favorite. It had the working title “Failure to Receive
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Radiohead – Nude Early Band Version
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[Verse 1] / Don't get any big ideas / They're not gonna happen / That thin stewardess / Her skirt in a mess / You don't stand a chance / [Refrain] / What do you look like when you'
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Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
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“Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi” brandishes new drums behind its drain-circling arpeggios, but sounds every bit as massive in crescendoing as its live renditions suggested it might.
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Radiohead – Bodysnatchers
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According to the New York Times, Yorke’s inspirations for “Bodysnatchers” include Victorian ghost stories, The Stepford Wives, and a feeling of ‘your physical consciousness trapped
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Radiohead – Nude (Live From The Basement)
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[Chorus] / Don't get any big ideas / They're not gonna happen / [Verse 1] / You paint yourself white / And fill up with noise / But there'll be something missing / [Verse 2] / Now
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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 – Nude MD113
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Don't get any big ideas / They're not gonna happen / People do it all the time / In cars, boats and planes / So why can't I? / I'm so- / Right now you look like / You're the
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Radiohead – Nude (Rough) MD115
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I want you to know / I want someone else / It's not all that bad / I had a bad dream / You bury me in / One look, is it never / So I get to know I want to go / I leave / I know
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Pyramid Song
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Malevolent, moving, epic, this sets the stage for the rest of Amnesiac. It has spooky piano chords, Thom Yorke singing beautifully, and strings that evoke being pulled into a
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Radiohead – 15 Step
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The opening track to In Rainbows builds from an electronic beat to a full band number with warm guitar tones and propelling bass.
Lyrically, it’s a song about love and betrayal
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Roman GianArthur – Send It On
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Send It On mixes in elements of Radiohead’s Nude and D'Angelo’s Send It On.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ky1td3_6LY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ48dMwVqPg
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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 – Faust Arp
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The track’s title, “Faust Arp,” combines the name Faust (sometimes spelled Faustus) – a man who sold his soul to the devil for happiness and almost unlimited power – and Jean/Hans
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Isaac Dunbar – nude
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[Chorus] / Don't get any big ideas / They're not gonna happen / [Verse 1] / You paint yourself white / And fill up with noise / But there'll be something missing / [Verse 2] / Now
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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 – Reckoner
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“Reckoner” was an early working title for the album before it was titled In Rainbows. The album does take its title from this song’s lyrics: “Because we separate / Like ripples on
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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 – Talk Show Host
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One of Radiohead’s best and most popular B-sides, “Talk Show host” first appeared on the “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” single and was ultimately remixed for the film Romeo and Juliet
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Radiohead – Attention
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One of the most exciting inclusions on Radiohead’s “white cassette” mixtape, “Attention” is a 4-track demo recorded by Thom Yorke himself.
In the first published review of OKNOTOK
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