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A band that left behind their roots and squeaked their way to newer pastures. A band that took their biggest selling single and refused to play it at gigs. A band that freely cursed about the queen mother on live Radio. And a band that still manages to pull in the fans. Coldnews opens the can of worms that is Thom Yorke's solo album.
Thom sits himself in the corner of a local Oxford watering hole. The other punters wail away on their mobile phones, play giant Jenga and sneer like panthers at the local pig wrestling that is happening in the corner. Thom doesn't bat an eyelid, his eyes have seen stranger things. Bjork, for example. And Michael Stipes bedroom, its enough to leave a man peculiar. I switch the tape on "Ed made me do it" he blurts.
After several years of breaking boundaries, the recent release of Radiohead.tv on DVD and the whole Chieftan Mews shebangle, Radiohead have got a lot to answer for. "The Radiohead.tv DVD was a bit of a joke that went too far" he states "I swear, its the last time we mix mushies and coke.". He continues to explain about how Ed wrote down the ideas for Radiohead.tv on the back of a Marlboro lights packet and continued to pull it out when Radiohead were monged on fizzy crack and pesto milkshakes. "After Radiohead.tv came out, we all went back into the studio. I sellotaped myself into a room and smoked myself sick" "Nigel [Godrich, the bands producer>, listened as I spaced out and ripped apart a brand new piano, while Protools recorded all the chaos". Needless to say, Thom's new album sounds promising. "I wrote a 5 minute track using bicycle wheels and a prosthetic arm. But people don't take this stuff seriously anymore. We continually called weird when walking down the street.". Thoms eye starts to wander and stops upon the view of a 20 something young Oxford student "People just have to realise we aren't young anymore, we have to move onto greener pastures.". He wipes a solitary tear from his eye.
Jonny and Ed waltz into the pub, fitting into the student crowd well with their hemp pants, first edition Dante novels and "save the whales" t-shirts. Ed sits down and lights up one of the 40 cigarettes he is to smoke in the next 30minutes. "All of us have been recording our own stuff in one way or another, its just that Thom decided to release his first" Jonny coos. I ask what it sounds like in relation to the other Radiohead music. "Its typical Thom" Ed states, "The studio's full of odd bits and bobs, like his Pikatchu doll that's running through a guitar amp, or the pair of badgers that he pokes on the solo for 'Well Wish the Wish Man Must'". Thom cringes, "its not the process, its the end result". "Johnny does a trombone part in one, its really great. But, being Johnny, he manages to control it from his computer, which makes it a little more interesting" He steps up to order himself another Flaming Sambuca, paying the barwench in used copies of OKComputer. When he sits back down I fire more questions at them but they seem unresponsive. "I cant tell you what its called because it'll be all over the NME tomorrow. And they can fuck off an' all." Thom spouts, "They'll be the last to fucking know". Jonny and Ed chuckle, the chuckle turns into a hearty guffaw and they stand up to leave. I ask them where they are going. "Its Thom's bedtime" they jest and put their coats back on. Thom stands up and gives me a defeated shrug. "we're a democracy" he states "and I wouldn't go against that". Before he leaves I point out that he has only been interviewed for 15 minutes. He laughs and replies "you just don't get it do you?" All three of them turn around and skip through the door in something reminiscent of a Morcombe and Wise sketch.
The album will be released on June 4th in the UK.
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Heh, they all really REALLY hate being interviewed.
June isn't too far away, can't wait. I'll definately be buying that.
Anyone get that Johnny Greenwood 'Bodysong' soundtrack he did? I got the DVD and the CD, the film was awful pretentious toss, but the music was good.
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A band that left behind their roots and squeaked their way to newer pastures. A band that took their biggest selling single and refused to play it at gigs. A band that freely cursed about the queen mother on live Radio. And a band that still manages to pull in the fans. Coldnews opens the can of worms that is Thom Yorke's solo album.
Thom sits himself in the corner of a local Oxford watering hole. The other punters wail away on their mobile phones, play giant Jenga and sneer like panthers at the local pig wrestling that is happening in the corner. Thom doesn't bat an eyelid, his eyes have seen stranger things. Bjork, for example. And Michael Stipes bedroom, its enough to leave a man peculiar. I switch the tape on "Ed made me do it" he blurts.
After several years of breaking boundaries, the recent release of Radiohead.tv on DVD and the whole Chieftan Mews shebangle, Radiohead have got a lot to answer for. "The Radiohead.tv DVD was a bit of a joke that went too far" he states "I swear, its the last time we mix mushies and coke.". He continues to explain about how Ed wrote down the ideas for Radiohead.tv on the back of a Marlboro lights packet and continued to pull it out when Radiohead were monged on fizzy crack and pesto milkshakes. "After Radiohead.tv came out, we all went back into the studio. I sellotaped myself into a room and smoked myself sick" "Nigel [Godrich, the bands producer>, listened as I spaced out and ripped apart a brand new piano, while Protools recorded all the chaos". Needless to say, Thom's new album sounds promising. "I wrote a 5 minute track using bicycle wheels and a prosthetic arm. But people don't take this stuff seriously anymore. We continually called weird when walking down the street.". Thoms eye starts to wander and stops upon the view of a 20 something young Oxford student "People just have to realise we aren't young anymore, we have to move onto greener pastures.". He wipes a solitary tear from his eye.
Jonny and Ed waltz into the pub, fitting into the student crowd well with their hemp pants, first edition Dante novels and "save the whales" t-shirts. Ed sits down and lights up one of the 40 cigarettes he is to smoke in the next 30minutes. "All of us have been recording our own stuff in one way or another, its just that Thom decided to release his first" Jonny coos. I ask what it sounds like in relation to the other Radiohead music. "Its typical Thom" Ed states, "The studio's full of odd bits and bobs, like his Pikatchu doll that's running through a guitar amp, or the pair of badgers that he pokes on the solo for 'Well Wish the Wish Man Must'". Thom cringes, "its not the process, its the end result". "Johnny does a trombone part in one, its really great. But, being Johnny, he manages to control it from his computer, which makes it a little more interesting" He steps up to order himself another Flaming Sambuca, paying the barwench in used copies of OKComputer. When he sits back down I fire more questions at them but they seem unresponsive. "I cant tell you what its called because it'll be all over the NME tomorrow. And they can fuck off an' all." Thom spouts, "They'll be the last to fucking know". Jonny and Ed chuckle, the chuckle turns into a hearty guffaw and they stand up to leave. I ask them where they are going. "Its Thom's bedtime" they jest and put their coats back on. Thom stands up and gives me a defeated shrug. "we're a democracy" he states "and I wouldn't go against that". Before he leaves I point out that he has only been interviewed for 15 minutes. He laughs and replies "you just don't get it do you?" All three of them turn around and skip through the door in something reminiscent of a Morcombe and Wise sketch.
The album will be released on June 4th in the UK.
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Heh, they all really REALLY hate being interviewed.
June isn't too far away, can't wait. I'll definately be buying that.
Anyone get that Johnny Greenwood 'Bodysong' soundtrack he did? I got the DVD and the CD, the film was awful pretentious toss, but the music was good.