Radiohead: OK Computer

Transcript

Introducing OK Computer

Speaker 2 0:16

oh , that's beautiful what do you call that ?

Speaker 1 0:19

well , this piece is called lick my love pump ah , no , seriously , thank you for listening to the Greatest Nine Hits . I'm Chris and playing a mashup of the song Airbag and electioneering from OK Computer . Radiohead's 1997 album is my co-host . Tim . Thanks for joining us . I hope a lot of fans are listening . Radio heads man .

Speaker 1 0:50

We did the bends earlier this year and we're going to end this season with OK Computer . So this is going to be the last album that we're going to do this year . We did the 90s , but in the next year we're going to do . This year we did the 90s , but in the next year we're going to be doing some other stuff too . We'll do some 90s , 80s , 70s .

Speaker 1 1:10

I think what we want to do is kind of mix it up and just kind of widen and open the format of what we can do , expect a mixed bag moving forward . We're happy that we're four years in . It's exciting for us . We couldn't be happier to do this album . We're pretty stoked about this because we love Radiohead , tim especially , and this is around the time I think some of these guys who do these interviews and write reviews I should say you know , I think they nailed , nailed it with .

Speaker 1 1:53

This is sort of like a post Brit pop shift . So , you know , you gotta think you're in the blur era and then you're kind of going into the late nineties and this is a little bit deeper and heavier . And we could go on and on about the intricacies of Tom York . He's brave , he's articulate , he's intellectually honest about just the unsettling feelings that we get that we can't really put into words . I mean , he's super poetic at you know , capturing like those awkward feelings in life and , uh , you know , and that's that's a theme throughout the . The songs on this album , all of them kind of relate back to past experiences where he's kind of like , you know , I don't kind of freaked out a little bit or , you know , know stuff like that .

Speaker 1 2:46

But nevertheless we'll listen to all the songs , like we always do on all of our podcasts , and then at the end we'll rank our top three non-hits , the hit songs on OK Computer we're talking Karma Police , par

Airbag: Fragility of Life

Speaker 1 3:04

, no surprises . I think the rest of them will be in the in the hunt for the top three . So I'm excited to listen to what tim has to say . Usually the albums or the songs that he he does sometimes a lot of times , are kind of a hint as to where he's going to go , but not always . So I'll be . I'm uh , I'm intrigued . I'm intrigued what he's going to , what he's going to do , um , but anyway , um , but I think that this is probably one of the most critically acclaimed of the um , the different albums , you know , of course they , the fan base is incredible .

Speaker 1 3:48

They're kind of like a Rush fan base and a Phish fan base . You know , tim's a Phish guy , I'm a Rush guy , of course , and then many of you are diehard Radiohead fans , as you should be , because you know , tom York is he's sort of like the Neil Peart or the Trey Anastasio kind of a guy . You know the leader and a lot of the creativity emanates from him , his ideas , his influences , et cetera , and it all coalesces and comes together .

Speaker 1 4:17

so you know , just so perfectly , so perfectly , and um you know there's artwork um that had is very like , has a lot of symbolism . There are just different , uh nods to uh that um what is in there , it's uh . Who was the artist for ? That anyway , I'll have to look that up . I mean , that's what I'm saying . I haven't really gotten that deep into it but , oh nice .

Speaker 2 4:55

Well , this piece is called lick my love pump .

Speaker 1 4:58

All right , so well , he puts the guitar away . We're going to get settled in . We're going to listen to songs . I'm curious . Tim is so excited for this one . He's got notes . He can't wait to share anecdotes , song facts . We're going to do all that oh my gosh . First of all , how ?

Speaker 6 5:22

are you doing , man ? I'm doing well here .

Speaker 1 5:24

Good .

Speaker 6 5:25

Now buckle , buckle up . All right , it's the law , or should it be ? The law I don't know probably uh , if you're tom tom york it shouldn't be the law , because you know um yeah yeah , you know , a bunch of laws , a bunch of red tape for society here .

Speaker 6 5:50

Yeah , this is , uh , you can't wait . You know , even the album cover is like they did this sort of collage , slash mixed media over , uh , this basic freeway . That's sort of a story of how it divided the town and it was sort of a hot-button issue when it was built .

Speaker 1 6:16

Yeah , and obviously , Well , it also is sort of a depiction of , yeah , a dystopian world . You know , rampant , you know there's . These are symbols of capitalism , consumerism . The highways , social alienation , you know highways that cut through big cities . It disconnects us alien alienation it does , it alienates us it alienates aliens technology insanity shout out , globalization shout out to the runners aliens shout out to the aliens .

Speaker 6 7:01

Okay yeah , this just has everything . It doesn't have everything . It has the things that are a social critique of society , I should say in an angsty format of musical brilliance .

Speaker 1 7:19

Well , along that thought , the first song is Airbag and we're going gonna start with that and we should probably , you know , without it , should go without mention that this is about , you know , the car accident that he was in right with , uh , with an ex , and it just kind of underscores , like the fragility of life . You know things are more random and you know we're not as secure as we think we are , kind of a thing . It's kind of the idea according to song facts , that kind of stuff .

Speaker 6 7:52

And when you're in a close collision with destiny , you come out on top . Well , you got to celebrate . There we go .

Speaker 1 8:07

Yeah , exactly . Okay , with that being said , and away we go , all right .

Speaker 3 8:14

I'll get my spacesuit , okay .

Paranoid Android: Chaos in LA

Speaker 6 8:22

Let's keep the peace , all right . Keep the peace out there , whatever you're doing .

Speaker 3 8:29

Well , this place is cool , but I left my laptop . That's the last time .

Speaker 1 8:49

Jackknife juggernaut .

Speaker 6 8:50

Jackknife Juggernaut Reminds me of Halo Juggernaut .

Speaker 1 8:55

That's right .

Speaker 6 9:04

Neon is 10th on the periodic table . One and zeros , friends , it's all one and zeros .

Speaker 1 9:15

What the fuck is he ?

Speaker 5 9:16

talking about .

Speaker 1 9:20

We didn't have a sound clip , so I just sort of .

Speaker 3 9:27

I've got my spacesuit .

Speaker 1 9:36

I like the strings man . It's like a cello .

Speaker 3 9:43

What the fuck is he talking about ?

Speaker 1 9:47

Yeah .

Speaker 3 9:56

I gotcha .

Speaker 6 10:04

Sounds like new babies listening .

Speaker 2 10:19

And I am a racing car driver just like you .

Speaker 1 10:26

Now bless this guy's teeth out . You tell him , Paulie .

Speaker 6 10:33

And I am a racing car driver just like you , and I am a I am , I'm back .

Speaker 1 10:45

Weren't you doing this in the intro , this part , yeah , yeah , that's pretty good .

Speaker 6 10:54

You've got to attach your guitar pick to one of those little rotary drills . Oh yeah , okay , and then hold it and then just go , just slide your yeah , your hands .

Speaker 1 11:10

Check out the big brain on Tim . I saw that on YouTube . Oh , okay , instagram , it's still cool . It's the whole idea . Interstellar , yeah , isn't that danger like like breaking the strings ? You've got to be kind of careful , yeah .

Speaker 6 11:33

Shout out to Ernie Balls making those strings .

Speaker 1 11:38

Oh yeah , I remember Ernie Ball . Yeah , ernie Ball Kind of cool , that was always a cool brand , that PB . You know the PB Ball . Yeah , ernie Ball , that's kind of cool , that was a cool brand , that PB . You know the PB amps yeah .

Speaker 2 11:53

Now bless this guy's teeth out .

Speaker 1 11:57

A little Marvin action , that little Martian .

Speaker 6 12:02

Man George , washington man Aliens . Greetings little Martians , man George .

Speaker 1 12:06

Washington man , aliens greetings .

Speaker 6 12:09

There he is does that mean it's well , it's one matter , isn't it ?

Speaker 1 12:16

this does go to the weather . This is a ripper . It does rip , that's ripped .

Speaker 2 12:51

I can't help Joshua fight the battle of Jericho yes .

Speaker 1 12:56

Oh , that was a little , a little pal of Clinton . It's a good song , man . What do you think what we got coming up next ?

Speaker 6 13:03

Paranoid Android this song is . What is this about ? This is like freaking out in la or something like that where he panic attack at a bar kind of everybody wants to talk to him about his stuff and he's just like tired and like this sucks was .

Speaker 1 13:24

It wasn't he kind of like ? He was kind of like freaked out a little bit , though beyond just like bored and tired yeah , because american la people right most likely it's a culture clash a little bit maybe . For him I'm sure it would have been overwhelming , you know yeah , you could be in jet lag . You know you're kind of disoriented , you know , and yeah , dealing with your fame and it's like what's going on ?

Speaker 6 13:45

Everybody knows you and you don't know any , Tom already has a bad eye and it's . It was probably twitching out like really bad yeah .

Speaker 1 13:52

So I mean , that was the inspiration for this next one . So this is a great song , this is a hit .

Speaker 6 14:02

Loud noises , okay , okay , loud noises , okay , yeah , johnny , on these crazy effects that he does . Uh-huh , colin , ed , could you ?

Speaker 5 14:21

stop the noise and try to get some rest .

Speaker 4 14:33

Simple lines intertwining and all the unbound chicken voices in my head oh heaven , you're right , but my point is .

Speaker 3 14:46

My point is you must take this fine cassava melon over to him , Show him what you got .

Speaker 4 14:56

but don't let him have it . You gotta tease him a little .

Speaker 1 15:02

That's not chicken Foghorn's . You got rooster . That's not chicken Foghorn's horn . Look at Rooster . You will be fast against the wall .

Speaker 4 15:24

With your opinion , which is of no consequence at all .

Speaker 5 15:44

That's just like your opinion , man you look for the person who will benefit .

Speaker 1 15:51

Simple sound clips intertwining .

Speaker 2 15:54

You look for the person who will benefit and you know I am the walrus , you know you'll uh , you know what I'm trying to say .

Speaker 6 16:04

I am the walrus , I am the walrus , I am the walrus . You're out of your element , donnie , that's right .

Speaker 4 16:11

You're having your way , but my point is . My point is that's all folks .

Speaker 6 16:33

Little Gucci piggy Pig Off of his head . He doesn't remember your name . Is he going to cut off his head ? Yeah , I guess Does that mean it's one night , isn't it ? Again , the arpeggio pattern of .

Speaker 1 17:11

Johnny , yeah , this is chaos right now deeper and deeper way down .

Speaker 6 17:34

Shout out to office space killer movie this is why a lot of people get turned off with the radio . A lot of the yeah , but it's layered so well . God loves his children , okay , pen ?

Speaker 1 18:03

I mean that's like a time signature , it's like hard for people to adjust .

Speaker 6 18:08

yeah , it's a six and a half minute song from a great height .

Speaker 1 18:30

I wonder how having this album in the background can impact a party , if it can change the tide of the yeah .

Speaker 6 18:41

I think you would need somebody on screen playing visuals and then everybody be on psychedelics or something and then listen to this album . That would be a party . Yeah , Not a conventional party . No , Not a conventional party .

Speaker 1 19:06

No , there's got to be careful preparation for this kind of gathering .

Speaker 6 19:14

Crackle of pigskin . I hate my life . Yeah , the vomit .

Speaker 1 19:24

You can't really dust for vomit Choked on vomit .

Speaker 2 19:34

Hey , hey , I got something , I got something .

Speaker 1 19:40

They said no belly up .

Speaker 2 19:46

Hey , hey , I got something to bail you out . Man , You're just fucking out here .

Speaker 1 20:09

There's so much going on .

Speaker 6 20:12

If I'm here and you're here , doesn't that make it our time ?

Speaker 1 20:17

All right Way to end that song .

Speaker 6 20:31

So next song Subterranean homesick alien . So what you know this is about , you know boarding a spacecraft , obviously and um you know aliens again seeing the , seeing the planet and having your friends not believe . Originally titled Upright . And then we had Bob Dylan .

Speaker 1 20:49

Yeah , an influence on the song was an experience York had when he was driving down a country road and hit a pheasant . After stepping out of the car to investigate , he began thinking about alien abduction . So with that , away we go .

Speaker 3 21:04

Yeah .

Speaker 1 21:05

All go , yeah , all right , shh what .

Speaker 5 21:16

Breath of the morning .

Speaker 1 21:22

Oh , we got a Breath . Oh , we got a little clip from Do we have the ? Oh , what's the guy's name ? That's all folks . Well , there's also Subterranean . Yeah , we do .

Speaker 4 21:34

But my point is my point is Damn it .

Speaker 1 21:39

No , what's his name ? Bob Dylan .

Speaker 6 21:42

Oh , after the song . Yeah , we'll play it after , okay .

Speaker 4 21:45

We can play it after .

Subterranean Homesick Alien

Speaker 6 21:52

I watch my feet all the time Shout out to the runners . Watch the cracks on the pavements , okay .

Speaker 1 21:58

Yeah , especially in this town . I'll tell you why .

Speaker 6 22:02

Head up , head down , though , if they don't fix these damn sidewalks .

Speaker 1 22:10

I'm going to raise my fist to the Alderman .

Speaker 6 22:13

We're going to get the jackhammers out . Yeah , make some new sidewalks , right , tom ? Tom knows about that in that interview . Shout out to Tom About that jackknife and protesting man , george Washington man , he was in a cult . The cult was in the aliens man . You didn't know that . You didn't know that , todd .

Speaker 1 22:38

Yeah , you didn't know that , malabar man , malabar man , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired .

Speaker 5 22:48

I'm tired , I'm tired .

Speaker 4 22:55

I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm tired , I'm he does it .

Speaker 6 23:03

Walter , you're drunk , go home .

Speaker 1 23:12

This is like being in a nice bubble bath .

Speaker 6 23:29

After you hit an animal . This is Tartaria Tartaria . Most people don't know about it .

Speaker 1 23:47

Subtle U2 and the verb intertwining .

Speaker 4 23:56

Simple lines .

Speaker 1 24:05

Nice , I love that organ . I was born to love you . I was born to Nick your face . I was born to love you , but you were born to love me first .

Speaker 6 24:21

Who gets the first rub ?

Speaker 1 24:24

They see Enderol ? No well , no , chevy does first . Who gets the first rub ? Lacey Underhill ? No well , no , chevy does . Oh no , no , lacey . Lacey gets the first rub .

Speaker 6 24:46

Yeah , I'm tired . I'm tired , tom York could use a little rub . Get him down right . I'm tired , down loose . I should say , tom , go get a massage , get down loose for us . We need a new album , alright .

Speaker 4 25:18

Just take it easy , champ . Why don't you stop talking for a while ?

Speaker 2 25:24

Maybe sit , the next couple plays out .

Speaker 1 25:28

All right , that was good .

Speaker 3 25:32

All right .

Speaker 6 25:33

Do you want to do the Bob Dylan song ?

Speaker 1 25:36

Yeah , yeah we got it . I don't , oh , yeah , no , you know what that is . Just that's gone , mia man , that's that's my bad .

Speaker 6 25:47

Yeah , subterranean homesick blues , bob Dylan yeah .

Speaker 1 25:50

Subterranean homesick blues is sub subterranean homesick alien , so it was sort of like a . The name was a , a take on that , so yeah that's on me , missed opportunity . The bluesy aliens , that's right , they're gray , but you know , whatever , this is exit music for a film Movie Movie .

Exit Music For A Film

Speaker 3 26:34

Wake from your sleep , the drying of your tears .

Speaker 4 26:42

Today , we escape , we escape .

Speaker 1 26:53

Yeah , this is like this would be good if you're out partying , maybe puking the next day Choked on vomit .

Speaker 4 27:01

And get dressed Before your father hears us perform . Oh , hell breaks loose .

Speaker 2 27:29

Breaks loose Breathe Can't breathe , breathe in .

Speaker 4 27:39

Don't lose your nerve .

Speaker 2 27:49

Hey , I got something to mail you out . Man , Breathe , come breathe .

Speaker 6 28:02

Cheech , you got this , get out . I've been here a long time .

Speaker 4 28:25

Shout out to Mr Ramsey .

Speaker 1 28:28

Oh , that's right . That was the guy that Rescued us , helped rescue . Yeah , he was one of the rescuers . Yeah , shout out to him Definitely .

Speaker 6 28:42

F'd up news story .

Speaker 4 28:45

Yeah , f'd up news story .

Speaker 1 28:47

Yeah , it's actually kind of a weird time . Of course we're talking about .

Speaker 6 28:53

Well , this is about being in a basement . This is yeah , you're in a basement , no exit music . You have to exit the yeah , no , yeah . This is very Escaping some kind of the father , maybe the father which is abusive and the kids and the mother have to leave . Yeah , that's what I'm kind of picking up on .

Speaker 1 29:15

I got you Okay . So Well , that clip was you know from in Cleveland where there was a rescue of a woman . That was Three women , three women that were in captivity in the basement . They escaped after like years , yeah .

Speaker 4 29:58

It's chilling , it's chilling .

Speaker 6 30:05

It's going to come one more time here .

Speaker 4 30:11

Oh crazy . Okay , I'm going to go ahead and do that oh , oh crazy .

Speaker 3 30:31

Okay , huh , what Choked on vomit Choked on .

Speaker 4 30:39

Oh wait , it's just a vomit , Okay .

Speaker 1 30:42

That was . That was the worst Vomit .

Speaker 5 30:47

This is .

Speaker 1 30:48

Let Down

Let Down & Karma Police

Speaker 1 30:49

. This is the next one it this is Let Down . This is the next one it's called Let Down .

Speaker 6 30:52

Cheer up everybody . Yeah , all right , turn that frown upside down .

Speaker 1 30:57

Yeah , this is . We need a Baptist preacher right now .

Speaker 6 31:08

Power of Christ compels you . The cleaning of the house .

Speaker 5 31:31

Comes . So , so disappointing , I'm down and hanging around Cross-striped girl hanging around and Pug Me Top and on and round and round they go around again .

Speaker 4 32:02

They just go around and round , round and round , they go around again .

Speaker 5 32:08

They just go around and around , go around and around I feel bad .

Speaker 6 32:14

Killing bugs yeah , that's a bunch of drivel . That's a bunch of drivel , tim . Yeah , be a man , be a man , kill that bug . Here's a bunch of drivel , tim . Yeah , be a man , be a man , kill that bug . Here's a magnifying glass . Yeah , do it .

Speaker 1 32:36

Yeah , I think Jesus was for it . I don't know .

Speaker 5 32:40

I don't know .

Speaker 1 32:48

I don't know , sometimes it's unavoidable , it is .

Speaker 6 32:53

I mean , yeah , if I can avoid it , okay , fine , circle flight yeah there are less bugs when we drive that are hitting our windshield than previous decades .

Speaker 1 33:16

Bugs have a life force around them too . The bugs have bugs . There are bugs on the bugs .

Speaker 6 33:22

The bugs have parasites , just like you do . Yeah , it's just infinite . The parasites have parasites , just like you . Yeah , it's just infinite . The parasites have parasites .

Speaker 1 33:29

Yeah , just a parasitic concentration , alright , that's a nice couple plays there .

Speaker 6 33:40

Just round and round and round .

Speaker 5 33:56

I'm free . All that shit is fucking bullshit .

Speaker 1 34:12

Get out . I've been been here a long time . I like how they have this little computer thing in the background . It's kind of cool , right yeah . The very matter that makes us up , you know , you know where you are with the poor collapse .

Speaker 4 34:52

Around .

Speaker 5 34:56

Around .

Speaker 1 35:15

The very matter that makes us up was generated long ago and far away in red giant stars . That song was like more of an aesthetic , you know , it's just something that's just kind of like repetitive and it's just a the effects really take it over the top .

Speaker 6 35:36

Yeah , really yeah .

Speaker 1 35:40

I like the way the songs are ordered too , because this is a good song to listen to after that kind of changes it up .

Speaker 6 35:47

Different instruments there's a piano we got shout out to fate and destiny on this song here it's round and round . They all catch up to you , karmic circle . They'll all catch up to you , karmic .

Speaker 1 36:06

Circle . You would get them if they didn't behave . According to Tom York , this is on Song Facts . Karma's important . The idea that something like karma exists makes me happy , makes me smile . Karma Police is dedicated to everyone who works for a big firm . It's a song against bosses . Okay , yeah , that's kind of cool . Just a little shout out to Stiffs .

Speaker 3 36:51

Grinding it out . Me feel it when we have crashed a party Big oink oink police officer , deeper and deeper .

Speaker 4 36:56

Way down . This is what you'll get . This is what you'll get . Get in the goddamn pool .

Speaker 1 37:13

Alright , get in the fucking pool . This is Mark Reboulet . Yeah , shout out to Mark Reboulet .

Speaker 6 37:29

I like how this song ends . It's not enough .

Speaker 4 37:38

This is what you'll get .

Speaker 1 37:50

I like these videos too .

Speaker 6 37:54

Ed O'Brien said in an interview when someone in the band behaved like an a-hole , one of the other band members would say the Carmel Police is gonna get you .

Speaker 5 38:03

Yeah .

Speaker 1 38:04

That's funny . I suppose it's all rubbish that your destiny depends on your deeds in a previous life . We have to trust on something .

Speaker 6 38:14

Yeah , that's great . Yeah , love that .

Speaker 1 38:27

Just think of Tom York Getting harassed by a bunch of LA people Freaking out on them . Yeah , like in the 90s . I picture it . The 90s was like it was like Wilder in Ler in LA . At the time people didn't have boundaries . People would just get right in your face over everything .

Speaker 6 38:57

For sure .

Speaker 1 38:59

It was just kind of like culture in America at the time , like the rock scene Everybody knew that from Creep .

Speaker 2 39:23

Wait , just a minute .

Speaker 1 39:54

Yeah , that right there . That's some motherfucking tits Right .

Speaker 2 40:00

Call the fire department . This one's out of control .

Speaker 3 40:02

Happier , more productive , comfortable , not drinking too much regular exercise at the gym , three days a week , getting on better with your associate employee . Contemporaries at ease eating well no more microwave dinners and saturated fats . A patient , better driver , a safer car . Baby smiling in backseat , sleeping well , no batteries no paranoia .

Speaker 1 40:28

Yeah , it sounds like Stephen Hawking .

Speaker 3 40:33

Shout out to the late Stephen Hawking Fond . But not in love . Yes , no , putting water on the pants . It's a ridiculous tweet . So ridiculous and cheap Calculated .

Speaker 5 41:10

No chance of escape Now self-employed , concerned but powerless .

Speaker 1 41:15

An empowered and informed member of society .

Speaker 3 41:20

Pragmatism not idealism . Will not cry in public , less chance of illness . Tires that grip in a wet . Shot of baby strapped in backseat a good memory . Still cries at a good film , still kisses with saliva , no longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick that's driven into frozen winter shit frozen winter shit . Pigs show up a lot . When Nick don't start with me in front of our guests , do you think I like hitting you ? I am sorry you had to see that oh here we go .

Speaker 5 42:14

We had to do stephen hawking having the makeup sex after you hit her .

Speaker 1 42:21

So anyway , yeah , okay , anyway , uh is this on okay ? All right . So what's next electioneering

Electioneering & Climbing Up The Walls

Speaker 1 42:32

? Here's some of your guitar musings . We're going to come in third in Iowa . We would have given anything for that .

Speaker 6 42:48

We would have given anything for that .

Speaker 5 42:51

All right .

Speaker 4 42:53

Howard Dean yeah , yeah , oregon and Washington and Michigan , and then we're going to Washington DC to take back the White House .

Speaker 1 43:01

Yeah , yeah , you didn't even make it to Fairfax County .

Speaker 5 43:18

Say the right things when I'm actually .

Speaker 6 43:24

It's all a script .

Speaker 4 43:26

It's all a script , just like in the light In Oregon and Washington . I used a little more cowbell , I used a little more .

Speaker 2 43:37

cowbell Could have used a little more cowbell .

Speaker 1 43:42

How was that ? Christopher Could have used a little more cowbell , oh .

Speaker 5 43:53

Thank you ?

Speaker 3 43:58

Oh God , yes , so I will . South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona .

Speaker 1 44:07

So this is inspired by the writings of Noam Chomsky . He said like a lot of songs I write came from two places at once . I had this phase I went through on an American tour where we just seemed to be shaking hands all the time and I was getting a little bit sick and upset by it . So I came up with this running joke with myself where I used to shake people's hands and say I trust I can rely on people's hands and say I trust I can rely on your vote . They go ha ha and look at me like I was a nutcase , but the phrase sort of carried on . It was like a mantra . As well as that , I had been reading a lot of Chomsky and I had that feeling when you read Chomsky that you want to get out and do something and realize , in fact , that you're infatuated . Okay , wow .

Speaker 6 45:09

So yeah , world politics , Cattlebot and the IMF .

Speaker 1 45:16

Cattlebot and the IMF . Yeah , I guess the Conservative Party had been in place since 1980 . It had been in for 17 years and this is like a time period where , yeah , everybody's letting loose Because , yeah , it was like a Margaret Thatcher-y kind of a thing that they I remember that we're like on the opposite side of that present day . Actually , we're on the dark side of the moon right now , compared to that time , which was things are going in the opposite direction the whole band's just doing an American tour .

Speaker 6 45:53

Yeah , you know , kissing hands , shaking babies , yeah , it's good stuff the music , the drums , it's like all over the place .

Speaker 1 46:09

This is badass . I like this .

Speaker 2 46:15

Ooh .

Speaker 1 46:20

Yeah , this is different .

Speaker 6 46:23

Some blues here .

Speaker 1 46:28

There's a wide range of stuff going on in this album , for sure .

Speaker 6 46:34

Depending on the mood you're in , you can just go to one song or another . This has the same sort of theme as exit for for a film , exit music . It's that same sort of locked in a scary basement , right a lot of strings Locked in a scary basement Right .

Speaker 5 46:59

A lot of strings , I guess .

Speaker 1 47:06

Can I read off another York story ? This one he says this is about the unspeakable , literally soul crushing , skull crushing . He used to work in a mental hospital Around the time that care in the community started and we all just knew that was going to happen . And it was one of the scariest things to happen in this country because a lot of them weren't just harmless , it was hailing and violating , but we recorded this . Oh , so while they're recording this , the hail's coming down Care in the community . But either way you turn , I believe in what I'm to show .

Speaker 5 48:02

I believe in freedom . I believe in freedom .

Speaker 1 48:11

Yeah , so care in the community . British policy aims to treat care of the physically and mentally disabled people in homes rather than in institutions .

Speaker 6 48:19

Okay , Wow , okay , that kind of brings it .

Speaker 1 48:29

It's always better on the outside .

Speaker 5 48:38

The teen blows the back of your mind .

Speaker 6 48:43

Okay , yeah , ooh , the eyes in the cupboard , because you know some people can't sleep with the curtains open in case they see the eyes . They imagine their head every night burning through the glass . As York , lots of people have panic buttons fitted in their bedrooms . They can reach over and set the alarm off without disturbing the intruder . This song is about the cupboard monster , the boogeyman .

Speaker 5 49:16

Yeah , right .

Speaker 6 49:18

Yeah .

Speaker 1 49:26

State of agitation . Oh , listen to this . Radiohead recorded the OK Computer album in the mansion of actress Jane Seymour who was busy filming her show Dr Quinn Medicine . As Ed O'Brien the name of the guy who produced this created a gothic mood . The phrase climbing up the walls means being in a state of agitation through stress or worry .

Speaker 6 49:59

Ed's a guitarist .

Speaker 1 50:02

Oh , okay , I'm sorry Did he record ?

Speaker 6 50:05

I mean , did he Slash bassist , slash instrumentalist ?

Speaker 1 50:10

Yeah , Wow , this is crazy .

Speaker 2 50:31

Mellow out man .

Speaker 5 50:48

Pretty cool . Yeah , oh , that feels so good Hello .

Speaker 6 50:51

Like that oh oh , nice , I like that . Oh , I like that .

Speaker 1 51:06

Yeah , yeah yeah . Brian does a lot of the backing vocals too .

Speaker 6 51:13

He's very , very good , good , pretty good guy drumming's really good .

Speaker 1 51:22

I was kind of good solo career now . Yeah , phil is good this guy , col Colin Greenwood , composer .

Speaker 6 51:56

I bet Tom York would probably have some disdain for us doing this album . Of course He'd be like what are y'all doing ?

Speaker 1 52:04

Of course he would be like what the hell ?

Speaker 6 52:09

Go kiss your loved ones , all of them On the lips .

Speaker 1 52:18

This is sacrilege what we're doing , isn't it ?

Speaker 5 52:21

Well .

Speaker 1 52:22

I mean .

Speaker 6 52:26

It's a great album .

Speaker 1 52:28

Yeah , it is . It's incredible . So this

No Surprises & Lucky

Speaker 1 52:42

is no surprises , man . It's a hit , so we're not going to .

Speaker 6 52:48

Stadium friendly . Yeah , this is Colin . This is Colin like time .

Speaker 1 53:07

York said like if you play this song right , it is effing dark , he said . But it's like acting . It's on the edge of totally hamming it up , but you're not . It's just the words are so dark when we play it . We have to play it slow . It only sounds good if it's fragile . Okay , interesting .

Speaker 6 53:26

Yeah , that's true , if it sped up , it would lose its charm .

Speaker 1 53:33

Yeah , I mean like his . You know the uneasiness in his voice . You have to be really . He probably has to be really , really delicate . He's got to do that Peter Brady thing like every night .

Speaker 6 53:56

York introduced the rest of the band to this song in a dressing room in Oslo following a support gig to REM in 95 . Oh , that's cool . Later the lyrics were rewritten and a new glockenspiel melody was added .

Speaker 1 54:12

What ? No , it adds to it . I can hear it . Oh yeah , okay , the back of this is that glockenspiel , so they just layered on that .

Speaker 6 54:23

They got a fresh glockenspiel and all slow and we're like hell , yeah , I surprised I found this on the street . Yeah , okay , it's free glockenspiel . Let's write this song about how society will never live up to our expectations and will be soul crushing , and we have to somehow persevere .

Speaker 1 54:52

Yeah , so okay , I'm glad .

Speaker 5 54:55

I don't have to .

Speaker 1 54:56

Yeah , I don't know , it's a nice , it's a beautiful song , yeah , so okay , I'm glad I don't have to . Yeah , I don't know , it's a nice , it's a beautiful song .

Speaker 6 55:02

Shout out to Sarah .

Speaker 1 55:05

Yeah , all Sarahs out there , Anybody feeling lucky ?

Speaker 4 55:18

What's this song about ?

Speaker 1 55:22

Let's see what SongFact says . This was recorded on September 4th 1995 . It was a charity album for children of Boz . That war was going on at that time Ed O'Brien told Q Magazine we wanted to give the Help album the best song we had at the time . We didn't have any fear about holding songs back . We've been touring the band and playing and played Lucky for the first time in a soundcheck in Japan . Okay , cool , he said it was probably . He said this song is probably the best song that they've done to that day . It was like okay , this is what the next phrase could be Interesting .

Speaker 1 56:35

Yeah , standing on the edge , York said . The history of our times calls to mind those Walt Disney characters who rush madly over the edge Of a cliff without seeing . The power of their Imaginations keep them suspended In midair , but as soon as they look down and see where they are , they fall . That did mid-air .

Speaker 5 56:57

But as soon as they look down and see where they are , they fall .

Speaker 6 57:03

Hopefully you remember that answer yeah .

Speaker 5 57:08

Remember , it's gonna be a blast .

Speaker 1 57:40

And I feel my luck could change . Pull me out of the way .

Speaker 4 57:57

Cause I'm your Savior . Why are you going to the airport Flying somewhere , man ?

Speaker 6 58:05

this is going to be tough . Shout out to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 . Still never to be found .

Speaker 1 58:34

How did I disappear , still never to be found , disappeared .

Speaker 6 58:40

Disappeared . Will they locate the aircraft ? Who knows ?

Speaker 1 59:12

Like a lemming that was deep , deeper and deeper way down . Alright , this one's called the Tourist . We're coming to the home stretch . I think this is the last one , so we've got to make this a good one . Talk about .

Speaker 5 59:34

Yikes .

Speaker 2 59:40

This piece is called Lick my Love Pump .

Speaker 1 59:44

You knew I was wanting that one .

Speaker 6 59:45

Yeah , yeah ,

The Tourist & Final Rankings

Speaker 6 1:00:11

sorry , this deals with reckless driver . Again , slow down . Intended to be a song about the speed you live your life with .

Speaker 1 1:00:50

Mm-hmm , oh Interesting . Okay , yeah , this is heavy , so slow down . Okay , yeah , this is heavy .

Speaker 6 1:01:14

So slow down . Not about technology , says Tom Tom's sleep-deprived paranoid . He's got a dog barking at him In the middle of the night , that's right . And he's in Germany , that's . That's where we're at .

Speaker 1 1:01:48

When he wrote this Say hello out man .

Speaker 6 1:01:53

Chill man , a German shepherd on your tail , brother Flying somewhere .

Speaker 4 1:02:25

Why are you going to the airport , flying somewhere ?

Speaker 1 1:02:27

How'd you guess I saw your luggage and when I noticed the airline ticket , I put two and two together and when I noticed the airline ticket , I put two and two together detected .

Speaker 4 1:02:50

Here is an ordinary square . Tell them , Chief Ligger .

Speaker 1 1:03:35

Slow down , I think I know I know my top three . You have yours , yeah yeah , yeah slow got another minute minute . Slow down wanna .

Speaker 6 1:03:59

Wanna fade it out , we'll ride it out yeah , we can alright we can keep it on in the background while we yeah alright , yeah , let it go .

Speaker 1 1:04:13

So my what's your number ?

Speaker 6 1:04:15

three man number let me get him up here for you three . Take a look . All right , yeah , let it go . So my what's your number three man Number ? Let me get them up here for you Three . Take a look . It's tough . On any other given day I would say Other songs , songs maybe . I mean . After just listening to the last songs , I feel like they're just going to be my , you're going to be on there Just because they're fresh in your mind .

Speaker 1 1:04:52

They're fresh Well okay , I had three distinct ones .

Speaker 6 1:04:55

I'm going to go . The Taurus number three .

Speaker 1 1:04:58

Really yeah Slow down .

Speaker 6 1:04:59

Okay , slow it down here . I've always liked that one . It does wrap a bow on it . The little bell at the end yeah , I like to put it on when I'm in foreign countries and just walk around . It's good .

Speaker 1 1:05:14

Yeah , well , I mean , my message was just think . If you just slow down and just think about what you're doing and how everything is going to impact you , you can make some choices , thoughtful choices , that can get you so much further . If you just slow down and think things through .

Speaker 1 1:05:34

So I mean it was a great sentiment . But there was just something about like number three for me is electioneering . There was something just super great about that . I mean it's just kind of I just like how all the instruments came together and it was just really trippy and the symbolism , you know , the electioneering , et cetera .

Speaker 6 1:05:59

you know , yeah , I , you know like I appreciate your vote , Like you know , yeah , I can see Tom saying that to people Exactly and just getting a laugh out of that .

Speaker 1 1:06:10

Yeah , what about your number two ?

Speaker 6 1:06:13

Oh , geez , um , yeah , what about your ? Number two oh geez um let down , I think it's , it's , uh , it's catchy okay and it just will stay with you . If you , if you let it , the song could go and go and go . It's got a really circular emotion and it is about expectations and not having them . Maybe . It hits a nerve , you're happy at the same time , yeah and it's cathartic .

Speaker 1 1:06:50

Maybe in some way You're giving up to being let down , which is a good thing . You can kind of it's a . It's that tipping point between being super let down and moving on , kind of a right , you're , you're breaking that threshold . So okay , yeah yeah , this is uh for you . This is like a mental exercise it is for me . I was just like jamming out , I'm like number two . I was thinking uh , subterranean , homesick alien that was uh , that song rocked , I think it was .

Speaker 1 1:07:23

Uh , I just like the music and it grooved , so I would just leave it at that okay , yeah .

Speaker 6 1:07:30

Well , like a juggernaut slipping through the time portal to save the universe in an interstellar blast , I'm going to go with Airbag no 1 . Oh yeah , great song , good riff , uh-huh , simple lines intertwining , yeah Just .

Speaker 1 1:07:51

Yeah , I love Pump .

Speaker 6 1:07:54

It's a great , it kind of is . Yeah look , I love pump it's uh , it's a great kind of is . It's a . It's a good sort of song to drive to .

Speaker 1 1:08:03

Uh , obviously , drive responsibly to gotcha under five under in the slow lane I'm glad that was a song that was worthy of being in one of our top threes , but also .

Speaker 6 1:08:13

Yeah , for me honorable mention goes to every other song on here .

Speaker 1 1:08:16

I know , yeah , this is what's so gross about what we're doing , because every song is so good and it's so open to interpretation , or in what mood you're in can dictate what the ? Top three is , and so let's not .

Speaker 6 1:08:30

If I was in a more subdued mood , exit Music and Climb Up the Walls . Like subdued mood . Exit music and climbing up the walls , yeah , and maybe even Karma Police , no Surprises , all those songs could be on there , a sort of sad melancholy playlist , yeah , anyway .

Speaker 1 1:08:47

My number one is going to be climbing up the walls , wow .

Speaker 6 1:08:51

Yeah .

Speaker 1 1:08:52

I thought that that was . I did not see that coming . Yeah , I know , that was incredible that thought that that was . I did not see that coming . Yeah , I know that was incredible . That was a great song . You know a lot of just like a lot of these noises all together there's difference , like a whole host of the Greenwood was Unexpected things .

Speaker 6 1:09:08

Yeah , doing some , he was doing some . Mastering yeah , he was yeah .

Speaker 1 1:09:13

So for me , me , it was all about , you know , just the , the jams and then for tim , I think it was more like the like , the cerebral , uh , ideas , you know , that evoke such a like a strong , like emotional reaction . Yeah as it , yeah as it definitely does , you know , on many levels . So , all right , let's put a bow on it , we're good well porky that's all folks , all right all right guys later take care .